fiona hale then called. john bolton they are all god the united states still has no on baster in ukraine and the american ambassador to russia is said to resign within the next couple of days and october 3rd. how do you take it does russia have reason to be concerned about these brain drain when it comes to u.s. policy in ukraine. on the one hand the departure of volcker could have played a positive role because indeed from the russian perspective the role of all code was apparently negative right walker prevent the implementation of the means good and persuaded ukraine to continue to subsidize the implementation on the other camp in the current situation of scandal i truly don't believe that the departure of walter will matter for the american pull we see towards ukraine because there is no policy in conditions of the current scandal impeachment investigation the american policy towards ukraine will be paralyzed it will be ultimately dependent on the believe the goal domestic political interplay all the hue

. >> julie: fox news alert, and be a begin of president trump's former rush advisor, fiona hale, meaning behind closed doors with house lawmakers today for a transcribed interview as part of democrats' impeachment probe. it is unclear how much he actually knows about president trump's call with the ukrainian president, which happened back in july. meanwhile, as the inquiry advances, house intelligence chairman adam schiff says democrats may not need the whistleblower to testify after all. >> given that we already have the call record, we don't need the whistleblower who wasn't on the call to tell us what took place during the call. we have the best evidence. it may not be necessary to take steps that might reveal the whistleblower's identity to do that, and we make sure we protect it whistleblower. >> president trump is now firing back, saying the whistleblower must testify, and even explain why he got the details of his conversation with ukraine's so wrong. this is to be "outnumbered," i'm julie banderas, and here today is host of "the evening edit" on the fox business network, elizabet

no one is going to buy bill taylor, fiona hale, and kurt volker are "radical bureaucrats." " bob, youre next. caller: is that me? host: yes, sir. i am really upset i watched mr. biden's son because he made $50,000 a month. when we were at our nonprofit organizations, like the boy million. america, $1.6 nobody cares about that when the kids are peddling somebody as ceo -- host: i am going to hold off, is that your seatbelt buckle beeping? caller: it is okay, i am right here. i was waiting at my house. also on c-span, i watched about pregnant women. host: we are going to let you fix the beeping, it is distracting. we are going to go to steve in pennsylvania, republican. caller: good morning. a couple things i want to bring out with this biden thing. several years ago, ukraine was investigating that company his son was in and somebody in the obama administration shut it up. his dad married his wife he has now -- he was broke. there is something fishy. this is not only a takedown of the president, but it is a coup, an inside job. if you go to court and you are facing charges, they don't g

. >> julie: fox news alert, and be a begin of president trump's former rush advisor, fiona hale, meaning with house lawmakers today for a transcribed interview as part of democrats' impeachment probe. it is unclear how much he actually knows about president trump's call with the ukrainian president, which happened back in july. meanwhile, as the inquiry advances, house intelligence chairman adam schiff says democrats may not need the whistleblower to testify after all. >> given that we already have the call record, we don't need the whistleblower who wasn't on the call to tell us what took place during the call. we have the best evidence. it may not be necessary to take steps that might reveal the whistleblower's identity to do that, and we make sure we

that is the first deposition, fiona hale today. tomorrow, george kent is scheduled to appear. he was supposed to be here last weekend that was postponed. thursday, gordon sondland, u.s. ambassador to the european union will be deposed. he was supposed to appear last tuesday and state department blocked him. his lawyer said he will appear this thursday. he was one of those who had gone back and forth with these text messages with other diplomats and was very defensive of trump. he is a businessman and a republican supporter -- wealthy supporter of the party and the president. republicans on capitol hill were disappointed his testimony was postponed and they are looking forward to all of that because they think he will defend the president and say he was going after corruption in general. that is what is on tap. three big-name positions and a number of subpoena headlines related to the impeachment inquiry. mike pence was subpoenaed for documents, that deadline is tomorrow. on wednesday, these two ukrainian businessmen who were just arrested, these are business associates of rudy

bob: fiona hale is one. she was a diplomat in the trump administration. she will testify. that is a concern because she knows what was going on in europe and that follows on the ovich of marie yovan testifying today. the trump administration tried to block her. she is a current state department employee. she was subpoenaed and clearly wanted to testify and now house democrats say the subpoena forced her to testify, but it seemed clearly she wanted to testify. so the testimony going forward another oneund, whose texts were released recently, he was a trump donor and the state department blocked his testimony, but it looks like he will testify next week. host are we getting a timeline from house democratic leadership on an impeachment vote? no, great question, something our reporters have been asking about. i think you will see something this year. and it is not only timing, but it is going to be about ukraine, obstruction, will it be larger, financial issues? how broad will impeachment be? in all you will see it likelihood before thanksgiving, but speaker pelosi has not giv