kangaroo, who. >> okay i googled captain kangaroo and online have more questions now.for getting ping-pong balls rained on him inspectedly. >> the sky is falling. >> that's the one that's the one. >> no, no, wait. >> the president's kangaroo court tweet caused the term to trend it was merriam webster's not wunl search, the origin of the term, uncertain. but this guy didn't coin it some took offense to. >> a malicious captain kangaroo. >> morphing president trump with a captain instead. kang rool got his name from the pouch like pockets pockets in the coat. he wasn't expert in impeachment but might have appreciated the political circus. >> the circus and all the fun you can have at the circus. >> jeanne moos. cnn new york. >> new york. >>> have you ever seen kangaroo's fight google that. thank you for joining us. anderson starts now. >>> good evening, tonight a stone wall goes up. lawyers for president trump telling congress there will be no cooperation with the house impeachment inquiry. also public opinion coming to focus with new polling on impeachment showing republ

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kangaroo. >> and that moment there is why captain kangaroo is trending on twitter all day. it was the congressman from florida getting roasted because apparently he thinks the term kangaroo court came from beloved captain kangaroo children's television show that ran from the 1950s to the 1980s. even the comedy duo of democratic senator chris murphy and brian shots gathered in on the act. hi, i'll buy you lunch next week if you somehow work mulish askangaroo in your next floor speech. senator responding i don't do quid pro quo, murph, call me. >> why can't a moose be president? >>> the president today is desperately trying to spin his abject capitulation to turkish president erdogan on syria policy by announcing erdogan is now coming to d.c., the white house. 48 hours after a sudden announcement. the united states would basically allow to push into syria, it's still totally unclear what u.s. policy is. getting wildly mixed signals even as reuters reports a turkish aid to the president says the turkish military is about to cross it border into syria. president is facing bipar

we see a kangaroo court. chairman shift is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo -- chairman schiff is acting like a malicious cap to get your. -- malicious captain kangaroo. we would like to unpack the last out,. lies reporter: [indiscernible] >> we think there are real concerns. we think there are real concerns that hopefully over time they murky people will be able to see. we can't get really into that but we have real concerns. reporter: [indiscernible] >> i think the american people have a right to know. reporter: by with the state department cancel this deposition a few hours before it was set to begin, after ambassador sondland had already flown here? >> the hope we would have the volcker testimony released. >> the max amount of time to release the testimony from last week. we know in good faith they will release the testimony for the wrecking people to see as opposed to parsing out little pieces that support their narrative that if they are willing to do that, administration is willing to do more.

the kangaroo court is yet to be upheld by any court. if it goes to court, working against president trump. official, excuse me, endorsed by, confirmed by the u.s. senate that usually gives congress a greater hand at argument and arguing for the testimony and gets even stronger. you wonder is why president trump wouldn't want a loyal ambassador to testify for him in in fact sondland is going to testify to what he said in the text. there's no quid pro quo. simply a policy oriented decision on american aid. >> can you give us historical context? a president talking to an eu ambassador, not even an ambassador to ukraine, about an effort for ukraine to root out corruption. even if it was just rooting out corruption in general. is that normal? >> sondland is not a normal ambassador. he's a million dollar donor to president trump's campaign, 2016. he was acting as the president's surrogate in ukraine even though he had a special envoy in kurt volker. a diplomatic staff in kiev. he gave license to sondland who was supposed to be representing th

nixon called it a kangaroo court and a witch hunt. the echoes are clear. this was a desperate letter coming from the white house counsel. i think that's why we need to acknowledge it for what it is. they are fighting their own sort of ahistorical, aconstitutional argument here. in the meantime, it's going to go on here. but they don't like the facts emerging. that's going to get worse. >> the letter almost seemed to be taken directly from president trump's mouth. some of it was sort of written in a legalistic way. then other words, the call was perfect. by the way, the call was perfect. but there's no real defense of the substance of what is happening there. the reason there's an impeachment inquiry is because there is a complaint. there are facts that do not look proper. and the white house is not even bothering to address any of that. the process argument, though, i'm not sure how this is going to move public opinion if that's what they're trying to keep the lid on right now. people don't really care much about process. they care about what looks right a

