why was rudolph giuliani's name mentioned multiple times during the july 25th phone call?e is not the secretary of state. he is not an ambassador. he is not a member of the diplomatic corps. rudolph giuliani is a cold-blooded political operative for president trumps reelection campaign. that is why he was reference multiple times on that july 25th phone call. it is evidence of corrupt intent by president trump. by the time the call took place, president zelensky understood giuliani's connection to the shakedown scheme. he recognized his role as the president's political operative. as matters related to ukraine. he informed president trump that one of his aides spoke with mr. giuliani just recently. we're hoping very much that mr. giuliani will be able to travel to ukraine and we will meet once he comes. the ukrainian leader new giuliani represented president trumps political interests in his country and could help unlock the long sought after oval office meeting that president zelensky desired. the phony investigation started by president trump on the jul july 25th goal we

they sought a call with rudolph giuliani to see if the statement would suffice. they needed to check in with mr. giuliani who was leading the charge to lock down the corrupt quid pro quo. let's listen to ambassador volker. >> this is the first draft of that from mr. yermak after the conversations that we had. >> and it does not mention burisma or the 2016 election interference, correct? >> it does not. >> and you testified that you and ambassador sondland and mayor giuliani had a conversation about this draft after you received it, is that right? >> that is correct. >> and mr. giuliani said that if the statement did not include burisma and 2016 election, it would not have any credibility. is that right? >> that's correct. >> mr. giuliani, acting on behalf of president trump, made clear that the statement from the ukrainians had to target vice president biden for the reasons outlined earlier today. and it had to mention the conspiracy theory about ukraine interfering in the 2016 election. after mr. giuliani conveyed this on the telephone call, ambassadors volker an

he obstructed our congressional investigation but we do know that rudolph giuliani frantically called the white house late into the night. we do know that he talked to someone at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and we know that mr. giuliani likely talked about the drug deal that john bolton characterized. over the next few days president zelensky state mr. yermak drafted a public statement with ambassador volker and sondland who consulted on these drafts with mr. giuliani. the ukrainian officials appear to finally relent. they agreed to mr. giuliani's specific language about the phony political investigation in exchange for the oval office meeting. on august 10, yermak texted volker that the ukrainians were willing to make the requested statements but only if they receive a date for the white house meeting first. mr. yermak texted quote i think it's possible to make this declaration and mentioned all these things. yermak again, zelensky's top guy he later wrote the statement would come out after we received a confirmation of a date for the white house visit. ambassador volker counter propose

it would be a dream to cross examine rudolph giuliani, it seems to me. of some people we don't have. but giuliani is a witness that i would enjoy cross examining as a house manager. >> not everyone has dreams about who they would cross examine, but that shows you're still the prosecutor at heart. i have a 30-second break to fit in. i appreciate that. we're back in 30 seconds. that. we're back in 30 seconds an air f doing what's right, not what's easy. so when a hailstorm hit, usaa reached out before he could even inspect the damage. that's how you do it right. usaa insurance is made just the way martin's family needs it - with hassle-free claims, he got paid before his neighbor even got started. because doing right by our members, that's what's right. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for. usaa >>> the news tonight, president trump's big trial will start tuesday. key witnesses could be called despite donald trump's effort to stop that. mitch mcconnell has the republican votes counted. he says they're not there to toss anything out. mcconnell saying, t

occasions, president trump directed ukraine's new leader to speak with his personal lawyer, rudolph giuliani, on an official call. mr. giuliani is not a member of the trump administration. for these and other reasons. the july 25th call warrants our close scrutiny. it presents significant and shocking evidence of president trump's corrupt intent. the call lays bare the president's willingness to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, even if his behavior undermines the national security interests of the united states of america. at the beginning of the call, president zelensky mentioned u.s. military aid and he states "i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense." the great support in the area of defense includes the security assistance passed by this congress on a bipartisan basis that donald trump held up in violation of the law. immediately after president zelensky raised the issue of defense support, president trump responded i would like you to do us a favor, though. these words will live in infamy. first president trump said to president zelensky as

