probe. they are almost certain to get hit with the subpoenas in a matter of days but also current state department officials, people asked to come in and testify expected to be served with subpoenas because of this white house and state department effort to resist the impeachment investigation and at all costs. that could include marie yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. she has already been scheduled for an interview on friday. but we are told from multiple sources familiar with the matter that there is new concern that she may not appear on friday amid this white house and state department push to prevent the officials from testifying. because she is still a state department employee and there is concern she could face backlash internally so there is growing discussion among democrats to simply hit the people with subpoenas without formally inviting them from interviews first. and also news also on the whistle-blower whose complaint has royaled the trump s presidency,
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himself by obstructing justice, refusing to comply with the congressional inquiry. he s already convicted himself. reporter: in a speech in new hampshire, biden joining many of his democratic rivals in calling for trump s removal from office. saying the president has repeatedly undermined american democracy. we see it in trump s own words, in the text from state department officials that have been made public. we soo it in his pulling as much of the united states government into his corrupt scheme and his appointees. it is the latest escalation from bide whoen supported an impeachment inquiry and planned to withhold final judgment but he said too many damning details have been disclosed about push pushing foreign leader to meddle in the 2020 election. we all laughed when he said he could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot someone and get away with it. it is no joke.
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he s shooting holes in the constitution and we can t let him get away with it. reporter: he mounted the defense for hunter biden and an arrangement trump seized upon with no evidence of wrongdoing by either biden. he s targeted me and my family with lies and distortions and smears. that s all they are. because he thinks he will undermine my candidacy for the nomination. reporter: here in new hampshire democratic voters are sizing up the field but not biden s integrity. what do you make of the back and forth between trump and joe biden? do you have any questions about joe biden s character? no. because i think trust him to be more truthful than what we have as a president right now. and the negativity is just way beyond. it needs to stop. reporter: but some admirers say the controversy have raised question about biden s judgment