catherine croft has a great career ahead of her. for her to make a mis-step without that cover would have been a big risk. i want to pause on tim morrison because i worked with him and we talked about him actually you and i. you asked me whether he would testify. he worked for a long time in congress. he worked for matt thornberry who's retiring. with the house armed services committee. i suspect he left -- he was a political appointee. i think he left the white house so he could speak more frankly, so he could testify. that's my bet. you know, policy wise a lot of democrats probably would want to say negative things because they didn't like the things that he worked hard to advocate, anti-arms control, et cetera, but as a colleague i worked hard with him and my sense is he understands his constitutional obligations. >> jill, what do you make of the pace that congressman krishnamoorthi tells us has picked up? >> i think it's a natural reaction to the fact the evidence is mounting so fast and it's like pieces of jigsaw coming togethe

today catherine croft corroborated that directly and basically entirely. this was her testimony today. she said, quote, on july 18th, the same date that taylor identified, july 18th i participated in a sub'policy coordination committee videoconference where an omb representative reported that the white house chief of staff had placed an informal hold on security assistance to ukraine. the only reason given was that the order came at the direction of the president. so to the extent that bill taylor's testimony last week, that president trump intervened to personally insist military aid and white house meetings be denied to ukraine i will they coughed up investigations that could help president trump and his domestic politics, to the extent of bill taylor's testimony last week was the nail in the coffin or the ninety-first nail in the coffin for these impeachment proceedings, this today was direct corroboration that taylor was telling the truth and there are other witnesses to put nar names to sworn statements. and i will say the drama here is just kind of b

catherine croft testifies about efforts -- what she was told about this aid being put on hold for ukraine. she said on july 18th, i participated in a sub-policy coordination committee video conference where an omb representative reported the white house chief of staff mick mulvaney placed an informal hold on security assistance to ukraine. the only reason given was that the order came at the direction of the president. now we also are expecting to hear from anderson testifying later this afternoon. christopher anderson is a career foreign service officer, and he is expected to say, according to this opening statement that john bolt bolton, then national security adviser cautioned that giuliani was a key voice with the president on ukraine and could be an obstacle to increased white house engagement. we're expected to learn more about the efforts to try to get rid of that ukrainian ambassador to the ukraine, marie yovanovitch, someone who had been ousted, targeted by rudy giuliani and others, recalled from that post after pressure from the president. someone with a lot of career officials

what is catherine croft expected to tell investigators that they have not heard before? >> reporter: it's our first double deposition day here, craig. and democrats are not expecting huge bombshells from either of these witnesses. these are folks who can essentially help them fact check different items along the way in this whole process, but there is one notable element in miss croft's testimony, at least in her prepared statement, where she describes a meeting from earlier this summer. i want to read part of it to you. she writes, on july 18th i participated in a sub-policy coordination committee, video conference where an omb, that's office of management and budget representative, reported that the white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, had placed an informal hold on security assistance to ukraine. the only reason given was that the order came at the direction of the president. that last sentence will be key here. this is something that both parties are going to dig in on, i am sure, as they conduct this deposition down below me in that secure room. that the order

>> today you have a former and current state department special adviser and i'm talking about catherine crofte first being christopher anderson. but it's croft according to the opening statement who will say there was an informal hold put on key military aid and the key being at the president of the president. how significant is the opening statement. >> well, i think it falls in line with the testimony that we've heard that this was all coming directly from trump and from the shadow foreign policy operation that was operating outside of the state department and outside of normal channels and outside of u.s. policy really. i'm not sure she's going to be inside the meetings where they were hatching this shadow foreign policy, she certainly saw it's clear the end result of it, which is trump putting a hold on the military. >>> a free and democratic ukraine is in the best interests of the united states and a free europe. that's the underlying foreign policy here. a lot of times in this discussion we forget the country is occupied by russia, you know, and the president keeps talking about how ukr

