with us now is congresswoman debbie wasserman schultz of florida. good morning and happy thanksgiving. good morning, ana. happy thanksgiving to you as well as all your viewers. there are new details that seem to be trickling out day after day that do poke holes in the president s timeline and the republicans defense. we now know the president released the aid and used that phrasing no quid pro quo only after learning of this whistle-blower complaint. we also know two omb officials resigned at least in part over the aid hold. that s some of the newest information we ve learned in the last 48 hours or so. so do you think house intel ended its public hearings too soon? you know, i think there s a mountain range of evidence that s come to light through public testimony, through the private depositions that i ve had an opportunity to listen to as a member of the oversight committee, that the president abused his power, violated appropriations law by withholding hundreds of millions o
important for people to understand that this impeachment inquiry at this point it s not just a phone call. you hear that even from people republicans concerned about the president s actions. they ll say, well but in the end it s just about a phone call. what i m struck by is the fact that there are so many actions by trump and the u.s. government this is not about words. this is about firing the u.s. ambassador. this is abouted withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in security assistance approved by congress. it s about withholding a white house meeting, all of which appear for personal political gain. that s very different than o, gee, trump said something on a phone call. yeah, susan thanks for the perspective. great to see. you thank you. coming up still, a rare rebuke one day after president trump called him the mostover rated general. jim mattis is hitting back and roasting the president. we ll be right back.
will investigate/get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. a source tells us the ukrainians responded by drafting a public statement committing to investigating corruption. a statement ultimately made it to president trump s personal attorney and point man on ukraine rudy giuliani. giuliani said it did not go far enough, and suggested adding references that would imply investigations of joe biden and his son hunter and the 2016 election. the newly released text shows a top u.s. diplomat was concerned president trump withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid would amount to a quid pro quo. on september 1st, the senior u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor texted gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the european union, taylor wrote are we saying security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on investigations? sondland responded, call me. on september 9th, taylor
withholding hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid that washington is upset with the current pace of egypt s transition, back to democracy and violence on the streets. over 1,000 people have died in clashes with security forces since the army ousted the country s first freely elected president last july. no reaction from egyptian officials yet but the public is divided, some want the aid gone altogether while others are upset as this comes as the country fights a low-level insurgency. back to you, kate. thank you so much. to moscow where edward snowden, the national security agency s leaker now living there. could he be reuniting with his father today? phil black has more on this story. reporter: he arrived at the same airport his son spent six weeks living in earlier this year. he flew in from toronto, saying he s come to moscow to learn more about his son s situation, his health and legal options. he made it clear he doesn t speak to edward. they haven t been in direct