and this could not have been possible without the help from kent state international department. these young students that heard -- had heard about the protest in the united states from their parents and grandparents and aunts and uncles. but this was the first time they had heard the story from someone actually -- who actually was there and was a primary witness. and the other thing that made this so important to me was just that the students at hanoi university, and their parents and grandparents, recognized that the sacrifice at kent state and all the college campuses that protested the war in 1970 was what actually determined the ending of the vietnam war. because within 10 months of what happened at kent state, 90% of the troops in vietnam were either leaving or scheduled to leave. and they recognized that. and i think they really responded to what i had to say. actually, the people i told you about, allison krause, sandy scheuer and jeffrey miller -- those were the students that died. nine students were wounded. and one was crippled for life from the waist down. so i would l

then he had a private appearance in the firehouse with the i don't even believe there were any kent state officials or administrators there. fire chiefs, state police, national guardsmen, some reporters. his words were being broadcast also to the i don't want to call them dormitories, but the facility always facilities where the national guard were being kept and he made it clear in his pronouncements at the fire station that he said these students are worse than the brownshirts of world war ii, and we are not going to let them get away with anything. this kind of stuff is going to stop here. they are no longer going to burn down our million-dollar buildings. the only thing that burned down was in 1942 world war ii barracks worth about $100,000 may be. but he gave the guard in that talk, which people could hear, permission to use any force they could to stop the protesting, and what becomes very confusing and is probably something that needs more answering is why did the university administration give up their role in protecting their students and why did they feel they had to give up the

the photos he took on may 4, 1970, when national guard troops shot and killed four students at kent state university in ohio during an anti-vietnam war protest. a student and photographer for the college newspaper at the time, one of his photos was used on the cover of "life" magazine. and he has published a book about his experience, "moments of truth." max: thank you all so much for coming out tonight. tonight, we are hosting the photographer howard ruffner who, during his college years at kent state university was a , photographer for the yearbook and newspaper. his book tonight "moments of truth

although the tragedy predated the kent state shootings and jackson state killings, and it was the firstits kind on any american college campus, it received little national media attention.n. here are some of the survivors of the orangeburg massacre remembering that fateful day. this is an excerpt of an oral history project conducted by jack bass, who was a reporter at the time. this clip begins with survivor robert lee d davis. >> it was a barrage of shots. it was maybebe six or seven seconds. boom, boom, boom, boom. students were hollering and and running. by this time, i wewent into a slope near the campus, neaear te front end of the campus and d i kneeled down. took onetoo run and i step and t that isll i couldld remember. i took thahat one step and i got hit t in the back. when i got hit in the back, this is when i got paralyzed. students were trampling over me because they were afraid. >> i dropped to the groundd immediately. within a second, two or three seconds, began to hear rounds. i felt like someone was trying to pulull off my coat.t. rounds really was was hitting mymy coat.

his book "moments of truth" is a collection of more than 150 of his photos surrounding the kent state massacre of the 1970's in which 4 students'lives were lost. (applause)

there are lots of things to see and discover on both sides of the kent state rich trail like schools the top of waterfall. the waterfall is artificial as small river has been dammed up here and forts 58 meters to the ground. by the way was 1st mentioned in the 14th century as a border between franconia and many boundary stones are still standing. and now i say so my biggest challenge is it's. the climb isn't easy but it's worth it especially on a day like today. while enjoying a well deserved coffee i'll take the opportunity to write a postcard from the mountaintop. postcards are really old fashioned and a selfie is much faster but some people even make a whole video of their journey. from bangladesh he was in paris for the 1st time in his life and here are his impressions. here on the inspect there's also a fun park. that's got a few questions for the manager. come in my 2 hikers from the great stock ever come here looking for a change of pace the business i'm sure they do they won't pass just 50 meters away so of course they stop by. or what is there to do year one. of our oldest a

