millions of dollars of aid in military aid as well as a prestigious invitation to the white house gordon sunland confirmed all of that and the chair of the intelligence committee adam schiff today said that this was a pivotal moment in the history of the investigation. and all of what has been the response to today's proceedings both among republicans and perhaps more importantly the american public. right well the line of the defense in the hearing of the republicans has been the same during the last days and i was able to follow several of these hearings and that is basically to undermine the credibility of the witnesses and that has happened today once again when they asked gordon sunland whether or not president tom personally instructed him to raise pressure on ukraine and of course he had to say that was not the case because he only spoke to president trump's private lawyer rudy giuliani which in and of itself is another problem but of course not part of this inquiry a large extent at this point no president trump also took a stance today when he also tried to downsize the role of gordon s

ambassador to europe gordon sunland confirms aid was withheld unless you krane investigated trump travel. and in search of her husband what it means if you're married to a human rights activist who disappeared in china. i'm told me all laddie oh thanks for joining us. the german capital is marking 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall on the 9th of november 1909 east germany's communist regime opened the border that separated it from the west of germany the announcement allowed its citizens to cross safely to the west for the 1st time in 3 decades until then crossing you without permission often meant a daring run for it and was often fatal hundreds of people were killed trying to escape the country but after the berlin wall fell friends and families were finally able to reunite without fear paving the way for the 2 geminis to do the same in less than a year and one of the central spots to change was a berlin church. 30 years ago a wind of change was blowing through east germany in just 4 more days the berlin wall would fall although no one knew that yet and this church in what was

well it must have been to the liking of the democrats brian because in fact what gordon sunland here said was that there was this a now in famous quid pro quo and that is essentially that president trump and his administration pushed for an investigation off president comes from little rival joe biden and that in exchange for millions hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid as well as a pristine ages invitation to the white holes for ukraine's president below to meir's alinsky and that all of course to gain a certain advantage in the reelection campaign of 2020 gordon song and also included in his descriptions the most important figures all the trump administration vice president mike pence as well as the secretary of state my pump a you and of course president private lawyer rudy giuliani he said they were all part of this pressure campaign and adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee who is leading the impeachment inquiry said that this was a very important moment in the history of the impeachment inquiry carol of what about the ranking republicans what

ambassador to the european union gordon sunland said he knew that the trump administration withheld nearly $400000000.00 in american aid while pressuring ukraine to investigate president donald trump's political rivals someone testified in the impeachment inquiry on tuesday in a reversal of his initial testimony he said that by the beginning of september quote in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i presume that the a suspension had become linked to the proposed anti corruption statement earlier i spoke to d.w. correspondent pablo fully elyas and also what this means for the inquiry and for president trump. well it's a blow to president bill the one this time coming from the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunderland who now remembers telling an aide to the ukrainian president devoted to me that selenski. warsaw meeting in september along with the u.s. vice president mike pence that u.s. military aid to ukraine would likely not occur until ukraine and an investigation into corruption as part of this investigation included allegations against the

gordon sunland here on capitol hill because what he confirmed is essentially what the democrats were hoping for that there was the so-called the now in famous quit pro quo that president trump and his administration pushed for investigations against trump's political rival joe biden in exchange for military aid worth hundreds of millions of dollars and best arsalan confirmed this was the case he also said that basically large parts of the administration as well as president tom's private lawyer rudy giuliani knew about it they all were on the same page today also adam schiff the chairman of the house intelligence committee who was basically leading the impeachment inquiry said that this was a pivotal moment in the history of the impeachment inquiry and now the biggest challenge remaining for the democrats is to bring this message to the american voters to the public because ass off now all the supporters and opponents of the impeachment inquiry still staying very much behind party lines behind party lines despite that the republicans certainly can't be happy with what be heard today

gordon sunland and curt willker. >> there is news tonight about another key figure that says he's willing to testify. what can you tell us >> reporter: that's right. this is significant. one of rudy giuliani's top associates in ukraine is willing to compile with congressional investigators. his attorney tells nbc news. he was recently indicted and helped look into the bidens in ukraine. he could provide key details. >>> as we begin the new week, much of the country is in for some of the coldest weather of the season and snow. al roker is tracking it all. at tomorrow temperatures between 20 and 30 below average buffalo down to texas and on friday atlanta, memphis and louisville get involved and this storm system developing onid snow breaking out from the northeast all the way back into the midwest and by the time it's over friday night, new england is involved. we're talking about the possibility of some very heavy snow in interior new england savannah, we'll have more details tomorrow morning on "today." savannah. >> thank you. >>> an urgent manhunt for two murder suspects after a jailbre

