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joining me is senator bob menendez of new jersey. he was in that meeting at the white house. senator, what happened? what turned? when did this meeting go south? >> from my perspective, the meeting started off with the president walking in and slamming down his files on the table suggesting that this was a meeting he agreed to, but we had asked for. no one had asked for the meeting. i got an invitation from the white house. it wasn't at my solicitation or the speaker's or the democratic leader of the senate. and it was belligerent from the get-go. and when you have the president of the united states who is supposed to bring our country together, particularly in times of challenges, call the speaker a third rate politician, suggests that democrats who support the kurds because they have fought for us and the kurds, according to him, are communists so democrats should be happy with that. in essence calling us all communists. and when, in fact, you have someone who belittled general mattis as too weak. and then goes on to not show a grasp and understanding of what has been unlea

democratic senator bob menendez. he was a dedicated and passionate public servant who fought his entire career for justice and equality. he was the epitome of putting country first, providing moral leadership and clarity at critical times and was a voice for the voiceless in our society. the white house ordered flags to be flown at half-staff and here they are at half-staff at the u.s. capitol. also at the white house, the executive office building, and governor hogan of maryland ordering the flag, state flag there flown in half-staff at indianapolis as well. elijah cummings died earlier oday at the age of 68. we go live now to the u.s. capitol to stand by for a briefing from house speaker nancy pelosi. the house will be in session -- legislative session in about an hour an 15 minutes, at noon eastern. we'll stay here live as her news conference is set to go under way. >> here on capitol hill waiting for the start of the briefing with house speaker pelosi. we'll have it live when it gets under way. until then part of

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senator bob menendez, we look forward to that. thank you so much for the time, sir. >> thank you. >>> meantime, federal investigators are attempting to follow the money, and what they're uncovering is an intricate and tangled web of political connections. rudy giuliani's financial dealings in ukraine are now under investigation after two of his associates were indicted for allegedly violating campaign finance laws, accused of setting up a scheme to push out the former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovonavitch. evan perez joins me now. what have we learned about the situation. >> we know rudy giuliani is at the center of all of this. some of his financial relationships with these men is now under scrutiny by the investigators who are doing this, and so, you know, of course now rudy is going to probably going to be, have to, you know, think about where does this end, right. we know from the court documents that were released yesterday that, you know, obviously there was money going from these two men, fruman, lev parnas and igor frum

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yoe i don't get a sense that he understands the magnitude of what he's done. >> senator bob menendez from the foreign relations committee, things very much, sir. >>> breaking news about iran and rudy giuliani from julia ainsley in the newsroom. julia, talk to me about what you've learned about rudy giuliani representation of -- well, you should call him an expat iranian group, a controversial group long on the state department's terror list. >> that's right, andrea, the mek is a dissident group in iran. they're small but they have a large amount of influence particularly over right wing american politicians who are for the denuclearization of iran and for being tougher on iran in american foreign policy. rudy giuliani is someone who has met with mek at least once a year since 2014. that's what our reporting shows. he's written op-eds for them going back to 2011, and that was before they had been taken off the terrorist watch list. why all of this is interesting now is because his former business partner, michael mukasey, former attorney general under george w. bush, recently filed fo

bob menendez. are you for being on the show. >> good to be with you. >> we want to talk to you about syria. i have to start with the series of developments that we have heard this morning. let me start with what we just heard from pete williams, what appears to be a win for democrats in getting the president's financial records. are you confident that democrats will prevail if this were to go to the supreme court? >> they should. at the end of the day this is a fundamental test of our constitution. it's clear in my mind also as a member of the senate finance committee that access to these documents is totally a legitimate request of the congress. and so they should prevail at the end of the day. the president is not above the law, including getting access in this regard to his tax returns. >> we about ten minutes ago on this show watched live as ambassador maria yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine appeared on capitol hill for a closed-door deposition with house democratic staffers, h

, trump's secretary of state mike pompeo, the top democrat on the foreign relations committee, bob menendez. plus insight and analysis from our powerhouse roundtable with chris christie and rahm emanuel. we'll break down the politics, smoke out the spin. the facts that matter this week. >> announcer: from abc news, it's "this week." here now, chief anchor, george stephanopoulos. >>> good morning and welcome to "this week." we come onto the air after a rare last night retreat from trump, bowing to fierce criticism and the prospect of a new front in the fight over impeachment. trump fired off a tweet shortly before 10:00 p.m. announcing that next year's g7 summit would not be held at his miami hotel after all. the original announcement made thursday at that stunning press conference where acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, admitted what the president had been denying for weeks, that military aid in ukraine was conditioned on that country pursuing a political investigation for president trump. >> but to be clear, what you just described is a quid pro quo. it is funding will not flow unless

