i m ayman mohyeldin, we begin this morning with democrats who are using newly-released emails about the holding of military aid to ukraine in pressuring of witnesses in the trial. and 90 minutes after the president s controversial phone call with the president of the ukraine, the white house fired off an email to the pentagon to hold off on releasing the aid. the white house also wanted to keep it quiet, with budget official mike duffy writing quote, given the sensitive nature of the request i appreciate you keeping that information closely held for those who need to know to execute the direction. duffy is one of the white house officials who refused to comply with house subpoenas to testify. during the impeachment inquiry. now, democrats are hoping that the emails will help bolster their case in the standoff with mitch mcconnell. this email is explosive. a top administration official, one that we requested, as saying