acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, robert boyer, former national security john bolton and michael duffy associate director for national security at the office of management budget. but in 1999 during the clinton impeachment trial, schumer argued against having witnesses like monica lewinsky testified before the senate. >> it seems to me no good case has been made for witnesses. >> fox chad pergram asked why the change of heart? the witnesses in '99 had already been given, had already given grand jury testimony. we knew what they were to say. the four witnesses we have called have not been heard from. that is the difference, and it is a difference totally overwhelming. >> tonight schumer also suggesting start dates for the trial and giving ideas how it should be handled. political experts say public now could later lead to democrats accusing republicans of not

ministration to be summoned as key witnesses at the president's impeachment trial include the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and the former national security advisor john bolton. well in new zealand search crews have so far failed to find the bodies of 2 victims still missing a week after that country's volcano disaster the prime minister lead the country and observing a minute's silence in memory of those killed in last monday's eruption at curie the official death toll now stands at 16 another 20 people are in critical condition suffering from severe burns. bad weather has forced the recovery teams to call off their search for the 2 missing victims. hope on hold for the families of the volcano's victims rescue teams in protective gear landed where they believed one of the 2 remaining bodies would be found they were unsuccessful. everyone would be disposed to find bodies and return them to loved ones and to a probability ideas we wish we would probably thinking given that one was in the water but so i would tell you. that we're always hopeful because we do this for a reason we

it involves a scheme in which donald trump with held official acts, white house meeting, and hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver two investigations he believed would assist his re-election campaign. i want to underscore first of all just how important that white house meeting was to ukraine. ukraine has a new reformer as its president. president zelensky. a meeting with the most important patron of ukraine, the president of the united states, in the oval office, carries enormous significance, both to the people of ukraine, but as equally important to russia. that the united states has ukraine's back in its conflict with a nation which invaded its territory. the military assistance is also absolutely essential. as president zelensky go into negotiations with vladimir putin, the fact that the united states is providing substantial military assistance approved on a bipartisan basis by congress is enormously important. the with holding of that aid even for a period of time sends a disastrous message to friend and foe alike

. >> reporter: acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, former national security advisor john bolton, michael duffy, and senior advisor to the acting white house chief of staff robert blair. >> these folks have now which of the facts resented by the house. >> reporter: responding those hope that fairness will prevail, a laughable quote from senator schumer this morning. and fully, the people of this country continue to see the parts and sham that this is. among voters, support for impeachment is holding steady. according to the latest fox news poll, 50% of voters favor impeaching and removing president trump from office. reporting in washington, d.c. i'm allison barber, ktvu fox 2 news . >> 30% of people support impeaching is actually up one point from october. 53% of people surveyed they believe is and trump abused his power. 45% say he committed bribery. this by that kind of president's job approval rating has gone up three point since october. >> time is running out. in the minute, he will run down some of the important deadlines for the busiest shipping times of the year.

a national news now in new york times report is outlining acting white house chief of stf mick mulvaney's involvement in the ukraine aid freeze it also white house officials to r top convince president trump to release the aid. >>cnn's katlan collins has more on that and other developments in the trump administration anthe pending senate impeachment trial. >>president trump is starting his second wk in florida at his west palm beach golf course today that although he's les away from washington. impeachment is still at the top of his mind and in the headlines a rort from the new york times reveals new details about trump's demand to withhold nearly million in militaraid to ukraine with a top aide to the chief of staff curately predicting the chaos it would cause probably are telling mick mulvaney in an email over the summer well fore trump was impeached, the restricting the aid was possible. but that the white house should quote excted congress to become unhinged the report also revealed that in late august the secretary of state defense secretary and national security advisor all met with

now, democrats are asking four white house officials testify in the subsequent senate trial, including the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney and john bolton. senator chuck schumer making the request in writing to majority leader mitch mcconnell, and separately, blasting mcconnell for coordinating with the white house on the president's defense, calling that, i am quoting now, totally out of line. we'll talk about that and more with congresswoman debbie mccarsell. our analysts are standing by. let's get the latest on the march toward impeachment. justice correspondent jessica snyder is with us. with impeachment a foregone conclusion, attention is on the senate trial. >> democrats are attempting to draw the line, laying out what they want when impeachment moves to the senate for a likely trial in january. top democrat chuck schumer saying he wants to hear from four key witnesses that could offer firsthand insight into the delay getting military aid to ukraine. of course, in the end, it comes down to the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell and what the majority of republican senators want. ton

