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as nancy cordes reports, there are a lot of questions that center around the work of the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani. >>> rudy was a great prosecutor. he was the best mayor in the history of the city of new york as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal lawyer even as house republicans backed away. >> i think there would be other people i would have represent myself. >> reporter: a top adviser to the secretary of state told lawmakers that fallout from rudy giuliani's ukraine pursuits prompted him to resign last week. michael mckinley said he was stunned by the mistreatment of marie yovanovitch, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was removed this spring because giuliani viewed her as an obstacle. >> if rudy giuliani was seeking out corruption and what happens mostly in the 2016 election -- >> reporter: the president tried to reframe giuliani's mission, though he, too, had urged the ukrainian president to investigate former vice president joe biden. do any of you think it was okay for the president to ask more than one foreign nation to inv
as nancy cordes reports, there are a lot of questions that center around the work of the president's lawyer, rudy giuliani. >>> rudy was a great prosecutor. he was the best mayor in the history of the city of new york as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal lawyer even as house republicans backed away. >> i think there would be other people i would have represent myself. >> reporter: a top adviser to the secretary of state...
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but let's begin with congressional correspondent nancy cordes on capitol hill. nancy. >> reporter: norah, if it thisaa ident had been denying. what led youed aboubea roid pd cselo ambassador steve billiot taylor gresridebe. very troubling. >> reporter: taiferls a rvicthisme s encntedou uaine, engineered by president trump and involving the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani.o clearby my, to me that the trump was specifically, "e noistone untu" >> that is a very import frreett lirs himns. rost d>>efend putep"t mostentnn reaha"t >>ior i a ukrainian situation appropriately? >> we'veot had any conversations on that subject. >> reporter: so he was lying conveations t?hahe presidentbout ttabt ph tone call. >> o'donnell: natancy unfolding? in reporr: yte hee,s h norayah. t, f accable to the secretary oste,f rn to ukraine while it was rus" he neverot any r learn that the secrety took it witouimh ho laso h heren capitol hill. and tonight, norah, the white hoise quoesfainto dails. nancy, thank you.tiw onugton cs ynch today in ause tweet criticism from those whoacse
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here's nancy cordes. >> i just don't know her. may be a wonderful woman. >> reporter: president trump suddenly softened today on the woman he fired, but that didn't stop marie yovanovitch, the former ambassador to ukraine, from defying his orders and speaking to congress. behind closed doors, the 33-year veteran of the foreign service said she was "abruptly ordered this april to come back to washington on the next plane." she says the deputy secretary of state told her she had done nothing wrong but that the president had lost confidence in her, and that there had been a concerted campaign against her. >> and she got fired finally. but she was blocking it. >> reporter: that concerted campaign may have originated with the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who repeatedly claimed that yovanovitch was keeping ukraine from investigating the president's campaign rival, joe biden. >> and we were blocked by the ambassador, who eventually got fired. >> reporter: but there is no evidence biden did anything wrong, and yovanovitch s
here's nancy cordes. >> i just don't know her. may be a wonderful woman. >> reporter: president trump suddenly softened today on the woman he fired, but that didn't stop marie yovanovitch, the former ambassador to ukraine, from defying his orders and speaking to congress. behind closed doors, the 33-year veteran of the foreign service said she was "abruptly ordered this april to come back to washington on the next plane." she says the deputy secretary of state told her she...
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nancy cordes has the latest. >> rudy was a great prosecutor.or in the history of the city of new york as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal lawyer today, even as house republicans backed away. >> i think there would be other people i would have represent myself. >> reporter: a top adviser to the secretary of state told lawmakers today that fallout from rudy giuliani's ukraine pursuits prompted him to resign last week. michael mckinley said he was stunned by the mistreatment of marie yovanovitch, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was removed this spring because giuliani viewed her as an obstacle. >> rudy giuliani was seeking out corruption, and what happens mostly in the 2016 election. >> reporter: the president tried to reframe giuliani's mission today, though he, too, had urged the ukrainian president to investigate former vice president joe biden. do any of you think it was okay for the president to ask more than one foreign nation to investigate his campaign rival? >> there's nothing that the pres
nancy cordes has the latest. >> rudy was a great prosecutor.or in the history of the city of new york as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal lawyer today, even as house republicans backed away. >> i think there would be other people i would have represent myself. >> reporter: a top adviser to the secretary of state told lawmakers today that fallout from rudy giuliani's ukraine pursuits prompted him to resign last week. michael...
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nancy cordes on the start of a very big week on capitol hill. >> reporter: fiona hill was senior director for european and russian affairs at the white house until this summer. today she told lawmakers that the president's personal lawyer and his ambassador to the eu circumvented her and white house policy as they pursued the president's personal goals in ukraine. both rudy giuliani and gordon sondland urged the country's leaders to investigate the ukrainian energy company that employed hunter biden, the son of president trump's campaign rival. >> no one has asserted my son did a single thing wrong. no one has asserted that i have done any wrong except a lying president. >> reporter: cbs news has confirmed the department of justice is now examining whether giuliani violated foreign lobbying rules after two of his ukraine-linked associates were arrested last week. several other u.s. officials are set to be deposed on capitol hill this week, despite a white house vow not to cooperate. some republicans slammed the closed door nature of these impeachment inquiry interviews. >> the american pe
nancy cordes on the start of a very big week on capitol hill. >> reporter: fiona hill was senior director for european and russian affairs at the white house until this summer. today she told lawmakers that the president's personal lawyer and his ambassador to the eu circumvented her and white house policy as they pursued the president's personal goals in ukraine. both rudy giuliani and gordon sondland urged the country's leaders to investigate the ukrainian energy company that employed...