. >> reporter: newly released testimony from state department deputy george kent revealed president trump wanted ukraine's president to publicly say three words -- investigations, biden and clinton. in a closed door deposition, kent said clinton was shorthand for the 2016 u.s. presidential campaign. and president trump's view that ukraine plplayed a role interfering in it. kent told house lawmakers that was his understanding based on his conversations with other administration officials. in august, kent filed a memo warning of an effort to initiate politically motivated prosecutions that were injurious to the rule of law in the ukraine and the u.s. >> the american people have the transcript of the president's call. they can see there was no quid pro quo. >> reporter: kent said rudy giuliani schemed with a series of corrupt ukrainians to wage a months' long campaign of lies against then-u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. kent says once yovanovitch was sent home, u.s. special envoy kurt volker informed the ukrainian president that he was now in charge of ukraine policy. along wit

. >> think about state department official george kent. he said potus wanted nothing less than president zelensky to go to a microphone and say investigation biden and clinton. taylor and kent back up each other's testimony. two career diplomats up first. what does that show you they're trying to show. >> >> frankly that there was an extortion plan by donald trump and rudy giuliani to extort the ukrainian government, convince them to go after formerer vice president joe biden for the president's personal gain. that's the story that as i read the testimony they observed, they were pushed to the sidelines but in the key position. george kent, the senior person in the state department following ukrain. bill taylor, our ambassador, watching all thissen fold and it takes them f you read their testimony, a couple of months to put together what happened because there was a lot of slight of hand, secrecy but the thoughts were compelling. they know the most, they chronicled the most and spoke very forth rightly in their private hearings. >> you're

state department officials testifying today. taylor is expected to tell lawmakers set conditions for nearly half a billion dollars in aid that had been temporarily withheld. taylor will be joined by george kent, deputy assistant secretary of state. in a deposition last month, kent said he learned the white house would not release the funds until ukraine's president publicly announced investigations linked to president trump's political rivals including joe biden. while democrats say the witnesses will show the president tried to coerce a foreign nation, republicans say the impeachment inquiry has been unfair from the start, and today will try to take aim at the process and substance of the investigation. >> they're relying on people like bill taylor as a star witness who is going to tell us something that is third or fourth-hand information. >> reporter: the white house says president trump plans to watch at least part of the proceedings on television. and cbs news has learned his team plans to launch a rapid response during the testimony. our white e house team has leard the administration is planning an aggressive response during and after this hearing which is expected to last several hou

kent, state department official and saying it actually makes the case. al top democrats sameness. secretary of state george kent strongly corroborates testimony from other numerous witnesses. mr. kent affirms that he and his colleagues recognize the impropriety of pressuring ukrainian officials to undertake politically motivated investigations to help president trump's reelection prospects in 2,020. we look over to his public testimony. >> none of these folks were first-hand witnesses, this was based on hearsay and conversation. the other two ingredients i came out, one was that mr. kent did believe that joe biden, it wasn't involved in quid pro quo. the other component is mr. camp warned the previous administration some four years ago about hunter biden saying this doesn't look good and it was potentially some damaging proprieties that come out of that. they ignore that at the time and now they see that coming back really full circle. >> shannon: on issue with the biden's, there has been talk of trying to subpoena them, the g.o.p. doing that before forei

ambassador to ukraine william taylor and deputy assistant secretary of state george kent. they testified in front of the house intelligence committee for more than five hours.es and what we heard was specific testimony about how president trump withheld military assistance from ukraine, a country currently occupied by russia, a country in desperate need of thatco aid and assistan, in order to squeeze the new ukrainian president into manufacturing dirt on the president's political rival.

when the draft ended in 1970, after the kent state massacre, that whole disaster, and also the jackson state massacre. things got quieter. the danger of being drafted into the war really took the steam out of the student activist movement at that time. now we see a new student activist generation rising up on a variety of different causes. not as centralized as things were back in those days but nevertheless, young people now are standing up to gun violence, for example. my generation did not worry about being shot in the classroom. we were worried about them take into a war overseas. there is a sense among young folks now that we boomers have to catch up. i don't blame them. we were the same way about the older generation. why don't you guys get out of the way and let us take things over? that has not changed but the trappings of it changed. i mentioned the beatles records and motown, the culture of the 1960's. today's culture -- i knew i had grown up when i was saying, turn down that noise and change the station on the car radio to a golden oldies channel. now that is some good music

