before mr. perry comes out, let me thank ms. jenson, mr. jesse smith, michelle sexton for your incredible work on this thing. i know that there may be members of the public who don't feel like they've seen enough of this settlement and d.a. but i just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for all the work you've done. it's been tremendous. i rarely pay compliments but i'm looking at you, thank you from the bottom of my heart. mr. perry. >> thank you, chair peskin. supervisors, i am prepared to take you to the specifics of the today and the minutes and i do want to acknowledge that you have a very full agenda >> we have one more issue having to deal with a am arization rats and it's very important that my colleagues and the public know all of the contours of what is going to be before the board of supervisors. so take as much time as you need. >> understood. >> i will still try to be concise. so, before you today is the ordinance for the academy of art of the project. the ordinance helping facilitate the resolution which has in some

also, mr. perry may have additional details on the signing requirements. >> so on the signing for 1900 jackson, there has been a bit of confusement on that. signs are not regulated in this district. what they are identified in the planning code are as identifying signs. the requirement is one per frontage, which they have proposed, and the maximum size of 12 square feet, which they also have proposed. indirect illuminating signing, which they have proposed, is also in the code. i'm sorry if i may have forgotten the second part of your question. >> president melgar: it was the first. it was the vacated properties, about what was going to happen. >> okay. >> president melgar: thank you. commissioner diamond? >> yes. there were two other points that were raised that maybe mr. abrams or staff can respond to. do you not have a code of conduct that people can refer to? >> jim abrams. we have a code of conduct that people can call. >> and the second issue had to do with the comments that were raised about t

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mr. perry. >> i thank the gentleman. since before inauguration, the press and members of this congress have been for impeachment. members refused to attend the inauguration. they called for impeachment. they manufactured evidence. recall and no votes of confidence are not included for a reason. our system demands ed of high crimes and misdemeanors. such evidence existed, there would be an agreement in this chamber but there's not. there's no evidence. madison and hamilton warned us this might happen and impeachment would veer toward political factions and that's what this is. this is bitterly and nakedly partisan. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made a mockery of this process and this government. they despise the president and are themselves abusing the power of this office. all to settle a political score. madam speaker, they hope that if they stay on messages, you'll believe their charges. repeating things that are untrue does not make them two. the call record is clear. president trump was interested

mr. perry. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for a minute and a half. mr. perry: since before inauguration the press and members of this congress have been for impeachment. members refuse to attend the inauguration. they called for impeachment. they voted for impeachment. without any evidence, they voted for impeachment, creating and manufacturing evidence. recall and votes of no confidence are not included in our constitution for a reason. our system demands evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. if such evidence existed, there would be agreement in this chamber, but there is not. there is not an agreement because there is no evidence. madison and hamilton warned us this might happen, that impeachment would veer toward political factions and that's exactly what this is. this is bitterly and nakedly partisan. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made a mockery of this process and this government. they despies the president and are themselves a-- despice the pr

i yield a minute and a half to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. perry. >> i thank the gentleman. since before inauguration, the press and members of this congress have been for impeachment. members refuse to attend the inauguration. they called for impeachment. they voted for impeachment. without any evidence. they voted for impeachment. creating and manufacturing evidence. recall and votes of no confidence are not included in our constitution for a reason. our system demands evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors. if such evidence existed, there would be an agreement in this chamber. but there is not. there is not an agreement because there is not evidence. madison and hamilton warned us this might happen. that impeachment would veer toward political factions and that's exactly what this is. this is bitterly and nakedly partisan. my colleagues on the other side of the aisle have made a mockery of this process and this government. they despise the president and are, themselves, abusing the power of this office. all to settle the political score they w