democrats also want witnesses who they believe will help incriminate the president, such as acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. >> this email is explosive. >> chuck schumer highlighted a newly uncovered house email asking the defense department to please hold off on military aid to ukraine. the email came soon after the july 25th phone call in which president trump asked ukrainian president zelensky to investigate joe biden. >> a top administration official, one that we requesting is saying stop the aid 91 minutes after trump called ze less ski and said, keep it hush hush. what more do you need to request a witness? >> reporter: senate republican leader mitch mcconnell said he would prefer a short trial to keep the focus on the nation's business. but on cbs's face the nation roy blunt suggested that could change. >> there may be a time that we decide witnesses are essential. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi has refused to send the articles of impeachment from the house to the senate until senate republicans tell her what that trial is going to look like. erroll? >> chip re

chuck schumer says he wants john bolton and the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney to testifysenate trial. >> fair trial, the facts come out, without making this into a circus of unrelated conspiracy theories. if this turns into a >>> a significant state's - - boeing is temporarily stopping of the seven max jet and is not a grounded since march. a crash killed a total of 346 people. last week federal regulators told a company that had unrealistic expectations for getting that back into service. bone will determine later when production of the plane might begin again. shares were off more than 4% from the news. the dow closed 100 points higher, the nasdaq was about 80, the s&p gained 22. > >> six more cars hit on highway 101 over the weekend. so far the chp has not been able to catch whoever is doing it. coming up, the latest for drivers tonight look at the damage after 20 is weak havoc and movable states fiercely with your weather, which some umbrella weather, tomorrow night and wednesday morning. beyond the routine checkups. beyond the not-so-routine cases. comcast business i

witnesses who could be called to testify include former national security adviser john bolton and acting white house chief of ststaff mickck mulvaney. this comes as top republican senators face calls to recuse themselves from trump's impeachment trial. late last week, majority leader mitch mcconnell told fox news he was "taking my cues" from the white house. and on sunday, republican senator lindsey graham was questioned by "face the nation" host margagaret brennan about coordinating with the white house on impeachment. >> should republicans in the senate really be taking their marching orders from the person being investigated? >> i understand the presidents frustration, but i think what is best for the country is to get this thing over with. i have clearly made up my mind. i'm not try to o hide the f faci have this name for the accusations in the process. amy: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell said he may not have any witnesses at the senate trial. we'll have more on trump's impeachment later in the broadcast with ralph nader, longtime consumer advocate, corporate critic, and former president

senate trial, here's a look at his wish list in terms of people he would like to hear from, acting white househief of staff mick mulvaney, john bolton, the former national security advisor, michael duffy, office of management and budget official who deals with national security programs, and robert blair, senior advisor to mulvaney who was on president trump's ukraine culprit here is more from schumer a short time ago. to speak of these people know better than anybody else, the facts. there is no reason on gods green earth why they should not be called and testify unless you are afraid of what they might say. >> so schumer turning up the pressure in public ahead of he and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell sitting down to hammer it out, eddie. >> ed: we know about one not likely party switch from democrat to republican in the middle of all of this, what else are we hearing from some of the swing districts in terms of democrats and where they may vote? >> ben mcadams, a rare utah democrat says that he is "yes" on impeachment. speak with us senate would likely acquit the president in a displ

also gets more into the detail of john bolton, the former national security adviser, and the acting white househief of staff mick mulvaney. all of whom, senate democrats want called as witnesses in the upcoming senate impeachment trial of president trump. >> so let's stick with that for a moment. what do you think the likely hod is that the president, first and foremost, would allow mulvaney and bolton to testify in the senate trial, along with mitch mcconnell who basically said he wants no testify in the senate trial and wants this thing wrapped up pretty quickly? >> it is ultimately not up to the president. he really has no say about who could speak or not in a senate trial, which is all up to 51 senators. at this point it is enough to say that the requests would be quashed, what is interesting is the upcoming role of chief justice john roberts, head of the supreme court, who will be presiding over the senate trial, he could rule in democrats' favor, and that it would be up to senate republicans to overrule him, even though he is a republican appointee. there is a lot of contingencies there,