his former national security advisor to help him set up a meeting with his personal attorney rudolph giuliani and the ukrainian leader of the lenski this apparently happening in the oval office last may and was spoken in front of advisers now the new york times also reporting that the president has responded to this saying i never instructed john bolton to set up a meeting with rudolph giuliani to meet president solecki that meeting never happened so a very interesting revelation a new detail coming out as the president maintains no wrongdoing he has a very there is testimony that exists out there that so far the senate has not heard. and the democrats would like to have heard 1st hand evidence that the president did allegedly abuses presidential power so again a lot of interest coming down on that vote following the 4 hours of debate on whether those witnesses will be heard as how to jocasta report it is looking unlikely but certainly again a new revelation now that 2nd piece of information as we continue to watch whether that senate trial begins as it is expected to do any moment is reports

they sought a call with rudolph giuliani to see if the statement would suffice. they needed to check in with mr. giuliani who was leading the charge to lock down the corrupt quid pro quo. let's listen to a.mbassador volker. >> this is the first draft of that from mr. yermak after the conversations that we had. >> and it does not mention burisma or the 2016 election interference, does it? >> it does not. >> you testified that you and ambassador sondland and mayor giuliani had a conversation about this draft after you received it, is that right? >> that is correct. >> and mr. giuliani said that if the statement did not include burisma and 2016 election, it would not have any credibility, is that right? >> that's correct. >> mr. giuliani acting on behalf of president trump made clear that the statement from the ukrainians had to target vice president biden. for the reasons outlined earlier today, and it had to mention the conspiracy theory about ukraine interfering in the 2016 election. after mr. giuliani conveyed this on the telephone call, ambassadors volker and so

occasions president trump direct did ukraine's new leader to speak with his personal lawyer, rudolph giulianion an official call. mr. giuliani is not a member of the trump administration. for these and other reasons the july 25 call warrants are close scrutiny. it it presents significant and shocking evidence of president trump's corrupt intent. the call lays bare the president's willingness to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, even if his behavior undermines the national security interest of the united states of america. in the beginning of the call president zelensky mentioned u.s. military aid and the states , i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. the great support in the area of defense includes the security assistant passed by this congress on a bipartisan basis at -- that donald trump held up in violation of the law. immediately after president zelensky raised the issue of defense of poor president trump responded i would like you to do us a favor though. these words will live in infamy. first president trump said to president zelensky as

pablo: afirmÓ joe biden, el lÍder político invitÓ al ex socio dedo rudolph giuliani.te, porque segÚn ellos es lo que requiere la constituciÓn. enrique: durante un evento polÍtico en new jersey, el reciente trump presumiÓ de tener una buena relaciÓn con el gobierno de mÉxico. el presidente lÓpez obrador era un buen amigo, que hace un buen trabajo. de hecho, dijo trump, mÉxico estÁ pagando por el muro. la secretarÍa de gobernaciÓn en mÉxico suspendiÓ el permiso de instituciones las presiones de migrantes. todo esto de violaciÓn a los derechos de los migrantes como nos dice alejandro madrigal. reporteros. la decisiÓn es para brindar atenciÓn prioritaria a los inmigrantes. este es un claro anuncio de que sucederÁn violaciones a derechos humanos. >> interpretamos esta delegaciÓn --denegaciÓn de nuestro permiso para hacer nuestra labor con derechos humanos, como hostigamiento a nuestra labor de defensa. reportero: la organizaciÓn humanitaria amnistÍa internacional denunciÓ que la prohibiciÓn de ingresar a las estaciones migratorias se agudizaron durante el 20 y el 21 de ene

fÉlix: un nuevo video serÍa evidencia de que el presidente trump sÍ conoce al socio del abogado rudolph giuliania de estados unidos en ucrania y para investigar al hijo de joe biden. reportero: los abogados de trump centraron su defensa en una idea bÁsica: >> el presidente no hizo absolutamente nada malo. reportero: segÚn ellos, trump estaba seriamente preocupado por ucrania y la corrupciÓn, porque no querÍa derrochar el dinero de los contribuyentes de estados unidos. agregan que el presidente estaba frustrado porque segÚn Él, europa no daba dinero a ucrania y dejaba todo el peso financiero a estados unidos. los demÓcratas dijeron que eso no tiene sentido porque europa aporta la inmensa mayorÍa de los fondos que recibe ucrania. >> la transcripciÓn de la llamada al presidente trump a ucrania demuestra que no hubo ninguna presiÓn. reportero: los demÓcratas afirman que esto es solamente una acciÓn dentro de un tramado de muchas personas para presionar a ucrania para investigar a los biden. los abogados del precedente no lograron refutar ninguna acusaciÓn, afirmaron los demÓcratas. se hizo pÚblico u