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo, secretary perry, and their top advisors. on july 19th, ambassador sondland emailed mr. mulvaney, secretary perry, secretary pompeo and others after speaking to president zelensky. the subject was, i talked to zelensky just now. and ambassador sondland wrote, he is prepared to receive potus's call. potus is president of the united states. we'll assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will, quote, turn over every stone, unquote. both secretary perry and chief of staff mulvaney quickly responded to the email noting that given that conversation, a date would soon be set to schedule the white house telephone call. the evidence also unambiguously shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations, particularly because president zelensky had won the election on an anti-corruption platform. in fact a few days before the july 25th call ambassador william taylor the abilitying u.s. ambassador to ukraine and the former permanent ambassador to ukraine texted ambassador sond

sonnen and volcker as ambassador son testified everyone was in the loop including mr mulvaney secretary pompei o secretary perry and their top advisors on july 19th ambassador susan lynn e-mails mr mo veiny secretary perry secretary pompei o. and others after speaking with president selenski the subject was i talked to selenski just now and then besser sandlin wrote he is prepared to receive potest his call as the president of the united states will assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will quote turn over every stone unquote both secretary perry and chief of staff moving any quickly responded to the e-mail noting that given that conversation a date would soon be set to schedule the white house telephone call the evidence also unambiguous li shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations particularly because president selenski had won the election on an anti-corruption platform in fact a few days before the july 25th call ambassador william taylor the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine and the former permanent ambassador to ukraine texted am

giuliani and mr. perry and they could work with mr. giuliani. in working with mr. giuliani that, quote, all communications flowed through rudy giuliani. he determined in his testimony he said this turned out to be a mistake, but i did not understand until much later that mr. giuliani's agenda might have included an effort to prompt ukrainians to investigate vice president biden or his son or to involve ukrainians directly or indirectly in the president's 2020 re-election campaign. do you recall that testimony? >> whose statement was that? >> from the sondland deposition at -- page 16 -- 297. >> i recall reading that, yes. well, the articles that the judiciary committee has brought talk about an abuse of power, talk about betrayal of national security, talk about corruption. are these the kinds of pieces of evidence that support the articles that your committee drafted that you would like the whole house to vote on tomorrow? >> yes. it was a vote of 23 to 17 in committee. the majority felt we were brought to the inescapable conclusion that the president of the unite

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo, secretary perry and their top advisers. on july 19th, ambassador sondland emailed mr. mulvaney, secretary perry, secretary pompeo and others after speaking with president zelensky. the subject was i talked to zelensky just now. and ambassador sondland wrote, he has prepared to receive potis call, president of the united states. will assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will, quote, turn other every stone unquote. both secretary perry and chief of staff mulvaney quickly responded to the email, noting that given that conversation a date would soon be set to schedule the white house telephone call. the evidence also unambiguously shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations, particularly because president zelensky had won the election on an anti-corruption platform. in fact, a few days before the july 25th call, ambassador william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine and the former permanent ambassador to ukraine texted ambassador sondland and vo

mr. giuliani and ambassador second 4rd aondland volker. everybody wasas in loop includi mr.in mulvaney, secretary pompe secretary perry and their top advisors. on july 19th ambassador sondland emailed mr. mulvaney, secretary perry, secretary pompeo, and others after speaking with president zelensky. the subject was, i talked to zelensky just now. ambassador sondland wrote, he is prepared to receive potus' call, potus, president of the united states. heth would greill turn every st unquote. mulvaney responded to the email noting that conversation a date would soon be scheduled the white house telephone call. the evidence also unam by analogously shows the ukrainiann understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations because president zelensky won the election onle an anti-corruptio platform. inti fact, a few days before th july 25th call, ambassador william cataylor, the acting u. ambassador to.s ukraine and the former permanent ambassador to ukraine texted ambassador sondland and kurt volker or rather he stated in his testimony on july i 20th i had phone conversation with mr. danyliuk during which he conveyed to me that president zel

giuliani and mr. perry and they could work with mr. giuliani. in working with mr. giuliani that, quote, all communications flowed through rudy giuliani. he determined in his testimony he said this turned out to be a mistake, but i did not understand until much later that mr. giuliani's agenda might have included an effort to prompt ukrainians to investigate vice president biden or his son or to involve ukrainians directly or indirectly in the president's 2020 re-election campaign. do you recall that testimony? >> whose statement was that? >> from the sondland deposition at -- page 16 -- 297. >> i recall reading that, yes. well, the articles that the judiciary committee has brought talk about an abuse of power, talk about betrayal of national security, talk about corruption. are these the kinds of pieces of evidence that support the articles that your committee drafted that you would like the whole house to vote on tomorrow? >> yes. it was a vote of 23 to 17 in committee. the majority felt we were brought to the inescapable conclusion that the president of the unite

