fiona: yes, it is, clearly. i think also the fact that central banks came today and said the situation in terms of rates will be stable, as it was set for the u.s., europe, as it was said for switzerland. it gives visibility on central banks. the central bank risk is low. the political risk as of now is low. i think next year, a lot will be about the fundamentals, the macro risk. we see the situation stabilizing in the u.s. and europe, which is also what has been said about central bank heads. for the next six months, we see positive growth. less uncertainty on the political agenda. valuations are high, so perhaps one bad surprise could have an effect which is more than expected in the markets. fiona, because it is prime minister boris johnson and because there is a sense of continuity, do think there will be a bank governor appointed quickly? would that appease currency traders a little bit? fiona: i think so. also the fact that there is discussion about a fiscal plan. obviously, that will appease the currency

the new york fiona ci ncotta voting next year.ncotta highlighting his comments, the new —— american people will not soon forget the perversion of power and abuse. it's interesting, our north american editorjohn sopel, gauging the mood to this, it's a mixed picture of course. you sort of get a snapshot of what people are thinking but there is such a divide between those who feel this is the absolute right way to go and those who are saying, hang on a second, we have an election next year, let us decide what we want. completely, exactly. it's an interesting situation, isn't it? in the meantime, politicalturmoil situation, isn't it? in the meantime, political turmoil in france continues. we have two of the main dailies, le figaro and liberation with this on their front pages. the protests are causing chaos for many, they are very widespread, it's been going for two weeks now and it would seem at the moment that there is not much to bring the sides together. no, that is right. just over two weeks, going on three and the situation is g

fiona, thank you. oscar murillo used to be a cleaner at the gherkin building in london and then a former teaching assistant, and now a turner prize shortlisted artist. rowan geddis, let me talk to you about lawrence abu hamdan. he has three works in the exhibition, all exploring sound. he calls himself a privateer. what does that mean? he is interested in the physical as well as the social effects of sound in different contexts and he produces these complex research projects that look into the behaviour of sound, often in relation to the law or human rights. with his recent project, which he draws on for the turner prize show, he is looking at the notion of ear witness testimony. so rather than an eyewitness, it is people who have heard crimes rather than seeing them. fascinating. there might be some people listening who think, how is that art? well, it is art because of the process he uses to produce the work. he explicitly uses to produce the work. he explicitly uses artistic strategies in the produc

with me is fiona cincotta, who's a senior market analyst at city index. police are saying a criminaligation will have to get under way on white island. one of the things to think about here where there any signs that this was going to happen? the article that we have here... it says scientists knew that there was a rise in activity, so increased activity in the form of gas releases, boiling water, mud lasts, but this could also be standard characteristics of a volcano that level. it isn't necessarily a sign of eruption. it will involve a lot of investigation and the level of knowledge the tourists had as they were approaching the island or before booking. did they know this could happen? that is really key. also, who makes the call to say, "right, nobody is allowed to go to that island because it is actuallyjust too dangerous. " geo net, the organisation monitoring the situation, a few weeks ago they said there is an increase in activity and they increased it from a low level toa number they increased it from a low level to a number two in a 0—5, but when does it get to the point whe

we've seen fiona hill because she was subpoenaed to testify in the impeachment.e've heard from george kent for the same reason. but they both testified to john bolton's alarm. are there more fiona hills, george kents, and john boltons inside the government? or is there anybody else who believes the russian propaganda that comes out of trump's mouth? >> are there others into i.d.? i'm not quite following. >> is trump isolated or are there people like fiona hill and tom bossert who are still trying to pull him toward the u.s. intelligence agency's belief that it was indeed russia? or have they thrown up their hands? do you understand this to be active? >> i mean, look. so those people who have sought to convince trump that his view of this is without merit, that the evidence, all of the evidence points the other way. they still exist, but they are fewer in this administration, it seems with every passing year or if not every passing month. they just don't last very long. there is no russia adviser, top adviser on russia in the white house at the moment at all. the

with me is fiona cincotta, senior market analyst with the spread betting company, city index. you've been to your christmas

