white house. i have not heard of war rooms or strategy sessions. have you discovered what the trump administration is going to do? well, i think you have a war room of one right now, one man and an. phone or whatever smartphone he s using. there is no a coherent way, unlike the clinton white house, which did, in fact, build a war room to defend him in that impeachment. the president has yet to do that. he may get there. there is talk about that. there s a lot of struggling inside who would be in charge, without it be the white house chief of staff, a separate unit, that kind of thing. but the president feels like he s his own best defender at the moment. brennan: what do you think as someone who has been observing president trump s behavior? is he reacting as you would expect? you need to step become and look at who he is, and he s somebody who hates to lose. he s got to win. i have a scene in my book fear where they re talking about trump is talking about the north
democratic senate as a health scare leaves democrats one vote short for the next few weeks. to begin the hour, though, a major escalation. president biden now sending thousands of american troops to vladimir putin s doorstep. the administration says it is a necessary step because russia is increasing its buildup along the ukraine border and because did i mr diplomacy so far has produced nothing. cnn is following all of this morning s breaking news. our pentagon correspondent, barbara starr. it s a big deal. reporter: it is a very big deal, john. i think you characterized it right. right to putin s doorstep but not crossing the threshold. approximately 1,000 u.s. troops already in germany will move further east to romania, another 2,000 troops in the united states who regularly operate on very short notice, they are going to go to europe, poland and germany. they will be ready to work their mission, to reassure the nato allies, to make them feel they are capable of resisting
hour. the announcement comes after five hearings this month that were chock full of really juicy, previously unknown details and lots and lots of brand new evidence on the lengths that trump and trump officials and trump advisors and trump allies went to try and secure a second trump term illegally. the committee s chairman, bennie thompson had said more hearings were set for next month as the committee absorbs a mountain of new information from documents from the trump white house and tips from the public as well as new witnesses coming forward. politico reported this about the work of the committee in recent day, quote, the select panel has maintained its investigative work even as it ramped up its pace of hearings. documentary filmmaker alex holder who had extensive access to the trump family met with investigators last thursday morning after getting subpoenaed for his select panel for his recordings and his testimony. the panel also sent a letter to virginia tom a thomas,
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pbs newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. babbel. a language app that teaches real-life conversations in a new language, like spanish, french, german, italian, and more. babbel s 10-15 minute lessons are available as an app, or online. more information on babbel.com. funding provided in part by 20th century fox. the post, in theaters everywhere january 12. the ford foundation. working with visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide. and with the ongoing support of these institutions: and friends of the newshour. this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. woodruff: president trump faces new revelations tonight about whether he tried to obstruct an investigation of alleged russian ties to his campaign. both the new york times and others repo