The recount on the horizon there. All the fallout this morning. Impeachment bombshell. The key witness who now says his memory has been refreshed revising his testimony describing a quid pro quo undercutting the president s defense. Bitter arctic blast. Six states now facing a Winter Weather advisory. Icy roads already causing accidents as the deep freeze moves in for millions. Cancer scam . The pennsylvania woman arrested accused of bilking Good Samaritans out of thousands of dollars. How a podcast and her own husband led to her arrest. And good morning, america. Hope youre well this wednesday morning. Little mermaid was fun. Little mermaid live was fantastic and Queen Latifah as ursula trending big. One of the highlights. Of the night, she really shined on stage, and backstage this was what she tweeted. This video saying, when you want your tentacles to shine. Your tentacles to shine. It was a great show last night. Shaggy was the crab. Really was good. We have more on that ahead. Bu
A heads up on that. So i asked her kind of, you know, what is the next step here . She said she would try to find out more and she would try to call me by midnight. What happened next . Around 1 00 in the morning, she called me again and said that there were great concerns. There were concerns up the street, and she said i needed to come home immediately. Get on the next plane to the u. S. And i asked her why, and she said she wasnt sure, but there were concerns about my security. I asked her, my physical security . Because sometimes washington knows more than we do about these things, and she said, no. She hadnt gotten that impression that it was a physical security issue, but they were concerned about my security and i needed to come home right away. You know, i argued. This is extremely irregular, and and no reason given, but in the end, i did get on the next plane home. You said there were concerns up the street. What did you understand that to mean . The white house. Did she expla
Democrats. Today, a third career diplomat will testify, Marie Yovanovitch who was fired from her po ambassador of the ukraine. She was fired in may. I want to bring in mary bruce on capitol hill. Shes going to say that President Trump fired her after what she called a Smear Campaign from Rudy Giuliani. Reporter george, Marie Yovanovitch says she was fired from her job for essentially doing her job. Saying the president lost confidence in her, and now she will have a chance before the American People to tell her side of the story. She said she was blindsided when she was forced out of more than three decades of public service, and she was shocked and even felt threatened when the president said she was bad news. Democrats will argue shes the first victim of the president s shadow diplomacy in ukraine. They are going to use the ambassador to try and put a personal face to their argument. They will say that she was forced out for standing in the way of the politically motivated investigat
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Senate hold the line . Big questions this week for Hakeem Jeffries, one of the president s top jordan, plus i analysis from our powerhouse round table. Well break down the politics, break down the spin. The facts that matter. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now george stephanopoulos. Good morning. Welcome to this week, a week of headsnapping developments. The first key witness testimony to congress. The First Release of Text Messages from Administration Officials confirming the pressuon ukraine outlinedre in thn e origaminigaa whistleblower complaint. That public request from President Trump calling on china to investigate joe biden. Late friday the first subpoenas to the white house, plus a new request for documents from Vice President pence. This morning more breaking news. Abc news has learned that the legal team representing the first whistleblower is now whistleblower. Attorney mark zade said he is a member of the Intelligence Community with firsthand information on so