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fiona lamdin is at the ebworth estate in gloucestershire. it is not all bad news, fiona?of beech trees and some of them are 400 years old. they are being affected, as much as the wildlife is by the mixed weather. the start was very warm and it has been a wet, tail end to the year. a mixture for the habitats. we have been to the other side of the country to cambridgeshire to wicken fen to see how they are faring there. are they mallards? yes. this is thought to be the oldest nature reserve in the uk. back in the day we would get one or two individuals, now into the thousands. over the last two decades they have doubled the size of the reserve which is home to 9820 species. but how have they done this? turn the valve on and let the water in. by flooding the fields. probably the most important is the fact that in re—wetting the soil, that locks the carbon that is already in the soil, it locks it back into the soil and prevents it disappearing into the atmosphere. that is the biggest benefit from from turning farmlands to flood plains, they have reduced gas emissions here by

fiona, thank you very much for joining us.e you been while on holiday there? well, i think it's com pletely on holiday there? well, i think it's completely difficult to escape the fires. where i am at the moment i haven't seen the sun since i've been here. the area isjust haven't seen the sun since i've been here. the area is just blanketed, really, and smoke. and on different days to different degrees. last night, because he you sleep with all the windows open to get the ocean breeze, i woke up during the night with smoke all in the back of my throat, everyone was awake, today you can't go outside at all. i'm sitting inside with all of the windows closed because when you walk outside it is, the air isjust windows closed because when you walk outside it is, the air is just smoke and smoke then coming throughout the house, throughout everything, you canjust smell smoke house, throughout everything, you can just smell smoke everywhere. so whether you are right in the path of the fire or not you are not able to escape the fires i

from newcastle, fiona trott reports. a devoted father and husband.ecause he bumped into a stranger by accident. the stranger was this 17—year—old boy. minutes before, ewan ireland was stealing screwdrivers from a pound shop. one of them was used to kill peter duncan. the teenager is seen marching out of the shopping centre after the attack, looking back at the commotion, at the people trying to save him. ewan ireland had a significant criminal history. when he killed the 52—year—old father, he'd been sentenced for another violent offence and received a 12 month conditional discharge. he'd also been released under investigation following an allegation of robbery. and was the subject of unconditional bail after pleading guilty to affray. everybody has an individual responsibility for the way that they behave. he has had opportunities and support to change his behaviour. he very much chose the course of action that he took that day, which has resulted in this tragic loss for peter's family. in a witness impact statement today, peter duncan's teenage son

applied. >> fiona hill, marie yanacovich. >> i hear what you are saying. that's what lindsey graham is calling for. but i mean i would name gordon sondland phone call with the president. >> marie yovanovitch and fiona hill. >> you keep on repeating names. lindsey graham has it right. there is a reason why we have the rules we have in the court systems. it provides a fair trial. here we are not getting that. lindsey graham is onto something. >> all right, this is not the court system. that is political process. gentle gentlem gentlemen, you will be back. >> thank you, poppy. i am dying on time here. >> harry littman and gjim schultz. republicans are massing their campaign to delegitimize the process. lisa paige called president trump's attack against her sickening. ahead hear why she chose now to make herself heard. she builds herself the moderate voice. steve bullock says he's officially out at the race of the white house. we'll talk about that ahead. hin, yeah i feel free ♪ ♪ to bare my skin ♪ yeah that's all me. ♪ nothing and me go hand in hand ♪ ♪ nothi

i asked congressman swalwell how to take the compelling testimony from fiona hill and the revelations from gordon sondland and make them the story again because it seemed like for democrats and people concerned about the president asking ukraine to open the investigations, their strongest argument are the people that saw him do that and that have no political orientation in any of this. >> and the fallout for our diplomacy, now exposed, is the really inside story of how president trump was pressuring this very vulnerable, newly elected leader in ukraine and siding with vladimir putin. it really all does go back to russia as nancy pelosi said. all roads lead to putin. it does all lead to putin. only this week we saw lavrov, you know, a foreign minister, getting an audience in the oval office, with a president, a head of state, usually don't happen in the world of diplomacy and the day the articles of impeachment coming up first before house judiciary. for that to be happening, it was such a signal, the day after putin and zelensky met in paris with zelensky having very little leverage.

