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that s the subpoena deadline tonight. they ve got a few hours. where do things stand? i don t have much optimism whatsoever that they ll comply with the law. they ve shown no regard for it thus far to date. what s really at trial here isn t just the narrow behavior of the incumbent president of the united states and his violation of this particular federal statute. it is the very principle of the rule of law and i don t it is that people who would hold public trust and those of us who were privileged by these positions are obligated under the constitutional oath of office to adhere to the law. we are and those who aren t will be held accountable sooner or later. thank you very much for your time. you ve welcome. democrats want u crane s office, and the vice president slamming that request this hour. plus so many are so stylent, but now some are speaking out. that ahead and more breaking news, doctors saying minutes ago
revelation. it s a ridiculous story. it s a partisan whistle blower. they shouldn t even have information. i ve had conversations with many leaders. they re always appropriate. i just tell you, it is everybody s read it. they laugh it. on wednesday the washington post reported that the whistle blower complaint about trump s communication with a foreign leader included a promise. there have been questions about whether trump s push for an investigation into the biden s was tied to a package of military aide to u crane. this package of aide has been sent to defend against russia. the post and ap each cite a single unnaumed source who says there was no discussion of that aide in the said july phone call. we do not know if the source in all three reports is the same person. nevertheless, jeremy bash,
investigation regarding bob mueller. it becomes denial, we did not do them, or even if the president did them, there s nothing wrong with them. the president does not say he did not ask anything to the president about joe biden. he s not deflecting. he s not denying that. but there s a deflection to the subplot. here is the biden s subplot. and rudy giuliani has been pushing reporters for month to pay attention to ukraine, to try and get attention for these allegations he has about joe biden and joe biden s son in the u crane. finally because of the whistleblower report he has them talking about biden and ukraine. and finally there will be the discredit part of this playbook like bob mueller s angry democrat or how many there were,
can throw a stick at them. they ve lied to us over the past few years about everything from their illegal military incushions into georgia incursions into georgia, u crane, annexation of crimea, moat tyvations going into syria. they maintain they re there to help combat isis, a little bit become ridiculous at this point. there s no question as to whether or not we can trust them. the question probably donald trump is asking himself and his new administration is what degree can we work with them to help achieve those narrow areas where we do have mutual interests, like fighting isis, how closely can we work with them. gillian, chinese state media issuing a three clet to president-elect trump, saying beijing will, quote, take the gloves off if mr. trump continues to negotiate a closer relationship with taiwan. where is this going?