we will consider why donald trump has not yet attacked chuck grassley for chuck grassley's very strong defense today of the whistleblower. and at the end of the hour, we will be joined by american journalism's highest authority on impeachment. elizabeth drew is now covering her third impeachment proceeding of the president of the united states. she is a washington congresswoman for the new yorker. elizabeth drew wrote the book about that process which remains the highest standard in impeachment reporting. washington journal reporting watergate and richard nixon's downfall. elizabeth's drew's reporting has always been mandatory reading for me, and i can assure you her op-ed speech in the "new york times" has been treated as mandatory reading by the staff of all the house committees involved in the impeachment process and all of the members of those committees. when elizabeth true talks about impeachment, i for one listen, take notes and i learn, and i will be doing that at the end of this hour when we are joined by the voice of experience on impeachment, elizabeth drew. the breaking new

will other gop lawmakers follow chuck grassley's lead?ilty of murder, jurors rejecting her defense that she thought he was in her apartment. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room." >> we're following breaking news in the impeachment investigation. sources tell cnn that the trump administration's former envoy to ukraine still plans to be questioned by members of congress on thursday, this despite

join me in thanking senator chuck grassley for his leadership.plause] it is great to be here with so many friends. let me mention one more friend. i told him last night that i was headed to iowa, i think he looked jealous. he is a man who loves the state of iowa, and a man the people of iowa put their confidence in three years ago. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald trump. [applause] it is great to be back on the farm. it is especially great to be here at a great family farm. highway 40.uth of in southern indiana. i didn't grow up on a farm, but we had house. i hung out all the time with friends who were on family farms. the one we are standing on it so emblematic of everything that is great. i am told rob manning is the latest of a long line of farmers and his family. he has tilled this land and for fiveimals generations. today, the hard-working men and women of manning farms helped earn the hawkeye state as the nation's largest corn producer, the number one producer of pork in the country

. -- join me in welcoming senator chuck grassley. [laughter] [applause] with soeat to be here many friends. let me mention one more. who when i told him last night i was headed to iowa, he looked just little bit jealous. he is a man who loves the state of iowa and a man of the people of iowa put their confidence in three years ago. i bring you greetings from the 41st president of the united states of america, president donald trump. but it is great to be back on a farm. at aially great to be here great family farm here in iowa. i grew up south of highway 40 myself. southern indiana. i did not grow up on a farm, but we had some cows and i hung out all the time with friends on family farms. were standing on today is so emblematic of what is great about family farm. rob manning is the latest in a long line of farmers in his family who has still to land and raise animals for five generations. today, the hard-working men and helped the hawkeye state urged its place as the nation's largest corn producer, second-largest soybean producer, an

join me in thanking senator chuck grassley for his great, great leadership for iowa [cheers and applauselly is great to be here with so many friends and let me mention one more friend of mine, who when i told him last night i was headed to iowa, i think he looked a little bit jealous. he's a man who loves the state of iowa and a man the people of iowa put their confidence in three years ago. i bring greetings from the 45th president of the united states of america, president donald tru trump. [cheers and applause] but it is great to be back on a farm and especially great to be here at a great family farm here in iowa. i grew up south of highway 40 myself in southern indiana. i didn't grow up on a farm, but we had some cows and i hung up -- hung out all the time with friends who were on family farms and this one we're standing on today is so emblematic of everything great about family farming. i'm told rob manning is the long line of farmers in his family and tilled this land for five generations and today the hardworking men and women of manning farms help the hawkeye state earn its plac

chuck grassley has stood up for the whistle-blowers. he's as strong and conservative as a republican you can possibly find. he said we put these mechanisms in place to if anybody working for america's government felt that something was wrong, they could do something about it. they don't have to leak. they don't have to go out and try to sell a book. they don't have to extort somebody. they can follow the rules. i just want to say chuck grassley needs to get a lot more support and respect for what he's done. there are republicans that have been doing the right thing. chuck grassley is in the front of that list. >> okay. both of you, thank you. van, you'll be back with me in a moment. s.e., you need to be ready for your show at the top of the hour. that's right, more of the three of us at the top of the hour. >>> okay. paging all republicans. why are so many of them silent about the president's calls to have both ukraine and china investigate joe biden? >>> plus, the president with some choice words for a prominent republican who's speaki

