i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. i'm hungry, too. have a great weekend, everybody. >>> former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch set to testify this morning. >> efforts by rudy giuliani and others, including his associates, to run a campaign to smear yovanovitch. >> the devastating testimony corroborated testimony of bribery. impeachment is a divisive thing. >> the republicans have stuck together. it's a beautiful thing to see. >>> we heard the one shot and four after. and we started running. >> there's the whole don't take my guns. don't take my life. >> this is "new day," with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, november 15th. it's 5:00 here in new york because this is a special edition of "new day" and cnn's coverage of the impeachment inquiry into president trump. this morning, day two of the hearings. this morning, former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch will testify. she claims she was the target of a smear campaign, allegedly orchestrate

this is "early start" i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york, 9:00 a.m. in laondon and 5:00 p.m. i hong kong. the focus is on one, gordon sondland, head of the e.u. he frequently updated top officials on efforts to convince ukraine to launch investigations the president was demanding. among them, energy secretary rick perry and mick mulvaney, who famously said this about trump's pressure campaign. >> we do that all the time, with foreign policy. i have news for everybody, get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> also released this weekend, a deposition from former top official, tim morrison. he told officials that sondland was operating at the request of the president. republicans trying to shift the blame for mounting trouble away from the president. >> those individuals who leaked this, this is all coming out into public has weakened that relationship. it exposed things that didn't need to be exposed. it would have been better off if this happened behind the scenes. funding would have been restore

. >> i'm dave briggs. the latest on the wildfires ahead. >>> we start at the nation's capital. house committees expecting to interview four witnesses. john eisenberg and michael ellis will not testify. robert blare and brian mccormack have said they won't answer the committee's question. eisenberg is citing executive privilege. the rest are refusing to appear because they can't have a house lawyer present. several democrats telling cnn there's more than enough evidence to move on to the next step, which is public hearings. >>> the whistleblower who ignited the impeachment inquiry is willing to answer written questions if republicans want to commit them. but that offer is being rejected by president trump and his allies. >> the whistleblower should be revealed. the whistleblower gave a false story. some call it fraud. i won't go that far. but if i read it closely, i probably would. but the whistleblower should be revealed. >> the whistleblower should come forward in an open hearing. and the six people he talked about that talked about other issues, as well. he needs to answer th

i'm dave briggs. >> good morning. it's wednesday, november 13th, i'm christine romans and it's 4:00 a.m. in the u.s. donald trump is accused of leveraging $400 million in much needed military aid to ukraine, demanding in return an investigation into joe biden and his son. democrats' first witnesses, two career civil servants seated together for the entire day, bill tayloring temperature top american diplomat in ukraine saying he was told everything depended on ukraine publicly announcing these investigations. as taylor put it behind closed doors, that was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. >> george kent was in charge of ukraine policy and was concerned about politically motivating prosecutions. he was told the prosecution wanted nothing less. even in extraordinary times, this will be an extraordinary day. congressional reporter phil mattingly has more on capitol hill. >> christine and dave, here we go. this is it. this

i'm dave briggs. it's veterans day, monday, november 11th. we start with the potentially historic week on capitol hill. the impeachment inquiry now moves into the public eye with televised hearings. democrats are trying to stay narrowly focused, keeping the story simple. they'll try to sway public opinion using diplomatic and military service. the president's allies are peddling a smokescreen of distractions, hoping to sew confusion. >> we saw fierce exchanges over the weekend, offering a preview of how each side will fight for the political edge

i'm dave briggs >> i'm christine romans. his name is gordon sondland, and he faces congress this morning with the president's future possibly in his hands. evidence so far all points to sondland as the witness who could tie president trump directly to the campaign. >> it follow as long day of hearings that culminated in one of the republicans' own witnesses essentially turning on them. kurt volker acknowledged some of his closed door testimony had been less than fully informed. what he didn't realize then, he does now. >> since i gave my testimony on october 3rd, a great deal of additional information and perspectives have come to light. in hindsight i see how others were investigate iing. in retrospect, i should have seen that connection differently, and had i done so, i would have raised my own objections. >> one key change was directed to sondland. volker had denied any investigations came up. yesterday he recalled he did bring up investigations, which everybody thought was inappropriate. >> multiple sources tell us they'

i'm julia chatterley. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> we start with a big shock for the 2020 presidential field. former new york city mayor, michael bloomberg, preparing a white house bid. bloomberg will file paperwork to get on alabama's ballot, ahead of the state's early filing deadline. the billionaire businessman has been making calls to connected democrats over the last few days, including, where else? iowa. a strategist that's worked with bloomberg said one major factor in his thinking is this week's election in virginia, where his gun safety group helped democrats win control of the state legislature. six weeks ago, bloomberg ruled out a run. >> the truth of the matter is, if you look at the layout of who