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nancy cordes is following this. and, nancy, what are we to make about all this? >> reporter: well, norah, hillary clinton did not mention tulsi gabbard by name, but an aide confirms that that's who she was talking about when she made this stunning claim that the russians had already hit on a way to meddle in the 2020 elections, much in the same way they meddled in her election in 2016. on a podcast interview clinton said, "they're grooming her to be the third party candidate. she's a favorite of the aussians. they've a bunch of sites and bots other and ways of supporting her so far." clinton was referring to the fact that the hawaii congresswoman gets a lot of attention from kremlin-linked media, just as green party candidate jill stein did back in 2016. this afternoon, gabbard lashed back, accusing clinton of trying to destroy her reputation and calling clinton, "the queen of warmongers, embodiment of corruption, and personification as the rot that has sickened the democratic party for so long." for now, most other democrats are staying out of this fight. gabbar
nancy cordes is following this. and, nancy, what are we to make about all this? >> reporter: well, norah, hillary clinton did not mention tulsi gabbard by name, but an aide confirms that that's who she was talking about when she made this stunning claim that the russians had already hit on a way to meddle in the 2020 elections, much in the same way they meddled in her election in 2016. on a podcast interview clinton said, "they're grooming her to be the third party candidate. she's a...
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state erpartment's dealings with ukraine, a foreign country now y.inqu center of the impeachnt ir nancy cordess on capitol hill with this breaking news. nancy, what have we learned? >> reporter: norah, cbs news has learned that staffers from several key committees have been nuvited to an urgent, last-g byl ll tomormirow.rite b all they've been told is that they're going to be shown documents related to ukraine. this comes as the secretary himself is on an overseas trip. secretary of state mike pompeo glad-handed in italy today while trading punches with congress back home. said impeachment investigators "may not interview key state department officials this week," because they need more time to prepare. he accused democrats of bullying his employees with their requests. democratic leaders shot back that pompeo is the one intimidating department witnesses in order to protect himself and the president. and, they said, pompeo may now be a fact witness because it turnalls ouhe cwa he ts on when president trump urged the president of ukraine to investigate his campaign rival joe biden. >> m sectary
state erpartment's dealings with ukraine, a foreign country now y.inqu center of the impeachnt ir nancy cordess on capitol hill with this breaking news. nancy, what have we learned? >> reporter: norah, cbs news has learned that staffers from several key committees have been nuvited to an urgent, last-g byl ll tomormirow.rite b all they've been told is that they're going to be shown documents related to ukraine. this comes as the secretary himself is on an overseas trip. secretary of state...
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td nancy cordes has more on the decision to block ambassador gordon sondland's house appearance. >> reporterbassador sondland got the order to skip today's deposition in a midnight voicemail. his lawyer said sondland had already flown to d.c. from his bst in brussels. house intelligence chairman adam schiff: >> the failure to produce this witness, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of tengress. e> reporter: president trump appeared to take responsibility , "ithe last-minute move, tweeting, "i would love to send orbassador sondland to testify. but, unfortunately, he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court." pe 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 su
td nancy cordes has more on the decision to block ambassador gordon sondland's house appearance. >> reporterbassador sondland got the order to skip today's deposition in a midnight voicemail. his lawyer said sondland had already flown to d.c. from his bst in brussels. house intelligence chairman adam schiff: >> the failure to produce this witness, we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of tengress. e> reporter: president trump...
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nancy cordes has more tonight from capitol hill. >> there is a right way to do it, there is a wrong wayo do it, and this is a dangerous way to do it. >> reporter: senate republicans, led by lindsey graham, entered the impeachment fight today with a resolution accusing house democrats of denying president trump basic fairness and due process. graham had come straight from a soul-bearing lunch with president trump. >> he felt like from the time he's become president, he's been hounded about things he didn't do. >> reporter: mr. trump has been urging his party to step it up all week, calling his g.o.p. critics "human scum." >> the republicans have to get tougher, and >> reporter: house republicans complied yesterday, storming into an impeachment deposition. >> they're trying to impeach a president in secret. >> reporter: republicans haven't always opposed closed hearings. this was former oversight chair trey gowdy last year. >> our private hearing was much more constructive than the public hearing. i mean, public hearings are a circus. >> reporter: democrats say these early interviews-- ni
nancy cordes has more tonight from capitol hill. >> there is a right way to do it, there is a wrong wayo do it, and this is a dangerous way to do it. >> reporter: senate republicans, led by lindsey graham, entered the impeachment fight today with a resolution accusing house democrats of denying president trump basic fairness and due process. graham had come straight from a soul-bearing lunch with president trump. >> he felt like from the time he's become president, he's been...
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nancy cordes reports the president is still in giuliani's corner. er rudy was a great prosecutor. he was the best mayor in the history of the city of new york, as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal la >> i think there would be other people i would have represent myself. >> reporter: a top adviser to the secretary of state told tewmakers today that fallout from rudy giuliani's ukraine pursuits prompted him to resign last week. michael mckinley said he was stunned by the mistreatment of marie yovanovitch, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was removed this spring because giuliani viewed her as an obstacle. >> rudy giuliani was seeking out corruption, and what happens mostly in the 2016 election. he reporter: the president tried to reframe giuliani's mission today, though he too had urged the ukrainian president to investigate former vice president joe biden. do any of you think it was okay r r the president to ask more asan one foreign nation to ivvestigate his campaign rival? >> there's nothing that the president did wrong. >> reporter: d
nancy cordes reports the president is still in giuliani's corner. er rudy was a great prosecutor. he was the best mayor in the history of the city of new york, as far as i can see. >> reporter: president trump defended his embattled personal la >> i think there would be other people i would have represent myself. >> reporter: a top adviser to the secretary of state told tewmakers today that fallout from rudy giuliani's ukraine pursuits prompted him to resign last week. michael...
