absolutely insist tent from day one that ukraine must become part of nato. and the reason for the invasion of crimea the conviction in moscow this was going to happen. that then would become, that is crimea would become a base from nato from which it could project power against russia. that never comes up for discussion, but that s a very real concern. tucker: why would we do that? why did we bring in macedonia? why have we brought in bulgaria? tucker: there are at the people at the state department push be the united states to war against russia. they don t think they are pushing it towards war because they don t think the russians will go to war. that s where i think they are wrong. i think there is a red line out there. and we re very close to it. and the russians, whether we like it or not, are probably more paranoid than the left in the united states. tucker: yes. and they are quite capable of striking back at us. hopefully not on the nuclear level but it s real. and t
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,