back to john mcardle. >> we promised viewers we will let you know when president trump has been tweeting this morning. he is up and tweeting. here is a few of the president's tweets from a few minutes ago. just after 7:50 a.m., the democrat house would not give one witness but now remand -- demand republicans produce witnesses the house never sought or asked for. hearingair and corrupt in congressional. history is what the president said. it will never be enough. ago,just about a minute the democrats and shifty s chiff are refusing to state that the obama administration withheld aid for many countries, including ukraine, egypt, honduras, and mexico. witchhunt. we will see if he continues to tweet this morning. a few other tweets from members of congress representing the president. this was senator rand paul from yesterday. his tweet says i heard you like to attend the impeachment trial. i would like to have you as my guest during this partisan charade and a picture of one of the tickets to get into the sena

for republicans, 202-748-8001. .ll others, 202-748-8002 let's check in with john mcardle. hn: as the viewer mention, lev parnas was on capitol hill yesterday. we reported yesterday as several newspapers on capitol hill noted, he has gotten tickets through chuck schumer's office to be in the chamber to listen to part of the impeachment trial proceedings, but was unable to actually attend those due to the ankle bracelet that he continues to wear after his indictment. lev parnas had no problem talking with reporters and was the scene of quite a few reporters scrums yesterday here pbs news hour was in. at union station just down the street from the united states capitol, answering a few questions. >> it was very important. >> what do you want to say to senators. what is the most important thing you want to say to senators? >> call the whistleblower. >> if he were called, what is the most important use of information that he would have. >> there were many quid pro quos. there is a lot that happened before july 25. >> can you tell us more about that? john: that was lev parnas on

john mcardle joins us. een talking quite a bit about john bolton, the president tweeting about john bolton before 7:30 eastern and a new interview with rudy giuliani appearing on cbs this morning. that full interview expected to air this morning, but they released part of the interview yesterday. this is rudy giuliani talking about john bolton. [video clip] >> he never said to me i have a problem with what you are doing in ukraine, never once, never winked, never sent me a little note. he is a personal friend, i thought. here is the only conclusion i can come to an it is a harsh one and i feel bad about it, he is a backstabber. >> that is a serious statement. >> it is not serious, he is true. if your friend was complaining about you behind your back and did not have the guts to tell you i think you are screwing up, that is a classic backstabber. i find his testimony about the president pretty close to incredible. giuliani.at was rudy that interview expected to air this morning on cbs this morning and expect

john mcardle, you're hearing some republican reaction. est: there will be a lot of interest today in how republicans specifically react to the revelations in that manuscript that president trump told john bolton that aid to ukraine was tied to investigations. that is what john bolton had in his manuscript. that is what the new york times reported yesterday. here is jim jordan, one of the house republicans who is speaking on behalf of the president, part of his response team, his defense team. jim jordan was on fox news early this morning. the washington post keeping tabs on his imprints -- appearance. he said the revelations in the new york times does not change anything. here is a quote from his appearance on fox news. you have someone telling what his manuscript is going to say and that changes everything? i don't buy that. it does not change the facts that have been clear from the get-go. that was jim jordan on fox news from earlier today. and then, as we pointed out earlier, we will hear from at least five senators coming up in about t

here is john mcardle.omes to witnesses under the rules adopted yesterday on a party line vote in the senate that will govern the impeachment trial there will be a vote on whether to have witnesses. that vote will not take place until after the house impeachment managers make their argument over the course of 24 hours and three days and then the president's make their arguments. the 16 hours set aside for senators to ask questions of the impeachment managers and lawyers, after that the senate will have a chance to decide whether they want to hear more witnesses or subpoena more documents. this story from the washington examiner out today. senator susan collins of maine said yesterday it is likely she will support a motion to subpoena witnesses at the appropriate point in the hearings. she told the washington examiner she is working with a small group of republicans on a plan to call witnesses but it is unclear whether four republican lawmakers would back the move. that is the number needed to provide democr

here is john mcardle.ost 2: after two days of house impeachment managers making their case, you started to see more and more republican starting to push back against that case and the impeachment managers themselves. here is an article from fox news, joni ernst calls out democrats over aid to ukraine, the republican senator saying the hypocrisy is on full display. these are the comments joni ernst made during a break in the impeachment trial yesterday evening. [video clip] >> house democrats, these house managers did nothing of the sort to provide that assistance to ukraine and yet they are on their high horse, on their high horse about president trump not .oing enough for ukraine this administration has done more than the previous administration did win crimea was being invaded. i have very strong thoughts about that. as we are being lectured by house managers about how they are such great friends to ukraine, got a little information. this year's national defense authorization act, which ukraine,lethal ai

john mcardle joins us next. what do you have, john? actually want to follow up on the viewer question from last week. the viewer asking, how the president's lawyers are being paid, who is paying for their time representing the president? there is a story out today from thatashington pos" on front that takes a deep dive into it. some of the top lines from it -- as president trump faces his mounting legal bills from the impeachment trial, he is drawing on national party coffers, flush with donations from energized supporters. the story noting that the republican national committee is picking up the time for at least 2 of the president's attorneys from the trial, an arrangement that differs from the legal fund that was set up for president clinton when he's being impeached, only to see that found in 1999 fail to raise enough money to cover his millions of dollars in bills before he left office. the law firm of president trump's lead lawyer, j sekulow, and attorney dean raskin, has received millions of dollars from the rnc since november.