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To go brain dead. What might putin be thinking right now . And welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. New transcript released minutes ago from the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. George kent, the Deputy Assistant secretary of state who oversees u. S. Policy on ukraine at the state department providing even more corroboration that those working on Foreign Policy regarding ukraine had been told by u. S. Ambassador to the eu, Gordon Sondland that President Trump, quote, wanted nothing less than ukrainian president zelensky to go to the microphone and say investigations, bideen and clinton. Kent also referring to the snake pits of corrupt ukrainian prosecutors who worked with Rudy Giuliani who would then carry on a, quote, campaign for several months full of lies intestine correct information about u. S. Ambassador to ukraine yovanovitch. Also saying it was wrong of giuliani to conduct this shadow policy, that giulianis efforts undermined the u. S. Policy in ukraine and, quote, after giuliani attacked me as well as ambassador yovanovitch and the entire ambassador in his late may interview i was told by an official to keep my head down and lower my profile in ukraine. The testimony is nearly 400 pages long. One of the dynamics that comes out clearly, divisions of people on the trump team pushing ukraine to announce investigations into the bidens and those within the u. S. Government pushing back because they thought it was wrong and corrupt, and ultimately would undermine u. S. National security. Cnns Phil Mattingly is on capitol hill for us now. George kent makes very clear in his testimony he was not on board with what he described as President Trump wanting ukraine to commit publicly to investigating the bidens. Not on board, jake, and so unsettled august 16th he actually drafted a memo laying out concerns there was, quote, an effort to prosecutions. What he lays out jives a lot with what weve seen with other career diplomats, serious concerns about the Administration Policy often times being run ad hoc and outside of things. He was asked bluntly what was on his view of the requests to get a statement from ukrainian officials pledging investigations into political rivals of President Trump. He said, quote, i do not believe the u. S. Should ask other countries to engage in political investigations and prosecuions. The testimony in full more than 400 pages lays out a sweeping, systematic and damning view of the Trump Administration efforts as it comes to ukraine. Most notably, he goes in depth to oust yovanovitch who was removed almost entirely by those outside the department, led by Rudy Giuliani, including one congressman tied to giuliani. In total they were engage in an effort to, quote, undermine her standing by claiming she was disloyal. He makes clear in the testimony there was no evidence of the alleged disloyalty or problems she had, yet it still persisted. He also noted that he and others close to him lobbied the state department, leaders at the state department to put out a statement of support, saying that was the only way to help her. Its now known there was no statement of support. Marie yovanovitch was summarily dismissed shortly after. It paints a picture weve seen over the course of the last weeks. It paints a picture that in a short while will become public. George taylor testifies, one of the first people to testify next week along with william taylor. You can expect democrats will try to highlight those issues and more. Testifying next wednesday. Thank you very much, Phil Mattingly, lets discuss. In the eyes of george kent, kurt volker is really an enabler of the trump policy. Theres a striking passage. Kent said envoy to ukraine kurt volker, now former envoy to ukraine. He planned to start reaching out to the former mayor of new york, Rudy Giuliani. When i asked him why he said it was clear that the mayor had influence on the president. Former mayor giuliani has a track record of asking for a visa for a former corrupt prosecutor, attacked ambassador yovanovitch, insisting that the new president needs to investigate biden. And kurts reaction was well if theres nothing there, what does it matter . And if there is something there, it should be investigated. My response to him, kent says, was asking another country to investigate a prosecution for political reasons undermines our advocacy of the rule of law. Kurt volker was part of the three amigos, Gordon Sondland, ambassador to the eu and who we havent heard from. The three of them were part of this ploy to get the president of ukraine to execute what the president and Rudy Giuliani wanted, to get the president of ukraine to make a statement he was going to investigate the bidens. As weve seen throughout these testimonies, kents testimony really bolsters what weve heard from taylor and what we know from fiona hill. We havent seen her transcript yet. Weve seen the first part of her testimony. The narrative has stayed the same unless youre talking about Gordon Sondland who might be in a little bit of trouble for his testimony. Another thing thats interesting, melanie, at no point do we have any of these people who are enabling what trump and giuliani are doing, sondlands and volkers of the world understanding maybe theres something wrong or corrupt about what theyre doing. Just this is what were going to do. Thats where youre starting to see the split between the kents of the world, these career diplomats, who were put there in charge of the ukraine policy. Keep in mind this was supposed to be his domain. Yet he had to go through these amigos, Rudy Giuliani. He testified that Rudy Giuliani had sway over the president s thinking. The reason democrats want him to testify, he can illuminate how backwards the ukraine policy was being carried out in this administration. He was told to lay low at one point. Back off. Because of giuliani. Kents deputy secretary of state. He is here in washington. Taylor is over in ukraine. And seeing it from that side. Kent was here, in an awful lot of meetings. Whats really striking, we can talk about the three amigos versus the career state people. Kent describes being on the video conferences, i think it was reported before, but very fascinating, his testimony. Definitely. The most compelling and maybe the most damning. And listening as the representative