Good evening, tomorrow for the first time in a generation and only the fourth time ever,

Americans will hear testimony in the impeachment of a president.

In a few moments we'll be joined by one of the lawmakers involved and talk about what

to expect tomorrow.

But we also have new reporting tonight on turmoil at the White House in advance of tomorrow's

testimony, as well as President Trump, weighing the possibility of firing the intelligence

community inspector general who decided the whistleblower's complaint had merit in the

first place.

We begin though tonight, keeping them honest, with a look at how President Trump and his

supporters may plan to battle back.

The plan is outlined in a memo drafted by Republican staffers on the Hill and circulated

to GOP members on key committees.

And it's important to look closely at this memo because whatever you may think of the

president or the case that he tried to extort Ukraine's president for political gain, there

is a lot in these talking points which are just not true.

So let's look at talking point number one for Republicans to use when discussing the

The rough summary of the July 25th phone call shows no conditionality or evidence of

pressure.

Now this is not quite as far as what the president, of course, has been saying.

That call was a great call, a perfect call.

So Republicans will be saying, yeah, maybe not perfect, but there was no pressure in the

call.

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