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nancy cordes leads off our coverage on capitol hill. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel alexander vindmanived in full military uniform and accused his commander in chief of undermining national security. he told congressional investigators that he did not think it was proper for the president to demand by phone that the ukrainians investigate his campaign rival, joe biden. >> today, colonel vindman made a very strong case that what thev. >> reporter: vindman is a harvard-educated iraq war veteran who now oversees uithou. "i realized," he said, "that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play, which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained." >> i thank his commitment to this country, but he is wrong in this. >> reporter: republicans dismissed the damning testimony. >> the fundamental facts have never changed. we can read the call. we know what president trump and president zelensky have said. >> reporter: so you think he was wrong to be concerned? >> no, i'll tell you what troubl
nancy cordes leads off our coverage on capitol hill. >> reporter: lieutenant colonel alexander vindmanived in full military uniform and accused his commander in chief of undermining national security. he told congressional investigators that he did not think it was proper for the president to demand by phone that the ukrainians investigate his campaign rival, joe biden. >> today, colonel vindman made a very strong case that what thev. >> reporter: vindman is a harvard-educated...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> this is not fair at all. >> reporter: lawmakers clashed this afternoonver rules that will govern the impeachment process. >> there are things in here in my decade in congress that i have never seen done before. >> the president has been afforded all kinds of rights before the judiciary committee. this is a fair process. >> reporter: the 11th and 12th witnesses testified behind closed doors today. former white house ukraine director catherine croft revealed that she received multiple calls from former republican congressman robert livingston, urging the firing of then-u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. "it was not clear to me," croft says, "at whose direction or at whose expense mr. livingston was working." the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, has claimed that yovanovitch was an impediment to his efforts to get ukraine to investigate mr. trump's campaign rival, joe biden. >> you were aware that there were individuals and forces outside of the state department seeking to smear ambassador yovanovitch, is that correct? >> i was. >> repo
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. >> this is not fair at all. >> reporter: lawmakers clashed this afternoonver rules that will govern the impeachment process. >> there are things in here in my decade in congress that i have never seen done before. >> the president has been afforded all kinds of rights before the judiciary committee. this is a fair process. >> reporter: the 11th and 12th witnesses testified behind closed doors today. former white house ukraine...
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nancy cordes tonight on how the impeachment inquiry is entering a new phase. >> reporter: house democratset behind closed doors tonight to discuss the next stage of the impeachment inquiry. the resolution they'll vote on this week will lay out procedures for public hearings and outline due process rights for the president and his counsel as republicans have demanded. >> so what i am saying is there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it, and this is a dangerous way to do it. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi said the vote should eliminate any doubt as to whether the trump administration may withhold documents and prevent witness testimony. just today, former white house official charles kupperman defied a congressional subpoena, failing to show up for a scheduled deposition. >> i think we can infer from the white house opposition to dr. kupperman's testimony that they believe that his testimony would be incriminating of the president. >> reporter: other witnesses have testified that president trump withheld military aid and a coveted white house meeting in an attempt to pr
nancy cordes tonight on how the impeachment inquiry is entering a new phase. >> reporter: house democratset behind closed doors tonight to discuss the next stage of the impeachment inquiry. the resolution they'll vote on this week will lay out procedures for public hearings and outline due process rights for the president and his counsel as republicans have demanded. >> so what i am saying is there is a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it, and this is a dangerous way to do...
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nancy cordes has more on this day of political theater on capitol hill. >> we want to know what's going >> reporter: they staged their revolt in the basement of the u.s. capitol. >> we're going in. >> reporter: more than two dozen house republicans stormed a secure area, and refused to leave a scheduled deposition. >> by golly, if they're going to do it, do it in public! >> reporter: one member broadcast the rebellion from behind closed doors. >> what the republicans are asking for is insane. >> reporter: the sit-in delayed the testimony of pentagon official laura cooper by five hours, the eighth private interview by democrats and republicans on the three committees currently handling the impeachment inquiry. >> what's really going on here is yesterday, ambassador bill taylor testified and gave the most sweeping and devastating testimony about president trump's efforts to shake down the ukrainian government. >> reporter: closed-door hearings on capitol hill are not unusual. the republican-led benghazi committee did several. how is this different from that situation? >> this is impeachme
nancy cordes has more on this day of political theater on capitol hill. >> we want to know what's going >> reporter: they staged their revolt in the basement of the u.s. capitol. >> we're going in. >> reporter: more than two dozen house republicans stormed a secure area, and refused to leave a scheduled deposition. >> by golly, if they're going to do it, do it in public! >> reporter: one member broadcast the rebellion from behind closed doors. >> what...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. it was an entire day of testimony. what have we learned about what volker said? >> reporter: norah, volker has been speaking to congressional investigators about rudy giuliani's efforts to investigate the bidens. now, volker stepped down as u.s. special envoy to ukraine one week ago, in part, sources tell us, so that he could speak with greater candor today. and he also turned over documents and other evidence to investigators, including a text tain about the president's sudden decision this summer to block military aid to ukraine. in those texts, a top diplomat at the u.s. embassy in ukraine writes, "i think it's crazy to zythhold security assistance for alp with a political campaign." the u.s. ambassador to the e.u., who is a former trump donor acred back, "bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear: no quid pro quos of any kind." volker reportedly also told warned giuliani that giuliani was getting inaccurate dirt about the bidens from bad sources in uk
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. it was an entire day of testimony. what have we learned about what volker said? >> reporter: norah, volker has been speaking to congressional investigators about rudy giuliani's efforts to investigate the bidens. now, volker stepped down as u.s. special envoy to ukraine one week ago, in part, sources tell us, so that he could speak with greater candor today. and he also turned over documents and other evidence to investigators, including a text tain about...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what else did we learn from taylor's testimony?reporter: yes, we learned that there were meetings and phone calls and cables where this controversial strategy was discussed and where the ukrainians were pushed to cooperate, even told what to say to make the president happy. ambassador taylor called the situation alarming and made it clear that he felt it was a quid pro quo. >> mr. taylor, what led you to be concerned about a quid pro quo? >> reporter: in nearly ten hours of testimony, ambassador bill taylor described a secret campaign to pressure ukraine, using millions in military aid as leverage. >> this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. very troubling. >> he is probably one of the most credible witnesses i've ever seen. >> reporter: taylor is a veteran civil servant who was asked to return to his post in ukraine this summer, according to his 15-page opening statement. he encountered a highly irregular u.s. policy-making effort there, led by the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. >> this is not just rogue r
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what else did we learn from taylor's testimony?reporter: yes, we learned that there were meetings and phone calls and cables where this controversial strategy was discussed and where the ukrainians were pushed to cooperate, even told what to say to make the president happy. ambassador taylor called the situation alarming and made it clear that he felt it was a quid pro quo. >> mr. taylor, what led you to be concerned about a quid pro quo? >>...