democrats and republicans agreeing and that is rare the statement coming from one top democrat bob menendez in the the on the foreign relations committee in the u.s. senate he says that this. decision of the united states that has now led to these developments with turkey moving forward with military operations that this is a pending a longstanding policy with an impulsive politically driven decision that will sacrifice long term u.s. nash. security interest so the pentagon not happy i'm sure about this and we are reaching out to see what information we can get there but given the past 8 months from top you know defense officials politicians who are involved with the oversight on that certainly there is going to be deep concern with the actions of turkey as it's moving forward and it can be sort of this plays into much more the long term vision and influence that the united states has in the region and generally across the world because when you have the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations someone like nikki haley and lindsey graham a prominent republican who have been trumped supp

self enrichment, the difficulty is many of our laws are not strong enough, i'll give you example bob menendezd on corruption, it was pretty obvious and yet there was a hung jury, they could not decide and a mistrial. you have to have somebody on tape bragging about a quid pro quo as in rod which he was convicted and heard on tape selling the senate seat in illinois, we need to toughen up our laws and maybe create better laws. you heard joe biden say my son and i did nothing wrong. we don't know in these to be investigated. and it may turn out it was not illegal but it should be in need new laws to make it illegal. >> thank you. this is why people are so frustrated they feel it going on. hang on can't we do something. the other thing they get frustrated justice seems very one-sided. in the context of russia hoax, the first book, here it feels and like injustice in the associates of rudy giuliani have been arrested, that was over the news last week with the week before and what they are accused of doing which is taking foreign money in laundering and somehow an in-depth over here supporting pol

help the american people get into the bottom of controversy, new york senator bob menendez. >> i laughedhen i was hearing secretary pompeo in his interview with you because the secretary and state department have done everything humanly possible to impede and obstruct and not to provide information. >> he said obstruct, meanwhile the number of administration officials making way to capitol hill to be interviewed in secret by congressman schiff and describes views of what may or may have not been going on which included the words quid pro quo, don't forget today, we don't expect much from the president, in fact, we have a photo around 10:00 o'clock this morning, he should be inside which is where i intend to head because it's raining cats and dogs, back to you. >> real quick, kevin, there's been reporting out there that mick mulvaney was already on the chopping block potentially before the latest calls for impeachment, then comes his press conference this week and perhaps looking at fox news sunday appearance as cleanup or an attempted cleanup of his appearance. any word from the white ho

democratic senator bob menendez asked why the u.s.enator to ukraine was recalled. >> so you would agree that she served the department of state and represented the united states capably and admirably. >> i told her so. >> yet you were the one who told ambassador yovanovitch that she was being recalled early, correct? >> i did. >> in your view, was there any basis to recall ambassador yovanovitch early? >> yes there was. the president had lost confidence in her. >> you were aware there were individuals outside of the state department seeking to smear ambassador yovanovitch? >> i was. >> seeking to remove her? >> i was. >> did you know mr. giuliani was one of those people? >> i believed he was, yes. >> he also testified he didn't think soliciting investigations into a domestic political opponent would be in accord with u.s. values. that speaks to the heart of the impeachment inquiry and where it stands right now. >>> for almost two years general james mattis served as president trump's secretary of defense. a new book paints a chaotic s

joins me to talk about the raid, also the infamous ukraine call and new today, democratic senator bob menendezor home trips back to kansas.

joins me to talk about the raid, also the infamous ukraine call and new today, democratic senator bob menendez to investigate mike pompeo for home trips back to kansas. and whether or not the whistleblower should be outed. lara trump is here with a look at how all of this impeachment talk is impacting the trump campaign, particularly with women voters. and jesse waters is here. a stunning moment played out during a judge's confirmation hearing on capitol hill. >> no, i did not say that. i did do not believe that. it is a fundamental belief of mine that all people are created in the image of god, they should all be treated with dignity and respect. >> tell you the back story on that moment, more on that coming up in a little bit. first fox news jillian turner has more on today's impeachment testimony on the hill. hi. >> hi, martha, breaking this hour, new details about today's deposition of two senior state department officials on capitol hill, both of them worked on u.s. foreign policy toward ukraine, both of them worked for kurt volker. croft gave new information about the campaign rudy giuli