fiona hill's reported directly to bolton.e also have sworn testimony that john bolton called it a drug deal. you have to assume as a prosecutor that if any of that was wrong we would have heard from a lawyer from john bolton? >> well, absolutely. but you can be pretty sure the white house would not have been saying we are not turning over documents, we are not turning over witnesses if they thought the documents would be good for them. there is another x factor here which is there is going to be a judge. there is going to be chief justice roberts who is going to preside over this. and it is a very interesting role because it's not like a judge in a normal case. now, the democrats get to make a motion to the judge saying we'd like to call witnesses and we'd like a subpoena. and the rules are under rule 7 of the senate rules, the justice can, that is not required to rule on that. so, justice roberts could decide to go forward. if he does, that can be overruled by a simple majority. >> well, is there any sort of deference to him

tim morrison, talked about instances where ambassador land the warsaw meeting september 21st and fiona hill talked about issues of that sort and a number of witnesses, you're correct. >> ambassador reker. >> yes, he said he was a problem. >> dr. hill raised concerns about his behavior and said he might be an intelligence risk, is that correct? >> she did. she had issues with his tendencn telephone calls. which obviously, can be monitored by the bad guys. was spinning certain things and he admitted that. >> he admitted he exaggerated. also, when it comes to his communications with the president, we try to get him to list all the communications to the president. i think he gave us six and then when he was back, he walked us through each communication w and by the way, it was about christmas party, when the president of finland was here and then congresswoman spier asked him the same question in the open hearing and he said he talked to the president. so the record is mixed. >> i think my time is up. bou thank you both, yield back. >> gentleman, mr. chairman. mr. chairman? mr. chairman? >

fiona hill says that if you go out and said ukraine meddled, it's not true and i'm not going to be at of it. but when it comes to john brennan -- i'll answer your question too. i know john brennan, i've worked with him. everybody i know who worked on the counterintelligence investigation into russian meddling did so because they believed there was a possible, genuine national security threat. >> trace: yeah, but the whole idea... >> a lot of allegations and not a lot of evidence to back up some of these. >> trace: i've got to go but the whole idea that carter page was a russia asset when he was a u.s. asset working with the cia -- i will give you ten seconds, lisa, and i've got to go. >> if, in fact, the dossier includes russian disinformation, i think putin is pretty glad that hillary clinton and the dnc used it and the fbi used it to obtain multiple barr florence. >> trace: good to see you. as you saw, president trump has landed where any moment now he'll deliver final remarks before departing tomorrow. he we will take you there live ne next. only thermacare ultra pain relieving cr

but fiona hill. >> i'm reclaiming. >> fiona hill is interesting because he brought up the feen oi ail era hill i want to say this. yurkens even fiona hill said the ukraineening bet on the wrong horse after being reminded by ken vogel that the ukrainian officials, the shengo -- the kbir for the ukrainian parliament was providing informing to knell mri oar. all to the steel dossier. aligning themselves with clinton. >> were you there when miss hill testified. >> not for miss hill's testimony, no. >> i'm happy to transcript the read the transcript just like you. >> all i can tell you she dropped a time on president trump's actions in ukraine. >> but not enough to find articles of impeach. >> standing alone perhaps. >> this is where we can honestly disagree. is i disagree that abuse of power is a categorical tornado watch kauch and thank you. >> you're going to bill fill buster. >> thank you. >> i'm reclaiming my time both of y'all talk pretty fast i might add in defense of mr. collins for a minute. continuing, what president trump says is it's very important that you do it if it's possib

fiona is back for news briefing and we will unpack that story, what the challenges are.arning to play with a paper piano — how this award—winning musician became a master of his art. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict, a conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. you're watching the briefing. 0ur headlines: as the us house of representatives prepares to vote on impeaching donald trump, he lashes out, calling it an "open war on democracy.

