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. >> i'm poppy harlow in new york. we've made it to friday. it's been quite a week. this morning, we're learning from sources that key testimony in the impeachment inquiry this week, which was pretty damning for the white house could be backed up by someone from inside of the white house. next week, tim morrison, a top adviser on the national security council is scheduled to speak with congress. he was on the ukraine call with trump. he may be preparing to back up bill taylor's explosive testimony from earlier this week where taylor said there was a quid pro quo with ukraine. >> tune out the noise. listen to the testimony. it's moving forward. there could be more corroboration coming from another key witness. former national security adviser john bolton. "the new york times" reporting that impeachment investigators are negotiate with bolton's attorneys for him to testify as well in private. and as the impeachment inquiry continues, centered on a request by the president for a foreign country to investigate his political opponents here at home, we are learning that

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i'm poppy harlow. a white house official and active duty army officer who was wounded in an ied attack and a person on the infamous call between president trump and the president of ukraine that is not a description of a group of people. it's one man. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. and today he is an impeachment witness, one planning to tell house investigators he was so troubled by the administration's pressure on ukraine and the president's ukraine call believing it could undermine national security that he reported those concerns to his boss twice. >> don't listen to the noise. look at that resume. see if you see credibility in there. that testimony coming as house speaker nancy pelosi is giving republicans what they had been demanding. a house vote on impeachment. set for this thursday. this vote on procedures for the inquiry not authorizing the inquiry itself but the vote could still undercut a key gop talking point the inquiry is unfair to the president. doesn't have broad support in congr

i'm tim scuitto. >> i'm poppy harlow. hill, a special adviser to ukraine katherine croft is a state department official. and she is planning to tell house investigators about a meeting where ukraine aid was put on hold at the direction of the president. then later today, more evidence from yet another official showing that there was the official foreign policy position toward you crepe then there was whatever rudy guiliani was doing. >> keep track of this. because sworn testimony is repeatedly backed up.

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the 3rd place spot it with a loss of 7.6 percent on each shares my always valued colleague luis de harlow there thank you very much. chinese consumers are cutting back on a beloved staple after pork prices nearly doubled that's the result of a shortage caused by an outbreak of african swine fever ageing is now taking steps to keep pork becoming prohibitively pricey. chinese consumers are hoping to bag a bargain before the country's national day celebrations but an outbreak of african swine fever has put a damper on the food heavy festivities more than 100000000 chinese pigs have been lost to buyers depressing the nation's pork supply and sending the proteins prices skyrocketing beijing shoppers are still stocking up on the country's favorite meat but high prices are leaving a bad taste in some consumers miles like telling me the site at work almost every week sometimes when the price is good i'll buy more to put into the fridge took place there now it's become very expensive and i only buy what i need it doesn't make sense to buy too much pork i'm expecting the price to drop by then going

. >> and i'm poppy harlow. at any minute the former ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch set to arrive on capitol hill. she's set to testify behind closed doors as part of the impeachment inquiry. she's was forced out of the post earlier pie the trump administration and now in his now infamous call to the ukrainian president president trump called her bad news. she has been the target subsequently of unfounded attacks by rudy giuliani and conservative allies as having an anti-trump bias. >> those are live pictures on the entrance to capitol hill. we're also following new developments about the president's personal lawyer and his two close associates who were arrested holding one way tickets out of the country. the two soviet born men seen in the picture there smiling arrested just before boarding a plane to europe. they were indicted on charges of illegally funneling foreign money into donations for republican campaigns. the two are also key figures in jew giuliani's efforts to dig up dirt on trump's politic

well following this week's deadly fall right terror attack on a synagogue in the german city of harlow german politicians promised she would increase security at jewish houses of worship around the country but many muslim residents are also worried about far right violence he spoke with members of a mosque in berlin where many worry that they could be targeted next. the dar es salaam mosque in an area of berlin with a large muslim population hundreds attend friday prayers here many are worried about wednesday's far right terror attack in a synagogue and a turkish kebab shop were targeted leaving them to ask if mosques are protected enough. that sick you just can't go there and indiscriminately shoot people it doesn't matter what religion the people followed this is very critical should anything ever happen here in any case it's questionable whether it's safe here. we would feel better if there was a police presence here for our protection. fiza facts just as much as the synagogues what happened is that the state and for police have to be more involved . germany's domestic intelligence

