for short is great for young and old borger so they say to find out if that really is the case 3 absolute beginners to the sport are trying it out under the guidance of personal trainer. to get started you need a good sense of balance decent stamina and of course basic swimming skills and the type of board you choose is also important. i'm sticking with it once and beginners should start with a relatively large and wide board that makes it easier to keep your balance and a board that steeper towards the front it's best if you've never been on one before . because then it's easier to steer practicing on dry land helps you get a feel for it. after the final it's easier to keep your balance if your legs are spread a little so 1st will get into the safest position lean forward and put your hands on the board nothing can really go wrong in this stance and if you're feeling uncertain on the water then return to this position. from the kneeling position and look forward place one foot in front of you then the next time and slowly stand up . now comes the tough part trying it out on the water goi

back with carl bernstein, gloria borger, jeff toobin. the fact that the president is talking about no quid pro quo time line makes no sense. the fact before he is in offices feeling pressure from giuliani and trump world. >> you know, what's so extraordinary about in story is that every single piece so far fits together. now, usually not the case. usually there is sort of weird stray facts. everything that's coming out suggests that the only interest root of jowlny or donald trump or anyone allied with him in ukraine was getting dirt on the political opponents and figuring out what happened in 2016 with the mysterious server. that's the only interest they had in ukraine. and every fact that has come out, whether it's from trump personally or through witnesses like taylor who had secondhand information, suggests the same thing. and this -- what rene's story gives us some sense of the origin of how early in the process in obsession with barisma and 2016 came up. >> gloria it's fascinating. you mention you got in president -- the guy who is

let's get some perspective from carl bernstein, also gloria borger and jeffrey toobin. jeffrey, i mean the republicans sort of -- the oddest storming of a secure location i've seen. >> my favorite part of the protest was that several of the protesters were actually members of the committee who were inside. so they had every right to be inside even though they were protesting. so in that solidarity, i am protesting my failure to be allowed on "ac 360" while being on "ac 360." i think that's the level of protest that we saw today. so consider that -- >> carl, i mean is this -- is it just a publicity stunt? is it, you know, a sign of where we're headed? what do you make of it? >> i think it's an indication of the total lack of interest in the republicans in the house and senate at getting at the truth and confronting the abuse of power by the president of the united states. we have a situation now that there are three things happening at the same time with the president. he has undermined the national security of the united states by engaging a foreign power to subvert our

. >> joining me now, gloria borger, jeffrey toobin and david urban, who is now a washington corporate lobbyist. jeff, does this upcoming vote -- i mean does it put democrats in a stronger position, or is it, as kevin mccarthy is saying, democrats backtracking? >> i think it puts them mostly in a stronger position. i think what it's really about is that there has been a plan among the democrats from almost the beginning of this process to make an article of impeachment about failure to cooperate with congress, you know, failure to answer subpoenas, failure to produce witnesses and documents. and this resolution will eliminate one of the arguments that the administration has used to refuse to produce documents, and they will still refuse to produce all that material. so i think it's really designed to build up the article of impeachment. i don't think it's going to get the trump administration to yield on the issues of allowing people to testify. >> gloria, the idea that the congressman was just saying that it's going to be staff members doing the questions as opposed to members of cong

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. >> gloria borger, chief political analyst.now, hypocrisy seens stunning. >> it is steunning and a complee turn around and you can trace it back at least in terms of donald trump to the brett kavanaugh fight. remember, lindsey graham came out and defended brett carve n.o.w. vociferously and seemed to change the tone on the committee and almost single-handedly helped save the kavanaugh nomination, but make no mistake. this is a man who years ago spoke about restoring honor and integrity to the office as you showed in that clip and now he's defending donald trump's behavior and also claiming that the whistle-blower's charges are hearsay and we know they are not. >> right. interesting you point out kavanaugh. hard to believe just one year ago as of just a couple days ago. >> absolutely. >> one of graham's biggest arguments against this whistle-blower complaint you point out is hearsay's we know the transcript backs that out. and much of the key in evidence bill clinton's impeachment trial was from linda tripp, wait for it, was rel

