came up with this idea to freeze the aid? did this come from giuliani, mulvaney, trump? i could see trump saying we send too much money and that s what mulvaney had suggested. looking with the president has questions all the time about sending aid to certain places. in fact you point out the one time we have heard mick mulvaney talk about this extensibly he said yes, yes, this all happened. at his famous/infamous press conference a couple weeks ago. i think the democrats are making a choice here which i don t know is the right choice. there are two witnesses who could really talk about what donald trump himself said about the relationship with ukraine. because they are the ones who saw him every day. remember the republican defense here is that all these lower lvel witnesses are just here. you have mick mulvaney the chief
you notice one thing he said yesterday, and earlier today, that you just showed, that i think you re going to hear a lot next week is, i didn t talk to these people. the leadoff witness is ambassador taylor and as he has acknowledged he did not have one-on-one conversations with president trump. and that i think will be a major republican talking point come wednesday. the democrats in congress our congressional team has done reporting, is preparing for these at a level they haven t done before. certainly more than the mueller hearings. it does seem, jeffrey, they re aware of what maggie describes as the tv moment that will be happening. absolutely. and if you think back to i mean all the way back to watergate, the sam irvin was the chairman of the committee, it was one of the defining moments of the 70s. the 1998 clinton hearings themselves weren t as dramatic. you didn t have john dean or
for the arkansas before tuesday s deadline. a spokesman says bloomberg has yet to make a final decision on a run. we do know bloomberg is worried that the current democratic candidates can t beat president trump. here s what joe biden had to say about that today. michael is a solid guy. and let s see where it goes. i have no problem with him getting in the race. and in terms of he s running because of me, last polls i looked at i m pretty far ahead. i spoke about the potential run with democratic national committee chair tom perez. mr. chairman you spoke with michael bloomberg last night. what did you take away from that conversation? . well, i told the mayor exactly what i tell every candidate or potential candidate, we will welcome them, treat them fairly, make sure there s a level playing field and leave it up to the voters to decide. i appreciate the call.