capitol in washington.e are in the governor's parlor, the second floor of the east wing of the capitol. the parlor was used as a receiving space to meet legislatures, to meet constituents, maybe to meet an occasional foreign dignitary coming to michigan. as --ace was used this space was the most restored capital.ywhere in the it is exactly what the parlor first looked like when it opened in 1879. it included which portraits were hanging on the walls. the portraits in the parlor are governors who served in our other two capitals, with the exception of governor croswell. he was the first governor to serve in the capitol. the wall treatment is painted by hand. the ceiling of the parlor is unique in that it is original. they did not damage the original artwork. on to the floor of the michigan state senate. this is where our members meet three days a week to pass laws for the state of michigan. michigan was a 38 member body with 238,000 people per district. the legislature and senate met 1879.ince it is a real t

a lot of people on capitol hill, who aren't reporters on capitol hill don't realize this, but as reporters we get to know members of congress quite well, and get to know them and what they care about. elijah cummings would comment on my tv appearances as an avid consumer of political news. sometimes it was nice, sometimes it was not so nice, but really somebody who showed respect to everybody around him and would also gaggle with reporters. he was a special guy, not from a partisan point of view. we as reporters tend to treat people on capitol hill as to whether they treat us with respect and treat us kindly. there are a lot of republicans who do and a lot of democrats who do. i would put in the decade i've covered congress elijah cummings as the top 1% of people who gave us his time, energy and attention as a member of congress to the press corps. >> i spent far less time on capitol hill than you have, but i would agree with that assessment. i would say when you were having a conversation with him, he was totally focused on you. i've called him for many years a consummate gentleman. he wa

capitol. -- lying in state in the u.s. capitol. the ceremony getting underway shortly. he's the first african-american lawmaker to receive this honor. and look at the beauty and majesty as he will be moving up the capitol steps into the capitol building. let's take just a brief moment. you'll only hear clicks of cameras. just a moment as he heads in. this is an honor reserved for only a select few statesmen, presidents, military leaders, in all of american history. elijah cummings, you'll remember, passed away last week at the age of 68. he was the son of sharecroppers who rose to become one of the most powerful members of congress. most recently, of course, the chairman of the powerful house oversight committee. representing his home of baltimore, maryland, for decades. this ceremony will be getting underway shortly. we'll be bringing you the moments. this is bringing together really all of congress, the left, the right, the center. house speaker nancy pelosi, she's going to be speaking pretty much first. she's going to be offering some welcoming remarks. other speaker

a solemn morning on capitol hill today. >>> it's also been quite a morning on capitol hill all week longwith a lot of action happening, not just with the impeachment inquiry but also on the tech front. that's because after weeks of private dinners and meetings with lawmakers, mark zuckerberg's charm offensive didn't seem to impress so much the house financial services committee. the facebook founder endured six hours, six, of questioning including this exchange with congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez that's gone a bit viral. check it out. >> would i be able to run advertisements on facebook targeting republicans in primaries saying they voted for the green new deal? if you're not fact checking political advertisements, i'm trying to understand the bounds. >> i think lying is bad. >> so you won't take down lies or you will take down lies? it's a pretty simple yes or no. >> jolene kent joins us from capitol hill. what are you hearing from your sources in and around facebook world, zuckerberg world. >> reporter: facebook world is very happy with how mark zuckerberg testified. they felt

up next, facebook ceo on the spot on capitol hill.s lawmakers demand big changes for the social media giant. first, here's what some of the fox affiliates around the country have tonight. fox 11 in los angeles as at southern california edison says th power to 308,000 customers in seven counties in order to prevent wins from damaging the electrical equipment and starting wild fires. it is shutting off power to 450,000 northern california customers and fire up prone areas in the next several hours. paying their respects to elijah cummings whose body is lying at a baltimore college. complications from long-standing health issues. and this is a live look at miami from wsvn, our affiliate they are. over there, four american airlines flight attendants have been arrested at miami international airport and charged with money laundering after allegedly bringing large amounts of cash into the country. police say that the flight attendants were going through a routine check monday during the time of their arrest. that is tonight's live look outs

manu raju live on capitol hill, kaitlan collins at the white house. what happened behind the scenes at the white house to get them to decide no testimony from the white house, kaitlan? >> reporter: essentially the white house played an essential role in deciding this, and officials were in talks late last night discussing just how much they should be cooperating with this, whether or not they should send the ambassador up to capitol hill if there hasn't been this formal impeachment inquiry vote yet. that's what we're hearing behind the scenes for the last few days over here, because they say essentially because it's not a legitimate probe in their eyes, because democrats haven't voted to launch a formal impeachment inquiry that they shouldn't have to be cooperating in this way by sending people like the ambassador up to capitol hill. we're told the white house counsel's office consulted with the state department before they did tell the ambassador this morning that he would not be sitting down for that scheduled deposition, and essentially what you're