gloria borger and david gregory are back. this was part of an immigration meeting in march.he president was threatening to completely shut down the border with mexico. let me start first with his idea of how to treat human beings. >> it's almost incomprehensible and almost cartoonish in a way if it weren't so sad and depressing. >> is it amoral? >> putting snakes and alligators in a mote to eat people or shooting their legs, of course it is to answer your question. imagine being a staffer sitting there. it's like dealing with your young child when they're having a tantrum. the child leaves the room and they say how are we to comply with that child's wishes. what are they doing? >> it also shows the president doesn't view any limits or boundaries to his role as president. it begs the question what does he think the job of president is and his view of solving problems doesn't adhere to limits or boundaries or precedent. again it's illustrative. former secretary mattis says why do we have troops in south korea. that is to prevent world war iii. somehow that needed to be said ou

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. >> gloria borger is cnn chief political analyst.ent speaks to or about victims of crime or national disasters or the battlefields, where is the empathy? >> that's a good question, and if i were a shrink i could probably give you the answer to that in explaining it. seems to me just from watching the president over these last few years, it's that he is somebody who seems to have more empathy for people he thinks are on his side, who voted for him. who are fans of his. it's all about him. for example, when you had those wildfires in paradise, he was tweeting about california and how it doesn't take care of its forests. rather than the people there. yet if somebody happens in, say, texas, he's a little bit more personal about it. so everything seems to be about him, and that's how he views the world. he's a very transactional person, and he's not somebody who seems to do a lot of self-aware -- have a lot of self-awareness. so that's just the way he rolls. >> i want you to listen to something. here's how the dunn family reacted after th

and then the source went on to tell gloria borger that she told members on the hill that ms. hill there testifying that you go -- that apparently john bolton told her you go and tellizebetell isenberg i'm not a part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up. what is he referring to? >> that was a metaphor. >> what else was going on in terms of what bolton was seeing. in "the new york times" story it says it's not the first time that bolton expressed concerns over rudy giuliani and giuliani being part of this. >> i think, frank, what he was saying -- obviously he thought something nefarious was going on, something that was unusual. >> right. >> because sort of this back door operation. >> right. >> he doesn't mean drug deal, per se. he means what's going on is so ridiculous, so beyond the pale he's comparing it to a drug deal. i do wonder, though, what administration did john bolton think he was joining? you know, his shock here is well-earned shock and we should all be shocked. we should be appalled by what's going on. but the idea he didn't expect to see this, h

and cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger. let's start with you. this system, this opening statement is scathing. what do you think? >> it is, and stunning and very sad, actually. i mean, you have a career diplomat talking about how the state department is being attacked and hollowed out from within, and how this can harm our nation's interests, perhaps irreparably, and she tells a story. as a career diplomat of being called on the carpet, effectively by john sullivan who has been nominated to be the ambassador of russia. look, the president no longer has faith in you, and that, you know, he said this is not doing your job, and she was allowed to come back and still remain as part of the state department but it wasn't for cause and there had been a concerted campaign. >> right. >> and so he had to actually tell her that, and here she is now, and i'm not surprised she wanted to tell her story. but it's a story that's really going to reverberate around this country and around the world, i think, because she was removed for reasons regarding what rudy

gloria borger, we're going to wrap. continuing with more breaking news. >>> the white house admits it. the president's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney telling reports there was a quid pro quo. aid to ukraine was in fact tied to president trump's wish for on investigation into the 2016 election. a stunning, stunning admission today. and all of this is unfolding as a key player in the ukraine controversy is again behind closed doors today. how gordon sondland, the eu ambassador, is breaking with president trump. you're watching cnn. we'll be right back. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. $$9.95? no way.? $9.95? that's impossible. hi, i'm jonathan, a manager here at colonial penn life insurance company, to tell you it is possible. if you're age 50 to 85, you can get life insurance with options starting at just $9.95 a month.

