JENNIFER GRIFFIN LEADING OUR
COVERAGE FROM THE PENTAGON.
FOUR MINUTES PAST NOW.
>> Sandra: NEW DEVELOPMENTS ON
THE UKRAINE CONTROVERSY.
ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE
FIRST WHISTLEBLOWER
ACKNOWLEDGING THEIR CLIENT HAD
CONTACT WITH 2020 CANDIDATES IN
THE COURSE OF WORKING WITH THE
GOVERNMENT THERE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMING AS
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN
FOR THE FIRST TIME CALLED FOR
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT.
>> DONALD TRUMP WAS VIOLATED
HIS OATH OF OFFICE, BETRAYED
THIS NATION AND COMMITTED
IMPEACHABLE ACTS.
TO PRESERVE OUR CONSTITUTION,
OUR DEMOCRACY, OUR BASIC
INTEGRITY, HE SHOULD BE
IMPEACHED.
>> Sandra: GRIFF JENKINS IS
LIVE FROM WASHINGTON WITH THE
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS THERE.
>> WE'RE JUST OVER TWO WEEKS
SINCE HOUSE DEMOCRATS LAUNCHED
THE IMPEACHMENT VEHICLE.
THE FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WHO
REFRAINED FROM CALLING FOR THE
PRESIDENT'S IMPEACHMENT IS
CHANGING HIS TUNE AND WARNING
THE PRESIDENT WHO HE PICKS A
FIGHT WITH.
>> WITH HIS WORDS AND HIS
ACTIONS PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS
INDICTED HIMSELF BY OBSTRUCTING
JUSTICE, REFUSING TO COMPLY
WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY.
HE PICKED A FIGHT WITH THE
WRONG GUY.
>> THE PRESIDENT WOULD
COOPERATE IF THERE WAS A FULL
VOTE AND FAIR CONDITIONS WAS
QUICK TO RESPOND TO BIDEN.
>> President Trump: BIDEN IS
DROPPING LIKE ROCK.
I DON'T THINK HE IS GOING TO
MAKE IT.
I DIDN'T THINK HE WAS GOING TO
MAKE IT FOR A LONG TIME.
THIS IS ONE WAY TO DO IT.
HE SEES WHAT'S HAPPENING TO
HIM, I GUESS HE IS NO LONGER
THE FRONTRUNNER.
HE HAS BEEN HIT AND CAUGHT
RED-HANDED.
>> THIS AS THE ATTORNEYS FOR
THE FIRST WHISTLEBLOWER ARE
ISSUING A STATEMENT TO CLARIFY
MISCHARACTERIZATIONS WHAT THEY
SAY IS ALLEGED POLITICAL BIAS.
OUR CLIENT HAS NEVER WORKED FOR
OR ADVISED A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN
OR PARTY AND SPENT THEIR ENTIRE
CAREER IN POSITIONS IN THE
EXECUTIVE BRANCH AND IN THESE
POSITIONS ARE CLIENT HAS COME
INTO CONTACT WITH PRESIDENTIAL
CANDIDATES IN THEIR ROLES AS
ELECTED OFFICIALS, NOT
CANDIDATES.
THE NEXT STEP TO WATCH FOR IN
THIS INQUIRE RE IS MARIE
YOVANOVITCH EXPECTED TO TESTIFY
TOMORROW.
WE COULD SEE THE STATE
DEPARTMENT TRY TO STOP HER.