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Whether to impeach this president, a decision that could come this fall. wolf. manu raju reporting. thank you very much. also tonight the secretary of state mike pompeo apparently is feeling the heat. as the ukraine scandal plays out and veteran diplomats testify in the impeachment probe. let s bring in kylie atwood here in the situation room with me. secretary pompeo over recent weeks have been frustrated and that is for two primary reasons. first of all, senior state department officials have resigned in the face of this impeachment inquiry. and also he has faced increasing criticism for not defending ambassador yovanovitch, the ambassador who was abruptly forced to be removed from ukraine from her post there. if you we have heard from ambassador mckinley one of the u.s. officials that quit his job that he was frustrated that secretary pompeo didn t come out and defend the ambassador yovanovitch against this smear campaign. but what we ve also learned in ....
President trump has a big rally in new hampshire tonight and republican leaders in the state are nervous. that s an understatement, nervous he s about to get behind a senate candidate they don t like and don t think can win. that would be corey lewandowski, the president s blunt and often controversial former 2016 campaign manager. manu raju reporting that lewandowski has met with republican campaign operatives in washington to discuss a possible senate run. lewandowski and his family will be on hand for tonight s rally. jeanne shaheen is up for re-election next year and most top new hampshire republicans believe lewandowski would be a disaster as her republican challenger, but the republicans also acknowledge the president s blessing would hold considerable sway with gop voters. listen here, it s the president on the radio this morning. i like everything about him. i think corey is a fantastic guy. if he ran in one, he d be a great senator. he would be great for new hampshire, he d ....
Well. cohen, of course, acknowledged last week that the southern district of new york is looking into one conversation the president had with michael cohen after cohen s properties were raided. lots of investigations going on. manu raju reporting for us from capitol hill. thank you. let s talk more about the breaking news on michael cohen s testimony today. our crime and justice reporter shimon prokupecz is in the studio. there s a problem about his credibility, his honesty. it s a big problem for michael cohen. what we have seen is, he has receipts. what we have learned is that he keeps records. he has documents. that s what he is using now to corroborate some of the information that he is provided to the special counsel s office, which they have come out and said the mueller team, they have found him credible with respect to parts of their investigation that they needed him for. ....
Manu raju reporting that it does appear to be shifting toward kavanaugh. reporter: good morning, christine and dave. all eyes on senate floor in a matter of hours. later this morning, the senate will take a key procedural vote to advance brett kavanaugh s nomination to the supreme court. it is a 51-49 senate. it is republican versus democrat. if all democrats vote no and republicans lose more than one vote, then the nomination could go down and lose to a democratic filibuster later this morning. we are watching four key senators. lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine and jeff flake of arizona and joe manchin of west virginia. manchin being the one democrat. all went to the briefing about the fbi investigation to brett kavanaugh s past and allegations of sexual misconduct in which he furiously denied. each senator has a different ....
Republicans lose more than one vote, then the nomination could go down and lose to a democratic filibuster later this morning. we are watching four key senators. lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine and jeff flake of arizona and joe manchin of west virginia. all went to the briefing about the fbi investigation to brett kavanaugh s past and allegations of sexual misconduct in which he furiously denied. each senator has a different interpretation. two senators, flake and collins, sounded positive about the way the investigation was carried out. republicans want to try to advance the nomination to a confirmation vote as soon as saturday. christine and dave. manu, thank you for that. a possible last minute wrinkle for democrats. steve daines is expected to miss ....