will other gop lawmakers follow chuck grassley's lead? >> and guilty of murder, jurors rejecting her defense that she thought he was in her apartment. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i'm brianna keilar and you're in "the situation room." >> we're following breaking news in the impeachment investigation. sources tell cnn that the trump administration's former envoy to ukraine still plans to be questioned by members of congress on thursday, this despite secretary of state mike pompeo's efforts to stall any immediate testimony by state department officials about the ukraine scandal. tonight, pompeo and top house democrats are accusing each other of trying to intimidate witnesses. i'll be getting reaction from a democrat on the house judiciary committee, congressman steve cohen and correspondents and analysts are also standing by. let's go to the white house for, and cnn white house correspondent kaitlyn collins. facing pressure and also scrutiny as this probe intensifies. >> re

i think it's interesting to hear chuck grassley do that. it's unusual.ublicans are still quite supportive of the president. >> well, it underlines the quandary for republicans which is if they cross the president, they are more than likely going to lose the next election. he has that much influence on the republican party. it's become the trump republican party. so they will more than likely lose. you know, if they side with him, they have very difficult time winning independent voters and moderate voters in their states or district. so it is a no-win situation. i think they're just going to stand back and wait. and they're going to keep their finger up to the wind. and there may come a point where it's too much and they'll decide based on their own political interests to go against them. at this point, it's thoosee wha piece of information that is. >> rudy giuliani is saying a lot of words out loud on fox tv. you can play either sound bite. it will serve my point. go ahead. >> have you never had a conversation? >> not about this, i don't think so. if i

i raise this because there is a history of this, yesterday chuck grassley was home in iowa getting hernia a statement came out in his name and two other republican senators essentially making the argument chuck grassley says today don't listen to. this is asking if you changed the rules. senator grassley must have come out of surgery and decided to correct his staff here. >> all of these are side issues. does the whistleblower have the right to make the complaint? of course the whistleblower has the right to make the complaint. >> a side issue, but a prominent senator saying back off. listen to this person and respect this person. >> it's grassley saying, hey, cool it. this person had a right to do what they did and we have an obligation to listen to this even if we are not of the mind that impeachment is the next good course of action. we talk about giuliani. he's irresistible to watch, it's irresistible to watch what he's saying. but it's the president's actions in the end. the president is trying to out the whistleblower. the president is trying to force the identity of someone who has

. >> want to read you what senator chuck grassley republican from iowa says about this. the person, talking about the whistle-blower, appears to have followed the whistle-blower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. you feel that statement is significant? >> absolutely. senator grassley has long been a champion advocate for whistle-blower and protecting them. in fact, he's also been, as i can attest, a staunch critic of the intelligence community for not being sufficiently sensitive to whistle-blowers and what they have to say and protecting them. so i was a little bothered when he didn't come out right away condemning what the president said. so this is a significant thing and it's a good thing that senator grassley said what he said. >> director clapper, while we have you here, i want your take on what we are seeing from the attorney general william barr who has been traveling the world literally and in some cases trying to speak to foreign leaders to get assistance with the investigation that he launched into the origins of the russia probe. now you

i stand with chuck grassley. we have laws in place. laws need to be enforced. >> we are not hearing it. >> the media is not covering those issues. >> you have to say it for media to cover it. >> whistleblowers should be protected. thank you very much. whistleblowers should be protected. >> our president shouldn't be threatening them. he also should not be encouraging other countries to investigate his political rivals. >> to that, corruption, no matter where it is, should be ferreted out. , ite have corruption here should be ferreted out. i have trouble with ukraine. i have notted -- visited with the new president. many years ago, i had the opportunity to meet another president. one of the issues i spoke to him about was the fact that in ukraine, there's a large amount of fruit -- corruption. they have tried to deal with that corruption. they need to continue dealing with corruption. i don't care where it is or who it is. corruption is corruption. it should be combated. >> it's ok for a president to extort every country? >> we will mov

