Democrats press for more docs after White House email from 90 minutes after Trump call shows Ukraine pressure; Democrats demand docs after "explosive" email details White House efforts to freeze Ukraine aid; Trump mocks the use of windmills to generate po

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🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 37 minutes

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McConnell says talks at an "impasse" but won't rule out witnesses for Trump impeachment trial; McConnell: "Absurd" for Pelosi to delay impeachment trial; Nearly 200 faith leaders denounce prominent evangelical magazine's op-ed critical of Trump; Senator in Republican leadership dodges question about Trump's call with Ukraine; Justice Department argues courts should stay out of McGahn testimony fight; House tells court McGahn testimony needed for impeachment; Boeing CEO forced out amid problems with grounded 737 Max jet, flawed spacecraft; Source: "New, hardline approach" will be North Korea's "Christmas gift" to the U.S.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happening now at an impasse Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell slams
0:06.1	House Speaker Nancy Pelosi for holding on to the articles of impeachment
0:10.1	against President Trump calling her strategy absurd.
0:13.7	But McConnell isn't ruling out the possibility of calling witnesses
0:17.5	once the impeachment trial gets going.
0:20.0	90 minutes later, the top Senate Democrat ramps up his push for new witnesses
0:24.4	and specific documents after newly revealed email show a White House
0:28.1	official made contact with the Pentagon within 90 minutes of President Trump's phone call with Ukraine's leader in July. the Boeing demands and receives the resignation of its CEO,
0:43.5	the dramatic show of no confidence
0:45.4	after the grounding of a popular airliner
0:47.5	following deadly crashes and an embarrassing failure
0:50.9	of Boeing's new spacecraft.
0:53.0	And Kim's Christmas gift,
0:55.0	as North Korea's brazen dictator orders rocket engine tests
0:58.0	and meets with his top generals,
1:00.0	a source says the North Koreans are about to unwrap a new hardline approach to the U.S.
1:05.3	I'm Brianna Kealer. Wolf Blitzer is off today. You're in the situation room. over President Trump's upcoming impeachment trial.
1:22.5	Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer issuing a new demand for specific documents
1:27.2	after the release of what Schumer calls explosive emails, raising questions
1:31.0	about the timing of President Trump's freeze of aid to Ukraine and his
1:35.3	demand for political dirt on Joe Biden.
1:38.1	Also today, Republican leader Mitch McConnell said negotiations about the impeachment trial are
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