mr. alexander: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from tennessee. mr. alexander: mr. president, i know that the senate is a deliberative body but we've been working on higher education for five years in our committee. and suddenly out of the blue comes a bill from the house that said we have an emergency in the -- in one provision of the higher education act. don't take it through committee. that's the way we usually do things. the gshedz senator from -- distinguished senator from louisiana is a member of this committee. the senator from pennsylvania is a valued member of the committee. we have a pretty good reputation for working together despite our differences in taking -- fixing no child left behind, 21st century cure, opioid legislation. we came out with -- health care is a contentious issue but we brought out a bill to lower health care costs. -- to lower health care costs. yet the suggestion is we take this bill to the senate floor without any consideration by the committee. that's not the way we usually do things. let me reemphasize. the u.s. department of edu

mr. alexander: mr. president, i want to thank the distinguished senator from maryland for giving me this opportunity to present the right way to help historically black colleges and universities, and i intend to do that when he is through speaking about this. and explain what we can do together. unfortunately, the bill that he proposes is a short cut the house took which has no way to pass the senate. it's based upon a budget gimmick. it uses a method of funding that many senators object to. it creates a new funding cliff within 23 months, and it's unnecessary because the secretary of education has written all of the heads of historically black colleges and universities to say that there are sufficient funds until next september so that there is no funding problem. so this gives me an opportunity, which i will do in just a moment, to suggest the right way to do it. the right way to do it is to do permanent funding of historical black colleges and universities. in the package of bills that i have introdu

mr. alexander: i see the senator from ohio. i intend to offer my alternative to which i gather someone plans to object. i'll go ahead and do that unless he wants to speak at this point. what i will do is -- i'll make my offer quickly and then i'll make my speech following the objection. but let me just summarize it to begin with. what has just happened is i have objected to a short-term piecemeal extension of funding for historically black colleges and minority institutions because it is a bill that i think will have great difficulty passing the senate because of the way that it's not properly funded. and what i'm about to offer and which i will speak on after the objection is made is a permanent funding for historically black colleges at the level of $255 million a year, permanent funding as opposed to short-term piecemeal funding as part of a package of higher education legislation that has been prepared by 20 -- and cosponsored by 29 senators, more democrats than republicans, with the principle other provision being reducing

i love mr alexander. and of mr oppenheimer. too many people and too many little government people for them to tell you that oh come on you can come we're going to protect you in your they're not going to do that. cold i think if people realize that the government is not going to protect you is not going to see you if something were to happen it kind of like changes your your mindset your like only because i was in the military i know how the government works. i don't want to put money into that i don't believe they're going to protect me when the time comes so the only way you can protect yourself is by protecting yourself.

. >> my name is alexander butterfield. >> mr. butterfield, are you aware of the installation of any

mr. alexander is targeted that night and it is obvious he was targeted.y deserves to be gunned down in a store parking lot at 11:30 in the evening. >> absolutely senseless. really is. >> reporter: joseph's father woke up the next morning, his phone lit up with texts. at around the same time he flipped on the tv. >> it kind of like caught me by surprise that i'm reading a text message that my son was shot and murdered and i'm seeing it on the news at the same time. >> reporter: in an instant, the family was torn a part. >> this is the older brother, the little brother and the big sister. we have reunited. >> reporter: loved ones forever mourning their loss. now joseph's father has made it his mission to find his son's killer. he's posted flyers, told people about a $10,000 reward for tips, and counseled other families who have lost loved ones to violence. >> he had a lot of supportive people behind him to make sure he gets justice. >> reporter: justice so far has been elusive. >> it's a very busy market at all hours of the day and night. police believe the

