Suspect that lying may be a genetic condition. Trump senior weighed in on his sons subpoena this afternoon. The Mueller Report came out. Thats the bible. The Mueller Report came out and they said he did nothing wrong. My son was totally exonerated by mueller. Who frankly, does not like donald trump, me, this donald trump. And frankly, for my son, after being exonerated to now get a subpoena to go again and speak again after close to 20 hours of telling everybody that would listen about a nothing meeting, yeah, im pretty surprised. The bible that were willing to take the country to the bring of a constitutional show down to keep secret. All of this contributing to a standoff between the Trump Administration and congress. And leading House Speaker nancy pelosi, the highest ranking impeachment skeptic to agree with her colleagues that we are indeed in a constitutional crisis. Thats where we start today. On set, sam stein, jonathan swan. Paul butler and ron klain. Jonathan let me start wit
President and ahighs Mick Mulvaney claims holding up military aid to ukraine which is at war with russia for political purposes is another day in the Trump White House, and acceptable. So the demand for an investigation into the democrats was part of the reason that he it was. Wanted to withhold funding to ukraine. The look back to what happened in 2016 certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about. To be clear what you just described is a quid pro quo. Its funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happened as well. We do we do that all the time with Foreign Policy. I have news for everybody. Get over it. There is going to be political influence in Foreign Policy. There you go. Mulvaney did later try to walk back the admission of regular Trump White House quid pro quos. But lets be clear here. Dont let yourself be gas lit. In the span of less than a month the president and the white house have gone from attacking the ukraine whistleblower as
How will he address questions about his treatment of anita hill when he chaired the hearings for Clarence Thomas whom hill accused of sexual harassment. We learned biden had a phone conversation with hill where he expressed regrets for what she endured. Hes had 28 years to prepare for the conversation. Apparently that wasnt enough. Hill tells the New York Times shes not satisfied and isnt sure she sees real change and accountability. We begin here in new york with the top story. Biden is here, coming on the view. Youre chasing him. Its brought you here. Reporter right out of the gate joe biden made his campaign about taking on donald trump calling it a battle for the soul of the nation. Before that, he has to navigate the crowded democratic field and his long record is coming into focus. Hey, guys. Reporter joe biden shaking up an already crowded primary. How does it feel to be the frontrunner . Its real early. The issue will be not only who can win, but who is the best person to lead
A key signal that a recession might be coming, making investors nervous and according to the washington post, making the president nervous as well. Saying yesterday at this rally, love me, hate me, youve got to vote for me because of the economy. Good morning, everyone. Im dave briggs. Good morning, im Alison Kosick sitting in for christine romans. We begin with the strong reaction to what some lawmakers are calling a shameful decision to ban two muslim congresswomen from visiting israel. It came after President Trump encouraged the move against democrats ihlan omar and Rashida Tlaib, two members of the squad and his political enemies. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu explaining the plan of the two congresswomen is only to damage israel and to to meant against israel. Both omar and tlaib support the movement to boycott israel and have been chris sized for statements that have been considered antisemitic. The israeli decision was announced shortly after a tweet coming from Pres
National Security Council official that was on that call testified to impeachment investigators, told him to stay away from the shadow Ukraine Foreign policy being pursued by trump attorney rudy giuliani. The nsc official backed up damaging claims about the president. Lauren fox reports from capitol hill. Reporter well, a huge day on capitol hill yesterday, as lawmakers, republicans and democrats, were on the record when it comes to where they stand on impeachment. The resolution they voted on sets out the rules for the next stage of the impeachment inquiry when these testimonies become public. Also yesterday, tim morrison on capitol hill, where he corroborated testimony from bill taylor. He was a career diplomat, who told lawmakers yesterday in a 15page opening statement, that he had concerns when he learned that the president was trying to use 400 million in military aid to ukraine, as a they to extract investigations that he hoped the Ukrainian Government would announce against his