i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> you are a workhorse. feel better, my friend. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." once again there's news on our watch and the devil is in the developments. what do you say? let's get after it. this day started with a power play from potus, but the power shifted quickly in a flurry of reporting fueled by trump's own special envoy to ukraine, revealing just how many were troubled by his solicitation of political advantage from ukraine. the solicitation and how much damage control was going on. so let's get perspective on both sides and what the day's events mean. first, congresswoman mikie sherrill from new jersey is here. representative, welcome to "prime time." good to have you. >> thanks so much for having me, chris. >> all right. you've got a benefit and a burden. first the benefit. all this new information on how troubling the call was to people in key positions. reporting that multiple officials prepared a statement for the ukraine president announcing the investigations this president wanted,

." >> well, thanks, chris. and that's for having me. >> help us understand the weaving of politics and policy on the syria troop withdrawal. the president says i campaigned on this, americans are tired of this, we want our boys and girls back home and i'm doing that. >> well, chris, i really wish i could understand and i think my colleagues and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle are very stupefied. i mean, where did this come from? you've seen senator mcconnell, liz cheney, who also serves on the armed services committee, elliott engel, everyone is just incredibly concerned. i mean, there is no indication that this was coming, that we would pull troops out of syria and leave our allies of the kurds who have been our biggest allies in the lurch. it's another unpredicted episode and americans are not sure how to react to this unpredictability from the president. >> on the we didn't see it coming, i hear you on that. but cnn is told by a couple of people at the pentagon that the people in command around the

i want to hand it over to chris and "cuomo prime time." chris? >> thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." we have more breaking news on our watch. another one of the president's top guys is about to tell all. he could back up most damaging impeachment testimony to date. what does it mean? what do you say? let's get after. it. all right. here's what we have to get into tonight. bill taylor's testimony may be about to get some backup. a current white house official named morrison is about to testify before house impeachment investigators next week. his testimony would be the first from someone who heard what the president said on that july 25th call directly. not just through that transcript that the rest of us got to see. now, sources say morrison, who is a top russia and europe adviser on president trump's national security council, will corroborate key elements of taylor's account, namely, the president with ukraine was pressing for that president, that government to publicly announce investigations into the bidens before he would greenlight

. >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." breaking news, new evidence of the depths of the efforts of this president to go after the bidens. a cnn exclusive and key players making the case and trying to defend on the show tonight. where do you stand? let's get after it. >>> all right. so here is the latest. the president's personal lawyer pushed the state department and the white house to get a visa for the ousted ukrainian prosecutor who promised dirt on the bidens. this comes in an cnn exclusive from four sources citing the testimony of deputy assistant secretary of state george kent this week to congress. they tell us that in january 2019 rudy giuliani tried to secure a u.s. visa for ukrainian victor shokin. you've heard that name a lot now. he was forced to resign in 2016 with the help of the united states for failing to root out corruption. as if the plot were not already painfully clear, president trump's acting chief of staff admitted to a quid pro quo and then potus and company had him deny it. so we know what happene

i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo, and welcome to "primetime." so many see this as a very dark day for the president. maybe, but that's not my perspective. we have finally see the light of truth. we know what happened, and that light shown brightly today from an unlikely source, team trump. the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine says a quid pro quo was clearly in play. the president was orchestrating a shadow effort to manipulate ukraine to get dirt on the dnc and the bidens. people with power to decide the president's fate are here tonight to answer the real only question that remains, what should the consequence be? it's a big day. there are big questions. let's get after it. now, look, the white house is doing what it doe source, but they can't do that here. this comes from their own. the president's top diplomat in ukraine, the man asked by trump secretary of state -- of course, he is for every citizen -- but i'm saying it's his team. pompeo went to taylor, asked him to do the job. this is their team. a

good to have you on "prime time." >> hey, chris. thanks for having me. >> so to summarize what i'm sure you already know, congressman, but we had this former special envoy kurt volker come out today and basically express according to the reports that there were a number of people involved with the diplomatic efforts in ukraine concerned about what the president had done in that phone call and taking steps to try to tamp it down because they thought it was wrong. are you at all responsive to that? >> no. i read the transcript. there's nothing inside the transcript that's -- that was wrong. he simply said hey, there's some people, there's a lot of people in fact that want to know the truth. did biden interfere with your guys in an investigation? what happened with hunter biden? i'm paraphrasing that. he didn't say hunter biden. but he said biden's son. there's nothing in the transcript, which i would encourage everybody to read. it will take you less than five minutes to read. there's nothing in there that's wrong. it was a conversati