capitol yesterday. president bill clinton also expected to speak. lying in state, by the way, in honor that his only then bestowed upon, 20 former senators, representatives and presidents in the history of this country. his casket yesterday as it lied in state, sitting upon the same platform as abraham lincoln's. house speaker nancy pelosi, former secretary of state hillary clinton just paid their tributes to his life of service. a final goodbye to a man whose legacy will live on in the halls of congress and the hearts of many of the americans he inspired as well. let us start this hour with geoff bennett who is there in baltimore, maryland. geoff, how is the congressman being honored and remembered today? >> reporter: craig, he is being honored as a fierce advocate for truth, justice and kindness. we learned from the pastor of this church that elijah cummings himself wrote his funeral program and determined who he wanted to participate in it. already today, we saw elizabeth warren, senator elizabeth warren read the 23rd psalm. gospel singer b.b. wi

♪ ♪ captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, chaos at the capitol.ue republicans crash the impeachment inquiry, delaying a top defense official's testimony. democrats call in the sergeant at arms to break up the protest. also tonight, president trump all but declares "mission accomplished" in syria, but what about the 100 escaped isis prisoners now on the run? holly williams is inside syria with exclusive access to turkish troops as they cross the border. facebook c.e.o. mark zuckerberg gets grilled by lawmakers about his company's massive market power, and its failure to stop false and hateful speech. >> are you telling me you plan on doing no fact checking on political ads? >> o'donnell: heartbreak in alabama, after the body of a missing girl nicknamed "cupcake" is found in a pile of trash. "stop the stigma." cbs news investigates america's mental health crisis. tonight, one police department's unique approach to responding to mental health emergencies without weapons. and he's a centenarian sentinel. that's right, the oldest living american to gua

one of the many questions that face the chief of facebook on capitol hill today. >>> and a 20-year-old having a postseason for the ages. juan soto leads the nationals to an early lead in the world series. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. this is "early start," and i'm dave briggs good mo. >> good morning. i'm christine romance. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york. >>> the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, testifying he was told the president was sitting on vital military aid and it would not be released until kiev pledged to public ll offer information about the 2016 election and joe biden. >> taylor also detailled what he called highly irregular shadowed diplomacy. congressional correspondent phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> christine and dave, almost since the a series of text messages that made it clear that taylor was concerned that u.s. assistance to ukraine was, in fact, being withheld for political reasons, something the president himself has denied was actually the case. well, he testified behind closed doors more than eight hours in that room

government watchdog headed to capitol hill today for an urgent meeting. the topic, ukraine. >>> secretary of state pompeo accusing house democrats of bullying. house democrats saying pompeo may be trying to hide inform joogs a former dallas police officer facing life in prison after she was found guilty of murder for shooting her unarmed neighbor in his apartment. >>> prince harry and the duchess of sussex suing. we are live this morning. welcome back to "early start." i'm christine romans. >> good morning. i'm dave briggs. today the state department's government watchdog headed to capitol hill after making an urgent request. . >> this unusual i.g. request came just an hour after secretary of state mike pompeo accused house democrats of, quote, intimidating and bullying state department officials by calling them in for depositions, pompeo saying his officials would not have time to prepare. all of this related to the whistle-blower complaint accusing the president of pressing ukraine to investigate the president's potential 2020 rival joe biden and biden'

so far up on capitol hill they are trying to actively avoid the shutdown. of course, a stay tuned situation. >> november 21st. right? deadline. >> right. >>> other breaking news regarding 2020. senator kamala harris slashing sister and spe staff in rey lialignment of her campaign. what's happening? >> all-in on iowa. saying it quite some. i but gotten real in the last few days. announcing a major change in staffing and how they're structured. essentially pulling back from other early states like new hampshire and nevada, even california, her home state, to redeploy in iowa where they're saying they want a top three finish for kamala harris. she has really struggled to gain traction, but this is a clear sign they're having money issues. they're trying to do everything that they can so that she can start doing well in iowa. if she didn't, it could pose a challenge for her campaign. back when they announced this all-in strategy they thought he had enough money to do it. they didn't think they would need to redeploy staff. that has clearly changed. one other th

