democrats. >> we have to go. . >> the house intelligence committee heard from nine witnesses. today from russia analyst fiona hill and also david holmes, the political counsellor at the embassy in ukraine. video outside the long office building across the street from the u.s. capitol where today's hearings, all the hearings this week are held. the we're going to take your phone kaldz acalls and reaction waiting for possible comments from democratic members of the committee and others.

we'll get to your calls momentarily. again, there may be more from members. but this is it for hearings this week in the house intelligence committee. the house itself and the senate as well, both on break now for the thanksgiving recess. the house not back in session for legislative work for votes until december 3rd.

part of the scene where the hearings have been held. we'll wait to see if there are comments from other members. we have not heard from democratic members yet from the committee. in the meantime, we take your calls. start in marysville, california. this is the democratic line. >> hi. i have been watching this impeachment inquiry. i'm disturbed for the simple fact we moved away from the constitution. i don't feel that they're really thinking about the well-being of the people of the united states. we know the president has done some things that are unlawful. so, therefore, the democrats are

trying to get to the bottom of the situation and they're unable to do this. this is going to cause more division in the united states. therefore, he need to be addressed now, not later. >> all right. okay. on to dan. dan it is new baltimore, michigan. independent line. >> hello, thank you for taking my call. i was watching the proceedings. there are a couple things. they talk about this ambassador and her being smeared and it seems like since mr. trump, president trump came down that escalator, him and his family's been smeared. when dr. hill said that the russians were the ones that were trying to interfere in the

election in ukraine, but there were ukrainians that were doing it too. the russians were involved to get hillary lekted and go against trump. there were a lot of bad things said about trump. >> republican line. your thoughts on today's hearing and what we have seen or heard this week. >> well, i thought it was fairly interesting both parties were trying to make political points. but there was a few colonels of truth being brought out, i guess. i would really like to see them subpoena and enforce some of the principles. you know, there is references to the chief of staff and pence and several other people that had firsthand knowledge. they could clear up a lot if they would be willing to

testify. and giuliani people. they're the final people that are going to be able to really clear up this thing. that's my comment. >> appreciate that. the charlotte, north carolina. thomas is up next on the democrats' line. >> hi, i think chairman schiff has done a spectacular job. i love his comments to the sessions and i think that president has enough evidence to be impeached. i think he puts himself before the country and we have servicemen all over the world. the we cannot have a president willing to throw us under the bus for some folks. thank you. >> i want to remind you that today's hearing was five ours

hor so will wi hours or so will reair tonight at 8:00 eastern. we go to nancy in mcclean, virginia. republican line. go ahead. >> hello. >> i'm sorry. hello? >> you're on the air. go ahead. >> yes. i'm calling with a question. with the hearings going on today, will there be a notification of the indictments that would -- yesterday that was done over in the ukraine far the company that hunter biden worked for? >> you're talking about burisma. what is your question about that? >> was it brought up today in the hearing? in the impeachment hearing? >> i'm not exactly clear what you're asking about that in

particular. >> was he questioned about in a? were they being questioned -- knowledge that the fact that there were indictments over there in the country with that company. >> there are further investigations of that company of burisma, yes, and there were requested made yesterday by the republicans by the republican ranking member devin nunes to ask for documents and some testimony from hunter biden's also from the whistle-blower. and those requests yesterday by republicans were blocked by democrats on the intelligence committee. we'll go next to kirk who is in chicago. calling on the independent line. go ahead. >> thanks for taking my call. i guess my question or comment is that when i read definitions of quid pro quo, most of them suggest that there is an equal

basis for the offer and the consideration. why hasn't the republican side taken advantagest inequity between the offering or the announcement of an investigation versus the conclusion or the indictment or the conviction? it seems like there is very little value in the announcement. it seems like they haven't gotten their meeting of minds or an equal basis for those two considerations. >> i think jim jordan made the point there in his comments a few minutes ago that one of the points was that the aid ultimately was delivered. so tried to take some of the air out of the quid pro quo argument. we'll go to missouri. we'll hear from sterwood next on the democrats line. >> yes.