. >> we'll hand it over to chris for cuomo "primetime." >> i am chris cuomo. this is "prime tootime." tonight we'll show that people put in place by this president thought what he was asking from ukraine was wrong. proof of an obvious expectation by ukraine that investigating biden would get them the relationship desired with trump. what do you say, let's get after it. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> this breaking news is from "the new york times." a report that there could be a second potential whistle-blower on ukraine. the "times" says it's a second intel official, one who is also alarmed by president trump's dealings and may have more firsthand information about the situation. however, tonight we don't have to wait. we have the truth in front of us. it comes from the president's former special envoy to ukraine. he told congress nothing anonymous, he was there in person, he is real and bona fide. you haven't even heard the president bad mouth him and he gave congress his testimony and the proof of the same, which all directed the idea of a press

>> i can see it, chris. i'm just putting it in terms of icons, the number of people who are players in this, the phone with the text is what it suggests, it's the text that volker gave us about the dialogues, the phone call obviously, the phone call between the two presidents and tv here is what we've heard from the president's mouth himself or from mulvaney himself, there's mick mulvaney, the guy with like five different jobs in the white house. andrew, why should it matter to people we have this many layers of different people making these different points? >> chris, i'm going to simplify it for you. >> please. >> one witness who was there, who heard things directly, who was involved in events is really good for a case. two witnesses is even better. three witnesses is incredible and just keep going on and on because that's what we have here. each one of the witnesses that's come in has provided some key piece of testimony that confirms the central allegation and that allegation is ultimately in its most ba

we're going to hand it over to chris for "cuomo primetime." >> i'm chris cuomo. become to "primetime." we have new information that changes the scope and the widening fbi investigation into this president's lawyers. this is bigger than just a criminal probe. what do you say? let's get after it. all right. so, here's our new understanding. since at least early 2019, the fbi has been investigating counterintelligence concerns regarding rudy giuliani and his activities abroad. this is not speculation. this is from a lawyer who says he was questioned by the feds about these issues. think about what this means. at the same time the president was allowing his personal lawyer to run a shadow foreign policy agenda in ukraine, if not elsewhere, the feds were looking into whether giuliani was posing a national security risk. a source tells cnn, the counterintel investigation partly hinges on whether foreign actors were trying to take advantage of giuliani's business connections to reach the white house. this comes, the two guys that were indicted, paid giuliani, for not th

>> absolutely, chris. here i find it shockingly hypocritical that suddenly the position of the liberal left -- circumstances that me? >> is that me? >> it's definitely you. is that me? >> it may be, chris. >> go ahead, jenna. we try not to use names here. we don't use insults. we use insights. try that. >> the liberal left is saying that this is somehow so blatantly wrong of giuliani to put forward information that goes to potential corruption of a former vice president, yet they are speaking -- >> the inspector general said it was misinformation done to malign state official and people and the bidens who work for the bush administration. >> context matters. the whistle-blower, when we actually have the transcript of the phone call with president trump and the ukraine president, there's nothing there. so to say that the whistle-blower is coming forward. >> what do you mean there's nothing there? >> tell me what crime there is. >> first of all, first of all, jenna, you're the constitutional lawyer. >> there

