allies ever trust us? in a sign of mr. trump s weakening position, apparently, there are limits. last night, he gave in to critics and reversed his decision to hold next year s g-7 summit at his florida doral resort. despite cracks in his support in washington, his approval rating remains resilience among republicans so far, as it has throughout other crises in his presidency, and his base is showing no sign that its patience is being tested yet. i took a lot of heat, even from some of our congressmen, even from some of our senators, but now they re all happy. that s not true. after a week of damaging impeachment depositions in congress, a much criticized so-called cease-fire in syria, and the admission of a quid pro quo in ukraine, the president s republican support in congress is showing signs of erosion. on monday, the president s former top adviser on russia testified that former national security adviser john bolton called rudy giuliani a hand grenade who is going to blow
coming forward to testify in these impeachment depositions in the house, even though they re doing it against the will of the secretary of state and the trump administration. is this what you would actually expect from people with that kind of dedication to their jobs? absolutely. and i know many of these individuals. and i couldn t be more pleased or prouder that we have these dedicated public servants in the diplomatic corps, in the intelligence community and other places that are now speaking out and rising up against what they see. and so whether it s ambassador mckinley, ambassador yovanovitch and others. and now we have bill taylor, the charge, coming back. that s what the house needs to understand those activities taking place within earshot of our diplomats, and i m glad they are speaking out so forcefully against what has been going on. john brennan, thank you very much for joining us. i know this is not the last time donald trump will attack you. so we ll always be here a
with what was clearly corrupt intent and activities with the ukrainians. i want to get your reaction to what we re seeing now in the state department in particular. people who ve put in decades of service in the state department as you put in decades of service in the government. coming forward to testify in these impeachment depositions in the house, even though they re doing it against the will of the secretary of state and the trump administration. is this what you would actually expect from people with that kind of dedication to their jobs? absolutely. and i know many of these individuals. and i couldn t be more pleased or prouder that we have these dedicated public servants in the diplomatic corps, in the intelligence community and other places that are now speaking out and rising up against what they see. and so whether it s ambassador mckinley, ambassador yovanovitch and others. and now we have bill taylor, the charge, coming back.
we are not here to call bluffs. we are here to find the truth. this is not a game for us. this is deadly serious. we are on a path that is getting taking us to a path to truth and a timetable that respects our constitution. congress is back in town with a whole slate of impeachment depositions after two weeks away. today it was the senior state department official who raised concerns about pressure being directed at ukraine by rudy giuliani, president trumps private attorney. has clear democrats are trying to turn on the heat on giuliani. despite the fact that he is a private citizen thinks he is covered by this cloak of privilege of the president thinks he can simply hand out to his friends.
says there ll be no votes on the launch of a formal impeachment inquiry just yet. let s turn toward cheap congressional correspondent mike emanuel for more on the speaker s announcement. good evening. the white house has opened an internal probe into the handling of the ukraine call according to the new york times with some expressing the concern there could be a search for a scapegoat paired on capitol hill nancy pelosi says there will not be a vote to formalized as impeachment inquiry, at least not now. we are not here to call bluffs, we are here to call the truths. this is not a game for us. this is deadly serious and were on a path that is taking us to a path to truth and a timetable that respects our constitution. the congressman is back after two weeks away with a whole slate of impeachment depositions. today it was george gant who raised concerns about pressure being directed at ukraine by