this is more witnesses are appearing for closed-door sessions, state department officials catherine croftnd christopher anderson telling lawmakers what they know about the trump administration's dealings with ukraine, more in today's testimony you had to. but first, to our senior producer on capitol hill chad program. chad what happens in this meeting, the rules committee, what are they doing and how does that prepare the resolution for a vote on it for tomorrow? >> this is a bit of a different role for the rules committee, what they are actually doing is crafting the resolution itself. what they do is they go through the resolution line by line on what's called here and capitol hill and mark up. what you can anticipate is to have republican members try to offer amendments and alterations to this text that we got yesterday about 24 hours ago to try and give themselves more rights in committee and subpoena witnesses and also to provide legal protection for the president. this will be in the house for tomorrow. that's going to be the first official time they are going to move this processed

catherine croft was up first for a deposition. she and another colleague were served with subpoenas and forced her to comply. she told lawmakers in her opening statement obtained by fox that lobbyist bob livingston was seeking to oust the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. "he characterized ambassador yovanovitch as an obama holdover, and associated with george soros. it was not clear to me at the time or at whose direction or expense mr. livingston was seeking the removal of ambassador yovanovitch." this afternoon, state department official christopher anderson will tell lawmakers that former national security advisor jumbles and raise concerns about rudy giuliani's impact. "bulls and stated he agreed with our few lines of effort and he also supported increased senator whitehouse engagement. however, he cautioned that rudy giuliani was a key voice with the president which would be an obstacle for white house engagement. today, the top republican -- >> we can talk to them to determine their credibility. do they have a bias? what i

catherine croft a special advisor on ukraine for the state department up first. her opening statement says she took calls from a lobbyist who wanted the u.s. ambassador to ukraine gone. she says she was told that president trump ordered his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney to put an informal hold on security aid to ukraine. next up, christopher anderson, who held croft's position before her. anderson's opening statement describes a call in june where john bolton raised concerns about rudy giuliani's role in ukraine foreign policy. this testimony coming yesterday after dramatic testimony. a source telling cnn vinman testified the white house edited out a few keyword and details in that memo detailing the july 25th call with ukraine's president. the white house denies any such edits. here with me to share the reporting and and their insig s insights. two more trump foreign policy insiders. the democrats have this methodical approach and at the center of it again today rudy giuliani and the people who were supposed to be doing this saying what is he doing involve

catherine croft then took over for anderson in july after spending two years as a director. she testified for nearly five hours this morning. she described her earliest experience as a push to remove the ambassador of ukraine, quote, during my time i received multiple calls from lobbyist robert livingston who told me that ambassador yovanovitch should be fired. it was not clear to me at the time or now at whose direction or whose expense mr. livingston was seeking the removal of ambassador yovanovitch. i documented these calls and told my boss. it's probably worth noting here lobbyist robert livingston is one and the same as the former bill clinton president-elect who had to leave because he admitted to affairs and then resigned. that robert livingston. today we learned the president's last national security adviser. the infamous notorious to john bolton has been invited to testify before the investigating house committees next friday, november 7th. now, remember, several witnesses have already testified that bolton was concerned about trump's ukraine pressure campaign. he t

ukraine are testifying in each month inquiry into president donald trump christopher anderson and catherine croft are expected to describe how state department officials efforts to support ukraine were stymied by the white house the pair follow alexander the national security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday when was the 1st witness who listened there on a phone call between the u.s. and ukrainian presidents at the center of the inquiry our white house correspondent kelly halkett has more on this from washington. the testimony on wednesday on capitol hill by 2 state department officials are expected to be particularly damaging to the white house once again this is an effort by the democrats to offer further timelines and a deep dive into ukraine policy under the administration of donald trump we expect that at least one of the witnesses will testify that there was a request to withhold military aid to ukraine and that this came at the direction of president trump but all eyes are also on what will take place in the u.s. house of representatives on thursday tha

catherine croft and christopher anderson.oth of them hailed from the national security council and worked as advisers to former ukraine envoy kurt volker. he was one of the first diplomats to provide testimony in the house investigation. volker has since resigned from his government post. anderson who worked for bolton expected to voice more of bolton's alarm over giuliani's influence on donald trump. from the "wall street journal's" report on that, quote, mr. bolton's warning as described by mr. anderson suggests the then-national security adviser was aware of giuliani's influence over the president on ukraine policy several weeks before july 25th phone conversation in which trump would press his ukrainian counterpart to investigate joe biden and other matters echoing calls mr. giuliani had made for months. mr. bolton in an unusual move didn't listen in on that call. now that is adding to a damning cacophony of incriminating testimony up on capitol hill today in an unexpected twist donald trump's hand-picked ambassador to ru