the owner will be back a little later in the programme. —— fiona.ve declared they will try to fully and comprehensively implement a ceasefire in the conflict in eastern ukraine by the end of this year. the joint announcement came at a summit in paris between the two, along with the french and german leaders. but there was no agreement on the withdrawal of russian—backed forces, and ukraine's president said very little was achieved overall. this report from our correspondent sarah rainsford. their arrivals underline their differences, ukraine's president working his modest "man of the people" image, russia's leader going for full—on power projection. but these talks were the two leaders' chance to seek common ground, to revive a deal on ending ukraine's conflict, that has stalled for three years now. just beyond the palace gates, two women make clear who they blame for the fighting. the striking protests quickly smothered, though not their demand to stop putin's war. in eastern ukraine, troops are still battling russian—backed fighters despite multip

fiona lamdin, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. case of baby p. baby p's mother has been denied parole, she was jailed in 209 after admitting causing or allowing the death of her one—year old son. she was let out on licence in 2013, return to prison after reaching her parole conditions, refused parole reaching her parole conditions, refused pa role two reaching her parole conditions, refused parole two years later. the pa role refused parole two years later. the parole board confirmed that she has been denied release again and will have to wait up to two years before there is another review. that is the mother of baby p, peter connelly, being denied parole and will have to wait a couple of years before a further review or. let's check out the weather with chris fox. for the rest of the day, rain easing into sunshine and showers. they will be most frequent across the north—western areas, heavy at times. temperatures will start to fall across the north and west, 8 in stornoway, mad for england and wales, 10 to 12 celsius. tonight sta

you may be seated. >> reporter: fiona childs took the stand.essed her about a life insurance policy jason arranged. >> it did raise a red flag -- >> reporter: and michelle questioned. >> that she brought up specifically her life insurance. she brought it up several times, asking me did i think a million dollars was too much and did they really need that. >> reporter: after michelle died, fiona found out the true amount of the policy was actually $4 million. >> i was just like in total shock. that is incredibly excessive. >> reporter: and prosecutors also told the jury about civil lawsuits against jason brought by michelle's mother and sister. one was a wrongful death case filed in 2008, a year before he was charged with murder. over the defense's objection, court clerk lauren freeman testified about that lawsuit. >> there is an alleged paragraph, paragraph 6, again reading verbatim from the record, "in the early morning hours of november 3rd, 2006, jason young brutally murdered michelle young at their residence." >> reporter: freeman went on to

i just want to focus in on this part related to top russia expert fiona hill who reportedly has been getting weird calls to her home phone and she's even faced attacks from the far right media. for hill, the attacks were a continuation of an astonishing level of hostility that she witnessed during the two years she served in the white house. trump loyalists drafted internal enemies lists, co-workers were purged and nsc security teams logged hundreds of external threats against hill and other officials, all fueled by a steady stream of far right smears. among those, alex jones of infowars attacking her. how can we depend on these foreign officials to do their jobs and do it objectively when they are being forced to constantly look over their shoulder at every turn? >> yeah, i think what's described there that's been happening with fiona hill is very real in her case and is a real failing of the administration to be able to protect her better. and this is going to be a real question for other experts, nonpartisan experts, who are asked to come in and to serve in this administration and

this is one from fiona maclean, a maths teacher from one from fiona maclean, a maths teacherfrom edinburghtially economically unpopular decisions in order to combat climate change? so, it is true, you will have to make unpopular decisions if we are going to combat climate change. why should voters believe you are brave enough to do that?m the scottish government we are already doing it, so you canjudge us on what we are doing, notjust what we are promising. we have passed already the most challenging climate change targets of any country in the world, and they will be very difficult to meet, and they will necessitate difficult decisions. you never tell us what they are. well, already 75% of decisions. you never tell us what they are. well, already 7596 of our electricity in scotland comes from renewables. one of the things my party had for a long time promised to deliver a cut in air passenger duty, and we said we had changed our mind on that i wouldn't do it because it is the wrong thing to do in the face of the climate emergency. we took that decision ourselves, we said it wasn't the rig

and a key point fiona hill made, describing her realization that she was doing foreign policy and her colleagues were involved in doing actual foreign policy and national security on behalf of the united states, and rudy giuliani and gordon sondland and other individuals working on the president's behalf were working in what she called a domestic political errand, and that was where it's an important distinction and one of the more nuanced things this inquirely have to explain is the difference between conducting foreign policy and doing personal political bidding. >> robin wright joins us, a joint distinguished fellow at the wilson center. what are you thinking hearing what's in this summary of this lengthy report? >> the thing that strikes me, this began with foreign folpoli and drvnt onald trump is in lon celebrating unity on issues that have to do with democracy. how embarrassing for him? how much does this undermine not only his ability to conduct foreign policy, but america's credibility? it's not just shameful in terms of the way it plays out among us, it has repercussions for

