william noah blue croft has more on this thanks for joining us william. what is the effect likely to be of this big deal i mean mostly right now it's relief and a lot of weight in sea off and the most instant reaction we get for how investors are thinking about any potential changes in trade deals is the markets and friday we saw it was u.s. markets are rather mixed they were unimpressed welterweight told markets open on monday to see if this new announcement today from china has any big impact but everyone is pretty much on the same page that anytime there's a reduction in tariffs or in some in this case some removal of tariffs is only a good thing in a much longer path towards a more substantive trade deal between the u.s. and china next question they're calling this phase one where does this fit into the overall picture how many faces what's happening i mean it's unknown how many phases there might be in phase one is not even really set yet i mean it's not even any announcement when it's really going to be signed it's just been agreed to so far maybe t

time lame glue croft glad to have you with us the u.k. prime minister boris johnson won last week's staff election promising to get bricks it done and now he has in the e.u. withdrawal deal passed the house of commons with room to spare there's still more to do before it becomes law but friday's vote puts the u.k. on course to leave the e.u. on january 31st the 2 sides will then have until the end of 2020 to strike a trade deal. after winning his historic election victory last week boris johnson said he wanted to heal the nation and in the house of commons he presented his bracks it bill as a step towards that was a time that together as one reinvigorated nation one united kingdom filled with a renewed confidence in our national destiny and determined at last to take advantage of the opportunities but not before us but despite the sweet talking johnson had stripped away many of the sweetness to reason may had added to help them piece support it before the election that raised passions from the opposition . this things that vanishes not on

crofts have undertaken a number of aerial reconnaissance flights over the island since the eruption. north signs of life had been seen at any point. in the day visitors found themselves walking on what the mao reste call for carry the dramatic volcano little idea what was rumbling beneath their feet although acts of fatal eruptions are rare. it's not a particularly big eruption is it's seed it was kind of. almost like a throat clearing kind of eruption and that's why material probably won't have made it to my new zealand what my kit my name new zealand. through clearing exercise and for those involved an unforgettable reminded that nature and sometimes awful bangs to its own will. and my colleague g.w. senior business editor ben facility is in new zealand right now he's on vacation and wherever he goes news happens he joins me on the line right now good guesses good morning to you ben you were planning we understand to visit the volcano yourself and talk to me a little bit about why people why so many people want to go when being so close to this volcano. but i get about 10000 visito

well for more on the impeachment process reporter william noah glue croft is with this in the studio good morning so as we heard 2 articles of impeachment laid out 9 pay in the 9 page document walk us through this what exactly is donald trump accused of rights as we heard the 1st one is abuse of power using his office the power is office to get ukraine to help him for his own personal political benefit so goes the accusation in the 2020 alexion by trying to get ukraine to investigate a potential and now actual political opponent joe biden in exchange for military aid and for a meeting at the white house the other one is of course obstruction of congress that when the democrats in the house intelligence committee try to start investigating this potential misconduct that trump what they say in an unprecedented way try to block every means of access for them to game gain witness testimony documents and these kinds of things from the executive branch from from trump's officials these are the 2 interesting is what's not in there obstruction of justice is not in there bribery extortion is

us from kiev via skype darren is principal russia analyst at the global risk consultancy vest maker croft he joins us now from london gentlemen welcome to this edition of inside story ilya part amount of in the caravan to start with you i mean how significant is this in terms of a milestone in the fractious relationship between ukraine and russia that this bridge has finally been built and is it operation well to my mind there's just a lot was. the main. it's already happened when it was a cartridge last year and since that time mark rein is already linked to mainland russia which of course it's extremely symbolic because the reach became the largest infrastructure or to come from. some portion of the sun at the expense of russian taxpayers for example where i mean. i can see. the council the construction of the bridge across the or final the construction of the breach across french cultural strait. to crimea. other regional fresh in your future they consult a lot of the railway bridge across the reversal basically what the been done right now is it's public relations. would seem to suppo

