and peter alexander is at trump tower for us. anna, it seems like in the last 24 hours everything has change and maybe also nothing has changed, but there is no getting around the fact that democrats have made this huge historic move. >> yeah, absolutely. it was a seismic shift. in the process, you're right. the democrats were already going along the way figuring out at the judiciary level how they were going to proceed with the articles of impeachment. now you have nancy pelosi. she's the most important person in the building and the one donald trump is most nervous about. you're going to see democrats coming out and supporting this. there's really going to be a process. it's not just go be jerry nadler and other the democrats wanting this. you have the speaker behind this. >> you have the president repeatedly tweeteding witch hunt garbage and talking about it in similar terms. now we're going to be looking at the whistle-blower come plaunlt being turned over and the releasing of a phone call. we keep saying it's a transcript. i

time i traveled to the united states, i stayed in new york near central park, and i stayed at the trump tower. president trump says, i will tell rudy and attorney general barr to call. whenever you would like to come to the white house, feel free to call. give us a date, and we'll work that out. i will look forward to seeing you. president zelenskiy says thank you very much, they say thank you a couple more times.

when we come back, the lobby of a trump tower building of a new york suburb last night.you t guest of conspiracy network television.that's rachas network, msdnc. he said that he fantasizes about doing the same every time he drives by a trump property. okay. is he still working there? is he still allowed on the air? we'll debate. we'll discuss next. >> sean: all right, so, the media mob. their bias on full display.chrid she she doesn't believe the story about brett kavanaugh. msnbc dnc panelist conspiracy tv teeted about his own wishes too do the same every time he passes a trump property.here with reac, coauthor of the book, "justice on trial."the kavanaugh nominate future of the supreme court. chief council cath yes sererino and she is now with we will for trump and she is the national co-chair, gena is back with us. gina, if you ever said this as a conservative against a liberalag that to an obama prompt, or if you lied about a democratic appointment, the way they treated kavanaugh, why do i believe things would be very i different. >> things are always c different for conservatives

this happened in front of the trump tower. the judge said trump can testify via videotape.l is set to begin this week. a lot of people would look at this and say this raises a serious constitutional question. can a state judge order a sitting president to testify? how likely will he be compelled to do so? >> well, christi, at this point it looks like the testimony will go forward. i think the judge is relying on a federal court ruling that said when bill clinton was president that he could sit for a deposition and that deposition could be used in connection with the paula jones lawsuit. so a president can be recorded as far as testimony is concerned. it can be done at a different time than the trial itself, and then they'll play the recorded testify at the trial. so as long as it doesn't directly interfere with a presidential duty or responsibility, they can tape him and use that at a trial. >> can the president refuse to answer the questions? >> well, no. any witness has the right to refuse toance. that's not what's at issue in this indicate. a straightforward case where a

you didn't tell congress is that on august 3rd 2016 you were at a meeting during the campaign at trump tower with don junior trump son which stephen miller then a campaign advisor to trump with george nader a former blackwater colleague of yours who acts as a back channel to the saudis there moralities you're supposed to be convicted paedophile and also joel's an israeli expert on social media manipulation how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress given it's so relevant to their investigation. i did as part of the part of the investigations i certainly disclosed in the ne meetings the very new i had on in the congressional testimony you gave to the house we went through you didn't mention anything about august 26th meeting in trump tower they specifically asked you what context you have and you didn't answer that. i don't believe i was asked that question you asked whether any community for communications or contact with the campaign you said apart from writing papers putting up yard signs know what you said i've got the transcript of the conversation here. i might have been i thi

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money from the oligarchs that had been looted from the russian treasury and that many came into the trump tower and trump hotels and other trump investments. there is some extraordinary photographs in the book as well as description of what took place and it sets the stage for how the presidential election got derailed and hijacked by russian interference in 2016 and how russian money came in for the purposes of cybersurveillance and espionage against the dnc, the linking of those emails interfering in the election systems of a couple dozen states and how vladimir putin paid for what unger called the greatest active measure intelligence operation in human history where they set up a whole internet operation, internet research agency i think it was called, in moscow and pumped poison into the american body politic by trying to create and exasperate decisions of long lines of race, and political party and so on, basically to contaminate politics with all the divisions and polarizations that have overtaken this ever since. an extraordinary story. in the broader sense it is part of the story of how