according to a prepared statement catherine croft described an off-site effort to remove then the u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie. christopher anderson singled out the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani as an obstacle to cooperation between the white house and ukraine. number of the president's national security team alexander penman testified yesterday. portions of the call between president trump and ukraine's leader were omitted from the white house's summary. he said he is willing to testify publicly. >>> lawmakers debated a resolution to set guidelines for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry. ahead of their votes plan for tomorrow. >>> this is not a hearing on whether the president should be impeached. that will be determined at some other point. this is a hearing on trying to get a process in place. >>> what you set forth here is not an open and fair process. >>> never house democrats indicated the first public impeachment hearings could begin in a few weeks. >>> twitter drops a bombshell. the social movement network fanning all political ads. how it is putting pre

and we begin with catherine croft, the state department special adviser for ukraine. she is testifying as the result of a subpoena. she is expected to say that during a july meeting with a budget official, she heard them say that ukrainian aid was on hold at the direction of president trump. christopher anderson, he is a former special adviser to ambassador kurt volker. volker was the former special envoy to ukraine. he will talk about vague discussions of rudy giuliani demanding that ukraine open investigations that took place during an energy department meeting this summer as well. and then timothy morrison, you see him. we had that one circled for days because it was expected that he would be the first person to testify about a firsthand account of that call. it's believed that he would have been on that july phone call as well. now we've heard from vindman that it's expected that morrison would corroborate his comments, and he is significant as well because his name was mentioned more than a dozen times in the testimony of bill taylor. bill taylor, you'll remember

president donald trump christopher anderson and catherine croft both served under the former special envoy to crane kurt volker follow alexander vine but the national security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday he was the 1st impeachment witness who listened to the call between mr trump and the ukrainian president which is at the center of the inquiry white house correspondent kimberly help that has more now from washington. the testimony on wednesday on capitol hill by 2 state department officials are expected to be particularly damaging to the white house once again this is an effort by democrats to offer further timelines and a deep dive into ukraine policy under the administration of donald trump we expect that at least one of the witnesses will testify that there was a request to withhold military aid to ukraine and that this came at the direction of president trump but all eyes are also on what 1 will take place in the u.s. house of representatives on thursday that's when a vote is expected under the direction of the speaker of the house nancy

this is cath -- catherine croft and will be interviewed by republicans and democrats on the select committees. but the republicans have been asking the process be brought out into the open. and congress is going to do that. today the house rules committee will set up the rules for the next step, public hearing, and then tomorrow the house will vote on the rules. then the intelligence committee will conduct hearings where the president's lawyers will be able to cross-examine witnesses. from there a report to the judiciary committee, which may or may not draw up a list of charges against the president, if they do that is when you get a full vote by the house on whether or not to impeach. the constitution really doesn't talk a lot about how to impeach. only that the house vote to do it and then there is of course that trial in the senate that has happened twice before. the most recent of course bill clinton. kris. >> new at 11:00, a health warning for you. a common pain reliever taken while a woman is pregnant could have harmful effects on the child. and that is according to a new study from joh

former white house ukraine director catherine croft revealed that she received multiple calls from formerepublican congressman robert livingston, urging the firing of then-u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. "it was not clear to me," croft says, "at whose direction or at whose expense mr. livingston was working." the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, has claimed that yovanovitch was an impediment to his efforts to get ukraine to investigate mr. trump's campaign rival, joe biden. >> you were aware that there were individuals and forces outside of the state department seeking to smear ambassador yovanovitch, is that correct? >> i was. >> reporter: deputy secretary of state john sullivan was the one who had to tell yovanovitch she was being recalled to washington. >> the president had lost confidence in her. >> reporter: and you were told that by the secretary of state? >> i was. >> did you ask why he lost confidence in her? >> yes. >> what was the answer? >> i was told that he had lost confidence in her, period. >> that's not a why, just that he lost confidence in her. h

