he called comey a crooked cop. the investigation was eventually handed to robert mueller, of course. not clear what happened after that. joining us to help explain, cnn reporter erica orton. good morning. the counter intelligence probe was taken over by robert mueller after his investigation began, and the counterintelligence probe puts a finer point on the mueller investigation, which has of course been investigating whether the trump campaign colluded with russia, and the counterintelligence investigation was specifically into whether trump had been or was acting on behalf of the russian government. we may never know what became of this counterintelligence probe. it is possible when mueller writes his report, when the mueller team issues their report that there may be some information from that investigation or some conclusions drawn from that inquiry in the written report. all right. appreciate it so much. thank you. with us to discuss the case and what it means fo
patriots amid accusations of sexual assault and misconduct. after answering football questions. i m done with the rest of it. yo, this is not happening right now! what the [ bleep ]? you ve got to see this. a car crashes into a mall near chicago and then keeps driving right through it. this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi. good morning we begin with vice president joe biden accusing president trump of abuse of power asking the president several times to investigate his son hunter in an attempt to undermine his chief political rival. in a statement the former vice president said this, quote, if these reports are true then there is truly no bottom to president trump s willingness to abuse his power and abase our country. we re covering all angles. cnn senior national correspondent is in kiev, ukraine. we do want to start in washington with you, sarah. the conversations with foreign leaders are, quote, always appropriate. what else is he sa
meaning he was unconcerned about moscow s interference in the u.s. election. cnn confirmed volker, the ukraine diplomat, has resigned. we just learned mike pompeo has just been subpoenaed by three house committees. democrats say if they don t get this information from this subpoena or other subpoenas, it will strengthen their case for poext. to impeach over this is insane. the president is blatantly extorting a foreign leader. no push, no pressure, no nothing. it s all a hoax, folks. it s all a big hoax. announcer: this is new day weekend with victor blackwell and christi paul. top of the hour now and there are major political headlines this morning at the impeachment inquiry into the president accelerates. first up, secretary of state mike pompeo. he missed two deadlines, with a third chance to head over the documents about ukraine. that s friday. and the u.s. special enjoy to ukraine ted volker has quit. he was mentioned several times in the reports an