protestors who say that in 2015 they were assaulted by the president's security team outside of trump towermanhattan. this incident was at least partially captured on video, as you can see there, five men who describe themselves as human rights activists file add suit a month later and their claim has finally made it to the courtroom. polo sandoval joins me here now. this was just a few months into the campaign. describe what happened and how we got here with this lawsuit? >> at the core here, it's fascinating. what you have here is a judge at the state level ordering a sitting president to offer his testimony under oath. will it actually happen here? we'll have to see. let's go back to 2015 to paint a clear picture of this ongoing litigation here to remind you that this started as a protest outside of trump tower where protestors were wearing parody clan outfits and that's when the security team was part of an altercation. and now what you have is a lawsuit by these five men, that image showing the scene out there. the subjects of this lawsuit, donald trump, his campaign, the trump organiz

this is the crown jewel of the donald trump empire. >> this is where he made his mark. >> trump tower is the home base for donald trump and his sprawling real estate portfolio. this iconic building has served both as the setting of his popular reality show that aired on nbc, "the apprentice" -- >> you're fired. >> i am officially running -- >> and as the launch pad for the most inprobable presidential campaign to ever succeed. i mean, it does make you feel something when you drive by. look at all the different windows. who's paying what money to where inside that building? this is trump international? >> yep, hotel and tower. so there are apartments here. but it is also a hotel. >> i've never heard of one person that stayed in that hotel. >> saudis have stayed there. and not just any saudis. according to a letter obtained by nbc news, officials traveling with crown prince mohammad bin salman stayed at the trump international for five days following a white house visit in march 2018. it was a letter by the general manager saying the saudis have helped us with our bottom line. >> and ho

where this gets interesting in the ensuing 12 hours of insanity inside the trump towers and everyone is running around like a chicken with their head cut off those calls coming in over the country for donald trump to quit the race including from paul ryan on the phone with his longtime fd saying this is fatal you have to get him out of the race and he's fielding calls from governors, congressmen, donors and the party and they say the same thing, this guy is toast you have to kick him off the ticket. the problem is is the former general counsel and there is no mechanism to kick him off the ticket. the only way is by persuading him to step aside if you know anything about his relationship with the party committees not going to be pushed aside by these people that he viewed as the claims. the one-person donald trump is worried about that day is mike pence. the two of them have been a relationship that is widely misunderstood, and i hope that you will pick up the book and relse from the book i hope that you get a glimpse inside of their very unique relationship essentially mike pence want

. >>> coming up, a mini crime spree at trump tower. >>> also ahead, the sudden death of a celebrity chef and star from the food network who was only 44 years old. >>> and a surprise from "downton abbey" as the movie takes on brad pitt at the box office. >>> come on, buddy. you almost got it. >> we are back with rescue crews in oregon literally throwing a life line to a deer. it was trapped in a 25-foot-deep water tank -- water treatment tank near portland. that deer was in the only spot where it was above water. crews were able to coax it into walking up a ladder there to freedom. >>> new york city police are looking for a criminal in trump tower. detectives say someone stole $350,000 worth of jewelry from two tenants in thes say the cri earlier this month and the burglaries are believed to be inside jobs. the president is staying in the building this week during the u.n. general assembly. >>> a vacation nightmare for tens of thousands of people. the british tour company and airline thomas cook has suddenly shut down leaving tourists stranded. the british government is promising to bring

from the old carps that had been looted from the russian treasury and that money came into the trump tower and the trump hotels and other trumpet investments and there is some extraordinary photographs in the book as well as description of what it is that took place. it sets the stage for how the presidential election basically got derailed and hijacked by russian interference in 2016 and how russian money came in for the purposes of cyber surveillance and espionage against the dnc. the leaking of all the emails how they were directed temps to interfere in the election system of a couple dozen states. and help hooton paid for what unger calls the greatest act of measure intelligence operation in human history where they set up a whole internet operation, the internet research agency i think it was called in moscow. then pumped poison into the american body politic by trying to create and exacerbate divisions along the lines of race, religion, political party and so on. basically to contaminate our politics with all the divisions and polarization that have overtaken us ever since. it's an e

