Have let this play out in the courts. Lets begin with congressional reporter lauren fox on capitol hill. Lauren, what are lawmakers saying following the release of these redacted emails . Well, you heard there, ryan, from Chuck Schumer. Hes arguing that these emails are explosive and they really provide more evidence for why the democrats need to hear from witnesses as part of that Senate Impeachment trial. We heard from majority leader mcconnell a few minutes ago on fox news and what he said essentially, they are not prepared to have a debate about witnesses in the very early stages of this trial. Instead, hes arguing nancy pelosi just needs to send those articles of impeachment over and then they will have a discussion about witnesses after theyve heard a presentation from the house managers who are going to make their democratic case and then hear a presentation from the white houses side who is going to make their case, then they will make a decision about where to go from there. W
Didnt happen in that 90 minute span, but the button was pushed on hold the aid. What this does, its a big tease, which is weve all known that, you know, there was a crime here or theres a scandal here. This gives us a big, big hint to how they did it, who they did it, when they did it, and, you know, the mechanism and everyone that was involved. You know, if you were democrats looking for a Christmas Present and what you wanted was testimony from people who know, santa came early. Bianna, the white house is saying that this is not new information, it is literally new information, it seems to show a degree of intent. The question is will it change any minds among republicans in the senate, and if not there, is there anything that you think could change republicans minds . Its interesting the white house initially denied that ukraine was ever denied aid, right, and now theyre saying, look, since you realize through testimony of fact witness that aid was withheld in july, earlier and in j
Saying the stage is suffering from a lack of diversity. Well put the question to a top party official. Breaking news, Senate Minority leader Chuck Schumer has sent to republicans his proposal for how the senate trial should go. It includes a request for four witnesses including acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former National Security adviser john bolton, a name weve heard a lot from recently. Major leader Mitch Mcconnell has already made it clear he has been coordinating closely with the white house and in particular counsel pat cipollone. The president and his supporters and advisers have suggested theyre ambivalent about the length of the trial as long as it arrives at a specific outcome. Watch this. I think the president of the United States is not going to just look for some simple acquittal. Hes got the votes. Hes going to look to be exonerated. He believes and his followers believe and now all the Republican Party believe that what he did was correct. Either a short or a
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Also its christmas so we have a naughty and nice list of our own. Chris cillizza, he made the list and he will tell us about it. And weve got the films you should not miss during your holiday break. All that and more but first a check of the headlines from the news desk. Good morning. Im alison kosik in new york. Moments ago in vatican city, pope francis issued a call for peace in regions like ukraine, venezuela, and south africa. Last night he celebrated Christmas Eve mass with a message of hope and love for the new year. A brewing snow and rainstorm could snarl travel after the holiday here. Meteorologist ivan cabrera joins us live with your christmas forecast. Good morning. All right, alison. Good morning. Merry christmas. We do have some problems out west. I think the east is looking just fine, thank you, here. We do have some morning fog. In fact, a lot of us are under a low blanket of fog here. Ohio valley and Southern New Mexico going to take you where it is certainly snowing an