my question is if we're such a great country and country of these laws that are supposed to represent justice for all, then how is it that if i was in that office or barack obama was in that office, a person of color, african-american, he would never be allowed the latitude to do the things that donald trump has done nor would he even be elected in that office with all the sexual assaults that he has been accused of. we're going to overlook everything this man has been accused of and seen and heard him do or say. and want to be represented as such. well, i don't really have a president because it's a word. because a word has a definition. and so we're without a president right now.

and i just hope that america can kind of get past a lot of these lies and deceit and then maybe we will be a great nation. >> we'll hear from derrick next. republican line. your reaction to the testimony today? >> hey. hello, america. thank you for my moment in comments to everybody that's been datalking and giving us patience. i guess the question to us all is now that we've seen and heard and it seems as though we went in with an idea and now we're coming out with perhaps an unchanged idea to go look at our congress and see the same thing, then no vote. and it pushes on my question. i do not know is that the next step is go partisan again because it doesn't seem to anybody that there's a clear violation to impeach the president of the united states. like the last caller said.

much it's not my president. okay. got it. he's still our president. what is the next step? >> the next step is chairman schiff has left the building. we don't expect some news briefing with him. he did not indicate at the close of the hearing what the next steps might be. the what we think that could be is a report to come out and the judiciary committee possibly taking it from there. public hearings, we're not sure of. there is no announcement about any additional public hearings. we mentioned earlier, the house and senate off for the congression congressional thanksgiving break. they return december 3rd for votes. there was movement in terms of the senate. a number of republican senators at the white house today, news organizations talking about the meeting with those senators including mike lee of utah with white house staff. here's what i want to show a report from "the washington

post" with their headline that says "white house and republicans discuss limiting impeachment trial to two weeks." they want to write that a group of republican senators met privately thursday, today, to map out a strategy for a potential impeachment trial with president trump including proceed gdz in the senate that could be limited to about two weeks according to people familiar with the talks. a number of senators and the people included in that meeting include white house counsel and acting chief of staff mick mulvaney and senior adviser to the president jared kushner. let's go back to calls and hear from craig in portland, oregon. he's on the independent line. >> hello, america. thank you for taking my call. i'd like to say thank you for recognizing the armenian genocide. it's an actual fact it happened to my grandparents. they're survivors. for them, i'm here. two times in my life in america i watched the popular vote go

the way of the person that is supposed to win the election. and for some reason, you know, we don't have one man, one vote. twice in my life the vote is won by the most popular president. and the election was stolen from the people. stolen from the population, taken away from our choice, our one man, one vote. the and given to some tie rannical fool and both times it's ended horribly. this president, his loud bombastic racist, bigoted homophobic rhetoric is the horrors of death for some people in this country. i don't like him. he can get the hell out of the whole country as far as i'm concerned. it's disgusting that we have this president. it's disgusting. it's absolutely not

representative of the will of the people. the people voted differently. >> all right. craig, we are going to go on to the republican line next. tim in maryland. go ahead, tim. >> hi there. >> hey, tim. go ahead. >> hi. i think the take away from today's hearing. one, i think that steve castor fellow is doing us no favors. and, two, jeff reepsterey epsted himself. back to you. >> kathleen is on the democrats line. >> yes, sir. this is so disturbing what is going on right now in this country. trump was impeachable if he was even president. russia, if you're listening do this for me and then when you kept saying and repeating himself over and over again, i

have so much money. i have so much money. oh, man, do i have a lot of money. i start to think, right, that these people that defend him so much, they're getting paid off! when they talk and defend him, it's like a chicken with their heads cut off. none of it is making sense. so i'm wondering, why would he say that over and over again? i have so much money. you know? i mean, did he -- is he paying people off to back him up to protect him no matter what he does, what he says? it's a very sad time for our country. thank you for listening, carry. >> grantville, ohio, this is the independent line. >> this was amazing. this was what we needed to hear. americans need to wake up