should be embraced it makes me very angry because if it weren't for these people like the veter said kent statee country work in the country worked in the fields work wherever they could get jobs were in the great state of california that we a. >>e us supreme court will hear itfirst arguments in the dhakcasey trump administration and the deferred action for childhood arrivals programback in 17. now the administration is being sued dhaka gives work anschool permits to young undocumented immigrants who came tthe united states as children they often call dreamers the trump administration argues a dhaka was never a legal program in the first place the court's decision will affect about 700,000 immigrants w are trying to stay in the united states. >>still ahead a new billimed at changing the way veterans go through the court system. >>and arlington cemetery has long been known as a final resting place for better is the reason some who are serving today manot be able to be buried there in the futu. >>and a dog missing for months is finally returned his family. all thanks to a so that early retirement

states, is that correct? >> that's correct, sir. >> mr. kent, have you had any contact with the president of the united states? >> i have not. >> so not only no conversations with the president of the united states about ukraine, you've not had any contact with the president of the united states, correct? >> that's correct. >> so you don't know that this impeachme impeachment inquiry is about the president of the united states, do you? someone who has had no contact with the man, i find it amazing that two people first up would be someone who never had contact with the president himself. kurt volker did have contact with the president and the president of ukraine. ambassador taylor, you said he is a man of highest integrity. i know kurt volker and he served as the navy ambassador, he served at the institute, one of the highest in ethics, one of the most knowledgeable about europe. he's actually a very truthful man. would you agree, ambassador taylor, that he is of the highest integrity? >> i believe kurt volker has served the u.s. as a public s

. >> george kent that state department official testified in the summer of 16, he learned the u.s. state department's foreign aid bureau usaid had created a partnership with burisma and hunter biden, he was concerned that they had a reputation of being corrupt. why did that happen? we know this from something earlier i reported back on your show, hunter biden's partner devon archer texted an american lawyer and said we just came back from usaid, they are going to give us a project and we are going to announce it. here's another piece of proof, u.s. state department trying to help hunter biden steer the narrative and sure as heck, they get the project and that's only because of george kent's interference that it stopped at the last minute. >> sean: why does that lady hate you so much? where you lied about like i was lied about? >> there is a he said, she said situation, here's what isn't in dispute. george kent testified, state officials told me three months ago no matter what happened to the meeting on several occasions, the u.s. embassy did put pressure on ukraine prosecutors not

so on wednesday during day one of hearing that included ambassador william taylor and george kent from the state department. security is always tight on capitol hill but it is heightened today. a long line of people many waiting beginning early this morning to get inside the hearing room. there are seats for up to 450 individuals but, of course, the media taking up the bulk of that. the general public will be allowed inside the hearing room. we are alike in about 45 minutes. today, testimony of marie yovanovitch. the way it will work is the chairman of the committee will gavel in at 9:00 eastern. you will have about 45 minutes for opening statements along with chairman devin nunes. when state they did not take the full-time allowed it. you will hear from the lawyers on both sides of the aisle. on the democratic side daniel goldman and daniel noble both former federal prosecutors in the southern district of new york and then on the republican side steve castor, jim jordan chief investigative counsel for the house oversight committee and, of course, mr. jordan was added in part because of the toug

one of these weapons of war brings it out or brandish it to intimidate as we saw when we were at kent staten that weapon will be taken from them. if they persist, there will be other consequences from law enforcement. >> tammy: well now thanks to beto, it is now aparnltly safe for top democrats to push gun confiscation. according to report now that democrats have taken control of virginia's government, democratic governor ralph northam has confirmed that he is working on gun con citconfiscation along with other measures. here is charlie hurt and syndicated talk show host larry elder. welcome aboard, guys. i appreciate you joining me. >> thank you. >> good evening, tammy. >> tammy: having come from the left i know that one strategy is to suggest the most extreme thing to take five steps forward and then people will be grateful when only two steps are taken forward but it did not help beto. it was shocking and, yet now the shock, now that you have heard it, the shock can be -- it's abated a little bit. and there is this now, it seems like a normal conversation to have. but it is anything but