of the office of management and budget says mick mulvaney, acting chief of staff had at the direction of the president had put a hold on all Security Assistance to the ukraine. And they dont get an answer as to why. They get no answer as to why. Its not because the president decided we need a Serious Investigation of corruption. Go back to the state department. You have to write a report about whats going on. But at the direction of the president. Its not about competing forces within the u. S. Government squabbling. Its the president of the United States personally directing mulvaney to put a hold on the Security Assistance when the rest of the u. S. Government had sworn off on it and appropriated funds. I think it will be hard for people to say this is just bureaucrats fighting. The president put the hold on it. How concerned kent is about what this does for the standing and the image of the u. S. In the world standing against these kinds of political prosecutions. At one point kent testified about what he called an awkward part, aide to zelensky meeting with u. S. Officials, special representative volker made the point that they had open investigations of former ukrainian president proshenko and then he said what, you mean the type of investigations youre pushing us to do on bideen and clinton sh. Exactly. Kent has the receipts. He came forward. You read this transcript. It lines up what we know everybody has been saying which is donald trump and Rudy Giuliani were running their own policy. Not in the interest of the u. S. But in the interest of donald trump. And Rudy Giuliani. And Rudy Giulianis pocket. It was almost the pseudo state department that Rudy Giuliani was leading. Its surprising that republicans would want these testimonies to be out because they are devastating to donald trump. Be careful what you wish for. Be careful what you wish for. Also breaking on the hill, the Vice President s top aide who was on that july 25g9 phone call just finished testifying. She said that call was not foreman for a very specific reason. From arena to living rooms, the strategy to reelect President Trump. Stay with us. 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Youre welcome. Were gonna need a bigger room. Of millions of americans during the recession. So, my wife kat and i took action. We started a Nonprofit Community bank with a simple theory give people a fair deal and real economic power. Invest in the community, in businesses owned by women and people of color, in affordable housing. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. Im tom steyer, and i approve this message. Is just like our originalhn sandwiches. Only littler. So we bought a little ad. On lil jon. Little johns, yeah 3, what . some farms grow food. This one grows fuel. Exxonmobil is growing algae for biofuels. That could one day power planes, propel ships, and fuel trucks. And cut their Greenhouse Gas emissions in half. Algae. Its potential just keeps growing. Its potential just keeps growing. I have moderate to severe pnow, theres skyrizi. Things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free to bare my skin yeah thats all me. Nothing and me go hand in hand nothing on my skin thats my new plan. Nothing is everything. Keep your skin clearer with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. Of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. And skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. I see nothing in a different way and its my moment so i just gotta say nothing is everything skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches or coughs, or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. Nothing is everything ask your dermatologist about skyrizi. So fast democrats could theoretically impeach President Trump as soon as next month. Trying to shine a light on mike pence. Top National Security aides listening in. She just finished testifying. Jessica, this aid, her name is jennifer williams. What did she reveal today . Right. She revealed quite a bit in about four hours of testimony. She said she came away, viewing it as unusual because it was political in nature and did not leave the normal tone of a diplomatic call. Continuing concerns about the Vice President and what he knew. His top National Security aide, first from his staff to go behind closed doors and answer lawmakers questions. Jennifer williams was nearly a dozen officials listening to President Trumps july 25th phone call with president zelensky. Sources say she was concerned about what transpired on the call but theres no indication she voiced her concerns to pence or others. She could clarify what the Vice President knew about plans to withhold military aid in exchange for ukraine announcing investigations into the bidens which pence was asked about today. The president s focus has been, as my focus was in my meetings with president zelensky on supporting president zelen y zelenskys efforts to deal with corruption in ukraine. Clearly shows him to look into the bidens, pence mimicked the president s talking points. The American People have the transcript of the president fens phone call and can see theres no quid pro quo and the president did nothing wrong. Reporter pence replaced President Trump on a trip to poland where he held a bilateral meeting with zelensky. Pence has insisted the two did not discuss an investigation into the bidens but has acknowledged corruption and military aid was on the agenda. We focused on zelenskys efforts to end corruption in ukraine and also enlist more european support. While williams was cooperating, former National Security adviser john bolton was a noshow on capitol hill, despite being invited to testify today. Democrats never issued a subpoena for his appearance, as they have with other witnesses, and boltons lawyer previously said he wouldnt testify without one. Meanwhile, House Republicans are lining up a list of witnesses they want at the public hearings next week. Top on that list, the whistleblower. This is the guy that started it all. We think he should sit in front of us, under oath, answer our questions and do that in person. Reporter now under the rules, democrats have the ultimate say on that witness list. They dont have to accept all the witnesses that republicans propose, including, of course, the whistleblower. Now the public phase starts next week. Once the committees complete the evidence gathering portion, it will be compiled and sent to the judiciary committee, which will then decide whether to draft and debate articles of impeachment and, of course, when and if they do, jake, it would be sent to the house floor for a full vote. I dont think theres much of a mystery as to whether or not they will. Jessica schneider, thank you. Paging attorney general bill barr, that the attorney general refused to carry out, sources say. Stay with us. Anyone can deliver pizza. Only marcos can deliver americas most loved pizza. Hot and fresh, and right to your door. Dough made from scratch, every day. Sauce from our original recipe. And authentic toppings like crispy, old world pepperoni™. Because the italian way is worth celebrating. Every day at marcos, get two medium, onetopping pizzas for just 6. 