the most significant day of the public impeachment hearings today happened today that man gordon sunland testifying for hours. we will break it down with one of our political analysts sonoma state university political ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ if you're living with a condition, kaiser permanente's integrated care team will help you get through life without missing a beat. kaiser permanente. thrive. >>a big day in politics today wrapped up day for the public impeachment hearings on capitol hill. we heard from the us ambassador to the european union gordon sondland who testify before the house intelligence committee saying that there was in fact, quid pro quo for you quite a crane to announce investigations into president trump's political opponents which seemingly is a bombshell moment, the ambassador also said the vice president the secretary of state. >>and other top white house officials were all. on what was going on and with regard to ukraine we want to go now. to sonoma state university, political science share david mckeown david thank you for being with us today would seem to be. >>a monumental day

the impeachment inquiry tonight, the president's handpicked ambassador to the european union gordon sunland has changed his story sunlen now says he did relay a quid pro quo message to ukrainian leaders sunland a big republican donors says testimony from other people involved in this situation, jog his memory and he now recalls what happened which contradicts says previous testimony to house impeachment investigators. his new testimony adds to the democrats evidence in their impeachment probe which was sparked by a july phone call. when president trump insinuated the us military aid to ukraine was contingent on ukraine's president publicly announcing an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter house democrats have now released transcripts from 4 of the 13 closed door depositions. they have conducted so far. >>in less than 3 weeks the government will run out of money meaning we could be looking at another government shutdown and president trump is not saying it won't happen. >>our washington dc correspondent trevor shirley now reports on the growing thanks in washington. that another

day for the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump with a key witness taking the stand gordon sunland the u.s. ambassador to the european union was central to trump's attempts to get ukraine to investigators from the de can rival joe biden sunland has given conflicting accounts of what happened and private hearings he too lawmakers he saw no link between trump's request to ukraine for an investigation and a decision to withhold almost $400000000.00 in aid he lives are changed his story saying he remembered telling the ukrainian government it was unlikely to get the money unless it made a public commitment to investigate. let's go now live to the bureau chief in washington alexandra naaman so welcome and xander what can we expect from someone today. ambassador some land is essential figure in this impeachment inquiry of the former trumps gone or the only witness that was in direct contact with the president. spoke with the president about his dealings with the ukraine one of those conversation was a phone call that the embassador had with the president while he was having lunch in kiev

a key witness has given potentially damaging testimony at the impeachment hearings in the us gordon sunland the u.s. ambassador to europe told lawmakers that he followed donald trump's wishes in seeking a deal for the crane's president to investigate democrat joe biden and exchange for a white house visit a minute straight. he was the most highly anticipated witness said president donald trump's impeachment hearing so far and ambassador gold in some land didn't disappoint in his testimony sunderland told will make his he was pressured to follow orders and ukraine by trying to slow every giuliani and that washington had pushed kiev to investigate trump's rival joe biden and his links to ukrainian energy fembot raise money in return for white house access as i testified previously mr giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president selenski mr giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states and we knew these investigations were important to the president but was there also a quid pro quo involving military aid we learned that th

ambassador to the european union gordon sunland who now remembers telling an aide to the ukrainian president devoted to me that selenski. warsaw meeting in september along with the u.s. vice president mike pence that u.s. military aid to ukraine would likely not occur until ukraine and an investigation into corruption that was part of this investigation included allegations against the son of the former vice president and possible democratic presidential nominee for next year's 2020 at election here in the u.s. joe biden. testified on october 17th to 3 house committees and it lasted around 10 hours you can imagine the level of detail in his deposition now it transpires that the week after his deposition he returned with his lawyers to capitol hill here in washington to review what he had said so as you can imagine their reaction to this news has created quite a stir among democrats in particular and president meanwhile is still claiming that the inquiry is illegitimate and the republicans that are standing behind them the majority are standing behind them have been calling it that this is a