back now with jeff toobin, gloria borger and david gergen.id, once again, the white house saying believe us, not what you see, what you hear, but mulvaney's comments, they are on tape. he's saying misconstrued them. he answered directly jonthathan ka karl's question about it. >> that's right, anderson. i've had a chance to go back before he made the pivot, before he issued the later statement to check out the websites of eight major publications. how did they interpret his original press conference and what he said? all eight -- all eight unanimously agreed that he said that there was a quid pro quo. and that basically, this is done all the time in foreign policy. get over it. and that clearly -- so clearly, this is not fake news, which is what their claim is, that this is all just a made-up conspiracy to hurt the white house. he clearly acknowledged it. he clearly was under instructions from others, including the president, to walk it back. he's tried, but i think most people will walk away saying, yeah, the walkback didn't really succeed, b

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for short is great for young and old borger so they say to find out if that really is the case 3 absolute beginners to the sport are trying it out under the guidance of personal trainer. to get started you need a good sense of balance decent stamina and of course basic swimming skills and the type of board you choose is also important. i state emphatically said beginners should start with a relatively large and wide board that makes it easier to keep your balance and a board that steeper towards the front it's best if you've never been on one before . because then it's easier to steer practicing on dry land helps you get a feel for it. after the final it's easier to keep your balance if your legs are spread a little so 1st will get into the safest position lean forward and put your hands on the board nothing can really go wrong in this stance and if you're feeling uncertain on the water then return to this position. from the kneeling position and look forward place one foot in front of you then the next time and slowly stand up . now comes the tough part trying it out on the water going o

president trump and host of the axe files, david axelrod and chief political analy analyst gloria borgere of 16 attorneys many of whom worked in republican administrations who released a statement today calling for an expeditious impeachment probe. gloria, let me start with you, i hope not is trump's response on whether he's concerned rudy giuliani could be indicted. from a president who doesn't hesitate to lash out and viscerate and triple down in innocence, this doesn't sound like he's backing his man. >> he didn't come out and say this is a complete witch hunt, the indictment is a fraud and a phony. he said, i hope not. and so -- and he said you have to ask rudy if he knows these people, and it sounded a lot like the way he was treating michael cohen before michael cohen became his ex attorney. >> i'm going to ask that in just a moment. david, let me do that. asked about the situation today, trump denied knowing the men that were associates of rudy giuliani who were arrested and he said ask rudy giuliani. let me play that. >> i don't know those gentlemen. now it's possible i have a pi

we have "the daily beast" and gloria borger. congressman jordan said it. this is actually something trump has used before when he was talking about russia, if you're listening about the clinton emails. what's your reaction to this? >> he's such a cut-up, isn't he, donald trump? he's full of jokes. i looked back at his answer to the question from mueller and the emails and what his writers wrote was, i made the statement in jest, as was apparent to any objective objecter. it wasn't apparent to any objective observer, and talking about trade negotiations, saying, i think it would be okay for you to investigate the bidens, yori don't think that's funny. >> you can believe it's a perfect call or you can take the pompeo route that quid pro quo is really another way of saying compromise in diplomacy, or you could take the marco rubio, it's all just a joke line. again, i don't think china or ukraine thinks it's a joke when the president asks them to do something. let's assume for a minute that he's just trolling us all and he is joking about things that are serio

amilika henderson, gloria borger and david chalian. david axlerod, the idea that the president didn't green light this turkish incursion against the kurds is -- >> absurd. >> it's absurd. >> yeah. >> it was that phone call and he took out the special forces troops who had been essentially protecting the kurds from the turks all this time. >> either he didn't know what he was doing and opened the door to all of this because he didn't consult with his national court jie team, the defense department and so on, or he did know what he was doing and has opened the door to bashar al assad to stream back into that territory, to the russians. they have been the big winners. >> right, russia, iran, obviously the assad regime. >> yeah. but i think those are the two choices. either he willingly opened the door for them or he didn't know what he was doing. it's not a very appetizing choice. >> or he was so vague, which would pit under the he didn't know what he was doing part. that he was so vague in his phone call as "the new york times" has repor

