Lawyers were not given a full accounting of what mr. Mcgahn said. We start with caitlyn collins. Lets start with the connection, the communication, or perhaps lack thereof, between trumps personal legal team and the white House Counsel, don mcgahn. What do you know . Brooke we are seeing how they are still scrambling to find out what it was that don mcgahn said during these 30 hours that he sat down with investigators from Robert Muellers team. Its pretty clear they dont know a lot. We heard from Rudy Giuliani who is the president s lead attorney on the president s outside legal Team Handling this russia probe saying he is relying on what john dowd told him. Esque on the president s legal Team Last Year but left the team five months ago. Hasnt been around in five months yet that is the person that jaul joule is relying on for his information that he is essentially getting secondhand here, brooke. We are seeing them scramble to find out what it was that says since no one on the presiden
Research institution shows democrats with a ninepoint advantage on the generic ballot. As they try to make gains in congress. Democrats are looking to have a chance in the house, but the senate appears to be slipping away from their grasp. The survey found that more than half of americans say they are absolutely certain to vote in the midterms, was just more than a quarter, putting their odds of voting at a 50 50. 90 say they will probably vote. It appears partisans are about as equally likely to report that they will vote, 63 of democrats and 59 of republicans say they are absolutely certain to turn out next tuesday. Intensity and the vote account will matter, but early voting, lawrence, has been going on in many places. We have been watching that as well. Lawrence i think theres good on both sides that they can applaud. For democrats, they are probably upset because Voter Registration numbers are up, which normally benefits the democrats. Also, republicans are excited because after k
And leaders are gathering to commemorate the event and we are live in berlin. Also this hour well have the latest in the impeachment inquiry in the United States. We have details about with what was said behind closed doors. Also, an arctic surge is expected to sweep through the United States. Experts say the icy temperatures could break more than 200 records. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and all around the world. Im Natalie Allen in atlanta, georgia. And cnn newsroom starts right now. Thank you again for joining us. We begin with germany pausing to mark a milestone in its history. 30 years ago cracks in the soviet union led to the toppling of the berlin wall. The moment is remembered as the symbolic end of the cold war. More live video for you here. Multiple european leaders and as well as young people are on hand for what is turning out to be a low kiey commemorations. Church service and lighting of candles are also part of the days events. Fred pleitgen is coveri
New this morning, today marks day 20 of the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. Were one day away from the start of another busy week of depositions and deadlines where democrats investigative efforts. At the center of everything is whats expected to be explosive testimony from trumps former top aide on russia and europe fiona hill. U. S. Ambassador to the eu gordon sondland. A person with knowledge of sondlands testimony tells nbc that he will Tell Congress he did not know why the u. S. Military assistance to ukraine was held up nor who ordered it. Sondland will say that he relied on the president s assurances in good faith and passed these along when he tested bill taylor that there was no quid pro quo with ukraine. And if all this is about to unfold, representative ted nbc the latest look at the timeline moving forward for democrats. If were to proceed with impeachment i believe it has to be done before the end of the year. We would love to fill in additional blanks. Theres en
Thought our Ukrainian Ambassador who donald trump got rid of, hes going to say that he thought she was great and that he has nothing negative to say about her performance as ambassador to ukraine, despite her removal from that job by President Trump. A person with knowledge of sunlens testimony is telling nbc news tonight that she was an able and professional diplomat and that he had absolutely no issues with her whatsoever. Thats a big piece of breaking news from nbc news tonight. And theres another also from nbc news. Correspondence between fiona hills lawyers and White House Deputy counsel obtained by nbc news show that the white House Counsel tried to limit fiona hills testimony today in her closeddoor deposition with the congressional impeachment investigation by raising the issue of the executive privilege. They tried to impose that on her. She, of course, is a former National Security Council Adviser to President Trump on russia issues primarily. The white house did not try to b