99 each. Hello to americas most loved pizza. Hello marcos. People, our sales now appla new low 10 frames. At visionworks, our sales are good on over five hundred frames. Why are you so weird . For a limited time, get two complete pairs for 49. Really. Visionworks. See the difference. Dealing with Psoriatic Arthritis pain was so frustrating. My skin. It was embarrassing. My joints. They hurt. The pain and swelling. The tenderness. 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A source confirming to cnn that President Trump wanted attorney general bill barr to publicly declare that the president did nothing wrong in the ukraine scandal, a source saying that the president discussed barr potentially holding a News Conference to say that the president broke no laws in his phone call july 25th when he asked ukraines president zelensky to investigate joe and hunter biden. Trump denies this. As we should note the president often tells lies. The News Conference he wanted did not happen. Barrs Justice Department did try to shut down an investigation into the president s phone call with ukraine. Democrats must be accountable for their hoaxes and their crimes. Reporter President Trump so infuriated by the impeachment inquiry, sources tell cnn he wanted attorney general bill barr to hold a President Trump<\/a>. George kent, the Deputy Assistant<\/a> secretary of state who oversees u. S. Policy on ukraine at the state department providing even more corroboration that those working on Foreign Policy<\/a> regarding ukraine had been told by u. S. Ambassador to the eu, Gordon Sondland<\/a> that President Trump<\/a>, quote, wanted nothing less than ukrainian president zelensky to go to the microphone and say investigations, bideen and clinton. Kent also referring to the snake pits of corrupt ukrainian prosecutors who worked with Rudy Giuliani<\/a> who would then carry on a, quote, campaign for several months full of lies intestine correct information about u. S. Ambassador to ukraine yovanovitch. Also saying it was wrong of giuliani to conduct this shadow policy, that giulianis efforts undermined the u. S. Policy in ukraine and, quote, after giuliani attacked me as well as ambassador yovanovitch and the entire ambassador in his late may interview i was told by an official to keep my head down and lower my profile in ukraine. The testimony is nearly 400 pages long. One of the dynamics that comes out clearly, divisions of people on the trump team pushing ukraine to announce investigations into the bidens and those within the u. S. Government pushing back because they thought it was wrong and corrupt, and ultimately would undermine u. S. National security. Cnns Phil Mattingly<\/a> is on capitol hill for us now. George kent makes very clear in his testimony he was not on board with what he described as President Trump<\/a> wanting ukraine to commit publicly to investigating the bidens. Not on board, jake, and so unsettled august 16th he actually drafted a memo laying out concerns there was, quote, an effort to prosecutions. What he lays out jives a lot with what weve seen with other career diplomats, serious concerns about the Administration Policy<\/a> often times being run ad hoc and outside of things. He was asked bluntly what was on his view of the requests to get a statement from ukrainian officials pledging investigations into political rivals of President Trump<\/a>. He said, quote, i do not believe the u. S. Should ask other countries to engage in political investigations and prosecuions. The testimony in full more than 400 pages lays out a sweeping, systematic and damning view of the Trump Administration<\/a> efforts as it comes to ukraine. Most notably, he goes in depth to oust yovanovitch who was removed almost entirely by those outside the department, led by Rudy Giuliani<\/a>, including one congressman tied to giuliani. In total they were engage in an effort to, quote, undermine her standing by claiming she was disloyal. He makes clear in the testimony there was no evidence of the alleged disloyalty or problems she had, yet it still persisted. He also noted that he and others close to him lobbied the state department, leaders at the state department to put out a statement of support, saying that was the only way to help her. Its now known there was no statement of support. Marie yovanovitch was summarily dismissed shortly after. It paints a picture weve seen over the course of the last weeks. It paints a picture that in a short while will become public. George taylor testifies, one of the first people to testify next week along with william taylor. You can expect democrats will try to highlight those issues and more. Testifying next wednesday. Thank you very much, Phil Mattingly<\/a>, lets discuss. In the eyes of george kent, kurt volker is really an enabler of the trump policy. Theres a striking passage. Kent said envoy to ukraine kurt volker, now former envoy to ukraine. He planned to start reaching out to the former mayor of new york, Rudy Giuliani<\/a>. When i asked him why he said it was clear that the mayor had influence on the president. Former mayor giuliani has a track record of asking for a visa for a former corrupt prosecutor, attacked ambassador yovanovitch, insisting that the new president needs to investigate biden. And kurts reaction was well if theres nothing there, what does it matter . And if there is something there, it should be investigated. My response to him, kent says, was asking another country to investigate a prosecution for political reasons undermines our advocacy of the rule of law. Kurt volker was part