in question with president trump, in zelensky s words he says i wasn t speaking with president trump from the vantage point of a quid pro quo because i didn t want us to look like beg ars. but that s not all that he said. he went on to say, you have to understand this is a direct quote. we re at war, if our strategic partners, zelensky says, then you can t go blocking anything for us. so president trump is really gloming on to what portion of what he says to cast that being exculpatory when the full quote does not make that point t. other point is president makes is that the impeachment inquiry is a hoax. he s said that before. he also says that democrats purposely scheduled wednesday s hearing for a time when he would be out of the country. these things have been moving on parallel tracks. yes, the nato trip has been on the books for a kwiel. but back when the house formalized the impeachment inquiry back in november with the full house vote it laid out in the rules that the judicia
i want nutrition made just for me. but i also want great taste. so i drink boost for women. new boost women with key nutrients to help support thyroid, bone, hair and skin health. all with great taste. new boost women. arthel: president trump facing two deadlines in house impeachment inquiry, the president must decide whether he and his counsel will participate in house judiciary committees impeachment hearing on wednesday, let s go to kevin corke, live in west palm beach with all the details, hey, kevin. arthel, nice to see you, you re right, the white house as you well know has been sort of complaining about the moving target deadline that we have seen coming out of the judiciary committee and i think in particular they re frustrated because in their mind these deadlines are simply arbitrary and only meant to expedite the process and democrats can
prosecutor that would be compelling information to me and i would want to be sitting down with these folks because it is too important to american history to teamsters and most importantly the hoffa family that we get resolution of the case and these are tremendous leads, great job, eric sean. eric: well, thank you, exnetter the country, and now we are talk ing about jimmy hoffa s daughter, retired judge, she has files in basement and james p hoffa for all the teamsters members, as former federal prosecutor we are told that fbi is in touch with newark fbi office, what does it take the feds to come in and have this type of investigation, what should they do? it s not really coming in, they ve had this investigation open for almost 40 years and so they re going to continue that process, the amount of documentary evidence on the fbi side is going to be massive and
impeach the president before christmas and have it all wrapped up to get out of the way for the election and primaries which obviously will heat up after january, let me walk you through the process as we know it from this point forward, we do know that in addition to today on wednesday the committee, we will hear from a number of scholars, they will talk about the legitimacy and the practicality and the constitutalty of the impeach meant process, it should be 4 witnesses in total, one not to support the idea of the process, and on the sixth, the white house will declare intention to take part oncoming judiciary process, same day for republican lawmakers, on december 9th, the chairman nadler will consider the matter, over on capitol hill, arthel, a sharp divide on which the haste the democrats are operating, some speculating that they are trying to wrap this up and race to the clock to
participate on wednesday because they feel it s a stacked hearing, we will have to see. eric: do you think president trump will eventually testify, they have now until friday to come forward, he s someone he fights back, do you think he would actually throw out a gauntlet not just have the lawyers there eventually or maybe in a senate trial? he says he would like to be sitting, i find it highly unlikely and also asked hearings december 9th, starting a week from tomorrow and those will be witnesses in terms ofism peachment impeachment inquiry, i find it highly unlikely, aides and attorneys are strongly advising not to do that, it s a trap, unfair process and he doesn t want to be a part of it, i would i have to tell you i would be totally shocked if president trump testified in this thing. eric: we are is stephanie grisham says about proceedings,