i'm poppy harlow. jim sciutto is on assignment today.interview in just a bit that he's doing. democrats are hoping to speed up the behind the scenes stage of their impeachment inquiry. their goal, hold a vote by thanksgiving which would tee up the trial phase of the impeachment series before the end of the year. but there are signs that the timeline may stretch out for weeks beyond that mark. meanwhile, the messaging battle is heating up to the point of this stunt by a group of house republicans, roughly twos s d of them forced their way into the secure room where testimony was taking place. worth noting, around half of those w

i'm jim scuitto. >> i'm poppy harlow.osi and house intelligence committee adam schiff as the state department pushes back on related demands into the ongoing impeachment inquiry. the inspector general plans to show staffers copies of documents related to the state department and ukraine. this

. >> i'm poppy harlow. in just a few minutes, we will hear from house speaker nancy pelosi and house intelligence committee adam schiff as the state department pushes back on related demands into the ongoing impeachment inquiry. the inspector general plans to show staffers copies of documents related to the state department and ukraine. this is an urgent meeting he asked for. >> so far secretary of state mike pompeo denied turning over documents and accusing the democrats of intimidating and bullying witnesses. >> that doesn't appear to be true, they are volunteering. pompeo failed to mention repeatedly being on that ukraine call with president trump until this morning. >> i was on the phone call. the phone call was in the context, i guess i have been secretary of state coming on a year-and-a-half, i know precisely what the american policy is with respect to ukraine. it's been remarkably consistent and we will continue to try to drive those set of outcomes. >> it's actually not remarkably consistent when yo

i'm jim sciutto. >> and i'm poppy harlow. we do begin with breaking news.mpeachment inquiry u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland right now behind closed doors answering questions from lawmakers who want to know about his role and president trump's pressure campaign on ukraine to find dirt on political rivals on joe biden and his son hunter. the center of it september text exchanges sondland had with another diplomat, bill taylor. >> in one of those text messages he was concerned about withholding military aid to ukraine to whhelping ucrepe. president trump told him to write back to taylor there was no quid pro quo. took him at his word. joining me now cnn's manu raju on capitol hill. it's really remarkable, manu, and i know you've been doing the same thing to read through this opening statement here. frips in the text messages and et cetera he says pie encouraging to have this message take place off message and directing this through rudy giuliani. >> yeah, this was a significant break from the president over the president's handling of

i'm jim scuitto. >> i'm popp poppy harlow.headlines raising questions about the actions of some of the president's strongest defenders, namely mike pompeo, rudy giuliani and bill barr. first a phone call where president trump asked the australian prime minister to help attorney general barr investigate the origins of the russia probe. >> officials say it was barr's idea, completely different from the phone call with ukraine. as for that call, when they

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan.or joining me. this morning, cracks are emerging in the republican party but remember cracks are just that. cracks. this comes as the president is signaling for the second time in a year that he could reverse his plans to withdraw troops from syria. troops were seen already moving out of syria and into iraq over the weekend. a u.s. official telling cnn that he, the president, is considering keeping up to several hundred troops there now after, of course, saying this. >> american combat troops should not be at the cente

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. another key witness testifies in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, and it will happen as we learn stunning new details this morning about what fiona hill, president trump's former top russia adviser told lawmakers. hill said she was alarmed by what she called wrongdoing in the white house. and its dealings with ukraine and that she tried to report those doings. >> also a source tells cnn that trump's former national security adviser john bolton shared those concerns and not only that, but hill testified that bolton referred to rudy giuliani, trump's personal attorney, as a hand grenade who was, quote, going to blow everybody up. well, next hour, george kent will be on capitol hill, a career diplomat. he oversees u.s. policy toward ukraine and other countries. he'll be testifying in this inquiry. >> days after the president baited hunter biden, where is hunter biden? he said his only mistake was putting himself in a situation that could be used to hurt his father. we begin with lauren f