of the three amigos, Gordon Sondland<\/a>, ambassador to the eu and who we havent heard from. The three of them were part of this ploy to get the president of ukraine to execute what the president and Rudy Giuliani<\/a> wanted, to get the president of ukraine to make a statement he was going to investigate the bidens. As weve seen throughout these testimonies, kents testimony really bolsters what weve heard from taylor and what we know from fiona hill. We havent seen her transcript yet. Weve seen the first part of her testimony. The narrative has stayed the same unless youre talking about Gordon Sondland<\/a> who might be in a little bit of trouble for his testimony. Another thing thats interesting, melanie, at no point do we have any of these people who are enabling what trump and giuliani are doing, sondlands and volkers of the world understanding maybe theres something wrong or corrupt about what theyre doing. Just this is what were going to do. Thats where youre starting to see the split between the kents of the world, these career diplomats, who were put there in charge of the ukraine policy. Keep in mind this was supposed to be his domain. Yet he had to go through these amigos, Rudy Giuliani<\/a>. He testified that Rudy Giuliani<\/a> had sway over the president s thinking. The reason democrats want him to testify, he can illuminate how backwards the ukraine policy was being carried out in this administration. He was told to lay low at one point. Back off. Because of giuliani. Kents deputy secretary of state. He is here in washington. Taylor is over in ukraine. And seeing it from that side. Kent was here, in an awful lot of meetings. Whats really striking, we can talk about the three amigos versus the career state people. Kent describes being on the video conferences, i think it was reported before, but very fascinating, his testimony. Definitely. The most compelling and maybe the most damning. And listening as the representative of the office of management and budget says mick mulvaney, acting chief of staff had at the direction of the president had put a hold on all Security Assistance<\/a> to the ukraine. And they dont get an answer as to why. They get no answer as to why. Its not because the president decided we need a Serious Investigation<\/a> of corruption. Go back to the state department. You have to write a report about whats going on. But at the direction of the president. Its not about competing forces within the u. S. Government squabbling. Its the president of the United States<\/a> personally directing mulvaney to put a hold on the Security Assistance<\/a> when the rest of the u. S. Government had sworn off on it and appropriated funds. I think it will be hard for people to say this is just bureaucrats fighting. The president put the hold on it. How concerned kent is about what this does for the standing and the image of the u. S. In the world standing against these kinds of political prosecutions. At one point kent testified about what he called an awkward part, aide to zelensky meeting with u. S. Officials, special representative volker made the point that they had open investigations of former ukrainian president proshenko and then he said what, you mean the type of investigations youre pushing us to do on bideen and clinton sh. Exactly. Kent has the receipts. He came forward. You read this transcript. It lines up what we know everybody has been saying which is donald trump and Rudy Giuliani<\/a> were running their own policy. Not in the interest of the u. S. But in the interest of donald trump. And Rudy Giuliani<\/a>. And Rudy Giuliani<\/a>s pocket. It was almost the pseudo state department that Rudy Giuliani<\/a> was leading. Its surprising that republicans would want these testimonies to be out because they are devastating to donald trump. Be careful what you wish for. Be careful what you wish for. Also breaking on the hill, the Vice President<\/a> s top aide who was on that july 25g9 phone call just finished testifying. She said that call was not foreman for a very specific reason. From arena to living rooms, the strategy to reelect President Trump<\/a>. Stay with us. With fidelity Wealth Management<\/a> you get straightforward advice, tailored recommendations, taxefficient investing strategies, and a dedicated advisor to help you grow and protect your wealth. Fidelity Wealth Management<\/a>. To help you grow and protect your wealth. If youre stayingcessful businessat holiday inn. Is easy, were there. So you can be too. Tell him were flexible. Dont worry. My dutch is ok. Just ok . This man is very bendy. Tell him we need this merger. He says he needs a hug. Its happening. just ok is not ok. Especially when it comes to your network. At t is americas best Wireless Network<\/a> according to americas biggest test. Theres a company thats talked than me jd power. People 448,134 to be exact. They answered 410 questions in 8 categories about vehicle quality. And when they were done, chevy earned more j. D. Power quality awards across cars, trucks and suvs than any other brand over the last four years. So on behalf of chevrolet, i want to say thank you, real people. Youre welcome. Were gonna need a bigger room. Of millions of americans during the recession. So, my wife kat and i took action. We started a Nonprofit Community<\/a> bank with a simple theory give people a fair deal and real economic power. Invest in the community, in businesses owned by women and people of color, in affordable housing. The difference between words and actions matters. Thats a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. Im tom steyer, and i approve this message. Is just like our originalhn sandwiches. Only littler. So we bought a little ad. On lil jon. Little johns, yeah 3, what . some farms grow food. This one grows fuel. Exxonmobil is growing algae for biofuels. That could one day power planes, propel ships, and fuel trucks. And cut their Greenhouse Gas<\/a> emissions in half. Algae. Its potential just keeps growing. Its potential just keeps growing. I have moderate to severe pnow, theres skyrizi. Things are getting clearer, yeah i feel free to bare my skin yeah thats all me. Nothing and me go hand in hand nothing on my skin thats my new plan. Nothing is everything. Keep your skin clearer with skyrizi. 