the scuffle outside of trump tower at the center of this trial. that's next.ultra wideband, so more screaming, streaming, posting fans... can experience 5g all at once. this is happening in 13 stadiums all across the country. now if verizon 5g can do this for the nfl... imagine what it can do for you. i had no idea that my grandfatherfe changing moment for me. was a federal judge in guatemala. he was an advocate for the people... a voice for the voiceless. bring your family history to life like never before. get started for free at ancestry.com >>> a judge in new york has ordered president trump to testify not about whistleblowers or russia or even stormy daniels. instead it's for a lawsuit that has been brought by protesters who say that in 2015 they were violently assaulted by the president's security team outside of trump tower in manhattan. this incident was at least partially captured on video as you can see there. five men who described themselves as human rights activists of mexican origin filed a suit a month later and their claim has finally made it t

national television appearance on the today show with tom, talking about the -- the building of trump tower and various other projects and what i mean by, you know, particularly for the purposes of my book is that my book is not biography per se although it follows donald trump's life, the study of a character, long-time decade's long performance in the media that donald trump sought out and cast himself as and played for years, so, you know, speaking to although nobody recognized it at the time, speaking to the host of today on a network where he would later host the apprentice, presidential debates, you know, excess hollywood, that was really the birthday of a television character and a long-time performance that would become significant. >> was it a purposeful performance in your view? >> you know, i sort of say in the book that it's difficult to get into the question particularly with donald trump on, you know, what's the real donald trump and what's not. that is, you know, people actually wonder about this, is what he does in the media on television, a fiction, is it the real him, is i

gone through the hell we went through. >> the first memo he wrote was immediate lid after that trump tower meeting when it's president-elect trump. on a secure laptop starts typing out what he and the president were talking about. they were trying to set up the president-elect of the united states while they were telling him he wasn't under investigation. this is the scary part. when they wrote the letter to the attorney general, if they can do it to a president, imagine what they can do to you and i. when you talk about blind justice and equal treatment, you are right. that's what's at stake here. judge jeanine: that shows the clear intent, the intent james comey don't seem to understand. they know the rules. they knew weren't supposed to lie. they didn't want to protect a three-star general or give him his rights. i don't want them protect anyone. but you give them their constitutional rights. last night the i.g. sent a letter to house and senate judiciary saying my report is done. this is i call it the big a hundreda. this is the big one. this one, barr let comey liking, this is where c

remember he told him and that trump tower meeting. that was also a huge lie. it was one of the many traps that comey set in what was operation cross fire hurricane. in a brand-new book from comey's former assistant. he set up michael flynn. we just decided. he was bragging about taking advantage of general flynn. he said his investigators to th. it was from the getting, a perjury trap. andrew mccabe said, oh, you don't need a lawyer. comey said he did something he would never have done under the bush-obama administration paired sadly, and perhaps more importantly, a 33 year veteran of this country was told he didn't need a lawyer, when he absolutely needed a lawyer. is that how we at now treat our veterans? he is treating an american war hero who served this country? it is now in full effect. pay very close attention, because the next shoe to drop will be the ig's findings on fisa abuse. that means comey, the inspector general's completed report is now in the hands of the attorney general. he is reviewing this material for possible reductions. he seems to be h

the committee demanded information on fbi senior official and their actions at the january 26 trump towere president on the steele dossier. catherine herridge joins us with more. catherine: the fbi has not responded to this may 8 letter asking questions about fbi senior executives, their communications and their actions at the trump tower briefing on the dossier. the letter asks when the media learned that the fbi had the dossier. james clapper and james comey. the letter highlights an email exchange among senior fbi leadership from andrew mccabe. indicating that cnn would soon go forward with a sense of his story, that seems to be a reference to the dossier. the inspector general's report indicated how the fbi director and his top deputies went to great lengths to confront trump on the information contained in the dossier and share the president-elect's reactions with the investigators. senator graham pushed the attorney general top declassify the information. >> i want as much out as possible. i think the attorney general shares that view. we want transparency. the goal is to understand

where this gets interesting in the ensuing 12 hours of absolute insanity and trump tower as everyone runs around my chickens with their headscalled pop with calls coming in for donald trump to quit the race including the speaker of his house saying this is fatal. you have to get him out of the race and ryan's is fielding calls from governors, congressmen and some of the biggest donors saying you have to kick him off the ticket. of the problem is ryan's is the former general counsel of the rnc, top lawyer and he knows the rulebook inside and out there's a mechanism to kick them off. the only way is to persuade him to step aside and if you know anything about donald trump's relationship he won't be pushed aside by a bunch of these people who he views as weaklings and clowns. the one person donald trump is worried about that day is mike pence the two of them have a relationship that's wildly misunderstood and i hope you will pick up the book and read about their relationship if nothing else from the book i hope you get a glimpse inside their unique relationship. essentially, mike pence w