senate minority leader chuck schumer was to call four witnesses, including acting white house chief of staff nick mulvaney and john bolton, the previous security advisor. >>> there will be a popular teacher doshi memorial after a popular teacher died while working as a search and rescue volunteer. he got separated saturday morning. he was found dead on the mountain, which is covered by ice and snow. he had been a search team member for nine years. he was someone other team members turned to in times of need. >> he was that beacon of hope the people look for when they are lost. i can tell you that we have lost a little bit of light. >> he is leaving a huge hole in our community. we are going to miss him greatly, and deeply. he was an amazing man. >> staples is one of 126 people searching for a hiker missing for a week. staples was found, all of the search crewmembers were called off of the mountain. hiker is still missing, and the search for him has been suspended. >>> they send it skyward to the in sound. a hail mary did not work. it wasn't the ending the raiders hate fans raiders fans

that list includes acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney former national security advisor,john bolton. >> there is no reason on god's green earth because to testify unless you are afraid of what they might say. >> we just don't think that because senator schumer asks us to do them dose >> schumer is suggesting the trial begins january 6th and it run three weeks. >> mitch madonna dose mitch mcdonnell has said he hopes it will be a speedy trial. >> an attempt to denuclearize. they're supposed to ease sanctions against north korea. this signals a likely end unified efforts to encourage north korea to reduce its nuclear arsenal. despite the new pressures, the trump administration says it will not accept the deadline set by kim jong noon to make concessions installed negotiations. >> we might be going back to a crisis if the north koreans go back to long-range missile testing or nuclear testing. that will put us back in crisis mode. >> this past weekend, north korea said they held a crucial test of its long-range missile. the second test in 10 days. >>> 6:38 am is the time right

democrats to hear from key witnesses, such as acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. and former nationals gritty advisor, john bolton, who did not testify before the republicans are pushing back. >> calling the chief of staff and national security advisor, it is way out of bounds. >> house speaker nancy pelosi says, she will hold off on sending the articles of impeachment to the senate until parameters for a trial are out. meanwhile the first daughter and senior advisor to the president, ivanka trump, telling face the nation, this is focused on the president and his base. >> he is energized. as our 63 million+ voters, who elected him to office. >> evangelical christians, who overwhelmingly supported the president, are waking up to an editorial today in ""christianity today"" magazine. on for his removal from office. part of the article says none of his positives can balance the moral and political danger that we face under a leader of such grossly immoral character. president trump fired back calling "christianity today" a far left magazine and claiming evangelical ch

justice john roberts who would oversee the trial, issue subpoenas for four witnesses, including acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. former national security advisor, john bolton. he says it's necessary to hear from these witnesses in order to get the full story of what happened in ukraine. >> to engage a trial without the facts coming out is to engage in a coverup. to conduct a trial without the facts is saying we're afraid. we have something to hide. to conduct a trial without relevant witnesses, who haven't been heard from, to just rehash the evidence presented in the house just doesn't make any sense. >>> the senate discussion comes just one day before the house rules committee is scheduled to meet to establish the rules that will govern the house debate over the articles of impeachment. and two days before the full house is expected to vote for only the third time in u.s. history on whether to impeach a president. let's get the very latest right now. for that, we turn to nbc news's jeff bennet on capitol hill. jeff, let's talk about schumer. he talked about the four witnesses tha

last and senate majority leader chuck schumer said he wants to call for witnesses including acting white house chief of staff john mulvaney. there is a new fox news poll that finds 50% of those questioned believe that president trump should be impeached and removed from office which is a one point from october. 53% believe that president trump abused power and 45% believe he committed bribery and despite all of that the president's job writing has gone up three points since october to 45%. >>> there will be grief counselors on the campus of a southern california catholic boys high school today after a popular teacher died or to work as a search and rescue team volunteer, tim staples in a search partner got separate amount aldie and san bernardino county and saturday when he was found dead on the mountain covered by ice and snow and he had been a search team member for nine years and was somewhat other team members turned you in a time of need.>> he said he hoped people would look for him one he is lost and i could how we lost a little bit of light. >> he is leaving a huge hole in our community