3 out of 4 people achieved 90 clearer skin at 4 months. Of those, nearly 9 out of 10 sustained it through 1 year. And skyrizi is 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. I see nothing in a different way and its my moment so i just gotta say nothing is everything skyrizi may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. Before treatment your doctor should check you for infections and tuberculosis. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms such as fevers, sweats, chills, muscle aches or coughs, or if you plan to or recently received a vaccine. Nothing is everything ask your dermatologist about skyrizi. So fast democrats could theoretically impeach President Trump<\/a> as soon as next month. Trying to shine a light on mike pence. Top National Security<\/a> aides listening in. She just finished testifying. Jessica, this aid, her name is jennifer williams. What did she reveal today . Right. She revealed quite a bit in about four hours of testimony. She said she came away, viewing it as unusual because it was political in nature and did not leave the normal tone of a diplomatic call. Continuing concerns about the Vice President<\/a> and what he knew. His top National Security<\/a> aide, first from his staff to go behind closed doors and answer lawmakers questions. Jennifer williams was nearly a dozen officials listening to President Trump<\/a>s july 25th phone call with president zelensky. Sources say she was concerned about what transpired on the call but theres no indication she voiced her concerns to pence or others. She could clarify what the Vice President<\/a> knew about plans to withhold military aid in exchange for ukraine announcing investigations into the bidens which pence was asked about today. The president s focus has been, as my focus was in my meetings with president zelensky on supporting president zelen y zelenskys efforts to deal with corruption in ukraine. Clearly shows him to look into the bidens, pence mimicked the president s talking points. The American People<\/a> have the transcript of the president fens phone call and can see theres no quid pro quo and the president did nothing wrong. Reporter pence replaced President Trump<\/a> on a trip to poland where he held a bilateral meeting with zelensky. Pence has insisted the two did not discuss an investigation into the bidens but has acknowledged corruption and military aid was on the agenda. We focused on zelenskys efforts to end corruption in ukraine and also enlist more european support. While williams was cooperating, former National Security<\/a> adviser john bolton was a noshow on capitol hill, despite being invited to testify today. Democrats never issued a subpoena for his appearance, as they have with other witnesses, and boltons lawyer previously said he wouldnt testify without one. Meanwhile, House Republicans<\/a> are lining up a list of witnesses they want at the public hearings next week. Top on that list, the whistleblower. This is the guy that started it all. We think he should sit in front of us, under oath, answer our questions and do that in person. Reporter now under the rules, democrats have the ultimate say on that witness list. They dont have to accept all the witnesses that republicans propose, including, of course, the whistleblower. Now the public phase starts next week. Once the committees complete the evidence gathering portion, it will be compiled and sent to the judiciary committee, which will then decide whether to draft and debate articles of impeachment and, of course, when and if they do, jake, it would be sent to the house floor for a full vote. I dont think theres much of a mystery as to whether or not they will. Jessica schneider, thank you. Paging attorney general bill barr, that the attorney general refused to carry out, sources say. Stay with us. Anyone can deliver pizza. Only marcos can deliver americas most loved pizza. Hot and fresh, and right to your door. Dough made from scratch, every day. Sauce from our original recipe. And authentic toppings like crispy, old world pepperoni\u2122. Because the italian way is worth celebrating. Every day at marcos, get two medium, onetopping pizzas for just 6. 99 each. Hello to americas most loved pizza. Hello marcos. People, our sales now appla new low 10 frames. At visionworks, our sales are good on over five hundred frames. Why are you so weird . For a limited time, get two complete pairs for 49. Really. Visionworks. See the difference. Dealing with Psoriatic Arthritis<\/a> pain was so frustrating. My skin. It was embarrassing. My joints. They hurt. The pain and swelling. The tenderness. The psoriasis. I had to find something that worked on all of this. I found cosentyx. Now, watch me. Real people with active Psoriatic Arthritis<\/a> are getting real relief with cosentyx. Its a different kind of targeted biologic. Cosentyx treats more than just the joint pain of Psoriatic Arthritis<\/a>. It even helps stop further joint damage. Dont use if youre allergic to cosentyx. Before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. An increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms. If your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if youve had a vaccine or plan to. Serious allergic reactions may occur. I got real relief. I got clearer skin and feel better. Now, watch me. Get real relief with cosentyx. A source confirming to cnn that President Trump<\/a> wanted attorney general bill barr to publicly declare that the president did nothing wrong in the ukraine scandal, a source saying that the president discussed barr potentially holding a News Conference<\/a> to say that the president broke no laws in his phone call july 25th when he asked ukraines president zelensky to investigate joe and hunter biden. Trump denies this. As we should note the president often tells lies. The News Conference<\/a> he wanted did not happen. Barrs Justice Department<\/a> did try to shut down an investigation into the president s phone call with ukraine. Democrats must be accountable for their hoaxes and their crimes. Reporter President Trump<\/a> so infuriated by the impeachment inquiry, sources tell cnn he wanted attorney general bill barr to hold a News Conference<\/a>, declaring he did nothing wrong. Its all a hoax. Its a scam. Reporter trump wanted barr to say publicly he broke no laws when he pushed president zelensky for an investigation into his political rivals. Though trump denied the report today saying barr did not decline my request to talk about ukraine, adding the