occasions president trump direct did ukraine's new leader to speak with his personal lawyer, rudolph giuliani on an official call. mr. giuliani is not a member of the trump administration. for these and other reasons the july 25 call warrants are close scrutiny. it it presents significant and shocking evidence of president trump's corrupt intent. the call lays bare the president's willingness to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, even if his behavior undermines the national security interest of the united states of america. in the beginning of the call president zelensky mentioned u.s. military aid and the states , i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. the great support in the area of defense includes the security assistant passed by this congress on a bipartisan basis at -- that donald trump held up in violation of the law. immediately after president zelensky raised the issue of defense of poor president trump responded i would like you to do us a favor though. these words will live in infamy. first president trump said to president zelensky a

rudolph giuliani right there. and then new player, robert hyde, talking about how he seems to know the movements and whether or not marie yovanovitch has her phone or computer on. what do you make of this? >> it raises a lot of questions including that they've had the ambassador under surveillance. we know that they were bad-mouthing her. trying to get her removed because they saw her as an stalg to corruption. if i were involved, i would want to interview both those individuals immediately. parnas and hyde. or take their deposition. that hasn't happened. we've got the next best thing with the rach el maddow interview. i think we have to approach with it some skepticism. lev parnas has some bias here and is no doubt seeking to improve his own standing with regard to a recommendation of leniency in his southern district of new york. so many questions that are so potentially significant. i would think that the house or the senate or at least rachel maddow would want the that. >> i would agree with barbara. i think t

. >>> why was rudolph giuliani's name mentioned multiple times during the july 25th phone call? giuliani is not the secretary of state. he's not an ambassador. he's not a member of the diplomatic corps. rudolph giuliani is a cold-blooded political operative for president trump's re-election campaign. >> new york city democratic congressman hakeem jeffries among the house managers. and here's what the president had to say about his personal lawyer from switzerland earlier today. >> i think rudy is a high-quality person. >> so why is he not on your legal team? >> because i don't want there to be a conflict. i'd love to have rudy on my team. but you know, he could be a witness at some point if this whole sham continues. i would love to have rudy on the team. rudy is on my team, just so you understand. but i'd love to have him up there. but it could be that he'd have a conflict. >> joining our conversation, veteran political journalist andrew curtsman. back at the height of rudy giuliani's power, andrew wrote the biography "rudy giuliani: emperor of the city." and for the record, he

importantly majority leader mitch mcconnell who is defending his majority in 2020 would want to put rudolph giulianitness stand for the president's trial is sort of comical. i mean, you talk to these republicans privately in the senate. they want nothing to do with rudy giuliani. they want him to stop talking, stay away from the tv. they know that he was a central player in this whole scandal that became, you know, the central focus for impeachment of trump. and so this would not be in trump's interest to put giuliani on the stand. but it would be a major gift for the democrats. i mean, we've heard from democrats in the house and in the senate now who want to hear from people who are closer to the president about what specifically his instructions were to giuliani. he can't get any closer than giuliani himself. i'm sure democrats would love this. mcconnell will not let it happen, i can almost assure you because of the blow back that he would think the president would get. >> xan, beyond the politics, if this were to happen, it would represent something fairly alarming, right? because the whole impea

