congressman, barton fwor don and high profile staffers are getting in the game, including pelosi s senior advisor, michael bloom, and former kevin mccarthy political advisor, freddy barnes. all were asked to appear with us tonight, with the exception of bloom, who couldn t make the timing work. tom cotton warns us about tiktok. that s quite a list. that s just scratching the surface. what does that tell you about the revolving door to power to influence peddling especially on behalf of the ccp. laura, a great interview you had with my friend, mike gallagher last night. he s right, tiktok is a digital fentanyl or trojan horse on the phones of america s youth. if you have a phone, you should delete it and get a new phone as well. the congressional aids should know better than lobbying at the
good monday morning, everybody. it s december 30th. aman is off this morning. we begin with new information at the heart of the impeachment investigation into president trump. it s part of an extensive piece by the new york times on the nearly $400 million in military aid that was withheld from ukraine. as democrats push for witnesses at the senate trial, the times reports that during an oval office meeting in late august, secretary of state mike pompeo, defense secretary and then national security adviser john bolton tried but failed to convince the president to release this aid. the times cites in part this, interviews with dozens and current and former administration officials, congressional aids and others as well as previously undisclosed e-mails and documents. the report also lays out the
playing completely to the hands of the other people. one member in the room said the comments came across as the way a strong mother speaks to her arguing children, stern with a good dose of consequences if it continues. according to the washington post, pelosi without naming names was speaking to the four liberal freshmen known as the squad. it includes alexandria ocasio-cortez, elon omar and presley. according to interviews, congressional aids and allies the four are struggling with the speaker s moves to isolate them. pelosi has made half a dozen remarks dismissing the group. and asked about why she hasn t confronted pelosi, alexandria ocasio-cortez said she wasn t sure what to do. she told the post, i do find it curious leadership doesn t want us to have any conversation about even messaging. but we re just freshmen.
welcome back to washington, d.c. it s time now for your morning primer. everything you need to know to start your day. we begin with breaking news this morning. congressional aids confirming to nbc news the senate intelligence committee does plan to question president trump s son-in-law and top adviser jared kushner. the senate judiciary committee votes this afternoon on judge neil gorsuch s nomination to the supreme court possibly sending it to the floor for the full vote. democrats are trying to push today s vote back until next week. 60,000 people across russia marched in an anticorruption demonstration across the government. police arrested at least 500 people in moscow alone. one person was killed, at least 15 people injured after shots rang out inside a cincinnati nightclub.