we will keep an eye on capitol hill. the closed door meeting. i mentioned the state department watchdog has asked for a closed-door meeting with leaders on capitol hill. we will see what comes of it. first at the heart of all of this of course is for interference in our elections. it happened in 2016. the russians interfered with our elections in order to help donald trump and hurt hillary clinton in their efforts to get to the white house. intelligence agencies insist it happened again in 2018, that it's happening again now that it will happen again in the year 2020. attacks on our democracy by the russians. russian president vladimir putin finds it all in good fun. watch his response today when asked if he was planning to metal again. >> translator: i'm telling you as a secret, we will do it in order to deliver the best of fun. just don't tell anyone. iasis or psoriatic arthritis, little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats differently. for psoriasis, 75% clearer sk

there's still a deep concern on capitol hill. you heard a couple of major points brought on by mitt romney who said we have to not be seen as abandoning our allies. and decisions like the decision to leave syria should not be made without congressional consultation at the very least. garrett, let me go to you. it's only been about an hour since we've heard what mike pence and mike pompeo had to say about this pause. and be clear, kurdish fighters now just have five days less becaus do you sense that it changes any of the frustration? any of the concern that you've on capitol hill about what this means both for u.s. policy and for stability in that region? >> well, it's so interesting because this is very much donald trump's party now, not mitt romney's. but i guarantee the vast majority of lawmakers in both parties agree far more with the language that you just heard from the junior senator from utah than they do with the president of the united states and the way he has described both how we got into this situation and how the p

he went to capitol hill to talk about the social media giant's cryptocurrency plans. but as ed o'keefe reports, zuckerberg ended up getting grilled on a range of controversial issues. >> fair or not fair, you're here today to answer for the digital age. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg wanted to talk about the new digital currency facebook is pitching, but lawmakers said he had other issues he had to deal with first. >> you've proven than we cannot trust you with our emails, with our phone numbers. so why should we trust you with our hard-earned money? >> reporter: the 35-year-old billionaire, who hadn't appeared on capitol hill in about 18 months, was criticized on everything facebook, including for running potentially misleading ads from political candidates. >> why should the very politicians who lead our country be held to a lower standard for truthfulness and decency than the average american? >> congresswoman, this isn't about helping the politicians. this is about making sure that people can see for themselves what politicians are saying. >> i know, but mr. zuckerb

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live from capitol hill, our reporter. first up, who is phillip reeker and why is his testimony so important right now? >> phillip reeker is the latest to be brought in before congressional investigators to continue to paint the timeline. who is he specifically? he was the person who oversaw ukraine policy for the united states, and we know that way back in march he started to raise reservations up the chain at the state department about the smear campaign that was happening that we now know is run by rudy giuliani and spread in conservative media about then ambassador marie yovanovitch. we keep hearing about marie yovanovitch over and over again throughout this inquiry, this impeachment inquiry. we know that a couple months later in may yovanovitch was ousted. she was recalled from that position by the president. so what's philip reeker expected to say? well, we know that he is talking behind closed doors and congressional democrats especially, these investigators are going to want to know what secretary of state mike pom

chad pergram reporting on capitol hill. pentagon just held a briefing on the woman testifying on the impeachment inquiry. jennifer griffin has more information on her background and what she brings to the table. she is live at the pentagon. >> hi, martha. the briefing was off-camera and it was a senior defense official. laura cooper is a 20 year bureaucrat who is worked in the pentagon on ukraine and russian issues for many, many years. what we just learned in this briefing is that as soon as she was asked to voluntarily appear for this impeachment hearing, she immediately hired private counsel. the background that is that the house barred agency councils. the pentagon council couldn't attend the hearing with laura cooper. she's had two out-of-pocket higher private counsel. this morning she was issued a subpoena to appear before the committee even though she'd already agreed to appear. right now where things stand in terms of the subpoena of documents. pentagon related to the delay in ukraine aid that's at the center of thi

three sources tell our capitol hill team who have been fanned out across the capitol trying to trackhis down that bolton has been invited to come give his deposition next thursday, the 7th of november. he would be obviously the biggest, the potentially most damning witness yet should he choose to comply. now this is an invite so far, not a subpoena. we know that his deputy is already -- has a case before a district court here in d.c. that is supposed to get heard tomorrow about what he should do with his subpoena. but this is the formal ask according to three sources familiar for john bolton to show up here in the capitol and tell his side of the story on all of this. >> well, that's a remarkable development. but i think, chuck, we can predict that a possible outcome would be a similar one that we saw with bolton's deputy, mr. kupperman, his lawyer filed a lawsuit late friday night asking a judge to decide which branch he should be responsive to, the congressional branch or the executive. >> it's actually not a crazy thing to ask. i mean, if you are the lawyer in that position, you k