dominic and misty croft, homeless working mom with five children between them took over the home on magnoliaeet november 18th. after being there two weeks the court issued an eviction notice for them to get out. >> this property belongs to oakland. we are from oakland. we have a right to this house more than ridgewood. >> ridgewood and everybody else feels for these moms, for people who are homeless but doesn't give anyone the right to take someone else's property. >> wedgewood llc is a redondo beach real estate agency that owns the property. >>> happening today, several bay area kids plan to take part in a global climate strike. this afternoon, some students in san francisco, palo alto and sonoma county are planning to take part in a school walkout and protest. organizers say that they are upset president trump's administration decided to pull out of the paris climate agreement. >>> 4:36 right now. coming up here on "today in the bay," if soy beans and pork are part of your favorite holiday dishes, you may pay what you normally pay, it's going to stay in the bay. we'll tell you the positive

as uncommon and that the pause was not significant dr hill and state department official catherine croft both testified that security assistance to ukraine specifically had been temporarily paused in the past that massacre david hale the undersecretary of state for political affairs the 3rd most senior person at the state department testified that the national security council had launched a review of u.s. foreign assistance across the world to make sure x. spare dollars were spent in the national interest and to advance the principle of burden sharing by our allies dr hill testified that as she was leaving the n.s.c. in july there had been a directive for a whole scale review of our foreign policy assistance she said there had been more scrutiny on security assistance as a result another important data point is president trumps willingness to take a stronger stance in supporting ukraine against russian aggression and compared to the previous administration several witnesses testified the president trumps willingness to provide ukraine with lethal defensive assistance javelin anti-tank m

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getting i think it went to the very very top i think it the crofts the water where all the taste you thought was going on and give the go ahead. welcome back to the kaiser report i'm max keiser time out of turn to nick jim bruno you can find his writings about gold and other cool stuff at casey research dot com nick welcome max great to be with you nice to see you again now you travel extensively and you have lived all over the world you spend part of your time here but as eris give us your impression of the current situation here to outsiders like me and stacey you know it seems calm enough on the outside what are we missing what's going on it sure well argentina has gone through a number of financial crises in the past 100 years and it looks like it's on the cusp of another one the last really big one was in 2001 and what is happening here is the currency is is really on a foundation of sand right now it's living and dying by the whims of i.m.f. bailout money so argentina is on the cusp of a possible currency crisis which is relatively normal for this country it's happened repeated

annabel croft.every thing she wanted to on the courts. i think she has more than fulfil their potential come i think a lot of people would've said the opposite, that she has actually overachieved, because you know, she was a great competitor, and you remember, she got some fineness of the usa i believe when she was 19 yea rs of the usa i believe when she was 19 years of age. she was world number one at the age of 20. and the one thing that was sort of hanging overhead was here was this one who had never been able to win a grand slam title, and finally, she did it in 2018 at the australian open, so it was a huge monkey off your back, as it were. i'm so thrilled for her, because he couldn't wish it on somebody who would be more hard—working, i think she had an amazing career. 30 titles, world number one grand slam title, i mean, it's a pretty decent career. one year on from the launch of the united nations initiative for sport to take action on cimate change. the un say there is still room for "a big

miss croft. the only reason given was that the order came at the direction of the president. so sir, let me ask you a question. did all the agencies involved believe the aid should be given? >> yes, it was the unanimous view of all of the agencies, secretaries of state, department of state, department of defense, national security counsel, literally every one of the interagency agencies that believed that the aid was vital and had already been approve ed and should be released immediately. >> and in the minority staff report and in mr. castor's testimony earlier, he said the u.s. government did not convey the policy of the ukrainians. well that wasn't correct, was it? didn't mr. sondland convey that according to his affidavit and testimony? >> he ultimately conveyed that the release of the aid was conditioned on the public announcement of the investigations. >> and if we could put up slide 26. >> it's what he said. >> well if i may, just in response -- >> we'll put up the slide. >> sure. >> put up the actual affidavit that ambassador sondland, that he swore to under penalties

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hill and katherine croft both testified that aid had been paused during the past. the secretary of state for critical affairs testified that the national security council launch aed a review of foreign assistance to make sure that taxpayer dollars were spent in the national interest and advance the principle of burden sharing by our allies. dr. hill testified that as she was leaving the nsc in july, there had been a directive for a whole scale review of our foreign policy assistance. she said there had been more scrutiny on security assistance as a result. another important data point is president trump's willingness to take a stronger stance against ukraine and russian aggression compared to the previous administration. several witnesses testified that president trump's willingness to provide ukraine with lethal development assistance was a substantial improvement, a stronger policy and a significant decision. when we discussed democratic allegations that president trump withheld vital security dollars from ukraine, we should also remember that it was president tr

