A key player in the house Democrats' impeachment inquiry is talking to members of Congress right now after the Trump White House lets her show up to testify. She says Rudy Giuliani led a concerted effort to get rid of her.

 

Plus, investigators are now looking into Giuliani's business ties to two Ukrainian associates indicted by the Feds.

 

And the President goes on a campaign rally spree in the face of the impeachment inquiry.

 

On today's Panel: Julie Pace with the Associated Press, Jackie Kucinich with The Daily Beast, Bloomberg's Sahil Kapur, Lisa Lerer with The New York Times, and Former Federal Prosecutor Michael Zeldin

 

Also on the program: CNN's Manu Raju and Ryan Browne

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Friday, October 11, 2019: Former Ukraine Ambassador Blames Trump & Giuliani for Her Removal

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First: Trump on Trial. As Donald Trump makes history in the courtroom, Biden spends the week on the trail. How will Trumps case reshape the race?
Plus: An exclusive interview with Vice President Harris
And: Johnson in jeopardy. New behind the scenes details as Speaker Johnson takes on his right flank, but will it cost him his job?
Plus: End of an era. Our exclusive sit down with two Senate dealmakers. Will they support Biden or Trump?
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Opening statements begin in Trump hush money trial

Jury selection is nearly complete in the case the People of the State of New York versus Donald J. Trump. 12 jurors and one alternate have been sworn in, and the judge and lawyers from both sides are trying to fill up the panel with five more alternates. Trump is inside the room and we're told that he's been looking right at jurors as they answer questions and whispering with his attorney. 
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Trump trial, day five

First: As of last night, seven jurors were seated in the Donald Trump hush money trial. Now, there are only six. 
Plus: Will Mike Johnson's decision to push a Ukraine aid bill cost him his gavel? 
And: A Kennedy family reunion with a notable no-show. 
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Jury selection hits a bump in the road

First: For the first time in nearly 150 years, a cabinet member will be tried in the Senate for high crimes. 
Plus: We're minutes away from the start of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas' impeachment trial, which could be over soon after it starts. 
And: "Israel makes it own decisions." That's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's message to the world and his own political coalition. 
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History on the hill

First: Jury selection in the unprecedented criminal trial of former President Donald Trump continues. CNN is inside and outside the courtroom with all the breaking details on this critical moment in American history. 
Plus: Joe Biden heads to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania to channel his working class roots and talk about taxes. 
And: "I am not resigning." That was Mike Johnson's message to his caucus as another House Republican joins the push to kick him out as speaker. 
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Friday, October 11, 2019: Former Ukraine Ambassador Blames Trump & Giuliani for Her Removal

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