lebedev in april of 2018 at a party organized by mr lebedev son until recently alexander lebedev a denied the meeting took place. well now mr has distanced himself from the prime minister rejecting accusations that he has contributed to the conservative party in any way d.w. . has been to meet him in moscow. alexander lebedev likes being in the spotlight he used to be a secret service officer today he's one of russia's richest businessmen in a restaurant in moscow lebedev is launching his new book in it he denounces the corruption of the russian elite. but the multi-millionaire is making headlines for another reason his supposed interference in press it. your friends for the forest johnson are not friends with him but i know him maybe zhenya is friends with him union. genya is lebedev son of gainey he played host to british prime minister boris johnson then the foreign minister but his villa in italy. when was the last time you met boris johnson. who would wait 3 to 3 years ago but i think in total i've met him more than 10 times. we want to know more about a party at you

mr. alexander: thank you, mr. president. i come to the floor to talk about the wind production tax credit. this is a subject that i've talked about before and the senator from pennsylvania, the other senator from pennsylvania, senator toomey, will, i believe come soon on the same subject. but the wind production tax credit is so generous with taxpayers' money that wind developers can actually give away their electricity for free and still make a profit. let me say that again. i'm talking today about the wind production tax credit which is a tax subsidy, taxpayer dollars given to wind developers and it's so generous that the developers can actually in some cases give away their electricity for free and still make a profit. that wind production tax credit's been extended 11 times and has been on the books for more than 25 years. this was a tax credit that was supposed to jump-start a new industry, 25 years of jump-starting. four years ago congress agreed to end it. we thought that was it. and in doing so, congress asked taxpay

around alexander and mr jinnah the the infamous espionage court. duty created by the same judge as every single other national security defendant in recent years. this is not going to be a fair trial you know that so if you're in this situation this constant threat to be extradited there and then to receive a draconian punishment of 175 years or maybe to reduce it to 120 in prison in the supermax prison and we know what the conditions are like there this is this crosses the line of cruel inhuman and degrading treatment that's not just my opinion that's a consistent opinion of myself my mandate my predecessors everybody that's actually seriously deals with that and that's the threat scenario he faced 4 years is not being taken seriously he's been ridiculed by the press he's been mobbed by the various authorities he's been accused of all kinds of things but not given a fair chance to actually defend himself we have a swedish proceeding that is in a preliminary investigation stage for 9 years well yes the media care in fairness to them said this is no

with ukraine's president which being preachment inquiry is now underway after to colonel alexander the great man said mr trump made improper demands during calls the president denies every role during. swedish prosecutors are dropping their investigation of the end to rape and sexual assault allegations against wiki leaks founder julian assange due to lack of evidence mr saunders serving a prison sentence in britain for jumping bail to avoid extradition to sweden. on german chancellor angela merkel has pledged more investments to african countries that pursue economic and political be forms germany is hosting an investor conference in berlin on the g 20 is compact africa initiative chancellor said greater transparency and legal security could encourage private investment in the continent of africa this is the doubly news from for more follow us on twitter use or visit the website that's. coming up the date of your business with the talk of the island i'll be back at the top of the out of the. just off the bat. he has an excellent reputation but so far he's been a bit of a disappointment. really could yo

mr. schiff has denied alexander to lupa from testifying to come for dominic forward and debunk it? >> sean: she was the dnc operative. she went there to collude, to dig up dirt for hillary clinton and smear donald trump and members of his campaign. that would be called in my mind collusion. but today's witness, a so-called ukraine expert knew nothing about it. reporter, cheryl atkinson, formerly of cbs news, pointed out, the idea that some of our top experts on ukraine are close-minded to this information and at least one said he was entirely unaware of it, but we are making important decisions, could be considered disturbing. yeah. you think? this was probably the biggest revelation out of the hearings. it has nothing to do with president trump and without a doubt, though schiff is a giant failure dud, but don't take my word for it. just listen to former independent counsel, ken starr. he thought yesterday, oh, this is going to be really a bad day for the republicans and for president trump. he is now changed his mind. >> we are not on trial. we are in a fact gathering mode, but w