hill campus with our various cameras that are flooding the capitol here. we're keeping an eye on that. jeff bennett, i think you are probably trying to run into the building now. if you can bear with me and talk with me while you're on the move. feel free to tell me you've got to go. but talk a little bit about the idea -- >> reporter: now that she's in the room, i'm all yours. >> that's good to know. i hope you're not busy for the next 40 minutes. when you look at what she may say, let's come back to the idea of why she is so important to lawmakers. there have been allegations of now former congressman pete sessions, who was we believe the congressman mentioned in the indictment of the two giuliani associates we've been talking about where he claims he heard she had been making disparaging marks about the president, the administration. ostensibly that was part of the reasoning of why she was yanked out of ukraine. what more are you tell us about that? >> reporter: the dots that yovanovitch can connect have to do with the how and the why. how rudy giuliani

somebody else on capitol hill is garrett haake. we showed that full screen to our viewers here just a second ago of everything happening on the hill today. on the right on the left side rather is curt volker which geoff walked us through, the other side the deadline for potential subpoenas to be issued against the white house if, in fact, they don't comply with what house investigators are looking for. what's the latest with that? >> yeah. house democrats want to get their hands on documents from the white house and state department and speed is the name of the game here and it speaks to how strong house democrats believe their hand is at this time. they are not going to get bogged down in the slow walking that we're used to seeing from this white house. they offered a very tight deadline at first, turn over these documents by friday or face subpoenas. the subpoenas will likely come out thereafter on friday and adam schiff explained yesterday that if the subpoenas are not honored, they don't intend to go through this long, protract

start with manu raju, senior congressional correspondent up on capitol hill. tell me more about his testimony and apparently tense moments in questioning with republicans. >> reporter: yes. we heard a shouting match between some of the members behind closed doors during this testimony as republicans were questioning vindman. democrats objected. adam schi and told the witness that he did not have to answer questions. why? because democrats contended that the republicans were trying to out the whistle-blower. they said the line of questions that republicans were going down was an effort to ultimately identify the whistle-blower by going through essentially a process of elimination of people that he may have spoken with during his time where he was raising concerns about the call that the president had with the president of ukraine. of course, the whistle-blower's complaint is central to this investigation and actually was what drove this investigation in the first place and the president and his allies long criticized the whistle-blower, asked for the whistle-bl

capitol hill right now. we're talking about the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine. maybe the most important person yet to testify. we've got more on what this guy, bill taylor, is telling lawmakers behind closed doors about the text messages in which he sounded the alarm over whether the administration was trying to trade military aid for a political favor. >> he walked into a rat's nest and i think that the rats there are very big. >> we're talking about somebody who knows taylor well as house democrats and republicans try to control the narrative. on the left side of your screen you're about to hear from leadership from both sides any minute with our new nbc news reporting on democrats' new strategy and what they're zeroing in on now. >> ukraine is front and center, but there's a pattern here of abuse of power that we need to be sure we're including. >> republicans on defense. >> the president is frustrated. >> it's unprecedented. we're talking about impeaching the president of the united states 13 months before an election. >> but defense is something the preside

with us on capitol hill, msnbc's garrett haake. at "the new york times," white house correspondent annie karni. former republican congressman, now an independent, david jolly is back. with us at the table, former federal prosecutor for the southern and eastern districts of new york, berit berger, plus our friend donny deutsch is back. garrett, let me start with you. take me inside the room with alexander vindman. >> reporter: vindman's testimony this morning or all day today really has been very credible. every republican and democratic lawmaker who came out talked about someone who was a very serious professional, dedicated his life to this country, came once again with notes and specific details about his concerns about the president's behavior and not just on that phone call. remember, vindman is important in part because he's the first witness who was actually listening to that phone call to come testify and while he raised concerns about what he heard on that phone call, he also raised concerns weeks earlier in another meeting

>> reporter: it has been a chaotic and wild day here on capitol hill, wolf. the testimony of pentagon official laura cooper started late this afternoon and is still going on at this moment, but that is after a group of house republicans not on the investigatory committee were able to push a five-hour delay of her testimony, breaching house rules. they staged something of a protest, storming into the secure classified setting where she has to start her testimony. a show of political theatrics that democrats tonight are calling a stunt. as president trump is ordering republicans to get tougher and fight impeachment, tonight house republicans lashing out in chaos erupting on capitol hill. >> it is a sham and it's time for it to end. >> it's a total political hit job on the president of the united states. >> reporter: with tensions high, laura cooper, a top pentagon official in charge of ukraine and russia policy, testifying behind closed doors in front of the three committees leading the impeachment inquiries, but that testimony coming to an immediate and dramat