attorney greg browa broward, and cnn analyst gloria borger. there is so much to go over with these text messages that so beautifully walked us through here, but it's a lot. to you, what are the headlines that really stand out when you look at all of this? >> well, i think what you see in these text messages, first of all, is a state department officials who were concerned there would be a quid pro quo. that comes through loud and clear in taylor's text in which sondland hours later, which i think is key here, responds, no, no, that's not what the president wants. then there was concern, and if you look at the opening statement that cnn has gotten, it's very clear that volker was worried, and that he finally seemed to be saying to the president of ukraine, look, you want to get your money? you have to kind of say something to appease the president -- >> on the issue of corruption. >> and appease rudy giuliani. even on the bidens, and they were all ready to do it. and the company that hunter biden was on the board of, you have to say something a

>> this comes from our gloria borger. confirming this reporting.ill testified that bolton was angry. upset about what was going on and said to her rudy giuliani is a hand grenade that is going to blow us all up. sources go onto say she told members on the hill testifying that you go apparently bolton told her go and tell i am not part of whatever drug deal rudy and mulvaney are cooking up. what was going on there? what exactly bolton is referring to. >> a drug deal -- that was a metaphor. >> the point is. what else was going on. what was he seeing? we have in the "new york times" story it says it's not the first time the bolton expressed concerns over rudy giuliani. and giuliani being part of this. >> obviously he thought something nefarious was going on. something unusual. >> he means what's going on is so ridiculous. so beyond. he's comparing it to a drug deal. i wonder what administration did bolton think he was joining? his shock here is well earned shock and we should be shocked. we should be appalled. td idea he didn't want expect to see this

gloria borger in washington. >> sure. >>> special coverage continues with "the lead" right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news -- >>> welcome to a special edition of "the lead." the white house in crisis. i'm jake tapper in washington. we begin with breaking news in the politics lead. moments ago house democratic leaders fired back at secretary of state mike pompeo accused him of potential obstruction after pompeo claimed democrats were intimidating and bullying state department officials who the democrats plan to depose. pompeo tweeted "let me be clear. i will not tolerate such tactics and i will use all means at me deposal to intimidate dedicated professionals i am proud to lead and serve alongside the department of state." pompeo as of now, no comment about the revelation that he was in fact listening in on that july 25th phone call in which president trump asked the president of ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden, and biden's son hunter. this is a fast-moving story covered from the white house and all the way to ukraine. start with manu raju. what did the hous

gloria borger, cnn chief political analyst with us today. and miya malik henderson a cnn political reporter and co-author of a biography of george w. bush and a presidential historian. william. jeffrey, you first. is this just abuse of power on its face? >> it would seem to be exactly what the founders were concerned about during the constitutional convention when they were debating what exactly impeachment meant and what a high crime or misdemeanor might be they went through a series of different hypotheticals's if a president did this or that, should they be impeached? one was what if a president works with a foreign power to influence and american election? and everyone in the room noted immediate immediately, of course, that person should be impeached and removed from office. they talked about presidents who perhaps want to use their pardon power to get themselves out of problems or presidents who use money, bribery actually something they were very concerned about and in each cases the types of concerns that the founders had really do s

david gergen who who like ambassador taylor served republican and democrat ibs sentence and gloria borger joining us as well as seen questioner adviser to president obama host of "the axe files" files and axelrod. and white house correspondent abby phillip. david axelrod, it's pretty rich to hear sfefny grisham -- first of all nice to hear from her bus we rarely do. there haven't been any briefings in so long. to hear her a, talk about misuse of tax mayor money. the allegation again president trump is holding hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money over the head of the ukrainian president in order to get dirt on his own domestic political opponent. the idea. >> yes. >> that they're suddenly concerned about the misuse of taxpayer money is pretty rich and also ambassador taylor -- i mean, whether you believe him or not, if you look at his service to the country, you know, west point graduate, served in vietnam, this is no -- no slouch. >> no. and in fact he has devoted himself to service of the country. clearly not a political. >> 50 years of service. >> and deeply offended by wha