war an adversary, russia, to -- it involves a scheme in which donald trump withheld official acts, white house meeting, as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver to investigations that he believed would assist his reelection campaign. >> our correspondent is following events for us from capitol hill. the political hot potato which is this report has now been passed to the house judiciary committee. what sort of reception do we expect it to get? the timeline of events is very specific in the coming days and weeks. factter: that's right, in that action right now approving this report and in passing it to the house judiciary committee for review is happening as we speak behind closed doors. adam schiff, uterus hard from, and other members of the intelligence many are now voting to finalize or get the stamp of approval, innocence, to this report. once it arrives in the judiciary committee, they will then hash over the report and consider whether or not to put additional evidence forward or perhaps even wider articles of impeac

democrats want to hear from four witnesses that the white house had blocked from testifying including acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton. but senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has already indicated he has no intention of calling witnesses. janai and kenneth. >> ines there on capitol hill, thank you. abc will have live coverage of today's impeachment vote beginning around 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> well, now to a developing story off the east coast this morning. the coast guard has sounded the alarm about a russian spy ship operating in a, quote, unsafe manner. it was seen in international waters sailing down the coast of the southeastern u.s. the ship's behavior described as erratic. sailors from charleston to jacksonville have been warned to use extreme caution. at last report the ship was east of the bahamas failing to respond to calls from commercial vessels trying to coordinate safe passage and failing to use running lights even in low visibility. >> reporter: the biggest concern with this ship is that there will be a collis

chuck schumer says he wants john bolton and the acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney to testify in the senate trial. >> we want to, with a fair trial where the facts come out without dilatory actions and without making this into a circus of unrelated conspiracy.'s. >> if this turns into a mudslinging process it will make things even worse. >> he is the former senate majority leader. he says it is important that republican and democratic leaders in the senate work together to ensure the senate trial is carried out properly. >>> hundreds of rallies, marches and vigils are scheduled for people calling for the impeachment and removal of president trump from office. organizers are planning hundreds of gatherings around the country. >>> the time is for weight a.m. it has been busy on the roadways. >> we had an earlier crash that cleared up just before or: 00 on 80 e. and westbound. there have been no major issues. we are also looking at the macarthur maze and the bay bridge traffic is going to be light as it normally is in this hour. this is highway 24. it looks pretty good. the bridg

senate democrats also want witnesses who they believe will reinforce their case, including acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. >> it's going to be much harder for republicans to hide behind this myth that this was a perfect phone call. and it will make it harder for those senators to vote for acquittal. >> reporter: on sunday, chuck schumer spoke about his meeting with majority leader mitch mcconnell last week. >> i said we need witnesses and documents. it's only fair, it's only right. he said no. i said please think about it. >> reporter: mcconnell said he would be coordinating the trial with the white house and there is no chance the president will be remove friday office. >>> tonight president trump tweeted: crazy nancy wants to -- to the republican majority senate but stripped away all due process. no lawyers or witnesses on the democratic majority house. the dems just wish it would all end. their case is dead. their poll numbers are horrendous. >>> a new state law requiring new homes to be built with solar panels. but is it a game changer in the real estate market or just co

proposing chief justice john roberts issue subpoenas to 4 administration officials including acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security advisor john bolton. president trump tweeted monday read the transcripts. the impeachment hoax is the greatest con job in the history of american politics. republicans are trying to work with the president to figure out how the trial should look. >> if the president wants to call witnesses, if the president wants to call hunter biden or the whistleblower, the senate should allow the president to do so. >> reporter: democrats say it's not in the country's best interest to have republican lawmakers and the white house teaming up. >> here you have the majority of the senate, in effect the foreman of the jury, saying work hand in glove with the defense attorney. that's a violation of the oath they're about to take. >> reporter: not all democrats have said they'll follow the party line and vote for impeachment in the house. new jersey democratic jeff van drew is expected to switch parties after the vote. representative collin peters

