ambassador sohn and a baster kurt volker the 3 amigos senator ron johnson and lieutenant colonel of inman would also attend. as was alinsky they urged trump to meet with the ukrainian president but trump instead criticize ukraine and instructed them to work with judy root work with rootie a few weeks later on july 10th and basta sonnen met at the white house with a group of u.s. and ukrainian officials including colonel van men and form the group that according to chief of staff will veiny the white house meeting sought by the ukrainian president would trump what happened if ukraine undertook certain investigations national security adviser bolton abruptly ended the meeting and said afterwards that he would not be part of whatever drug deal song and will veiny are cooking up on this undeterred the song that brought the ukrainian delegation downstairs to another part of the white house and was more explicit according to witnesses ukraine needed to investigate the bidens or bryza if they were to get a white house meeting with trump after this discussion which women witnessed he went to the

inman was born in the totalitarian and soviet union. not the ukraine quote. his family which is jewish blood religious persecution has brought soviet or ukrainian or cute or ukrainian. he is simply an american. using birthplaces are hyphenated adjectives to disparage, fellow americans is always wrong and it is especially so in the case of lieutenant colonel lindeman. unquote. from the distinguished ambassador. mr. present when i reflect upon the tenant colonel lindeman country, and his integrity, i reminded of one of the lines we could use monday, for one of the lines from american the beautiful. oh beautiful for patriot dream, that sees beyond the years. that is what he was doing when he testified, just like that what he was doing when he was surfing our nation and iraq. and when he was wounded in iraq. and when he is done as a member of our national security team as part of the work is done in this administration. same beyond the years. part of the dream of a patriot is thinking about what your actions and that the impact of your actions on future generatio

we are going to hear from alexander of inman. he testified behind closed doors that he was so alarmed he overheard the actual phone call. he was alarmed by what was shared during that phone call, that he shared his concerns with the top security council. the second witness is jennifer williams. she is a senior advisor to mike pence on europe and russia. wascalled and said she listening to the phone call on july 25. she said what she heard was alarming, unusual and inappropriate. that led to a lot of concerns, mostly among democrats that she -- that this is witness intimidation. best something at unbecoming, at worst illegal. >> are they watching these live testimonies on the air? >> what we do know is we have some numbers. the first impeachment hearings are tuned in. is less than the watergate hearings. part of the reason is it was in prime time. they are starting the first lineup today. next two witnesses will testify aroundnd 230 time. it is in the middle of the day. the numbers are lower. doesn't mean americans are interested,

about our current women's judgment i did not really any concerns in general terms about kernel of inman'sjudgment so i was somewhat surprised when i heard mr morrison make that assertion and when i read his deposition there was a very specific point that was made and again these are personal issues and i'm sure that nobody here would like to have their private personal issues put before a committee but you've asked me about this so i had a couple of very short transition meetings with mr morrison and again mr morrison did not work in all directions he was taking over the position which he held for 3 months i had worked. as the director the senior director for europe as it was at the time for more than 2 years at this point and i'd been working for a year with kind of in the midst of inman and in the cost of one of the meetings sometime in the june time fam i sat down with mr morrison and with a deputy refer to him in his deposition john heiress who was also working and we went through our organizational charts went through who was staying who was rotating out and leaving in the summer and

. -- lieutenant colonel inman. at 2:30, ambassador kurt volker. then there will be lower cooper and david hill. on thursday at 9:00 p.m. eastern, the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill. national senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on c-span.org/impeachment. you will find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures for the hearings. plus, a points of interest features that identifies key moments indicated by a star on the timeline. this week, watch live coverage on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> our c-span campaign 2020 bust team is traveling across the country, visiting key battleground states in the 2020 presidential race. asking voters what issues they want presidential candidates to address during the campaign. focus candidates should on what is good for the american people and put the people of our country ahead of party and politics. one thing that is very important to average americans is the economy, job creation.