you didn't tell congress is that on august 3rd 2016 you were at a meeting during the campaign at trump tower with don jr trump son which stephen miller then a campaign advisor to trump with george nader a former blackwater colleague of yours who acts as a back channel to the saudis there moralities you're supposed to be convicted paedophile and also joel's and israeli expert on social media manipulation how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress given it so relevant to their investigation. i did as part of the part of the investigations i certainly disclosed in the ne meetings the very new i had on in the congressional testimony you gave to the house we went through you didn't mention anything about august 26th meeting in trump tower they specifically asked you what context you have and you didn't answer that. i don't believe i was asked that question you asked whether any communicate for communications or contact with the campaign you said apart from writing papers putting up yard signs know what you said i've got the transcript of the conversation here. i might have been i think

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then there was this, trump tower meeting, son don perfectly legal.p to it, nothing happened. last one, deflect and accused someone else. here we go, last sound. >> it's just a democrat witch hunt, here we go again. they failed with russia, they failed with recessions, and everything. the one who's got the problem is biden. you look at what biden did. biden did what they would like to have me do. except one problem, i didn't do it. >> right. okay. now, so on the deflect, the ukrainian witch hunt. he does this all time. this was a democratic ploy. nothing was there, this is democrats in the media. it's joe biden who has done the things wrong. there is a pattern here, this is an approach. it's one of the things that's consistent about. none of what i ran through are facts. and that's what we need, facts. what was on that call, what specifically did they talk about. why not release the whistle-blower complaint to congress. these are things that donald trump could make happen. he is choosing not to. >> that was fascinating. shout out to chelsea for produc

you didn't tell congress is that on august 3rd 2016 you were at a meeting during the campaign at trump tower with don junior trump son which stephen miller then a campaign advisor to trump with george nader a former blackwater colleague of yours who acts as a back channel to the saudis there moralities you're supposed to be convicted paedophile and also joel zemo an israeli expert on social media manipulation how come you didn't mention that meeting to congress given it's so relevant to their investigation. i did as part of the part of the investigations i certainly disclosed in the ne meetings the very new i had on in the congressional testimony you gave to the house we went through you didn't mention anything about august 26th meeting in trump tower they specifically asked you what context you have and you didn't answer that. i don't believe i was asked that question you asked whether any community for communications or contact with the campaign you said apart from writing papers putting up yard signs know what you said i've got the transcript of the conversation here. i might have been i

a little known fact your viewers should note, there are parts -- the atrium inside trump tower is actual space. it's supposed to be open 24 hour as day. there's plenty of security to keep an yeah on you, but you're allowed to go in there, chant, or wave a sign if you want to. i don't see where the candidate at the time, donald trump, had anything to do you've got that particular incident. >> what's interesting is they're arguing -- the protesters assert they were assaulted by them. the argument is his campaign rhetoric gave the impression that violence was condoned. how plausible is it that the president's language during these rallies could come into play here? >> it's a very tenuous threat. i mean really. look. there was a lot of violent rhetoric on the trail. there were acts of violence that broke out at the rallies, but this was not even that situation. you know, you might have a case if you could show that security lashed out at people and there was sort of a fervor that was being whipped up at one of those campaign rallies. as i recall, people were protesting out on the sidewalk, a

and going to trump tower to brief the incoming administration. on the russia threat.lso comey had to pull aside the president and brief him one on one on the allegations in the steel dossier. >> you have been frustrated about that. right wing media uses that. and says this was the investigation based on the faulty information. >> regardless of how many times we say that's not the case. now someone in media. based on reporting reno the genesis of the investigation was not the steel dossier. it was the george papadopoulos meeting. we were on the cusp of finding out the origin of the russia investigation and whether the fbi did what they needed to do. >> didn't you talk about that last night? you did an event with comey. is this what he said about the pending report. >> let's see the facts. and because my strong sense is as with so many things that happened over the last two years, it's been a lot of lie going on. by the president and those around him. including people in congress. lerts see the facts. the inspector general i don't always agree with the analysis. that's