. >>> democrats want to hear from acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton . mulvaney also leads the office of management and budget. which put the hold on that money for ukraine. >>> the road to gaining asylum in the united states just got a lot more complicated. the "l.a. times" reports the trump administration has struck a deal with hondurus to send asylum-seekers at the u.s./mexico border there, even if they are not from honduras. on top of that, the times also reports if hondurus or another country rejects a person's petition, they can't apply for asylum in the united states. homeland security is not commenting. >>> bombshell accusations against the mormon church this morning. the "washington post" reporting that a whistle-blower filed a complaint with the irs claiming that they lds church stockpiled $100 billion that was supposed to be used for charitable pretty purposes. they are urging the -- alleging that they could oh billions in texas. the church told us that it is not provide information about specific transactions or

four republican senators to join the democrats in the senate to push for witnesses like the acting white house john boulton, to house chief of staff mick mulvaney, likejohn boulton, to be. to testify and so democrats are hoping that more will come to light that could possibly help them. they are not taking this as inevitable, by any means, that the senate will put the president even if all of us know that the most likely outcome. thank you. a six—year—old boy who was left fighting for his life after being thrown from the viewing platform of the tate modern art gallery in london has started to speak again, his family has revealed. the french boy, who is too young to be named, is also regaining some sensation in his arms and legs. in an online post, his family said his speech was still very stilted but called it "wonderful progress". he was attacked on the 4th of august by 18—year—old jonty bravery. bravey has admitted attempted murder and will be sentenced in february. a 15—year—old migrant boy is in the care of social services after he was found on the central reservation of the m6 last night.

evidence that a slate of top officials, including the secretary of state, secretary of energy, and acting white houseef of staff, had knowledge of and in some cases facilitated and furthered the president's scheme. >> we do that all the time. >> reporter: the report also makes the case that mr. trump tried to conceal his conduct from the public, defying subpoenas and intimidating witnesses. house intelligence chairman adam schiff: >> i think what we have produced in remarkable short order is so overwhelming that it ought to be presented to the judiciary committee now. >> reporter: cell phone data shows the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, made multiple calls to many of the key players, but so far, there is no record of a september call between president trump and u.s. ambassador gordon sondland, in which the president claims he said this: >> i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo. >> reporter: do the phone records cast doubt on anything you heard from the witnesses or anything the president has said publicly? >> the phone records are remarkably consistent with the coordination of a lot of

ader mitch mcconnell rejected the democrats' call to hear from new witnesses, like acting white houseef of staff, mick mulvaney, in the senate trial to come. >> this concept is dead wrong. >> reporter: but he thought it was dead right during the clinton impeachment trial. have you done a 180 on this? >> i think it's pretty safe to say in a partisan exercise like this, people sort of sign up with their own side. fe what we may have felt 20 years ago may not be the same as today. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi has had no official response to the scathing letter eresident trump wrote her. but when a reporter asked her cout it, she called it "ridiculous," and "really sick." norah. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy, thank you. the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, has been front and center in the scandal that led to tomorrow's impeachment vote. and tonight, he is at it again, eaying he needed the u.s. ambassador to ukraine out of the aay and that he told the president that. the question still remains, why? paula reid reports. >> he's a great person who loves our country,

and i think that mitch mcconnell should stop worrying about protecting the white house and act the waypposed to act, and what we're seeing now is trying to protect the president. that's not what's in the constitution, and i think that we need to look at all these things and make a decision not try to protect and not -- and stop witnesses from testifying. >> all right, congressman engel thank you so much for joining us. happy new year. >> thank you, same to you. >> and good luck in 2020. we appreciate it. >>> still to come, from drones to a bigger footprint on the ground, new york city police are stepping up security for tonight's celebrations in times square. congressman engel will not be front and center he told me. he's got different plans tonight. we're going to take you live there as tens of thousands get ready to ring in the new year. michelob ultra pure gold. beer in its organic form. ♪ ♪ everything your trip needs, for everyone you love. expedia. for everyone you love. when youyou spend lessfair, and get way more. so you can bring your vision to life and save in more ways than o

chuck schumer, he's called for witnesses, like former national security adviser john bolton, acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. mitch mcconnell says no witnesses and he's not going to be an impartial juror, in his words. but i wanted to play what mitch mcconnell said today for the viewers at home and get your rehope. party!" >> so, let's get right to jon karl. and jon, the president has >> so, terry, how likely this is agreement, as we head into the senate trial right after the first of the year. >> reporter: well, david, they may be able to get something hashed out, but there's a big difference between the senate today and the senate during the clinton impeachment. that senate kept the clinton white house at arm's length and laid out the operative procedures of that trial on their own, as an independent body. mitch mcconnell has said that he is in total coordination with the trump white house. he wants a short trial. schumer, as you said, wants witnesses. the president, keeping his options open. >> all right, terry, thank you. i did have one other question for you, terry, because

