'll turn it over to my colleague, mike turner. mr. turner: thank you, elise. more extreme or a greater threat to democracy than when congress undertakes an process.nt it is absolutely essential that preserve democracy that we have an impeachment process that transparent, where the american public can see what's occurring. here today we have an mpeachment process that's occurring in secret, without any real action that has happened the house. the house has not taken action to open an impeachment process, nor has ny committee, the house taken a vote for the process to be undertaken in secret. abuse ofn unbelievable process that's occurring. but in addition to it being ecret, where the american public does not have the ability to much with a the witnesses or those who are questioning them, manner in and the which they structured this is restrained who does have access information from telling anyone anything that's happening closed doors. i'm prevented from going to my constituency in ohio and tell hem what's happening behind closed doors in the intelligence comm

i'll turn it over to my colleague mike turner. >> thank you elyse, there is nothing more extreme or a greater threat to democracy and when congress undertake an impeachment process. it is absolutely essential that to preserve democracy that we have an impeachment process that is open and transparent or the american public and see what is occurring in here today we have an impeachment process occurring in secret without any real action is even happening from the house. the house is nottaking action to open an impeachment process, nor has any committee , nor house to house taking a vote on the process to be undertaken in secret. i have an unbelievable abuse of process but in addition to it being secret, where the american public does not have the ability to watch the witnesses for those questioning them, each member and the manner in which they have structured this is restrained who does have access to the information from telling anyone anything that's happening behind closed doors. i am prevented from going to constituency in ohio and telling them what's happening kind closed doors of

out front tonight republican congressman mike turner. he sits on the house intelligence committee.r coming. >> thanks, pamela. >> i want to start with that the frustration among white house aides and advisers that the president hasn't allowed his team to form an adequate defense on impeachment. do you think that the white house has made a mistake here by not having a more robust legal and communications team in place by now? >> part of the travesty for today it was certainly evidenced by the panel that you just had as you had people on your show who were talking about the testimony that was happening today, but yet not one person saw it. all these hearings are happening in secret. adam schiff is making certain that no one sees what occurs down there. i can tell you one thing, though. i did sit in the hearing and tim morrison did not say there was quid pro quo even though a lot of your panelists seem to believe that they did. i think that certainly was adam schiff's intention was to put the white house on a disadvantage just as you're at a disadvantage because no one other than thos

that is, mike turner. turner calls this a, quote, show trial. he's criticizing the way this transpired, and also he is suggesting that so far this testimony has done, in his view, nothing to advance chairman adam schiff's impeachment agenda. the republicans believe that so far volker hasn't done anything to add to the evidence against this president. we'll see how the democrats ultimately respond, but john, this is just the beginning. we expect there to be a full day of questioning behind closed doors. we'll see what they ultimately learn. john? >> it will be interesting to see if we get to see at least parts of this deposition as it plays out. manu raju, appreciate it. big day on capitol hill today. julie hirsch feld davis of the "new york times." somebody help me. if it's everyday blaiehavior, h can you impeach him for it, right? we'll go around the world, and by the time we're done, he would have asked 170 or 80 countries for help and then he'll say, what's the big deal, right? >> he's essentially trying to normalize this and say it out loud,

mike turner, who is a staunch ally of president trump, from ohio, he happens to be retiring, but he saide off of the i support donald trump list. so these are some of the comment, and these are from some of president trump's top allies on capitol hill. democrats on the other hand, elliot engel, the foreign affairs chairman, is drafting a resolution, condemning president trump for pulling troops out of that region. he is also drafting some bipartisan sanctions against turkey, for firing upon these kurds, and so while impeachment is charging ahead, next week, we are also going to see a lot of activity and a lot of people speaking out, on the syria/turkey issue. >> politically alone, the headlines are piling up, potentially by design. by some. and we can talk about that a little bit later. my co-anchors today, jeff mason and scott wong, stay with us, i will talk to you in a little bit. >>> coming up, democrats on the campaign trail, ramp up their attacks on the president. as the impeachment inquiry intensifies. coming up, for you, tomorrow night on kasie-dc, presidential candidates beto o'r

mike turner from ohio put out a statement, he said he was there for the first part of the deposition and he believes ambassador volker is a straightforward, straight shooter, and that he would not have permitted nor would have participated in anything improper. that actually tracks with our own reporting, people who know the ambassador, who know his thinking, who know the role that he had when he was the ambassador, he was tapped by rex tillerson in 2017, he held that role, special envoy to the ukraine, until last friday when he resigned in part, we're told, because he wanted to be more free in what he told congress. even as rudy giuliani has said time and time again that he was working under the auspices of the state department, under the direction of kurt volker, i'm told what volker has told staffers of this committee is that that's not entirely the case, that if routineudy giulia thought he was getting direction from volker it's because volker was trying to table him as quickly as he could because giuliani wasn't working in the national interest. i'm told he was explicit with ukr