catherine croft said bobbing livingston was seeking to out the u.s. ambassador of ukraine. christopher anderson told lawmakers john bolton was concerned about the impact of president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani. the next steps are a more public phase of open hearings. but not all democrats are sold. new jersey's jeff vandr youe is not. >> it's flatly not a resolution that impeaches the president of the united states. why would you want to call it that when it's clearly not the case. reporter: the leader of the senate -- >> it should not be applied to any american or the president of the united states. reporter: former national security advisor john bolton is asked to appear next thursday and tension continues to grow here on capitol hill. lou: joining us tonight is tom fitton. president of judicial watch. a vote tomorrow to set the rules on this so-called inquiry. republicans say they will vote as a block against it. the question becomes, why should they participate at all if they call this a legitimate undertaking? >> that's a fair question. the concern here i

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testifying the impeachment inquiry into the us president bill they were christopher andersen and catherine croft. on the former special envoy to crime kurt volker the pair follow. the national security council official in charge of ukraine policy he testified on tuesday he was the 1st impeachment witness to the cold between trump and the ukrainian president which is at the center of the inquiry white house correspondent can we help that is in washington. the testimony on wednesday on capitol hill by 2 state department officials are expected to be particularly damaging to the white house once again this is an effort by the democrats to offer further timelines and a deep dive into ukraine policy under the administration of donald trump we expect that at least one of the witnesses will testify that there was a request to withhold military aid to ukraine and that this came at the direction of president trump but all eyes are also on what will take place in the u.s. house of representatives on thursday that's when a vote is expected under the direction of the speaker of the house nancy pelosi to form

about to testify at an impeachment inquiry into president donald trump christopher andersen and catherine croft both served on the former special envoy he of crane could volcker the pair follow alexander vend been the national security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday he was the 1st impeachment witness who'd listen to the call between trump and the ukrainian president which is at the center of the inquiry lived out of washington at a white house correspondent kimberly helka so after the testimony yesterday which we were reporting that the president needed to be worried about what's to to happen today. yeah well potentially 2 more very damaging testimony is coming forward as part of this closed door process what we know as you pointed out to state department officials that worked underneath the u.s. envoy to ukraine kurt volker the former u.s. envoy to ukraine what we expect from these testimonies adrian essentially timeline's questions about ukraine policy we do know that one of the witnesses will testify that in discussions that she was privy to that in fac

former white house ukraine director catherine croft revealed that she received multiple calls from formerublican congressman robert livingston, urging the firing of then u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. "it was not clear to me," croft says, "at whose direction or at whose expense mr. livingston was working." the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani has claimed that yovanovitch was an impediment to his efforts to get ukraine to investigate mr. trump's campaign rival joe biden. >> you were aware there were individuals and forces outside of the state department seeking to smear ambassador yovanovitch, is that right? >> i was. >> reporter: deputy secretary of state john sullivan was the one who had to tell yovanovitch she was being recalled to washington. >> the president had lost confidence in her. >> and you were told that by the secretary of state? >> i was. >> did you ask why he lost confidence in her? >> yes. >> and what was the answer? >> i was told that he had lost confidence in her, period. >> well, that's not a why. just lost confidence didn't explain why. >> report

christopher anderson and catherine croft. they have worked at the state department and reportedly are set to continue with this wasimony that rudy giuliani an optical of sort standing in the way of how the state department was able to work on u.s.-ukraine relations. closed-door testimony. it comes on the eve of the first vote in the house of representatives put forth by a speaker of the house nancy pelosi. it is the first step in the procedure to move along this impeachment inquiry. republicans, president trump, they have criticized democrats in the house for not owning precisely what they are doing. i'm told by sources on both sides that tomorrow's vote is really a formality of sorts to kickstart the impeachment inquiry. some rules ande guidelines that say if it goes forward, president trump or his lawyers can be present for future opening hearings? kevin: absolutely. in fact, when you look at the dynamics, they have been quite tepid in engaging the procedural hurdles. they said they want to wait to see what happens. i spoke

the impeachmt inquiry heard from two career state department diplomats and experts on ukraine, catherine croft a guy named christopher anderson. anderson described a meeting with former national security adviser and man using peace sign to poke out your eyes, john bolton. bolton wanted the united states. to be more supportive of ukraine, but he "cautioned that rudy giuliani was a key voice with the president on ukraine which could be an obstacle to increased white house engagement." yeah, giuliani is all over this thing. in fact, pelosi is drafting "the articles of impeachment of donald j. trump feat. rudy giuliani and pitbull." pitt ball is always in there. he's always-- nches mr. worldwide. >> stephen: he's mr. worldwide. we may soon hear it straight from the man himself, because this afternoon, impeachment investigators invited john bolton to testify. yeah, yeah. he's going next week, next week, evidently. we're going to hear it straight from the horse's mus ( laughter ) remember, bolton is a guy with a gigabtsic ego who have my say ie course." oh, and if bolton is as vindictive as his repu