these include the acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, and former national security adviserjohn north korea, stephen biegun, has said the door remains open to a peace deal, despite pyongyang's hostile tone. mr biegun, who is visiting south korea, said the us had no deadline, but instead had a goal to fullfil the commitments president trump and kim jong—un made during their historic summit. anti—government protesters in lebanon have again clashed with the security forces. the protests came a day after dozens of people were injured in some of the worst violence since the demonstrations began two months ago. later, parliament will consider who to nominate as prime minister to replace saad al—hariri, who resigned in october. new zealand has held a minute's silence to mark the exact moment a week ago when a deadly volcanic eruption took place on white island. 18 people are known to have died in the explosion, including two whose bodies have not been recovered. several people are in a critical condition in hospital. the editor of the online magazine rappler has appeared in court in th

. >> with this from the road, i'm c-span, speeding up next acting white house chief of staff, nick khomeini discusses impeachment trade and deficits. he spoke of the council meeting. >> were going to talk now with make about the white house expectations for this next year but there is a lot of news to cover as well. so please welcome nick. [applause] there is a bit of news [laughter] let's maybe start with the news. then we can get into the agenda for the white house. not just for this next 12 months, for a possible second term. so the congress is very busy drawing up articles of impeachment. they designed two of them, one of them has to do with ukraine and the president putting pressure i'm ukraine to investigate this political rival. president trump has said that he would like to see you and secretary pompeo testified in the senate. will you and partly. >> part of me really wants to. i remember join i testified, join i was running the cf bd to the house and the senate. the most fun i ever had join i was i'm the hill. will do whatever the president wants us to do what it comes down to. if

. >>> schumer wants to hear from four witnesses including acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney and former national security adviser john bolton, but mcconnell has other ideas. >> the senate is meant to act as judge and jury to hear a trial, not to rerun the entire background and investigation because angry partisans rushed sloppily through it. >> by announcing that he doesn't want to have witnesses, he doesn't want to have documents is not rising to the level that a senator should rise to. all we need is four republicans to vote with us to produce these witnesses, to produce the documents, and i expect that some will. i expect that some will. >> it should be noted this is a complete reversal for mitch mcconnell. here's what he said about clinton's impeachment in 1999. >> everyone has witnesses. it's not unusual have witnesses in a trial. >> why the about-face? >> there's nothing judicial about it. impeachment is a political decision. i'm not impartial about this at all. >> mcconnell is even predicting an partisan outcome with the president being acquitted. >>> protesters in doz

tonight, you have the democratic leader chuck schumer calling for witnesses like john bolton, acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. then you have mitch mcconnell saying no witnesses and already saying he won't be an impartial juror, but this is what he said today. listen to this. >> i've hoped and still hope that the democratic leader and i can sit down and reproduce that unanimous bipartisan agreement this time. >> so, terry, how likely is this, some bipartisan agreement for the senate trial? >> reporter: you know, david, they'll probably work something out, but there's a big difference between that unanimous agreement between the clinton impeachment and today. the senate, their leaders in the clinton impeachment, they kept the clinton white house at arm's length. they consulted with them, but this was really a deal worked out by the independent senate. mitch mcconnell's already said he is operating in total coordination with the white house. he has said he wants a short trial, chuck schumer, as you say, wants witnesses. the president keeping his options open. >> you witnessed this b

president's political dirty work it involves a scheme in which donald trump withheld official acts a white house meeting as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver to investigations that he believed would assist his reelection campaign let's cross over now to head the show castro who is on capitol hill for us i'm heidi i lot of what adam schiff said during the news conference we sort of knew about the report because of the public hearings but what are the next steps now. it barbara so what we're seeing now in this report isn't so much new information as you point it out for those who've been paying attention it's something that's really rehashing what the witnesses happened saying for weeks laying out the evidence that trump allegedly of the use the power of his office but what is new here is framing it in the context of u.s. history we heard chairman adam schiff the house intelligence committees chairperson talk about how the framers of the us constitution invision using impeachment as an important tool to hold the president