croft to testify that two individuals from the ukrainian embassy asked about an omb hold on the security assistance, roughly a week apart. she recalled that that occurred before it was publicly enhanced. so that's one. second, their defense or excuse is that president trump wanted to investigate corruption if president trump wanted to at to investigate corruption he could start at 1600 pennsylvania avenue and look in the mirror or he could look around and pass the criminals that have been indicted from a circle. you have his lawyer, you have his national security advisor. you have michael flynn, rick gates, the circle goes on, he is surrounded by criminals. then we hear well, it can't be obstruction of congress, you could have all gone to court. we are in december. we have an ongoing crime. we have a crime in progress. >> neil: you're watching history being made. welcome everyone i am neil cavuto and this is "your world." the committee is debating the articles of impeachment and will soon put it to a vote within the house judiciary committee. on the lower right portion of your screen, th

croft, the only reason given that the order came at the direction of the president. >> it was the unanimous view of all the agency, secretary of state and department of defense, national security council, literally everyone of the agencies that believed that the aid was vital and had been approved and should be released immediately. >> and in the minority staff report andff mr. castor's testimony earlier, he said the u.s. government did not convey the pause of ukrainians. that was incorrect? did mr. sondland convey that? >> mr. sondland conveyed the release of the aid was conditioned on the public announcement of the investigation. >> if we could put up slide 26. >> we'll put up the slide. >> and he says and we'll read the highlighted which is in front seat front of you. i now recalled speaking to mr. yermak, going back to the quote that the presumption of u.s. aid would not occur until ukraine provided of the staples we have been discussing many weeks. is that correct? >> yes, he said that at a meeting on september 1st with mr. yermak. >> did you recall sir in the draft statementsi that th

hill and state department official catherine croft both testified that security assistance to ukraine specifically had beenin temporarily paused in the past. in fact,e ambassador david hal testified that the national security council had launched a review of u.s. foreign assistance across the world to make sure taxpayer dollars were spent in the national interest and to advance the principle of burden sharing. dr. hill testified that there had been a directive for whole scale review of our foreign policy assistance. she said there had been more scrutiny onre security assistan as a result. another importante data point president trump's willingnesstao take a stronger stance in supporting ukraine against russian aggression compared to the previous administration. severalev witnesses testified tt president trump's willingness to provide ukraine with lethal defensive assistance was a substantial improvement, a stronger policy and a significant decision. whena we discussed democrat allegations that president trump withheld vital security assistanceec dollars from ukrai, we should also reme

one of ambassador volker's assistants, kathryn croft, testified, a rather startling piece of testimony, she was asked whether the notes would be reliable, a typical question and everyone expected the answer to be yes, except she said, no, i don't think kent's notes would be reliable. i think that's important to put on the record there is evidence perhaps mr. kent felt some emotions about some of these issues and his notes, at least according to one state department official in fact might not be reliable. the cnn interview there's been discussing about, there was discussion about possibly doing a statement that was canned or discussion of a cnn interview, we did not really get to the bottom of that. that was this fact that was out there and ambassador taylor testified he was worried it would happen. we didn't really talk to anyone that could tell us precisely what was going to occur, you know, in the cnn interview, and whether president zelensky was actually going to do it. if you look back at the statement yarmach and volker were talking about, yarmach wasn't comfortable doing it. it i

the late how in the theft happened at the target parking lot right there off admiral callahan dwayne croft for sale of the sec e spoke to the cat's owner today she joins us live in the newsroom with more taylor, this is terrible. >>done this one involving car break ins and pet stolen. it's an important reminder to never leave valuables or your pets even its the car is locked now. it could just take minutes that's all it takes unfortunately. in this case, the owner tells me she was invalid visiting her parents for the holiday. sure and quickly into the target to get cat litter, but when she returned of many things were missing, including her for baby. >>don't i'm scared and wondering why i'm not there and god knows whether or not he's being abused. i hope not. >>and we live our lives in southern california. but is originally from the lingo. she was back in town visiting her family for the holiday she even brought her for baby monkey with her and before heading to her parents house. she says she needed to pick up cat litter she stopped to the target of admiral callahan lane. but then returne