. >>> why was rudolph giuliani's name mentioned multiple times during the july 25th phone call? ni is not the secretary of state. he's not an ambassador. he's not a member of the diplomatic corps. rudolph giuliani is a cold-blooded political operative for president trump's re-election campaign. >> new york city democratic congressman hakeem jeffries among the house managers. and here's what the president had to say about his personal lawyer from switzerland earlier today. >> i think rudy is a high-quality person. >> so why is he not on your legal team? >> because i don't want there to be a conflict. i'd love to have rudy on my team. but you know, he could be a witness at some point if this whole sham continues. i would love to have rudy on the team. rudy is on my team, just so you understand. but i'd love to have him up there. but it could be that he'd have a conflict. >> joining our conversation, veteran political journalist andrew curtsman. back at the height of rudy giuliani's power, andrew wrote the biography "rudy giuliani: emperor of the city." and for the record, he was. i

was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president's personal attorney, rudolph giulianinow he is speaking out. >> i want to get the truth out. reporter: an interview, he is in and describes delivering messages directly from the u.s. president to craniums. he what -- it was an effort, he claims, to dig up dirt on president trump's former rival, joe biden who is running against him. >> he was aware of all of my movements and he knew exactly what was going on. reporter: these allegations come at a sensitive time for the president as the u.s. congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment. trump was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress and abuse of power, effort -- after reportedly pressuring ukrainians to investigate joe biden son hunter . on thursday congressional watchdog agency released its report stating the white house violated federal law by withholding military aid to ukraine, part of the quid pro quo allegation against trump. trump also denied his he and hisp with associates, even with photos of them side-by-side having surfaced. know, if

yeah the man left part is as you stated there an associate of rudolph giuliani rudolph giuliani is the president's personal attorney now these revelations in a nationally televised interview are that the president knew exactly what was going on with regard to this effort to pressure ukraine into digging up dirt on political rival former vice president joe biden now this is something that donald trump has repeatedly denied that there was any quid pro quo in fact the white house has repeatedly denied instead the associate love parness is saying that the president knew exactly what was going on he was aware of my movements now also revealing in this is the fact that the 2 have been photographed together donald trump and parness even as the president has made claims that he does not know this individual this is certain to cause problems for the president as the white house attempts to shut this trial down say there's no need to call witnesses democrats on capitol hill have been saying this is something that needs to get out the american public need to hear it this is only going to build th

in a perfect i call the president would not have directed a foreign leader to follow up with rudolph giuliani, a human hand grenade. this was not a perfect call. it is direct evidence that president donald john trump corruptly abused his power and solicited foreign interference in the 2020 election. >> the majority leader is recognized. >> mr. chief justice, colleagues will now take a 30 minute break for dinner. we will reconvene at five minutes after seven consulate ask consent the senate stint in recess until that time. >> without objection, so ordered. >> the opening arguments of impeachment trial of president trump on abuse of power and obstruction of congress continues today at 1 p.m. eastern live on c-span2. up next will hear from president trump's attorney jay sekulow speaking to reporters last night. >> all right. all

talking about there who is he he's a man that's an associate of the president's personal attorney rudolph giuliani why does he factor in all of this because of an explosive interview he has just given a nationally televised where he says the president knew exactly what was going on this whole time the president has tried to distance himself say that he has committed no wrongdoing never was there any so-called quid pro quo quo which the g.a.o. or government accountability office says in fact there was sort of left parness he says the same thing he says the president with aware of my movement so this is particularly damaging this fits in to the whole issue as the senate trial begins because the white house is trying to block witness testimony republicans on capitol hill trying to block witness testimony going to be very difficult to do it in light of these new allegations something we hear nancy pelosi and other democrats saying needs to come out the only way to do it is to have people like left parness and others testify about exactly what was going on and what the president knew white house corres

the person at the center of all of this a man by the name of lev harness he is an associate of rudolph giuliani yes the personal lawyer of president trump he went on national television in the last 24 hours to say that the president knew exactly what was going on when there was this parallel channel to try and pressure ukraine into an investigation into the president's political rival former vice president joe biden this man love parness says the president was aware of my movements why is this a problem because democrats are saying that this is evidence that needs to be heard in a senate trial even as the white house is trying to shut this down right so we're watching that the house managers now. moving to the senate led by. not lend and shift as you say they are at walking into the senate itself let's let's just listen in for mode if we can. to the previous order at 12 noon the senate will receive the managers of the house of representatives to give it the articles of impeachment against donald trump president of the united. the hour of 12 noon having arrived and of corn being present the serg

