The new republic talked about said, is people truly do, i the death of shame. Well, here we are 20 years later believe, understand that these allegations are serious. And there you see it among but what i hear often is two things. People who actually act like first thing i hear is well, look, max, i get it, the theyre in a personality cult. President might have done something wrong, but everybody people who have spent their does it. Why are you singling this guy entire life enriched by their out for something when everybody fathers last name. Does this . You know president s used to do this in the past, senators are and republicans who this doing this all the time. Its for that reason that we really is breathtaking. Voted yesterday on whether to should be coupling this with the have an inquiry into whether the most expansive anticorruption effort in the history of the United States. Commander and chief compromised the second thing we hear, though, is oh, look, max, this National Securi
Immigration policy, an attempt to punish legal immigrants if they participate in legal programs like getting Food Assistance or participating in medicaid. Donald trumps top immigration official ken cuche any little today saying the statute of liberty poem should basically be rewritten based on this new trump policy requiring immigrants to prove theyre unlikely to need ned public assistance. Would you also agree that emma lazaruss words etched on the statute of liberty, give me your poor are part of the american ethos. Had they certainly are. Its kind of a trolling. Trumps immigration chief responsible for these real powers saying sure, give me your tired and your poor but and ending his own edition, stand on their tone feet. A lot of people feel a lot of sen mentality for at least the rhetoric if not the reality of the statue of libertys goals. But its also very different from just hours before when he commented on the very same topic. Take a listen. You were complementing a public cha
Classified system amid these allegations that that amounts to a coverup. That admission matches almost verbatim what is in the whistleblower complaint which goes to say, one white house official described this act as an abuse of this Electronic System because the call did not contain anyone remotely sensitive from a National Security perspective. All of this as House Speaker nancy pelosi is narrowing the impeachment inquiry to focus on ukraine with democrats pushing for a vote as soon as next month. President trump signaling how he plans to fight this telling attendees of a private event in new york this is war. So the whistleblower came out and said nothing. Said a couple of people told me he had a conversation with ukraine. Were in a war. These people are sick. With me now, cnn senior White House Correspondent pamela brown. Pamela explain further how these officials are explaining where these were stored . A white house official acknowledged a key graph of the whistleblower was accur
I gave kendis my highlighter as a peace offering for being late. I expect drink tickets any day now, alex. Enjoy your weekend 37 hi, everybody. Were following several major developments today in the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. The top democrat in charge of the investigation says that the whistleblower at the center of the probe is expected to testify very soon. Meantime troubling new revelations about the back channel diplomacy with ukraine being conducted by President Trumps personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. One columneist says the presidet is putting his interests above the national interests. And the state department is ramping up its own investigation not into the whistleblower complaint but instead into the email records of dozens of current and former officials who sent messages to then secretary of state Hillary Clinton. Just because, you know, 2016 is the longest decade ever. We are going to start this hour though with what could be the start of a tense few weeks f
Targeting trumps rivals. If it sounds like a lot, it is a lot. Right now, our top story begins behind closed doors. Speaker pelosi continued her strategy to shape the calendar for the trial. Announcing a vote tomorrow to hand off the impeachment articles, to name the prosecutors who will walk over to the senate and make the case to the senate and to America Donald trump is constitutionally unfit to stay in office. Meanwhile, leader mcconnell saying the trial prep, meaning getting it going, can start immediately and well tell what you that means. An invite for chief Justice Roberts to swear in people this week. We know from history, as the chief justice arrives, the senators are sworn in, even the often partisan brawling atmosphere of the capitol does tend to cool even if briefly because the weight of the trial sets in. There are signs he wants to get on with it. Reports tonight that the formal trial could begin as soon as tuesday with some democrats looking downright pumped up today. T