senior white house correspondent pamela brown is with us and cnn chief capitol hill analyst gloria borger. gloria, why is this se significant, the it many from bill taylor? >> bill taylor comes to congress as a very credible witness first of all, i have to say. he's somebody who's in the government but not going to remain there. did this out of the goodness of his heart because he cared what was going on in ukraine. he has another job to go back to and nothing to lose here and absolutely no one to please. what he is saying effectively corroborates in a way what sondland was saying. which is, that there was some concern about the politics of all of this and that the money could be being held up because of the president's political concerns. now, sondland says, well, there were other reasons. maybe corruption. maybe other countries in the eu weren't giving ukraine enough money, but this was part of their conversation, and as you were pointing out, when taylor finally texts sondland and says, oh, my gosh. we can't do this. this is ridiculous. it's about politics. there's this hours gap and s

joining us, obama white house communication director, general sake, gloria borger and carrie cordarolliott williams. we were here last night trying to figure out what this could be. it seems to be nothing of any of the things we possibly thought about. >> we theorized. >> it sounds like someone emptied out their desk drawer about all this. what do you make of this in. >> it sounds like an opposition research book you see in a political campaign. but about ambassadors serving the united states and a political opponent of the president. there are propaganda packets put together all the time. i'm sure there were those in ukraine and in russia and other places. this is unique. these are exactly the components and the items that were being pitched in that phone call that we have seen the notes of the transcript from in what giuliani has been pushing. we also know there has been a mud slinging campaign as well. what we don't know right now is the origin, as was noted in the reporting. did it come from the white house? did giuliani write it? was it in trump tower? was it somewhere else? tha

joining me now gloria borger. she and i reported this story together. >> yes. >> a u.s.on the call with the chinese president, leader of authoritarian country and says i'm not going to raise pro democracy protests in hong kong. how significant is that? >> well, it's the way trump does business. and given everything else that's going on, it's part -- a piece of this -- it's all a piece of this. but it's sort of like you scratch my back i'll scratch yours. and for a president who says he is being tough with china, he is -- they're going to beg for trade deals. you know, he offers to say, okay i'm not going to touch a human rights concern, which the united states is apparently. >> a priority for the u.s. >> exactly. i'm not touching this so long as the trade talks continue. i think it's significant in that sense. >> one detail that's interesting here is that this merge clearly went out in the administration. >> totally. >> everybody's got to shut up. tell us how it played out. >> this is important for people to understand. because the state department is big. and has a lot

us, someone who knows what that's like, john dean, also joining us, chief political analyst gloria borger and van van jones. jennife i want to start with the subpoena that has gone to the white house from these committees. what does that change? >> it's actually very important because people may remember that ever since the democrats have taken over the house of representatives, they've sent a lot of subpoenas to the white house, many of which have not been responded to, have not had the information or testimony supplied. and the democrats have gone to court. and those cases are as court cases tend to be on a slow boat to nowhere. i mean, they are really not -- nothing is much happening. this is different because it's quite clear, as you said with congressman carson, that if the president refuses to honor these subpoenas, they are simply not going to go to court. they are going to add another article of impeachment just as there was an article of impeachment against richard nixon that the house judiciary committee passed in 1974 on the ground that he is not cooperating with congress. the

deputy assistant attorney general harry lipman with us, dana bash and chief political analyst gloria borgerell. gloria, i wonder how republicans, if not trying to defend the president's actions, they've been kind of trying to change the subject on what they were. if this doesn't make their job a whole lot harder. >> no, and i think some may duck and cover pto a certain degree. they may want an investigation into the bidens, but i doubt they want china to do that investigation. somebody else ought to be doing it. this is so reminiscent to me of donald trump during the election saying, russia, if you're out there and you've got hillary clinton emails, i think you ought to release those emails. i also have a question of whether the president, in a way, is trying to inoculate himself against further stories about phone calls and whoever else he might have spoken with, and he could say, look, i said that publicly, why wouldn't i say that privately? >> inoculate himself and normalize it. >> right. >> by saying it over and over again, he's trying to send a signal to reporters, this is obviously no