mr. perry's comments our hearts go out to, our condolences but thank you for your presence. administrator dickson, in your testimony you mentioned you are working tirelessly to ensure the faa learns from mistakes surrounding these tragedies and i know you mentioned in your testimony, i know you've answered some of my colleagues questions about what specifically have you not addressed yet, is the faa doing to ensure that oversight programs work to protect passengers and also to preserve the dignity of the workers, my constituents who built the planes. >> thank you for the question, i certainly, we are all in this together and we, the situation with the 737 max is on unprecedented in many respects and for the time being we have calls that work inside the faa, we are not delegating anything to boeing because the expectation is the faa is going to use its resources and the resources of others that we've talked about to make sure that we dot every line and cross every tv. that's not to be bureaucratic or slow about it but we need to make sure that the public has confidence, i'm c

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo, secretary perry, and their top advisors. on july 19th, ambassador sondland emailed mr. mulvaney, secretary perry, secretary pompeo and others after speaking to president zelensky. the subject was, i talked to zelensky just now. and ambassador sondland wrote, he is prepared to receive potus's call. potus is president of the united states. we'll assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will, quote, turn over every stone, unquote. both secretary perry and chief of staff mulvaney quickly responded to the email noting that given that conversation, a date would soon be set to schedule the white house telephone call. the evidence also unambiguously shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations, particularly because president zelensky had won the election on an anti-corruption platform. in fact a few days before the july 25th call ambassador william taylor the abilitying u.s. ambassador to ukraine and the former permanent ambassador to ukraine texted ambassador sond

he sent sondland, and he sent perry. mr. pence did not go. and so he wanted to say anything that he could to make sure that he would get these dollars. and calling for an investigation on an opponent, it was not beneath him. how would you think he'd admit now publicly that he was willing to do it? but let me show you the atmosphere in which ukraine lived. putin relations re-claims crimea, right on their border arrogantly without in any defense by ukraine. they lost. crimea was taken. just like we would have lost mississippi or texas or new york or california. and then they lived in the atmosphere of a jetliner explodes over ukraine shot down by russian weapons, by separatists supported by ukraine -- by russia. and then in ukraine the u.s. trains an army in the west to fight the east impacting our national security. soy let me say to my colleagues, i read the constitution regularly. my predecessor always said keep a constitution in your hand. barba barbara jordan said we the people. but i'm clear that the unbalance of power between ukraine and

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo, secretary perry and their top advisers. on july 19th, ambassador sondland emailed mr. mulvaney, secretary perry, secretary pompeo and others after speaking with president zelensky. the subject was, i talked to zelensky just now. ambassador sondland wrote, he is prepared to receive potus' call. potus, president of the united states. will assure him he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will, quote, turn over every stone, unquote. both secretary perry and chief of staff mulvaney quickly responded to the email noting that given that conversation, a date would soon be set to schedule the white house telephone call. the evidence also unambiguously shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations, particularly because president zelensky had won the election on an anti-corruption platform. in fact, a few days before the july 25th call, ambassador william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine and former xted ambsadodld and volker. rather he stated in his testimony, on july

he sent sondland and he sent perry. mr. pinch did not go. so he wanted to say anything that he could to make sure that he would get these dollars. and calling for an investigation on an opponent, it was not beneath him. how do you think he would admit now publicly that he is willing to do it? but let me show you the atmosphere in which ukraine lived. putin relations reclaims crimea. right on their border, arrogantly, without in any defense by ukraine. they lost. crimea was taken. just like we would have lost mississippi or texas or new york or california. and then they lived in the atmosphere of a jetliner explodes over ukraine, shot down by russian weapons, by separatists supported by ukraine -- by russia. and then in ukraine, the u.s. trains and army in the west to fight the east, impacting our national security. so let me say to my colleagues, i read the constitution regularly. my predecessor always said keep a constitution in your hand. barbara jordan said we the people. but i'm clear that the imbalance of power between the ukraine and t