fiona hill, characterized this whole scheme the rug deal and president's main operative, rudolph giuliani as a hand grenade. reporter: without getting out in front of yourself. can you talk about what the discussion is in the caucus around war powers? as part of that making sure whatever you guys aligns with senator -- mr. jeffries: let me yield to representative kim and crow talk about what some of the considerations should be for us to proceed. mr. kim: what we need to be thinking through is what's going to yield actual results here. what can try to move this forward in a way that shows that there is going to be a bipartisan approach as well to the best of our ability. look, i said this earlier today. this is certainly a big part of it, the war powers is important in temples understanding the contours of what the president is able to do. but what we also know is that there are lots of different avenues in which the president can proceed with different types of kinetic action. that there are no firm limits that are going to be able to completely restrain what he is willing to do. so that

was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president's personal attorney rudolph giuliani now he's speaking out the truth. in an interview parness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges described still living messages directly from the u.s. president to the ukrainians it was an effort he claims to dig up dirt on trump's political rival former vice president joe biden who's running to replace him president trump know exactly. where. these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president u.s. congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial it was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress after busa of power after reportedly pressuring the ukrainians to investigate biden's son hunter who sat on the board of a ukrainian energy company thursday a congressional watchdog agency released its report stating the white house violated federal law by withholding military aid to ukraine part of the quid pro quo allegations against trump trump also denies his relationship with parness and his associate even those photos of trump

discourage these latest allegations as you point out an associate of the president's lawyer rudolph giuliani a man by the name of lev parness has given an explosive interview here in the united states or essentially he says in his own words that the president knew exactly what was going on with the pressure campaign to dig up dirt on political rival former vice president joe biden he knew exactly what was going on and it was in lock step with left parness and others as this was being carried out his exact quote the president knew exactly what was going on he was aware of my movements now in the midst of all of this we are also hearing explosive new information that ukraine has announced that they will be opening an investigation into the possible surveillance of and a former u.s. ambassador to ukraine a woman by the name of marie yvonne of it we heard from her in the trial or rather in the inquiry in the house of representatives that now is being investigated because what's alleged there is that in fact according to left parness she was booted out of her role as the ambassador from the unite

already imparted about the white house's dealings with ukraine and is reported to have called rudolph giuliani and others interactions with that image of the ukrainian president and what they were up to a drug deal he said he did want to be any part of it what democrats ought to do is really hear what what what what was your impression of what was going on of course is john bolton he's a very controversial figure he's a person who knows how to get lots of public p.r. exposure and so on he has a book coming out in 20 twentieth's it was actually said that he was reluctant to initially speak to the democrats because he was saving it all through the book which he hopes is going to be a bestseller it's clear that the white house doesn't want to speak in the last few days we've heard reports from the washington post that they are beginning to wonder well maybe what if no other witnesses but john bolton some republicans have also said mitt romney for example said he wants to hear from john bolton what if this does happen that sort of makes hatching plans as to where perhaps he could he could testify

the july 25 call, ambassador sondland and volker worked with the president's personal lawyer rudolph giuliani to secure a public statement from president volodymyr zelensky who announced phony investigations into joe biden and the crowd strike conspiracy theory being peddled by president trump. at the same time, president trump continue to withhold the white house meeting and security assistance from ukraine. in a manner that broke the law. as these efforts were ongoing, white house attorneys reportedly received yet another warning sign that the president was abusing his power. according to a published report in a new york times, the week after july 25 call, and anonymous whistleblower reported concerns that the president was abusing his office for personal gain. the whistleblower complaint landed in the cia general counsel's office. although the concerns related directly to the presidents own misconduct, the cia general counsel courtney elwood alerted mr. eisenberg. over the next week, ms. elwood, mr. eisenberg and deputies reportedly discussed the whistleblower's concerns. they determined t