comey as he went to brief then president-elect trump about allegations in the steele dossier at trump tower. so tell us why director comey asked you multiple times that day to be sure a special laptop was available to him immediately following that meeting. >> it was a very harrowing experience. and the picture you saw with us in the car there were no smiles. but what he feared is that someday as he said the president-elect eat the time might lie about the interaction between himself and the fbi director. and you have to take yourself back to that place in time. so the fbi had its russia investigation under way into four members of the trump campaign, trying to determine whether there was some type of illegality as related to the russians and here they were going to trump tower to brief the incoming administration on the russia threat, but then also comey had to pull aside the president and brief him one-on-one on the allegations in this infamous steele dossier. >> you've been frustrated about that because right wing media has used it saying this is the impetus for the entire investigation

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you also write about the meeting of trump tower. the russian lawyer and don jr. basically buying the approval of his father in that very meeting. >> that's right, this came at a period when corey lewandowski was on his way out of the campaign. don jr. was effectively taken control of the campaign. he was somebody who wanted win over his father's approval and show him that he was confidence enough at the trump tower meeting. >> mckay, thank you so much. >> that's it for this edition of "andrea mitchell reports." here is stephanie ruhle for "velshi & ruhle." >> thank so much, it is the trump dynasty. hello everyone, i am stephanie ruhle. the devastation from hurricane dorian is almost too much to fath fathom. the search for survivors underway as some aides arrived on the island. my colleague, ali velshi is looif live. president trump called off talks with the taliban that's

kristen welker is over at trump tower. good morning to you. >> reporter: craig, good morning to you. the president is kicking off a week of high stakes diplomacy in new york as his own foreign policy is coming under heightened scrutiny. the president insisting he didn't say anything wrong to the leader of ukraine. this morning, the controversy is growing and calls from democrats for impeachment are intensifying. overnight, president trump touching down new york for the un general assembly after acknowledging this weekend he did mention former vice president joe biden and his son during a phone call with the president of ukraine. >> it was largely the fact that we don't want our people like vice president biden and his son creating to the corruption already in the ukraine. >> reporter: according to "the washington post," during the call on july 25th, the president pressured the ukrainian president to investigate a company with ties to joe biden's son hunter. that call is at the root of a whistle blower complaint by an intel

he did make a transition from trump tower. st try to discover the truth and not rally to trump's defense. they don't have to say he should be impeached tomorrow. how could mitch mcconnell say yesterday there's no grounds for impeachment? how does he know? could we have them investigate? nancy pelosi has set up a situation where there could be a serious responsible investigation. it would be more serious and responsible if the republicans joined in the conversation as with white water. i'm tired of the republican hand ringing and if only he just understood better how government works. he did dwhae. we' what he did. people are going to be required to testify. the bogus claims of attorney-client privilege, you don't get to talk about what the president said. that's what's at issue, what the president said. >> exactly. >> so if only republicans just decided they wanted to hear the truth instead of, you know, worrying -- finding different kinds of excuses for the president in public and in private. >> but, bill are they're still ope

time i traveled to the united states, i stayed in new york near central park, and i stayed at the trump tower. president trump says, i will tell rudy and attorney general barr to call. whenever you would like to come to the white house, feel free to call. give us a date, and we'll work that out. i will look forward to seeing you. president zelenskiy says thank you very much, they say thank you a couple more times. president zelenskiy says, bye-bye. it's all there. in donald trump's own words. collusion with a foreign government to help donald trump's reelection campaign by hurting a candidate running against donald trump. there's a lot of talk about biden's son, that biden stopped the prosecution, and a lot of people want to find out about that, so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. whatever you can do. that's what the president of the united states wanted in that conversation from the president of ukraine. whatever you can do to help the reelection campaign of donald trump. that is the donald trump, jr., meeting at trump tower with russians during the presidential

the amount of money, the secret service is being obligated to spend at trump tower alone. >> i understandsy grasp story. >> it should be outrageous. >> i am sorry, all that outrageous that this president has engaged in those sort of low level pocket lining. did he ask mike pence to stay at his property because he's proud of it or because he wanted to get a little bit more in his pocket? it feels kind of low-level to me given the stakes of where we are at. >> i totally agree. the stuff with russia appears to be just - if there is a pattern where he can't resist the financial deal no matter where it comes from, whether the federal government from his hotel or foreign government. that's the pattern here that may be of some interests. >> well, a little bit of a different pattern. he lied to the american people whether he was engaged in conversations and negotiations about trump tower moscow during the campaign and your involvement with the foreign government, a lot more than whether you are getting a couple extra dollars in the tax returns we'll ever see. there is so much that's outrageous th

