President Trump denied allegations he pressured Ukraine's president into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, as House Democrats opened an impeachment inquiry. Yahoo News chief investigative correspondent Michael Isikoff joined CBSN to discuss the coming showdown and what we can learn from past impeachment proceedings.
A whistleblower report that led House Democrats to launch an impeachment inquiry may become public Thursday. It is the focus of Thursday’s hearing on Capitol Hill. President Trump's acting director of national intelligence will answer questions from the House Intelligence Committee. Joseph Maguire refused for weeks to let Congress see the whistleblower's story about a phone call, where the president asked Ukraine’s president to investigate Joe Biden and his son. Nancy Cordes reports.
Lawmakers will question Acting Director of National Intelligence Joseph Maguire Thursday about a whistleblower complaint that led to a House impeachment inquiry. When that report first crossed Maguire’s desk, he would not let Congress see it. The whistleblower is an intelligence official who learned about President Trump’s call with the Ukraine president "secondhand" from "White House officials" and believed that Mr. Trump's request for dirt on Joe Biden amounted to "soliciting a foreign campaign contribution in violation of the campaign finance laws." CBS News senior national security analyst Michael Morell joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss why Mr. Trump's call with the foreign leader is "unprecedented."
This week on "Face the Nation," Margaret Brennan breaks down the latest on President Trump’s new Syria policy with Defense Secretary Mark Esper. She discusses the latest on the impeachment inquiry with Representative Adam Schiff, and the situation in Hong Kong with Senator Ted Cruz.
In this preview of an interview for "CBS Sunday Morning", former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton talks about her opponent in the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump. In the interview with Jane Pauley, to be broadcast September 29, Clinton describes President Trump as "a clear and present danger" to the rule of law, and says she supports an impeachment inquiry.
The announcement of a formal impeachment inquiry into President Trump has caused some concern for investors on Wall Street. Earlier, the president took to Twitter, claiming the impeachment inquiry will cause the markets to crash. Yahoo Finance correspondent Julia La Roche joins CBSN to discuss the potential fallout.
Congress is going on recess after an explosive week on Capitol Hill, but the impeachment inquiry and accusations of a White House cover-up are just getting started. President Trump is responding by lashing out at Democrats and the official who complained about his phone call with Ukraine’s president. The president's acting director of national intelligence spent hours answering questions from the House and Senate Intelligence Committees Thursday. Nancy Cordes reports.
President Trump’s acting director of national intelligence spent hours answering questions from lawmakers Thursday about a whistleblower complaint that’s now at the center of a House impeachment inquiry. In the detailed, nine-page complaint, a whistleblower said "senior White House officials" worked to "lock down" all records of a presidential phone call out of fear that "they had witnessed the president abuse his office for personal gain." CBS News senior national security analyst Michael Morell joins “CBS This Morning” along with Paula Reid to discuss their takeaways from Thursday's hearing.
The House impeachment inquiry has kicked into high gear. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was hit with the first subpoenas. Democrats on three committees are demanding documents on the Trump administration's dealings with Ukraine. Nancy Cordes has the latest.
Democrats descended on Austin, Texas late this week as The Texas Tribune kicked of it's annual three-day festival. Thousands of people attended panels covering everything from gun safety to politics. CBS News 2020 campaign reporter Ellee Watson joined CBSN for this edition of the 2020 Daily Trail Markers.