because it's -- this, is you know, if he gets away with this, it's not just this that he's getting away with. it's going to mean he can do whatever he wants. he can rig the next election, whatever he wants. don't let him do it. to republicans and in the senate and in our congress. they won't stand up to him. >> carrie, do you think the house intelligence committee served and what they've seen publicly over the last week or so, last two weeks that the house should move forward now to articles of impeachment on the president? >> i'm torn on that. i feel like as soon as it goes to the senate, the republicans aren't -- they're sticking their heads in the sand. they're not going to give them a fair trial. they already said it. they already prejudged it. so how can there be a fair trial

in the senate when the jurors, republicans, you know, and some of the democrats too. they have already said, you know, we've already decided. none of them have been saying that on either side. they turn it over to them. it's in the republican's court. we've already seen -- we don't see anything else, anything more to know that the republicans are betraying us right now. you're either in their little conservative right-wing media bubble and believing all -- it's like a cult. it's like a damn cult. they have people with a different reality than what is actually going on. and -- >> appreciate your opinion. we'll hear from randal next calling from georgia and on our

republican line. >> yes. thank you for taking my call. president trump has done more for this country than any presidents in the last ten lines of presidencies. i would also like to say that i feel the democrats are just so jealous of this, they can't get over it. and they're trying to get rid of a president because they're seeing that their ways are not the way of the american people. donald trump has not done anything more than any other president has ever done as far as asking for favors or wanting to get something ash

accomplished. i think they would try to impeach over the color of his limousine. i think the callers calling to bad mouth our president need to find a new way of life or stop and rethink their own. it's just ridiculous to see what we're having to put up with now in the house of representatives if this was a totally due process investigation that allowed everyone to have equal opportunity, then i believe you will see things charpg. and i think you'd see the american people stand up and fight for what's right. i believe what's right is donald trump in 2020. >> thank you. as the house intelligence committee wraps up its work for the week, we wrap up too with your phone calls and comments.

the house and senate finish their business today ahead of the thanks giving break. that included passing a government funding which otherwise would have expired tonight at midnight. another short term continuing resolution passed by the senate today likely signed by president trump, funding the federal government through december 20 nl. so they're not quite done with 2020 spending yet. we'll find out the week of the 20th, december 20th how that goes. let geese to margaret in california on the democrats line. >> hello. thank you for taking my call and thank you for the service that you're doing to the american public. you know, i choose to watch c-span because i don't want the spin of cnn. i don't want the spin of fox and msnbc and all the rest and the talking points. i want to see it with my own eyes and i want to hear it with

my own ears. i want to be objective. i want to, you know, yes, the back and forth gets nauseating. i will say. it looks pretty damning from testimonies, and you know, i'm being as objective as i can listening to the line of question, and i believe when you have an opportunity as an elected official to ask your questions, you don't want to waste it on -- i don't know, sideshows. i hate sideshows. i don't care who's putting it out there. so just liss edtening to their testimonies i have to say i feel very proud of some of the public servants that we have in our country, they go from administration to administration, and i think if they let themselves get caught up in that they'll never be able to do their job. it's the american public that they have to serve, and so right now it looks pretty damning.