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nan nan nan nan nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: what he's been describing all day is the quid prouo that the president had been denying. what made you concern about a quid pro quo. behind closed doors ambassador bill taylor described a secret campaign to pressure ukraine, using u.s. aid as bait. >> this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. very troubling. >> reporter: taylor was a recently retired, seasoned diplomat, pressed back into service this summer. according to his 15-page opening statement, taylor encountered a highly irregular u.s. policymaking effort in ukraine, engineered by president trump and involving the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani. by mid-july, taylor said, it was becoming clear to me, the meeting that ukrainian president zelensky wanted with president trump, was conditioned on the investigations of the energy company that employed the son of joe biden. president trump tightened the screws by suddenly withholding hundreds of millions in aid. he was adamant that he go to a microphone and say he is opening investigations of biden and 2016 elec
nan nan nan nan nancy cordes reports. >> reporter: what he's been describing all day is the quid prouo that the president had been denying. what made you concern about a quid pro quo. behind closed doors ambassador bill taylor described a secret campaign to pressure ukraine, using u.s. aid as bait. >> this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. very troubling. >> reporter: taylor was a recently retired, seasoned diplomat, pressed back into service this summer. according...
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nancy cordes brings us the latest. lyer said d.c. from his post in brussels.shif. >> the failure to produce this witness we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress. >> reporter: president trump appeared to take responsibility for the last-minute move, tweeting, i would love to send ambassador sondland to testify. but unfortunately, he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court. >> what we see in this impeachment 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 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 securit
nancy cordes brings us the latest. lyer said d.c. from his post in brussels.shif. >> the failure to produce this witness we consider yet additional strong evidence of obstruction of the constitutional functions of congress. >> reporter: president trump appeared to take responsibility for the last-minute move, tweeting, i would love to send ambassador sondland to testify. but unfortunately, he would be testifying before a totally compromised kangaroo court. >> what we see in...
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nancy cordes on capitol hill.his very unexpected news? >> gayle, the grief here on capitol hill this morning is bipartisan. one democrat described cummings as a towering presence, a republican called him an extraordinary man. cummings had struggled in recent years with various health problems. he had a heart valve replacement a couple years ago. he was dealing with a knee infection. those recent procedures had slowed him down. he took his last vote a little over a month ago, but his wife says this morning that he worked until his last breath. this morning, i spoke with senate minority leader chuck schumer who called the news a punch to the gut. >> he was a wonderful, amazing man. he always showed in his professional life and personal life strength and kindness and compassion and humility. people would seek his advice, i would, because you know you would get a dispassionate answer but a caring answer. not what would benefit -- >> cummings began his career in the maryland house of dell gates in 1983 where he served
nancy cordes on capitol hill.his very unexpected news? >> gayle, the grief here on capitol hill this morning is bipartisan. one democrat described cummings as a towering presence, a republican called him an extraordinary man. cummings had struggled in recent years with various health problems. he had a heart valve replacement a couple years ago. he was dealing with a knee infection. those recent procedures had slowed him down. he took his last vote a little over a month ago, but his wife...
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nancy cordes reports. >> this is not fair at all. >> reporter: lawmakers clashed this afternoon overes that will govern the impeachment. process there. >> there are things in here in my dick cade in congress that i've never seen done before. >> the president has been afforded all kinds of rights before the judiciary committee. this is a fair process. >> reporter: the 11th and 12th witnesses testified behind closed doors today. former white house ukraine director catherine croft revealed that she received multiple calls from former republican congressman robert livingston, urging the firing of then u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. "it was not clear to me," croft says, "at whose direction or at whose expense mr. livingston was working." the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has claimed that yovanovitch was an impediment to his efforts to get ukraine to investigate mr. trump's campaign rival joe biden. >> you were aware there were individuals and forces outside of the state department seeking to smear ambassador yovanovitch, is that right? >> i was. >> reporter: dep
nancy cordes reports. >> this is not fair at all. >> reporter: lawmakers clashed this afternoon overes that will govern the impeachment. process there. >> there are things in here in my dick cade in congress that i've never seen done before. >> the president has been afforded all kinds of rights before the judiciary committee. this is a fair process. >> reporter: the 11th and 12th witnesses testified behind closed doors today. former white house ukraine director...
