the speaker nancy pelosi has resisted doing so, saying there is nothing in the constitution that requires her to do that. but the white house we re told is now considering sening a letter to house democrats saying they are not compelled to release documents to the house committee until they take that vote. jim. doesn t to be a constitutional base are basis for that but they ll likely go toward. thanks very much. for more on the texts let s bring in susan malvo. walk us through this to some degree. what s clear here now is that many of the elements of the whistle-blower complaint appear to be krobted now by texts supplied by kurt volker. that s right. and there are texts they are zeroing in on. one around kurt volker, the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine rerzing after the whistle-blower complaint became public. he is mentioned in the whistle-blower complaint and connected rudy giuliani, the
inspector general to come forward to congress for anyone to even learn about its existence. so many deliberate delays in this throughout the story. also this morning, another crucial question. how far have those who surround president trump gone to protect the presidency from the president s own words and actions? there s new reporting from the washington post this morning, detailing alleged attempts to bury that july call with the president of ukraine, on a code word protected server, that this was part of a broader secrecy effort. quoting from the story now, the white house has taken extraordinary steps over the past two years to block details of president trump s phone calls with foreign leaders from becoming public. following embarrassing disclosures early in his administration that enraged the president, and created a sense of paranoia among his top aides. there is a great deal going on this morning. we will get to all of it, let s begin with cnn s susan malvo who just spoke w
warner and tim kaine calling for northam to reflect on how to move forward, giving it more time. the big question, of course, will northam heed these calls if this chorus grows louder over the next 24 hours? will he survive? sus susan malvo, cnn, walk. the virginia legislative black caucus in a statement they said this, we just finished meeting with the governor. we fully appreciate all that he has contributed to our commonwealth. but given what was revealed today, it is clear he can no longer effectively serve as governor. it is time for him to resign so that virginia can begin the process of healing. and the former virginia governor terry mcauliffe governor when northam was lt. gov. tweeted this, he has put himself and the commonwealth of virginia in his untenable. it is time for ralph to step down and the commonwealth to
hundreds of thousands of people are gathering for today s women s march. you re looking at the nation s capitol there and susan malvo is there. they are just at the steps of the lincoln memorial. so is there one objective that brings so many people out coast to coast here? reporter: good morning, fred. well yes, there is an objective. there are many different objectives. but what many people are telling me this morning, they want to seize the momentum from last year. this is not going to be the kind of anticipated crowd that you saw from last year. maybe ten thousand or so. i was here at the march one year ago when it was so jam packed. you could barely move madonna and scarlet johansen and celebrity power but it is strategic that those folks will be in l.a. and in las vegas.
political process and it is very personal for folks. they are immigrants, they are health care workers, they are mothers and grandmothers and they say that even during this day of a government shutdown, it really underscores the fact there is change that needs to happen here, fred. suzanne malveaux, thank you on the steps just below the steps of the lincoln memorial. we ll be dotting the map this afternoon. thank you so much. our special coverage of the government shutdown and president trump s first year in office continues right after this. we can go down this what do you think? never been in love by cobra starship feat. iconapop woo! yeah! it s good! it s refreshing.