filed that report joins me now from moscow good to see you yuri what exactly is alexander lebedev accused of. well mr lee but if is reported to have interference in directly in the bronx it's come pain how exactly is unclear the british newspaper the sunday times however names him among other russians who allegedly called finance the banks that he would have been involved either as the owner of 2 newspapers and the t.v. station in the u.k. or through his son if anybody saw him this in my report now who invite the british prime minister johnson to a private party in italy the name a little bit if it will most likely be one of the 9 names of the russians who reportedly are going to appear in a previously unpublished report by the british intelligence services and he's denied the accusations year but how credible is he well honestly i have to say that i was on the limit is a comfortable target for allegations that with this kind because he himself used to be a member of the k.g.b. he is the secret service here in russia 20 years ago because he himself or of as a diplomat at the russian embassy in london

. >> my name is alexander porter butterfield. >> mr.llation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> it was a bomb sell. >> the pressure is on the president to produce those tapes. >> had it not been for the tapes i'm convinced richard nixon would have completed a second term. >> instead, nixon would spend the rest of his presidency trying to keep anyone from hearing them. he fought subpoena after subpoena. >> i have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious, distorted reporting. >> even as he tried to convince the american people that watergate was a press creation. >> what is it about the television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? >> don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. one can only be angry with those he respects. >> mr. president, mr. president! >> finally, a drastic step. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. >> the offices have been sealed by the fbi. >> a mass firing of the men pursuing t

. >> my name is alexander porter butterfield. >> mr.tallation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> it was a bombshell. >> the pressure is on the president to produce those tapes. >> had it not been for the tapes, i'm convinced richard nixon would have completed his second term. >> instead, nixon would spend the rest of his presidency trying to keep anyone from hearing them. he fought subpoena after subpoena. >> i have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious, distorted reporting. >> even as he tried to convince the american people that watergate was a press creation. >> what is it about the television coverage of you in these past weeks and months that has so aroused your anger? >> don't get the impression that you arouse my anger. [ laughter ] one can only be angry with those he respects. >> mr. president, mr. president -- >> finally, a drastic step. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. >> their offices have been sealed by the fbi. >> a mass firing

mr. schiff has denied alexander chalupa from testifying to come forward and debunk it. was it good for the country, the dnc, to pay christopher steele to dig up dirt with other foreign services on their political rival? >> devon archer, former board member from burisma, alexander chalu chalupa, who admitted she provided anti-trump information to the dnc and hillary clinton. nelly orr, who helped create the ridiculous steele dossier. >> i mean, it was alarming how easily they have all done this, but the issue here, mike, i think they genuinely believe some of this stuff. >> it was really disheartening for me to hear that. it was really heartening for me to hear fiona, dr. feouna hill, i'm sorry, i shouldn't call her fiona. i knew her before she was a doctor, by the way, i think. to try to dispel it. and by the way, chuck, i just published a piece in "the washington post" this week warning americans about how we cannot become complicit in running putin propaganda into our debates about politics. that's exactly what you just played there. it really scares me for 2020, too,

mr. trump is now going after lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the white house staffer who is a key witnessn the case against him. >> it was improper for the president to request-- to demand an investigation into a political opponent. >> reporter: after his damning testimony, vindman returned to his job at the white house as a ukraine expert on the national security council. now sources tell cbs news the president is demanding to know why a man he calls "a spy" is still working for him. >> i knew i was assuming a lot of risk. >> reporter: many trump appointees at the white house are refusing to work with vindman and were annoyed when cbs cameras caught vindman smiling and taking selfies as he returned to work on wednesday. sources expect vindman to be forced out before his detail ends next summer. national security adviser robert o'brien, speaking on "face the nation" earlier this week, suggested vindman could be pushed out. >> lieutenant colonel vindman who has testify under oath is serving on the national security council currently. will he continue to work for you despite testifying agai