was required in order to get the meeting that the ukrainians had been aggressively pushing for of inmanalso heard that message from gordon sondland us ambassador to the european union. he wasrelaying a message from acting chief of staff mick mulvaney mulvaney admitted to the quid pro quo last month get over it there's going to be political influence in foreign policy of theecorated colonel testified he responded that it was inappropriate and had nothing to do with national security. >>well i wa to thank colonel been done for his courage in coming his willingness to the fall the law to do his duty veneman wasn't alone. >>his then boss doctor fiona hill read the transcript of t call and saidhe was shocked. sat in an awful lot of clls she said, a i've not seen anything like this hill had also been told by someone the mulvaney stated that e ukrainians would get a presidential meeti if the ukrainian started up these investigaons again hill testifiethis allman told this directly to he ukrainians in a july 10 meeting. john bolton who was tional security advisor the time suddenly ended the meet

lieutenant colonel of inman is onilhe national security cou staff.ennifer williams is aid to vice president pence. both witnesses wmoe called by ats. why? lisa: democratsry areg to focus on what they see as a central piece of evidence. yhere t have the first two people we've hrd from publicly who listened in on that call and the democrats point here is both officials who were not politically appointed and immediate concerns. democrats also raised today throughout the hearings that those individuals raised their concerns very quickly. that sound that you juster play, jennilliams' conclusion that this was political. it is not just about asking for investigations. it is about his motivation there you have a professional staffer sing that she felt when the bidens were mentioned, p was political because it was an opponent of tsident. that is the core of the case that make for impeachment.o amna: and that brings us to both of those witnessesuse. testified they had concerns out the president's behavior on that call. yamiche: this is problematic for the whit

. >> under testified that colleagues express concerns to you about colonel inman leaking information, is that right? >> yes, sir. >> laura: done done done. we may never get to the bottom of all of this but clearly there's a lot more to finned men's story than the stunning and impressive array of metals on his chest. it's important to note that however all of this happens, then ben wasn't all bad for trump. he was fine with the white house putting the call transcript on a classified server. he confirmed the call transcript wasn't altered with conspiracy there there, to hide in cremated dialogue, and even been or any of today's witnesses fought anything said on that call was criminal. >> the word bribery, or bribe, doesn't appear anywhere in that. you've never used the word bribery or bribe to explain president trump's conduct, correct? >> no, sir. >> colonel benjamin, you haven't either. >> that is correct. >> laura: democrats, they might think that they are exposing trump with these hearings, but what they don't seem to realize is that there really exposing themselves. after two plus

when it happened that's when you're talking sized mr head that's right thank you mr chairman colonel inman let's go back to. their meetings on july 10th and bester bolton's office and down in the ward room where you witnessed ambassador sanyal and inform the ukrainian officials 'd that as a proof to a white house meeting between the 2 presidents quote ukrainians would have to deliver an investigation into the bidens in quote you said that ambassador saddam was quote calling for an investigation that didn't exist into the either or is not correct that is correct. it's that same afternoon you went to mr eisenberg the council correct that meeting occurred in the afternoon and within you know a couple i'm sure was it was within a couple hours i spoke to mr eisenberg how did he react. he was cool calm and collected he took notes and he said he would look into it and did he not also tell you to feel free to come back it did not additional concerns you did congressman ambassador siloed had told you that his request to the ukrainians had been coordinated with the chief of staff acting chief of sta

call with his ukrainian counterpart was unusual and in appropriate new tenant colonel alexander of inman and jennifer williams both listened in on the call they have been speaking as i said before the house intelligence committee even men the top ukraine expert on the national security council said drop made an improper demand by pushing ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. on july 21st 200-1000 present zelinsky won a parliamentary election in another landslide victory and he proposed that president trump call president salute zelinsky to congratulate him on july 25th 2900 the college heard our listening to on the in on the call in the situation room with white house colleagues i was concerned by the call what i heard was inappropriate and i reported my concerns to mr eisenberg it is improper for the president of the united states to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and a political opponent on july 25th along with several of my colleagues i listened to a call between president trump and president selenski the content of which has since been publicly