. >> democratic senator bob menendez accusing the president of kowtowing to turkey and russia, abandoning the kurds and opening the door to an isis resurgence. menendez sang "the only question remaining is whether president trump is acting directly at the behest of russian and turkish leaders or whether he is willfully blind to his own failures." after linus hunter lindsey graham applauding the president's actions. >> i agree with the president. without sanctions, there would've been no cease-fire. i'm hope we can make it a historic win-win but you cannot rely on syria, russia, or turkey to protect the united states against isis. >> kurdish fighters thinking president trump, general mazlo mazloum. his position today is different than it was ten days ago when kurdish leaders are saying our allies stabbed us in the back. martha. >> martha: they were trying to make as much peace with as many parties as they can. john, thank you very much. we are expecting to hear from the president later this hour from pittsburgh. we will see if he weighs in on any of these breaking stories that are happenin

he was asked by the ranking democrat, bob menendez of new jersey, about what happened when eliminated informed yovanovitch that she was being called back and why, because it was he who had to carry that out for mike pompeo. take a look at this. >> was there any basis to recall ambassador yovanovitch early? >> yes, there was, the president had lost confidence in her. >> the president had lost confidence in her. >> yes. >> and you were told that by the secretary of state? >> i was. >> did you ask why he lost confidence in her? >> yes. >> and what was the answer? >> i was told that he had lost confidence in her, period. >> well, that's not a why. he lost confidence in her. he didn't explain why. >> you asked if i asked. i asked. sxh >> and the answer was -- >> that he had lost confidence. >> so mike pompeo doesn't even tell his deputy the real reason yovanovitch was pulled back. she had testified that sullivan, in carrying this out, had told her it was not anything she had done that was wrong. so he had gone that far. this was such a signal moment in the state department, and it so demor

senator bob menendez, the ranking democrat on the senate foreign relations committee, says that the release of these isis prisoners is a clear and present danger to the united states. do you agree? >> well, we need to have more information about exactly who they were. so there are top rate, very dangerous isis operatives, and lower rung operatives who are not as dangerous. as you pointed out, it's a big deal to get bagdadi. i think the president deserves a lot of credit cafor authorizing the raid. if it had gone bad, he would have gotten the blame. but that does not mean isis has been defeated, any more than getting bin laden meant al qaeda was defeated. you still have these networks, you still have the people who will take the place of anybody we remove. and they will continue to work to attack america. one other point. there was a lot of comment about, we wouldn't expect bagdadi to be in idlib because we thought al qaeda was there. what happens in some places is, terrorist organizations that you think are rivals can actually cooperate in certain situations. >> is that what happened here,

then the top democratic on the foreign relations committee, senator bob menendez, will be here to respond. plus as always the powerhouse roundtable. that's all coming up later on "this week" this morning on abc. whit, over to you. >>> now to the brexit chaos overseas. british prime minister boris johnson sending a letter to the european union on saturday asking to delay britain's exit by making it clear that he personally opposes the delay. the letter comes after a rare saturday session. parliament voted to postpone a decision on whether to back johnson's brexit deal. the plan would have the u.k. leaving the european union by the end of this month. this is the third time the u.k. has asked the eu for a brexit extension. >>> now to the murder of a young father originally from australia and living in texas killed during a home invasion while his wife and small children were also in the house. police are looking for a motive at this hour. marci gonzalez joins us from l.a. with more on this investigation. good morning, marci. >> reporter: eva, good morning. this is such an unsettling and unus

senator bob menendez, as you might imagine, had some questions. >> do you think it's ever appropriate for the president to use his office to solicit investigations into a domestic political opponent? >> soliciting investigations into a domestic political opponent, i don't think that would be in accord with our values. >> you were aware that there were individuals and forces outside the state department seeking to smear ambassador yovanovitch, is that correct? >> i was. >> and seeking to remove her? and did you know mr. giuliani was one of those people? >> i believe he was, yes. >> well, that's something. i don't think anybody was expecting that secretary of state mike pompeo's second in command to go as far as he did, condemning trump's pressure campaign, throwing rudy giuliani under the bus. although some admitted he knew what was happening and did nothing. and that guy is likely to be the next ambassador to russia, the country that is, of course, occupying a large chunk of ukraine and he apparently took no action. now, president trump wants to pivot away from complaining about the p

was there, the chairman of the house services committee and the chairman of the house committee, bob menendez was there. she didn't tell the rest of us to leave. the substantive meeting was going to happen and i think she felt like her role at that point just given the president's reaction to her was not going to be productive. >> so let me ask you a question, chairman. the senate republican leader mitch mcconnell was there, any and he was asked, and his response was i didn't make any observations in the meeting. what do you make of that? this is the majority leader in the senate and this is what he's saying. >> well, there were republicans in that room who did challenge the president on the details of the syria policy. congresswoman cheney in particular, but she's concerned that isis will be left unchecked in that part of the world and what is the policy going forward so there were questions raised by members there. mitch mcconnell and i was at the second meeting in the white house. he's not a very talkative guy. i think he can probably talk to the president whenever he wants to talk to the