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. tuesday, november 5th. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> this morning, we know what some of the key witnesses in the trump impeachment inquiry said behind closed doors. among the revelations, testimony that mike pompeo was silent as rudy giuliani planned to oust maria yovanovitch. the president was asked yesterday about the effort by giuliani and others to undermine yovanovitch. >> was maria yovanovitch part of a smear campaign? >> i really don't know her. if you look at the transcripts, the president of the ukraine was not a fan of hers. >> fact-check the rough transcript shows zelensky criticized the ambassador only after trump called her bad news. lauren fox has more on the transcripts from capitol hill. >> reporter: a significant day on capitol hill, as we saw the release of the first transcripts from these closed-door depositions that have been going on for the last month on capitol hill. it's a big opportunity for lawmakers who haven't been in the room over the last several weeks to see what has been occurring. one of

. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 5:00 a.m. in the east. >>> we start with a big shock for the 2020 presidential field. former new york city mayor, michael bloomberg, preparing a white house bid. bloomberg will file paperwork to get on alabama's ballot, ahead of the state's early filing deadline. the billionaire businessman has been making calls to connected democrats over the last few days, including, where else? iowa. a strategist that's worked with bloomberg said one major factor in his thinking is this week's election in virginia, where his gun safety group helped democrats win control of the state legislature. six weeks ago, bloomberg ruled out a run. >> the truth of the matter is, if you look at the layout of who is going to vote and where the country is, i would be unlikely to get elected. but in the private sector, i can make a difference. >> bloomberg rejected a run earlier because that path to victory seemed narrow with joe biden in the same lane. but biden has been struggling in the crowded democratic field, as forme

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. we begin in the nation's capital, where we will for weeks and months. president trump's phone call with the leader of ukraine, under the microscope. it may be a different call the next day, may be the most proof the president pushed his rivals. bill taylor first learned about this other call last week. >> in the presence of my staff, in a restaurant, sondland called and told him of his meetings. my staff could hear president trump hear asking about the investigations. the ambassador cold president trump they were ready to move forward. someone asked what president trump thought about ukraine. he said, he cared more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pushing for. >> that's more evident that the president himself was behind the pressure campaign. taylor's revelation undermines that he hardly knows ambassador gordon sondland. the ambassador will be asked about this when he testifies next wednesday. and the aide that overheard that call will testify behind closed doors.

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. here's "new day." >>> he was being involved in a domestic political errand. and we were being involved in national security foreign policy. >> the president's voice was loud and recognizable. i heard president trump ask, so, he's going to do the investigation? >> we have to stop this. they're not going to. >> it undercuts all of the defenses that the president and the republicans have put forward. >> they continue to push the fake, illegitimate proceedings. >> he wants to go to the trial. >> it's obstruction of justice. obstruction of congress. >>> this is "new day," with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is a special edition of "new day." it is friday, november 22nd. 5:00 in the east. so, here we are. two historic weeks, 12 public witnesses, a mountain of evidence, hours of testimony, all telling the same story. the president was using foreign policy for his own personal purposes. a domestic political errand

i'm miguel marquez keeping dave briggs' seat warm. >> i'm christine romans. breaking overnight, an ominous election as reliably republican seats go to democrats. in ruby red kentucky, andy beshear claiming victory in the governor's race. he leads matt bevin by several,000 votes with 99,000 votes, bevin refusing to admit defeat. >> our elections don't have to be about right versus left. they are still veabout right versus wrong. i haven't had an opportunity to speak to governor bevin, but my expectation is he will honor the election that was helped tonight. >> would bit a bevin race if it wasn't a squeaker? come on. really and truly. this is a close, close race. we're not conceding this race by any stretch. >> so it's too early to tell whether the democrats voted over impeachme impeachmented on teachers. >> one veteran republican telling cnn we found that being an a-hole is slightly worse than being a liberal. >> you're sending that big message to the rest of the country. it's so important. you've go tot get your friends. you've got to vote because if you lose