there was one section here where again, this is george kent, the state department official who raised red flags about the ukraine policy and the involvement of rudy giuliani in ukraine. here is a quote from kent. at one point, we had been carrying on a campaign for several months full of lies and incorrect information about the ambassador. so this is a continuation of his campaign of lies. as i go through the first couple of pages of this, one thing that jumps out at me here is that they say they were early efforts to try to undermine the ambassador. these are the associates of rudy giuliani and they were trying to "impugn her loyalty," and a name we have heard rattled around about this is former republican congressman. for the first time, we have seen pete sessions name pop up in this transcript from george kent here. kent says there was a campaign of slander from rudy giuliani and he felt he had been cut off from the process pertaining to ukraine hook and his position that the state department was the kind of manage policy in that part of the world and he said that basically, the am

state. george kent, a senior state department official who has served presidents of both parties. democrats believe taylor and kent will reveal the scope of the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals. and outline the stakes for national security. taylor has testified it was his quote clear understanding that ukraine would not receive nearly $400 million in military aid until they agreed to investigate the bidens. an arrangement he described as crazy. kent called american ukraine policy a snake pit led by the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, whom he accused of running a campaign of slander and lies. republicans holding a mock hearing on capitol hill. they're preparing to cast the witnesses as unelected and anonymous bureaucrats. >> neither of these two individuals were on the call. these folks never talked to the president of the united states about this call. >> reporter: republicans intend to focus narrowlon the president's july phone call, saying there was no pressure when trump asked the ukrainian president to quote do us a favor an

states. is that correct? >> that's correct, sir. >> mr. taylor, mr. kent, have you had any contact with the president of the united states? >> i have not. >> so not only no conversation with the president of the united states about ukraine, you've not had any contact with the president of the united states. correct? >> that's correct. >> correct. >> so you both know that this impeachment inquiry is about the president of the united states. don't you? i mean, the man that neither one of you have had any contact with you're the first-up witnesses. i just find that amazing that -- that the first up would be two people who have never had any contact with the president himself. kurt volker did have contact with the president and contact with the president of ukraine. mr. ambassador, taylor you said he's a man of highest integrity. i know kurt volker and i know he served as the nato ambassador, director of mccain institute. highest professional ethics one of the most knowledgeable people about europe. absolutely a truthful man. would you agree with ambassador ta

united states, is that correct? correct. and mr kent? i have not. had any contact with the president of the united states, let alone about ukraine? that is correct. you both know this impeachment enquiry is about the president of the united states? the man neither a few have had contact with, you are the first up witnesses? i find it with, you are the first up witnesses? ifind it amazing with, you are the first up witnesses? i find it amazing that the first up would be just make people who have never had any contact with the president himself? now, kurt volker did have contact. mr ambassador taylor, you said he is a man of the highest integrity. he served as the ambassador and the director of the mccain institute, the highest professional. he is a truthful man. mr kent, would you agree that he is of the highest integrity? i believe kurt volker has served the us as a public servant very well. do have evidence that kurt volker committed perjury? or lied in his testimony? do either of you have any evidence that kurt volker perjured himself or light to

states; is that correct? >> that's correct, sir. >> mr. taylor, mr. kent have you had any contact with the president of the united states. >> i have not. >> so not only no conversations with the president of the united states about ukraine. you have not had any contact with the president of the united states? correct? >> that's correct. >> okay. so, you both know that this impeachment inquiry is about the president of the united states, don't you? i mean, the man that neither of you have had any contact with, you are the first-up witnesses. i just find that a little amazing that the first up would be two people who have never had any contact with the president himself. now, kurt volker did have contact with the president and contact with the president on ukraine. mr. ambassador taylor, you said he is a man of highest integrity. i know kurt volker and i know he served as the nato ambassador. he served the director mccain institute. he is the highest professional ethics. one of the most knowledgeable people about europe. is he absolutely a truthful man. mr.