some reaction from congress from the top democrat on the senate foreign relations committee, bob menendez. today is a dark day,american soldiers worked tirelessly to train and fight alongside the kurds against isis. now president trump is leaving our allies to die at the hands of the turkish military . the president has brought great shame to our country again. republican susan collins is on monday resident trumps decision to abandon the kurds, our major ally was unwise. today we are seeing the consequences of that terrible decision. if the reports of turkish strikes in syria are accurate i fear for our allies, the kurds could be slaughtered. and from kentucky republican senator rand paul, i know this president trump is the first president in my lifetime to understand what is our national interest and what is not. he's stopping endless wars and we will be stronger as a result. cheney, graham neocon war caucus has cost us too much fighting endless wars. >> this afternoon irish ambassador to the us daniel mulhall talks about breaks it . ireland is remaining in the european union while the u

senate democratic member to be specific bob menendez saying that this is up ending a longstanding policy with an impulsive and politically driven decision that will sacrifice long term u.s. national security interests now the u.s. president has long signaled his desire to get out of what he calls endless foreign wars and there is a lot of thinking in washington that this is exactly what the president is trying to do satisfy his domestic audience keep that 2016 campaign promise with the 2020 presidential election on the horizon but the concern is that this is going to also have a devastating effect on the humanitarian situation in the region save the children issuing a statement saying that it is deeply concerned of the hundreds of thousands of people present in north eastern syria 1650000 people in need of humanitarian assistance that's why they're calling on foreign governments to ensure that basic services like food water shelter health care that that is provided because the concern is as there are already military operations and reports of those operations in the works that these issu

. >> bob menendez right there at the white house obviously rejecting the suggestion, pointing again to the fact that not only did the aid reach the intended target, in this case ukraine, the ukrainians themselves said that there was no quid pro quo. and say that with the white house for votes, that is the end of it. we await the playback from the briefing. it was a lengthy briefing that concluded not long ago. a lot of talk about the economy. you will hear the administration touting what they have been able to do as we wait for the president, julie. >> julie: kevin corke, we will have that as human as it comes in. thank you very much, joining us to talk about this with me as vilma mclaren, fox news contributor. we will talk about mick mulvaney, with chris wallace, trying to walk back his talk on the quid pro quo issue. the bottom line is this. this is what he said to chris. look at the facts. they did not stop the flow of the money. in other words, the military aide proceeded to ukraine. so there was no quid pro quo, however, jonathan crofts question was there a quid pro quo? yes, we d

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senator bob menendez of new jersey, marco rubio of florida and i have introduced a similar senate bill, but the majority leader mcconnell refuses to bring up any bill that might not meet the approval of president donald trump, even a bill offered by leaders in his own political party. senator menendez and i have tried to call up the house bill for passage only to face objection repeatedly from senate republicans. last week, to deflect blame from president trump and the senate republicans who object to our bill, the junior senator from florida came to the floor with his own approach. he blocked the bipartisan house venezuela t.p.s. bill from passing and offered a dubious amendment undermining t.p.s. for others as the price for helping the venezuelans. in other words, he said well, perhaps we could help venezuelans as long as it's at the expense of others who are in similar status from other countries. his proposal would, in fact, significantly weaken the entire temporary protected status program. for example, his proposal would require congressional approval of any extension of t.p.s. b

earlier this month the top democrat on this committee senator bob menendez of new jersey wrote republicans risch requesting the committee hold a hearing on the risch issue. he responded it would be more appropriate for the house to complete its process one way or another. beyond impeachment and ukraine sullivan is up for a difficult diplomatic posting here. there will be discussion of the trump administration's policies and challenges with russian president vladimir putin. the u.s. response to russia's international election interference, invasion of ukraine, assassination attempts in other countries and human rights violations. the trump administration after sanctioning the russian government has called for engagement on several issues whether it's counter terrorism, arms control or north korea. back to you. >> bill: thank you. meanwhile now yesterday's witness lieutenant colonel alexander vindman with the national security council. the first official to testify who heard the july phone call with the president of ukraine. let's bring in our a-team brad blakeman, jeanne zaino and bill mcg

when was the last time you had a show on james clapper or john brennan were bob and andy's -- menendez- or bob hunter biden was a crackhead who married his dead brother's wife -- this is ridiculous you are worried about rudy giuliani. have beend cia backstabbing everybody all along -- this is ridiculous. what about tony podesta, jesse? it is getting ridiculous that c-span has to try to do this to do a character assassination on somebody. host: let's thank all of our colors for calling in this morning. coming up, an update on the gm strike and state of the unions in the united states with ian kullgren of politico. later, we will talk with author bradford kane about his book "pitchfork populism." we will be right back. ♪ campaign 2020 bus team is traveling across the country, visiting key battleground states in the 2020 presidential race, asking voters what issues they want presidential candidates to address during the campaign. >> an issue to me that is the most important in the 2020 election is the climate crisis. i'm electing to call the climate crisis or the crime emergency to expres

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