hillary clinton, it was about the dnc, it's about the server, it's about the fact that somehow rudolph giuliani -- and this is from all of the testimony. i'm not just connecting dots that don't exist. lev parnas and rudy giuliani were trying to poison the well in president trump's head about what ukraine did. and you hear it play out there. it wasn't all about the bidens. it's all one big mish mash where president trump and president putin -- and he said this on the call, the july 25th call, if you read the transcript, he feels wronged by ukraine. it's about protecting russia. that one of the agendas of lev parnas, protecting russia. so it's all one big mish mash. it is ukraine's fault, none of this is russia's fault, and you hear the seeds being planted there. how could this not be relevant to the fact that there's a trial ongoing about what the president did with ukraine? >> well, of course it's relevant. directly relevant. as laura said, there's much more that's relevant that we will likely not see in a timely way. we'll see it, but not in a timely way for the senate trial. this is serious.

witness tonight, joyce is right, if corroborated the evidence he reeled off against the president, rudolph giuliani, mentions of the vice president, the attorney general, there's more tomorrow night. devin nunes came in for mentions tonight. how many republicans have texted you back tonight and what are they saying? >> my paper -- my story in the newspaper today, in the "washington post" and my whole day was spent at the senate talking to senate republicans and their advisers and allies. and this is a significant development. hours after the articles of impeachment are formally moved from one chamber to the other you now have senate republicans looking ahead to a negotiation over a rules package and a witness agreement with senate democrats. we've always heard so far about hunter biden in exchange perhaps for ambassador bolton, that's what senator cruz has been articulating behind the scenes. now you have lev parnas and democrats and perhaps some republicans could be interested in the coming days as the rules are negotiated for a senate trial to have mr. parnas come forward and be a witness in this

he was in the relationship with rudolph giuliani. oing back toot least 2018 maybe even earlier. and then if you recall, he was supposed to know the one that rudy giuliani was supposed to bring viktor shokin to when the visa got denied. and i think even if we checked the records, involved getting the requests for the visas somehow. >> so you're saying senator graham, lindsey graham knew about you and mr. giuliani's efforts in ukraine? >> absolutely. just like i said. first of all, senator graham was involved before even i got involved with mayor giuliani. so he had to have been in the loop and he had to know what was going on. i was with giuliani every day. that was what was happening. >> you firmly believe that lindsey graham knew that you and giuliani, or at least giuliani waurgs undertaking this effort to dig up dirt on the bidens in ukraine ukraine. >> only a percent. rudied me that he spoke to lindsey graham. i don't know how deeply involved. i didn't speak to lindsey graham. i don't have text messages with him. we didn't interact

he obstructed our congressional investigation but we do know that rudolph giuliani frantically called the white house late into the night. we do know that he talked to someone at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and we know that mr. giuliani likely talked about the drug deal that john bolton characterized. over the next few days president zelensky state mr. yermak drafted a public statement with ambassador volker and sondland who consulted on these drafts with mr. giuliani. the ukrainian officials appear to finally relent. they agreed to mr. giuliani's specific language about the phony political investigation in exchange for the oval office meeting. on august 10, yermak texted volker that the ukrainians were willing to make the requested statements but only if they receive a date for the white house meeting first. mr. yermak texted quote i think it's possible to make this declaration and mentioned all these things. yermak again, zelensky's top guy he later wrote the statement would come out after we received a confirmation of a date for the white house visit. ambassador volker counter propose

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i wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudolph giuliani or the president. >> the vice presidentked with getting president zelensky to announce the investigation of joe biden specifically. >> yes. his mission, wasn't just military aid. it was all aid. the relationships would be soured. that we would stop giving any kind of aid. it was never about corruption or burisma. >> the key to making a witness like lev parnas, and i've dealt with witnesses like this. credible is corroboration. everything that he says has to be backed up with evidence. you see how skillful rachel is as an interviewer. when she's asking about his relationship with the president, she elicits what is called testimony. he said i met with him on a number of occasions and it was round tables. then prosecutors send out investigators to look into those times see the truth, if he had a conversation with the president, he was at a roundtable, and that begins to corroborate him and make his testimony have more sway. >> as you emphasize, the point here is not what is most exciting to people or what confirms people's cri