and george kent, a state department official. the question at the heart of the impeachment inquiry is whether president trump abused his power or committed an impeachable offense when he asked them to investigate joe biden. >> how close was somebody to mr. trump who might of given orders. >> this is just the first day of public hearings. the former u.s. embassador to ukraine marie ubonavich is scheduled to testify friday and 8 more officials are scheduled to testify next week. we will have live interrupted coverage of the hearings beginning at 7:00 this morning. we'll also bring you live updates throughout mornings on 2. >>> dozens of students filled uc berkley as the supreme court heard argument its about the federal program that now hangs in the balance. the uc system has estimated an estimated 4,000 undocumented students. the trump administration wants to shut down the program. ktvu's deborah villalon has the story. >> the high court heard about 90 minutes of oral arguments and based on questions from conservative justices it

george kent stated javelin's are incredibly effective weapons at stopping armed advance in the russians are scared of them. special advisor catherine croft stated javelins help ukraine defend themselves. the decision provide javelins is counter to russian interest. do you dispute what these witnesses have testified to, including ambassador yovanovitch, taylor, volker and others? >> circle i absolutely agree that the javelin system is an important capability. this was an important decision to support ukraine with his capability. >> thank you. you already testified that you are personally proud of the trump administration's decision to arm ukraine with javelins. >> that's correct. >> on page 3, talking about the july 26 meeting and after that he said "i was aware the national security community express unanimous support for resuming the funding as in the u.s. national security interests." that is correct? >> that is correct. >> i take question with resuming because we don't want to resume as is. would that be correct? as is would not include javeli javelins. >> sir, i'm not sure and follo

state. and george kent, a senior state department official who has served presidents of both parties. democrats believe taylor and kent will reveal the scope of the effort to pressure ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals. and outline the stakes for national security. taylor has testified it was his "clear understanding" that ukraine would not receive nearly $400 million in military aid until they agree to investigate the bidens. an arrangement he described as "crazy." kent called american/ukraine policy a "snake pit," led by the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, who hmm accused of running a "campaign of slander" and "lies." republicans plan to cast the witnesses as "unelected and anonymous bureaucrats." >> neither of these two individuals were on the call. piece folks never talked to the president of the united states about this call. >> reporter: republicans intend to focus narrowly on the president's july phone call, saying there was no pressure when trump asked the ukrainian president to "do us a favor" and urged him to investigate the bidens. but witnes

secretary george kent stated javelins are incredibly advanced weapons to stop the russians advanced and russians are scared of them. and ambassador stated the decision to provide javelins we believe is counter to russian interests. do you dispute what these witnesses have testified to, including ambassador yovanovitch, taylor, volker and others? >> sir, i absolutely agree the javelin system is an important capability and this was a very important decision to support ukraine with this capability. >> thank you. you already testified you're personally proud of the trump administration's decision to arm ukraine with javelins, correct. that is correct, sir. >> one of the things on page 3 tonight, talking about a meeting july 26th. after that, you said, i was aware, the national security community expressed unanimous support for resuming the funding in the u.s. national security interests, is that right? >> that's correct, sir. >> i guess i take a little question with resuming because we don't want to resume as is, would that be correct? because as is would not include javelin? >> sir, i'm no

ambassador to ukraine, a deputy assistant secretary of state george kent. you can watch the abatement inquiry hearing live on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. you can also catch the hearing at 8 p.m. eastern right here on c-span2. >> next, look into u.s.-turkey relations with a focus on the agenda of turkey as president. this is 30 minutes. >> welcome back everyone. would like to continue and break in what's happening in syria in recent weeks and turkey's involvement in the country, but as the media has only recently i think we can say started focusing its attention on turkey's conduct in syria, i can tell you the investigative journal have been asking all the important questions along time ago and in a sense also sort of predicted what we're seeing now unfolding in the north of the country. so please join welcoming back mr. ahmet yayla assistant professor of homeland security, former chief of turkish national police counterterrorism and operations division, and fellow is broken on extremism at george washington un

george kent, a state department expert on ukraine, says giuliani was getting more involved in negotiations>> they clear that giuliani is efforts to gin up politically motivated investigations were affecting the u.s.'s relationship with ukraine. >> there was more. ambassador taylor says he had a clear understanding that u.s. security aid to ukraine worth $400 million was on the line. formoney was essential ukraine to fend off russia's military advances. >> to withhold that assistance for no good reason other than help with a political campaign made no sense. to allcounterproductive of what we had been trying to do. illogical, it was crazy. >> multiple witnesses have corroborated the testimony. many facts are uncontested there is a critical factor still missing from the democrats argument. that is evidence that trump was directly involved and therefore should be blamed. the closest immigrants have come is a july phone call between trump and the president of ukraine who tells trump his country is ready to buy more weapons for defense purposes. trump's answer, i would like you to do us a favor