republican senator chuck grassley also pushing back on secondhand knowledge attacks. and there's more bad tape for pompeo. this defense of state department officials. >> to the best of my knowledge, from what i've seen so far, each of the actions that were undertaken by state department officials was entirely appropriate. >> we'll see. because at least one of those officials has stepped down already. ambassador volker felt he could no longer be effective in that job. just this afternoon, the chairman of the three house committees fired back at pompeo's stonewalling attempt with an apparent threat. "any effort to intimidate witnesses or prevent them from talking with congress including state department employees is illegal and will constitute evidence of obstruction of the impeachment inquiry." that is where we start today withfavorite reporters and friends. eli stokols, white house reporter for the "los angeles times." gene cummings, deputy pubureau chief for "the wall street journal." chris liu, former white house cabinet secretary, assistant to president obama and s

kennedy: chuck grassley said don't publish this person's identity, they say proper protocol was followed. >> everyone has confirmed that, but the president, number one fan here. >> we need clarification. >> change the whistleblower laws. kennedy: we need whistleblowers and to constrain government, keep it within the lanes that have expanded, you can see from tom and jessica, the feelings about whistl whistleblower splin party lines. >> of course. kennedy: supporters of president are upset this whistleblower taking potentially second han information to try to launch a formal impeachment. should the new whistleblower be forced to liver i live in moscoh edward snowden. >> no. i enjoy my alone time but that is too much. >> even now, just now in the clip with hillary, and we don't know much, anyway impeachment she just said he don't know much about that whistleblower. kennedy: there is something wrong with that. >> they decided three years ago they will resist, get him out one way or another, he has done a lot of bone-headed thing, but when people in middle see this, every time, this is it we

i stand with chuck grassley on this. we have laws in place. again, laws need to be enforced. >> i understand, but we're not hearing it from -- >> that's because our media's not covering those issues. >> you havet to say it for our media to cover it. >> yeah. whistleblowers should be protected, thank you very much. whistleblowers should be protected. please, let folks out there know. >> and our president shouldn't be threatening them, and he also should not be encouraging other countries to investigate his political rivals? >> i would say to that corruption, no matter where it is, should be ferreted out. if we have corruption here, it should be ferreted out. if there's corruption in other countries -- and i, i have traveled to ukraine, and i have visited with -- i haven't visited with the new president, but many years ago i had the opportunity to meet president poroshenko, and in ukraine there is stillin a large amount of corruption. and they have tried to deal with that corruption. they need to continue dealing with corruption. i don't care wh

i want to speak i want to talk to you about what the republican senator and finance chairman chuck grassley said he said the younger biden hunter had a history of investing in and collaborating with chinese companies including at least one posing significant national security concerns and then we also need to just focus on the fact that president trump is essentially asking china a country which in just a few days' time is going to be holding trade talks has been engaged in a trade war with the united states for a century help in investigating a u.s. national and also in that same press conference he reiterated those calls for ukraine to investigate joe biden so as you can imagine you know the fallout from those comments here in particular from democrats has been rather intense. and where do you see all of this going politically. well i mean it's quite a complicated situation so fast moving we're hearing so many you know different reports day today what i think we need to focus on the fact that republicans have come out several in support of president trump but there are a significant numbe

his business associate now what's happened is that the republican senator and finance chairman chuck grassley questioned hunter biden's actions in which he said that biden had a history of investing in and collaborating with chinese companies including at least one posing significant national security concerns so president been mentioning this time and time again but of course let's not forget that he has asked a foreign country a country which you know the united states doesn't have it's an especially good relationship with let's not forget that in just a few days' time there will be some pretty important trade negotiations taking place between china and the u.s. and also once again he reiterated this belief that ukraine should investigate joe biden and his son so you know it's left and left a lot of people here in the united states rather shocked and rather perplexed particularly many democrats brant we're is all abuse. well brant it's you know it's a pretty difficult thing to her of course at the moment it's gathering a lot of pace let's not forget that we had you know the 1st witness ment