chris? >> i am chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." looks like a subpoena storm is about to head down pennsylvania avenue. what do you say? let's get after it. >>> the white house is now officially stonewalling the impeachment inquiry. several democratic sources tell cnn that means it's likely time to stop asking and start demanding witnesses make their way to the hill, associates of rudy giuliani, state department officials, including the former ukraine ambassador who was forced out. she's still on the state department's payroll, just as ambassador sondland was ordered not to testify earlier this week. meanwhile, for the first time, former vp joe biden called for the president's impeachment, did that today. yet, we're sealing rumbles from democrats who think it would make sense for speaker pelosi to hold a formal vote on the impeachment inquiry to help diffuse claims. and president trump danced around how much his people would comply, even if he got the vote. >> a vote in the full house and the vote were to -- >> we would if they give

you can't have it both ways. >> gloria, what do you make of chris's point? >> i agree with him and apparently kelly had promised the president that he wouldn't write a book until the president left office, but that wouldn't stop him from getting together with mattis or tillerson or mcmaster and coming out and telling the american public what it is like to work in that white house. and, you know, he has described it as wrestling with a bear every day. well, it may be a little worse than that, particularly when you have a president who believes he's his own best chief of staff, who doesn't much take advice anyway and you have mulvaney there now who just kind of gets out of the way apparently. so i think it's a difficult situation and when he's unbound, as chris is saying, it can really be problematic and these people are not speaking up. you know, we're going to have a book by anonymous coming out soon but that doesn't do anybody very good. >> i absolutely, chris, take your point. while he was in there, look what he allowed for. and it begs the question what d

i want to head over to chris for cuomo "primetime "primetime." >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." it turns out that this president had his campaign manager directing policy on ukraine. let's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they can satisfy rudy, they can satisfy the president. that from a person familiar with the meeting. meanwhile the president refusing to cooperate laying down the gauntlet in a loaded eight-page letter from the president's counsel, saying the president's due process rights have been curtailed without a vote to formalize the impeachment process. now, if a vote is held, what could happen? republicans would have the right to argue for more subpoena power. speaker pelosi knows this. she responded this way -- the white house should be warned that continued efforts to hide the truth of the powers, the president's abuse of power from the american people wil

let's hand it over to chris for "cuomo primetime." chris? >> i love you in the mock neck. i love your eyes peering into the distance of where the news will take us. >> who knows where it will take us. >> that's what that look tells me. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." we have more news dropping on our watch tonight. the state department's inspector general has requested an urgent briefing. why? we don't know. we do know what it is related to within that own department. we'll tell you. could it be a ukraine dimension? there is no indication that it is but there's lots to cover. what do you say? let's get after it. it's going to be a another big, big day. why? a congressional day calls this request for an urgent briefing, quoting highly unusual and cryptically worded. that's all for sure, just by being looking at it, it was prompted by the inspector general at the state department, in relation to documents about its legal councdow counsel subp. we are told the documents are related to ukraine. can't verify it, i don't have the information. that's what we're being to

senator chris murphy is here and he's got two purposes for us today. he can help us understand the state of play on syria and our allies and what's going to happen about it and what did he hear in congress today in testimony that helps understand the range of concerns about what happened in ukraine with this president and his lawyer, next. life isn't a straight line. things happen. and sometimes you can find yourself heading in a new direction. but at fidelity, we help you prepare for the unexpected with retirement planning and advice for what you need today and tomorrow. because when you're with fidelity, a partner who makes sure every step is clear, there's nothing to stop you from moving forward. a partner who makes sure every step is clear, (amber jagger) if we don't give students from an underserved background the technology that they need in school, they're not going to be competitive in the workforce that's waiting for them. since verizon innovative learning, students have hardware, connectivity, and quality curriculum. the jobs of tomorrow will

i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." a first-hand witness to the president's phone call on ukraine is due to testify tomorrow. brand new reporting, this man may solidify what should be an obvious point. what do you say, let's get after it. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. so now we're expecting a new testimony tomorrow. we're just getting in information in. we are trying to understand what it will mean for us. but, look, a white house national security official, all right, the main ukraine expert, he is called the top expert here bit "new york times," lieutenant colonel alexander vinman of the army. why does he matter? expertise, understands ukraine, national security, u.s. policy is his domain. he heard the phone call in july, okay. no hearsay, not some political pawn, an expert, a military man on the call. he was very concerned by what he heard. and believes that it was out of an act of sense of duty that he not once but twice registered complaints. now the key question be