. >> one of the things when i asked mayor pete buttigieg on this on sunday, gloria borger, the firstng he did was defend joe biden was to go after president trump and president trump's children. >> think you'll hear a lot of that on the stage. some oft campaign trail said we won't have our children serving in our administration, but joe biden has said that as well now and i think given the opportunity to take on trump versus joe biden on this issue and the conspiracy theories that are being fed by the trump campaign, yeah. i think they're going to do that. one thing i want to say also si think we need to look at bernie sanders tonight because elizabeth warren has risen and he's declined. he's had a heart attack. i think he has to look as vigorous as he's looked at the last debates, and show -- show voters that he's okay, and i'm wondering whether, in fact, he'll take on warren and he did it earlier this week where he said, you know, she said she's a capitalist through and through. is that going to hurt her? i don't think so. >> she'd urge him to do it again. this is -- it's 12 candid

gloria borger, cnn chief political analyst and ryan lissa, politico's chief correspondent and cnn senior analyst. welcome to both of you and a lot to go through. gloria start with you, again to underscore to everyone keeping up, right? there's a lot. a lot happening. so many people, my takeaway from the reporting, so many people expressed concern about trump holding up these millions of dollars in funds, in aid to ukraine. you have republican senators, the pentagon, omb, former ambassador bill taylor and other diplomats. what do you think when you look at the totality of this? >> i think that donald trump was the one making the decisions. period. end of paragraph. that's it. in consultation, of course, perhaps with rudy giuliani, his personal attorney, and the person who was so involved in crafting this alternate ukraine policy, because he represented clients there and because he wanted to get the political payback the president thought he was due from ukraine to investigate his political enemies. there seems to be no other reason. the question that i have is, what pushed him? what pushe

. >> gloria borger, political editor for "the new york times," patrick healy and former senior counciltewater investigation of president clinton, paul rosenswag. crap, illegitimate, couldn't be what our founders wanted. your reaction? >> i think that's the opposite of the truth. when you look at the united states constitution, it talks about impeachment and gives the power to the house to conduct an impeachment inquiry. it's clear that the president doesn't like what's happening. to actually say that the u.s. constitution and what it allows for is crap and illegitimate, i can't believe we're having this conversation in many ways. >> biography on hamilton used for the broadway musical, he says hamilton, who was a defender of executive power, would have supported impeaching donald trump. he cites one of his federalist papers where hamilton writes, in part, when a man unprincipled in his private life, desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, when such a man is seen to mount the hobby horse of popularity to take every opportunity to embarrass the general government and bring it under

i want to discuss this with a former adviser for the trump team, and gloria borger here as well. trump often choreographs what's going on, right? so the fact he's saying to republicans, basically, i need your support, tells us what? >> tells us he understands he has some problems. and we know from over the weekend when he decided he wasn't going to host the g7 at the doral, we know that was because republicans were complaining about it. they were saying, there are only so many balls we can juggle for you at one time, and this is one too many. we're going to drop this one. so he pulled back on that. it's very rare for him to kind of listen that way. he wouldn't ever say it's a mistake, but he did listen because he knows they have a lot on their plate in terms of defending him which they are not doing on something like syria and they are defending him so far on impeachment. we'll see. >> what we heard of this cabinet meeting, we are awaiting tape of this cabinet meeting. it is something that's not broadcast live so we have to do what's called turning the tape and physically the poo

i want to bring in dana bash and gloria borger to talk about this. what did you make of this that he said, yes, aid was tied to an investigation, and he said elections have consequences and get over it. >> he tried to portray this as business as usual. there is nothing wrong with this. he made the case. what's wrong with asking a leader to cooperate with the justice department in investigating corruption in our own country? he didn't care that it was about the 2016 election. on every single point, he made the case nothing wrong. we do business that way, business has always been done that way, and there is nothing nefarious, there was no cover-up, business as usual. what was very telling was that before they released the summary of the call, they called the justice department, he said, and had them look at it, and i guess the justice department thought that it was just fine. so he keeps saying, we do this all the time regarding foreign policy. nothing wrong. if rudy giuliani is going to be working on this for the president, so be it, we all work for t