and we still don't have an explanation of why that happened or in the way that it happened, and miss croft said, the only reason given was that this order came on the the drekof the direction president. was there an order given? >> yes, to the national security council, literally every one of the agencies that believed that the aid was vital and had already been approved and should be released immediately. >> in the minority staff report and in mr. castor's testimony earlier, he said the u.s. did not convey the policy of the ukranians. that wasn't correct, was it? didn't mr. sondland convey that, according to mr. sondland's testimony? >> mr. sondland conveyed that the release of the aid was conditioned on the public announcement of the investigations. >> if we could put up slide 26 -- >> he presumed that, he said. >> we'll put up the slide. president trump's ambassador to the european union that he swore to under penalties of perjury. and he says, if we read the highlighted, which is also in front of you, i now recall speaking individualy to mr. ye plrks aq -- the presumption of u.s. aid w

wanted to start with a quote from something we quoted in the book which is a quote from sir stanley croft shot it was the prosecuting attorney or at the nuremberg trials and. there comes a.when a man was refuses leader, if he is to answer his conscience. i think that's really true for a lot of the vets who took part in the protests individual and organize during the vietnam war. i wanted to consider that quote from him as a way to talk about, or re-examine the idea of patriotism and what patriotism is. and patriotism is something for me that was, it came to me through my family and the upbringing of both sides of my family who were revolutionary war veterans. we witness our country following the wrong path is incumbent upon us to speak out, or be complicit with that path. those who spoke out against the war and the civilians of the antiwar movement and g.i. resistors were of a true loyal patriots of the united states. i like to thank those of you in this room tonight's who are part of the civilian antiwar movement for supporting g.i. resistors and no antiwar gem in strader's me. i can't s

hill and state department official catherine croft both testified that security assistance to ukraine specifically had been temporarily paused in the past. in fact, ambassador david hale, the under secretary of state for affairs, the third most senior person at the senior department testified that national security council had released a review across the world to make sure taxpayer dollars were spent to the national interest kind to advance the principle of burden sharing by our allies. dr. hill testified that as she was leaving in july, there had been a directive for full-scale review of our foreign policy assistance. she said there had been more scrutiny on security assistance as a result. another important data point is president trump's willingness to take a stronger stance and supporting ukraine against russian aggression. compared to the previous administration. several witnesses testified that president trump's willingness to provide ukraine with was a substantial improvement, a stronger policy and a significant decision. when we discuss democrat allegations that president tru

dominique and misty croft, homeless working moms with five children between them took over the home ona street november 18th. after being there two weeks the court issued an eviction notice for them to get out. >> this property belongs to oakland. we are from oakland. we have a right to this house more than wedgewood does. >> wedgewood and everybody else really feels for these moms, for people who are homeless but that doesn't give anyone the right to take someone else's property. >> wedgewood llc is a redondo beach real estate agency that owns that property. moms for housing will hold a press conference later today at 11:00. >>> 5:37. governor newsom says he is focusing on the homeless crisis here in california. the governor is releasing $650 million in emergency aid to combat homelessness. yesterday he visited a veteran's village in sacramento where apartments are reserved for military veterans who are formerly homeless. and he's asking california cities and counties to join him in his 100-day housing challenge. >> 100 days, get 100 youth off the street and 100 youth, get 100 seniors

croft who testified that two individuals from the ukrainian embassy asked about an omb hold on the security assistance roughly a week apart. and she recalled that that occurred before it was publicly announced. so that's one. second, their defense or excuse is that president trump wanted to investigate corruption. now that's just laughable on its face. if you want to -- if president trump wanted to investigate corruption, he could start at 1600 pennsylvania avenue or he could look around the cast of criminals that have been indicted from his circle. you have his lawyer, you have his national security adviser, you have michael flynn, rick gaetz, paul manafort. the circle goes on. he is surrounded by criminals. then we hear, well, it can't be obstruction of congress, you could have all just went to court. well, we are in december. we have an ongoing crime. we have a crime in progress. that is what the 9-1-1 call would say from a police officer. we have a crime in progress. and they are saying with a crime in progress, why didn't you just schedule an appointment to call the police? we have an