diplomate in ukraine and also george kent, another high level state department official. both have raised concerns about what they describe as the administration's efforts to pressure ukraine to announce politically motivated investigations using temporarily withheld military aid as leverage. >>> i think you're going to see the cream of our diplomatic corps speak truth to power. >>> he will tell us something that is third or fourth hand information. >> reporter: house republicans are gaw this has been unfair from the start and today we can expect to hear them trying to take aim at the process and also the substance of the investigation. we will see two very different strategies and narratives emerge from house democrats and house republicans on that committee. michelle. >> natalie, how is the white house expected to respond to today's proceedings? >> reporter: well cbs news has learned that the white house team is planning an aggressive rapid response strategy to respond to the testimony in real time. we can likely see a lot of tweets today. we know the president has been

as the house impeachment inquiry continues, george kent, the top state department official, reiteratedat he said .ehind closed doors using the office of president to target political rivals is unjust. mr. kent: i do not believe the united states should ask other countries to engage in politically associated prosecutions or investigations against opponents of those in power has such a selective actions undermine the rule of law. mark: earlier, president trump told reporters he is too busy to watch the hearings. he repeatedly has called the inquiry a hoax. vladimir putin's spokesman is weighing in on the impeachment proceedings against president trump. the kremlin press secretary responded that they seem "far-fetched." he drew a parallel between these hearings and accusations of russia's interference in the 2016 u.s. presidential election. he says they have "little relation to reality." executives at google denied misu

kent. >> the state department's role is to promote u.s. policies overseas, not to help the current president when re-election, is that correct, mr. kent? >> all federal government employees are subject to the hatch act and our actions are supposed to be promoting policy. >> ambassador taylor? >> i agree. >> what is the risk of running a separate channel of diplomacy that is completely outside of normal channels and does not further u.s. policy goals, ambassador taylor? >> it's possible to do one, but not the other. if it's completely against u.s. policy goals, then that's a mistake. then it's not helpful. you can get advice and even have conversations outside of the normal channels, but then they need to be part of u.s. foreign policy and approaching those goals. >> mr. kent? >> i agree. >> ambassador taylor, you have described in your previous testimony shortly after you arrived in ukraine in which ambassador sondland asked state department officials not to listen to a july 28th call he had planned to hold with president zelensky. did you

public evidence there, mike, the public evidence from people such as william taylor, george kent, the senior statetment official. they of course have given evidence in private. but this will be the first public testimony, indeed, it will be the first televised impeachment proceedings, in the us in 20 years. lots of people will be watching. 0f that we can be absolutely sure, because there will be blanket coverage here both on cable news networks and on the main networks here. not since watergate, of course, have we seen such interest, i think, course, have we seen such interest, ithink, in course, have we seen such interest, i think, in impeachment proceedings. and these two witnesses who are due to give evidence tomorrow are seen as highly credible. certainly as far as highly credible. certainly as far as democrats are concerned, william taylor, the top us diplomat in ukraine, george kent, the senior — the state department official, are both expected to articulate their concerns about the sort of shadow ukraine policy that was being implemented, in their view, ukraine policy that was being impleme

william taylor and george kent the state department official will tell what they know of efforts by the president to launch investigations into the 2016 election and former vice president joe biden's son hunter. taylor has already told lawmakers security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursuing the investigation. >> it's clear that the ukrainians did know that the aid was being withheld. there were discussions that took place that indicate that. >> ukraine got the money. there was no quid pro quo and he himself thought that. >> on deck for next week including 3 requested by republicans. he is refusing demands. >> delusional witch hunts. >> president trump railed against the impeachment inquiry but this public process could cut ooesdz way. >> the question -- either way. >> the question is how the narrative will develop where conservatives and liberals are spitting out different story lines on what was actually said during these hearings. >> now there are time constraints today but we expect this hearing to last pretty much the entire day here o

