this was all about the withdrawal from syria and the domino effect of turkey, iran, and the middle east. that s right, andrea, the president clearly feeling defensive after that rebuke by congress. house speaker nancy pelosi essentially raising that with him during the meeting and president trump firing back. according to a readout from a democratic aide, president trump ended that meeting by saying, we ll see you at the polls. the white house isn t disputing that account. it really under scores how heightened the tensions are between the house speaker and president trump. as you point out, the white house tweeted that out essentially hoping it would underscore the president s argument that the house speaker had some sort of a meltdown. she flipped the script and made it the backdrop to her twitter handle. so there s a back and forth there, andrea. the broader point here is that
okay. we have breaking news. overnight these text messages have been released. they link a ukrainian investigation into the bidens as well as a ukrainian investigation into 2016 election interference to in return the ukrainians would get a white house visit and military aid. what does all of this mean for the current impeachment inquiry? joining us now to discuss it, we have david chalian and nia malika henderson. well, david, did the impeachment inquiry of house democrats need any more evidence? because as of this morning, they have a lot more. i think that s what s fascinating here. the facts don t seem to be in dispute here. the president isn t disputing the actual facts. what s being disputed here is
like a lovely woman. did not say what the congresswoman said. reporter: the president disputing the account that he told the widow that her husband knew what he signed up for, but i guess it still hurts. sergeant la david johnson was killed in an isis attack in niger in early october. the account of the conversation came from congresswoman fredricka wilson, a florida democrat who was present for trump s call. shed a mon fi ed a mod a mon e president wednesday. this is a young woman, she s only 24 years old. when she actually hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, he didn t even know his name. now, that s the worst part. reporter: sergeant johnson s mother, also present for the call, confirmed the congresswoman s account to cnn. despite the president s denials, the white house isn t disputing the specific words he used, but aides insist trump s tone was appropriate. the president s call as
democrat who was present for trump s call. she admonished the president wednesday. this is a grieving widow. a grieving widow who is six months pregnant. this is a young woman. she s only 24 years old. when she actually hung up the phone, she looked at me and said, he didn t even know his name. now, that s the worst part. sergeant johnson s mother, who was also present for the call, confirmed the congresswoman s account to cnn. despite the president s denials, the white house isn t disputing the specific words he used, but aides insist trump s tone was appropriate. the president s call, as accounted by multiple people in the room, believe that the president was completely respectful, very sympathetic. and expressed the condolences of himself and the rest of the country. and thanked the family for their service, commended them for having an american hero in their
like this and it isn t even over yet. an afternoon of major breaking news. the new york times reporting that president trump told the russians last week during a meeting at the white house that the firing of fbi director james comey eased pressure from the russia investigation. i just fired head of the fbi. he was crazy, a real nut job. mr. trump said. i faced great pressure because of russia. that s taken off. the white house notably is not will disputing that account. and the washington post is now reporting that the russia probe which is now in the hands of a special prosecutor has identified a current white house official as a significant person of interest. the white house isn t disputing that report either. these two bomb shells cap off a week of sheer chaos. why won t you just explain whether or not there are recordings? the president has made his position clear. the story that came out