it's going to pull back a bit especially for summer inman valley locations before fully returning into tonight and in fact we could see some patchy fog and drizzle tomorrow morning, especially for summer coastal areas so if you're going to driving along one a one er highway one you might have to turn those wipers on a couple of times because of that drizzle. yes, this is these are the highs today will top out only into the mid 60's 62 for san francisco today, 62 also in oakland and then we're looking at 65 in the downtown san jose area and the cooling trend again conainues into tomorrow to wrap up your work week before getting into a beautiful weekend and a warm up up into the 70's with mostly sunny skies then a slight chance of rain for next tuesday. that's a look at weather let's send it back to rob and all right. thank you. rebecca now, let's check in on the traffic. a little sluggish a little crowded here at the bay bridge toll plaza the drive-in will be slow often on if you're paying cash right here on the right hand side, but they they've opened up an additional lane, so that's g

appeared for your deposition lieutenant colonel president trump called you a never trump or colonel inman would you call yourself a never trump or representative i call myself never partisan thank you comin in your military career you've served under 4 presidents 2 democrats and 2 republicans have you ever wavered from the oath you took to support and defend the constitution never give any political motivations for your appearance here today no one. colonel than multiple right wing conspiracy theorists including rudy giuliani have accused you of harboring loyalty towards ukraine. they make these accusations based only on the fact that your family like many american families immigrated to the united states they've accused you of espionage and dual loyalties we've seen that in this room this morning the 3 minutes that were spent asking you about the offer made to make you the minister of defense that may have come close in a brooks brothers suit and in parliamentary language that was designed exclusively to give the right wing media an opening to question your loyalties i want people to und

into tomorrow, the persistent rain clearing away in the persistent rain clearing away in the east of inman some hail. some due east across the uk but relatively few the further south and east you are. and it is going to be a colder feeling day across. just a few spots in the southin day across. just a few spots in the south in double figures. showers keeping the pressure on into tuesday morning. rain totals will be mounting again in the peak district so mounting again in the peak district so there may be further concerns for funding here. a chilly night going into to say and then tuesday dominate about low—pressure and wet weather moving southwards. sunshine to the south of that with the showers bawling on behind, north with a cold wind and it keeps on coming in. for the with a cold wind and it keeps on coming in. forthe most with a cold wind and it keeps on coming in. for the most part temperatures are in single figures on tuesday. looking beyond that, we have a brief break between weather systems a re have a brief break between weather systems are the one frost and a few followed patches

colonel inman when you hear those words do you hear the president requesting a thoughtful and well calibratedanti-corruption program consistent with u.s. policy i do not in fact it sounds like president trump was encouraging the ukrainian president to engage in precisely the same type of behavior for president trump's own political benefit that we discourage foreign leaders from undertaking in their own countries and discouraging other countries from undertaking politically motivated investigation is in fact a major part of official u.s. anti-corruption policy is that correct that is correct and are you in fact aware of any evidence that vice president biden improperly interfered in an investigation of his family members i am not these false narratives that should be said are damaging our country they poison our politics and distract from the truth and pressing another country to engage in corruption is antithetical to who we are as a nation you also mentioned that this request where you felt this request was wrong and you've also said that corruption in ukraine is in demick ukraine just as i

colonel inman testified that he thought it was very accurate he did you as well i viewed it as complete and accurate ok. front of him and did articulate that he he had a couple edits he wanted barisan or inserted i think it was on page 3 or 4. in place of the company in one of the sections where presidents alinsky was talking you were that edit request i understand that he said in either this proceeding or the deposition that that he wanted that request yes ok at the time did you understand that he had asked for that i don't recall that it was my practice if if it had it was if i.

heard of inman i'd like to turn a little bit to the july 10th meeting. in a basket or bolton's office and the subsequent. proposed meeting in the wardroom. who was in the joint 10th meeting that's your recollection we were talking about the boardroom are we talking about the actual meeting with about her bone i will start with the 1st meeting in the ambassador's office so from the u.s. side we had about for bolton dr hill. i believe there was another special assistant to the president griffin was in there for mark and myself from the ukraine the ukrainians i'm sorry for the ukrainian side we had. i was under don't you look. under your mark. and i think alexander downer looks. advisor alexis to many ok and you testified that you couldn't recall exactly why. ambassador bolton stopped the meeting short newly learned it subsequently talking to dr fiona hill and i noted that you know it ended abruptly but i didn't frankly you know i didn't exactly know why and in then in the bolton meeting you don't remember i'm back there isn't one using the word biden he di