>> reporter: right now catherine croft who is the state department official testifying behind closedoors. we've seen her opening statement in which he raised concerns and talked about the fact that security aid for ukraine had been withheld. she notes in that opening statement that the reason that was given was that the order came at the direction of the president, because mick mulvaney, the acting white house dhe chief of staff, placed an informal hold on that ukrainian aid. she also revealed there was a push to oursest marie yovanovit. according to her testimony, the lobbyist robert livingston had lobbied her to get rid, to push for the ouster of yovanovitch, calling yovanovitch an obama holdover. it's unclear why he did that. that's been a big question for lawmakers emerging from this. one democratic lawmaker jerry connolly said he wants to speak with livingston as part of this to understand why he got involved as well. overall the larger concern being raised here backs up what other people have been saying. there was this outside effort to push ukrainian policy outside of normal

>> reporter: and catherine croft is done testifying. she talked about the decision to withhold that military aid approved by congress that ukraine desperately sought that came just as the president was pushing for those investigations into were his political rivals. she did say that there was an informal hold that was placed on the release of that aid by mick mulvaney, acting white house chief of staff, and she said it came at the direction of the president. now, she also indicated, we are told, that rudy giuliani, she tried to stay away from the role that rudy giuliani played in moving outside of normal diplomatic channels and said that she wanted to stay away from "that mess" referring to the push by giuliani to invest gays the bidens as well as the 2016 elections, but coming out of this closed-door deposition, some democrats said there needs to be more explanation about key players' roles including mick mulvaney's. >> mr. mulvaney's role gets deeper as we get into this. and it is puzzling that somebody from omb, the office of managem

investigators heard from two different state department officials today, christopher anderson and catherine croftboth who worked as deputy to former special envoy to ukraine volker. investigators are inviting former national security advisor bolton to testify next thursday. if he shows up, he would be the most senior witness this committee has heard from so far. liz? elizabeth: thank you for your reporting. impeachment is on a collision cour course, potential government shutdown, and now this, tom brokaw says the democrats don't have the goods to impeach. they have yet to explain to voters what exactly is the law they think the president has broke. >> they still don't have what you would call the goods on this president in terms of breaking the law and being in an impeachable target for them. they are going to start the process, but they don't have the same kind of clarity that the people who are opposed to richard nixon had because it was so clear that these were criminal acts that he was involved in. elizabeth: republican congressman from louisiana is joining me now. great to see you. you met w

opening statements obtained by fox news catherine croft saying "throat both, either directly or indirectly, president trump described ukraine as a corrupt country." ." another state to permit officials and former national security advisor john bolton warned diplomats about rudy giuliani for christopher anderson's opening statement reads "bolton stated he agreed with our efforts and also supported increased senior white house engagement. however, he cautioned that mr. giuliani was a key voice with the president on ukraine, which could be an obstacle to increased white house engagement." the impeachment inquiry also spilling over into the senate today at a confirmation hearing for the next ambassador to russia. democrats grilling deputy secretary of state john sullivan over president trump's phone call with his ukrainian counterpart. sullivan testifying that he was aware of "a smear campaign against the former u.s. investor to ukraine," believing -- he said giuliani was involved. giuliani not taking that lying down, responding to might be a twitter, saying this: "the investor nominee doesn't