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i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. from no quid pro quo to, yes, quid pro quo, and i took notes. the top diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, meticulously connecting the dots for all to see the trump administration's shadow foreign policy in ukraine. taylor's explosive, extremely detailed testimony on capitol hill directly tying president trump to a quid pro quo. an exchange with ukraine. ambassador taylor telling congress that multiple senior administration officials informed him that the president personally blocked military aid to ukraine and refused to meet with that country's new president unless ukraine agreed to investigate joe biden and the 2016 u.s. election. >> that is big. we will lay it all out for you this morning. meantime, cnn has learned that members of the president's inner circle are urging him to accept the fact that they believe impeachment is coming and that it's now time they say to focus on attacking democrats and on the whole impeachment process itself. all of this is two more top u.s. officials are expected to testify this morning on capitol hill. so let's b

top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto.peachment inquiry is on capitol hill testifying. kurt volker, former u.s. special envoy to ukraine spoke behind closed doors in front of three committees. we're learning that dozens of pages were delivered ahead of his deposition this morning. >> this was all sparked by president trump's

i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. no show. a standoff between two branches of the federal government and a key impeachment witness in the middle asking the third branch to tell him what he needs to do. in minutes, congress is supposed to be hearing testimony from a former white house official who listened in on that call between president trump and the president of ukraine. >> but the white house sent charles kupperman, the former deputy national security adviser, a letter telling him not to testify and congress has threatened him with a subpoena if he doesn't. now kupperman's lawyer, who is also by the way john bolton's lawyer, says his client will likely not show up today until he hears from a federal judge. let's go to our colleague national correspondent suzanne malveaux who joins us on capitol hill. the letter was interesting. no show, probably, right? >> probably. it was very interesting this morning how this is all laid out because that was a letter that was actually issued yesterday, but yet not a straight, direct resp

i'm jim scuitto. >> i'm poppy harlow.at will democrats do next? in a scathing letter to house democratic leadership, the trump administration essentially declaring all out war into the impeachment. the president bound not to participate at all, setting up a constitutional battle the will have major implications. >> nancy pelosi firing back in her own letter the impeachment will not be stopped and the president of the united states is not above

"newsroom" with jim sciutto and poppy harlow starts right now. >>> all right.ciutto. there's an impeachment inquiry under way. today, two more witnesses expected to give two more accounts backing some of the alarming testimony we've heard so far in this investigation. the first, kathryn croft, a special adviser for ukraine. she just arrived on capitol hill. she will describe a meeting in which staffers were told that ukraine aid was put on hold at the direction of president trump. the second witness, christopher anderson, a career foreign service officer. he's expected to tell lawmakers about a warning from ex-national security adviser john bolton that rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer, was leading a shadow foreign policy operation towards ukraine. they are both widely respected diplomats who have served

i'm poppy harlow in new york. right now, the president's former top russia adviser is testifying on capitol hill. you see her there moments ago. fiona hill is speaking to lawmakers as they return from a two-week recess and pick up the pace on the impeachment inquiry. this time, according to "washington post," sondland is expected to testify there's a quid pro quo in the president's deal wings the ukraine but he believes not a corrupt one. manu raju is live on capitol hill. good morning. let's begin with this. it's a consequential week of witnesses in the impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: yeah, no question about it. fiona hill did just arrive here moments ago. they're expected to be asking her about the work that went up to that phone call in july with president trump and ukrainian president zelensky. what she knew about that and whether she had concerns or not about what happened, ultimately she has since left the administration and learned that she's been subpoenaed to come here and testify. the republicans momen

i'm poppy harlow. glad you're with us. we're learning about a second whistle-blower on the phone call with president trump and the ukrainian president. after first saying it was hearsay evidence, the president is calling the first whistle-blower partisan and accusing democrats of calling in the second whistle-blower, quote, off the bench. this is unfolding as congress is, yes, in recess. but the impeachment inquiry very much continues. two more witnesses are expected to testify behind closed doors on capitol hill this week. >>> and breaking overnight, the trump administration has ordered u.s. troops to abandon their allies, withdrawing from northern syria, clearing the way for an invasion by turkey. why is this notable? the kurds there, they did the hard work of fighting against isis there, now basically left behind. let's begin with lauren foxx on capitol hill. tell us what we know about the second whistle-blower and what's described as direct knowledge of these efforts by this administration to connect aid and political

pope harlow has the day off.ion committee rolling. the briefing from the inspector general will happen as washington is rocked by a smoking gun, a series of text messages showing u.s. diplomats appearing to offer a white house president to the president of ukraine in return they wanted an investigation into the 2016 election. into the bidens. a senior ukrainian aid texted about plans to announce that investigation and the visit. quote, once we have a date, we'll call for press briefing announcing upcoming visit and outlying vision