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nancy cordes reports. >> it left the president's own lawyers mystified and blindsided, according to ourlready trying to walk his comments back, saying in a statement that he was somehow misconstrued. >> i have news for everybody. repolicy.it.ertopolitics >> reporter: the president's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney admitted today that there was a quid pro quo involving u.s. military aid to ukraine, but not, he insisted, for the reason everyone thinks. >> the money held up had absolutely nothing to do with biden. that was the point i made to you. >> reporter: instead, he said, president trump put a temporary hold on millions in aid to get ukraine to investigate a debunked theory about a hidden server containing hillary clinton's emails. >> look back to what happened in 2016. certainly was part of the thing that he was worried about in corruption with that nation. >> reporter: but the white house summary of a call from july shows president trump asked his ukrainian counterpart to investigate both the crowdstrike server and former vice president joe biden, his potential campaign rival.
nancy cordes reports. >> it left the president's own lawyers mystified and blindsided, according to ourlready trying to walk his comments back, saying in a statement that he was somehow misconstrued. >> i have news for everybody. repolicy.it.ertopolitics >> reporter: the president's acting chief of staff mick mulvaney admitted today that there was a quid pro quo involving u.s. military aid to ukraine, but not, he insisted, for the reason everyone thinks. >> the money...
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nancy cordes has the latest. >> there is a right way to do and a wrong way to do it, and this is a dangerous to do it. >> reporter: senate republicans, led by lindsey graham entered the impeachment fight today with a resolution accusing house democrats of denying president trump basic fairness and due process. graham had come straight from a soul-baring lunch with president trump. >> he felt like from the time he's become president, he's been hounded about things he didn't do. >> reporter: mr. trump has been urging his party to step it up all week, calling his gop >> the republicans have to get tougher and fight. >> reporter: house republicans complied yesterday, storming into an impeachment deposition. >> they're trying to impeach a president in secret. >> reporter: republicans haven't always opposed closed hearings. this was former oversight chair trey gowdy last year. >> our private hearing was much more constructive than the public hearing. i mean, public hearings are a circus. >> reporter: democrats say these early interviews, nine so far, have to take place in private. >> we don't want
nancy cordes has the latest. >> there is a right way to do and a wrong way to do it, and this is a dangerous to do it. >> reporter: senate republicans, led by lindsey graham entered the impeachment fight today with a resolution accusing house democrats of denying president trump basic fairness and due process. graham had come straight from a soul-baring lunch with president trump. >> he felt like from the time he's become president, he's been hounded about things he didn't do....
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nancy cordes has the latest. >> reporter: house democrats are back.deputy secretary of state george kent. in an email to colleagues back in march, kent slammed what he called a "fake news driven smear" against the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, a smear lawyer, rudy giuliani. >> and we were blocked by the ambassador, who eventually got fired. >> reporter: her firing opened the door for giuliani and gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu, to directly push ukraine's leaders to investigate the president's campaign rival joe biden and his son. in dramatic testimony yesterday, the president's former top russia adviser, fiona hill, told lawmakers that the rogue ukraine operation outraged the president's former national security adviser, john bolton, who likened it to a drug deal and urged her to inform the nsc's top lawyer, adding giuliani's a hand grenade who is going to blow everybody up. returning republicans railed against the impeachment probe. but as evidence piles up, their defense of mr. trump has become more muted. was it appropriate for the pr
nancy cordes has the latest. >> reporter: house democrats are back.deputy secretary of state george kent. in an email to colleagues back in march, kent slammed what he called a "fake news driven smear" against the u.s. ambassador to ukraine, a smear lawyer, rudy giuliani. >> and we were blocked by the ambassador, who eventually got fired. >> reporter: her firing opened the door for giuliani and gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu, to directly push...
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nancy cordes brings us up to speed. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that staffers from several keyttees have been invited to an urgent, last- minute briefing by the state department's inspector general here on capitol hill tomorrow. all they've been told is that they're going to be shown documents related to ukraine. this comes as the secretary himself is on an overseas trip. secretary of state mike pompeo glad-handed in italy today while trading punches with congress back home. in a scathing letter, pompeo said impeachment investigators "may not interview key state department officials this week," because they need more time to prepare. he accused democrats of bullying his employees with their requests. democratic leaders shot back that pompeo is the one intimidating department witnesses in order to protect himself and the president. and, they said, pompeo may now be a fact witness because it turns out, he was on the call when president trump urged the president of ukraine to investigate his campaign rival joe biden. >> mr. secretary, do you have any comment on reports you were on
nancy cordes brings us up to speed. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that staffers from several keyttees have been invited to an urgent, last- minute briefing by the state department's inspector general here on capitol hill tomorrow. all they've been told is that they're going to be shown documents related to ukraine. this comes as the secretary himself is on an overseas trip. secretary of state mike pompeo glad-handed in italy today while trading punches with congress back home. in a...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what else did the secretary have to say? >> reporter: good morning. secretary pompeo said the call was focused on rooting out corruption and graft in ukraine, but we know that that's not what the call summary released by the white house shows. this comes amidst a huge and escalating clash between congress and secretary pompeo over evidence and witnesses. >> it was about helping the ukrainians to get graft out and corruption outside of their government. >> reporter: secretary pompeo broke his silence about his role in a call between ukraine's president and president trump, and he accused democrats of pressuring state department officials to testify right away. >> we will, of course, do our constitutional duty to cooperate with this co-equal branch, but we are going to do so in a way that is consistent with the fundamental values of the american system. >> reporter: overnight, democrats railed against secretary of state mike pompeo after he said top officials needed more time to prepare for congressional interviews. >> it's es
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what else did the secretary have to say? >> reporter: good morning. secretary pompeo said the call was focused on rooting out corruption and graft in ukraine, but we know that that's not what the call summary released by the white house shows. this comes amidst a huge and escalating clash between congress and secretary pompeo over evidence and witnesses. >> it was about helping the ukrainians to get graft out and corruption outside of their...