when you look at fiona hill, it wasn't that somebody chose a woman.council who is the expert on u.s./russia/ukraine relations. when you look at professor karlan, pamela karlan, it's not that somebody went and chose a woman. this is a woman who is a constitutional scholar and well informed. so the fact is no one was looking at this for the stagecraft. >> that's true. but i will point out when it comes to the ambassador and fiona hill, the other important thing about them is they chose to be on the right side of history. there are plenty of other people in similar positions who did not speak up and who did not testify. and these women had the -- let's say guts to do so. >> you were going to say something else. >> maybe, but i don't want to be gender specific. i do think it's important to point out when it comes to the impeachment, white women have a lot to atone for when it comes to trump. it were mainly white women participating in the impeachment process, and i'm all here for it. but white women helped elect trump. it's kind of the least we could do t

fiona trott, bbc news, newcastle.1975, in the three months to october. figures released by the office for national statistics show the number of people out of work fell by 13,000 to 1.28 million. the employment rate, the total number of people in work, rose to an all—time high of 76%, with more than 32 million people in employment. the figures, however, also show slowing wage growth over that period. the uk border force agency says it's been dealing with a number of boats carrying migrants — that were attempting to cross the channel. following reports that 20 migrants arrived at the port, the home office has confirmed that a number of its officers have been deployed. top football clubs has critically —— criticised the campaign that uses monkeys. it comes from artwork commissioned by italy's top league series a. it has been criticised by teams like ac milan and roma. series a. it has been criticised by teams like ac milan and romam series a. it has been criticised by teams like ac milan and roma. it is fed that this ha

fiona trott, bbc news, newcastle.orm at the tate modern art gallery in london has started to speak again. the french boy is also regaining some sensation in his arms and legs. in an online post, his family said his speech was still very stilted but called it "wonderful progress". he was attacked in august by 18—year—old jonty bravery, who has admitted attempted murder and is awaiting sentencing. devon and cornwall police have declared a major incident after severe flooding in the area. water has made its way into around 50 properties in hayle in cornwall. there are flood warnings in place across other parts of england, mainly in the south and south west. the long—anticipated big screen version of andrew lloyd webber‘s hit stage musical cats is finally here. the star—studded film seesjennifer hudson, damejudi dench and idris elba taking on some of the leading roles but the reviews haven't exactly been overwhelming. our arts editor, will gompertz, has been to see it. this is the trailer for the big screen, big budget ad

fiona hill sat during the testimony and said ukraine did not interfere in the u.s. election.t was russia. they are still doing it, and we are not prepared to combat it come 2020, and that is the major worry. what is the angle here for republicans to continue to push these lies? >> well, i think that some republicans are in a confusing spot because on the one hand you have some republicans who are trying to brush off and hide and not really talk about this essentially conspiracy theory that's been peddled around about ukraine interfering in the 2016 election. but on the other hand, you have president trump going on cable news and in and continuing to push these ideas, and so if you're somebody who wants to be incredibly loyal to president trump or maybe you are swept up in the ideas, it's sort of hard to say, but there's a lot of republicans put in a tough spot trying to rein president trump back, but at the same time not wanting to speak out against him or look like they're not supporting the president, which could be very politically damaging for them. i think that's what's

what did fiona hill or vindman or sondland said and what did bill taylor said was wrong.reality. and rudy giuliani is away and the white house strategy carried to thenth extreme. >> and this is what jackie was alosing to. the white house has spent two months decrying this process seeking to cast it as illegitimate despite that not being the case so there was no reason to believe they would come and sit before the house judiciary committee to play ball and especially to the outset to bill's point they haven't engaged on substance because it doesn't look good for the president so they've made this a process driven argument to try to present the inquiry as politically motivated and that is the message to the base and perhaps to independents if they think that impeachment is not swaying independents in favor of democrats. but also there is another point here. the white house has not cooperated as you pointed out, they've withheld key documents and sought to block key witnesses from testifying before these house committees and so if they were to appear themselves and the obvio

