Her claims. Whats next in the Ongoing Court case . But first we begin with an exclusive report from nbc news about some of the 65 hours of closeddoor testimony given to the house impeachment committees by Trump Administration officials. Nbc news reports at least three current and former u. S. Officials have all made the same startling admission, a coveted white house visit for the new ukrainian leader had been explicitly conditioned on his agreeing to investigations that could have helped President Trumps reelection. And when Gordon Sondland was asked pointblank under oath whether that constituted a quid pro quo, he did not dispute it, people with knowledge of his testimony said. Nbc news reports that, thanks to testimony like this and thanks to Public Comments from trump, his aides, and his allies, quote, a portrait is emerging of a quid pro quo that evolved over time when the president progressively upping the ante when his demands were not met. This Development Comes on the heels of
Mechanical. I personally dont think thats even a question, personally. So well see what happens. Do you think it was shot down by accident . I dont know. Thats up to them. At some point theyll release the black box. Ideally theyll get it to boeing, but if they gave it to france or some other country, that would be okay, too. I think ideally that will be released. I have a feeling that its just some very terrible something very terrible happened, very devastating. Joining us now from tehran is Cnn Senior International correspondent Fred Pleitgen along with cnns Richard Quest from beirut. Tell us, fred, what else were learning. Reporter hi, brianna. We managed to get in touch with irans civil authority, and this is the first time theres been an official comment by an iranian official on this matter. We confronted him with this intelligence that weve been hearing about, that its potentially the shootdown on this plane accidentally, as it apparently is being said, by the iranians. Now, he
Everybody, it is january 9th. Im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside Ayman Mohyeldin, we begin with President Trump backing away from the brink of war with iran saying he will respond to teheran targeting u. S. Forces in iraq with economic sanctions, and not military force. First reported by the Washington Post, a Senior Administration official confirming to nbc news that when it became clear tuesday night that there were no casualties, the president told his top advisers in the situation room that he did not want to escalate the crisis. Im pleased to inform you the American People should be extremely grateful and happy. No americans were harmed in last nights attack by the iranian regime. We suffered no casualties. All of our soldiers are safe. Our Great American forces are prepared for anything. Iran appears to be standing down, which is a good thing for all parties concerned. Nations have tolerated irans destructive and destabilizing behavior in the middle east and beyond. Those days are o
Full capabilities which experts say they have weapons of pinpoint accuracy and interests that reach far beyond the middle east. Im wolf blitzer and you are in the situation room. This is cnn news breaking news. We are following that officials are confirming that two rockets landed a short time ago inside of baghdads heavily fortified green zone which includes the United States embassy and no word on who fired the rockets or where they came from, and this is coming one day after iran fired more than a dozen missiles at iraqi bases housing u. S. Troops. Tonight, we have learned that President Trump and his team have considered immediate retaliation for those attacks, but they decided to hold off, and moments ago following a briefing by the administration on iran, two republican senators emerge railing against what they have heard with one calling it the worst briefing he has heard in years. We will talk about all of this with will hurd of the Intelligence Committee and our correspondents