impeachment inquiry has been accused of sexual misconduct by 3 women the women say ambassador gordon sunland retaliated against them professionally after they rejected his advances song and denies the allegations. britain's brags that backing prime minister boris johnson is heading for a big majority in next month's general election according to a major poll the result would all but guarantee britain's departure from the european union by the end of january the opposition labor party are on course for their worst result in decades according to that poll. the united nations says all major groups in eastern congo has killed an unspecified number of health workers responding to the abode outbreak the development fuels fears that a waning outbreak of the deadly virus in the country could gain renewed momentum. well pressure is growing around the world for recognition of the wrongs committed by european powers during the colonial era of the 18th and 19th centuries one consequence is that around 15000000 people of african descent live in europe where they often face discrimination the conference i

the american diplomat gordon sunland has reversed his testimony to the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump he now says he did know that the trumpet ministration withheld military aid to ukraine to push it to investigate trump's democratic rival joe biden. republicans have suffered setbacks in the state elections in virginia and kentucky democrats took control of both houses of virginia's legislature for the 1st time in more than 2 decades and in kentucky the democratic candidate for governor is projected to defeats the republican incumbent by a slim margin. a campaign for the united kingdom's election next month is officially underway voters will elect a new parliament on december the 12th the outgoing parliament was formally dissolved early on the morning before prime minister bars johnson went to buckingham palace to notify queen elizabeth of the step labor leader jeremy corbyn has kicked off his body's campaign speeches in a series of constituencies very likely to lead to and dominate the election campaign with candidates who also focus on health care climate change and oth

mdm ambassador to the european union gordon sunland is the first witness. sandlin also had multiple discussions with the president and rudy guiliani about ukraine. son glenn has already changed his testimony once admitting that the u.s. without military aid to the ukraine in exchange for an investigation into the bidens. the story continues to change. and i think he's got to decide this weekend whether he is the american first-order trump loyalist. i'm not sure that we can trust his testimony given the fact that we know it has already changed. mr. sandlin was clear when he gave his testimony to the committee in the deposition and his addendum really didn't fundamentally change that. in all nine witnesses are slated to testify before house lawmakers and the nation over a period of three days. starting tomorrow we will have live updates on the hearings on mornings on 2. and we will carry the hearings live in uninterrupted on ktvu plus >> secretary of state mont ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electri

an american diplomat gordon sunland has reversed his testimony to the impeachment inquiry into president trump he now says he did know that the trump administration has military aid to ukraine to push it's to investigate trump's democratic rival joe biden. that's staying in the u.s. in elections in 4 u.s. states have given democrats reason to be optimistic going into next is nashton pony in virginia democrats to full control of the state legislature for the 1st time in a generation in deeply divided kentucky the democratic candidate for governor and bashir appears to have entered the republican incumbent last beavan by listed hof a percentage point bevan has not conceded the race he tied his campaign tightly to president daughter trump who came to kentucky for a campaign event on monday at bush's election headquarters a democrat tried to play down partisan differences tonight voters in kentucky cinema said it's loud and clear for everyone to hear. it's a message that says our elections don't have to be about right versus left they are still about right versus wrong. and define it more bu

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said i want nothing the newly released documents support this damning statement from embassador gordon sunland was there a quid pro quo the answer is yes everyone was in the loop we kept the leadership. of the state department and the n.s.c. informed of our activities and that included communications with secretary of state pompei o. the state department had refused to give those documents they were obtained through a freedom of information lawsuit by the watchdog group american oversight now senate democrats are asking pompei oh in a letter to recuse himself from the state department's response to the impeachment inquiry pump ale was quick to respond i'm not going to accuse myself from this i know precisely what american policy was with respect to ukraine i was working on it and i'm incredibly proud of what we've accomplished also joining in the circle of those implicated in the presidential pressure campaign is the president's top defender in the impeachment inquiry republican devin nunez clearly these little chris accusations don't reflect committee members who are honestly searching for th

president donald trump has been accused of sexual misconduct 3 women have made allegations against gordon sunland the u.s. envoy to the european union and they claim he retaliated against them professionally after they rejected sexual advances sunderland denies all allegations calling them concocted sondheim's testimony linked president trump's decision to withhold aid from ukraine with investigations into his political rival joe biden. north korea says it has successfully tested 2 super large multiple rocket launches in forest confirmation earlier from south korea's military the north had fired 2 short range missiles into the sea it's believed north korea is supremely to kim jong un oversaw the test which coincides with the u.s. thanksgiving holiday kim has set a year end deadline to restart stalled denuclearization talks with washington quick reminder you can catch up any time with our website the address about is 0 dot com and you can watch us live by clicking on the orange live icon al-jazeera dot com. the mind of the top stories here now to syria is president donald trump says his government