Justice Department<\/a> already ruled that the call was good. While its unclear if the two discussed the move directly, barr hasnt denied that trump wanted him to clear his name. It comes as House Democrats<\/a> are preparing to take their case public. Whats going on in washington, d. C. Is a disgrace. I think the American People<\/a> see through it. Reporter trying to coalesce around a defense for the president s actions and one trump ally is chalking it up to incompetence. What i can tell you about the trump policy to ukraine, it was incoherent. It depends who you talk to. They seem to be incapable of forming a quid pro quo. Reporter senator john kennedy going after House Speaker<\/a> nancy pelosi in his home state. I dont mean any disrespect, but it must suck to be that dum dumb. They have to decide if they want to keep coming up with one new desperate sound bite after the next or whether they should take their oath of office seriously. Reporter his son says hes just being a counterpuncher. Now, jake, bill barr may not have held the press conference that the president wanted but the Justice Department<\/a> essentially gave him what they asked for when they issued that statement alongside the release saying that Criminal Division<\/a> prosecutors looked at the call, determined the president hadnt done anything wrong, as far as violating Campaign Finance<\/a> laws. One thing to watch over the next few weeks is how the attorney general has distanced himself from this whole ukraine saga. Kaitlyn collins at the white house, thank you. Jean pierre were only allowed to have you on the show if we plug your book moving forward. Congratulations on that. Thank you so much. Thanks for having me on. Of course. Its great to have you. The president denies this story. It does fit into a pattern, remember . He wanted comey to declare publicly he was not under investigation . He wanted mueller to do the same thing. He got mad that Jeff Sessions<\/a>, then attorney general, recused himself. He seems to think of National Security<\/a> officials as his own guard. Right. It doesnt surprise me he asked barr to do this. It actually surprises me barr said no. Barr has certainly behaved as Donald Trumps<\/a> fixer. He has been the Michael Cohen<\/a> inside of the white house, inside of the administration. So that is actually the question that i have. What is why what is going on that barr is actually saying no . He mischaracterized the mueller report. Exactly. Thats a huge thing that he did that basically helped the president and we couldnt even go into impeachment or have impeachment conversations in a real way because the messaging was gone, it had left democrats. Doj has been distancing itself from the president during this ukraine saga. Mulvaneys came out and said there was no quid pro quo, the doj came out and said thats news to us. We dont know about it. The degree to which people are willing to supplicate themselves to the president. There is the argument, i dont like this. I need to find out the information but its not impeachable and then there are some of the things were hearing from republican senators who will be jurors. Take a listen. Ive written the whole process off. I think this is a bunch of bs. Do you plan on reading the transcripts that were released . No. Nancy pelosi is trying to impeach him, but it must suck to be that dumb. First of all, nancy pelosi is not dumb. But beyond that, these are not like very convincing defenses of the president , just cursing and insulting people. Its unbelievable. John kennedy is not vanderbilt law graduate, not a bad senator, kind of has a folksy manner but impressive guy. To stand up and Say Something<\/a> vulgar and stupid just to cater to the president , to the crowd . Speaker of the house. If you want to say shes a terrible speaker, policies are awful, it could ruin the country, fine. But trump isnt corrupt, my colleague wrote, trump isnt corrupt and latestage trumpism and totally abject wish to be in good graces with trump and trump is everywhere really corrupts absolutely. Kennedy comes after rand paul, a similar podium in kentucky and called for a crime essentially for the whistleblower to be outed. And this is something he has advocated for whistleblower protection in the past. The absolute reversal, turning yourself inside out in order to impress the president and i assume just to be close to power, right, and to not have his ire. Very quickly, Jeff Sessions<\/a> plans to enter the race. We talked about him a second ago, for his old Alabama Senate<\/a> seat. This is one year after he was fired. New york times Maggie Haberman<\/a> saying trump warned sessions through allies he would publicly attack him if he ran. And here is Vice President<\/a> pence, asked if he will campaign for sessions in 2020. There is expected to be a primary in alabama. Take a listen. Obviously, we well let the people of alabama make that decision. Well let the people of alabama make that decision. Not exactly a strong endorsement. Right. Former colleague. You know, this is the thing about this whole sessions thing. As you were saying, donald trump can just take this whole thing because he is so upset and angry with sessions, as you said, for recusing himself. If that happens because sessions apparently, you would know better, is probably the strongest of all in the republican nominee. Okay, maybe not. The trump people dont like him and the people who arent so crazy about trump i would not bet on sessions. Here is the thing. It could hand over back the senate seat to doug jones. Right. If donald trump gets involved in this. And roy moore gets the nomination. Thats doug Jones Christmas<\/a> present. Exactly. An alliance created to present world war iii from ever happening. Now the leader of americas oldest ally says that the Nato Alliance<\/a> is dying. Guess whom he blames. Stay with us. 25 cent boneless wings at applebees. Get em while theyre hot. Even before they need it. Need, with esri location technology, you can see what others cant. Is just like our originalhn sandwiches. Only littler. So we bought a little ad. On lil jon. 