for example, in bringing michael cohen before our committee, he lied about the moscow/trump tower projectrsuing even as he was saying he had no business dealings with russia. we're trying to determine were others involved in the creation of that lie. >> just lastly, president trump suggested today that instead of continuing to investigate him, the house judiciary committee should instead spend its time investigating -- looking into president obama and the president tweeted, quote, i have a better idea -- i have a better idea, look at the obama book deal or the ridiculous netflix deal. do you have any idea what he's talking about? >> no. it's just gibberish. it's "don't investigate me, there's no conflict of interest here. never mind that i'm enriching myself through my properties and, you know, that military jets are going to airports that don't make any sense or staying at my resorts that don't make sense. look at obama. this is just a variation, frankly -- >> and a book deal and a netflix deal -- it's not even something that happened during his presidency. >> exactly, exactly. i'm surpr

tells trump in the call, quote, actually last time i traveled to the united states i stayed at the trump tower. he then tells trump, quote, you are a great teacher, end quote. he even says of a wished-for trump visit for ukraine, quote, we can either take my plane to go to ukraine or we can take your plane which is probably much better than mine. okay, the power dynamic here is clear. the kind of sucking up to trump is clear and why trump loved that call equally clear, but trump also loved the call for other reasons, deeply personal ones. the reasons at the heart of his possible impeachment. president trump says again, back to the transcript, the united states has been very, very good to ukraine. i wouldn't say that it's reciprocal, necessarily, because things are happening that are not good, but the united states has been very, very good to ukraine. you can hear him saying it. it's not really a subtle hint from the president who at the time of that call was holding up helpeds of millions of dollars in military aid to ukraine, a country that relies on that aid and after those hints and after u

president trump is just a few blocks away at trump tower at this hour. this as he begins several days of diplomacy at the united nations. but tonight, he is facing mounting criticism over reports that he called the ukranian president and asked him to investigate joe biden's son. tonight talk of impeachment is heating up on capitol hill. and some are questioning if this is a turning point. just in the last 9d0 minutes or so, the "washington post" reported that speaker nancy pelosi is quietly asking top allies and lawmakers whether the time has come to impeach president trump. they report pelosi according to multiple senior house democrats and congressional aides has asked colleagues whether they believe that trump's own admission that he pressured a ukranian leader to investigate a political foe is a tipping point. she was making calls as late as monday night to gauge support in the caucus and many leadership aides who once thought trump's impeachment was unlikely now say they think it is almost inevitable. in the last hour, the "washington post" is also

they were pursuing trump tower moscow much later. they had lied about how long they were pursuing trump tower moscow. and when they were caught, the president says, of course, what am i going to do, not do a deal isn't that that's the indicator of a guilty mind-set, barbara. >> it is. in fact, there is a doctrine in the law under a rule of evidence that prior bad acts are admissible if they tend to show this is your m.o., that it's admissible to prove that's what you're doing in this instance. what's interesting about it, is sometimes they say there's the adage like insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and getting the same result. this is insanity that makes you crazy like a fox because they are doing the same thing over and over again and it's been working. at some point one hopes that the strategy, people begin to see through it and it no longer works. >> david? >> yes. oh, i think it's clear from trump's behavior and some of the things people around him have said, he doesn't want to be impeachment. >> yes, 100% agr

kaitlan, i'm going to start with you because you're outside of trump tower right now, and i'm wondering anything from the white house on this new reporting about other white house officials who corroborate the whistle-blower's complaint? >> reporter: well, don, this is what's interesting because over the last several days before we really knew the details of this whistle-blower's complaint, you heard from the white house, from president trump and his top officials that they said they believed this whistle-blower was someone who was partisan, potentially disgruntled, someone who was essentially out to get the president, potentially a career employee. and now today as we're learning more about this whistle-blower's identity, as we're seeing this complaint start to take shape, you're seeing that the inspector general interviewed other white house officials who were involved in this, who apparently were giving some kind of a heads-up to the person who eventually filed this complaint because what you heard from the president even today during that press conference was that this person didn't