. >> gloria borger former adviser to nixon and clinton and david gergen and ross garber and he defendedovernors facing impeachment and the independent counsel for the whitewater investigation kim waily and i appreciate all of you taking the time tonight. the impeachment investigation is illegitimate. is that true? >> no. i also have a book out on the constitution in june and people can read in there what the constitution says which is there's a three-part system of government and congress in this moment is the only branch available to oversee the presidency. the letter essentially says impeachment itself is unconstitutional. you don't need to be a lawyer or law professor to understand that that's nonsensical and antithetical to the very notion of congressional oversight of the executive branch. congressman schiff is not off in suggesting that this position is really moves toward an imperial presidency and that's exactly what the founders were rejecting in king george iii. >> ross, in light of what kim just said, kellyanne conway's husband and you have to say that is who he is, george co

let me bring in cnn chief political analyst gloria borger, cnn political reporter and david sanger who of course is also a national security correspondent for "the new york times." gloria, where nancy pelosi kind of ended off there talking about what democrats say was a melt down from the president in the white house meeting yesterday, a lot of the question has been since both sides put out that picture that we probably have an image of it we can put up to remind folks from that meeting, nancy pelosi now says it was her excusing herself and at that moment she thinks she was saying all roads lead to putin. what's your take on after a colossal break down in any hint of communication that still remained between the two sides there going in. what now? >> well, it's hard to know. i mean it's very clear people had different reads. i thought it was interesting she said maybe we ought to record these meetings because we come out and effectively live in alternate universes. and she made it very clear why the president was upset with her because she pointed out that he lost his republicans by a

gloria borger was able to obtain them, back and forth between fiona hill's attorneys and the white house. her attorneys wrote back and let me read the part that struck me. the process disappears for lawyers altogether when there is any reason to believe the government misconduct occurred. the sfons that from the white house was, this is an invalid impeachment inquiry anyway. >> so get used to seeing this back and forth because there are all sorts of privileges. we've already seen and heard the white house invoking privilege. it protect communications, unless they are criminal or there's wrongdoing. we're going to see this time and again. and when you have someone in -- a credible person, i believe, like fiona hill and her attorney saying there was wrongdoing here, you're going to pierce through that privilege and, b, it's going to be really damaging testimony. this whole idea of it being an invalid impeachment inquiry is just made up. no legal requirement the house vote. >> and this is an issue that came up during the mueller investigation, right? >> yeah. >> broad claims of executive pr

a new grandson for our chief political analyst gloria borger. was born last night weighing in at just over six pounds. we are told he and his parents maine and evan are doing well along with older sister harper, and gloria says she and her husband lance are simply enchanted. we are so happy for the entire family and thrilled to welcome another new member to our situation room family. finally tonight, we are watching a developing story. the decisive game seven of the world series. the washington nationals came to tie the series with the houston astros at three games a piece. been or lose, we nats fans are so proud of our team for this truly amazing season and remarkable playoff run. we know they'll stay in the fight and we leave you with these words. very important word, indeed, go nats. let's hope for a win. i'm wolf blitzer. thanks very much for watching. erin burnett "out front" starts right now. >>> out front next, breaking news. the top white house ukraine expert testified he was convinced of a quid pro quo between trump and ukraine even bef

