Too small. Reporter now that sense of ownership is gone. The Trump Organization which no longer runs the building says it had no hand in vetting the people who financed, sold or bought it. Now that President Trump is in the white house. Uhhuh. Reporter do you think the Trump Organization and the trump family are trying to distance themselves from you . I wouldnt say that theyre trying, because i dont think that i can harm them. Reporter it took months to track Alexander Ventura down and persuade limb to shim to sit wi interview. He asked we disguise his appearance, hes on the run in panama wanted for fraud saying he sold hundreds of United Nations in the trump club to hide their identities. Banks werent asking questions where the money was coming from . No. Never. Reporter sounds like nobody was asking questions. Not you, not the Trump Organization, not the banks, not the developers . Nobody. Nobody. Reporte nobody checked anybody out. People were buying, Spending Millions 5, 10, 20 un
Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hi there. Im brooke baldwin. Youre watching cnn. Thank you for being with me today. All eyes on democrats who in different ways to pose a pla problem for President Trump staying in the white house. Joe biden and nancy pelosi. Joe biden is expected to speak as donald trump continues baseless accusations against joe biden and his son hunter in the ukraine. The comments come as sources tell cnn Speaker Pelosi is addressing a resolution to address the phone call with the ukrainian president , happening as calls for impeachment are
growing. Among them a group of moderate freshmen lawmakers in Swing Districts with all of National Security backgrounds. Well talk with one in a few moments. Speaker pelosi and biden are about to speak as President Trump gives yet another reason why he originally withheld millions in military aid from ukraine after that whistleblower complaint came to light. One day ago he cited corruption. And now hes pointing the blame at eu
Dealing with the former Vice President. There there are biden allies saying they may turn the tables and talk about his own family and whether hes profiting on the presidency. Mike memoli, appreciate that. Chris jansing in new york, it looks like you, my friend, are going to be able to have that taped playback of the president s remarks on the white house south lawn. I imagine those will be coming in the next few minutes, although it depends on how long the president speaks. As fast as humanly possible our folks will get that tape turned around. Hallie jackson, thank you so much. Good morning. Im Chris Jansing in for craig melvin apt msnbc headquarters in new york. A flood of new headlines have emerged since we saw you this time yesterday, each more damaging for him, while offering democrats more bread crumbs to follow in the Impeachment Inquiry. All this can seem overwhelming. Well walk you through this
including the socalled Smoking Texts between u. S. And ukrainian ambassadors. Ill
Among those questions, what it could mean for 2020. Could some in the president s party be rethinking whether they want to stick with mr. Trump amid the impeachment fight. Well break down all the im kagss of last nights elections results. A significant new twist in the Impeachment Inquiry. Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland changing his story now, backing up the testimony of several other key witnesses regarding aid to ukraine and the commitment to investigate the 2016 election and the bidens. But why was he allowed to change his testimony . Were going to dig into that in just a moment. Lets go right to the implications of tuesdays elections. For that i want to bring in msnbc National Political correspondent Steve Kornacki. Hes at the big board. Nbc news road war i dont Vaughn Hillyard joins us from louisville, kentucky. Vaughn, its a state that President Trump won by about 30 points in 2016. Here we are just three years later. Looks like there will be a Deck Kr Democrat in the governors me
Impeachment. Robin biro, appreciate you on the program. And this is breaking. We just found out Speaker Pelosi will speak at 5 p. M. Eastern right after that meeting with the democratic caucus. Stay tuned to fox. Dana fox news alert. Major developments expected this hour as democrats beat the drums on impeachment amid the ukraine controversy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will make an announcement at 5 p. M. After meeting with other leaders this afternoon. Her office now says she will make the announcement at 5 p. M. But first shes set to take questions at a forum in washington. Well also hear from former Vice President joe biden this hour. Hes expected to say congress will have no choice, that the house will have to impeach if the president refuses to fully cooperate with all of their investigations. Hello, everyone. Join me for this wild ride. Im dana perino and this is the Daily Briefing. Complete coverage this hour. We start with chief White House Correspondent john roberts c