process where republicans still believe the president did nothing wrong and there is nothing that gordon sunland anyone else is going to say that at the moment will change that view thank you for that update alan fischer in washington d.c. so let's talk more about golden sun and the moment everyone is waiting for was when he said it was quite abundantly clear as alan was saying that president trump was involved in a quid pro quo early up someone said the president's lawyer rudy giuliani asked for investigations on behalf of the president was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes mr giuliani conveyed to secretary perry ambassador volker and others that president trump wanted a public statement from president selenski committing to investigations of reese and the 2016 election. mr giuliani expressed those requests directly to the ukrainians and mr giuliani also expressed those requests directly to us we all understood that these prerequisites for the white house call and the right white house meeti

that term is that the 3 people that were in charge of ukraine policy during the summer were he gordon sunland investor volcker and secretary perry what did you come to when did you come to learn about mr giuliani's role and what do you consider his role to have been i 1st heard about former mayor giuliani's interest in ukraine in january of this year that was a different phase than what happened during the summertime was it normal to have a person who is a private citizen take an active role in foreign diplomacy i did not find his particular engagement a normal no now mr di ambassador taylor you testified that there are 2 channels a regular an irregular what did you see as digital eyes rolled in and ukraine policy. contra i came to see that mr giuliani had a large influence on the irregular channel and was that normal is that normal to have a private citizen of the united states take an active role in diplomacy it is not normal it is is not unusual to ask for people outside the government to give opinions to help form the policies of the us government is unusual to have a person. put input in

gordon sunland who told and ukrainian aid it does alinsky that there was another explicit quid pro quo that in order to get the white house meeting with his own skin trump and the u.s. security a to ukraine that ukraine would need to deliver those investigations into joe biden now trump has denied that the aide and the investigations were tied and republicans have focused on attacking the process of this impeachment inquiry and also trying to out the identity of the whistleblower that led to this exchange between ranking member devon junia's and then men in which the union is trying to tease out information about the whistleblower. you're here to answer questions and you're here under subpoena. so you can either answer the question or you can plead the 5th on behalf of my client we are following the rules of the committee rule of the chair with regard to this issue and this does not call for an answer that is invoking the 5th or any theoretical issue like that the following ruling of the chair what chance or what ruling is that i can interject counsel is correct whistleblower has the r

back the balance of my time i thank the gentleman we are joined this afternoon by ambassador gordon sunland i'm sorry this morning it was a long day yesterday. gordon someone is the u.s. representative to the european union with the rank of a bassett or before joining the state department ambassador sonnen was the founder and c.e.o. of providence hotels and national owner and operator of full service hotels also providers government service and best reason was engaged in churchill enterprises to final points before witnesses sworn 1st that witness depositions as part of this inquiry were in unclassified were unclassified in nature and all open hearings will also be held at the unclassified level and the information that may touch on classified information will be addressed separately 2nd congress will not tolerate any reprisal threat of reprisal or attempt to retaliate against any u.s. government official or testifying before congress including you or any of your colleagues if you would please rise and raise your right hand i will begin by swearing un do you swear or affirm that the testimo

ambassador to the european union gordon sunland gave the most anticipated testimony so far he said while trump never told him directly about a reciprocal agreement or quid pro quo for military aid it was made clear to everyone involved that it was a pressure campaign against ukraine. was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes mr giuliani conveyed to secretary perry ambassador volker and others that president trump wanted a public statement from president selenski committing to investigations of brewery sma and the 2016 election well we also heard from deputy assistant secretary of defense norah and david hale the undersecretary for political affairs in her testimony cooper mentioned that ukrainian officials about stalled aid as early as july 25 my staff showed me 2 unclassified emails that they received from the state department one was received on july 25th at 2 31 pm that e-mail said that the ukrainian embassy and house foreign affairs committee are asking about security assistance the 2

well next week we will be watching carefully the testimony of gordon sunland he is the e.u. ambassador from the u.s. and he is the closest that democrats have come to speaking with someone who actually was in direct contact with president trump there are other aides who have been much closer but they have all refused to comply with orders to appear before congress under the white house ruction not to cooperate but what someone has told investigators behind closed doors is that he had a clear impression he said that trump did want an explicit quid pro quo that trump wanted him to let the ukrainians know that they were not getting security money from the u.s. if ukraine didn't draft and publicize a statement that they were investigating trump's political rivals who likely will go up against him in the upcoming elections so someone has said he had direct conversations with trump in which those issues came up also interestingly this afternoon there will be another hearing this is one that we haven't talked about a lot about because this one is going to happen behind closed doors