a malicious captain kangaroo. >> again, so there is that. there is certainly plenty of impeachment talk in the halls of the capitol today, and with us tonight, two reporters who have spent their day working sources on both ends of pennsylvania avenue because we asked them to share their reporting with us here tonight. jonathan allen, national political reporter for nbc news. we also welcome to the broadcast our second molly of the evening, that's a first for us. molly hooper, who herself is a veteran capitol hill reporter. good evening, gang, and welcome. and john, you just saw that superb breakdown of the numbers by steve kornacki. how do those numbers break in that building just behind you? >> you know, i think we're seeing it in that press conference you saw this morning with some of the benghazi all stars, jim jordan, at least, and we're hearing that possibly joining the white house team from our own hallie jackson will be trey gowdy, who ran that benghazi hearing. the white house is very worried about those numbers. republicans who supp

court and chairman shift is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo there was no pressure whatsoever coincidentally or not a phrase very similar to that use to buy the president an hour earlier unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court treated president trump where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see republican members of the house committees insist democrats have been selective in what evidence to make public particularly of that provided last week by u.s. representative to ukraine could focus which made clear u.s. diplomats had been discussing the preconditions for a meeting between president trump and his ukraine counterpart this has to be a fair process and when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues cheery picking text messages when the full text of ambassador bowker's testimony last week would have exonerated this president let's release it ambassador sunderland was mentioned repeatedly in the testimony made public his texts and emails indicating he was

schiff is a malicious captain kangaroo.mp's being railroaded by the terrifying thomas the tank engine. ( laughter ) this whole thing is a load of howdy doody, and it's brought to you by the letters 'f' and 'u.'" ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) congress-- no, i'm mad! no, i'm still in character as matt gaetz! >> jon: put it down! >> stephen: congress still wants to hear from the original whistleblower who started this whole thing. and they're taking every precaution. in fact, house democrats are considering masking the identity of the whistleblower from trump's g.o.p. allies in congress. hold on. the whistleblower is defending democracy and gets to wear a mask. is it this guy? ( cheers and applause ) thank you, cap! i don't know who it is. i don't know who it is. the democrats are also considering having the whistleblower alter his voice, possibly with modification technology. "possibly with modification technology." what other way would they possibly do it? "president trump has betrayed our nation's core ideals and tur

court and chairman shift is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo and there's no pressure whatsoever coincidentally or not a phrase very similar to that use to buy the president an hour earlier unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court treated president trump where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see republican members of the house committees insist democrats have been selective in what evidence to make public particularly of that provided last week by u.s. representative to ukraine could focus which made clear u.s. diplomats had been discussing the preconditions for a meeting between president trump and his ukraine counterpart this has to be a fair process and when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues cheery picking text messages when the full text of ambassador bowker's testimony last week would have exonerated this president let's release it and best of the son lindh was mentioned repeatedly in the testimony made public his text and e-mails indicating he

they wanted to make their statement and they used the kangaroo court as well. the white house is trying to shape the environment. if these witnesses testify, what will they say? there is a second whistleblower about to come forward. the white house says they're well aware of that. the president says he's not worried, but of course he is. so they're trying to shake public opinion before they can build a fact case. >> and it's essential to what's happening now in the sense that the white house is saying, we don't have to cooperate with you because you're not voting to have a formal impeachment inquiry. and speaker pelosi says, i can do whatever i want, we're in an impeachment inquiry if i say so. they're in conflict over what entails an impeachment inquiry, and the house is trying to define what their impeachment is. >> it's playing out in court, it's playing out in congress, it's playing out in public opinion. if you ever a question for anybody here on these political stories, you can tweet us. use the #insidepolitics. we might answer your question inside the sh

in order for the president of the yiunited states to say thiss a kangaroo court. would be a kangaroo court if somebody is accused would be allowed to dictate the term offense that when it's founded principlely on his own statements. let's talk about the mueller report versus the ukraine call and discussion about the china interference discussion. with the mueller report, the question was whether the president of the united states had engaged in behavior that may lead someone to believe in an abuse of power. in terms of this accusation it's more than that. it's based on the president of the yiet own statement. the question is whether or not it's impeachable. the fact the president is now saying i can't possibly be allowed to participate or couldn't do so is really violating with the separation of powers and thumbs its nose at the power of congress the founding fathers say they get to have. >> david, what do you make of this letter? >> yeah, listen, this is not, as you know, impeachment is not a legal process. it's a political process. this is a letter of political