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the contents still have not been released. >> nancy cordes -- capitol hill. thank you. >>> a russian news agency says that kurdish forces have started leaving northern syria with russian troops moving to enforce a cease-fire along the turkish border. president trump has lifted sanctions against turkey as a reward for making a deal to help russia. ul story. paula, good morning to you. does this mean the u.s. is getting all the way out? >> reporter: well, good morning, gayle. the president confirmed that a small number of troops will remain in syria to protect key oil fields from isis. a u.s. official tells cbs news that plan will involve at least 200 troops. but with a small presence, the u.s. is effectively relinquishing influence in the region, and it appears russia will now be calling the shots. >> this was an outcome created by us, the united states, and nobody else. >> reporter: the u.s. was not at the negotiating table when russia and turkey struck a deal to end fighting in northern syria. >> let someone else fight over this long blood-stained sand. >> r
the contents still have not been released. >> nancy cordes -- capitol hill. thank you. >>> a russian news agency says that kurdish forces have started leaving northern syria with russian troops moving to enforce a cease-fire along the turkish border. president trump has lifted sanctions against turkey as a reward for making a deal to help russia. ul story. paula, good morning to you. does this mean the u.s. is getting all the way out? >> reporter: well, good morning, gayle....
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nancy cordes is capitol hill this morning and we have coverage at the white house. >> reporter: it is, norah. at this point we can now say it appears the democrats do have the vote to pass this resolution. almost all of the democrats had signaled beforehand they were going to vote yes, and almost all republicans voting no. what does this resolution do? as you said it essentially establishes the procedures for the next public phase of this inquiry. how are the public hearings going to work? how much time will lawmakers have time to ask questions, and how will the president's lawyers be able to participate? how do you get all of the evidence from the house's intelligence committee that has been holding closed door hearings, and at the end of the day it would craft actual articles of impeachment in it comes to that. democrats claim they did not need to do this vote today but are doing so out of an interests in transparency, and republicans argue they are retroactively trying to make this a process -- >> sphronancy pelosi is providi over the vote today. we have heard th
nancy cordes is capitol hill this morning and we have coverage at the white house. >> reporter: it is, norah. at this point we can now say it appears the democrats do have the vote to pass this resolution. almost all of the democrats had signaled beforehand they were going to vote yes, and almost all republicans voting no. what does this resolution do? as you said it essentially establishes the procedures for the next public phase of this inquiry. how are the public hearings going to...
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nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> we want to know what's going on. >> reporter: they staged theirt in the basement of the u.s. capitol. >> we're going in. >> reporter: more than two dozen house republicans stormed a secure area, and refused to leave a scheduled deposition. >> by golly, if they're going to do it, do it in public! >> reporter: one member broadcasting the rebellion from behind closed doors. >> we've been here for hours. by now, all the democrat members have left. >> what the republicans are asking for is insane. >> reporter: the sit-in delayed the testimony of pentagon official laura cooper by five hours, the eighth private interview by democrats and republicans on the three committees currently handling the impeachment inquiry. >> what's really going on here is, yesterday, ambassador bill taylor testified and gave the most sweeping and devastating testimony about president trump's efforts to shake down the ukrainian government. >> reporter: closed-door hearings on capitol hill are not unusual. the republican-led benghazi committee did several. how is this different
nancy cordes begins our coverage. >> we want to know what's going on. >> reporter: they staged theirt in the basement of the u.s. capitol. >> we're going in. >> reporter: more than two dozen house republicans stormed a secure area, and refused to leave a scheduled deposition. >> by golly, if they're going to do it, do it in public! >> reporter: one member broadcasting the rebellion from behind closed doors. >> we've been here for hours. by now, all the...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. why is vindman's testimony so significant? >> reporter: well, because he is the first current white house official to testify and because he is saying in his opening statement that he found the president's actions improper, and that he even went to white house lawyers this summer to warn that mr. trump had asked his ukrainian counterpart to investigate a campaign rival. alexander vindman is an iraq war veteran who oversees ukraine policy at the national security council. he'll tell congressional investigators today that he grew concerned after listening in on the president's july phone call. "i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen." the request to investigate biden and his son had nothing to do with national security, he says. adding that he warned nsc's lead counsel that such a partisan play would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. >> there was no anything. there was no pr
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. why is vindman's testimony so significant? >> reporter: well, because he is the first current white house official to testify and because he is saying in his opening statement that he found the president's actions improper, and that he even went to white house lawyers this summer to warn that mr. trump had asked his ukrainian counterpart to investigate a campaign rival. alexander vindman is an iraq war veteran who oversees ukraine policy at the national...