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. it's 4:32 eastern time. we start with new transcripts from closed-door impeachment hearings released, one day before public testimony begins in the probe. military and diplomatic aides with consistency talking about ukraine. some of the notable testimony, the freeze raising alarm at the pentagon and in kiev. worries the trump administration would change its foreign policy to suit domestic politics and concern from national security secretary john bolton over the ukraine policy. >> two officials say the aid was frozen after it was said in july. it is the argument of trump backers that the aid could not have been used as leverage. we learn that military support to ukraine had been withhold before, by then-budget director mick mulvaney to avoid upsetting the russians. as for what to expect in the next 36 hours, here's phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, lawmakers are arrive back in washington, fully cognizant they will have one of the biggest hearings that's happened in years, maybe

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm julia chatterley. it's 4:00 a.m. in new york. 1:00 a.m. in california. >>> breaking overnight, president trump pushing back hard on a report in "the washington post." the report says he asked bill barr to hold a news conference to publicly clear him of legal wrongdoing, in his call pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. "the post" reports barr refused, citing people familiar with the matter. but barr's justice department did send out a memo, declaring there was no campaign finance crime connected to the call. trump advisers told "the post" the president said to aides in recent weeks, he wishes the attorney general had agreed to hold a news conference. late last night, the president slammed "the post" and cnn, reporting the story, which he called totally untrue. >>> republicans struggling to come up with a clear and coordinated defense in the impeachment inquiry. they've given up on the no quid pro quo mantra in the face of damaging testimony from several senior diplomats. listen to lindsey graham, a trump ally, trying out

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. >>> this morning, we know what some of the key witnesses in the trump impeachment inquiry said behind closed doors. among the revelations, testimony that mike pompeo was silent as rudy giuliani planned to oust ambassador to ukraine maria yovanovitch. the president was asked yesterday about the effort by giuliani and others to undermine yovanovitch. >> was maria yovanovitch part of a smear campaign? >> i really don't know her. if you look at the transcripts, the president of the ukraine was not a fan of hers. >> a look at the transcript, the call of donald trump with the president of ukraine, shows zelensky criticized the ambassador only after trump called her, quote, bad news. lauren fox has more on the transcripts from capitol hill. >> reporter: a significant day on capitol hill, as we saw the release of the first transcripts from these closed-door depositions that have been going on for the last month on capitol hill. it's a big opportunity for lawmakers who haven't been in the room

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm julia chatterley. breaking overnight, president trump pushing back against a report in "the washington post." "the post" says the president asked attorney general bill barr to hold a news conference to publicly clear him of legal wrongdoing, in his call pressuring ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son. "the post" reports barr refused, citing people familiar with the matter. but barr's justice department did send out a memo, declaring there was no campaign finance crime connected to the call. trump advisers told "the post" the president said to aides in recent weeks, he wishes the attorney general had agreed to hold a news conference. late last night, the president slammed "the post" and cnn, for reporting the story, which he called totally untrue. >>> republicans struggling to come up with a clear and coordinated defense in the impeachment inquiry. they've given up on the no quid pro quo mantra in the face of damaging testimony from several senior diplomats. listen to lindsey graham, a trump all

i'm christine romans. >> i'm dave briggs. there are eight public impeachment hearings this week. the focus is on one, gordon sondland, ambassador to the e.u. wednesday, "the wall street journal" reporting sondland frequently updated top officials on efforts to convince ukraine to launch investigations the president was demanding. among them, energy secretary rick perry and mick mulvaney, who famously said this about trump's pressure campaign. >> we do that all the time, with foreign policy. i have news for everybody, get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> also released this weekend, a deposition from former top official, tim morrison. he told officials that sondland was acting at the direction of the president and that he spoke to a top ukrainian official about exchanging military aid for investigations. republicans trying to shift the blame for mounting trouble away from the president. >> those individuals who leaked this, this is all coming out into public has weakened that relationship.

i'm dave briggs. it's veterans day, monday, november 11th. we start with the potentially historic week on capitol hill. the impeachment inquiry now moves into the public eye with televised hearings. democrats are trying to stay narrowly focused, keeping the story simple. they'll try to sway public opinion using diplomatic and military service. the president's allies are peddling a smokescreen of distractions, hoping to sew confusion. >> we saw fierce exchanges over the weekend, offering a preview of how each side will fight for the political edge. cnn's jeremy diamond has more. >> reporter: good morning dave and alison. this impeachment inquiry is moving into its public phase. on wednesday, we'll see the first witnesses called forward to publicly testify about the president's handling of foreign policy towards ukraine. we'll see the top diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, coming forward, as well as top state department official, george kent. as all of this is happening, the president not only defending his own conduct, but we're seeing republic