he is on capitol hill.e'll get that part of the story. >> senator lindsey graham says the house impeachment process is illegitimate. >> what you are doing today, in my view, is unfair to the president and it's dangerous to the presidency. i think 41 republican senators and growing is a strong signal to our house colleagues that you're off script here. >> among the republican complaints, philip recurs deposition is scheduled for saturday. top democrats note republicans on the relevant committees are able to participate. >> there were house democrats and republicans who were asking questions. >> the top republicans on the relevant committees, jim and michael mccaul sent this letter to chairman, adam schiff, demanding the whistle-blower be called to testify. in order to fully assess the sources and credibility of the employee. the lawmakers note that several witnesses have offered testimony in the so-called "impeachment inquiry." when critics questioned doing depositions in private during the benghazi probe, h

at the capitol including this morning the "new york times" editorial board asking this question. why did republicans storm it? here's one possible answer from our nbc news first read team because the gop is running on empty. our political unit writing, if you want to know why house republicans decided wednesday to disrupt the deposition into the impeachment inquiry, it's probably because president trump and the gop are running out of defenses. here's congresswoman jackie speier. >> what happened yesterday was a high school prank by a bunch of 50-year-old white men. the republicans are whining because the president is whining and frankly i think they did what they did yesterday because the president was whining that they weren't fighting for him hard enough. >> the president liked the whole thing. watch this. >> i think they showed full support for the president.

gillian turner has the latest from capitol hill. >> hi, harris. zuckerberg is in the hot seat today to answer questions about facebook's plan to launch this global cryptocurrency. instead, a lot of lawmakers using this time as an opportunity to absolutely skewer zuckerberg over the spate of problems his company has been having. everything from election interference in 2016 to racial discrimination. several lawmakers were very quick to point out wherever democratic elections have been compromised around the world in recent years, facebook has played a role. >> attempts at division and misinformation across north america and europe, facebook has been systemically found at the scene of the crime. >> zuckerberg freely admits that facebook's reach is vast. millions of people. he said when it comes to political goings-on, they are a neutral party. take a listen. >> we operate in almost every country in the world except for china and north korea. so i think we would be in almost every country where different activities are happening. >> he also says when

. % >>> breaking news tonight, the chaos at the capitol the wild clashthe hi, republicans storming the secured room in the impeachment inquiry chanting let us in the protests on the heels of what may have been the most damaging testimony yet the top diplomat tieing president trump to a quid pro quo with ukraine. tonight the president lashing out. what he's saying about the diplomat >>> also breaking, the u.s. lifting sanctions on turkey after that country vows to make the seize fire in syria permanent. the president saying quote, let someone else fight over this bloodstained sand. richard engel inside syria tonight. >>> the mystery death at penn state. the high school senior found dead at a fraternity member's off campus house what now happened and the question did it involve hazing. >>> caught on camera, the deadly police chase, the 16-year-old fleeing on foot. the officer opening fire fatally striking him from behind what we're now learning. >>> the hikers falling off a cliff ledge stranded and desperate for help when an apple watch comes to the rescue. >> the moment the 911 operator

he climbed the ranks here in the capitol. not because he outgrew his hometown, but because he was so committed to it. i think all of us remember the time that the stillness most clearly was back in 2015, his city roiled by unrest. by day the congressman was here in the capitol working and leading in these hallways of power, but every night he rode the train back home and walked the neighborhoods, bullhorn in hand, encouraging unity and peace. here's what he said. let's go home. let's all go home. now our distinguished colleague truly has gone home t home to his father's home. home to his father's house. we pray our god will now reward the service that elijah cummings gave in this life with the peace of god which surpasses all understanding in the next. >> ladies and gentlemen, the honorable ben cardin, united states senator from maryland. senator cardin: maya asked that share with you a reading from cond timothy, chapter 4, verses 7 and 8. i fought a good fight. i finished my course. i have kept the faith. hence forth there i

connell: congressman meeks with us from capitol hill this afternoon.people who didn't see that in person, can you explain, you were talking about minority depository institutions right, whether or not facebook is investing in those institutions. explain a little bit what you would like to see that you're not seeing? what exactly were you challenging the ceo on? >> what i was challenging him on in his opening statements, in his justification for libra was how libra was going to help those who were unbanked or underbanked. and you know, so i did not see, so that was something that supposed to make him feel that he is addressing issues and concerns of many members on the committee. well, the best way here in the united states to begin to address the unbanked and underbanked is invest, putting deposits into some of the and community and small banks. connell: right. >> that will give them the wherewithal. he has we're saying, much money have you depos mdi? connell: just so i'm clear what i was listening, you were talking about his personal money, his person