there were two topics that were a real concern, one was rudolph giuliani's work which we did see addressed and the other is do you mention bolton. throughout the day there was no acknowledgment and then there was a push to have dershowitz do it and dershowitz did it in a way that basically just flicked at it and moved on. i think that is going to be the defense you see if this continues to come up. >> but of course there was the other defense that i think ken starr floated, which is, you know, the more you impeach the more you normalize it. you can't ever get used to impeachment or suddenly -- the slippery slope argument basically that then every administration the opposite party will be trying to impeach. so what's the feeling in the white house of how these arguments are playing? >> look, the president himself from what i heard yesterday was fairly candidly bored watching it because what we have seen in terms of a presentation on the senate floor from his team has not been a fiery, you know, fox news type appearance that i think he's used to seeing from ken starr and alan dershowitz, for

employees not limited to michael pompeo, ambassador volker and ambassador sondland and two, rudolph giuliani-- and h, curtailment or recall of former united states ambassador to ukraine marie marcia yovanovitch to the united states, and taken in response. and two, the sergeant at arms is authorized to utilize services of a deputy sergeant at armaments or any employee of the senate subpoena authorized to be issued to by this section. section. >> the amendment is arguable by the party by two hours. mr. schiff are you a proponent or an opponent-- thank you. >> and mr. cipollone? all right. mr. schiff and you have time for rebuttal. >> chief justice roberts, senators, counsel for the white house, i am val deming from the state of florida. the house manager strongly supports the amendment to issue subpoena for documents to the state department. as we explain, the first article of impeachment charges the president with using the power of his office to solicit and pressure ukraine to announce investigations that everyone in this chamber knows to be-- the president didn't care if the action was cond

i wouldn't do anything without the consent of rudolph giuliani or the president. >> in terms of the presidentat he has said about you. he said about you and mr. room fromman, i don't know those gentlemen. i don't know about them. i don't know what they do. you're saying that was not a true statement. >> your response? >> well, we've known for a long time the presses was at the center of the corruption scheme. all the testimony from people like gordon sonland. that the president was involved in an intimate level in directing his surrogates to try to bring ukraine is that his campaign operation and then to hold money as a ran stop try to get that done. this is just more confirmation that the president was involved. so i don't know anything about lev parnas's credibility as a witness. but the fact that he's been able to provide document participation seems the support what he said in the interview tonight, it is just further evidence that this is not about some rogue elements inside the state department or the white house. this is about an operation to corrupt american foreign policy. directed b

occasions, president trump directed ukraine's new leader to speak with his personal lawyer, rudolph giulianil. mr. giuliani is not a member of the trump administration. for these and other reasons, the july 25th call warrants our close scrutiny. it presents significant and shocking evidence of president trump's corrupt intent. the call lays bare the president's willingness to do whatever it takes to get what he wants. even if his behavior undermines the national security interest of the united states of america. at the beginning of the call, president zelensky mentioned u.s. military aid. and he states, i would also like to thank you for your great support in the area of defense. the great support in the area of defense including the security assistance passed by this congress on a bipartisan basis. that donald trump held up in violation of the law. immediately after president zelensky raised the issue of defense support, president trump responded, i would like you to do us a favor, though. these words will live in infamy. first, president trump said to president zelensky, as part of the two

. >> late last night, democrats released new documents and text messages from indicted rudolph giuliani associate lev parnas. they appear to show possible surveillance of marie yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was fired by president trump. >> all of this as the president's beefed up legal team filled with what many are calling made-for-tv lawyers who are prepared to defend him. at the end of the day, there is a pretty great team here. >> it is, indeed. let's begin with the new documents that the house released last night. >> cnn has details. >> reporter: house democrats released new documents on friday night as part of their push to have the president removed from office ahead of their filing of a brief that will detail their arguments in the senate impeachment trial. those new documents from lev parnas, that giuliani associate, someone who is cooperating with house investigators after he was indicted on criminal charges late last year. he has provided a trove of documents showing the role that he played and his knowledge of an effort to both oust the ukrainian amb