chuck grassley, one of the most honorable men in the senate, is not given to hyperbole.is not given to being excitable. he is not one who typically is a person wrapped up in conspiracy theories. for him to say that was very, very telling. >> laura: thank you so much for being here tonight. up next, why does tulsi gabbard scare hillary clinton? why don't the clintons go away? dinesh d'souza is here to tell us, next. >> laura: democratic leaders are worried about 2020 and are desperate for someone, anyone else to enter the primary race. don't take it from me, that is what "the new york times" is reporting, anxious democratic establishment asks is there anyone else? into that confidence vacuum steps hillary. she has been reportedly telling people in private that shoul shd enter the primary if she thought she would end, she hasn't ruled out jumping in. joining me now is conservative author, filmmaker, now out in paperback, "death of the nation." if trump hasn't started the day, happy he should be ending the day with that news. >> i think so. we knew she was traumatized after

clearly chuck grassley is making it clear that he wants to have this person protected and testify inront of capitol hill. >> dana: there's a lot of moving parts but we are grateful that you keep track of it all and explain it so well. bret baier, thank you. we talked about where the 2020 candidates stand on foreign policy and it's available on itunes. democrats are competing with whose taxes will affect the most. rehab brings breaks it down for all of us, next. ♪ even when i was there, i never knew when my symptoms would keep us apart. so i talked to my doctor about humira. i learned humira can help get, and keep uc under control when other medications haven't worked well enough. and it helps people achieve control that lasts. so you can experience few or no symptoms. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as have blood, liver, and nervous system problems, serious allergic reactions, and new or worsening heart failure. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your

i stand with chuck grassley on this. laws need to be enforced. >> i understand, but we are not hearing it from -- >> that is because the media is not covering those issues. >> you have to say it for the media to cover it. >> whistleblowers should be protected, please. >> and our president should not be threatening them. he should also not encourage other countries to investigate his political rivals? >> i would say corruption, no matter where it is, should be ferretted out. i have traveled to ukraine. with the newsited president, but many years ago i had the opportunity to meet president poroshenko. i spoke to him about the fact that, in ukraine, there is still a large amount of corruption. they have tried to deal with that corruption. i don't care who it is, where it is, when it is, corruption is corruption. it should be combated. >> at was part of a town hall meeting held in iowa by republican senator joni ernst. you can see the entire event tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. c-span's washington journal, live with

>> chuck grassley is my home state senator. he's a tough iowan who demand to get the answers.hen i was on general we had productive interaction. in this case i think it's surprising to me that we are still seeing new text messages come out. i think it's surprising that they continue this type of situation. it's first revealed now well after the investigation is over and well after mr. strzok was fired from the fbi. but it's concerning. but it's not surprising. we have seen in previous text messages between these two, there were a lot of inappropriate behaviors going on on a personal and professional level. trish: coming up. the woman who took over sarah huckabee sanders spot and took on north korean guard blocking u.s. press access. she is hear and you will hear anderson cooper's attack on her. >> does everyone work for the president have to debate themselves live like she does? apparently so. trish: the media twisting stephanie's defense of the president calling never trumpers scum. we'll ask her about her thoughts on her old boss, mitt romney. he has a new attack trump out.