what we see in this impeachment is a kingery -- kangaroo court and chairman shift is a captain kangaroo. he lied about the russia investigation. he lied about meeting with the whistleblower prior to the whistleblower's ultimate writing of their complaint, we would like to unpack the last set of schiff lies regarding the volker testimony before we go to the next theft of schiff lies on sondland. >> he should have been out immediately. >> [indiscernible] >> we think are our real concerns. i know you have done some reporting. hopefully over time the american people will be able to see. we cannot get into that, but we have real concerns. >> [indiscernible] i think the american people have a right to know who the whistleblower is. >> why would the state department canceled the deposition a few hours before it was set to begin, after ambassador sondland already flew back your from brussels? >> the hope was that we would have the volker testimony release. >> give them the max amount of time to release the testimony. we have that information out there and we know that they in good faith are goi

the dems can continue with their kangaroo court. the president will continue to work on behalf of this country. president trump is trying to

what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court. chairman shift is acting like a -- chairman schiff is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo. he lied about meeting with the whistleblower prior to the writinglower's ultimate of their complaint. we would like to unpack the last set of lies regarding the volcker testimony for go to the her set of lies on sondland any further witnesses. reporter: [indiscernible] >> we think there are real concerns. you have done some reporting on that. we think there are real concerns that hopefully over time they -- the american people will be able to see. we can't get really into that but we have real concerns. reporter: [indiscernible] >> i think the american people have a right to know who the whistleblower is. reporter: why would the state department cancel this deposition a few hours before it was set to begin, after ambassador sondland had already flown here from brussels? >> the hope we would have the volcker testimony released. >> the max amount of time to release the testimony from last wee

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ambassador sondland to testify but unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court. trump also quoted from one of sondland's texts which was released last week to claim vindication. he said, quote, importantly ambassador sondland's tweets stated the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quo's of any kind that says at all. all of it comes amid new reporting as well from "the new york times" about trump's call with ukrainian president zelensky. according to a memo that was written by the whistle-blower, a white house official described the call as crazy, frightening and completely lack in substance related to national security. the whistle-blower scribed the official as, quote, visibly shaken by what had transpired and said ipthe official's view the president had clearly committed a criminal act. nbc has confirmed the existence of the memo and the accuracy of "the times" description of it. congressman gregory meech, susan and jeff bennett. let me start with you to take us through. the day began with ambassador sondland apparently being told, quote, you'r

trump's top defenders quick to echo his words. >> what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court, and chairman schiff is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo. >> reporter: text messages turned over to house investigators show ambassador sondland worked behind the scenes to facilitate the president's push to get ukraine to investigate his 2020 rival, joe biden. when trump withheld $400 million in military aid, america's top diplomat in ukraine told sondland it's "crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign." but sondland stood up for trump, responding, "the president has been crystal clear -- no quid pro quos of any kind," but then added, "i suggest we stop the back and forth by text." in a statement, sondland's lawyer says he is "profoundly disappointed that he will not be able to testify today," noting the ambassador had agreed to appear voluntarily and had already traveled from brussels >> mr. secretary, why did you instruct ambassador sondland not to testify? >> thanks a lot, good morning. >> reporter: democrats accuse the state department of s

president calls an impeachment inquiry a kangaroo court as democratic rivals releasing new information. also britain's prime minister is accused of playing the breaks it blame game as a deadline to leave europe edges ever closer. brazil faces another ecological disaster after an oil spill pollutes its coastline now the question is why did it come from. bottom to the program the turkish military has carried out strikes targeting the syrian iraqi border now the aim is to prevent kurdish forces using the route to reinforce northeastern syria as ankara prepares to launch an offensive there but president donald trump says the u.s. has not abandoned the kurds from syria as he's been criticized for his decision to pull out american troops from the region and as charles trafford reports from the turkish syrian border ankara has positioned its artillery. turkish heavy weapons aim across the syrian border towards the town of tilapia out . the mainly kurdish syrian democratic forces or s.d.f. defeated eisel here in 2015 with the help of u.s. late coalition forces. the turkish government describes