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mr. giuliani and abbasid are sondland and volker. testified --ndland secretary perry and their top advisers. on july 19, ambassador sondland emailed mr. mulvaney, secretary perry, secretary pompeo and others after speaking with president zelensky. the subject was i talked to zielinski just now. wrote, he sondland has prepared to receive potus' call. it will ensure him he will run a fully transparent investigation" turn over every storm -- every stone. mulvaney responded to the email, given that that conversation a date would soon be scheduled, the white house telephone call. the evidence also shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations, particularly because president zelensky won the election on an anticorruption platform. a few days before the july 25 call, ambassador william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine texted ambassador sondland and volker. rather, he stated in his testimony on july 20 i had a phone conversation during which he conveyed to me that president zelensky did not want to be used in a u.s. reelectio

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo, secretary perry, and their top advisors. on july 19th ambassador sondland emailed mr. mulvaney, secretary perry and secretary pompeo and others after speaking with president zelensky. the subject was i talked to zelensky just now. and ambassador sondland wrote he is prepared to receive potus's call. the president of the united states. will assure him he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and will, quote, turn over every stone, unquote. both secretary perry and chief of staff mulvaney quickly responded to the email noting that given that conversation a date would soon be set to schedule the white house telephone call. the evidence also unambiguously shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations particularly because president zelensky had won the election on an anti-corruption platform. in fact, a few days before the july 25th call, ambassador william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine and former permanent ambassador to ukraine texted ambassador sondland and volker.

he sent sondland, and he sent perry. mr. pence did not go. he wanted to say anything he could to make sure that he would get these dollars, and calling for an investigation on an opponent, it was not beneath them. how do you think he would admit now publicly that he is willing to do it? let me show you the atmosphere in which ukraine lived. putin reclaims crimea, right on their. border arrogantly, without any defends by ukraine. they lost. crimea was taken. just like we would have lost mississippi, or texas, or new york, or california. and then they lived in the atmosphere of a jetliner explodes over ukraine, shot down by russian weapons, by separatist supported by ukraine, by russia rather. and then ukraine, in ukraine, the u.s. trains an army in the west to fight the east. this impacts our national security. i read the constitution regularly. my predecessor always said keep a constitution in your hand, barbara jordan said we the people, but i am clear that the imbalance of power between the ukraine and the united states, and to heads of say

andrew perry with department staff. mr. sanchez provided you with a background and understanding of the project's history and how we arrived to this point today. i will spend a few moments discussing the actions that are before the commission in order to move this project and lawsuit towards final resolution. prior to any other action, the commission must adopt ceqa findings including a statement of overriding considerations, for which you have a draft motion in your packet. the e.i.r. was certified in 2016 and an addendum was published in october of this year. second, the commission must act on a resolution with a recommendation to the board of supervisors regarding the proposed ordinance, which includes the adoption of a development agreement as well as the planning code amendments that are necessary to implement the project. on the development agreement this is between the city and the academy of art university. provides the mechanism for city approvals consistent with the settlement agreement and term sheet. the basic e

mr. giuliani, president trump, secretary pompeo, secretary perry, chief of staff mulvaney, a lot of senioricials. everyone was in the loop. >> trump's ambassador famously implicating everyone in his ukraine plot which got trump impeached yet all those key people are hiding from testifying, bolton, pompeo, giuliani, mulvaney who blames trump, his boss, for his own silence. >> president trump has said that he'd like to see you and secretary pompeo testify in the senate. will you? >> and part of me really wants to. we'll do whatever the president wants us to do. if the senate decides to take live witnesses and the president directs us to do it, we will. if he directs us not to, we won't. >> whatever he directs. and congressional republicans have relied on that defiance complaining in the house about the lack of fact witnesses and now pushing for a senate trial without any fact witnesses. and more than any other issue, democrats core demand for a trump trial boils down to something marvin gaye asked so long ago, can i get a witness or as the rolling stones put it, can i get a witness, or azeri

