argument is taking shape against the schumer proposal. what the republicans are saying privately and some are indicating this publicly as well is that they believe that the house s job was to get those witnesses, those four witnesses that schumer requested, mick mulvaney, the acting chief of staff, john bolton, the former national security adviser, as well as a top aid to mick mulvaney, rob blair and the top office of management and budget official, michael duffey, who declined to appear before the house impeachment inquiry. the republicans are arguing it was the house s job to do that. it was the house s decision not to go to court to secure their testimony and what the republicans are planning to argue is their job is not fact finders. that s the house s job and because the house did not go that route they re not going to request witnesses who did not appear before the house committee, so expect republicans to make that argument bullet th ultimate question is will
for impeachment moving in the other direction. moving more towards the president. so i think the white house wants to find out a little bit more about what chairman nadler envisions. but right now, it seems as though they re disinclined to do a full participation. ali. hans, thank you. hans nichols for us at the white house. and the new york times piece wasn t the only damning revelation. new testimony transcripts from an office of management and budget official, mark sandy, reveals how intense the withholding of that ukrainian aid was for the office of management and budget. this was part of his testimony, his close-door testimony. according to mark sandy, the withholding of that of that money was part of the reason why two omb officials resigned. including one official from the omb s legal department. sandy also provided even more revealing context to the timeline of the aid and then there s this. he testified that the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, notified him tha
witnesses, you and i have actually met. now let s talk turkey about john bolton s tweet that u.s. national security priorities are being attacked from within. a senior official from the white house replied bolton is going to bolton, but the white house is not likely to change its posture when it comes to allowing the top officials at the white house to have the green light to testify. that likely means more presidential stone walling to come. thank you. more on all of this. joining us now, democratic congresswoman of pennsylvania, key member of the judiciary committee. thanks so much for joining us. let me get your quick reaction to the breaking news we ve been following, the transcripts just released from two key witnesses. one of them from omb, mark sandy, a top official and national security. the other, phil reeker, the acting assistant. he barely told lawmakers in the
because of concerns that he shared as well that the security assistance to ukraine had been held up and wolf, we are seeking comment from the office of management and budget on that claim, but clearly, concerns were within the white house budget office and lots of questions and not clear reasons why this crucial military stance was delayed. b what about the highlights from that top state department official. what are you seeing there? he raises concerns as well b about several issues involving both the president s personal attorney, rudy giuliani, his efforts to push for his investigations as well as the efforts to oust the former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, who top leadership did not off a statement of support amid the sneer campaign that giuliani was launching and others and he makes clear that rudy giuliani was the person feeding the president s views and perceptions about what was happening with ukraine and with
frustrate among the people in the office of management and budget who were trained to follow the law about what was going on. they wrote this memo saying you have to release the aid. one lawyer u apparently quit at least in part because of what was going on here. again, consistent with a bribery scheme to get an investigation of the president s rival. jeffrey toobin report iing f us. thank you very, very much. there s more breaking news just ahead. we ll take a closer look at the next phase of the impeachment inquiry now set to begin next week with the first house judiciary committee hearing. eri. it s 5g ultra wideband for massive capacity and ultra-fast speeds. almost 2 gigs here in minneapolis. that s 25 times faster than today s network in new york city. so people from midtown manhattan to downtown denver can experience what our 5g can deliver. (woman) and if verizon 5g can deliver performance like this in these places.