Testimony about the top house expert on ukraine. Vindman telling lawmakers that a white house lawyer warned him not to talk to anyone about President Trumps controversial phone conversation with the leader of ukraine. Its more evidence that the administration was concerned about mr. Trumps push for ukraine to investigate joe biden and try to keep him quiet. Other news thats breaking. Beto orourke announcing he is dropping out of the democratic president ial racing saying its clear he doesnt have the means to move forward and win. Ill talk with jackie spear and leon panetta who served as a clinton chief of staff. Lets go to pamela brown. What more are you learning about the testimony by that key impeachment witness . A source familiar with Alex Vindmans testimony telling cnn that vindsman testified he was told by top nsc lawyer john e n eisenburg not to discuss the call. He expressed concerns to the lawyer. He was told to keep quiet about the call. This is significant because this shows
But every one else saw as problemat problematic. Each of these items is big enough on its own. Taken together they expand our understanding of the decisions and actions at the heart of what just yesterday became a soon to be public impeachment proceedings. All that and the Washington Post moments ago reporting that a number of Senate Republicans are now considering acknowledge that there was, in fact, a quid pro quo. In short, wow. A lot to get to. Cnn pamela brown starts us off. We want to start with your reporting on this information pipeline running from the secure room on the capitol to the white house. What are you learning . Reporter my league and i ha colleague and i have learned close allies are offering guidance to crafting the defense strategy. Mark meadow and jim jordon have been helping lawyers sort through publicly reported aspects of the testimony to the extent they can under house rules. Meadows and jordan are two of the only gop members were told that had been in every
Public hearings. And the focus cus on gordon sond about to testify about his role. And mayor Pete Buttigieg has surged to the top of the new state poll, but still warning signs for his campaign. And new fall outfor Prince Andrew as he breaks his silence about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein. Were 55 days into the impeachment inquiry. But this next week could be the most critical in the investigation with heavy hitters set to testify both behind closed doors and in public hearings. Wednesdays scheduled testimony from Gordon Sondland has most of washington on edge. Mike viqueira is joining us from the white house. No doubt people there are on edge. And sondland is expected to be the key for the democrats. What are they expecting or hoping to hear from him . Reporter youre right. The democrats today on some of the Public Affairs sunday morning programs trying to keep that pressure on sondland. Remember, this is an individual who already revised his closed door testimony once to clar
Whole lot more. Those words becoming the goto slogan for Elizabeth Warren, 2020 campaign. Now that includes healthcare. Warren out with a new plan detailing how she will Fund Medicare for all, promising quote not penny in middle class tax increases. Warrens opponents criticized the senator claiming she got no idea how shes going to pay her big healthcare as separations. Aspirations. At least bernie is being honest here and saying how hes going to pay for it. I am sorry elizabeth, you have not said that. Shes being vague both being vague on the issue of medicare for all. No plan has been laid out to explain how a multi trillion dollars plan that this senator is putting forward. How uncomfortable it is to be standing this close and blowing them. Alli vitali. Lets get to the details of her biggest vulnerability. Reporter for those people accusing her being vague. Thats not an accusation. This is a 60plus page plan we were reading through this morning. Before we dig into the plan, we are o
he had some very specific instruction for me. i had to go to the lawyers, to john eisenburg, senior counsel for the national security council, to basically say tell ieisenburg, ambassador bolton told me, that i am not part of this, whatever drug deal that mulvaney and sondland are cooking up. reporter: republicans tried to attack hill s credibility. dr. hill, you have provided me probably the greatest piece of evidence that s before us to illustrate the problem with hearsay. reporter: but hill pushed back. we re here just to provide what we know and what we ve heard. i understand that for many members this may be hearsay. i talk about things i heard with my own ears. reporter: also testifying, david holmes, an american diplomat in ukraine who says he heard the president s words himself. holmes was sitting with sondland in an outdoor restaurant in kiev when sondland picked up his cell phone and called the president. this was an unsecure cell phone, is that right? yes,