personnel did raise concerns question who based on open source without firsthand knowledge alex of inman on my on. my staff question then and he reports to you correct answer he does lieutenant colonel ramon's direct report was mr morse and it didn't happen lieutenant colonel them in your deposition page 96 question was ok after the call on 725 do you have any discussions with mr morrison about your concerns answer after the call i heard the the exercise in the chain of command in expressing i immediately went to the senior and it's the legal counsel and share those concerns that would be mr eisenberg correct. i'm sorry my my lawyer was talking could you say that again please dr you went to mr eisenberg you've already said that so we can go on and you are not a jag officer you're not a lawyer and a page 153 of your testimony deposition and reference that meeting with mr eisenberg you said i was not making a legal judgment all i was doing is steering my concerns with my chain of command yet we've established that your direct report is to mr morrison so let's establish your role in your ti

the delegation included senator johnson, ukraine special envoy voelker, and alex inman of the national security council. at thendance inauguration was not my first involvement with ukraine. as i testified previously, just four days after assuming my post 2018, isador in july received an official delegation from the government of then ukraine president poroshenko. the meeting took place at the u.s. mission in brussels and was prearranged by my career eu missions staff. i have had several meetings since then in brussels. 2019, i worked well with u.s. ambassador marie yovanovitch in making my first official visit to the ukraine for a u.s. navy visit to the strategic black seaport of odessa. the reason i raised these activities is to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio from my very first days as the u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship is simply false. selenskye inauguration, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire for a closer relation

so when both fiona hill and colonel of inman testified that in response to a question from ukrainian officials at that july 10th meeting about scheduling a white house visit that you said well i spoke with mr mo veiny and it will be scheduled after they announce these investigations do you have any reason to dispute that characterization i don't have any reason to agree or dispute i just don't remember so if they both remembered it and they both then went and spoke to the n.s.c. legal advisor about it you would trust that whatever they relayed to the n.s.c. legal advisor would likely be an accurate reflection i'd i trust that they related to the n.s.c. legal advisor i don't i don't know whether i said it and i don't know which conversation again i've i've had very very limited conversations with mr mulvaney this e-mail indicates that you spoke to president selenski and were relaying what he said to very senior officials is that right which email again are the july 1000 the mill where you say this subject is i talking to zelinsky just now i got it. was there some sort of assurance tha

host: colonel of inman -- -- yesterdayan and in that exchange.e hope you go to c-span.org/i mpeachment to follow all of our coverage when it comes to the impeachment inquiry. you will find all the hearings we have been talking about and you will find links to documents that have been released, statements, and press conferences as well. /impeachment/ mary is next out of south carolina. caller: good morning. i wanted to share my experience personally in counsel with donald trump. i am a former new yorker. my first encounter with him was the late 1980's, early 1990's on the central park five, he made me a protester. my mother was on marcher and her time for equal rights and housing and donald trump, i was he wasface because putting up a lot of money to have 5 young boys executed by the state of new york city. host: when you say you were in his face, what do you mean? caller: he was protesting trying to say -- raise money, he was saying things out of his mouth about these young teenagers. host: did you have a physical interaction with him? caller: ye

like the skis and kissger's the of on images and inman's foot not see and communt oppression to contributesatlantic. tradition of those back to the very founding of our republ. our 18th century independence would not have been secured without the choice of european officers. thfrench foreign lafayette and russian bow. the german bo polls polaski n and the in kosciuskto come to the new world and fight for al our cause of freedom and the birth of a new country free from imperial dominion. it is my privilege to sit next to my former boss investor taylor today. and it is my honor to serve with all of these patriotic americans. thk you. thank vester taylor. i'm appearing today at the committee's request. to provide my perspective on the events that are the subject of the commite's inquiries. i nt to emasize at itakes a village to raise a child. to build a bridge. to tow a baseball... tohrow yourself into the unknown. to lose fear, to create hope. we believe that it takes a village of over 200-thousand dedicated, passionate, driven medical and non-medical professionals to deliver on our belief i