. >> i'm dave briggs. here's "new day. >>> the next round of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry, just hours away. >> jennifer williams. >> colonel alex vindman. kurt volker. >> this makes it clear, that the president was using a meeting at the white house and taxpayer governments to benefit himself. >> whether you're dressed with all of the medals or not. >> this is a mind-boggling corruption of u.s. policy. >> this is "new day," with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> we want to welcome our viewers around the united states and the world. this is a special edition of "new day. it is tuesday, november 19th, 5:00 here in new york. four, important witnesses will take the stand today, in what could change the legacy of president trump's presidency. up first, two top national security aides who listened in on the july 25th phone call with ukraine's president. both witnesses have been attacked and republicans will mount an aggressive line of questioning with alexander vindman

i'm boris sanchez, in for dave briggs. >> nice to see you. i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 in new york, 1:00 a.m. in california. >>> hours after the house made donald trump the fourth president in history to face impeachment, a defiant chief executive made very clear he has no plans to concede anything. the president said, this is over a phone call that is a good call. at some point, i'm going to sit down, perhaps as a fireside chat, on live television and will read the transcript of the call because people need to hear it. that is a reference to a listening time ago. >> that may be more gold-plated than fdrs. not a single republican voted for the impeachment inquiry. the vote paves the way for a private process to go public in the coming weeks. while that was going on, a top national security council official that was on that call between president trump and president zelensky of ukraine, testified to impeachment investigators, told him to stay away from the shadow ukraine foreign policy being pursued by rudy giuliani. the nsc official backed up damaging claims a

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. good morning, everyone. it is tuesday, november 12

i'm dave briggs. >> i'm christine romans. this is the last word from the president. i did nothing. >> i wanted nothing. >> no quid pro quo. taking on each other but blasting president trump at their fifth debate in atlanta. they focused on the hearings that wrapped up minutes earlier on capitol hill. >> let me make very clear that what this impeachment proceeding is about, is really our democracy at stake. >> he's likely the most corrupt president in the modern history of america. but we cannot simply be consumed by donald trump. if we are, we will lose the election. >> we have a criminal living in the white house. when i watch this, there's two different set of rules for two different groups of people in america. the powerful people, with their arrogance, think they can get away with this. and then, everybody else. >> read the mueller report, all 442 pages of it, that showed how the president tried to obstruct justice, when congress failed to act at that moment, the president felt free to break the law again and again and again. >> we're going to confront this presi

i'm dave briggs. >> good morning. it's wednesday, november 13th, i'm christine romans and it's 4:00 a.m. in the u.s. donald trump is accused of leveraging $400 million in much needed military aid to ukraine, demanding in

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. >> i'm dave briggs. >> here's rizzo and kaeconomic can i with >>> welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world. this is "new day." i'm wearing the tight leather pants this morning. it's monday, november 4th. it's 6:00 here in new york. and we have breaking news in the race for president. a series of brand-new polls from the six battleground states that determine the outcome of the election in 2016 and could very well decide it again in 2020. pennsylvania, michigan, wisconsin, florida, arizona, and north carolina. we have matchups between the leading democrats and the president. and we have two big major headlines out of this. first, it's tight, wicked tight. the president is outperforming his national poll numbers by a lot. and second, joe biden fares better against the president than his democratic rivals in these states pretty much across the board. >>> meanwhile, several big developments in the impeachment inquiry in week. the witness list for today appears to have gone from four to zero. cnn has learned all four white house officials who were scheduled to te

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. >> i'm dave briggs. >>> this is a critical week heading into these public hearings. >> cooper testified that the aid was being held up. >> this argument that the ukrainians didn't know, this testimony would undermine that argument. >> they didn't want to admit that the president had that kind of leverage on them and made them look weak. >> what's your response to those republicans that say that hunter should speak to the country? >> there is zero rationale for that to happen. the attitude that we know better than ordinary people, the attitude is elitist. >> so sad that they might have to pay $0.02 out of their bazillion dollars. >> this is "new day" with alisyn camerota and john berman. >> welcome to our viewers around the united states and all around the world. it's tuesday, november 12th. it's 6:00 here in new york, alisyn is way, erica hill is with me here today. 24 hours before one of the most perilous moments of the trump presidency, the white house is in a battle with itself. the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and the white house counsel's office are at each other's throats.

let's turn things over for christine romans and dave briggs for "early start." >>> scary to see people running and have them running into your class. and then, like, somebody's on campus. >> another school shooting and a community changed forever. five students shot, two killed, when a classmate opens fire on his 16th birthday. >>> republican impeachment hearings today. but it's the testimony

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