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i'm poppy harlow in new york. jim sciutto is assignment. this morning in congress, republicans are pushing for a more open impeachment process. democrats say they're working on making that happen. hoping to end the behind-the-scenes stage of their impeachment inquiry with a vote, potentially by thanksgiving. some members of the republican party, though, not waiting at all. roughly two dozen of them protested the impeachment process by forcing their way into the secure room where testimony was taking place yesterday. important to note around half of those who supposedly stormed that room were already allowed to be inside. they are members of the relevant committees which means they can cross examine witnesses as much as they want. a source says president trump was aware of this plan. he met with some of the lawmakers involved at the white house the day before. meanwhile, his allies in the white house are urging the president to get on board with a unified impeachment response with mixed results. let's begin on capitol hill. our senior congre

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gym jim sciutto. >> and i'm poppy harlow.h set to arrive on capitol hill. she's set to testify behind closed doors as part of the impeachment inquiry. she's was forced out of the post earlier pie the trump administration and now in his now infamous call to the ukrainian president president trump called her bad news. she has bee

top of the hour, i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. right now the first witness in the impeachment inquiry is on capitol hill testifying. kurt volker, former u.s. special envoy to ukraine spoke behind closed doors in front of three committees. we're learning that dozens of pages were delivered ahead of his deposition this morning. >> this was all sparked by president trump's pressure on the ukrainian president to investigate joe biden and his son hunter. democrats say more subpoenas could be coming if the white house refuses to release for documents related to that effort. in a few minutes the president is set to leave the white house. he's headed to florida. will he follow up on his bruising back and forth with reporters that we saw yesterday in basically, he will take reporter questions and, if he does, he will weigh in on that "washington post" reporting that a top staffer for the vice president was on that ukraine call? >> our team is covering all angles of this impeachment inquiry. let's begin with senior congressional corresponde

i'm poppy harlow. the trump administration puts it in reverse as democrats shove their impeachment inquiry into overdrive. tomorrow begins a critical week of testimony on capitol hill by current and former u.s. officials and likely none bigger than the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor. of course you'll remember him because he's the one that sent text messages describing the holding back of military aid to ukraine for political purposes as, quote, crazy. it comes as the administration continues to have to clean up its messaging or try to clean up its messaging on everything from ukraine to syria to the site of the g7. >> cnn has learned that president trump has grown increasingly frustrated with his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, the president not happy after mulvaney famously admitted to a quid pro quo with regards to ukraine and then claimed he didn't say what the tape showed he said. all this as the president announces he will retreat from his goal of hosting the g7 summit at his own pe

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. a member of the u.s. army for two decades wounded in combat, a volunteer to serve in this white house, testifying now under oath on capitol hill. you see him here arriving in uniform this morning. but today, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is facing a very different kind of battle. this time against the narrative, the dirty accusations, coming from tworks, volunteered for. vindman was on the call between president trump and the president of ukraine and this morning, he plans to tell house investigators, according to his opening statement, that he was so troubled by the administration's pressure on ukraine and that july 25th call between the president of the u.s. and ft. of ukraine that he twice reported those concerns to his boss, to lawyers, as well. >> meanwhile, house speaker nancy pelosi says she's giving republicans what they were asking for, a house vote on impeachment. but republican leadership firing back saying, it isn't exactly that. joining us from capitol hill, cnn co

the german interior minister said shootings around the city of harlow which left 2 people dead were an anti semitic attack the 37 year old gunman reportedly showed in this video at the moment of one attack has now been arrested one shooting occurred outside a synagogue another shop there were also reports of a good natured thrown at a jewish cemetery this is now reduced the level of threat but they're still warning locals to be vigilant. the shooter streamed his attack on the platform twitch and used an anti semitic slur in a video that was posted prior to the incident you may find this footage now disturbing. condolences have been express rock around the world a minute's silence was held at the european parliament israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it a sign of growing anti semitism in europe chancellor angela merkel attended a vigil that the berlin synagogue to honor the victims of the shooting correspondent defends those ships us was the. people behind me here have gathered in the form of the new synagogue in berlin not to celebrate the holiest day in the jewish calen