court and chairman shift is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo and there's no pressure whatsoever coincidentally or not a phrase very similar to that use to buy the president an hour earlier unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court treated president trump where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see republican members of the house committees insist democrats have been selective in what evidence to make public particularly of that provided last week by u.s. representative to ukraine could focus which made clear u.s. diplomats had been discussing the preconditions for a meeting between president trump and his ukraine counterpart this has to be a fair process and when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues cheery picking text messages when the full text of ambassador bowker's testimony last week would have exonerated this president let's release it ambassador sunderland was mentioned repeatedly in the testimony made public his texts and emails indicating he was

it is a kangaroo court.now, instead of the president using racially charged analogies, he could have easily just said kangaroo court, cac and in kangaroo, it's adam schiff, it's clear of the president is being deprived of basic rights under the constitution of the united states. it's appalling. but on those stories that you mentioned tonight, i just want to say that hunter biden, he could have love children scattered all over the globe but of no interest to us. it's not like china, it's not like ukraine, it doesn't reflect on his father's time as vice president. this is clearly a 49-year-old whose life is a mess in and out of rehab and all the rest of it. god bless him. i hope that everything goes okay for everybody and the child is raised happily and well but listen. hypocrisy rules. this book coming out, my goodness. you know how i feel about rats and snitches and vipers and back stabbers paid i didn't like the anonymous resistance fighter when it was just an op-ed piece. now it's a whole book. imagine if

but unfortunately, he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court. >> what we see court. >> reporter: a group of house republicans backed the president's move. >>> the administration is blocking a key interview. doesn't that imply that there is something they're trying to hide? >> no. it's based on the unfair and partisan process mr. schiff has been running. >> reporter: sondland is a hotel mogul and trump megadonor. text exchanges this summer show sondland pushing for an unequivocal promise for election medding and burisma. mr. trump really wants the deliverable, sondland wrote. when a fellow diplomat argued, it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign, sondland responded four hours later, the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. a source tells cbs news sondland called the white house during that four-hour gap. democrats say sondland has more texts and emails stored on a personal device that they now plan to subpoena. >>> she has argued that she is under no legal or legislative obligation to hold that vo

court and chairman shift is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo there was no pressure whatsoever coincidentally or not a phrase very similar to that use to buy the president an hour earlier unfortunately he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court treated president trump where republicans rights have been taken away and true facts are not allowed out for the public to see republican members of the house committees insist democrats have been selective in what evidence to make public particularly of that provided last week by u.s. representative to ukraine could focus which made clear u.s. diplomats had been discussing the preconditions for a meeting between president trump and his ukraine counterpart this has to be a fair process and when you have a press release being drafted by our democrat colleagues cheery picking text messages when the full text of ambassador bowker's testimony last week would have exonerated this president let's release it ambassador sunderland was mentioned repeatedly in the testimony made public his texts and emails indicating he was

sondland a great man to testify but unfortunately he would testify before a totally compromised kangaroo court, an echo of gop talking points. >> what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court and chairman schiff is acting like a malicious captain kangaroo. >> reporter: a white house familiar with the discussion is part of a strategy. that source told cnn, the days of playing nice are done. a defiant posture even as the president continues to insist his call was perfect. >> the people understand it is a scam. they're trying to win an election in 2020 by using impeachment. if you look at that call, it is a perfect call. >> reporter: democrats are zeroing in on an exchange of texts between sondland and a top u.s. diplomat in ukraine bill taylor who appeared worried that the administration was holding up aid to ukraine around the time of mr. trump's july 25th call. as i said on the phone, i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a politic campaign. sondland replied, bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been cry