the direction of the president of the united states who wanted to dig up dirt on a political opponent. and they can read from that letter what taylor and kents emissaries from the state department. will talk in great detail about how upset and concerned they were about what was happening to united states foreign policy. and they will explain what was really going on inside and how confused they were and how upset ukrainians were at the very top that their aid and their meeting with the president was being held up because of the president's request to dig up dirt on joe biden. >> they have, the democrats, a certain advantage. they spent hours in closed door depositions, sworn statements from these two diplomats, bill taylor and george kent. and so they basically know what they're going to say now before television cameras. >> of course. and that's an advantage and these will be compelling witnesses. i think they'll be highly credible witnesses. i think efforts to tarnish their reputation will come up short. but i do think there is an advantage for republicans. we know how this ends. we know how it ended when it started. there's not a mystery

george kent is the deputy assistant secretary of state for european and eurasian affairs. ukraine is in his jurisdiction, which gave george kent a close up view of what he said under oath was rudy giuliani's campaign of lies about ukraine -- a campaign that rudy giuliani says he conducted entirely on behalf of the president of the united states. george kent is one of the witnesses along with the acting ambassador to ukraine william taylor, whose testimony forced gordon sondland to change his under oath testimony to try to avoid perjury charges. gordon sondland, donald trump's completely inexperienced and incompetent ambassador to the european union added a 4-page supplement to the transcript of his deposition saying he now agrees with ambassador william taylor's testimony and george kent's testimony after reports of their testimony had helped him refresh his memory. george kent testified under oath that gordon sondland told him that donald trump, quote, wanted nothing less than president zelensky to go to a microphone and say investigations, biden and clinton. those were th

kent. the deputy assistant secretary of state. this is what nbc news has learned from an official working on the impeachment inquiry. kent is a deputy assistant secretary of state, as i said. who worked on ukraine and five other countries. he told lawmakers he was to -- told to lay low after raising concerns about rudy giuliani's involvement in ukraine. george kent is going to be one of the first people to testify in open hearings. he is scheduled to testify before congress on november 13th. joining me now from capitol hill, msnbc's garrett haake. garrett, i imagine we've just received this in the time that i was walking to the studio. so i don't know what, if anything, you've had a chance to look at yet. but what do we know so far about george kent? >> yeah. ali, this is becoming a regular feature here with me and you these afternoons. kent's testimony, as far as i've been able to skim through the summary here, does a couple things for democrats. kent is angry. that's clear. he talks about a smear campaign being run by corrupt ukr

a top state department official, george kent, describes rudy giuliani, as a shadow secretary of state, pushing a, quote, campaign of lies. and he confirmed others' testimony that the president held up vital military aid until he got what he wanted. he wanted nothing less than for president zelensky to go to a microphone and say, investigations, biden, clinton. >>> a lawyer for the whistleblower has sent a letter warning the president to cease and desist attacking his client. he is concerned that his rhetoric places the whistleblower and the family in danger. >>> all right. ahead, it's beginning to feel a little like christmas. >> a lot like christmas. >> not because of the starbucks cups, but the record low temps headed to the east coast. skin sin #17... too many after-parties. new neutrogena® bright boost with dullness-fighting neoglucosamine. boosts cell turnover by 10 times for instantly brighter skin. bright boost neutrogena®. man: can i find an investment firm that has a truly long-term view? it begins by being privately owned. with more than 85 years of experience over multiple

diplomat in ukraine william taylor and deputy assistant secretary of state george kent will testify. on friday on c-span two, former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch will appear before the committee. and, read witness testimony from a deposition. find the transcript that c-span.org. at our table this morning to talk about military issues is the national military and veterans reporter with mcclatchy newspaper. mcclatchy newspapers. you have an investigative piece, finding an increase in cancer rates among veterans. what type of data did you look at, what period, how did you discover this rise? guest: thank you for having me on. i have been hearing from veterans about the number of cancer clusters they have experienced, people they have served with, family members. we look at the data behind those personal stories to see if what they were experiencing personally was reflected in the data. through a freedom of information request, we looked at every cancer billing through the v.a. system over a stretch of time and we found increases. 23%, liverncer is up cancers is up 96%. o