s trump tower meeting with the russians who offered the campaign dirt: kremlin connected lawyer natalia veselnitskaya! ♪ ♪ ( laughter ) but ohio republican steve chabot didn't seem to know that. >> one of the key players in the june 2016 trump tower meeting was natalia vesinetska. vesinetskia. >> stephen: ( as congressman ) now, you reported that the trump campaign had multiple contacts with russian lawyer natasha vespa mcskynet? nata-livin' la vida loca? ( laughter ) napa-- russian lawyer napa valley legolas? ( laughter ) and she worked for vladamoid pudding pop? ( laughter ) but mueller had his own problems at the hearing-- mostly, trouble hearing. >> could you repeat that, please? can you repeat the question? can you read the last question? i'm sorry, could you, again, repeat the question? again, can you repeat the question? that went a little fast for me. >> stephen: it's like congress is talking to its grandpa. ( laughter ) "i'm afraid you'll have to speak up. these old ears aren't what they used to be, and neither is our system of checks and balances. now go fetch me some peanut b

. >> reporter: president trump will be waking up today in his own trump tower apartment back in new york city of course he's there because world leaders are gathering for the united nations at a time when his interactions with world leaders are unde m th ukraine's president that is scheduled for wednesday, their first in-purse, on iran as well there is no meeting scheduled between the u.s. president and the iranian president, but mr. trump said he would remain flexible frances. >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. >>> the focus will be on iran. the iranian president is warning the u.s. and other countries to leave the persian gulf immediately. joining us is ali arouzi are we getting any closer to a military confrontation >> the saudis are still maintaining that they believe iran is behind those attacks they have, however, stopped short of saying that those attacks came from iranian soil not least of all because these attacks on the oil field expose exactly how vulnerable they are, how vulnerable their moshey wer say that those attacks came from iranian soil, then they would have to make some v

kaitlan, i'm going to start with you because you're outside of trump tower right now, and i'm wondering anything from the white house on this new reporting about other white house officials who corroborate the whistle-blower's complaint? >> reporter: well, don, this is what's interesting because over the last several days before we really knew the details of this whistle-blower's complaint, you heard from the white house, from president trump and his top officials that they said they believed this whistle-blower was someone who was partisan, potentially disgruntled, someone who was essentially out to get the president, potentially a career employee. and now today as we're learning more about this whistle-blower's identity, as we're seeing this complaint start to take shape, you're seeing that the inspector general interviewed other white house officials who were involved in this, who apparently were giving some kind of a heads-up to the person who eventually filed this complaint because what you heard from the president even today during that press conference was that this person didn't

if we learned about the illicit meeting in trump tower and the emails where the russians literally promised dirt on trump's opponent to help the trump campaign, it would have had a completely different reaction from the country. i don't know what it is, but obviously i think people set up a reaction to it, and now you're starting to see some republicans in the senate speak out publicly. worsehard to imagine a abuse of office than this. and this is what the framers -- >> we will come to that in a minute. what specifically is the most blatant violation of the law, perhaps, certainly with presidential norms and behavior? mr. schiff: the first obligation of the president is to protect the country. that i think quite literally means protect the country, uphold the punch the touch cons. and here the president betrays both. it is in our national security interest that russia not invade its neighbors. it is in our national security interest that when we promise ukraine, and our other allies when they gave up their nuclear weapons, that we stand up for what we promised. and here, that a president of

tonight he will sleep at his trump tower apartment, kate.ill he have a series of meetings, of course, with the united nations where many leaders will be gathering. regarding iran, no meeting is scheduled but the president said he remains flexible. kate? >> a big shift in the 2020 democratic race tonight. for the first time elizabeth warren is topping a critical poll while another prominent candidate may be on the verge of dropping out. >> reporter: front lines at a union protest outside gm. [ crowd chants ] >> reporter: senator elizabeth warren sounding like a front-runner. >> we are on this picket line today saying we're going to make this america work for everyone. >> reporter: overnight a jolt to the 2020 campaign, warren rocketing to the top of a new iowa poll, now in a statistical dead heat with vice president joe biden. >> the stakes are only getting higher. >> reporter: critical first caucus stake was ground zero this weekend, 17 of them on hand at the annual steak fry but warren is running away with the headlines, jumping seven point

. >> plus trump tower jewelry heist. was it an inside job? >> and emmy knockouts. hollywood glamour rained at the emmy

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