a stunning reversal from gordon sunland now admitting there was a quid pro quo between president trumpne. >>over military aid the trump campaign donor turned us ambassador to the european union's submitting a 3 page provision to the testimony he gave last month saying statements of top us diplomat to ukraine bill taylor and former top advisor on russia to morrison, refreshed my recollection about certain conversations. someone writing. i now recall speaking individually with an aide to ukraine's president where i said that resumption of us aid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we have been discussing for many weeks his defense. >>in case, anyone has noticed is now on the floor it crumbled because ambassador summoned explicitly admitted his correct that testimony today that a quid pro quo, most certainly did occur on meeting with the ukrainian smoker says trump pushed back saying. >>they're all corrupt. they're all terrible people. i don't want to spend any time with that. president trump's allies praising volcker's remarks when asked

with these hearings will be streaming them from start to finish uninterrupted on the crime on ab gordon sunlandtestify will he plead the 5th will he implicate president trump a lot of questions about tomorrow's much anticipated hearing which starts it. 6 in the morning our time you can download the kron on app to start watching now. >>we've got clouds rolling through parts of the north bay, even a couple of scattered showers the winds are with them know we will talk about that coming up next drugs in cannes and seized 50 arrested a major gang bust and the tories local criminal organization behind bars. >>and what's with the injury bug last thing warriors and their fans want to see draymond in the floor in pain. some of that are carpenter lets us know how he's doing how steve kerr is fairing and how the warriors did tonight in new orleans, memphis. >>and low for tonight with the warriors now in memphis for the next stop on a four-game road trip trying to hold their losing streak at 7 golden state in the grizzlies no d'angelo russell a chance for the young guys to step up once again. john the sec

reeling from this dramatic development in this impeachment inquiry the fact that a creator diplomat gordon sunland has now changed his testimony and contradicted the president's sensually saying that while the president maintains there was no quid pro quo in this july 25th phone call with the ukrainian president the clear diplomat is saying yeah there was and now he's reversed his testimony that's problematic given the fact that there have been a string of officials now coming forward either in the testimony that's been made public or in the hearings that are still ongoing essentially contradicting the president now in the midst of all of this president trump has one big supporter in congress and that is senator lindsey graham he was caught by reporters and reacted to all of this saying look at it it doesn't matter what the testimony is saying in this impeachment inquiry what matters is what's on the telephone call and the ukrainian president maintains that there's not a problem take a listen if the person being threatened with withholding the aid they say i wasn't the red one i don't care what an

said i want nothing the newly released documents support this damning statement from embassador gordon sunland was there a quid pro quo the answer is yes everyone was in the loop we kept the leadership of the state department and the n.s.c. informed of our activities and that included communications with secretary of state pompei o. the state department had refused to give those documents they were obtained through a freedom of information lawsuit by the watchdog group american oversight now senate democrats are asking pump aoe in a letter to recuse himself from the state department's response to the impeachment inquiry pump ale was quick to respond i'm not going to accuse myself from this i know precisely what american policy was with respect to ukraine i was working on it and i'm incredibly proud of what we've accomplished also joining in the circle of those implicated in the presidential pressure campaign is the president's top defender in the impeachment inquiry republican devin nunez clearly these little chris accusations don't reflect committee members who are honestly searching for the

government to help trump with his reelection campaign and the witness we're talking about is gordon sunland he is the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. and he initially told impeachment investigators that trump said there was no quid pro quo but now after reviewing the testimonies of other witnesses who implicated gordon sumlin directly he has now said that it's jarred his memory and that he now remembers that he did have an explicit conversation with a ukrainian official in which he informed them that this aid money was a demand in order that was made that it was necessitating ukraine releasing a statement that it was opening investigations into trump's political rivals now what is the significance of this reversal will someone that was a loyal trump our life he was a donor before being appointed as to his ambassadorship and though his 1st instinct may have been to protect the president claiming that he couldn't remember key details now the fact that he is moving away from trump and revealing war of his conversations is really telling about the strength of this impeachment case is growing as inv