chuck grassley, one of the most honorable men in the senate, is not given to hyperbole. not given to being excitable. he is not one who typically is a person wrapped up in conspiracy theories. for him to say that was very, veryri telling. >> laura: thank you so much for being here tonight. up next, why does tulsi gabbard scare hillary clinton? why don't the clintons go away? dinesh d'souza is here to tell us, next. - [male narrator] the following is an urgent appeal from the international fellowship of christians and jews. - [female narrator] right now, in the former soviet union, there are thousands of jewish holocaust survivors trapped in relentless poverty. there's no heat, no electricity, no running water. they're cold, hungry, and sick and they're suffering. and dying. needlessly. - christians and jews together stand obedient to god to listen to his word. god gives us a special calling to help the orphan, the widow. the weakest, the survivors. and he makes a promise. that if we stand with them so too will god stand with us. - [male narrator] please, open your heart

now, chuck grassley is the kind of guy that has gone out there before and broken with his party on a couple things. i think it's significant because of what the president is saying. the president is out there. his rhetoric is getting stronger every day saying the whistleblower should be outed. he wants to talk to the whistleblower. so i think that he was sending a message both to his colleagues on capitol hill but also to the president that we need to let this take its course. we need to protect the whistleblower. and so i think it is very significant. now, whether other republicans will follow right away is unclear. we need to see you know what more is going to come out of this. i think this is extremely fast moving, though. we haven't seen something like this in all these months we have investigations. these it's just the last couple weeks that we've seen movement. >> i figure it's wednesday this week. where were we last monday? >> not here. >> it's developed a little over a week. the pace is remarkable. i want to ask you, rachel, about the secretary of state here, where his credib

i stand with chuck grassley on this. we have laws in place. again, laws need to be enforced. >> so, julie, for how long are republicans going to be able to carry on with that kind of narrative of either, you know, dismissing the question that is being asked by the woman or explaining it away by, you know, taking a left turn? >> well, i mean they've been sustaining it now for more than two years and obviously now that we're in the context of an impeachment inquiry, it may become more awkward for them, but i don't expect that tone to change very much. what you did not hear from senator ernst, what you have not heard from many republicans on capitol hill is really a vigorous defense for what the president has said and done, particularly as it relates to ukraine and the call to investigate the bidens. they're trying to strike this very delicate balance between not defending him and not drawing the kind of angry response that mitt romney has by outride criticizing him. >> and, michael, mitt romney is speaking out. the president is targeting, you kn

chuck grassley of iowa argued, quote, this person appears to have followed whistle-blower laws and oughtthe chairman who is also a mesh. judiciary committee did not exclusively mention president trump's repeated claims, he adds no one should be making judgments or pronouncements without hearing from the whistle-blower first. and adding that it's counterproductive and does not serve the country. earlier in the week, grassley turn to the attorney general for the right wing talking point that attempted to question the whistle-blower's heavily vetted and second hand information. after that claim was discredited. grassley asserted, quote, when it comes to whether someone qualifies as a whistle-blower, the distinctions between drawn between first and second hand knowledge aren't legal ones. >>> more than 50 usa ambassadors call on president trump administration to protect the administration mirai jovanovic. members say that trump's comments to the ukrainian president during that phone call, quote, demean and threaten yovanovitch. and adds this, this appears about a threat of retaliation for po

but republican senator chuck grassley said in a statement that the whistle-blower -- and i quote herehe whistle-blower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he would hold a trial if he gets articles of impeachment from the house. do you see a glimpse of the gop drawing a line in the sand here? do you have any hope? >> i don't see that with mcconnell, but there are republicans now, don, and i think chuck grassley saying, we're going to protect the whistle-blower. i think he's probably one of the authors of the whistle-blower law, which by the way i voted on when i was in the congress. you know, look, the whistle-blower law is designed to say, you've got something, and you got to tell somebody, and it rises to a very high level. at least that's what the inspector general -- you know, the intelligence community said. this rises to a very high concern. what we don't want to do is start trashing the whistle-blower, try to figure out who it is because it will absolutely chill all other whistle-blowers in the government. the