mr. trump. when lieutenant-colonel alexander vindman, top ukraine expert on national security, was asked if there trump was asking president zelensky to open an investigation into the bidens he replied, there was no doubt. and u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland amended his original testimony saying on second thought, there was a quid pro quo, testifying i now recall where i said that resumption of u.s. said would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement. despite the mounting evidence, republicans still downplaying the allegations and some saying, they refuse to even read the transcript. >> i've looked at the phone call. i find nothing wrong here. i'm not going to entertain impeaching the president over this matter. period. done. >> as closed-door hearings continue this week, so did the no-shows. that included former national security adviser john bolton, and acting white house chief of staff, mick mulvaney. democrats say refusible to comply with the investigation will only strengthen the articles of impeachment as they announce the next round of the inq

in 1981 and 82, there are two different biographies that come out, very much a lady by sean alexander, diana, mrs. harris, i started that one it was a slower read so i did not finish it. the made-for-tv movie came out within weeks of the verdict. they took the trial transcripts and they wrote it as the trial was going along and then they started filming before the trial even ended. in 2005 there was a remake of the made-for-tv movie, which is now available. now available. jean harris herself wrote some books. she wrote one in prison called stranger into worlds about her life in prison. and her life before and she talks about the trial. she had filed a lawsuit about that trial. sorry, about that book because in the 1980's, people who were in prison for crimes, could not profit off their crimes via book. anything you got for writing your book had to go into a fund, for the victims who filed lawsuits against you, called the son of sam law. somebody in here wrote about the son of sam in one of their papers. he was a serial killer and he profit off their crimes via tried to write a book and new york d

. >> my name is alexander butterfield. >> mr.terfield, are you aware of the installation of any listening devices in the oval office of the president? >> i was aware of listening devices, yes, sir. >> it was a bombshell. >> the pressure is on the president to produce those tapes. >> if it had not been for the tapes, i believe richard nixon would have completed a second term. >> instead, richard nixon would spend the rest of his presidency trying to keep anyone from hearing them. he fought subpoena after subpoena. >> i have never heard or seen such outrageous vicious distorted reporting. >> even as he tried to convince the american people watergate was a press creation. >> what is it about the television coverage of you in these past weeks and month that has so aroused your anger? >> don't get the impression you aroused my anger. one can only be angry with those he respects. >> mr. president. >> finally, a drastic step. >> nothing like this has ever happened before. >> the offices have been sealed by the fbi. >> a mass firing of t

in "the case for nationalism" says it is a tradition found in leaders from alexander hamilter to martin luing, jr. i spoke to mrowry in new york. you say that nationalism d.ouldn't be a dirty w how are you going to reclaim it? rich: first of all, by reclaiming the true definition. roots is quite simple, astits ct people united by common culture, usually common language, common history, should govern a distinct territory. this idea characterizes the rose inonjunction with modern democracy because the nationalists of the 19th century wanted to a ssert the rights and claims of their nations and have citizen oip together arthrew imperial overlords and monarchies, and it is key to international peace, the idea the borders sacrosanct, people should govern themsees, is an important norm the united states played a bigg role in creat the 20th century. laura: you quote french president emmanuel macron who says that nationalism is betrayal of patriotism. is he wrong? rich: i think that makes no sense. if you want to get technical about the definitions of the word, triotism goes back to patriarchy, for the land,as loyalty

the fighter was then killed by sgt alexander blackman, also known as marine a. charges against mreen speaking about what happened to clairejones from the victoria derbyshire programme. it was an afternoon on a battlefield in afghanistan that would go down in history. gunfire. but the stories of some of the men involved have not been told. now, one of those men is speaking for the first time about the day that changed his life for ever. in 2012, nine royal marines were arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident involving an insurgent in afghanistan. five marines were charged and an anonymity order was granted to protect them. they became known as marine a, b, c, d and e. marine e's real name is sam deen. a military court has now lifted an anonymity order, so he can talk openly about that day in afghanistan. this video footage is from a helmet camera worn by one of the marines. i do remember exactly what i was saying, i was saying, yeah, let's just put one in his head, let'sjust do it. and you're just saying that because the guy was dying and was in pain. he was going to die.