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No secret, obviously, that putin would love nothing more than nato to die. Whats your reaction . Well, we have seen this coming, jake. President trump has instigated, i think, more than anyone. The credibility and trust of the United States<\/a> is in question. Not only by nato allies, but countries all over the world. I think his latest tweet two weeks ago, regarding the kurds and turkey probably set it in motion in a way we hadnt seen before. When you lose trust and confidence in institutions, and thats happening here in the United States<\/a>, in western democracies, but this institution in particular, the most important collective Security Institution<\/a> in the history of the world, thats done so much for our interests. We wouldnt be able to project power in the world if we had not had nato allies all over the world. This is a dangerous time. We all need to sober up. Nato has prevented an awful lot of bad things from happening. Plus its not just a defense institution, its Foreign Policy<\/a> and state departments involved, too. The ministers of state and our secretary of state meets regularly just like defense ministers and secretary of defense at nato. Its more than just collective defense security. Its economic, trade, state craft. Its all our interests rolled into one institution. Its not just that President Trump<\/a> is suspicious of institutions which obviously he is. To a degree he was elected to disrupt the normal way of things, quote, unquote. Take a listen to one of these quotes from macron. In my discussions with President Trump<\/a> when he says its your neighborhood, not mine. When he states publicly the terrorists, jihadists that are over there, theyre european. Theyre not american. When he says its their problem, not mine, we must hear what hes saying. Hes stating a fact which means what was only implicit under nato until now. I am no longer prepared to pay for and guarantee a Security System<\/a> for them and so just wake up. He probably speaks for his base when he says thats thousands of miles away. Why does it matter . Nothing goes on the world today, certainly post world war ii that does not affect americas interest whether its trade, safety, security, intelligence sharing so we dont have another 9 11, other own security power projection. Any phase of our interest is very wrapped up into our partners and allies and our alliances in that institution. Its one of the best investments this country has ever made in its history, and this nonsense about weve been the ones supporting it. Its a burden for us to lead the world in this role of world leadership, we just dont want to do it anymore, thats very dangerous. Because if the world starts to disintegrate and come apart, what happened in the first 50 years of the 20th century, we better bring all of that back up and understand, how did that happen . That was a world that just went by itself, every man, every woman for themselves. In this kind of complicated world, highly technical, integrated economies everywhere, its not in our interest to do that. Our interests are everywhere. And certainly in europe. I want to ask you about impeachment as long as i have you here. In addition to being former secretary of defense youre a former senator from nebraska. What do you think when you watch your colleagues in the senate and the house react as they have been to the very credible assertions being made by administration officials, trumps own officials that the president look, its in the rough transcript itself, that the president was asking the president of ukraine to investigate joe and hunter biden and, according to many accounts by Trump Administration<\/a> officials, he was saying you can only get a white house visit and 400 million in aid if you do this, what do you think . At the risk of a former United States<\/a> senator responding to what the current senators should be saying or more to the point how theyre handling this, my advice would be they listen to the evidence and take the evidence serious. Because it is serious. In 1998, the clinton problems that eventually led to his impeachment and me and 90 other senators sitting as jurors was a different dynamic. It was different charges. This is clear dangerous abuse of power. And that is serious. And i think our senators, all of our senators need to listen to this very carefully, get the evidence and stop just pushing everything back no matter what. You dont owe your allegiance. You dont owe your office and your trust and your commitment and integrity to a president or a party. You owe it to the constitution of the United States<\/a>. We all take an oath of office. That oath of office is to a constitution. Not defending a president. Not defending a party. Get the facts. The constitution or country is first. Everything else has to be second. Thank you so much for being here, ahead of veterans day, thank you for your service. Vietnam veteran. Still have shrapnel in your chest, i believe. I do. Ive been lucky, jack. Jake. And i appreciate all the courtesy courtesies ive had in my life and opportunity because of this country and because of veterans. Thank you so much, sir. Appreciate it. Jake, thanks. That escalated quickly. Joe biden and Elizabeth Warren<\/a> are feuding in a very public fashion. Stay with us. Just ok . This man is very bendy. Tell him we need this merger. He says he needs a hug. Its happening. just ok is not ok. Especially when it comes to your network. At t is americas best Wireless Network<\/a> according to americas biggest test. If you have moderate to thsevere rheumatoid arthritis, month after month, the clock is ticking on irreversible joint damage. Ongoing pain and stiffness are signs of joint erosion. 