all of these things are things that the investigation is now having to look at ok kate you are in harlow where this attack took place how are the people of holland and the jewish community in particular coping with it. is in a real state of shock this morning like most of the rest of germany was that i keep hearing on that was of dismay and also words like a shame but i did actually have chance to speak to you as someone who was actually at the young composer services yes is a while that shooting happened here outside and we can have a listen now to exactly how he's feeling after this attack was considered an attack against the jewish community here in how the i think the energy was was fairly calm given the situation today i feel more kind of. somber just because people were killed but yesterday was more about just kind of being really think for a kind of america that he couldn't get through the door and that like a much bigger tragedy was. didn't happen. so that was as rove axemen the one of the people who was in the synagogue yesterday afternoon behind me attending those yom kippur se

and the german interior minister has said shootings around the city of harlow which left 2 people dead were an anti semitic attack 27 year old gunman reportedly showed in this video at the moment of the attack has now been arrested one shooting occurred outside a synagogue and another at a kebab shop are also reports of a grenade being thrown at a jewish cemetery the police have now reduce the threat level but are still warning locals to be vigilant to shoot a stream to attack on the twitch platform also used an anti semitic slur in a video posted before the incident was the warning to views you may find the following footage distressing. ok notices have been expressed around the world a minute's silence was held at the european parliament is ready prime minister benjamin netanyahu warmed cooled the son of growing anti semitism in europe. muckle attended a vigil at the vote in synagogue honoring the victims of the shooting a correspondent and sort of slips us was that. people behind me here have gathered in the front of the new synagogue in berlin not to celebrate the holiest day in th

germany's reeling after the deadly shootings in the city of harlow which left 2 people dead the jewels are being held outside a local synagogue the scene of one of the attacks in the jewish world congress has called for better protection for jewish institutions in germany while the country's interior minister says the shootings were driven by anti semitism a 27 year old reportedly shown in this video at the moment of you attack has been arrested one shooting occurred outside a synagogue and another at a shop the rules reported to have a grenade being thrown at a jewish cemetery police have now reduce the threat level but warn people still to be vigilant reportedly the suspect published a manifesto on the 1st of october the shooter stream does attack on the twitch platform for 32 minutes before we spoke to though some 2000 people did get to see it the suspect also use an anti semitic slur in a video posted before the incident condoned says have been expressed around the world a minute's silence was held. at the european parliament and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called it

harlow we have dry abroad to clear weather moving across japan as we go on through the remainder of the weekend we have seen some very heavy rainfall recently flooding into parts of hama shoes because say from these pitches this is some very heavy downpours some landslides as well as been widespread destruction as a result of this latest round of very. very disturbed weather but as i said things will improve as we go on through the next couple of days with they have brought us guys pushing back in behind the claim skies now the worst of the wet weather now moving out into the open waters but we have still got a legacy of showers coming in behind the weather systems here as we go on for the next couple days we will see brought the skies for many but over the past 12 hours or so huge amount of rainfall just to the north of tokyo to the south of sendai $181.00 millimeters of rain here in just 12 hours hence that rainfall that flooding that we have say with a fair bit of plastic in places are going through sunday a chance of one or 2 showers as well but these will make their way over toward

duty to never again allow the growth of anti semitism made the statement at a news conference in harlow where 2 people were shot dead at a synagogue on wednesday evangelos steps us has more. or earlier today germany's federal prosecutor mentioned the perpetrator stefan b. who killed 2 people and how they germany was preparing a massacre we also know about in the vigil that he had a manifesto and he posted it online with many anti jewish comments and that he also lifestream the incident to encourage other people to follow is that earlier today though germany's interior minister see a whole for spoke to the media saying that this event is quote shame to our nation he also mentioned that at the semitic attacks have been on the rise in germany and extremism is very high but he also mentioned that islamist terror is the central challenge for germany he also mentioned that he is working closely with germany's law enforcement agencies to make it more difficult for individuals to buy materials online to create weapons at their house just like the ones we saw at the attack yesterday german chanc