mr. holmes. have you met with or do you know alexander chalupa? >> mr. one on? >> no. >> do you know ellie orr? >> no. >> bruce orr? >> no. >> glen simpson? >> no. >> same questions for you, dr. hill. do you know or have you met alexander chalupa? >> no. >> ellie orr? >> no. >> bruce orr? >> only when he presided over some of the meetings i presided over. >> years ago? >> that's correct. >> glen simpson? >> no. >> dr. hill, in your testimony you said that -- in your deposition, excuse me, that christopher steele was your counterpart at one time, is this correct? >> that's correct, yes. >> you testified that you met with christopher steele in 2016. i assume that's still correct? >> that's correct, yes. >> and the only thing we didn't get on that is do you know about when that was in 2016 and how many times? >> i'm afraid i don't. i actually had met with him -- you asked me, actually, in the deposition the most recent time i had met with him in 2016, and he retired from the british intelligence services in 2009, which is the same time -- >> right. i'm askin

mr. trump. when lieutenant colonel alexander sindtman top expert on national security was asked if there was anynsky to open an investigation into the bidens he replied, there was no doubt. and u.s. ambassador to the eu gordon sondland amended his original testimony saying, on second thought, there was a quid pro quo, testifying, i now recall where i said that resumption of u.s. aid would likely not occur in ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement. despite the mounting evidence, republicans still down playing the allegations and some saying they refuse to even read the transcripts. >> i've looked at the phone call. i find nothing wrong here. i'm not going to entertain impeaching the president over this matter. period, done. >> reporter: as closed-door meetings continued so did the no-shows including former national security adviser john bolton and acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. democrats say refusal to comply with the investigation will only strengthen the articles of impeachment as they announce the next round of the inquiry. >> we will begin opening hearing in t

and today you have this rather unimpressive individual, alexander i like to call him sasha vindman. he says it's not mrman, it's lieutenant colonel vindman. he's obsessed with his own rank but he doesn't seem to understand who the commander in chives and who makes foreign policy in america. the democrats' side of the committee, almost all the chairs are empty until someone comes in to ask their question. they ask their question and they leave. the democrat congressmen and women are already bored, lou. lou: they are bored and throwing away votes, i think, by the bucket load here. they are objectionable and that's one thing you don't want to be in a broadcast going hours and hours through the day. you don't want to be objectionable. they are being the most objectionable one could imagine in this. by the way, the optics of seeing a lieutenant colonel in full dress uniform talking about his commander-in-chief in deprecating tones is just about as sorry an optic as the democrats could have put forward. i think even the optics betrayed these radical dimms trying to overthrow a president. >> we have the proof

mr. holmes. have you met with or do you know alexander chulupa. >> no. >> do you know nelly orr? >> no. >> bruce orr? >> glenn simpson? >> no. >> thank you. >> same question for you, dr. hill, do you know or have you met with alexander chalupa? >> no. >> he attended some of the meetings that i presided over. >> years ago? >> yes. >> glenn simpson? >> no. >> dr. hill, in your testimony you said that, in your deposition, excuse me, that christopher steel was your counter part at one time, is this correct? >> yes. >> you testified that you met with anymore 2016 and i assume that is still correct? >> that is correct, yes. >> the only thing we didn't get on that is do you know about when that informs was in 2016? >> i'm afraid i don't, you asked me about the most recent time that i met with him and he retired from the british intelligence services in 2009. >> i don't call in 2016, but i did meet with him a few times before 2016. >> you don't remember the date? >> i don't, i'm afraid, no. >> you stated that a colleague showed you the steel dossier before it was released. >> that was a