to say, it's a stunning place that we've come to where it's a profile in courage for senator chuck grassleyp and say a whistle-blower who follows the whistle-blower process, maybe we should listen. >> but it is. it is. >> it shouldn't be but here we are. >>> all right. moments ago, you heard secretary of state mike pompeo make an admission he has avoided for ten days. he said, i was on the phone call. he gave a dishonest answer about this ten days ago. why the change? what does it tell us about what's going on inside the trump administration? that's next. ♪ (dramatic orchestra) performance comes in lots of flavors. there's the amped-up, over-tuned, feeding-frenzy-of sheet-metal-kind. and then there's performance that just leaves you feeling better as a result. that's the kind lincoln's about. ♪ great customizes your caru wheninsurance, tual so you only pay for what you need. wow. thanks, zoltar. how can i ever repay you? maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> all right. the breaking news just moments ago. secr

and even top republicans senator chuck grassley seems to be taking issue with the president's persistentn the whistle-blower. in a statement senator grassley said the whistle-blower's request for confidentiality should be respected and that he or she ought to be heard out before people make judgments and also, jake, that he or she should be protected. jake. >> principles. jessica schneider, thank you so much. >>> president trump's lawyer rudy giuliani is in a showdown with house democrats over a subpoena. our next guest is on the house committee leading the impeachment inquiry. you're watching aspecial edition of "the lead, the white house in crisis." stay with us. anyone can deliver pizza. only marco's can deliver america's most loved pizza. hot and fresh, and right to your door. every day, get two medium, one-topping pizzas for just $6.99 each. hello to america's most loved pizza. hello marco's. (past them because she didn't sknow they were talking to her.g and she would just walk right (deborah) i just could not hear. i was hesitant to get the hearing aids because of my short hair, bu

i stand with chuck grassley on this. we have laws in place. again.hearing it from our -- >> that is because our meeting is not covering those issues. whistle-blowers should be protected, thank you very much. whistle-blowers should be protected, let folks out there know. >> senator chuck grassley issued a statement defending the intelligence community whistle-blower and calling for the need to protect his or her identity and this person appears to have followed the whistle-blower protection laws and ought to be protect and we should always look to protect whistle-blower's requests for confidentiality. any further media reports on the whistle-blower's identity don't serve the public's interest even if the conflict sells more papers or attracts clicks online. >>> joining us once again from washington, deputy news editor for the washington examiner david mark. gooed to have you back us with. as we see more republicans go with protecting the whistle-blower, how could it attack president trump's pressure to reveal his or her identity. and he says he wants

donald trump appeared not to know today that republican senator chuck grassley came out yesterday in defense of the whistle-blower, a strong defense, and specifically criticized what president trump has said about the whistle-blower without mentioning the president's name. that is the kind of thing that we haven't seen republicans doing in congress for the last three years because they all live in fear of the wrath of donald trump. a republican house member came out in favor of an investigation into donald trump's phone call with ukraine, and that republican congressman has not been attacked by donald trump. and then there is mitch mcconnell who decided to announce this week that he absolutely would start an impeachment trial in the senate if the house impeaches the president. mitch mcconnell didn't have to say that. he could have dodged that issue this week. donald trump hasn't attacked mitch mcconnell for saying that. is donald trump going to be able to keep republicans in congress in line if some of them and more of them by the day possibly are not a first lady of him any more? an

the republican senator chuck grassley questioned hunter biden's actions in which he said that biden had history of investing in and collaborating with chinese companies including at least one posing significant national security concerns. president trump has been mentioning this time and time again but of course, let's not forget that he has asked a foreign country, a country which the united states doesn't have an especially good relationship with and let's not forget that in just a few days time, there will be some pretty important trade negotiations take place between china and the u.s. and also once again, he reiterated this belief that ukraine should investigate joe biden and his son. it left a lot of people in the united states rather shocked and perplexed particularly many democrats. brent: where is all of this headed? reporter: it is a pretty difficult thing to answer. at the moment, it is gathering a lot of pace. let's not forget we have the first witness mentioned earlier, card volcker in this impeachment inquiry speaking today. we're going to see more and more of that. until

