lawyers joe to vintage and his wife were working with him, calling the claim categorically false. at this phase there are no plans for the war room like during the last impeachment drive, instead president trump is making his case on twitter, calling it a witch hunt and presidential harassment among other things. prompting recovery republican congressman to call one tweet beyond repugnant. as for democrats, speaker nancy pelosi laid out her strategy and a call yesterday saying we have to be fearful, somber, nonpartisan, it s not about partisanship, it s about patriotism. but she noted that the polls have changed drastically about this. a new poll deleted today, showing americans deadlocked, 47-47 over whether president trump should be impeached and removed from office. if there are other accusations tonight that president trump may have asked other world leaders for help investigating something
identity will be disclosed publicly in that as a result, or client will be put in harm s way. moreover, certain individuals have issued a $50,000 bounty for any information relating to our client s identity. congressman adam schiff says his committee was already reached an agreement with the whistle-blower that he or she will testify. attorneys for the whistle-blower say the discussions are still ongoing and that no date or time has been set. democrats are moving forward very fast, as for how the white house has responding, so far there has been no effort to set up a formal war room like what was used during the last time there was impeachment drive during the clinton investigation. what we are seeing is really a coordinated messaging campaign but neil, the question is how formal is at the counter messaging strategy and who is in charge of it other than the president himself? speak to kristin fisher at the white house, thank you. new york times initially have my next guest supportin
state mike pompeo demanding documents related to the ukraine call and the suspension of aid. those committees also announced their intent to depose four state department officials who were mentioned in the complaint, including all rec bretmule who again we are told was not involved in any of this. bret? bret: okay, john roberts live on the north lawn. john, thanks. let s dig in a little bit more. learning additional information about that whistleblower complaint that ignited this latest impeachment drive. here s chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. there is an allegation of a cover-up. one of the whistleblower s most explosive second hand claims is that the official record of the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian leader was locked down to, quote: restrict access. in the complaints apen addition sites whistleblower. transcript placed in a stand alone computer system reserved for code level intelligence information
the actions of the trump presidency revealed dishonorable fact of the president s betrayal of his oath of office, betrayal of our national security and betrayal of the integrity of our elections. therefore, today i m announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment impeachment inquiry. i m directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. welcome back to hardball. after repeatedly urging caution on impeachment the speaker there has now become the leader of the impeachment drive in the house of representatives. politico reports that in a closed door meeting pelosi told
and i also found it very significant, the seven moderate democrats who wrote the op-ed this morning, one of them is mikie sherrill who lives not far from me in montclair, new jersey, who is very much a moderate democrat, now talking impeachment. let me ask you this. if you were nancy pelosi right now, would you go this route? it s politically difficult. but is it unavoidable now? it s a tough question. i m not the speaker of the house and i don t have her political skills or acumen. this is a moving freight train. however it comes out, i think it s important that we remind the public that there is an election in 14 months. and that s an opportunity for change, no matter how the whole impeachment drive comes out and what the senate does, and the senate is republican-held at the