corruption allegations against former vice president and family members. i learned as a prosecutor follow the money. it all the going to abide it. that s where the millions of dollars are going. as we reported earlier in the broadcast, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine is scheduled to appear here on capitol hill for closed or transcribed interview though that could fall through at the state department did earlier this week that the u.s. and asked her to the e.u. republicans argue this is not an official impeachment investigation which would afford them rights as well. catherine herridge live on the help of a cabin, thank you. ukraine s president says there was no discussion of blackmail or bribes during his july telephone conversation with president trump. correspondent david spohn spoke to the ukrainian leader after a marathon news conference today in kiev. famous comedian turned ukrainian president volodymyr
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right now, russian president vladimir putin is wrapping up the year with what s becoming something of a holiday tradition, a marathon news conference, briefing reporters on russian domestic and foreign policy. he s currently fielding questions about the election or i m sorry, he could field questions about the election meddling investigation here in the u.s., and he s making some news about his own political future. cnn s phil black is following along live for us in moscow. and phil, the russian president talking about which party he s going to be affiliated in his upcoming election. reporter: yeah, indeed, ryan. so, this press conference is really only getting started, because as you say, these tend to go for many hours. once, to give you context, he almost got close to five hours. so far, the questions have been pretty softball, all related to domestic issues. there s been some questions regarding the upcoming presidential election. this press conference is
billion megamerger. and russian president putin is praising donald trump this morning insisting all claims that russia colluded with the trump campaign during the 2016 presidential election are, quote, invented. nbc s keir simmons is in moscow, where putin wrapped his annual end of year news conference before more than 1,000 journalists. a marathon news conference from president putin answering mountains of questions from journalists. that is what he traditionally does at this annual fuse conference that he holds every year. this one more important because he is aiming for re-election next year. an election he is widely expected to win. he still is widely supported here in russia, even with questions over the legitimacy of that vote. today, president putin asked directly about allegations that russia interfered in the american elections, again, he
that he is running that office appropriately. rosenstein told the panel he would not fire mueller without good cause, and so far, he hasn t seen any. he also said nobody asked him to remove the special counsel. right now russian president vladimir putin is wrapping up the year with what s become something of a holiday tradition, a marathon news conference, briefing reporters on russian domestic and foreign policy. he is expected to field questions about the election meddling investigation here in the u.s., and moscow s latest forays into the middle east, among other topics. cnn s phil black is following along live for us in moscow. and if history is a guide, you ll be following along for, i don t know, maybe a few hours. i don t know if you brought a power bar. what are we expecting from vladimir putin? yeah, good morning, christine. yeah, a marathon length, certainly. as you say, these things tend to go on, usually not less than three hours. on one occasion, he got close to five