mr. trump's requests for politically helpful investigations and why he reported the call to white house lawyers. peter alexander has details. >> reporter: today house democrats for the first time calling witnesses who were listening in on that july phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader at the heart of their impeachment inquiry. where president trump asked for investigations into the bidens and the 2016 election. >> i found the july 25th phone call unusual because in contrast to other presidential calls i had observed, it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic political matter >> reporter: jennifer williams, a state department employee assigned to the vice president's office and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, the white house's top ukraine expert. >> i was concerned by the call what i heard was inappropriate. it is improper for the president of the united states to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and a political opponent >> reporter: vindman, who has recently been the target of personal attacks defending the veteran diplomats who testified last week.

these are from alexander denman and fiona hill, both of whom worked on the national security council. mrared when he went to give evidence in person in full dress uniform, despite being attacked by some people at the white house. and really, what we are seeing, particularly from colonel lyndon‘s testimony, is a sort of pi’ocess lyndon‘s testimony, is a sort of process bubble by which it became clear that there was, as he put it, a deal on offer to the ukrainians in return for this military aid. they wa nted return for this military aid. they wanted to be trump white house wa nted wanted to be trump white house wanted this investigation to take place into joe biden wanted this investigation to take place intojoe biden and his sun, and he said that was something that concerned him, and of course he is one of the few people that the committee have spoken to who were actually on that call, who listened into the famous call on the 25th of july, so he is a key witness, and i imagine when we get into those public hearings, which begin next wednesday, his name is not down for one of them yet, bu

mr. urtula, both mentally and emotionally. >> reporter: inyoung you of south korea is accused of manipulating alexander urtula physically, verballynd psychologically abusing her boyfriend, sending more than 47,000 texts in two months, some saying to "go kill himself" or "go die." but this week, you's legal team released more messages to "the boston globe," claiming to show their client trying to intervene in those final desperate moments. the texts saying -- "if you [ expletive ] love me, stop. if you ever [ expletive ] loved me, stop." we spoke to the suffolk county district attorney's office who said these most recent texts are just a small fraction of what happened. inyoung you will be arraigned tomorrow morning. david? >> will, thank you. >>> when we come back tonight, that mystery illness closing dozens of schools. like very high triglycerides, can be tough. you diet. exercise. but if you're also taking fish oil supplements, you should know, they are not fda-approved, they may have saturated fat and may even raise bad cholesterol. to treat very high triglycerides, discover the science of prescription vascepa. proven in multi

mr. nunes mentioned earlier, the consultant, alexander cha lieu pa has reportedly, at least her and according to ken vogel at politico, was trying to work with the ukrainian embassy in d.c. to trade information, share leads, that sort of thing? >> i saw the article. i didn't have any further information about that. >> did you see the article at think time? did that only come to your attention subsequently? >> it's been brought to my attention subsequently. i did see something to that effect at the time. >> you're the ambassador in country at this point. did you aim to get to the bottom of that? if true if the reporting is true, if what mr. luca told mr. vogel is accurate that would be concerns, correct? >> well, i was the ambassador in ukraine starting in august of o2016. and what you're describing, true, as you said, what you're describing took place in the united states. there were concerns about what ms. cha lieu pa was doing i think that would have been handled here. >> do you know her? >> i don't believe so. >> ever met her? >> i don't think so. i mean if she worked for the ukrainian emb

mr trump has questioned the credibility of jennifer williams and alexander vindman.house columnist at the hill, niall stanage. thank at the hill, niall stanage. you so much forjoining the thank you so much forjoining us on the programme. we have heard from vindman saying it was unusual, inappropriate, those were the comments from him and williams. how much does this further the case and the facts as we knew them? it does turn up the heat more on president trumpi turn up the heat more on president trump i think. principal because these are people who did hear the call directly. this is not hearsay evidence, this is people on the call. and they are talking about the fa ct call. and they are talking about the fact that the call was unusual, the request was unusual, and the suggestion of holding back was not supported by anyone in the national security apparatus. this differs from last week where witnesses were providing context. what are we learning from the republicans? because last week they were going after the process. what was the line of attack you? the line of at

