Him. He says these are unnamed sources but these are not unnamed incidents. Specific people on specific dates. Well get to the specifics but youve been around a long time. Youve covered eight or nine president s. Were you shocked by what you uncovered in the book . Ive never seen an instance when the president is so detached from the reality of whats going on. Theres not been a White House Briefing since that anonymous op ed was published in the New York Times. It sent the west wing scrambling to uncover its author. It painted a picture of dangerous and unqualified president if need of reining in. The finger pointing continued with nikki hap lley writing an oped of her own lambasting the original. While omarosa floated a theory of her own. Who do you think wrote it . I think its somebody out of mick pences office and i believe it mike be mike ares. You dont believer the Vice President . The style reminds me of memos and documents that came out of Vice President office. Vice president p
This is cnn tonight im don lemon. There is a lot going on tonight well catch you up on five big headlines. Judge fwrants house impeachment investigators access to the grand jury material after a bomb shell week in the investigation. Charles cupperman is filing a lawsuit asking a federal judge to rule on whether he has to testify. Before house investigators. Speaking of that. Investigation the president today playing the victim comparing impeachment to how African Americans are treated by the criminal Justice System. While he was speaking at a historically black college. Well never let up on our efforts to ensure that our Justice System is fair. For every single american. And i have my own experience. You know that. You see whats going on with the witch hunt. Only ten stints were invited to hear this speech and they didnt all attend. Ill talk about this in just a few minutes. A new report about changing voter demographics ahead of the election. Those could spell trouble for trump. A for
This is a hoax. Its a hoax. This phony witch hunt. And we have action on the hill right now. Lawmakers are hearing from philip reeker, a stop state Department Official. Hes expected to shine light on the Smear Campaign against marie yovanovitch, the former Ukrainian Ambassador ousted after giuliani complained she got in the way of him digging up dirt on joe biden. And the investigation into cnns personal attorney is escalating. Investigators had to literally blow the door off a safe while conducting raids on giulianis associates. That brings us to that rather unfortunate faux pa known as a butt dial. Giuliani unknowingly called a reporter, leaving voicemails where he said things like this. Unclear exactly what hes talking about, but giuliani later told cnns dana bash those calls had nothing to do with ukraine and were about other overseas projects he was involved with. All, he says, perfect legal. And now some stunning new comments from former white house chief of staff john kelly. Kel
An hour. And this hearing comes amid a major legal victory for democrats. A federal judge ruling the Justice Department must release redacted documents from Robert Muellers russia investigation. The decision undercuts a key republican argument that the impeachment inquiry is invalid. Meanwhile, President Trump is dismissing calls from republicans to bolster his team as the inquiry unfolds and again demanding to learn the identity of the whistleblower who actually triggered the start of this inquiry. The president tweeting this morning, where is the whistleblower . Cnns jeremy herb is on capitol hill this morning. Jeremy, lots of jeremys, i almost called you diamond. Anyway, lets begin with whats happening there. Phillip reeker testifying in front of the three house committees. Are we learning anything more about this subpoena, the circumstances . Was he originally just invited, refused or sent a signal that he might not come and they had to then subpoena . Explain the sequence of event
Investigation. Also this morning, the New York Times reports that former National Security adviser john bolton is in negotiations to testify. Bolton has been described by many as alarmed with the alleged quid pro quo with ukraine. He called it, of course, a drug deal. And this morning, cnn learned that democrats were already discussing the scope and scale of potential articles of impeachment. Well tell you how wide they will cast the net. And yet another major development. A source tells cnn that the attorney general bill barrs investigation of the origins of the 2016 trump russia investigation is now a criminal matter. And that designation allows federal prosecutors to subpoena witnesses and file criminal charges. Democratic chairman adam schiff and jerry nadler responding overnight saying it also raises profound concerns that the Justice Department has lost its independence and is being used for President Trumps political whims. Joins us to talk about all of this, political analyst m