we'll head over to chris cuomo for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo. ukraine was concerned about being dragged into the election even before that infamous scull phone call. but this hey be worse. what were these republicans doing storming the castle? what do you say? let's get after it. >>> we have new information. cnn confirms months before that notorious july phone call withu president, and after that first call, zelensky met with his team and discussed the concerns that they were being dragged into a u.s. election. where is the transcript of that call? obviously they were aware. the white house readout only says they spoke about working together to root out corruption. now we know corruption was basically code for the bidens and the dnc. so what would the gop response be? here it is, a travesty, a sham, a mockery. two dozen house republicans storming the room where pence and other official, laura cooper, was set to give a deposition, to testify. the goal lawmakers went through three different doors carrying electronics. you're not supposed to carry

want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> very well done, anderson. thank you. >>> i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." another crazy day but one of heavy consequence. the white house fully admits to ukraine quid pro quo, then tries to take it back and blame us for getting it wrong. guess what, it's all on tape. i have it. you listen for yourself. you see who's lying. and, also, which key cabinet figure in this ukraine mess is now resigning. that means he can testify. we have a top impeachment investigator who is listening closely and is here to talk next moves as we break down where impeachment and the prosecution of this president's lawyer stand tonight. what do you say? let's get after it. >>> got to say it, only in the age of trump. the president sent his acting chief of staff to take on the media and he had a simple message. yeah, we held up aid to ukraine, but we did it so they would investigate the dnc in 2016 election interference. so it was a good quid pro quo. listen. >> did he also mention to me in the past that the corruption related

good to have you on the show. >> hey, chris. good to be here. >> let's talk to the audience together. what's your concern here? >> i've seen a number of whistle-blower complaints with the cia and house intelligence committee. when i saw this one, i thought it was very unusual, not just that it was extremely well written, but it had legal references and footnotes. that was a little unusual. i compared that with the fact that adam schiff was talking about the subject matter of this complaint throughout the month of august. he posted a tweet at the end of august almost identically reflected this complaint. i know whistle-blowers frequently come directly to the committee. they're not supposed to but it happens all the tile. i put this out on twitter. the day that i did, a senior staffers, a republican, told me we think you're exactly right, this was a group project and my colleagues were involved and a senior member of the seniors intelligence committee, also a republican, said you're right on target, we want to ask the whistle-blow

chris, pretty slow news day. not sure what you can do. >> a deluge of developments, and certainly the devil is therein. we have mikey sherrill. she's one of those new democrat members of congress. she was in the navy. she's a lawyer. she was one of the ones that signed on to that letter saying okay, now we have to impeach. what do they see? what does she see in today? what matters most in these developments? and how does it make a case for impeachment? now, on the other side we have mark wayne mullen, republican. and he's going to make the case that everything today doesn't change the calculus and there is nothing impeachable in it. we're going to have tests on both sides. you get to decide. well, not you. you'll be home doing something else. >> no, i'll be at home watching, coughing. chris, thanks very much. i'll see you in about five minutes. coming up next, breaking news in yet another whistle-blower complaint. >>> on this busy night there is breaking news on another whis e whistle-blower complaint. the "washi

i want to hand it over to chris and "cuomo prime time." chris? >> thank you, anderson. i am chris cuomo and welcome to "prime time." we have more breaking news on our watch. another one of the president's top guys is about to tell all. he could back up most damaging impeachment testimony to date. what does it mean? what do you say? let's get after. it. all right. here's what we have to get into tonight. bill taylor's testimony may be about to get some backup. a current white house official named mois i