then you have miss croft who testified that two individuals from the ukrainian embassy asked about an omb hold on the security assistance, roughly a week apart. and she recalled that that occurred before it was publicly announced. so that's one. second, the defense or excuse is that president trump wanted to investigate corruption. that's just laughable on its face. if you wanted -- if president trump wanted to investigate corruption, he could have started at 1600 pennsylvania avenue, look in the mirror or look around the cast of criminals that have been indicted from his circle. you have his lawyer. you have his national security adviser. you have michael flynn, rick gates, paul manafort. the circle goes on. he's surrounded by criminals. then we hear, well, can't be obstruction of congress. you all could have just went to court. we're in december. we have an ongoing crime. we have a crime in progress. that is what the 911 call would say from a police officer. we have a crime in progress. and they're saying with a crime in progress, why don't you just schedule an appointment to call t

one of ambassador volcker's assistants, catherine croft, testified -- rather startling piece of testimony. she was asked whether kent's notes would be reliable. sort of a typical question, everyone expecting the answer to be yes. except she said no. i don't think kent's notes would be reliable. so, i think that's important to put on the record. that there is evidence that perhaps mr. kent felt some emotions about some of these issues and his notes, at least according to one state department official, might not in fact be reliable. the cnn interview that there's been discussion about, ok, there was discussion about possibly doing a statement which was canned. maybe there was discussion of a cnn interview, but -- we did not really get to the bottom of that. that was sort of this amorphous fact that was out there. am bats doer -- ambassador taylor testified he was worried it would happen. but we didn't talk to anyone that could tell us precisely what was going to occur in the cnn interview and whether president zelensky was actually going to do it. if you look back at the statement that yarm

one of ambassador volker's assistants, catherine croft testified and it was rather startlinging piece of testimony. shete was asked whether kent's notes would be reliable. sort of a typical question. everyone expecting the answer to be yes, except she said no, i don't think kent's notes would be reliable.ai so i think that's important to put onso the record that, you know, there is evidence that perhaps mr. kent felt some emotions about some of these issues and his notes, at least according to onees state department officialco might notn fact be reliable.ia the cnn interview that there has been discussion about, okay, there is discussion about possibly doing a statement which was canned. there was -- maybe there was a discussion of a cnn interview. but we did not really get to the bottom of that. that was sort of this amorphous fact that was out there. ambassador taylor testified that he was worried it would happen. but we didn'td -- we didn't really talk to anyone that -- that could tell us precisely what was going to occur in the cnn interview and whether president zelensky was actu

mike crofts who was at the scene when pc keith palmer was stabbed to death outside parliament in 2017nry jackson society. he specialises in researching radicalisation and terrorism. welcome to all of you and thank you all for coming on. i‘m going to ask you to react first of all to the words of dave merritt, jack merritt ‘s father. words of dave merritt, jack merritt 's father. so deeply emotional. yet so deeply sober. it‘s spoken from the words of the guy ‘s father and it‘s exactly what jack would have wa nted it‘s exactly what jack would have wanted and i think it‘s so important that he‘s made this interjection when politicians have sought to panel beat it into their own narrative, it is amazing. mike, how do you react? i think firstly we all feel this is a deeply tragic event but i think, i think one of the things we need to look at now is the example set by jack things we need to look at now is the example set byjack and saskia, two people who, despite the immense capability and privilege, were dedicating their time to help the least fortunate in our society, i think they set an e

but someone who can is mike crofts, a former british army officer who rushed to give first aid to pc but many other people involved in several events in 2017. what is it like being a witness to such traumatic events? it is probably unique to everybody how they react, but even commuters who had not been in london bridge on friday, when they were back on the bridge on monday morning, people we re bridge on monday morning, people were getting quite emotionaljust thinking about what had happened and they had not even seen the incident. there's a lot of trauma that is associated with any kind of unexpected events like that and a terrorist event is felt all the more keenly because it's so unexpected and in many senses out of context. many people who were not involved with the event will be feeling that, especially those who will feel a deep sense of sadness thinking about the lives of jack and saskia, two people who live so selflessly despite having this amazing gift and graduated from cambridge with masters degrees, giving their time to help some of the least advantaged in our society. an