people that the call on april 21st was absolutely innocuous and even lieutenant colonel alexander of inmanas said that the tone of that call was pleasant and humorous. >> bret: it john roberts live on the north lawn. they thought for the islamic state coming back to the united states and europe, why some terrorists are headed home. at coming up. plus the billionaire michael bloomberg made a run last week toward running for president. but that was a single step. if he's really jumping in, there's something he needs to do tomorrow. ♪ >> bret: at new york republican congressman peter king says he will retire after 30 years in congress giving democrats a new seat to target. he joins more than 20 republicans who says they will not run for reelection out or who have already resigned. king announced his retirement this morning in a statement citing his weekly committee commute rather from new york to washington is the main reason for leaving. he says he wants to spend more time with his children and grandchildren and he promised to continue his fight against the push to impeach president trump wh

the inman areas like brentwood and fairfield. cooler closer to the water, 65 degrees in vallejo and 68 in pleasant hill. on the money, 65 degrees around the bay. warmer the further north you get. santa rosa at 71 degrees. 73 in cloverdale and that is about as warm as we can expect. it feels like fall out there. the headlines will be another clear mild day about ever we have fire weather returning on monday with windy, gusty situation. woke have a cold front coming in. bringing with it rain on tuesday. finally. devon. >>> all eyes were on the harvard-yale football game yesterday. it was not the play on the field getting everybody's attention. about 200 protestors stormed the field and they were rallying to bring attention to climate change and call on divesting from fossil fuel companies. the protest is getting mixed reviews. >> i say why not. the awesome opportunity for all generations to be together and understand where we're going in this world. >> maybe the approach was not the best but they're expressing themselves. >> dozens

inman temperatures. the sunshine. 50s, 60s and inland, 70s. >> six 6:33 am. sal is discussing what?san francisco. the fog is not allowing us to see the crash which by the way just cleared. what we would see is low traffic but it's northbound 101 at vermont we have a camera right there but we can't use it i'm not sure if the fog played a role in this crash but the crash has been moved off the freeway. northbound 101 is backed up from 280. take a drive on 280 extension and get into downtown san francisco. still early enough for you to do that the crash has been cleared from the lanes. the san mateo bridge has a backup approaching but not too much on the spam and there is no backup on the dumbarton bridge. bay bridge toll plaza looks good and the south bay commute has been quiet so far. that will probably change but for now it is. 6:33 am. >>> a lot of events and ceremonies planned today in the city of paradise and butte county. the camp fire started one year ago today. 85 people died in that fire and more than 11,000 homes and businesses were destroyed. rebuilding has not been easy. t

his week, our office partnered with new mexican region -- inman regional health center impouria to talk about health are options for veterans through the v.a. mission act. ince implemented, it has benefited thousands of kansans to get allowing them help at home. and burdensome for veterans to travel to a v.a. facility which can be two to three hours away. they can take care from a provider closer to home. to provide the veterans the choice they need, them all.e promised thanks to congress and the work of the trump administration. we're taking steps to provide very best of he care because they deserve nothing less. thank you, mr. speaker, and i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the chair recognizes the gentleman from colorado, mr. crow, for five minutes. mr. crow: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise today in support of the global war on terrorism memorial location act. which i am very proud to have introduced along with my friend and colleague from wisconsin, congressman mike gallagher. the global war on terrorism changed the course of american history anti-lives of millions of service mem

. >> colonel inman is pretty amazing.ok at it today, he actually had to go back in and change his resume. he's like on the director -- responsibly for ukraine to the president, he is never talked to the president. it's his job to coordinate stuff, get to the paperwork but i think the thing we are seeing in these hearings over the past three days is what has amazed me. you saw it last week in the hearing with taylor in canton, you're now seeing with benjamin at others. these are career bureaucrats for workers who believe that their experience is what should be paramount, not the president and not the senior advisors who have direct access to ukraine. the direct access to the latest and the president to supposedly not to be set in the policy. for his statement there, that he didn't like what the president did, noticed he never said anything wrong, he said i didn't like this and this is the kind of playground stuff that you say i don't like what susie did to me so i'm going to get her in trouble. this is the problem with the