>> chris, let me make something very, very clear. "the washington post" and i don't agree very often but i like their mast. it says "democracy dies in darkness." we headed down that hallway to demand to be able to do our job. that's what we were there for. there is no classified information being discussed in that room. it is a classified facility, if classified is being discussed, but there was no classified information being discussed there. >> how do you know? that's an assistant secretary to the defense department talking about how aid gets brought and effectuated. >> when we asked to get access to that room, it was simply to do the job that the american people have sent us here to do. we have every right to hear the testimony, to see the evidence. you know, a republican speaker gave that due process and fairness to president clinton. a democrat speaker gave that fairness and due process to richard nixon. so what do they have to hide, chris? why hide it? >> did you bring a phone in there? so i can have it for the record? >> my ph

i want to hand it over to chris for "cuomo prime time." >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." a first-hand witness to the president's phone call on ukraine is due to testify tomorrow. brand new reporting, this man may solidify what should be an obvious point. what do you say, let's get after it. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> all right. so now we're expecting a new testimony tomorrow. we're just getting in information in. we are trying to understand what it will mean for us. but, look, a white house national security official, all right, the main ukraine expert, he is called the top

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>> i think you're exactly right, chris. it's not required to make the case for impeachment but it does make it a lot more convincing when you have people like giuliani who were inextricably intertwined. at the same time rudy giuliani is tied up with folks involved in criminal activity that looks like what we're talking about in the impeachment inquiry. >> forget about impeachment. let's say it goes somewhere, doesn't go anywhere. if you're running this case, sdny, and you're looking for potential criminality, what are the potential crimes involved with what we know about rudy so far and where questions might lead. >> we don't know. the southern district has many, many more facts than we have at this points but from the few facts we have, i think one of the things you would have to consider with respect to mr. giuliani is a possible fara, foreign agent registration act, that requires any person acting as an agent of a foreign principal to file a very detailed registration for the department of justice. >> that means if you'r

i'm going to hand it over to chris for cuomo "primetime." chris? >> thank you very much. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." i can't believe it, but there is another dossier in the mix. the irony is staggering and troubling. we have new information and people to test what they're going to do about it. what do you say? let's get after it. another crazy day. the president happy to answer all kinds of questions about how bad the whistle-blower is, how bad the democrats are, all the things that they did and all you need to do is look at the perfect call. but when he got asked about that call, listen to this.

see you chris. nice show. >>> this is "cnn tonight." i'm don lemon. here is our breaking news right now. the president's new impeachment strategy -- you ready? -- seems to be lashing out at his own party. a source telling cnn he is going after republican senators that he sees as disloyal or even he may see them as insufficiently supportive. he's calling leader mitch mcconnell up to three times a day with panicked demands to rally the troops. mcconnell has reportedly told a handful of people about the president's call. just one day after the white house declared war on the impeachment inquiry, democrats are launching their own. they're launching a counteroffensive with what could be an avalanche of subpoenas, multiple rudy giuliani associates are in congress' sights tonight along with state department officials including that ex-ambassador to the ukraine, marie yovanovitch. she is scheduled to appear for an interview. that's supposed to happen on friday. but there are real questions about whether she'll be allowed to testify. remember the last person w

what's your follow up, chris? >> that's the job. >> okay. >> you grew up conservative in a conservative household, you were republican by party for many years. was there ever a time that you felt differently about this issue in particular, about same-sex marriage? >> no, i don't think so. i don't remember it. it may have been the case. i don't have notes from when i was a little kid. but i don't. and that's part of it. i mean, to me it's about what i learned in the church i grew up in. first song i remember singing is they are yellow, black, white, they are precious in his sight, jesus loves the little children of the world. >> can you sing it again? >> you bet. you want to harmonize with me on this? but to me, that is the heart of it, that was the basis of the faith that i grew up in. and it truly is about the preciousness of each and every life. it is about the worth of every human being. and that i saw this as a matter of faith and saw there were a lot of different people who do a lot of different things who lo