. >> they can read the transcript of the call, and -- it's as mike turner, the republican of ohio said is not okay, mr. president. now he may not be on board with impeachment, but at least he's saying this is not okay. we're not even hearing that from many republicans. in fact, the defense is a little bit all over the map. >> right. >> you know, there's not one clear road. whether marco rubio suggests something is a joke or roy blunt suggests something as a joke, or as you said, ron johnson going a bit more into the conspiracy hole. what is -- what i think republicans are facing, and you are right, mitch mcconnell's not wrong with his strategy there. he -- he is absolutely right to say, hey, i am and our senate majority is what is going to stop this president being removed from office. you need to vote us back in. that is where the party is. there's no doubt about that. but as tucker carlson laid out for republicans, can't you keep your principles and say this is wrong and it's not impeachable? but they can't do that because president trump doesn't believe it's wrong. and so they would

and yeah, i think we've heard from some members, congressman mike turner also of ohio, intelligence committeesaid that this was wrong but it wasn't necessarily an impeachable offense. a lot of other senators, we've reached out to dozens republicans and haven't heard back. it will be interesting what these guys say in washington having to face these questions. we heard much stronger criticism from republicans when it came to the president's decision on syria yesterday than we've heard on ukraine. >> it's been crickets on ukraine or in asking china to investigate the bidens, but for example senator lindsey graham, a trend and supporter of the president, this is what he did, he called in to "fox & friends," one of the president's favorite echo chambers, and this is what he said. >> this impulsive decision by the president has undone all the gains we've made, thrown the region into further chaos, iran is licking their chops, and if i'm an isis fighter i've got a second lease on life. so to those who think isis has been defeated, you will soon see, i hope i'm making myself clear, how short sighted

here are republicans mike turner and mitt romney talking about that very same call. >> this remains deeply troubling. >> i want to say to the president, this is not okay. it is -- that conversation is not okay. >> and today when confronted with what he said and exactly what he wanted ukraine's president to do, trump, the person who has no problem answering any question. >> the question is what did you want president zelensky to do with vice president biden and his son hunter. >> are you talking to me? >> it was a follow-up of what i dead you, sir. >> we had the president of finland ask him a question. >> i have one, i just wanted to follow up. >> did you hear me? did you hear me? ask him a question. ? i've given you a long answer. ask this gentleman a question. don't be rude. >> no, sir, i don't want to be rude, i just wanted you to have a chance to answer the question. >> i answered everything. it's a hoax and you know who is playing into the hoax? people like you and many people like you and i say in many cases the corrupt media. much of the media in this country is not just fake. it's c

service, bradg told myton, ohio, "i congressman, mike turner, that he should aggressively and broughtindedly support impeachment inquiry." "i support a special committee made of love members that have not been in the spotlight. deborah, hide. -- hi. have complete control. they want this to be a single-party country. they want to get rid of the republicans feared they tried a few weeks ago to try to do him. they were behind the caravans, i can bet you. it comes to the actual impeachment process, specifically, what would you tell your legislator? caller: i have not been in touch with him yet. host: what would you tell that person? caller: i just had a heart surgery. their goal is to get rid of the republican party. so the democrats have complete control as to what is going on in those countries. host: all right, got that, because you made that point already. we will go to rate in maryland, republican line. hi. caller: hi. i am from north dakota, actually. host: sorry about that. caller: and we only have one congressman to represent our whole state, by the way. anyways, to mr. litt, earl

but you also have mike you were ite e -- turner who also makes the point that he believes that volker did not participate in nor would have allowed anything improper to happen. and it actually tracks with our own reporting. i've talked to people who know the former ambassador, his thinking, the role that they played. and they will at the me that he is adamant that he did not participate, had no role in the decision to hold up ukranian military aid in this overall interaction with president trump and the ukranian leader and that when the whistleblower complaint outlines that he had a role, what i'm told is that volker made clear to those ukranian officials that they should not in any way play a role in the 2020 elections. >> ross, what do you make of the president now calling on china to investigate the bidens? he may be skilled when it come to pr and the court of public opinion, but take us to the actual law. is this an impeachable offense? >> the answer is i think it depends on what the president's intent is. and my read on the situation and remember i've represented a bunch of publi

second of state, mike pompeo, failing tonight to meet a subpoena deadline for the house to pro tuesday ukraine-related documents. joining me to discuss this, susan glasser and sean turnerto both of you. again, never a dull moment even on a friday. susan, the clock was ticking tonight and the secretary of state mike pompeo, he failed to meet that deadline for the documents. he and his department are right in the thick of this and the pressure is only going to increase. do you agree? >> well, that's right. i think that mike pompeo is a crucial figure in this and it's only beginning to be appreciated exactly what role he played. he clearly was aware of it and a key partner in essentially turning trump's private foreign policy converting that into the policy of the united states. in that sense i think, you know, telling the truth doesn't even begin to refr it. ray dagel spent a week obfuscating it on the phone call between president trump and president zelensky of ukraine. we've learned from the text messages that he seems to be well apprised of what his two diplomats were. to essentially do trump's bidding and to launch an investigation as a coop -- we're going to find he