well colonel inman since you in particular a little bit more perhaps than miss williams was a broader portfolio focuses on ukraine i want to ask you if you were aware of the following things that happen from april 21st to may 13th were you aware that ambassador yavanna bitch was abruptly recalled from ukraine and that time yes were you aware that president trump i'm sorry to correct it so she was or called prior. so she the notification occurred towards the end or end of april and shoes finally recalled in may timeframe i think may 28th if i recall correctly so she learned about it after able to me 1st on april 21st 4th is that right correct and were you aware that president trump had a telephone call with president putin during this time period in early may i was and were you aware that rudy giuliani had planned a trip to go to ukraine to pressure the ukrainians to initiate the 2 investigations that president trump mentioned on the july 25th call in this time period i was aware that he was traveling there and that he was and he had been promoting the idea of these investigations i wa

my fellow public servants who have come under personal attacks vestry of on of each tenet colonel inmannd dr hill at least one of whom is going to appear before this body in the coming days matia alex and fiona were born abroad before their families or they themselves personally chose to immigrate to the united states they all made the professional choice to serve the united states as public officials helping shape our national security policy towards russia in particular and we and our national security are the better for it. in this sense they are the 21st century heirs of 2 giants of 20th century u.s. national security policy who also were born abroad my former professors big net beat in ski and his fellow immigrant henry kissinger like the bridge in season kissinger's the yvonne of ages and been minutes fled nazi and communist oppression to contribute to a stronger more secure america that honorable tradition of transatlantic ties goes back to the very founding of our republic our 18th century independence would not have been secured without the choice of european officers the frenc

for this reason they didn't really question anything colonel that man said after all what colonel inman said is what what you said he was in that july 10th meeting he heard the same quid pro quo the same comments by some and if you want this meeting ukrainians and we have an agreement about this you got to an ounce you're going to do these investigations are the same quid pro quo that you did so why are these smearing him. mr holmes you testified just as venom and said kernel of him and said that he warns alinsky about getting involved in u.s. politics you don't question that they didn't take issue with that so why smear this purple heart recipient just like this mayor of a vast array of audit it's just gratuitous i don't question the facts it's just gratuitous the attack on you mr holmes that you were indiscreet and mention this conversation to others well i think you're quite right the indiscretion is when an ambassador u.u. a cause the president out in secure a line in a country known for russian telecommunications and eavesdropping that's more than indiscretion that's a security ris

i'm not impugning the integrity of alexander of inman but it did seem like one of those moments where watching at home, you are thinking, what? by the way, fits with the russian hearing and he was a pro-trump witness, they were because for his imprisonment, at least. >> you may be right about that. obviously, the hosannas that are being flung along with rose petals of its witnesses stem from the fact that many in the media, and the washington political world want donald trump gone and then to applaud anything that tilts in that direction. there are some problems, however, with this, which are the following, in my view. one of them is that while the president is loath to admit there was anything wrong with his phone call, and some witnesses are trying to avoid saying that the president really did seek investigation of joe biden and his son, what you just recounted about hunter biden suggests his relationship to burisma and the role that biden played on ukraine policy are subjects for investigation, not only perhaps by ukraine but perhaps the united states as well. so a lot of people mi

. >> chris: are you saying that the person working -- alexander inman -- >> representative scalise: thepector general said that the whistle-blower had political motivations. >> chris: we are not talking about the whistle-blower. >> representative scalise: serious concerns about that. >> chris: where not talking but there was a blower. we are talking to morrison. >> representative scalise: you've seen the list of who we've asked to testify. >> chris: i'm asking about the people who worked in the trump administration. who worked for the trump national security council are worked for the vice president's office. >> representative scalise: this is an important point, chris. there are a lot of people who worked in the trump administration who have very countering views to that and they've not been allowed to come forward. so tonight some people can say one thing about a thirdhand information phone call. there's something else that's other people can counter that with and they haven't been allowed to come forward, but ultimately president trump and president zelensky were the ones on the call

george can't come investor bill taylor, lieutenant colonel alexander of inman, and jennifer williams,ir only priority has been the security of the united states. undersecretary hill was witness to the smear campaign against the smear campaign to the ambassador to the ukraine, maria jovanovich, and the efforts of some to help her. in late march, maria jovanovich reached out to david hale for assistance, telling him that social media and other criticisms of her were such that she felt she could no longer function unless there was a strong statement of defense of her from the state department. he helped push to get the state department to push out a statement of praise for investor jovanovich. sadly, to no avail. that silence continues today. in late april, we heard in riveting testimony last friday from investor jovanovich, she was recalled to washington, and informed that she had lost the confidence of the president with the secretary of state did not meet with her. subordinates dealt with her instead. with the departure of jovanovich, hale watched as three new players moved in to assu