chuck grassley is probably a good example. spent almost a year ago that senator grassley revealed the central intelligence agency hat in fact, been monitoring the communications of whistleblowers both with the ic ig and members of congress. frankly i have been rather shocked by the house no senate intelligence committee have gone to battle stations over that because it's that kind of illegal domestic surveillance of house and senate intelligence committees were created over 40 years ago to prevent. this has this is not been a topf conversation for censorship or senator burr, chairman of the senate intelligence. >> host: president trump tweeted a couple days ago about the whistleblower, the so-called whistleblower before knowing i i was going to release the exact transcript stated michael what you couldn't present was crazy, frightening and completely lacking in substance related to national security. this is a very big lie. read the transcript. >> guest: i don't recall the whistleblower using that phraseology. what we do know

. >> reporter: some republicans like senator chuck grassley have said government whistleblowers should be heard and protected. ellsberg says members of congress have a duty to the constitution and it's important to treat the president barely as congress investigates. all conditions, deserves a fair trial. >> reporter: jana katsuyama, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> we are taking you live to the uk. this is british prime minister boris johnson. he is addressing the conservative party's annual conference and he just said the uk has compromised on brexit and the european union has to do it too. he's addressing the conservative party's annual conference and is releasing what he calls his final plan for the uk to leave the european union but we don't have many details yet. we can listen in for just a moment. >> let's -- there you go. the invitation is there. let's get october 31. not just because we have such an immense agenda to take this country forward but because, of course, brexit is an opportunity in itself. we will take back control of our extraordinary marine wealth of scotland and it's one of

is something like we've never seen before and all eyes are really on the senate we're seeing chuck grassley now with a very strong statement others behind the scenes it's not just mitt romney there are some 30 plus senators republican senators who are preparing if a formal impeachment vote comes to abandon this president it is really heating up here in washington d.c. now as we've been saying repeatedly it doesn't matter what you seem to throw president trump and those close to him and he and his supporters continue to repeatedly say there's nothing to see he was difficult to gauge from outside the u.s. looking in is his public backing for against impeachment what do people really think that. well this is all something in motion remember that. nancy pelosi would never get to this point if she wasn't sure of several key things and one of those is a majority of the american people in favor of impeachment proceedings that is now coming into view we're now seeing polls that have things tied which is a big sea change in a very short amount of time and it's all moving in the direction of majority

breaking ranks with the president, iowa republican chuck grassley admonished this person ought to beeard out and protected, and we should always work to respect whistleblowers' request for confidentiality. nikole killion, cbs news, the white house. >>> ukrainian president zelensky says he's never had any contact with president trump's personal attorney. >> i've never met rudy giuliani, never. and never had any phone calls with him. thanks a lot. >> zelensky made the comments yesterday at an event in ukraine. the whistleblower's complaint alleges president trump pressured zelensky to meet with giuliani and attorney general william barr. giuliani has pushed for ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden. zelensky also says he was not under pressure from president trump to see through with the biden probe. >>> north korea reportedly fired a ballistic missile off its eastern coast this morning. that's according to south korea's military. the location suggests the missile may have been launched from a submarine. it comes as north korea and the u.s. have agreed to resume nuclea

signed: chuck grassley, president pro tempore. mr. mcconnell: madam president? the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: later today the senate will have the opportunity to confirm another brilliant nominee to the federal judiciary. in this case, i'm proud to say this new lifetime judge will be another fine kentuckian. for those of us who know justin walker and have seen his work up close, it's clear that president trump made an outstanding choice to be a district judge for the district of western kentucky. mr. walker has sharpened his legal skills at the highest levels, including premier clerkships to then judge brett kavanaugh of the d.c. circuit and former justice anthony kennedy. as a prominent attorney and law professor, he's earned the respect of his peers in the legal world and of the community that he'll serve on the bench. for his students, mr. walker has been a mentor who helps push them to fulfill their potential in the classroom and throughout your legal careers. his thoughtful and deliberate approach have fit the mold of a federal j

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