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo, secretary perry and the topop advisors. on july 19 ambassador sondland e-mail mr. mulvaney, secretary. , secretary pompeo and others after speaking with president zelensky. the subject was i talked to zielinski just now. in ambassador sondland row, he has prepared to receive the president of the united states call. we will assure him that he intends to run a fully transparent investigation and turn over every stone. both secretary. in chief of staff mulvaney responded to the e-mail noting inat given that conversation a gate would be scheduled on a white house telephone call. they also under biggest no-show's that ukrainians understood the quid pro quo and has serious reservations particular because president zelensky had won the election on a anticorruption platform. in fact a few days before the july 25 call ambassador william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine in the former ambassador to ukraine testexted sondland and volker ae stated in his testimony, on jule conversation and during which he conveyed that presi

first, secretary perry, volker and i worked with mr. rudy giuliani on ukraine matters and here's the line, at the express ready direction of the president of the united states. >> and if you read further, joe, he goes on to say in the next page, quote, mr. giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states. we knew that these investigations were important to the president. the investigations about burisma. >> above that, mr. giuliani's requests for a quid pro quo for arrange white house visit for president zelensky. quid pro quo. mr. giuliani demanded, et cetera, et cetera. you go on to the next page, i was acting in good faith as presidential appointee i followed the directions of the president. we worked with mr. giuliani because the president directed to us do so. >> you are now watching mr. sondland try to shift from saying, hey, i'm into the going to be the fall guy here. you're trying to set me up as the fall guy. the fall guys here are rudy giuliani and president trump. >> he says dwe not wawe did not work

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo and secretary perry and their top advisers. he will turnover every stone, unquote. secretary perry and chief of staff mulvaney responded to the e-mail. a date would be scheduled. the evidence also shows that the ukrain y ukrainians understood it. a few days before the july 25th call, ambassador william taylor, the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine and the former permanent ambassador to ukraine texted the ambassador sondland and vulker or he stated in his testimony, on july 20th, i had a phone conversation during which he conveyed to me that president zelenskiy did not want to be used in a pawn in a u.s. re-election campaign. but president trump's pressure campaign did not relent. just four days later he received that message via vulker that he needed to convince president trump that he would do the investigations in order to get that white house meeting. and he tried to do exactly that with president trump. in the weeks following the july 25th call, he heeded the request. they continued a pressure campaign to secure a public an

. >> secretary perry, ambassador volker and i worked with mr. rudy giuliani on ukraine matters at the express direction of the president of the united states. >> so you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden? >> of course i did. >> and then you have the crux, that donald trump wasn't just asking these investigations. no. the evidence that he conditioned two things on the announcement of these investigations that would try to dirty up the bidens, one the millions of dollars in military aid and, two, a much kovcoveted white ho meeting where there was again evidence. >> i think it is crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. >> the possibility of a white house meeting was being held contingent to an announcement. >> was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. >> the answer is yes, an admission under oath by someone who still works for the president. the articles also then make the case that it's important to understand how donald trump and the white house reacted when busted. the argument is, and the evidence sugges

. >> secretary perry, ambassador volker and i worked with mr. rudy giuliani on ukraine matters at the express direction of the president of the united states. >> so you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden. >> of course, i did. >> and then the crux of the case, donald trump was not just requesting some sort of generic international review or investigation. he was -- and this is what we are going to see, this is maybe part of why the democrats want to keep this so focused and narrow. they're saying he wanted it and he conditioned any announcement of the investigations on what we've heard about, the $391 million that ukraine was so desperate to get which was authorized under u.s. law as well as a visit at the white house, and that evidence, of course, has also been presented in hearings. >> i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. >> the possibility of a white house meeting was being held contingent to an announcement. >> was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. >> the answer is yes. what you're

mr. mulvaney, secretary pompeo, secretary perry and their top advisers. on july 19th, ambassador somulvaney, secretary perry, secretary pompeo and others after speaking with president zelensky. the subject was, i talked to zelensky just now. ambassador sondland wrote, he's prepared to receive potus' call. potus, president of the you united states. will assure him he plans to run a transparent investigation and will, quote, turn over every stone, unquote. both secretary perry and chief of staff mulvaney quickly responded to the email, noting that given that conversation a date would soon be set to schedule the white house telephone call. the evidence unambiguously shows that the ukrainians understood this quid pro quo and had serious reservations particularly because president zelensky won on an anti-corruption platform. a few days before the july 25th call, ambassador william taylor, the former texted abb-- >>> i had a phone conversation with mr. daniliuk and he conveyed to me he didn't want to be used as a pawn in a u.s. re-election campaign. president t