croft, the only reason given was the order came at the direction of the president. let me ask a question. did all the agencies involved believe the military aid should be given? mr. goldman: it was the unanimous view of all the agencies, the parent of defense, national security council, literally everyone of the inner believed that the aide was a vital and had been approved and should be released immediately. in the my noise staff report, and mr. castor's testimony earlier, he said the u.s. foreign policy did not convey the policy of the ukrainians. if that was not correct, was it? didn't mr. sondland convey that? mr. goldman: mr. sondland conveyed that the release of the on thes conditioned public announcement of the investigations. >> if we can put up slide 26. we willwe will put up the slide. we will put up the affidavit that ambassador sondland, president trump's ambassador to the european union that he swore to penalties of perjury. he said, i now recall speaking individually with mr. yermak the resumption of the 80 would not occur until ukraine provided the an

hill and state department official katherine croft both testified security assistant to ukraine had been temporarily paused in the past. david hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs, the third most senior person at the state department testified the national security council launched a review of u.s. foreign assistance across the world to make sure taxpayer dollars were spent in the national interest and to advance the principle of burden-sharing by our allies. dr. hill testified that as she was leaving the nsc in july, there had been a directive for whole scale review of our foreign policy assistance. she said there had been more scrutiny on security assistance as a result. another important data point is president trump's willingness to take a stronger stance to protect ukraine against russian aggression. and compared to the previous administration. several witnesses testified that president trump's willingness to provide ukraine with lethal defensive assistance, javelin anti-tank missiles, was a substantial improvement, a stronger policy and a significant decision. when w

times about the reliability of george kent's notes, one of ambassador volker's assistance catherine croft testified and it was rather startling piece of testimony. she was asked whether cans notes would be reliable, sort of a typical question, everyone expecting the answer to be yes, they said she said no, i don't think ken's notes would be reliable so i think that is important to put on the record that there is evidence, you know perhaps mr. kent felt some oceans about some of these issues and his nose according to one state department official light not in fact be reliable. the cnn interview that there has been discussion about, okay there is discussion about possibly doing a statement which was canned, maybe there is discussion of a cnn interview but we did not really get to the bottom of that, that was this is a more surface fact that was out there, ambassador taylor was worried it was going to happen but we didn't really talk to anyone that could tell us precisely what was going to occur with the cnn interview and whether president zelensky was actually going to do it. if you look ba

hill and state department official katherine croft both testified security assistant to ukraine had been temporarily paused in the past. david hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs, the third most senior person at the state department testified the national security council launched a review of u.s. foreign assistance across the world to make sure taxpayer dollars were spent in the national interest and to advance the principle of burden-sharing by our allies. dr. hill testified that as she was leaving the nsc in july, there had been a directive for whole scale review of our foreign policy assistance. she said there had been more scrutiny on security assistance as a result. another important data point is president trump's willingness to take a stronger stance to protect ukraine against russian aggression. and compared to the previous administration. several witnesses testified that president trump's willingness to provide ukraine with lethal defensive assistance, javelin anti-tank missiles, was a substantial improvement, a stronger policy and a significant decision. when w

in at croft -- ashcroft come you can't avoid this problem. >> there are cases from other circuits about these de facto denials of immunity. but are there any like this over a period of time is so short. delay.s no unreasonable the district court is saying i am going through on it and discovery is open, but not against the party seeking discovery -- immunity. i understand your point about the president's personal capacity lawyers attending the deposition, but there is no discovery order against the actual party seeking immunity. i can't find any case like that. when you had no unreasonable delay in this discovery against a different party implicates the interest of the party seeking immunity, the court is saying i'm going to rule, we can say there has been a de facto denial. on all 4 -- >> not even on all four, but i am troubled by the fact that it seems to me for us to say there has been a denial in the face of the district court saying i'm getting to this is a difficult list and you don't have the thing that the other courts rely on to do that. or unreasonable delay discovery against t

times about the reliability of george kent's notes, one of ambassador volker's assistance catherine croft testified and it was rather startling piece of testimony. she was asked whether cans notes would be reliable, sort of a typical question, everyone expecting the answer to be yes, they said she said no, i don't think ken's notes would be reliable so i think that is important to put on the record that there is evidence, you know perhaps mr. kent felt some oceans about some of these issues and his nose according to one state department official light not in fact be reliable. the cnn interview that there has been discussion about, okay there is discussion about possibly doing a statement which was canned, maybe there is discussion of a cnn interview but we did not really get to the bottom of that, that was this is a more surface fact that was out there, ambassador taylor was worried it was going to happen but we didn't really talk to anyone that could tell us precisely what was going to occur with the cnn interview and whether president zelensky was actually going to do it. if you look ba