to a freedom of information act lawsuit. we already knew the broad time line of the withholding of the aid. security assistance was first ordered held in early july and agencies were notified on july 18th. then the aid order was formally sent on july 25th, the day of the president s call. what we ve learned from the new emails is that the two actions occurred roughly 90 minutes apart. the president got off the phone with zelensky at 9:33, and duffey sent the email ordering the aid to be held at 11:04. the greater context of duffey s email is unknown because he defied a subpoena during the house s impeachment inquiry. the question will now be forced into the senate as to whether to pursue duffey s testimony as democrats have demanded. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has not signaled he will accept any witnesses the democrats are pushing for, but the key number is 51. that s how many senators are needed to approve any witnesses for the trial. jeremy herb, cnn, washington. well,
outside of frustrating e ining president, what do you think is the strategic part of those articles of impeachment right now. mcconnell here is loosy with the football wanting to play charlie brown. they re not the same as clinton. the obvious point is once it gets into his clutches, he ll be able to ram through whatever he wants on the barest of majorities. so the real point is as with clinton, if you want them, they re playing it. even more, they need documents. from a prosecutorial point of view, you want to hear mike duffey. but that paper they just got by chance speaks volumes and what puts the light in the notion of this was normal business is that last piece that you focused on saying don t tell anybody about this. keep this quiet.
mike duffey, a trump political appointee and budget official. happens to be one of several witnesses democrats would like to see in person at an impeachment trial. this latest revelation sparked this reaction from senate minority leader chuck schumer. if there was ever an argument that we need mr. duffey to come testify, this is that information. this email is explosive. cnn covering all an lts from the white house to capitol hill. sara westwood traveling with the president. and laura fox is in washington. let s start first with sara. the president may be on vacation, but impeachment still at the top of his mind. he lashed out at speaker pelosi this morning for delaying sending the impeachment articles to the senate. is the white house at all concerned this could bolster the
province are heading to the turkish border. president recep tayyip erdogan reportedly says his country cannot handle this fresh wave of people. he blames syrian and russian attacks on the province for the refugees. he s sending a delegation to moscow on monday to discuss the situation. the u.s. senate minority leader that s chuck schumer is again calling for white house official mike duffey to testify in the impeachment trial. democrat schumer cites newly released documents that show efforts to freeze aid to ukraine began 90 minutes after u.s. president donald trump spoke with his ukrainian counterpart in july. shortly after that call, duffey sent an email telling officials, hold off sending the aid. a democratic senator says he believes there are gaps in the impeachment case against the president. doug jones, one of the more
border. president erdogan reportedly says his country cannot handle this fresh wave of people. he blames syrian and russian attacks on the province for the refugees coming his way. he s sending a delegation to moscow on monday to discuss the situation. india s prime minister is accusing opposition parties of misleading the public about a controversial citizenship law, and he s trying to convince muslims they will not face discrimination. but there were more protests sunday. the law makes it easier for non-muslim religious minorities from neighboring countries to become indian citizens. the u.s. senate minority leader is again calling for white house official mike duffey to testify in the impeachment trial. democrat chuck schumer cites newly released documents that show efforts to freeze aid to ukraine began 90 minutes after u.s. president trump spoke with