mckinley also testified that he spoke to state department officials, george kent, who felt the state department was using quote bullying tactics, to try and prevent him from cooperating with congress. according to the transcript, kent told mckinley, he thought a state department lawyer, quote, was trying to shut him up, which led kent to write a memo, detailing allegations of bullying as well as concerns over inaccuracies in a letter written by pompeo last month accusing congress of harassing state department employees. mckinley said he shared kent's memo but referred no answers. >> and the deposition transcript reveals former ambassador michael mckinley told impeachment investigators he had three conversations with secretary of state mike pompeo about a possible public statement backing the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, pompeo last month said mckinley never raised any concerns. >> mike mckinley served me well for a year and a half, i chose him, i had people tell me he was a great foreign service officer and in fact, he served america wonderfully for 37 years. he in fact, had the

ambassador to ukraine william taylor and assistant secretary of state george kent will go first. they've delivered explosive testimony already behind closed doors. president trump is in new york city this morning to speak at the veterans day he's the first president to do so he's being urged to keep po latest from d.c. >> reporter: three people are set to testify in public hearings this week william taylor and deputy assistant secretary of state george kent on wednesday former ukraine ambassador appears on friday, marie yovanovich >> i've never heard of some of these people i don't know who they are. >> reporter: republicans want to hear from eight more, including the unidentified whistle-blower and who ever helped him write the complaint that prompted the hearings. >> we should be protecting the identity of thwhistle-blower. >> reporter: also on the wislisd his business partner president trump pushed for an investigation of the ukrainian company that hunter biden worked for. >> you can't call hunter biden and you can't call the whistle-blower that's sort of a sham. that's not ev

diplomat in ukraine and george kent, a career state department official. democrats hoping those two men can tell the full story of what transpired over the last several months when it came to the with holding of the u.s. military aid. also republicans doing their own preparation. they held a mock hearing earlier today, the full conference will meet and democrats behind closed doors will meet with speaker nancy pelosi as part of her leadership meeting regularly scheduled but expect that impeachment is a key topic they discuss. meanwhile we're getting more details about exactly what could happen in that senate trial. we heard richard burr saying that could go on between six and eight weeks and those discussions still ongoing but gives you a sense this is going to take over the entire capitol as we move into the public phase of the testimony tomorrow. >> when will more transcripts be released. >> reporter: that is a key question that we're waiting for on capitol hill tonight. this all comes before the public testimony tomorrow. there are questions about wheth

state wide the african-american vote whereas down 19%. then there is the story in kentchigan. obama carried the state that year. kent's biggest city is grand rapids, hometown of gerald ford, avatar of many traditional republican voters who associate themselves more with ford's moderate republicanism than with donald trump. kent is chamber of commerce country with a higher percentage of college educated voters than state wide. so what happened in 2016? well, mr. trump improved on romney's 2012 performance by almost three percentage points in michigan state wide. but in kent county, mr. trump lost ground by 5.5 percentage points so will these establishment republicans return to the fold and support president trump. >> i am joined by two of our county to county reporters. vaughan hilliard and sash sa burns in kent county, michigan. devon, what are you seeing so far in milwaukee? >> reporter: good morning, cluck. we are called back in 2016, donald trump won the state by 22,000 votes. last year's governor's race, the democrat tony evers beat scott walker by 30,000 votes, her

. >> george kent, that state department official testified in the summer of '16, he learned the u.s. state department's foreign aid bureau, usaid, had created a partnership with burisma and hunter biden, to do a clean energy project and he put a stop to it because heer was concerned that they had a reputation of being corrupt. why did that happen? we know this from something earlier i reported back on yourn show, hunter biden's partner, devon archer, texted an american lawyer and said, we just came back from usaid, they are going to give us a project and we are going to announce it. it's going to take the stain of "the new york times" article calling is corrupt away. here's another piece of proof, u.s. state department trying to help hunter biden steer the narrative and sure as heck, they get the project and that's only because of george kent's interference that it stopped at the last minute. >> sean: why does that lady hate you so much? you were brought up a lot today in the hearings. were you lied about like i was lied about? >> i will tell you one thing that is very important. the