EFFORTS TO FIGHT CYBER WAR.
IN THE MEANTIME, JOE BIDEN,
FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT REFUSING
TO GET IN THE HOT SEAT.
BIDEN SAYING HE WOULD NOT COMPLY
WITH ANY SUBPOENA CALLING ON HIM
TO APPEAR AS A WITNESS IN
PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL.
TOP CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS REMAIN
AT AN IMPASSE OVER THE TERMS OF
A POTENTIAL SENATE TRIAL.
SEVERAL REPUBLICAN SENATORS
PREFER A SPEEDY ACQUITTAL AND
OTHERS WANT WHITE HOUSE AIDES TO
COME IN AND TESTIFY.
AND WHILE DEMOCRATS WANT ALL OF
THESE WITNESSES, JOE BIDEN WHO
IS FACING SCRUTINY FROM THE
PRESIDENT OVER HIS SON'S
HUNTER'S DEALINGS IN UKRAINE IS
PREEMPTIVELY TAKING HIS NAME OFF
THE LIST OF POTENTIAL WITNESSES.
OUR CORRESPONDENT RICH EDSON IS
WHERE THEY'RE SPENDING THE
HOLIDAYS.
>> THE FORMER VICE-PRESIDENT JOE
BIDEN IS CLARIFYING REMARKS FROM
YESTERDAY, SAYS IN HIS 40 YEARS
OF PUBLIC SERVICE, HE HAS ALWAYS
COMPLIED WITH LAWFUL COURT
ORDERS AND HE'S TWEETED, QUOTE,
BUT I AM JUST NOT GOING TO
PRETEND THERE'S ANY LEGAL BASIS
FOR REPUBLICAN SUBPOENAS FOR MY
TESTIMONY IN THE IMPEACHMENT
TRIAL.
THAT'S THE POINT I WAS MAKING
YESTERDAY AND I REITERATE, THIS
IMPEACHMENT IS ABOUT TRUMP'S
CONDUCT, NOT MINE.
BIDEN SAYS THAT THE SUBPOENAS
SHOULD GO TO WITNESSES ABOUT
WHAT HE SAYS, THE PRESIDENT'S
SHAKEDOWN OF THE UKRAINE.
AND SOME SAID THEY WANT TO BROAD
AND SOME SAID THEY WANT TO BRO D
BROADEN ON THE TRIAL AND ALLOW
FOR ADMINISTRATION OF JOE BIDEN,
HIS SON HUNTER, HIS SON HUNTER'S
TIME ON THE BOARD OF BURISMA AND
IN THE UKRAINE.
AND THERE'S CONCERN ESPECIALLY
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE
ARGUING WHAT TYPE OF TRIAL COULD
BE FOR IMPEACHMENT.
IF YOU ALLOW THE REPUBLICANS TO
WIDEN OUT AND ALLOW THE BIDENS
AND UKRAINE THEN YOU CAN GET
EXPOSURE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE FOR
THE DEMOCRATS TO GET THEIR
WITNESSES CALLED.
AND ACTING CHIEF OF STAFF AND
MICK MULVANEY TO TESTIFY, FORMER