rudolph giuliani is a cold-blooded political operative for president trumps' re-election campaign. >>orter: both sides get 24 hours over three days, look for house managers today to dive deeper into the law and constitution. meanwhile, the white house defense team getting into that already, before their moment on the senate floor. >> this is not impeachable. these policy disputes are not what the founders had in mind when it came to the seriousness of an article of impeachment. >> every american sort instinctively knows about fairness and it comes from the bill of rights. the fact of the matter is, the house managers have to prove their case. the president doesn't have to do anything. >> reporter: there's the question of whether witness coughs be called in this -- could be called in this trial. we heard reports of a possible trade for john bolton for hunter biden but chuck schumer says that's a nonstarter. >> i think that's off the table. the republicans have the right to bring in any witness they want. they haven't wanted to. that trade is not on the table. >> reporter: house manager

. >> rudolph giuliani is a cold-blooded political operative for president trump's re-election campaign. >> reporter: schiff's skewered trump's insistence he wasn't involved in a quid pro quo even while clamoring for investigations into 2016 and joe booitd. >> that's not something that comes up in normal conversation, right? hello, mr. president, how are you today, no quid pro quo. that's the kind of thing that comes up if you're trying to put your alibi out there. >> reporter: the president's defenders waited their chance to take the senate floor. >> the whole reason we're here is ridiculous. >> reporter: sara murray, cnn. >> the latest from jeff zeleny at the capitol. what is the sense of on the hill tonight of how day one went? >> anderson, perhaps predictably. they're pleased with how it unfolded. i talked to chuck schumer and he said he believes that the chance for witnesses grows and gains every day. i asked him why he thought that. he said when he was sitting on the floor of the senate looking across the aisle, he said he did believe he sees some republicans who are engaged and p

but the one thing that they never, never, never, they never mentioned rueful to giuliani -- rudolph giuliani. in all this, you know, there's no quid pro quo, but really in all actuality what seems to be very well proved there was. rudy giuliani x. they never mentioned that. they also talked about, well, you couldn't get these witnesses, the eyewitnesses, mick mulvaney, michael bolton, you know? let's hear this all out in the full context of it all. you know, the facts are there. it's how this person interprets it and that person interprets it. but i just fail to see how they really addressed facts of the matter and just laid it off on other things. >> host: appreciate that, robert. and just to let you know, we're going to reair all of the opening arguments today, almost two hours, an hour and 55 minutes. that's coming up shortly here on c pan 2. --swan 2. -- c-span2. dawn in cleveland, republicans line. >> caller: thank you so much. i've been following this since the day the president was inaugurated. i'm telling you, and i have friends going both ways, but most of us have seen what presiden

was an associate of donald trump and worked in ukraine with the president's personal attorney rudolph giuliani now he's speaking out the truth. in an interview parness who is in court for various financial and corruption charges describes delivering messages directly from the u.s. president to the ukrainians it was an effort he claims to dig up dirt on trump's political rival former vice president joe biden who's running to replace him president trump know exactly what. he was aware of when movements these new allegations come at a sensitive time for the president as the u.s. congress begins the trial phase of his impeachment trial was impeached in december on charges of obstruction of congress and abuse of power after reportedly pressuring the ukrainians to investigate biden's son hunter who sat on the board of a ukrainian energy company on thursday a congressional watchdog agency released its report stating the white house violated federal law by withholding military aid to ukraine part of the quid pro quo allegations against trump trouble also denies his relationship with parness and his as

. >> rudolph giuliani's former right-hand man is formally arraigned on corruption charges.ovations to his home from a contractor, and then tried to convince city regulators that the contractor was not connected to the mob and should be hired for city contracts. >> conspiracy, wire fraud, mail fraud, evading taxes on half a million dollars, lying to the irs, lying on a loan application. >> bernard kerik could be facing prison time after pleading guilty to eight felonies. the former new york city police commissioner admitted he lied to the white house and lied about hiding income from the irs and faking a charitable contribution. >> that's pretty striking history. why are we talking about it right now this is where giuliani's approach is echoing in the open trial of the president. because just like giuliani pushed lev parnas when it seemed convenient and possible for him personally and is now running from him. >> giuliani, also president for candidate bailed on kerik, his mistake. >> i think that voters should look at it, and what they should say is in that particular case, i