we went to capitol hill and people said you can't pay us health care legislation on capitol hill with republicans in control, but we did. we got -- we have bipartisan support for our pension plan and have had since 2016. we were able to get this out, this pension, and health care out of the senate finance committee, something no one thought was possible, and we believe if congress voted tomorrow, it would pass. so yeah, i got a beef with congress. black lung? just testified two months ago about what's happening in southern west virginia and eastern kentucky. you cannot count on coal mine companies to protect coal miners. everybody knows that. you'd be crazy to believe that. no offense to any ceo, but if we didn't get legislation until 1969. and we need legislation right today to protect those coal miners getting lung disease in southern west virginia and eastern kentucky and southwest virginia. it's silica. everybody knows it's silica. and people are dying and sick in their 40s. you know what the cure is for the most advanced stages of black lung? anybody know? lung transplant. you kn

briefing of capitol hill staffers today. think what we're seeing from the president, nicole, is somebody who knows he is going to be impeached. donald trump knows he's going to be impeached by the house. that's why he's acting like he is. that is why he is lashing out. and the urgency with which he is trial-ballooning different theories of the case, it stands a marked difference with the mueller report. we have heard him throw out the notion that, yes, he was pressuring the ukraine, and then, no, he wasn't pressuring to investigate because he wanted more multilateral money. that's what he was waiting on. then he's attacking pt bidens, he is attacking the whistle-blower, he is attacking schiff. donald trump knows he's going to be impeached by the house. the only question is, as jake said, how far does this reach. because mike pompeo could also be impeached as the secretary of state of the united states and that's where this investigation may go. the flailing we are seeing is because though he likes to convince people with sup

joining me now on the capitol is -- from the capitol -- is garrett haake. talk to me about this. as we're moving along in this inquiry, we are hearing names of people who are going to be giving depositions. names that the public would not have heard about. >> yeah. ali, the timing of these subpoenas is interesting because two of the three of these officials were folks who the committees running the inquiry actually requested to speak to weeks ago and were blown off essentially. both -- one of the omb officials and the state department official you just named were both requested to be here last week and just did not show. but i think we have seen a change in the momentum of this, if you will. so many of these other officials from the state department, from the department of defense, and now it appears from the national security council even, are starting to appear despite the white house's objections under subpoenas. be they more forcefully applied subpoenas like this with a publicly released letter or what we've been colloquially been referring to as friendly subpoenas. essential

and it's commonplace actually on capitol hill. closed door meetings all the time. somebody needs to mask their identity may provide testimony. so this is common. i'm concerned about how do you get the person there? >> physically -- get the person -- >> physically get them there to the point they're gishing that testimony? then they give the testimony. now what happens? they don't just walk out the front door of capitol hill and say that's over. it just begins for them 59 that point because the munt for their identity isn't going to end especially with the amount of information this person presumably has. >> if it's one whistle-blower, or two, or perhaps multiple, that only compound the security issues for everyone involved. i could keep talking, the new normal, brooke. >> it is i suppose. jonathan, i have a feeling i'll see you again. thank you for your incredible expertise. >>> coming up, there's something about mitt romney. the unique position the sport that from utah is in criticizing president trump about repercussions. the qu

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jeff ben it is on capitol hill, hans nichols is at the white house. both of them i think with their running shoes on. jeff, talk through what we've just heard now from members of congress. how this moves forward now that ambassador sandland is not going to be appearing for this deposition. >> right, hallie. in trying to make sense of the moving's fast-moving developments, it would appear from the trump administration is trying to protect ambassador sondland from giving testimony that he willingly wants to give. testimony that he wants to give voluntarily. and the reason i say that is because if you read a statement provided to us by sondland's counsel, it makes it clear. it says ambassador sondland is profoundly disappointed that he will not be able to testify today. ambassador sondland traveled to washington in order to prepare for this testimony and to be available to answer the commit's questions. so adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee when he spoke to us, he made clear that he learned of sondland's nonappearance at the la

i'm ali velshi live from our nation's capitol. it is thursday october 24th and the headline from today's new york times editorial board is why did republicans storm the capitol? they're running out of options. after the president made a demonstrative call for republicans to defend him against the impeachment inquiry, it seems some republicans are answering. any minute now, republican senator lindsey graham is going to take to that microphone to announce a resolution condemning house democrats for conducting the inquiry behind closed doors and calling for a vote to formally establish a formal and public inquiry. it comes as reports say the senator is getting pressured by trump allies to do more to combat the investigation. >> there is a lot of frustration by republicans that, you know, things are -- we're not fighting back. and all i can say is the house is a separate body. at the end of the day, i don't know about bill taylor. i have no reason to say anything bad about him. but i do know you can't -- this is not a fair system. i d