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for "cbs this morning saturday," i'm nancy cordes on capitol hill. >>> president trump is looking to name the fifth homeland security secretary of his presidency. on friday acting dhs secretary kevin mcaleenan resigned after six months on the job. mcaleenan had been at odds with the president over the department's immigration policies. in a tweet, president trump thanked him and said he would announce a new acting secretary next week. >>> and its ability to address large-scale immigration flows -- >> children -- >> okay. thank you. >> this week, mcaleenan left a speech at georgetown university when protesters began shouting the names of migrant children who died while in federal custody. mcaleenan was the fourth person to head up the dhs since president trump's inauguration. the agency employs nearly a quarter of a million people and is tasked with border protection. the secret service and election and cybersecurity. >>> house democrats are one step closer to gaining access to some of president trump's key financial records. mr. trump has refused to release documents that would shed
for "cbs this morning saturday," i'm nancy cordes on capitol hill. >>> president trump is looking to name the fifth homeland security secretary of his presidency. on friday acting dhs secretary kevin mcaleenan resigned after six months on the job. mcaleenan had been at odds with the president over the department's immigration policies. in a tweet, president trump thanked him and said he would announce a new acting secretary next week. >>> and its ability to address...
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you saw the house speaker get a question from our colleague nancy cordes about the timeline. the question was, do you, house speaker, have in mind a timeline for wrapping up this impeachment inquiry by the end of the year. the house speaker said what she said before, no, neither the calendar or outside influencers will be the arbiter of this investigation. quick reality cheek here. there are democrats here on the hill and across the country campaigning who have said time and time again, they do what to avoid what would be the split screen of having democrats on capitol hill trying to remove donald trump from office via impeachment, while you have people trying to remove him via the ballot box. gordon sondland is here now going his second hour testifying behind closed doors, his testimony today, chris, is crucial. mainly because he is a central figure in this entire ukrainian controversy, the entire ukraine gambit. his testimony, which we know about largely based on the reporting of our colleague josh lederman, is he will say the entire thing was directed by president trump hi
you saw the house speaker get a question from our colleague nancy cordes about the timeline. the question was, do you, house speaker, have in mind a timeline for wrapping up this impeachment inquiry by the end of the year. the house speaker said what she said before, no, neither the calendar or outside influencers will be the arbiter of this investigation. quick reality cheek here. there are democrats here on the hill and across the country campaigning who have said time and time again, they do...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what do the democrats hope to get with the subpoena? >> they note in the subpoena that giuliani himself says he has evidenxtges, phone records, that indicate that he got help and encouragement from trump administration officials when he was making these forays into ukraine. it gives giuliani just two weeks to produce over 2 1/2 years worth of documents on 23 related subjects including his efforts to pressure ukrainian officials to investigate joe biden and his son. there are credible allegations that he acted as an agent of the president of the president in a scheme to advance his personal political interests by abusing the power of the office of the president. they're encouraged by new national polls that indicate public support for a impeachment inquiry is growing. and senator mitch mcconnell said he would have no choice but to take up the impeachment resolution if it does come to the house. >> if it comes down that path, we'll follow the senate rules. >> president trump indicated he's searching for him or her. >> we're trying to find
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what do the democrats hope to get with the subpoena? >> they note in the subpoena that giuliani himself says he has evidenxtges, phone records, that indicate that he got help and encouragement from trump administration officials when he was making these forays into ukraine. it gives giuliani just two weeks to produce over 2 1/2 years worth of documents on 23 related subjects including his efforts to pressure ukrainian officials to investigate joe...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what happens now?reporter: well, democrats say they're not going to let the white house force them into taking aote that they say they're not required to do. and beyond that, privately, some democrats worry that taking this vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry would give the minority party an opening to demand more investigative powers of its own. >> mr. president, are you interviewing lawyers to represent you? >> reporter: the white house now says its refusal to cooperate is rooted in the law. in an eight-page memo, the president's lawyer writes that the house impeachment probe has denied the president the right to cross examine witnesses, to call witnesses, to have access to evidence, and many other basic rights. >> we have basically an investigation right now which we're not allowed to provide -- see evidence that they're bringing forward, we're not allowed to cross examine. >> reporter: democrats say the memo simply invents excuses to stone-wall. >> this is really unprecedented. congress has a
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, what happens now?reporter: well, democrats say they're not going to let the white house force them into taking aote that they say they're not required to do. and beyond that, privately, some democrats worry that taking this vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry would give the minority party an opening to demand more investigative powers of its own. >> mr. president, are you interviewing lawyers to represent you? >> reporter: the white...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill with more on this story. nancy, mr. volker seems to be a key player. what do you think lawmakers can expect today from that interview? >> reporter: democrats want to know more about why he unexpectedly resigned as special envoy to ukraine last week, and they think they can -- he can help them understand just how much assistance the state department gave the president's personal lawyer, rudolph giuliani, as he pedaled conspiracy theories about the bidens in ukraine. >> i don't know are y he resigned -- >> reporter: a source close to volker said he resigned so he can testif according to the whistleblower report, volker sought to help ukrainian leaders understand the differing messages they were receiving from official u.s. channels on the one hands and giuliani on the other. >> we're not fooling around. >> reporter: democrats fired another warning shot at the white house wednesday, drafting a subpoena after the white house did not produce any documents requested a month ago and did not even acknowledge receipt of the requ