state department officials catherine croft and christopher anderson each met behind closed doors with house investigating committees. anderson was special adviser for ukraine negotiations until this past july. in his opening statement, he said bolton warned him about rudy's efforts to influence to trump on ukraine. croft took over for anderson in july after spending two years ak a director covering ukraine over on the national security council. this morning she told lawmakers that lobbyist robert livingston, you may remember this man, longtime republican congressman from louisiana. he is the former house speaker-elect during the time of president clinton's impeachment. that he pushed to remove the onetime u.s. ambassador to ukraine, maria yovanovitch, calling her, quote, an obama holdover. we're also learning more about what lieutenant colonel alexander vindman told members of congress during his testimony yesterday. nbc news reports he testified that a white house meeting between trump and the president of ukraine as well as that military aid package was contingent on ukrainian offic

and catherine croft is someone who knees ukraine well. she knew that rudy giuliani was intimately involved in this smear campaign against ambassador yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador there. so u.s. sta-- state department officials were concerned about the hold and had questions about the legitimate massey of it. >> and sarah, rob portman of ohio made one last pitch to president trump in the september 11th phone call urging him to release the funds. >> that is right. this is a point where everyone else in the administration is saying okay it is time to release this money. the president still won't budge. rob portman decides to take one more go at it and he calls the president and said if you don't get this money out of the door now it will go away because the fiscal year is ending and then you have a problem on your hands and they hung up the call and the president surprised everyone around him and in washington in and ukraine and decided after that call he would release the money. now we don't know if rob portman's pitch is the one

going to depose catherine croft tomorrow morning at 9:00 eastern.e been her predecessor in ukraine is going to testify, and worked directly with the former u.s. special envoy for ukraine kirk volker who himself testified himself right after he resigned his post. he's the one who turned over the text messages which have since become an essential part of the inquiry. so tomorrow committee members are going to hear basically his direct reports. this week is going to continue to be like this every day. it's only tuesday now. stay tight. y. it's only tuesday now. stay tight ♪ (dramatic orchestra) performance comes in lots of flavors. there's the amped-up, over-tuned, feeding-frenzy-of sheet-metal-kind. and then there's performance that just leaves you feeling better as a result. that's the kind lincoln's about. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ born to be wild... ♪ as a doctor, i agree with cdc guidance. i recommend topical pain relievers first... like salonpas patch large. it's powerful, fda-approved to relieve moderate pain, yet non-addictive and gentle on the body. salonpas. i

today catherine croft, a ukraine -- a special adviser on ukraine went behind closed doors and talked about mick mulvaney and someone she said put an informal hold on the ukrainian aid and she said it was -- according to her opening statement that president trump was behind that decision. now one democrat who emerged from this closed-door proceeding said the questions about mick mulvaney continue to grow. >> mr. mulvaney's role gets deeper as we get into this. it is puzzling that somebody from omb, the office of management and budget would sudden my play a foreign policy role in making a decision about suspending aid to an allys country that is fighting active russian aggression on its territory. >> now on friday, wolf, one of mulvaney's deputies robert blair is scheduled to come testify behind closed doors, plenty of questions for him but at the moment still unclear whether he'll show as democrats try to get more answers about mulvaney's role in all of this. wolf. >> important questions indeed. manu raju, thank up very much. >>> let's get more on all of this. joining us now, democrat

catherine croft, a state department special adviser for ukraine, also appearing today, corroborating the testimony the committees have heard from other witnesses about the push to oust the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. and testifying today, she was informed that acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney, put an informal hold on security assistance to ukraine. the only reason given is that the order came at the direction of the president, croft said today. all of this as the fallout continues from the explosive testimony on capitol hill tuesday of lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. the national security council's top ukraine expert. vindman, who was on that now-famous july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president directly contradicting trump's public description of the transcript released by the white house. >> i had a transcript done by very, very talented people, word for word, comma for comma, done by people that do it for a living. we had an exact transcript. >> reporter: president trump touting over and over again that

