i m not going to be a juror in this possible senate trial. and you have a lot of unease behind the scenes among those senate republicans because they don t know the facts. every day s a new day. bringing another ambassador, another national security official, who is not singing in unison with the white house when it comes to the president s conduct. and jeremy bash, witnesses who are active duty or retired military also bring a bearing and an ethos that a lot of civilians don t have. chiefly, chain of command. this guy is prepared to testify that twice he kicked it up the line to the chief counsel in the nsc. he is the kind of witness, it appears, who could do some thorough damage. lieutenant colonel vindman is a soldier, a wounded iraq war veteran, combat veteran, someone who clearly is not a partisan actor and doesn t really even have a policy ax to grind. he s there at the national security council on detail from the united states department of
a guy who the president would be fond of calling central casting. a lieutenant colonel, active duty, u.s. army, decorated veteran, specialist within the nsc. brian, the political moves by house republicans over the past week have gotten the headlines. storming in the impeachment hearing room. you have matt getz, the congressman from florida, mark meadows from north carolina all rallying to the president s side. yet when phil rucker and i were reporting on the senate gop over the past week, a totally different scene. that s alarming to this white house. each senator, as they walked from the train up to their office to the vote, they would tell us, sorry, can t comment. i m not going to be a juror in this possible senate trial. and you have a lot of unease behind the scenes among those senate republicans because they don t know the facts. every day s a new day. bringing another ambassador, another national security
with the power of your voice. that s simple, easy, awesome. say nba league pass into your voice remote to check out a free preview. don t miss out. there have been bombshells all over the capitol today. a current national security official who was actually in listening on the infamous ukraine call testifying all about the concerns in realtime about donald trump s plot.
blasting the process that the house is undertaking behind closed doors, even though 50 republican members across the three committees are deposing the witnesses. we re going to go in there and figure out what s going on. reporter: house republicans held their own symbolic protest this week, two dozen members pushing their way into this secure room, where the house committee meets to discuss classified information. this is not fair. reporter: this while rudy giuliani is searching for his own defense lawyer, as prosecutors in new york investigate his business dealings in ukraine and try town ravel giuliani s connection to these two men, two of giuliani s associates who were charged with campaign finance-related charges. next week, all eyes will be on the testimony of tim morrison, the national security official who will be the first person who was on that infamous july 21st phone call, to testify.
committee pending appeal of the ruling. the decision is a big win for democrats who have wanted to see the full mueller report since it came out. but it also boast it boosts the legitimacy of their court claim related to the impeachment inquiry. just today the house impeachment committee subpoenaed depositions from two office of management and budget officials and state department officials after the administration blocked them from appearing. it s been three weeks since the first deposition in the impeachment inquiry. and nbc news reports the 65 hours or so from testimony from current and former officials has painted a clear picture that president trump was demanding a quid pro quo from the ukrainian government. and things are not looking better for the president. next week current national security official national security counsel official tim morrison is expected to corroborate some of the most damning testimony that we ve heard this week. and if he does appear on thursday, mo