live from capitol hill. hello. >> shep, he really matters because he is the connective tissue as that ukraine special envoy between the ukrainian leadership, the president, the july 25th phone call and also the president's personal attorney who is running his own investigation into the biden provides. he rapped on capitol hill five hours ago, he stands behind closed doors behind me in a secure facility purity is doing what is called "a transcribed interview." it doesn't matter if it's under oath or not, because there are severe penalties if the individual -- the witness lies or misleads congressional investigators. in the meantime, rudy giuliani has been on the defensive. he has been sharing text messages that he is against with reporters. i will draw your attention to one which was july 26th. it matters because it is one day after the phone call between the president and the ukrainian president. he says hi, mr. mayor. you may have heard the president has a great call with ukrainian president yesterday, exac

politics and we do have some developments on capitol hill. that's where marie yovonavitch, the former ambassador to ukraine is testifying behind closed doors. we have for the first time her opening statement. and it is a pretty scathing indictment of the trump administration and how they handled her removal from that post. joining my panel, michael zeldon, legal analyst, former associate in the fbi, and i want to read a couple of different moments in the opening statement. it's lengthy. she gets into a lot of different aspects of the controversy. let me read you this first bit, and she's talking here about john sullivan, who is a deputy, one of the top deputies to the secretary of state, michael pompeo and is rumored to become the next ambassador to russia. he being sullivan said that the president had lost confidence in me and no longer wished me to serve as his ambassador. he added there had been a concerted campaign against me and that the department had been under pressure from the president to remove me since the summer of 2018. so julie

washington correspondent kelli meyer has more now from capitol hill. >>it's really a great day for civilization the us and turkey have a deal. on thursday, the 2 countries work out a cease-fire agreement an immediate 120 our while kurdish moved to a safe zone with the permanent cease-fire to follow. >>what turkey did and s unacceptable. >>south carolina, senator graha bill to apply new sanctions on key turkish officials banks and military transactions. secretary esper was on capitol hill briefing senators on the 11 days since president trump announced the withdrawal of us troops from syria after the briefing senator richard blumenthal said he expressed. >>and the of leadership. >>despite news of the cease-fire maryland senator chris van hollen who introduced the bill with graham said he stands ready to move full steam ahead on their call for sanctions were doing what we can. >>to let the world know that we think america does have an important to play in the world and that we are not an unreliable partner and we will not giig against isis. >>after the c

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. >> you see the sausage being made my photographer handing me new documents we received from capitol hill regarding what a former chief technical pilot for boeing may have known when the m cast system, crucial to the 737 max was being developed. this all goes back to 2016 messages turned over on capitol hill in one of the messages he says oh, shocker alert, mcas is active down to m-2 it's running rampant in the sim on me. the sim referring to the simulator. they're in the process of developing the mcas in 2016. a couple of texts later or messages later he messages a coworker, so i basically lied to the regulators [ unknowingly ] what exactly did he mean when he said he lied to the regulators he received a statement from his attorney the chief pilot technical attorney he said if you read the whole chat it's obvious there was no lie. the simulator was not reading right and had to be fixed to fly like the real plane. marng's career at air force, f.a. chl a boeing about safety he would never put anyone in an unsafe plane by the way, boeing we reached out to them, they say they are cooper

we start in the nation's capitol. the government watchdog heads to capitol hill after making an urgent request to brief several house committees. . >> theism g.'s request came just an hour after sec of state mike pompeo accused house democrats of, quote, intimidating and bullying state department officials by calling them in for depositions, pompeo saying his officials would not have time to prepare. all of this related to the whistle-blower complaint accusing the president of pressing ukraine. there's no evidence of wrong doij by joe or hunter biden. cnn's kylie atwood has more on these stunning developments. >> good morning, christine and dave. an urgent request coming from the state department attorney general to speak with congressional aides. they'll be meeting today. we don't know many of the specifics on what they're going to discuss b to discuss,s bus the inspector general said they had received documents from the legal adviser at the state department. now, we should note that the congressional aide also descr