fiona, the sun isjust rising here in whakaari harbour.e of the people evacuated from the island have been brought. some are still here, some have been taken to other hospitals across new zealand. it is quieter here this morning, the day after the volcano erupted. not very far behind me in white island, the volcano brought chaos. there are no signs of life on the island and it is not known whether british citizens are among those on the island. the foreign office is monitoring the situation closely. we do know that warnings have been put in place about how active that volcano is. scientists have heightened the alert, saying that there were heightened and moderate volcanic activity is expected, so questions will be asked about why tourists were allowed on that island, with scientists saying it was a disaster waiting to happen. the extraordinary few moments after the volcano on white island erupted. it hit briefly and fiercely, filling the air with huge plumes of smoke and smouldering ash. the people on this boat had leftjust moments before

fiona trott, bbc news, newcastle.s have recorded their worst ever performance. fewer than 75% of patients were seen in november within four hours. significantly worse than those in wales and england but better than northern ireland. you can reach me on social media. now on bbc news, sport today. hello. welcome to sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. i'm ben croucher. coming up: $2.2 million — pat cummins becomes the most expensive overseas player in the indian premier league. russia will appeal against their doping ban — that will prevent athletes competing under their flag at tokyo 2020. and arteta to arsenal? the new manager at the emirates looks set to be confirmed on friday. cricket‘s most lucrative league in the world has been redistributing some of its rupees into the pockets of the players at the indian premier league auction. australia's pat cummins will take home the largest ever salary for an overseas player, as the spending on new recruits for the 2020 competition stretched into the millions. austin

senators were briefed after fiona hill's testimony, that actually this entire effort to frame ukraineor the russian meddling of 2016, of which you just made this case that they had done it, that actually this is an effort of russia propaganda, this is a russian intelligence propaganda campaign, in order to get people like you, to say these things about ukraine. they're trying to frame ukraine. you apparently were briefed about this in the united states senate by intelligence officials. are you at all concerned you're doing russian intelligence work here? >> i was not briefed. russia was very aggressive. and they're much more sophisticated. but the fact that russia was so aggressive does not exclude the fact that president pouryshenko actively worked for secretary clinton. >> wait a minute. senator kennedy, you now have the president of ukraine saying he actively worked for the democratic nominee for president. i men now come on, i mean i got to put up, you realize, the only other person selling this argument outside the united states is this man, vladimir putin, this is what he said o

administration officials who defied that and went and testified in congress like ambassador sondland, fionaut bolton and kupperman did not. they instead filed a lawsuit saying we don't know what to do. now while their lawsuit was pending, there was a separate case involving don mcgahn, the white house counsel. and in an opinion by judge jackson, she rejected in the most sweeping, elegant terms trump's claims about immunity and not having these witnesses testify and the like. and the bottom line is now judge jackson's opinion, which says, quote, presidents aren't kings and folks like mcgahn have to testify is now going to control what bolton has to do. >> the kupperman lawsuit as well was something that mick mulvaney wanted to attach himself to, that bolton and kupperman kind of pushed aheside and said this isn't something you could be attached to. you're not part of our team. >> all these witnesses were trying to hide and not tell what they know to the american people. and as you were discussing earlier in the panel, "the new york times" story from yesterday explains exactly why. because bo

. >> reporter: before her, it was feo fiona hill blasting the debunked theory that ukraine interferedn the election. >> this is a fictional narrative being propigated by the russian security services themselves. >> reporter: testifying on what she viewed as an irregular second channel of policy, lead by gordon sondland. >> he was being involved in a domestic, political errand. and we were being involved in national security foreign policy. and those two things-just diverged. and i said ambassador sondland, gordon, i think this is all going to blow up and here we are. >> reporter: but the first to testify that marked one of the most memorable moments so far. a long-time diplomat known for fighting corruption that was suddenly recalled by the president afterf a month's long smear campaign led by his personal attorney, rudy jewel yany. >> how could our system fail like this? which country's interests are ser served when the very corrupt behavior we've been criticizing has been allowed to prevail? >> reporter: and this remarkable response in real time from the president on twitter. now pr