conversation just to be clear who is the director of ukraine direct to feed krenz onix been kind of inmand who did the this individual in the executive secretary's office refer to the individual just said the name cache did you know who that was initially what i was thinking about it but i had to search my mind on the any cash that i knew with the national security council's cash to tell and cash to tell did not work on ukraine matters that you oversaw is that right not that i oversaw no so the indication is that cash patel had provided some information directly to the president without your knowledge that seemed to be the indication now i want to go back to the july 25th call right now where president trump in another excerpt asked president selenski about his political a potential political opponent vice president joe biden in this excerpt the the president said the other thing there's a lot of talk about biden's son that biden stop the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great biden went around bragging t

will see some sunshine but also a scattering of heavy and thundery showers across the south west of inmanreezy for many of us in your top temperatures through thursday afternoon ranging from 7—10 degrees. still it is going to feel rather chilly. as you go through thursday evening, watch this band of rain not moving very far, that's why we are concerned about travel and flooding proms indoor than england and wales. the rain will slowly ease its way southeastward through the rain will slowly ease its way southeastwa rd through friday morning. this area of low pressure wobbles out into the near continent. a pump of high—pressure building and from the west. so while i think some of this shall remain could beasts —— quite slow to clear eastern england from friday, for many we could see in creasing me dry and brighter spells of wind and sunshine. still a chilly feeling day and through friday night temperatures will drop them a widespread frost and freezing fog patches as well. after a cold start to saturday morning, we will see spinning from the west but snow over the highest ground in the nort

implicate trump in something that he's completely innocent of until when you know it had a kind of inman said that to the request to look into joe biden for ukraine to look into joe biden was improper does that is that something that people will take as a fact or do they will they see that as is his testimony being partisan in some way again the problem with the present moment is that the american people have become so tribal ised that the notion of objective truth is something that they see through partisan filters so in some sense to many republicans it doesn't matter what vin dimon said they are going to see him as an opponent of donald trump and therefore not credible i think the more interesting question is whether independents who may have supported trump in 2016 but without great enthusiasm will be turned off by the republican performance during these proceedings or whether they'll be convinced by the claim by republicans that this is all just a big witch hunt what's your impression of what we'll hear from this in the later in the next hearing as the afternoon ones what should we

you're aware i'm sure of the testimony of colonel inman that in fact. he was contacted by someone within 'd the ukrainian embassy who is concerned about the whole prior to its becoming public i read not aware of that but i take that are you aware of this cross testimony interest groups that have been released that in fact ukrainians found out quite quickly after the hole was placed in july that she was impressed with ukrainian trade craft and that the crane instead a reason to keep it silent not make it public i saw that inner testimony you don't have a reason to question whether in fact that testimony zack or do no i don't so the ukrainians did find out before it was public at least according to these 2 witnesses but nevertheless ukrainian certainly found out it was public it was published in the newspaper right that is correct in august 29th and at the time they found out from the newspaper they still hadn't had the white house meeting and they still didn't have the aide and at that point they had already had the conversation with the president in whi

was required in order to get the meeting that the ukrainians had been aggressively pushing for of inmaning a message from acting chief of staff mick mulvaney mulvaney admitted to the quid pro quo last month get over it, there's going to be political influence in foreign policy of the decorated lonel testified he responded that it was inappropriate and had nothing to do with national security >>well i want to thank colonel than men for his courage in coming his willingness to fold the w to do his duty veneman wasn't alone. >>his then boss doctor fiona hill re the transcript of the call and said she was shocked. i sat in an awful lot of calls she said, and i've not seen anything like this. hill had also been told by someone the mulvaney stated that the ukrainians would get a presidential meeting if the ukrainian startedp these this directly to the told ukrainians in a july 10th meeting. johnolton who was national security advisor the time suddenly ended the meeting bold and then told hill to rorted to the top and a lawyer saying i'm not part of whatever drug deal summon and mulvaney are c