president's political dirty work it involves a scheme in which donald trump withheld official acts of white house meeting as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver to investigations that he believed would assist his reelection campaign well for more let's cross to washington and correspondent all of a sell it one of the key findings of the democrats' impeachment inquiry report and what we now know well anthony you just heard adam schiff speak so essentially the intelligence committee wrapped up the findings of their hearings that were concluded 2 weeks ago and they say and they say that there was a will realm of evidence for president tom's wrongdoing as a reminder what the democrats are trying to prove your and the committees is that so-called quid pro quo and that is essentially that president tom withheld military aid. and wanted in exchange investigations into this political rival joe biden who of course is very likely to be the democratic front runner the democratic presidential candidate in the 2020 election campaign no

acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, former national security john bolton, associate directortional security, michael duffy, robert blare, if the senate fails to impeach and remove the president, house intelligence tells fox news he won't consider it a failure, fox news poll in late october found that 49% of respondents favored impeaching president trump and removing him from office with margin of error the number remains relatively steady today according to latest fox news poll 50% of respondents said they favor impeaching and removing president trump from office. heather. heather: ellison barber, great to have you with us. >> you bet. heather: congressman john ratcliffe says that democrats should be word about losing support from lawmakers in republican districts. >> the big question is how big will jailbreak be, we have one democrat switching parties and one saying he will vote against it, really the question is how many more before wednesday's vote, the democrats have made the mistake of staking the credibility on adam schiff, now there's an inspector general report that c

it's minority leader chuck schumer has said he wants to call make believe me who is the acting white house chief of staff and the former national security advisor john bolton among others who may have insight into trump's motives when he was withholding this security aid to ukraine and that was at and it remains at the very heart of these impeachment proceedings whether the president had corrupt intent when he tried to get investigations into his political rivals was he using that security aide as leverage so at this point the mitch mcconnell who is the top republican in the senate has rejected that idea outright to call more witnesses and what you're seeing now are democrats in the house trying anyway really to still lay some pressure to get those witnesses and indeed all of this happening as we head into an election year heidi castor there for us on capitol hill thank you heidi well still ahead on al-jazeera violence in india where opponents of a controversial new law defy government efforts to crack down on large protests. and also the conservative victory in the u.k. we travel to a tra

director for national security at the office of management and budget and senior adviser to the acting white houseef of staff. if the senate fails to impeach and remove the president from house, the house intelligence chairman told fox news sunday he will not consider a failure at least not in the sense of the constitutional duty, fox news poll in late october found that 49% of respondents favored impeaching president trump and removed him from office with margin of error that number remains relatively steady today according to latest fox news poll, 50% favor impeaching and removing president trump from office. rob, jillian. jillian: ellison barber live from washington, thank you. rob: special white house counsel pam bondi agreeing with james comey admission that he was wrong about the fisa process. jillian: the so-called sloppiness falls on him. >> he's right the men and the women of fbi deserve much better than what they had, much better than what they had in james comey, the man was fired in disgrace, he must have read a different report than we all read, he presided over the fbi in times worse

the acting white house chief of staff, his former assistant. former ambassador john bolton obviously key to any of the discussions that were under way. if the president and the white house were confident in what took place in this so-called phone call, it was perfect, you would think they would want these witnesses to come forward. we don't see that. same with democrats. again, this isn't hearsay. people with direct knowledge. problem is, if it's sounds like we've seen this movie before, it's because we have. go back to the robert mueller investigation. obviously the president said he himself would like to sit down with robert mueller, make a host of people available to the mumor tea mueller team but in the end decided to attack the process to paint the narrative i can't get at fair shot i'm not going to participate. this is the play here as well, seems. see if it works second time around. >> attacking the process. yes. the "washington post," josh, just reported, did a story how in the aftermath of the ukraine scandal career foreign service and

white house meeting with the president of the united states. specifically, a meeting in the oval office. an official fact -- act by president trump. as david holmes in ukraine said, it is important to understand that a white house visit was critical to president zelensky. president zelensky needed to show u.s. support at the highest levels in order to demonstrate to russian president vladimir putin that he had u.s. backing as well as to advance his ambitious anti-corruption reform agenda at home. in other words, the white house visit would help zelensky's anti-corruption reforms. and that support remains critical as president zelensky meets today with president putin to try to resolve the conflict in the east. now, the day after this phone call, president trump sought to ensure that president zelensky got the message. on july 26th, u.s. officials met with president zelensky and other ukrainian officials in kiev. and president zelensky mentioned president trump had brought up some quote very sensitive issues. after that meeting, president zelensky had a private one on one meeting with yermak. during that sondland said they probably