nbc's peter alexander is at the white house for us. mr. headacaake, we'll start wit. the first witness testified this week behind closed doors on the hill. any indication why he's saying yes to meet with investigators, why you've got this long list of other administrative officials who said no? >> this witness, david hale, the number three person at the state department fits the pattern that's developed of witnesses that do try to show up and testify. he's a career public official and he works at the state department. so many of the witnesses who have been more forthcoming fit either one of those two categories and he fits both. democrats expect he'll confirm a lot of testimony released earlier this week about the firing of the now former ambassador to ukraine, maria yovanovitch, that was backed up instead by mike mckinley, another former top pompeo aide. democrats are layering levels of evidence on top of each other with these witnesses who they expect will tell largely the same story about what was going on within the state department. they're trying to keep the sco

the next clip is alexander vindman again — but it concerns the us ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. this is mrcribing how the ambassador brought up investigating the bidens in a meeting with ukrainian officials. we fully anticipate the ukrainians would raise the issue of a meeting between the presidents. the ambassador cut the meeting short when sondland started to speak about their requirement that ukraine delivered specific investigations to secure the meeting with president trump. following this meeting, there was a short debriefing during which the ambassador sondland emphasised the importance of delivering ukraine delivering the investigations to the 2016 elections, and biden. i stated to ambassador sondland that this was an meant nothing to do with national security. and here is ambassador volker‘s view on that meeting. as i remember, the meeting was essentially over when ambassador sondland made a comment about investigations. i think all of us thought it was an appropriate, the conversation did not continue and the meeting concluded. later on, i may have been engaged in a side conversa

mr. nunes mentioned this earlier, a consultant alexander toluca had reported at least according to her and according to "politico" was trying to work with the ukrainian embassy in d.c. to trade information, to share leads of that sort of thing? >> i saw the article. i didn't have any further information about that. >> did you see the article at the time or did you only come did that only come to your attention subsequently? >> it has certainly been brought to my attention subsequently. i think i did see something to that effect at the time. >> you are the ambassador in country at this point. did you aim to get to the bottom of that? if the reporting is true if what was told, is accurate, that would be concerning, correct? >> well, i was ambassador in ukraine starting in august 2016, and what you're describing, if true as you said, what you're describing took place in the united states. so if there were concerns about what he was doing, i think that would've been handled here. >> do you know her? >> i doubly so. >> have you ever met her? >> i don't think so. she works with ukraine embassy i

mr. vindman, you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistle-blower. >> ranking member, it's lieutenant colonel alexanderan, please. >> reporter: later former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker told congress he wasn't awared investigations being demanded targeted the bidens and the 2016 elections which he casted as conspiracy theories. >> they're not things that we should be pursuing as part of our national security strategy with ukraine. >> reporter: and while this testimony was going on yesterday, president trump at the white house attacked lieutenant colonel alexander vindman in realtime seeming to undermine his military service and said he'd never seen him before. kenneth, janai. >> all right, megan, thank you. abc news' live coverage of the impeachment hearings will resume at 9:00 a.m. eastern on air and online. >>> and we're following two breakings story at this hour. the first overseas where two american service members have been killed in a helicopter crash in afghanistan. the taliban claims it shot down a chinook helicopter, but u.s. officials say there's no indication that enemy fire caused t