she will be seated alongside .lexander of inman -- vindman he is an army lt. col.eployed to iraq and awarded a purple heart. he also listened on the july 25 phone call and some more background, he emigrated to the u.s. when he was 3 -- emigrated from the ukraine and is fluent ukrainian. both of those folks will be on the 2:30 panel. republican requested witnesses approved by adam schiff, including kurt volker along with rick perry.and and three amigos. he gave the first testimony when he testified behind closed doors on october 3. he is one of the republican requested witnesses alongside tim morrison who served as a top ukraine official on the national security council. latesigned his position in october. one of the 3 republican requested witnesses. we will be looking all morning for tweets and comments from the president's twitter page, members of the house intelligence committee, but they started yesterday trying to set the tone for today and frame what folks will hear. here is one tweet, an interview with eric swalwell, a democratic member of the house intellige

on tuesday morning, it will be jennifer williams, an aide to mike pence and lieutenant inman -- vindmanon the afternoon of next tuesday, november 19, kurt volker, the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine alongside tim morrison, a national security council aid both having .estified behind closed doors the u.s. ambassador from the european union on the afternoon, willcooper -- moore cooper testify alongside david hale, the undersecretary of state for political affairs and next thursday, fiona hill will be testifying as well. that list that was released yesterday includes three of the witnesses republicans asked to testify. democrats did not accept the other witnesses that republicans had put forward including the whistleblower, the sources the whistleblower used to get his information, and joe biden's son, hunter, was requested as well. it is the president's schedule, daily guidance coming out noting the president has nothing on his schedule this morning, nothing until noon when the president will meet the president of turkey, president erdogan at the white house. we will be looking throu

there is the panel appearing tomorrow, jennifer williams and alexander of inman on that first panel.-span 3, c-span.org, and the radio app, hope you watch all week long. we will be getting your reactions. on the south carolina line for those who have changed their mind. go ahead. youer: yeah, i appreciate being gone because i think it is a free and honest exchange about this. i understand impeachment is a political process, but it should be a search for the truth and what concerns me is the way adam schiff has conducted himself and he is basically, since he is leading this thing, he is acting as a judge. for him to go to california in the middle of the impeachment hearings and tell a crowd of people how they are going to get president trump and how crooked he is takes all the impartiality out of it. i know they have been saying since day 1 they were going to impeach him and 40 democrats did not show up because they denied he was even president. if you are going to have an impeachment, at least make it an honest search for the truth and if you have already made up your mind, you shoul

november 19 with jennifer williams, an aide to vice president mike pence will testify alongside .lex inman- vindman that same afternoon, kurt volker, former u.s. special envoy to ukraine will testify along with tim morrison and november 20, u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, will testify. a lot of discussion about gordon sondland at yesterday's hearing and that same afternoon on wednesday, moore cooper, deputy assistant secretary of defense will testify alongside david hale, the under secretary of state for political affairs and on thursday, the hearings end with fiona hill, former white house russian expert will be on capitol hill to testify. when it comes to the headlines, we may see a few memorable headlines tomorrow. president trump holding a campaign rally tonight in louisiana. we are airing that live on span at c-span.org. you can listen to it on the radio app. hearings public servicing a new claim from ambassador bill taylor. he is a west point graduate, class of 1969 appointed by mike pompeo, asked personally to take over after maria bonaventure was relieved of

european and russian affairs, fiona hill, and director of european affairs, lieutenant colonel alex inmaning with ukrainian and american officials at the white house, they told me that partway through the meeting, ambassador sondland had connected investigations within oval office meeting for president zelensky, which so irritated then national security adviserjohn bolton, that he abruptly ended the meeting, telling doctor hill, and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, they should have nothing to do with domestic politics. he also directed doctor hill to "briefed the lawye rs " . doctor hill to "briefed the lawyers". doctor hill said that ambassador bolton refer to this deal asa ambassador bolton refer to this deal as a "drug deal" after the july ten meeting. a call between president zelensky and president trump was opposed byjohn bolton, on the concern that it would be a disaster. needless to say, ukrainians in the meetings were confused, ambassador bolton and the regular ukraine policy to making channel wanted to talk about security, energy, and reform. ambassador sondland, participati