the european union gordon sondland, secretary of energy rick perry, white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, and as i subsequently learned, mr of the democrats' impeachment case that this alternative channel was helping the president do his personal political business in ukraine, not u.s. national security business in ukraine. so the foreign policy establishment likes ambassador taylor, i think likes secretary of state pompeo. he's a west point grad but persona non grata? >> i guess. this is the second diplomat in ukraine mike pompeo hasn't supported. they stood on the sidelines while they pushed out yavonovitch. i think it's a totally mismanaged stage. i think not plausible to think that pompeo wants to keep him at arm's length. >> to your point at the state department, throughout this whole ukraine saga, they were so disappointed how these officials and diplomats have been treated by the trump administration, and to see them stand up and ask them to leave early i think is going to hurt a lot of folks over there. >> why do you want to poke the mitt romneys, the susan collins, the gardners of the world who respect bill taylo

mr. castor. what that's what the evidence shows. president directed and delegated authorities over to sondland and perry and told them to work with rudy and over the next three months that's what happened at the president's direction. >> let me show you slide 22 if i may that you understood the ukrainians recognized how important rudy giuliani was and satisfying himrt in order to st on good terms with president trump? >> yes,rm they quickly realizedt from their own internal conversations because mr. rudy giuliani had back channels to getting to the ukrainian officials and ambassador volker told ukrainians as well that there was this asquote, rudy giuliani factor that president zelensky, there was this rudy giuliani factor that they needed to deal with the president. >> and fact, this is a senior aid to president zelensky saying to ambassador volker on august 13th, which was obviously after the july 25th call, thank you for being clear and in your logical position, we'll be great to meet you before my departure and discuss. i feel the key for many things is f rudy. i am ready to talk to him at any point, please let me know if you can m

mr. trump delegated authority over ukraine matters to sondland, volcker and perry and told them to work with rudy and over the next three months, that's what happened at the president's direction. >> in fact, let me show you slide 22 if i may, that you understood the ukrainians recognized how important rudy giuliani was and satisfying him nrd to stay on good terms with president trump? >> yes. they, they quickly realized it i think from their open internal conversations because rudy giuliani had back channels to getting to the ukrainian officials and ambassador volcker told the ukrainians as well that there was this quote giuliani factor that president zelensky, told it to president zelensky, there was this giuliani factor they needed to deal with with the president. >> and in fact, this is the senior aide to president zelensky saying to ambassador volcker on august 13th, which is after the july 25th call, thank you for meeting in your clear and very logical position. will be great meet with you before my departure and discuss. i feel the key for many things is rudy and i'm ready the talk wi

mr. castor? and i'd like to talk about some of the people in this story that have firsthand knowledge of the facts. we have ambassador volcker, ambassador sondland, and secretary perry. you had the opportunity to talk to two of those three people. is that correct? >> yes. >> and the democrats' report would like u these three individuals were engaged in some sort of kabal or some sort of nefarious venture, but that's not true, is it? >> no. >> in fact, these three people were at all relevant times and even today, acting in the best interest of the american people. is that true? >> that's right, and with the highest integrity. >> that's right. i think everyone testified that ambassador volcker is one of the most experienced diplomats in our foreign service. >> across the board, all the witnesses, including ambassador yovanovitch talked about integrity that ambassador volker brings to the table. >> but there's a lot of people with firsthand knowledge that we didn't talk to, is that correct? >> yes. >> now, i want to talk about the president's skepticism of foreign aid. the president is very skeptical of foreign aid. is that correct? >> he is deeply skeptical of sending

anne gearand and here you got rick perry recently referred to president trump as chosen by the lord almighty. let me play that for you. >> god choose imperfect people. mrent, you said you were the chosen one and i said you were. michael, it is really a new level of i don't know what you call it of the cabinet official trying to cozy up to the president. that's a polite way of calling it. >> yes. andrea, it is remarkable to hear rick perry comparing implicitly comparing the president. i think on some levels, it is important for people to understand how evangelical christians like rick perry remains supportive of the president sort of justify the seeming contradiction of what the president represents and so many of their values particularly when it comes to kind of social and character issues is this idea that god works in marysterious ways and president trump is chosen. i think for many americans it is hard to understand but i suppose that on some level, kerry is give liing us insights. what he's not talking about is his role of the ukraine saga. he's not answered any challenging questions of what his role was or why some of his political supporters tex