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court, where republicans' rights have been taken away." >> what we see in this impeachment is a kangaroo court. >> this entire thing is a political charade. >> reporter: a congressional source with knowledge of the matter tells nbc news the whistle-blower in a memo says a white house official who listened to president trump's july phone call with ukraine's leader described it as crazy and frightening. both sides firmly entrenched with frustration spilling over >> everything is a clown show, and everybody in this process is losing credibility >> and tonight our new nbc news/wall street journal poll shows americans are divided mostly along partisan lines about whether president trump should be impeached and removed from office, with 43% supporting that and 49% against it. lester >> all right, hallie jackson at the white house, thanks. let's bring in andrea mitchell now. andrea, what are you hearing about the reaction to this new white house strategy >> lester, according to veteran ambassadors, today's decision blocking department witnesses from testifying had the diplomatic corps petrified

this is a kangaroo court. when we all know that the white house hasn't released the full transcript of the president's initial call with the president of ukraine. so fromperspective, does either side have a standing to get the other one do anything? because nobody wants to come to the table. >> subject of an investigation doesn't get to set the terms of the investigation any more than a defendant in court gets to set the terms of a prosecution. and i think legally where this is going to end up, one need only look at article 3 of the nixon impeachment -- articles of impeachment. the nixon disobeyed four congressional subpoenas and those four subpoenas ended up as article three of the nixon articles of impeachment. you can see that with the white house saying don't comply with ise es with the white house sayg don't sit for volunteer interview, with the white house refusing to done over written materials, text messages, emails, that sure look like they may be criminal in nature, this is all going to be rolled any

kangaroo. >> this is a charade, a clown show. >> this congress has run rough shot over right to callitnesses, the right to confront the witnesses against you, right of counsel. >> reporter: nancy pelosi responded -- >> the president is obstructing is congress from getting the facts that we need. he is an abuse of power. >> reporter: the letter came after the administration lock blocked gordon sondland just hours before he was set to speak voluntarily withaen been subpoer next wednesday. >> the fail ire to produce this witness and these documents we consider yet additional strong evidence much obstructiof obstr. >> they must be scared that he will say something bad. >> reporter: sondland was simpye indicated in text messages. a new poll says thhalf the americans think that these allegations should be investigated sglo investigated. >>> a new warning, the flu season could be an active one. maybe you've got your shot already. but if it is still on your to-do li list, doctors say don't put it off. australia just finished its largest flu season on record and that could signal an active se

court, they are just going to say we can continue to go forward, have this kangaroo court, say we can do things in public but we want more closed-door hearing so basically they are saying if we want to do public hearings we can to public hearings but if we want to do private hearings we can do private hearings and here are three more hearings we want to do in secret so take it from there, they are just trying to take this vote because they can't so much flak for doing this kangaroo course in adam schiff's basement and people not being able to have visibility into their calling, what those witnesses are saying being able to question those witnesses. shannon: the senate under senator graham who is chairman of the senate judiciary committee put together this measure disapproving what is going on in the house and he has everybody to sign on from the gop but not these 3 senators, collins, murkowski and romney. they are not getting into this. senator murkowski saying as awful as the process is the formal impeachment inquiry lies in the house, not the senator's role to dictate to the house h

and chairman schiff is acting like a captain kangaroo.his is a clown show. >> jimmy: i will not argue that. this is a clown show, and we have president "it" running it. he's said to be so paranoid about leakers he wants everyone in the white house to submit to lie detector tests. i have three words for that. "you go first." [cheers and applause] can you imagine, he wants all his staffers. i actually love this idea. i think he stumbled on the idea for his next reality show. i would watch the heck out of it. he wants to give other people a lie detector. this is like pants and walkin' around yellin', "someone in here stinks." meanwhile, with all this hell breaking loose, where in the world is trump's old pal sean world is trump's old pal sean world is trump's old pal sean ♪ ♪ >> jimmy: somehow sean spicer is still "dancing with the stars." lamar odom got eliminated last night. he will not go home empty handed. watch lamar odum on the left as he makes an ecun "dancing with the stars" move. >> two things. we were all, like, i can't even speak

house blocks a key witness from giving testimony in the impeachmeninquiry, saying he cpear before a kangaroo court. a major row between the nba and china could cost the league millions. we will bring you the latest on this clash of sport and politics. plus, she has explored some of the world's most captivating ves. now she is sharing stories about the ocean's hidden depths. laura: for those watching on pbs and around the globe, welcome to "world news america." th white house went on the offensive against the congressional impeachment inquiry day, blocking the testimony of a key witness. in response, house democrats leading the investigation say they would issue a subpoena so they can hear from gordon sondland, the ambassador to the eu. democrats are looking into the president's efforts to pressure ukraine's leader to find dirt on his rivals, an inquiry mr. trump calls a sham. here is the man house democrats wanted to hear from today, gordon sondland, a wealthy hotel executive and donor to tht trump campaign, now america's chief diplomat in brussels. but at the last minute the administration