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The rivalry between senator Elizabeth Warren<\/a> and former Vice President<\/a> joe biden escalating and getting personal as leila santiago reports now. Hello, North Carolina<\/a>. Reporter campaigning in North Carolina<\/a> today, no mention of Vice President<\/a> joe biden from senator Elizabeth Warren<\/a>, despite a series of swipes between the two frontrunners, first on the radio. If you dont agree with Elizabeth Warren<\/a> you must somehow be not a democrat. You must somehow be corrupt. You must not be as smart as she. Reporter then at a fundraiser, biden continuing to paint warren as an elitist, never mentioning her name but claiming now that people running against me tell me that i should be in the republican primary. God love her, thats not how you get things done. When she released her plan to pay for medicare for all which bidens campaign called mathematical gymnastics, and double talk. If joe biden doesnt like that, im not sure where hes going. Reporter warren adding democrats will not win by repeating republican talking point points. If anyone wants to defend keeping those high profits for Insurance Companies<\/a> and high profits for drug companies, i think theyre running in the wrong president ial primary. Thank you very much. Reporter for biden, a shift in approach. A source close to bidens campaign telling cnn it is no longer that shes a liar. Its warren is a smarty britches who thinks if you dont agree with her youre an idiot. Warren steadily rising, not the case for biden, who has made the pitch to voters he can reach across the aisle and get things done and win over moderates. We are in a time of crisis. And washington insiders and political pundits and people in our own party dont want to admit it. Warren says thats not enough and pushes for bold, progressive change now the focus of sharpened criticism from biden. It takes a lot more than plans. Were not electing the planner. Here in raleigh, North Carolina<\/a>, tonight, senator warren will be joined by fellow democrat of massachusetts representative Ayana Presley<\/a> with her endorsement. Jake . Leyla santiago, thank you. This time around the trump camp does not plan on losing the Granite State<\/a> in the general election. Jeff zeleny has this inside loo look. To keep america great, New Hampshire<\/a>, we need four more years of president donald trump. Now its official. President trump is on the 2020 ballot with Vice President<\/a> pence signing the ceremonial paperwork today for the New Hampshire<\/a> primary as a parade of democrats and longshot republicans passed through the first of the nation primary state, team trump is taking advantage of its head start. While the president loves his big rallyies inside living room like this. Members of the women for trump group. This is the official gear. Wearing trump hats and shirts, women both young and old with a campaign collecting names of those supporting the president. Who in here is done hearing about the impeachment madness . Anyone . Under fire in washington, across america the Trump Campaign<\/a> is focusing on things it can control through intimae organizing events. He gives me hope again. The rallies are great. I think when hes not in a rally, we need to keep the momentum going. For the next year, what do you plan to commit to do to elect, reelect President Trump<\/a> . Just talk about him all the time. Get the word out. Once you Start Talking<\/a> about it, i think it makes people feel a will the more comfortable to be open to talk about it. Reporter for trump, the 2020 battleground begins where the 2016 campaign ended, fighting to defend once blue states of wisconsin, michigan and pennsylvania and trying to hold iowa, ohio and florida. The campaign is working to expand its map, trying to flip two of its narrowest defeats in minnesota and here in New Hampshire<\/a>, where trump lost to Hillary Clinton<\/a> by less than 1 . So far, theyre dramatically outspending its opponents, 33 million in facebook and google ads. Hes no mr. Nice guy. Sometimes it takes a donald trump to change washington. Chairwoman of the Republican National<\/a> Committee Said<\/a> democrats underestimate trump at their own peril. I think democrats dont understand the trump voter in a lot of ways. Its important to understand why he connects and why theyre so engaged with him and will continue to turn out and fight for him. Reporter no question, jake, many of those women we met were true trump believers. That is the point, the campaign trying to find them, identify them and urge them into finding their friends now. They know they have problems in the suburbs across the country. The Trump Campaign<\/a> has a head start on who the democratic rival may be next year. Jake . Jeff zeleny in rainy New Hampshire<\/a> for us. Connecting the dots in the roger stone trial, according to prosecutors, its getting very close to President Trump<\/a>. Stay with us. The new 3 little john from jimmy johns is just like our original sandwiches. Only littler. So we bought a little ad. On lil jon. Little johns, yeah 3, what . with moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis<\/a> or crohns, your plans can change in minutes. Your head wants to do one thing, but your gut says, not today. If your Current Treatment<\/a> isnt working, ask your doctor about entyvio. Entyvio acts specifically in the gi tract to prevent an excess of white blood cells from entering and causing damaging inflammation. Entyvio has helped many patients achieve longterm relief and remission. Infusion and serious allergic reactions can happen during or after treatment. 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Potentially, if theres evidence that donald trump or Anyone Around<\/a> him obstructed or directed roger stone foreign election aid for conspiracy to obtain stolen property. Problem is that ship has sailed. Bigger theme really reinforces the central theme with the impeachment inquiry, donald trump and people around him were eager and encouraged foreign election interference. Stone is accused of threatening is on the stand right now. Steve bannon and rick gates are being called to testify on behalf of the prosecution. How might those testimonies play out . Gates and bannon are at two spectrums. The jury credited him, the only person in this whole case who has cooperated properly, gates. Bannon is a wild card. Its all about credibility. I would think twice and a third time. You can follow me on facebook, instagram, tweet the show at the lead. Cnn, our coverage on cnn continues right now. Thanks so much for watching. See you tomorrow. Happening now, george kent told impeachment investigators Rudy Giuliani<\/a> was spreading false hoods in ap effort to smear the ambassador and kent was told the former mayor was influencing policy. Investigation of President Trump<\/a> is accelerating right now at a rapid pace with a vote on articles of impeachment now on track to happen next month. One on one, andrew yang joins us live this hour","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia903107.us.archive.org\/6\/items\/CNNW_20191107_210000_The_Lead_With_Jake_Tapper\/CNNW_20191107_210000_The_Lead_With_Jake_Tapper.thumbs\/CNNW_20191107_210000_The_Lead_With_Jake_Tapper_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240617T12:35:10+00:00"}