first, let's go straight to capitol hill. lauren fox is on the scene for us. lauren, lawmakers want to know more about the ouster of the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine and rudy giuliani's dealings in that country. >> well, that's right, wolf. up here on capitol hill, feonna hill has been behind closed doors for roughly eight hours. answering lawmakers' questions. we do know a couple of things that she has shed light on. one of them is that she was not on that july 25th call between the president and ukraine's president, but that she was part of the preparations of that call. we also know now that she spoke out after marie yvonne vich, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine was let go of her post and redirected back to the united states. tonight, testimony from the president's former top russia adviser, fiona hill. hill is the first person from the white house to testify in the inquiry trying to determine if president trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival, joe biden. in exchange for military aid. democrats hope the closed-door hearing wil

two closed-door hearings on capitol hill, leaked informati information -- >> laura: what will you do in this effort? >> we are going to be out there telling the truth about this president's record and telling the truth about this partisan impeachment. there is no historical basis for what the democrats in congress are doing in this so-called impeachment inquiry. >> laura: how do you have career diplomats now turned into collaborators with the democrats rolling up to capitol hill, against the orders of the secretary of state, they completely ignore the orders, democrat subpoena, they testify and it seems to be a permanent resistance within some of the career diplomatic corps. what can be done about that and how does that affect our future as a country, as an executive branch if you have this permanent resistance trying to undo the results of an election. >> we have some extraordinary men and women in our diplomatic corps who know their work and who are strong and out fighting for america's interests. but there is no question one president trump says we are going to drain the swamp but

start on capitol hill with phil mattingly all over this.ot a lot of white house yauch reach toda outreach today. the vice president meeting with representatives from syria. what's going on, phil? >> reporter: it's important to contextualize what's going on. meeting with vice president and house leader including liz cheney, mr. mccarthy about turkey and the cease-fire that the vice president and secretary of state worked through. meeting at the white house with ten republican senators in the situation room also a briefing about turkey. way to connects together in some way, shape or form. the white house doesn't need enemies now. it needs allies, people like lindsey graham introducing a resolution at this moment. just sent out the text willing to fight for the president when it comes to impeachment. fight against democrats whether on process or eventually get to substance to be there for him and why i think the

a shocking scene today on capitol hill. one that some democrats say resembled a mob and the closest thing to "civil unrest" they have ever seen since joining congress. congressional republicans outraged is what they say is a sham, impeachment inquiry launched by colleagues across the aisle stormed this closed-door deposition in a secure room and disrupted the testimony of the deputy assistant defense secretary. they claimed that the process and not the actual testimony regarding president trump and his behavior on ukraine is the issue. >> it should be the people of this country who decide who's going to be the president, not nancy pelosi, and not adam schiff in secret behind closed doors. >> the millions of americans that we represent that want to see this congress working for them and not obsessed with an attacking a president who we believe has not done anything to deserve impeachment. it is a sham and time for it to end what is happening here is not fair. >> it's a total political hit job on the president of the united s

let's go to cnn senior congressional correspondent manu raju on capitol hill for us. what do we know? >> reporter: the request for this urgent briefing came soon after mike pompeo sent a letter to capitol hill and said essentially that the state department would not be complying with what the democrats have been asking for, documents about the ukraine matter. there was a subpoena issued last week. pompeo pushed back rather aggressively on that as well as the democrats' efforts to schedule depositions with current and former state department officials, people who know about what happened in the ukraine matter, people named in the whistleblower complaint and who were involved in conversations with rudy giuliani, who of course we now know urged ukraine to investigate the president's political rival, former vice president joe biden. what we don't know is exactly why the inspector general wants to meet with them about an urgent matter. according to this e-mail sent to capitol hill and according to several people who i've talked to who have received that e-mail, essentially

an impeachment witness being questioned on capitol hill this hour.esigned as special envoy to ukraine just last week. he knows details of rudy giuliani's search for 2020 election dirt. plus, the president's anger is raw and very public. in contrast, the vice president's team is working frantically but behind the scenes to try to shield him from any ukraine backlash. and if you think maybe, just

lauren fox on capitol hill. now is democratic congresswoman from the commonwealth of pennsylvania madeleine dean. thank you for join us. your reaction to the resolution that just posted within the hour. >> i'm pleased with it. i think it is the right step forward. the very first line of the resolution it directs the committees, the over sight committee, i happen to be on the judiciary, to continue our investigation as to whether sufficient grounds exist to bring to bear our constitutional authority of impeachment. so i think it is -- it is an excellent step forward and a matter of process and due process as your report just laid out. >> what kind of evidence will you need to vote to impeach the president, do you think? >> well that is a question down the road. that is why again i like the opening statement of this. what we will need is the evidence from the witnesses that are being collected now. i look forward to the public hearings that we will have. i look forward to the transfer of the report to the judiciar