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right as we speak, ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy is on capitol hill with an urgent funding play. will his presence push skeptmall lawmakers to pony up for ukraine. house republicans are trying to make a step forward toward formalizing the impeachment inquiry into president joe biden. the white house responds to this effort baseless and a sham investigation. a miletown ruling, a woman who sought an emergency abortion for her high-risk pregnancy. we are all here. this is cnn news central. these are pictures from just seconds ago. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy arrived on capitol hill for a closed door meeting with senators. this is a last-ditch effort for the ukrainian president to try and secure more funding from congress. the biden administration has requested $60 billion in new aid for ukraine, warning if it is not approved funding could dry up by the end of this year. that is in the next three weeks. it s going to be a tough pitch for zelens ....
Who was resistant to moving forward with the impeachment inquiry, later got behind one in the aftermath of the ukraine revelation. she announced this morning she would get behind both articles of impeachment, another sign that democrats from swing districts will come down that way but of course we are also hearing about that other freshman democrat, jeff van drew, who s one of two who have previously said they would opposed moving forward. he is signaling he will switch parties we are told because of his own political issues and concerns about not being able to win re-election as a democrat, but expect those defections to be very small and this vote, historic vote on wednesday, to come down mostly on party lines. guys. manu, thank you very much. senate minority leader chuck schumer making it clear that he wants additional witnesses this time around in the senate impeachment trial. in a letter obtained by cnn he called at least four witnesses to testimony. these are the four witness ....
Becoming a reality. that s another story. looking highly unlikely at this point, mitch mcconnell has not made it a secret that he wants a quick trial and several republican senators including mcconnell who are supposed to be impartial jurors in this whole process have already signalled or outright said they ve already made up their minds. by the way, so have some democrats in the senate. joining us now is cnn senior congressional correspondent manu raj you. talk to us about this 600-plus page report that came out in the middle of the night. what are democrats in the judiciary committee in the house doing with that right now? reporter: a 658-page report detailing the democrats case for impeachment, also includes views from the republicans, descenting views as well, but this is similar to what was done in the nixon and clinton impeachment proceedings. the judiciary committee report detailing everything that s found through the course of the investigation that occurred and why democrat ....
Saying. on the one hand they re saying there s nothing wrong with what they did, as president trump puts it, it was a perfect call a perfect strategy. on the other hand you can t believe the people who establish the reality and the facts of that call and this strategy that unfolded in order to put pressure on ukraine. congressman, on the impeachment question, obviously you re leading on this front and you ve said that you think articles of impeachment are inevitable at this point, you said that to manu raj you, elizabeth warren, democratic senator running, when asked by a reporter, quote, you ve seen enough evidence to convict yourself, meaning in the senate, and she said yes. i wonder if you think that it would be more prudent for members of the senate to wait until they see evidence before saying they are ready to convict. what do you make of her answer? well, i didn t see the interview and i assume what i can let me play it. ....