versus andrew perry who will be giving you the presentation today. it is hard enough to thoughtfully and diligently reveal one project let alone dozens of them and one entitlement. andrew has done an exemplary job in preparing for this hearing and taking over and mastering the subject. also kristin jensen who has been our lead in the city attorney's office. without her support we never could have achieved this. i am tremendously impressed by the staff at all levels that have worked on this item who couldn't -- we couldn't be here without all the hard work of the staff. we have a large contingent if you are available -- if you need to answer questions. andrew will give the presentation outlining the settlement agreement and the entitlement centre before you today. we do have rick cooper and our environmental planning staff. we also have dan adams from m. o.c.d. and joe barber from the department of building inspections who can answer any questions. we have planning department staff who are planning and preservation specialist who helped us get over the

that's all i have for you but i'll pass it off to andrew perry and if you have any questions we have a full compliment of staff to help you answer those today. >> first, to that contributing fact, we have two staff here today that have not presented before you. increasingly, seasoned, relatively new staff. katie willborn front row is a northwest quadrant current planner and preservation tech specific. she has a a masters. prior to the planning department, she was a consultant in university instructor in her hometown of kentucky. she's first arrived to the planning department as a preservation intern and worked on that russian heritage historic context statement. and secondly, alex westoff, the icp, is a senior planner and preservation tech specific for the southeast quadrant and began with the planning department in 2018. he held public sector planning position force a decade with experience in current and long range planning, historic preservation, climate resiliency and more. i worked for the marine county development agency for five years and prior than that for the delta protecti

in april, perry's former business partner, andrew favorov says two shady characters had approached hima secret plan to take over the management inside nafta gas. those two shady characters, lev parnas and igor fruman, two low-level soviet-born businessmen from south florida. and they were trying to clear the way for their own gas business. >> you said he took it as sort of a threat. a shakedown. >> a shakedown. because he said, either i join them and become ceo, or they're going to find someone else to be the ceo and remove all of us. all of us meaning the top management of nafta gas. >> nafta gas was finally making a profit. its new ceo had spent five years cleaning up the corruption-plagued giant. the efforts had support of anti-corruption leaders across ukraine and the world, including u.s. ambassador, marie yovanovitch. but parnas and fruman said they were working on getting rid of the ambassador. >> they were suggesting that president trump had already agreed that yes, they would remove her. >> reporter: andrew favorov isn't talking but two members say that perry's description of

in april, perry's former business partner andrew favorov says two shady characters approached him, those two shady characters lev parnas and igor fruman, two low level businessmen from south florida. and they were trying to clear the way for their own gas business. >> they basically just flat out said to him to do the deals we need to do, we're not able to get through to your ceo and we think you need a new ceo. the current one is in our way and the current one has the support of the u.s. ambassador. this is where the meeting became strange and disturbing. >> nafta gas was making a profit. its new ceo had spent five years cleaning up. the efforts had across ukraine and the world including u.s. ambassador marie yovanovitch. but parnas and fruman said they were working on getting rid of the ambassador. >> what they said was they are removing her and it's been agreed at the highest level of the u.s. government. in other words, they were suggesting that president trump had already agreed that yes, they would remove her. >> you said they took it as a threat. >> the way he looked at it -- >> a

in april, perry's former business partner andrew far va rov at the state owned gas company says two shadyters approached him with a secret plan to take over the management inside the gas. the two shady characters lev parnas and igor fruman who low-level soviet born businessmen from south florida trying to clear the way for their own gas business. >> you said he took it as sort of a threat? a shakedown. >> because he said look, either i join them and become the ceo or they're going to find someone else to be the ceo and remove all of us, meaning the top management of nafta gas. >> reporter: nafta gas making a profit, new ceo spent five years cleaning up the corruption plagued giant. the efforts had support of anti-corruption leaders across ukraine and the world including u.s. ambassador marie yovanovitch. but parnas and fruman said they were working on getting rid of the ambassador. >> they were suggesting that president trump had already agreed that yes, they would remove her. >> reporter: andrew far va rov isn't talking but two sources familiar with the matter tell cnn perry's descriptio

. >> reporter: andrew favorov tenant talking but two sources say perry's description of events is correctperry was so alarmed he wrote a letter that eventually reached the state department but it may have been too late. a short time later what was predicted happened, ambassador yovanovitch was removed, stunning officials in ukraine. now we know from american diplomats parnas and fruman had powerful help. >> i became increasingly alarmed about rudy guilliani and others including parnas and fruman to smear ambassador yovanovitch. while rudy guiliani was using get parnas to help him about the election in 2016. parnas and fruman were working on ousting the ambassador getting in their ways for a gas business. found far-fetched? former ambassador has seen it happen in ukraine said ins the house committee is exposing the real issue, money. >> it's really not just about the bidens or a dnc server hidden in ukraine, about the money, fight for control of naftogaz and natural gas resources. >> reporter: parnas and fruman may have began their plan in 2018 higher guiliani f$2018 higa million and the i

perry to the record. the president coming to the cameras the moment during the testimony he says leaves him in the clear. >>> also tonight the surprise announcement from prince andrew what the queen's son is now doing after that uncomfortable interview about his h jeffrey epstein. >>> the grand dpa they are in court charged in the toddler's cruise ship fall what he told our correspondent about the tragedy. >>> it's debate night. ten democrats facing off on stage and a rising star speaking out to us about an issue crushing so many american families. >>> the heart-stopping video. the out of control truck. and the split-second rescue the couple saved opening up to us about their close call >>> and the former officers once hailed as heroes now called criminals after a deadly raid facing new charges tonight. >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt >> good evening, everyone the stakes in the impeachment inquiry of president trump are higher tonight following the most explosive testimony yet. e.u. ambassador gordon sondland, a major trump campaign backer, publicly testifying there was a quid pro quo. a pressure campaign on ukraine to extract politically

>> reporter: good morning, andrew it's the fifth democratic debate this season. ten candidates will be taking the stage at tyler perrycan owned studio and it's located on a one-time confederate army base. given that venue and the shift atop the field in the democratic race, expect racial inequality to figure prominently in the discussion tonight mayor pete buttigieg from south bend, indiana, has a new nine-point lead in iowa. he has a spotty record on race expect him to be on the hot seat polls are mixed. uga survey out shows four candidates would have a slight edge over president trump. vice president biden would have a wider lead over president trump though a poll out this week shows biden would only lead trump here in georgia by 1 point which is less than the margin of error. democrats are hoping they can flip a state that's been deep red. recent races here have hit fundraising records. take a look at last year's gubernatorial run, more than $100 million in 2017 house specsal election brought in more than $55 million but both times democrats lost. house candidate john osoff is trying once again pitching himself as

but to andrew's point about hearing from the people that know what's going on, more accurately, isn't it who we're not hearing from? bolton, mulvaney, perry there is a series of people we're not hearing and those are people right next to it. and i think what's really smart about the public hearings is when you present a case when you're in trial, we have this privacy concept. the first thing you hear and the last thing you hear. so when you lead off with a taylor, a kent, and yovanovitch, i would save vindman for last and i would stick a few people in between in terms of the public hearings. that's the order i would do. >> going to play a little bit of tape here. we've heard republicans defend this, try to defend this. dancing around all of this. play a little tape about a couple lawmakers responding to what we've learned about this case over the past few weeks. >> you're going to change the course, the very fabric of de mock rasy today based on someone wrote a written question of someone that wasn't even on the phone call. >> i think this is a bunch of crap. nobody has testified there was a quid pro quo. people presume. most of it's base