let's check in with chris, see what he's working on for "cuomo prime time." chris? >> biggest day we've had because any question of doubt is gone, anderson. there is no question people are portraying this as a dark day for the president. i decided not to look at it like that because it's perspective. the light of truth shown brightly today, and it came from team trump. the man who was top diplomat in ukraine, taylor, told us what happened, when, in meticulous detail. he cannot be dismissed as some radical unelected diplomat. he was asked to do this job. >> that's what stephanie grisham put out today. >> that's why she has to be questioned as many in that administration. we know what happened. we'll lay it all out. >> we'll see you in about 6:30 from now. >>> testimony by the u.s. special envoy for syria, ahead. motor? nope. not motor? it's pronounced "motaur." for those who were born to ride, there's progressive. for those who were born to ride, saturpain happens. aleve it. aleve is proven stronger and longer on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, aleve it. all da

got to go to chris and see what he's working on tonight. chris? >> i'm going to dismiss this with where we are in left and right. this probe into rudy giuliani is broader and has been going on longer than we knew. it's not just about ukraine now. it's about his relationships with turkey and who was paying him and what did this president know? and more importantly, what did this president perform, in acco accordance with the interest of rudy giuliani. we ishave mccabe and baker. the different legal diagrams where this could lead and the concerns for the rest of us. >> to see what rudy giuliani was advocating to the president regarding turkey and how that related to his business interests, that's one of the fascinating angles on this. i'll look forward to it, chris. six minutes from now. >>> justice against a sandy hook conspiracy theorist who spread lies about the shooting the father of one of the children that was killed. rent cultures ♪ and found that the past can create new memories... leading them to discover: we're woven together by the mome

joining me now is democratic senator chris coons, a member of the foreign relations committee. senator coons, thanks for being with us. to people who have been following this region closely, it is not stunning how quickly this situation has deteriorated after the president made the decision that he did. when you hear people in the administration sort of pushing the idea that it was not the -- the president did not, in effect, green-light turkey's attack on the kurds, do you buy that? >> i don't buy that at all. frankly, this is what happens when an untested, unconventional president, who doesn't rely on the advice of his diplomats and military advisers, wanders into a very complex region and engages in erratic and ill informed foreign policy. frankly, after this development, many of our enemies are encouraged and some of our closest allies alarmed. i am gravely concerned, anderson, about what this means not just for the kurds, who fought bravely alongside us in the efforts against isis, but for our -- the extent to which our allies in the region of the world view us as reliable

i want to head over to chris for cuomo "primetime "primetime." >> i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." it turns out that this president had his campaign manager directing policy on ukraine. let's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they

chris cizzilla. obviously the president had quite a sunday, starting his day announcing the death of one of the world's most hunted terrorists, arguably the most important national security accomplishment of his presidency and ending the day by being boo'd at the world series. with us, a assistant professor of law. j.w. barrett, thank you so much for being with me. you have worked by this man's side, going from announcing so publicly this huge victory, this death of abu bakr al baghdadi and now to being booed. what do you think went through his mind that evening? >> he has a tendency to make everything by himself. that's his problem. great presidents have a way of uniting the country, of encouraging, of instilling personal loyalty through putting country first and i think the people are smart and they can see that. and i think that's why they cheered george w. bush that evening in october after 9/11. i could see some leaders that are out there, i can see ben sass or nicky hale on one side or mayor pe

let's hand it over to chris for "cuomo primetime." chris? >> i love you in the mock neck. i love your eyes peering into the distance of where the news will take us. >> who knows where it will take us. >> that's what that look tells me. i am chris cuomo. welcome to "primetime." we have more news dropping on our watch tonight. the state department's inspector general has requested an urgent briefing. why? we don't know. we do know what it is related to within that own department. we'll tell you. could it be a ukraine dimension? there is no indication that it is but there's lots to cover. what do you say? let's get after it.