we'll learn a lot more about the role that mike pompeo played and what we'll fipd find is he wa y facilitying the plan. >> mr. turnere the initial attempts to dodge questions about this, he was on the call. the text messages mention him. the committee chairman considered him a potential fact witness. will he end up having to testify? >> there's no doubt he's going to have to answer to this. and that probably means testifying. if i were mike pompeo, tomorrow or monday i would go into work. call in my attorneys. i would sit down and talk about what the implications are of being held in contempt of congress being charged with obstruction of justice. mike pompeo is a great example of the perils of a rise. from being a member of congress to director of cia to the secretary of state. and done that largely unscathed until recently. there's really two key reasons he's done that. it's because of his fierce loyalty to the president. on that call, after he admitted hefts on the call, he quickly transitioned to say the call was all about digging into into corruption. so that's the first reason. the second reason is he has been

hunter biden but we begin with jillian turner only developments in the democrats ukraine investigation. what are they up to tonight? >> democrats are claiming mike pompeo is the fact witness to the impeachment inquiry. using only at the moment, planning a press availability for tomorrow. democrats demand he interfered with efforts to interview state department employees who may have knowledge of the president's calls with ukrainian president volodymyr zelinsky. that is the subject of the whistleblower complaint. mike pompeo was on the call. the letter to john sullivan tonight, democrats say pompeo, quote, participated personally and that july 25th call. of true he is now fact witness in the impeachment inquiry. this follows on fox news confirming a few hours ago the state department inspector general will speak to capitol hill employees tomorrow afternoon. according to reports that hearing comes at the, quote, urgent request of the inspector general. all this as mike pompeo pushes back hard on democrats efforts to find out what he and his state department employees know about that now infamous ukraine call. still up for grabs whether any of the

turner, thank you so much. >>> still to come, more on the news that secretary of state mike pompeo on the call with president trump and ukraine's leader. why are we only learning about this now? >>> president trump getting fact checked in realtime by his own administration. how the intel community ig is shooting down disinformation. >> remarkable to watch in realtime. >>> protests in hong kong this morning becoming violent. police firing teargas and also firing a live round at a protester during the chaos. we'll take you to hong kong live. if your gums bleed when you brush, you may have gingivitis. and the clock could be ticking towards bad breath, receding gums, and possibly... tooth loss. help turn back the clock on gingivitis with parodontax. leave bleeding gums behind. parodontax. hour 36 in the stakeout. ♪ limu emu & doug as soon as the homeowners arrive, we'll inform them that liberty mutual customizes home insurance, so they'll only pay for what they need. your turn to keep watch, limu. wake me up if you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liber

turner, late developments in the ukraine -- the democrats ukraine investigation. what are they up to tonight? >> shannon, tonight the democrats are claiming secretary of state mike pompeo is now a fact witness to the impeachment inquiry. he's in italy at the moment, planning a press availability for tomorrow. meanwhile, democrats are demanding he not interfere with their efforts to interview state department employees who may have knowledge of the president's calls with ukrainian president zelensky. that call is now a subject of the whistle-blower complaint. pompeo was on the call. in a letter to deputy secretary of state john sullivan tonight, democrats say pump a reportedly participated personally and that july 25 call. if true, pompeo is not a fact witness in the impeachment inquiry. this follows on fox news confirming a few hours ago that the state department inspector general will speak to capitol hill employees tomorrow afternoon. according to reports, that hearing comes at the "urgent request" of the inspector general peered all of this coming as pompeo pushes back hard on the democrats effot what he and his state department employees know about the now i

mike -- hello, somebody. listen to my and brothers. listen, sisters and brothers. [crowd chanting "new york squad"] sen. turner: sisters and brothers, i need y'all to do something. you know how bernie sanders always talks about this movement, this presidential run not being about me but about us, so all the folks in the elected nowstry on this stage right -- i call you the ministry because you care about the people you serve. come on, somebody. come on, somebody. we want to do this. are you ready for that? [crowd cheering] three, two, one! [applause] [crowd cheering] right. all right, queens. [crowd chanting "new york squad"] sen. turner: here we go. new york squad, baby. now, can i just say something, queens? on my way in, and i was on the train, i was listening to another new yorker, and i should have brought my phone so you could hear him for himself. i was thinking about senator bernard sanders and all he has been through, and the fact that his first major rally with the people is in queens. i was thinking about a brother named ll cool j. can i just quote some of these words? and don't y'all hold it agains