mr. castor? i would like to talk about some of the people in this story that have firsthand knowledge of the facts. we have ambassador volker. ambassador sonland and secretary perry. you had the opportunity to talk to two of those three people, correct? >> yes. >> and the democrats' report would like us to believe that the three individuals were engaged in some nefarious venture, but that's not true, is it? >> no. >> in fact these three people were at all relevant times and even today in the best interest of the american people? >> yes, and with the highest integrity. >> that's right. i think everyone testified that ambassador volker is one of the most experienced diplomats in our foreign service. >> across the board. all the witnesses talked about integrity that ambassador volker brings to the table. >> there are a lot of people with firsthand knowledge we did not talk to, correct? >> [silence]. >> now i want to talk about the president's skepticism of foreign aid. the president is very skeptical of foreign aid, is that correct? >> he is deeply skeptical of sending u.s. tax paying dollars into an environment that is corrupt. it's as good as kissing it good-bye.

mr. caster? >> i'd like to talk about some of the people in this story that have firsthand knowledge of the facts. we have ambassador volker, ambassador sondland and second perry. you had the opportunity to talk to two of those three people, is that correct? >> yes. >> and the democrats report would like us to believe that these three individuals were engaged in some sort of kabal or some sort of nefarious venture. but that's not true, is it? >> no. in fact, these three people were at all relevant times and even today acting in the best interest of the american people, is that true? >> that's right. and with the highest integrity. >> that's right. i think everyone testified that ambassador volker is one of the most experienced diplomats in our foreign service. >> across the board, all the witnesses, including ambassador ionavi ionavich. >> there's a loot of firsthand knowledge with people we didn't talk about, correct? >> yes. >> now i want to talk about the president's skepticism of foreign aid. the president is very skeptical of foreign aid, is that correct? >> he is deeply skeptical of sending u.s. taxpayer dollars into an environment that is corrupt, becau

mr. castor? i would like to talk about some of the people in this story that have s firsthand knowledge of t facts. we have ambassador volker, ambassador sondland, and secretary perry. you had the opportunity to talk to two of those three people, is that correct? >> yes. >> and the democrats' report would like us it to believe that these three individuals were engaged in some sort of nefarious venture, but that's not true, is it? >> no. >> in fact, these three people were at all relevant times, and even nttoday, acting in the bes interest of the american people, is that true? >> that's right. and with the highest integrity. >> that's right. i think everyone testified th thatambassador volker is one of the most experienced diplomats in our foreign service. >> across the board, all the witnesses including ambassador yovanovitch talked about the integrity that ambassador volker bringsin to the table. >> there's a lot of people with firsthand knowledge we didn'tit talk to, is thatrs correct? >> yes. now i want to talk about the president's skepticism of foreign aid. the presidentci is very skeptic of foreign aid, that is correct? >> he is deeply skeptical of sending u.

henchmen rick perry and rudy giuliani, who are famously two of the dumbest people in politics [ light laughter ] it's like if lex luthor hatched a plan to kill superman and chose as his assassins mr and woody from "cheers." [ laughter and applause "you ready to do this? all right. i'll take the front. you take the back, bean. [ light laughter ] and then today, things got much, much worse for rudy when two of his associates who'd been working with him as part of the scheme to dig up dirt on biden were arrested and charged with breaking campaign finance laws >> we begin with breaking news this hour. two associates of rudy giuliani arrested this morning. due in court in virginia later today, facing criminal charges for violating campaign finance laws it really all has to do with ukraine. >> their names are igor fruman and lev parnas and they were arrested at a washington airport with what prosecutors say were one-way tickets out of the country >> rudy giuliani has previously stated that he has worked with the two men on efforts to get ukraine to investigate former vice president joe biden >> seth: i can't believe a guy who looks like a vampire had a henchman named igor. is this a --