joining me to talk much more about this again as we keep our eye on the white house, cnn chief gloria borger and cnn global affairs analyst and staff writer for the new yorker susan glaser. gloria, let us start with what we just heard from john thune, to be quite honest. because i was going to begin with reading some more of bill taylor's statement. i'll read one line from bill taylor's opening statement just to set the groundwork here. this is one a lot of folks have read. then i exhibit to get to john thune. here's what bill taylor said in part in august and september of this year i became increasingly concerned that a relationship with you crane was being fundamentally undermined by an irregular and formal channel of u.s. policy making and by the withholding of vital security assistance for domestic mr. ill reasons. that's one of self times that bill taylor talks directly to this. and now you have john thune, a member of the republican leadership in the senate saying this picture is not a good one. >> of course. and you know despite what congressman brooks is doing. you know when you don'

former state department spokesperson, obama white house communications director jen psaki, gloria borgerrrie cordero, and elliot williams. jen, i mean we were sitting here last night trying to figure out what this could be. >> mm-hmm. >> it seems to be nothing of any of the things we possibly thought about. >> we theorized, right. >> and unclear exactly what it is. i mean it sounds like someone emptied out their desk drawer in pompeo's office about all the stuff that was in there. what do you make of this? >> it sounds to me like an old-fashioned opposition research book you'd see in a political campaign, but about ambassadors serving the united states and a political opponent of the president. now, there are propaganda packets that are put together about ambassadors serving in authoritarian countries all the time, and i'm sure there were those floating around about yovanovitch in ukraine as they are in russia and other places. this is unique, and i think we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that these are exactly the components and the items that were being pitched in that phone call tha

continuing this conversation until we see them with you, gloria borger. talk to you.the commercial break i was handed this piece of paper, and this is the deal. from abc news that speaker nancy pelosi tells george stephanopoulos president trump is quote/unquote scared of the impeachment inquiry. you think she's trying to get under his skin? >> i think she's succeeded getting under his skin if you look atimpromptu presser earlier. live tweeting responding to her then his presser, both laced with profanity. seems to be in kind of a tailspin and honestly from a source i taspoke to from the whe house says, look, there's nobody in the white house who can say no to the president. they all kind of get out of his way. nobody to stop him, put the brakes on, tell him, you can't do that. you should not tweet that. this does not work for you, because after all, it's worked for him in the past to a certain degree. and they just effectively get out of his way and this is, you know, donald trump unbound, and what we're seeing, what he's tweeting, is actually what he's saying. so it'

. >>> this morning, my colleagues gloria borger, jamie and i learning new details about president trumpg the president of china he will remain silent on pro-democracy protests in hong kong while the u.s. and china continue their trade talks. as you know, widespread demonstrations have continued for months in hong kong, with some leading to violent clashes between protesters and police. one of those protesters shot in the chest just days ago, by a police officer. joining me now, peter navarro, the director of the white house office of trade and manufacturing policy. before we get to those bigger issue, of course, the big economic numbers out today, 136,000 jobs in september, a bit below the 145 that was expected, what does this indicate for the strength of the economy? >> you buried the lead, jim. 3.5% unemployment rate. the lowest in 50 years. >> since we've put a man on the moon. >> here is the way to think about this. in order to maintain the unemployment rate where it is, each month, we have to generate 95,000 jobs. so anything above that is gravy. so now we're at 3.5%, it's a beauti

. >> out front now, cnn's chief political analyst gloria borger and patrick healy, former counsel to.s. assistant security general and former director of the nixon look raer. >> you have some breaking news at the new york times right now about exactly how far this went and trump's involvement went. >> that's right. we are reporting that two top envoys to president trump, the ambassador to the european union and kurt volker drafted a statement in august with the help of rudy giuliani that committed ukraine to basically doing the investigations that trump wanted, investigating hunter biden and that ukraine had interfered in the 2016 election ask debunked the conspiracy theory that rudy giuliani and the president continue to push. it's more evidence of the degree to which top administration officials were bending and frankly warping american foreign policy to carry out the political directives, the interests, the political interests of the president by drafting a statement for a foreign power. >> they drafted the statement. the statement explicitly gave the investigations that trump wan