to hear from four administration officials who were blocked by the white house from testifying in the house. the list includes the acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, and the former national security adviser john bolton. majority leader mitch mcconnell sounded reluctant last week about calling witnesses. today he sounded a note that was closer to maybe. it could be that public pressure from senate democrats would be enough for them to get some of what they want in an impeachment trial, but with republicans having a narrow majority, democrats could conceivably get support for rules that they like by persuade inging a handful of republican senators too good along, senators like mitt romney of haurkts lisa murkowski of alaska, and susan collins of maine. they could ged get it the rules they needed. joins us is former north dakota senator buy rondorgem. good to have you with us. >> thank you, ali. >> do you think those senators i just named, three republican senators, could be persuaded to push for witnesses and convince mitch mcconnell to allow that nobody is asking them to vote for the impeachment of donald

acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney says a final decision will proceed this week. >> a trajectoryowards a phase i deal is good. we will make progress on phase one in the next couple of days and weeks. that will impact what happens. to tomet's get over mackenzie now in beijing and are white house reporter josh wimberley. optimism in china's terms of these tariffs on december 15 not going ahead? tom: it is a little more positive. we hear that chinese officials expect the december 15 tariffs to be delayed at the least. we heard from the agricultural secretary in the u.s. a day ago saying he does not ask backed the tariffs will be imposed. the other part of this that is important for china is the progress being made in terms of the tariffs that are already imposed on chinese goods. 25% on $250 billion. 15% on $110 billion. a key demand -- it was a rollback. we are hearing that they are looking at reducing the level of tariffs may be up to 50% depending on how much progress is being made. that will address one side. the other areas we know that has -- we also hear that one contentious

president's political dirty work it involves a scheme in which donald trump withheld official acts a white house meeting as well as hundreds of millions of dollars of needed military assistance in order to compel that power to deliver to investigations that he believed would assist his reelection campaign. the reports maps out a scheme to pressure ukraine into investigating democratic presidential hopeful joe biden and his family from both or allegedly pressured ukrainian president voted me the lenski to investigate into bungs conspiracy theory that it was ukraine and not russia this interfered in the 2016 us election the report also accuses trump of obstructing the investigation by refusing to provide documents and blocking government officials from testifying trump who is in london for the nato summit seemed unfazed by the reports saying he had the backing of his party. the. folks is going nowhere the republican war is that it is this is right now i have never seen it in. the house intelligence committee approved the report on tuesday it's now up to the judiciary committee to consider the evid

like the acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. the former white house national security adviser john bolton as well as former energy secretary rick perry. brooke, back to you. >> thank you so much. >>> jeffrey ingle cnn presidential historian and co-author of "impeachment and american history" and gloria borger our cnn chief political analyst. jeffrey, perspective. alex went into the weeds, but president trump, 45th president of united states, only four presidents had articles of impeachment brought against them. big picture. what do you make of this? >> impressive to see the number of impeachments are increasing. didn't have one the first 70-some years of our country's history and then three basically within the last 75 years. that's actually a mistake. remember, eep of these presidents who be impeached need a combination of two thing. first, despised by adversaries and second to have done something to trigger the impeachment process. think about president barack obama or president george w. bush. they were both despised by oppone

they subpoenaed testimony from mick mulvaney, the acting white house chief of staff, who seemed to be right in the middle of president trump's order to withhold nearly $400 million in aid to ukraine, mulvaney did not testify. a dizz dozen administration officials were with subpoenaed by congress. and they said we're going to charge that as obstruction and move forward quickly. i think that is a decision they've made. it's a political decision about wanting to move ahead as fast as possible with the election year looming. it's interesting because they would have had a strong case in the courts and would that have given them even more, essentially, political rationale to get republican members to join in, we'll never know the answer to that. but i think it's a controversial descissi decision they've made. richard nixon, even they had their staff participate. this has never happened before the complete stonewall donald trump has ordered. the constitution does not envision the executive simply refusing to participate in a constitutionally dictated process like impeachment. >> i want to tu