Heard from the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi, who said President Trumps phone call at the heart of this investigation was attempted bribery. That is significant, those choice of words. Now this morning we are going to hear from Marie Yovanovitch. She was the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine from august 2016 until President Trump recalled her six months ago. Yovanovitch says she was removed because she stood in the way of getting ukraines government to investigate joibd and his son hunter and a Conspiracy Theory. Lets go back inside the hearing room as we watch some of the arrives there in what is expected to be a day of discovery by the house democrats. And we will see the republican strategy. We have got a team of correspondent entz covering this from capitol hill to the white house. Margaret brennan joins us here, our host of face the nation. I know you have been speaking with people close to the ambassador. What is she likely the say today . What are we likely to learn . It will be
Democrats. Today, a third career diplomat will testify, Marie Yovanovitch who was fired from her po ambassador of the ukraine. She was fired in may. I want to bring in mary bruce on capitol hill. Shes going to say that President Trump fired her after what she called a Smear Campaign from Rudy Giuliani. Reporter george, Marie Yovanovitch says she was fired from her job for essentially doing her job. Saying the president lost confidence in her, and now she will have a chance before the American People to tell her side of the story. She said she was blindsided when she was forced out of more than three decades of public service, and she was shocked and even felt threatened when the president said she was bad news. Democrats will argue shes the first victim of the president s shadow diplomacy in ukraine. They are going to use the ambassador to try and put a personal face to their argument. They will say that she was forced out for standing in the way of the politically motivated investigat
Smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Good morning. Two white house aides resign charged with abuse by their former wives. President trump defending the men rallying against mere allegations that ruin lives. That fits a pattern for President Trump. Behind the scenes he is seething. His team is cracking. The knives are out for john kelly and the president s closest personal aid, hope hicks. A staff shakeup is looming. Just another week in the trump white house. We certainly wish him well. Its obviously a tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career. That was President Trumps First Response to the resignation of rob porter after porter was accused of abuse by both of his exwives. Porter second wife Jennifer Willoughby said this to the washington post. He grabbed me by the shoulders here and pulled me out of the shower in a rage. His first wife Colbie Holderness said he punched her in the face leaving this b
Good morning. Two white house aides resign charged with abuse by their former wives. President trump defending the men rallying against mere allegations that ruin lives. That fits a pattern for President Trump. Behind the scenes he is seething. His team is cracking. The knives are out for john kelly and the president s closest personal aid, hope hicks. A staff shakeup is looming. Just another week in the trump white house. We certainly wish him well. Its obviously a tough time for him. He did a very good job when he was in the white house and we hope he has a wonderful career. That was President Trumps First Response to the resignation of rob porter after porter was accused of abuse by both of his exwives. Porter second wife Jennifer Willoughby said this to the washington post. He grabbed me by the shoulders here and pulled me out of the shower in a rage. His first wife Colbie Holderness said he punched her in the face leaving this black eye. They shared their story with the fbi a year
Saber with regard to korea, not because they have an atomic bomb but he wants to get this war over with but its never it wasnt really a real threat but he rattles the saber a little bit. I havent seen anything in my research that would suggest that. Other questions . Ive talked enough about one of my favorite topics and i appreciate your patience and letting me indulge myself. Thank you very much. [ applause ] thank you very much. And the doctor will be out in the hallway with copies of his new book that came out last week in january. A few months behind. And i know he would be happy to chat with you more if you have additional questions. Thanks for being us at the national archives. Come back and see us again soon. In just a few minutes well bring a live discussion from philadelphia about house and senate races this fall and the possible makeup of the new congress. Members of congress pollsters and election specialists will trade views at this atlantic event. I hope everybody had enou