in harlow, we have already seen the nhs dividend with a brand—new hospital, the people there who feelwho will vote against this excellent deal want to stop brexit completely. can my right honourable friend confirmed that once we do this deal, when we leave the eu, gain control of our taxes and be able to reduce vat and energy bills for our hard—working piece that shoots? yes, mr speaker, and not only will we be able to reduce vat in the uk, we will be able to do in northern ireland as well. now that the prime minister has established the principle that different parts of the uk can have different parts of the uk can have different eu status, scotland must at least be entitled to claim her place in the single market and customs union. when will the proposal be put to the eu?|j customs union. when will the proposal be put to the eu? i think for most people in this house do understand that the good friday agreement does and pose a particular requirements the governance of northern ireland, it is a unique situation. as for the question raised, the people of scotland had a referendum in 20

. >> i'm popp poppy harlow. in the last 24 hours alone we've seen headlines raising questions about the actions of some of the president's strongest defenders, namely mike pompeo, rudy giuliani and bill barr. first a phone call where president trump asked the australian prime minister to help attorney general barr investigate the origins of the russia probe. >> officials say it was barr's idea, completely different from the phone call with ukraine. as for that call, when they pressured ukraine's leader, the source says secretary the state mike pompeo was on the call, even though he never mentioned that fact. >> then they see rudy giuliani, for all documents -- senator lindsey graham, for side of russly defending the move. in fact, some pretty definitive fact checking. >> there you have it. this is all happening as in the fall back on falsehoods and are fact checked in real time by one of the president's own nominees. our team is covering this from all angles this morning, let's begin with evan perez. where would

. >> i'm poppy harlow. in minutes a key witness will be on capitol hill delivering testimony.s boss, secretary of state mike pompeo tried to prevent. kurt volker, formerly nato ambassador, ambassador to ukraine, he will testify behind closed doors. we're learning dozens of pages were already delivered ahead of his deposition today. >>> a source says that volker was, quote, never on the trump train. that's a line the administration may be rolling out what could be damaging testimony in the impeachment inquiry stemming from president trump's pressure on the president of ukraine to dig up dirt on potential rival in 2020 joe biden. democrats say more subpoenas would be coming if the white house refuses to release more documents related to that effort, and yet another person on that ukraine

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i'm poppy harlow. >> i'm jim sciutto. today a series of developments in the inquiry of impeachment.e have learned in the last 24 hours. there's another phone call, source telling cnn president trump recently pushed australia's prime minister to help attorney general bill barr with his investigations into the origins of the russia probe. >> this official says the call was barr's idea and completely different from that phone call with ukraine but speaking of the ukraine call, a source now says that secretary of state poem poa was actually on that call as

. >> i'm poppy harlow. the white house firmly draws its line in the sapped so what will democrats do next? in a scathing letter to house democratic leadership, the trump administration essentially declaring all out war into the impeachment. the president bound not to participate at all, setting up a constitutional battle the will have major implications. >> nancy pelosi firing back in her own letter the impeachment will not be stopped and the president of the united states is not above the law. it looks like an impasse. sarah westwood is at the white house. sarah it's not a new approach, the white house has stonewalled for weeks and months on other investigations. but for an impeachment inquiry, it's significant. >> reporter: that's right, jim. this is the white house outlining it as an official policy they are taking to this response in that 68thing letter to house democrats yesterday. the white house making clear they are not going to cooperate in anyway, shape or form with the democrats unless they have

i'm poppy harlow. >> and i'm jim sciutto. right now another key witness is testifying on capitol hill on the ongoing impeachment inquiry into president trump, george kent. he will be asked about what fiona hill already told lawmakers. hill said she was alarmed by wrong doing in the white house's dealings with ukraine and that she tried to report that wrong doing. >> hill testified that former national security adviser john bolton shared her concerns and not only that, and i quote, hill testified that bolton referred to rudy giuliani, trump's personal attorney, as a hand grenade who was going to blow everybody up. the white house is calling this entire inquiry invalid. that's their response this morning. >> we're also hearing from joe biden's son. he's telling he did nothing wrong by being on the board of a ukrainian oil company. he says that was just bad judgment. you have a flurry of officials in the middle. it seems they're corroborating the whistleblower's story. >> yeah. and they're talking and describing what is -- can o