i'm going to hand it over to chris for cuomo "primetime." >> i can't believe it but there is no, sir dossier in the mix. i irony is staggering and troubling we have new information and people to test about what they're going to do about it. what do you say, let's go after it. another crazy day. the president happy to answer all kinds of questions about how bad the whistle-blower is, how bad the democrats are, all the things that they did and all you into ed to do is look at the perfect call of what he got asked about that call. listen to this. >> what did you want about biden? what did you want him to look into on biden? >> look, biden and his son are stone cold crooked and you know it. >> the question is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and his son, hunter? >> are you talking to me? >> yeah, it was a follow-up of what i just asked you, sir. >> are you ready? we have the president of finland. ask him a question. >> i have him. i wanted to follow up on what i asked you. >> did you hear me? ask him a question. >> i will. >> i've given you a long ans

i want to head over to chris right now for "cuomo prime time." >> thank you. i am chris cuomo. and welcome to prime time. are democrats about to snag their biggest impeachment witness yet? we have big news on that front. and we have a key senate player here tonight with a ukrainian connection of his own. plus, one of the biggest assaults on a key witness, colonel vindman is about to get blown up in this show in minutes. so what do you say, let's get after it. the president's former national security adviser john bolton, is he the next big witness. a source tells cnn he was invited for next thursday. his lawyer said tonight it's not going to happen without a subpoena. that's arranged easily enough these days. meanwhile, a bolton top nsc deputy just resigned on the eve of his appearance before impeachment investigators. tomorrow tim morrison, why would he be important? he can back up what bill taylor testified to as to the understanding as to why there was a quid pro quo. and cnn has learned lieutenant colonel alexander vindman tied the president to a ukraine quid pro quo in his

let's check in with chris. see what he's working on for "cuomo prime time." >> it's about sorting through the noise and figure out which piece fits in the puzzle, why the president was playing these games in ukraine. he's at a rally right now blaming everybody except the people responsible -- his mouth and now his acting chief of staff's mouth. mick mulvaney admitted that there was a quid pro quo for the dnc. by the way, coop, not a bad cover story for the president. not about biden. it's about the dnc. sure it's an easy conspiracy theory but we believe it in good faith. that they have now withdrawn and it's one more piece in a puzzle that is really coming together to show that this president abused his office, and that's his concern. we have one other congressman who was in there today listening to the latest diplomat to go bad on this president and top investigators to help us figure out what's necessary in the case. >> all right, chris, look forward to it seven minutes from now. see you then. >>> if you like

to your left, this person is named chris king. >> thanks for being here. my friends drew and juan were shot at pulse nightclub in 2016. i would like to know what you would do differently to break the impasse on gun control because i've had all the thoughts and prayers i can take. >> chris, thank you for asking the question. i am all the way with you on this. in addition to that hate crime, that act of terror in orlando, florida, as we know just on august 3rd of this year, 22 were killed in a walmart in el paso, texas. not an act of god. not by force of nature. not a random event. entirely predictable in america today. especially with a president who has sent a signal in the clearest terms, when he issues a transgender troop ban, when he denies the rights of our fellow americans because of their sexual orientation or gender identity, or who describes immigrants as rapists and criminals, and in a country that loses 40,000 of our fellow americans to gun violence every year, you have racism, intolerance and hatred, and it is more armed today than it ever was b

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i'm chris cuomo. welcome to "prime time." congress has finally heard from someone who was on that damning phone call between the u.s. president and ukraine's president. we're getting new word on what he disclosed. but is there any real question remaining about what happened here? we're going to ask an impeachment player and our investigators on another big night. what do you say, let's get after it. all right, lieutenant colonel

appreciate you. >> thanks, chris. thanks for having me on. to answer your question, it's a great moment for america. there's no bad news here. he was an awful terrorist leader and i'm glad he's gone. it done mean we can take our eye off the ball. there are going to be mid-level commanders who want to take his spot. there's still an insurgency of isis throughout the region that does think about how to kill americans and build their caliphate over again. i'm glad it happened and the president approved it and thank my operations brothers for executing the mission. >> they are the best about that. i include you in their numbers. the rest of us give you our thanks. you touch on something where i'm sure a lot of your constituents are. bin laden, he was the big bad guy, he's gone. now there's baghdadi. this snake seems to regrow its heads. it's more of a worm than a snake in that sense. why are we safer now? how does this help us? how are we ahead of where we are before? >> the organization is naturally going to be in disarray when their leader is g