it seems to me that there's plenty there to hold the president accountable and i would say that on any president because i believe that what was done with clinton was correct. he should have been impeached for lying. you can't get into, you know -- our government is based on the three branches of government and they all have to balance each other, like it or not. that's what we vote for. >> margaret, you called it pretty damning. the testimony that you saw this week or today, what one single fact stood out that you didn't know before that bolsters your opinion that the evidence is damning? >> that they were all in the know and it was being directed by the president himself. one thing i continually hear -- i continually hear, it's corruption. we have branches of government

for that. if somebody is doing something, and i agree that biden's kid being in that post, that's not a good thing. absolutely not. however, you know, one right to say i am doing this, and i'm using the public's money to do this, this particular act that benefits me. we have to be very careful on how we use the public's funs. they have a fiduciary responsibility to protect our money. so if this was something that they felt was wrong which i understand was investigated, okay? however, you don't put your finger on the scale to do it. that's what got nixon in trouble is when you stick yourself in there and you direct it, then that separates it from the job you're doing as a president to

the job you're doing for your own thing and it's a line that should never be crossed no matter who is sitting in the white house, and to me it's pretty damning and i see many of these appointees and they're done by different presidents and i think they're trying to do their job, and i think sondland listening to him, and then listening to the testimony this afternoon. you have individuals that went directly to the attorney because right away they knew having worked in the state department and having worked in the government for years. so the president and those who support this kind of behavior, i don't support this kind of behavior. i don't care who it is. i don't want care if i voted for them or not. this kind of behavior is wrong, but to use this he didn't know any better and then it's quid

pro quo, it's this or that. we need to watch it and then we need to do ourselves a favor and we need to right this ship because if we don't the next time around it's somebody else who we don't care for and it's just going to keep going and going and going and america has to right this ship. we owe it to ourselves. we owe it to our children. we owe it to the next generation and not do this part of it pulling the party apart. >> we appreciate that. margaret, she's in shanksville, pennsylvania. go ahead. >> hi. thank you for taking my call. i've been recording my testimonies and getting to depositions from the closed-door hearings and my feeling on this is that you asked another caller what was the most damning

evidence so far, and for me is people who could provide exculpatory evidence are being restricted from testifying, and so if there really was no agenda to try to get information on a potential presidential challenger in 2020, if that real really wasn't the case, i think that would be something that they would have evidence of and documentation of and be able to put it in front of the american people and it's not a memo. it's a summary. another thing i wanted to say is for me, personally as an older millennial i'm more concerned about the facts that got us into the position that we're in now with the mueller report and what fraushthed our country has to do with destructive innovations that aren't being met with equal legislation to protect us and

bitcoin and the mueller report it was in the unredacted evidence. that's probably why it can't be proven and we have cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence and the disruptive innovations and we're just not prepared to deal with. so for me, even though i don't like some of the rhetoric and the talk that comes from this administration. >> yeah. >> i'm more concerned about the broader picture. >> appreciate that. we'll get to joseph next from tacoma, washington, on the republican line. joseph -- louis, i'm sorry. you're on the air. >> first of all, i'm from the baby boomer generation so basically i've been a republican most of my life, but when it came to voting for trump, i couldn't. you know, i knew from the start there was going to be trouble and i feel for the republicans.

on. >> i'm going to let you go there, louis. i asked you to call on the line that best represents your point of view, and let's go to joseph on the republican line. go ahead. you're on the air. mute your television set and go ahead with your comment. >> i'm impressed that the democrats have been motivated by pure hatred of donald trump and they do not recognize the inexorable laws of the universe that hatred is always self-destructive. >> thanks for your calls and comments tomorrow at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span's washington journal. i want to read you a response from the acting, and fiona

hill's testimony is riddled with speculation and guesses of any role that mr. mull vaughny played with anything related to ukraine. she bases much of her testimony about him on things allegedly heard from unnamed staffers and guards in the west wing and, quote, many people and that is part of the statement from mick mulvaney's lawyer this afternoon. i want to remind you that our coverage will continue tonight and our re-air of the entire hearing with fiona hill and david holmes will re-air tonight on c-span beginning at 8:00 p.m. eastern. >> follow the house impeachment inquiry and the response on c-span. unfiltered coverage on tv, radio app and on live. watch prime time re-airs on c-span or screen any time on demand at c-span.org/impeachment.

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