>>catherine croft a state department's special adviser for ukraine also appearing today corroboratingtimony the committees have heard from other witnesses about the push to oust the former us ambassador ukraine marie yovanovitch meantime the fallout continues from the explosive testimony on capitol hill tuesday tenet colonel alexander been been national security council's top ukraine expert captain ben was on the now famous july 25th call between president trump and the ukrainian president. the same call president trump, first 2 as perfect you take a look at that color was perfect but thin mints testimony directly contradicting president trump's public description. transcript released by the white house had a transcript. >>done by very very talented people word for word. done by pe,ple that do it for a living i we had an exact transcript. >>president trump touted over and over again that it was an exact transcript of the phone call. the white house in september saying the lip sees that showed up did not represent messina words or phrases but not so says man who told lawmakers what the

in the house democrats impeachment inquiry, state department officials catherine croft and christopher anderson are both former assistants to former special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker. anderson is preparing remarks and planning to testify that x r john bolton warned diplomats in june about, attorney rudy giuliani's influence on ukraine. this, as we are learning just how heated this entire process is becoming. a shouting match reportedly erupting during yesterday's deposition, with democrats accusing republicans of trying to out the whistleblower. and republicans accusing house until chair adam schiff of trying to coach the witness, among other things. >> we haven't objected to any of eric questioning. on the other hand, adam schiff continues to shut down republican lines of questioning on important issues in terms of who is privy to the phone call, who was with the whistleblower. >> melissa: this is "outnumbered" and i'm melissa francis. here today, harris faulkner. attorney on fox news contributor, emily compagno. syndicated radio host and fox news contributor, leslie marshall. joi

he literally switched suvs with catherine croft, who wrapped up her testimony after several hours.ng closely and we'll keep you posted on what we learn about their testimonies throughout the afternoon. >>> is set to begin in just a couple minutes. as it stands that legislation would bring impeachment out into the open and invite republicans into the process. but will that be enough to appease them? joining me, congressman eric swalwe swalwell. good to see you. good afternoon. >> you too. thanks so much, chris. >> so when the now famous run on the scif happened, as secret interviews, selective leaks, and weird theatrical performances of transcripts that never happened. so do you believe that this new process, assuming that this gets voted in, which will be public as we said, which will allow the president's lawyers to cross-examine witnesses, will change any minds? >> let me first defend the initial phase. the investigative phase. any investigation that has integrity starts with a closed process. now, almost 50 republicans were a part of this secret hearing that mr. gates described.

catherine croft and christopher anderson. both of them hailed from the national security council and

house investigators are going to depose the state department's special adviser for ukraine catherine croftastern. right after that an official who may have been her predecessor in ukraine is going to testify, and his name is christopher anderson. croft and anderson worked directly with the former u.s. special envoy for ukraine kurt volker who himself testified this month right after he resigned his post. he's the one who turned over the text messages which have since become an essential part of the inquiry. so tomorrow committee members are going to hear from volker's basically -- his former direct reports. this week is going to continue to be like this every day. it's only tuesday now. stay tight. as soon as the homeowners arrive, we'll inform them that liberty mutual customizes home insurance, so they'll only pay for what they need. your turn to keep watch, limu. wake me up if you see anything. [ snoring ] [ loud squawking and siren blaring ] only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ performance comes in lots of flavors. ♪ (dramatic orchestra) there's the amped-

testify at the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump they were christopher andersen and catherine croft both served under the former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker the pair follow alexander vine dman the national security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday he was the 1st impeachment witness who had listened to the call between mr trump and the ukrainian president which is at the center of the inquiry live now to our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat so kimberly just walk us through the testimony that people were hearing today. yeah there's essentially peter a deep dive into ukraine policy and of the trumpet ministration listening to the testimony from 2 state department officials and really getting a sense of this beyond sort of the july 25th phone call that was held between the u.s. president and the ukrainian president now what we're expecting from this testimony is not only a timeline but also we are told that one of the witnesses is expected to tell investigators on the committees that there was in fact direction under president tryi

latest to testify in the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump christopher addison and catherine croft both served on the former special envoy to ukraine volker. the power follow on exam the vin the national security council official in charge of ukraine policy who testified on tuesday he was the 1st impeachment with those who dissent to the call between trump and the ukrainian president which is at the center of the inquiry lines out of washington and i was house correspondent kimberly how could so kimberly will can we expect today. age or what we expect is kind of a deep dive into the trump administration's ukraine policy as you point out 2 state department experts essentially on ukraine policy testifying in a closed door session what we expect we're going to hear from them if some of this is leaked out we do have some of the prepared statements but essentially there's going to be sort of an offering of timelines questions will be answered about the troubled ministrations ukraine policy and also we know that at least one of the witnesses will testify that she was present in meetings