fiona hill attacking you from the witness chair. >> right. lou: what would be the motivation?they said were absolutely demonstratably untrue. >> i wrote a couple and laid out the facts that vindman said aren't true. i asked which ones aren't true. i haven't heard from him and i assume i won't. you saw an entrenched bureaucracy that chafes at the idea that someone would dare challenge their decisions. but we are set up to raise the questions my story raised. i think people over time will realize the potential conflict. lou: you and i, sean hannity, others, were on a list by marie yovanovich, the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. i didn't hear a question on that issue in the hearing. >> it didn't come up during the hearings. it did come up in the depositions. and there does appear to be some acknowledgment there was an operation under way. i filed a foia lawsuit to try and force the disclosure of those documents. there are four documents i think if president trump would release them would change the ukraine debate. there are some good legal questions that need to be answered. >> there

fiona hill? >> dr. fiona hill was the senior director for the europe and russia directorate at the national security council until july of this year. >> and she was president trump's senior advisor on s russia? >> correct. >> her family had fled both nazi germany and soviet russia. >> i think her family actually came from england. it was marie yovanovitch who had -- >> that was ambassador yovanovitch. dr. hill voiced her concerns, the nsc's lawyers, on july 10 and july 11th long before anyone on this committee knew about it. why was she -- why did she go to report what she had learned? what motivated her? >> she was concerned that ambassador sondland and mick mulvaney were entering into essentially a transaction. whereby the ukrainians would open up these investigations for president trump's political interests. in return for getting the white house meeting that president trump had offered. >> and i want to talk about deputy assistant secretary george kent, who served as a career foreign service officer

desperate and helpless we stand before the ruins of their lives 4 weeks ago a bushfire barne through fiona lee cruz home taking everything the couple see they knew it was a risk zone but this is far from normal they're angry at their government for not taking climate change seriously it just makes people angry because. they were saying this is going to happen this is going to happen it's going to happen here and now that it's happened. and politicians that this is scientists have been talking about for bloody about. climate change are not. deeply divided just a few miles farther north from property smaller fires are blazing in the forest fires are normal for australia but large parts of the country have been suffering from drought for years so fires can spread in no time. burning back through forests but 2 weeks before something that is not really been seen in the past for this is an unexpected thing that the doing now which is making a lot of people nervous people and creatures like australia's national animal. they've become the unintended symbol of these bushfires at this hospital help

but fiona hill. >> i'm reclaiming. >> fiona hill is interesting because he brought up the feen oi ail era hill i want to say this. yurkens even fiona hill said the ukraineening bet on the wrong horse after being reminded by ken vogel that the ukrainian officials, the shengo -- the kbir for the ukrainian parliament was providing informing to knell mri oar. all to the steel dossier. aligning themselves with clinton. >> were you there when miss hill testified. >> not for miss hill's testimony, no. >> i'm happy to transcript the read the transcript just like you. >> all i can tell you she dropped a time on president trump's actions in ukraine. >> but not enough to find articles of impeach. >> standing alone perhaps. >> this is where we can honestly disagree. is i disagree that abuse of power is a categorical tornado watch kauch and thank you. >> you're going to bill fill buster. >> thank you. >> i'm reclaiming my time both of y'all talk pretty fast i might add in defense of mr. collins for a minute. continuing, what president trump says is it's very important that you do it if it's possib

fiona hill was unambiguous in her testimony to the intelligence committee.has been doing with these two indicted men who are linked to a russian oligarch who is tied to russian organized crime has tried to manufacture a story that ukraine, rather than russia or in addition to russia or differently from russia, meddle in the campaign. that is false. and so what we've seen is not just rudy giuliani but republican allied senators, ted cruz on "meet the press" today, john kennedy of louisiana before, have been spreading this kremlin propaganda to shield the president. it has been persuasive to some in the president's base, and we'll see how persuasive it is to the rest of the country as they tune in, as i was talking about earlier when the casual voters start tuning in, are they going to believe this? >> i was going to ask you if this is self-serving for the former u.s. attorney. but you have the president seemingly encouraging this. giuliani delivering the report to the attorney general, perhaps or bringing it up to capitol hill. what do you make of this as pro