but, unfortunately, he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court."what we see in this kpeachment is a kangaroo court. >> reporter: a group of house republicans backed the president's move. the administration is blocking a key interview. doesn't that imply that there's something they're trying to hide? >> no. it's based on the unfair and partisan process that mr. schiff has been running. >> reporter: sondland is a hotel mogul and trump mega-donor. anxt exchanges from this summer show sondland pushing for an unequivocal promise from ukrainians to investigate 2016 eection meddling and burisma, yee energy company thapled joe biden's son. "mr. trump really wants the deliverable," sondland wrote. when a fellow diplomat argued that "it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help dlth a political campaign," lndland responded four hours later, "the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind." a source tells cbs news, sondland called the white house during that four-hour gap. democrats say sondland has more texts and emails stored on a

this is not a kangaroo court.f there's another side, exculpatory material, mitigating material, that's why we call this an impeachment inquiry. let's put the inquiry part of this first. inquiry, and then impeachment. and maybe people will understand, if he had a tweet that puts this in a different light, come and explain it. >> sahil, i feel what you're saying, but new polling shows republicans move for 7% support for impeachment inquiry in july to 28% in today's "washington post" poll. that's movement, not just a few percentage points. >> look, that's an important point. it's a key number to watch. if it moves to critical mass, and i don't know that number, 30, 40, 50%. that's a key number to watch. that chamber is majority republican, it is full of members in small red states, where president trump is very popular. so if you want movement in terms of house impeachment inquiry, it's something that the president cannot stop. democrats have the votes to do that. now, i think you're going to see a back and forth whe

that is not a kangaroo! why has someone decided that is a kangaroo? what do you think it is then?ks like, to be honest, i think it looks like, to be honest, i think it looks like, to be honest, i think it looks like two kangaroos! i would love it if it was. do you have a picture in hoppingham this morning? that is a dog, that is another dog. one is black and one is white. you will be telling me that isa white. you will be telling me that is a twig next. but is an albatross. maybe a dodo. how many selfies do you take? not many? shall we go through our phones and check? you take? not many? shall we go through our phones and check7m you take? not many? shall we go through our phones and check? it is not hip to stand up straight for selfies. the most appealing pose is standing with one's weight mostly on one leg with a twist in the upper body and it makes the waist to hip ratio seem smaller and that is a p pa re ntly ratio seem smaller and that is apparently how you should take a selfie. who has the time for this? i think a lot of people on instagram have the time for this. you strike

he doesn't want you to watch this kangaroo court process.hink can be further from the truth when he says we want to be transparent. this so-called impeachment inquiry is one big corrupt hoax. one big massive live. by the way, coming up tonight, lawmakers who did in fact take the right step and storm his top-secret session, they will join us with more details. let's be clear and we've set it a million times and i'll say it again, congressman adam schiff is not trustworthy. we know he is a pathological liar. he lied about having top-secret evidence on the trumpet russia collusion. he promised that to us for two years. he lied when he said that evidence of collusion was right there in plain sight. no it wasn't. he lied about not having any prior contact with the nonwhistle-blower, hearsay whistle-blower. we know now that his office in fact had contact with the whistle-blower and we believed was given advice from his office. that would make him an people in his office interior witnesses in this case. it doesn't get any more corrupt and that is t

the president claims this is a kangaroo court and for now, he is not going to cooperate. again, for now, does he have to? that depends. former u.s. attorney andrew mccarthy on that. andrew, does he have to cooperate the way things are now without inquiry for impeachment? >> no, neil this, is dispute between two political branches. it being played out in legal setsing or with a lot of legal analysis around it, it really is ultimately a political struggle and no, he doesn't have to cooperate and they can continue to conduct their, they want to call it an investigation, conduct their impeachment inquiry the way they are conducting it. what will happen is if the president convinces the public that what is going on is kangaroo-type proceeding, he will not be hurt by the fact he won't cooperate with it and may induce the democrats to do what congressman jordan just referred to and give the minority some rights, the president some rights and make this legitimate proceeding. >> neil: wouldn't be bipartisan, we know of couple republican senators who have doubts and concerns. mitt