nancy cordes is on capitol hill with more on this story. nancy, mr. volker seems to be a key player. what do you think lawmakers can expect today from that interview? >> reporter: democrats want to know more about why he unexpectedly resigned as special envoy to ukraine last week, and they think they can -- he can help them understand just how much assistance the state department gave the president's personal lawyer, rudolph giuliani, as he pedaled conspiracy theories about the bidens in...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: privately some republicans tell us that they just don't feel it's worth it to take the president on. first of all, because he hits back, and second of all, because his approval rating within the republican party is still quite high. 87%, according to the latest gallup poll taken as this controversy unfolded. >> i hope this will be done with the seriousness that any impeachment proceeding deserves. >> reporter: senator susan collins of maine is one of the few republicans willing to call the president out, telling the "bangor daily news," "i thought the president made a big mistake by asking china to get involved in investigating a political opponent." >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. >> reporter: nebraska republican ben sasse responded, "americans don't look to chinese commies for truth." utah's mitt romney called the president's plea "wrong and appalling." president trump responded by calling romney a pompous ass and a bunch of other things. most re
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. what are you hearing? >> reporter: privately some republicans tell us that they just don't feel it's worth it to take the president on. first of all, because he hits back, and second of all, because his approval rating within the republican party is still quite high. 87%, according to the latest gallup poll taken as this controversy unfolded. >> i hope this will be done with the seriousness that any impeachment proceeding deserves. >> reporter:...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, the list of officials who are not cooperating with this inquiry seems to be growing. >> reporter: yes. you've now got the department of defense, the vice president, mike pence, and the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, all ignoring congressional deadlines to hand over documents. they essentially say they won't comply with what they view as an illegitimate investigation, and they want a voteinquiry. but for now, they're not going to get one. >> at this time we will not be having a vote. >> reporter: after meeting with democratic leaders, house speaker nancy pe annoued her decision has not changed and a vote is not required. >> the white house says it's not cooperating in part because there's not been a vote to formalize the impeachment inquiry. why not hold the vote and call the white house's bluff? >> we're not here to call bluffs. we're here to find the truth to uphold the constitution of the united states. this is not a game for us. >> reporter: there was more dramat
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, the list of officials who are not cooperating with this inquiry seems to be growing. >> reporter: yes. you've now got the department of defense, the vice president, mike pence, and the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, all ignoring congressional deadlines to hand over documents. they essentially say they won't comply with what they view as an illegitimate investigation, and they want a voteinquiry. but for now, they're not going to get...
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nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, the inquiry continues. what are we learning about what some of the witnesses will say? >> reporter: good morning. today lawmakers are going to be interviewing fiona hill. she's a russia expert and who is expected to say that trump loyalists went outside the usual e annels when dealing with ukraine. it comes as vice president reporterson hunter announces that he is going to be stepping down from his position on the board of a chinese investment firm. >> no one has asserted that i have done anything wrong except a lying president. f> reporter: speaking to reporters in iowa, former vice president biden praised his son's decision announced sunday not to serve on boards of or work on behalf of foreign-owned companies if his father is elected. an >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house, ill sit at a meeting as if they're a cabinet member, will yone thahave any business corporaship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country, period. hatreporter: it was hunter biden
nancy cordes is on capitol hill. nancy, the inquiry continues. what are we learning about what some of the witnesses will say? >> reporter: good morning. today lawmakers are going to be interviewing fiona hill. she's a russia expert and who is expected to say that trump loyalists went outside the usual e annels when dealing with ukraine. it comes as vice president reporterson hunter announces that he is going to be stepping down from his position on the board of a chinese investment firm....
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nancy cordes has more. vice can you tell us about her?utationter: well, that former wasssador is maria yovonovitch. ie is a 33-year-old veteran of the foreign service with a 2erling reputation, but she was suddenly recalled to washington in may after rudy giuliani complained that she was blocking his efforts to get ukraine to going igate the bidens. is goicrats want to know if there was political retribution at play here. a so her name came up in president trump's july 25th phone call with the president of ukraine. ry, butmp said yovonovitch was, quote, bads,d that she's attendi go through things. one of the mysteries on capitol hill is whether she is going to show up this morning. a source close to her says that she wants to tell her story, but that study officials have been blocked from attending these nothertions. so we really don't know what's going to happen. >> nancy, another witness due to te testify next week is a former member of president trump's national security council. what do we know about her? >> her name is fiona hill. sh
nancy cordes has more. vice can you tell us about her?utationter: well, that former wasssador is maria yovonovitch. ie is a 33-year-old veteran of the foreign service with a 2erling reputation, but she was suddenly recalled to washington in may after rudy giuliani complained that she was blocking his efforts to get ukraine to going igate the bidens. is goicrats want to know if there was political retribution at play here. a so her name came up in president trump's july 25th phone call with the...
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nancy cordes on capitol hill. quite the press conference for mr. mulvaney. what's the reaction? >> reporter: democrats see it as an admission of wrongdoing while republicans see them as a headache at best. even the president's own lawyers we're told were blind sided by what he said. mulvaney is now insisting that this is all the media's fault and that his words were misconstrued. >> things have just gone from very, very bad to much, much worse. >> reporter: after rejecting the notion of a quid pro quo for weeks, the white house appeared to suddenly switch gears. >> i have news for everybody -- get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> reporter: acting chief of staff mick mulvaney said the president did withhold millions in military aid to extract a promise from the ukrainians. >> this is a corrupt place. i don't want to send a bunch of money. did he mention the corruption related to the dnc server? absolutely. no question about that. but that's it. that's why we held up the money. >> reporter: he's referring to a debunked theory that ukraine secr
nancy cordes on capitol hill. quite the press conference for mr. mulvaney. what's the reaction? >> reporter: democrats see it as an admission of wrongdoing while republicans see them as a headache at best. even the president's own lawyers we're told were blind sided by what he said. mulvaney is now insisting that this is all the media's fault and that his words were misconstrued. >> things have just gone from very, very bad to much, much worse. >> reporter: after rejecting the...