investigators searching for suspected murder michael alexander brown today finding his rv, opening up the wallace of the vehicle to secure the scene and look for clues. >> mr. brown has not been located. we do believe he is on foot. >> city schools in roanoke closed after a report brown was seen in the area. overnight knocking on his grandmother's door. later seen this afternoon. >> he could be walking around and no one noticed. >> reporter: residented are urged to she woulder in place. >> a lot of us are stuck inside with our kids right now, trying to convince them and explain to them why they can't go outside. >> reporter: the 22-year-old marine is wanted for the murder of his mother's boyfriend, just weeks after he deserted his post at camp lejeune. police say said he took weapons from the home of the victim. >> we have reason to believe he may be armed and dangerous. and if he is confronted or pushed into a position where he feels like he has no other alternative, then he may use force. >> they're just get, ready to pull that rv out of the way here. police are urging residents to make sure they lock their outside sheds and car doors and and homes and r

offering to kill a taliban insurgent, who was then shot by fellow marine alexander blackman — or marine a as he was known. charges against mr speak out for the first time. clairejones reports. it was an afternoon on a battlefield in afghanistan that would go down in history. gunfire but the stories of some of the men involved have not been told. now, one of those men is speaking for the first time about the day that changed his life forever. in 2012, nine royal marines were arrested on suspicion of murder after an incident involving an insurgent in afghanistan. five marines were charged and an anonymity order was granted to protect them. they became known as marine a, b, c, d and e. marine e's real name is sam dean. a military court has now lifted an anonymity order, so he can talk openly about that day in afghanistan. anybody want to do first aid on this idiot? no? no. put one in his head if you want. not in his head cos that'll be... this video footage is from a helmet camera worn by one of the marines. i do remember exactly what i was saying. i was saying, "yeah, let'sjust put one in his head, let'sjust do it. "i'll shoo

ukraine expert lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and a trump foreign policy aide to the vice president jennifer williams, both of whom were on that july 25th call between mrp and the ukrainian leader >> i found the july 25th phone call unusual because in contrast to other presidential calls i had observed it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic political matter >> it was inappropriate. it was improper for the president to request - demand an investigation. >> the references to specific individuals and investigations such as former vice president biden and his son struck me as political in nature given that the former vice president is a political opponent of the president. >> the hearing got heated when republicans questioned colonel vindman about whether he knew the whistle-blower the iraq war veteran and purple heart recipient pushed back hard >> mr. vindman, you testified in your deposition you that did not though the whistle-blower. >> ranking member, it's lieutenant colonel vindman, please >> lieutenant colonel vindman, you testified in the deposition that you did not know who the whistle-blower was i. >> i do not know who the whistl

army lieutenant colonel alexander vindman told congress he was alarmed by the president's july phone call with the leader of ukraine, saying it was improper and inappropriate that mr. trump would ask a foreign leader to investigate at could undermine u.s. national security. all three of the witnesses today who worked in the white house and were on that call said the president's words were unusual and raised concerns. there is a lot to break down with our correspondents here in washington, and nancy cordes leads off our coverage at the capitol. nancy, there were some extraordinary moments today. >> reporter: there were, norah. and today's testimony went straight at one of the main white house lines of defense, this argument that the president withheld millions in aid to ukraine, not to extract some favor but because he was simply concerned about corruption there. today's key witness said he knew he was taking a risk when he spoke up. >> "dad, i'm sitting here today c the u.s. capitol talking to our elected professionals. do not worry. i will be fine for telling the truth." >> reporter: lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and state department aide jennifer williams

alexander vindman, an army officer on the national security council and jennifer williams, a veteran foreign service officer in the vice president's office. mrior officials had been handling ukraine. he told the committee he was so alarmed by the phone call on the 25th that he reported it "without hesitation". here he is speaking today. it was inappropriate, it was improperfor the president it was inappropriate, it was improper for the president to request, to demand an investigation into a political opponent, especially with a foreign power, where there is at best dubious belief that this would be a com pletely belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation. and that this would have significant implications if it became public knowledge, and it would be perceived asa knowledge, and it would be perceived as a power play, it would undermine oui’ as a power play, it would undermine our ukraine policy, and it would undermine our national security. —— partisan play. aleem maqbool joins us now from washington. this has been an interesting day and we are only halfway through and it will be an interesting week with all the public te