the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump is to testify in public for the 1st time gordon sunland is the u.s. ambassador to the european union he revised his initial closed door testimony to say that he believed trump pabst linked restarting military aid to ukraine to the country investigating the buy things on tuesday the white house attacked its own ukraine experts as he testified to serious alan fischer reports. this could be a pivotal week in the donald trump impeachment hearings many of those show jewel to give evidence but on the controversial july call with the ukrainian president that kills a key claim the hearings are based on 2nd hand reports giving evidence of tenet colonel alexander vigilant a career army officer and the ukraine expert on the national security council he was concerned by the call by president trump pushing for an investigation into democrat joe biden and his son immediately took those concerns to a white house lawyer is improper for the president of the united states to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and a political opponent. a

delegation who did know that was gordon sunland the u.s. ambassador to the ease you and he explicitly told when his alinsky say that there was yet another thing in exchange for the investigations into joe biden and that indeed was the security aide now this afternoon we're expecting to hear something a bit different her volcker who is the former envoy to ukraine he is a bit of a wild card when he testified behind closed doors previously he said he didn't make the connection that that aid and the investigations were at all linked however he is the person who was tasked with bringing in the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani into the picture and it was also kurt volker himself who suggested the wording of the statement that trump wanted from ukraine. in which it was going to have it explained to the public that it was investigating joe biden and it was volcker who said that the statement had to include the name of the company on which joe biden's son was once a chairman so all wishes is to say that volcker could be a pivotal witness

against president trump has been accused of sexual misconduct 3 women have made allegations against gordon sunland the u.s. envoy to the european union some lenders called the accusations concocted is testimony linked president trump's decision to withhold aid from ukraine with investigations into his political rivals transpersonal lawyer has been accused of pursuing lucrative business deals with ukraine officials while pushing the president's agenda the us media is reporting that rudy giuliani explored deals with hundreds of thousands of dollars while he pressured ukraine to dig up damaging information on democratic presidential contender joe biden gilani says he never accepted a penny. but just as in colombia remain defiant as thousands demonstrated for a 7th consecutive day they're angry about corruption and propose cuts to the minimum wage many are demanding the resignation of the president even do k. doesn't repent you know as more from bogota. when me and unions in student groups called for a national strike on the under 21st few madge and it would have sparked an unprecedented movement the

asking you specifically about what you knew about these investigations you didn't remember the gordon sunland had brought this up in the july 10th meeting with ukrainians and ambassador bolton called an end to the meeting and vaster bolton described that meeting as some drug deal that a samana mulvaney cooked up you had no recollection of that so in terms of gordon bringing it up no i did not remember that at the time of my october 3rd testimony i read the account by alex and that jogged my memory is that yes that's right that did happen i do not still to this point we call it being an abrupt end to the meeting of the meeting was essentially over and we got up we went out to the little circle in front of the white house we took a photograph it did not strike me as abrupt. the rest of ochre you said in your in testimony today i think all of us thought it was inappropriate now if as you say. ambassador simon only mentioned investigations in the bolton meeting and you don't recall hearing him being more specific although others have testified that he was in the wardroom. why did you think it was

most important defenses number one they said there was nothing linking this to donald trump well gordon sunland who has direct access to donald trump directly linked it to donald trump directly through a directive from donald trump through donald trump's personal attorney rudy giuliani who donald trump also said presidents dyleski should contact after he asked him for these politically connected investigations secondly gordon seidlin blew away the defense that there was no this for that he said absolutely rudy giuliani told him that there was a quid pro quo that they would not get. the critically needed meeting with donald trump in the oval office unless they announced these investigations thirdly we've heard from laura cooper which blew away the republicans defense that oh the ukrainians didn't even know about this until maybe late august as your reporter indicated they were expressing concerns on the very day that trump out his conversation would selenski allen as you point out the senate is where it all really. happens provided we get to page meant the likelihood of a republican lead we will

fact a conversation with a nother ambassador a political donor turned bastard by the name of gordon sunland he is a very key figure in all of this but the aide in fact his name is david holmes he'll be testifying on friday and why this is important is because this will be 1st hand information which will make that a lot more difficult for republicans to knock down the other person we'll be looking at on friday is marie yvon of it and she has also been brought up repeatedly her testimony will be important because she was a target of one of the president's. political assistance in terms of rudolph giuliani a personal lawyer a friend but also who was on usually involved in ukraine policy targeting this ambassador to the point that it was so fact of that she eventually lost her job so that is looking ahead but the other thing that we've taken from all of this that maybe democrats won't like so much is the fact that americans watching this will they found it difficult at times to understand also got the impression that politics is just dirty and that is going to be a problem for those trying to i