volker andrt national security council white house aide to morrison. watch the first two hearings on c-span.org/impeachment. you will find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures for the hearings there, plus a point of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline. this week, watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> democratic representative jim himes recently held a town hall with constituents in connecticut . he talked about the impeachment inquiry, health care access. this event occurred prio t

national security council alexander vindman. at 2:30, ambassador kurt volker, special envoy to ukraine, and national security council white housen. on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. at 2:30, deputy assistant secure terry of defense for russia, eurasia on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on www.c-span.org/impeachment. you will find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures. plus, a points of interest feature that identifies key moments indicated by a star in the timeline. this week, watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are with the c-span radio app. host: joining us from los angeles is radio talk show host dennis prager. thanks very much for being with us on this sunday morning. we appreciate it. dennis: i appreciate your having me.

national security council alexander vindman. in a 230, ambassador kirk volker the special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide to morrison. on wednesday 9:00 a.m. eastern, testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. at 230 deputy assistant russian ukrainian or cooper under secretary of state for political affairs. and on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on the website on c-span.org/impeachment. there you find transcripts of testimony and procedures for the hearings and points of interest feature that identify key moment in the hearing indicated by a start in the timeline. next week watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearing on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio out. >> up next her campaign 2020 coverage continues as former massachusetts governor announces his bid for the democratic presidential nomination. they came hours before he came

house intelligence committee will hear testimony from jennifer williams and director for european affairs of the national security council, lieutenant colonel anna bessemer kirk and national security council white house aide. join the discussion all morning with your phone, facebook comments, text messages. be sure to watch washington journal live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on tuesday morning. during the discussion. >> this week bows intelligence committee and chair adam schiff continue public impeachment inquiry hearings beginning tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. watch live test money from jennifer williams, aide to vice president mike pence and director for european affairs, lieutenant colonel. at 2:30 the u.s. ukraine and white house aide to morrison. on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon. at 2:30 deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian ukrainian and eurasian affairs, laura cooper and david hale, undersecretary of state for political affairs. on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the

rector for european affairs at the national security council alexander vindman and ambassador called folder, special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide tim morrison on wednesday at 9 am eastern, testimony continues with us ambassador to the european union gordon sondland and 2:30, secretary of defense for russian ukrainian and eurasian affairs laura cooper and david hale under secretary of state for political affairs and on thursday at 9 am eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national securitycouncil senior director for europe and russia . what's the first to public hearings in their entirety on our website c-span.org/impeachment and there you will find transcript of witness testimony and procedures for the hearing plus the points of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline next week watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry c-span3 or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app.

national security council lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. and ambassador kurt volker former u.s. special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide tim morrison. >> today supreme court justice elena kagan talks to george mason university students about the american judicial system. live coverage at 4:30 p.m. eastern on on c-span3, online at c-span.org or listen live on our free c-span radio app. >> general john raymond is the command of your space command and he has been invited to talk about building this space force. this is posted by the center for strategic and international studies here in washington, d.c. live coverage on c-span2. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> we are live this morning to remarks about building the u.s. space force. general raymond is the command of the u.s. space command. this is hosted by the center for strategic and international studies here in washington, d.c. live coverage on c-span2. we expect it to start shortly. [ina

national ski council lieutenant colonel alexander denman. had 2:30 p.m., ambassador kurt volker come off Ãband national security council white house aide to morrison continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. then at 2:30 p.m. deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia ukrainian and eurasian affairs laura cooper and david hale under secretary of state for political affairs. on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on our website c-span.org/impeachment. you also find transcripts of his testimony and procedure for the hearing. plus a point of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline. next week watch live coverage of the house impeachment hearings. this weekend book tv will feature three new nonfiction books on saturday night at 11:00 p.m. eastern donald trump junior talks about his book "triggered" on the tactics used by the political left that in his view slanders conservatives. then sunday ni

national security council alexander vindman. and at 230 ambassador kurt volker, the special envoy to ukraine and national security council white houseide to morrison. on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union union gordon sondland. at 230 deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukrainian and affairs under secretary of state. in on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on our website c-span.org/impeachment. you can also find transcripts and procedures for the hearings. plus a point of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by the timeline. next week watch live coverage on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. up next president trump announces his administration on healthcare cost and billing. the federal rule had to be enacted in 2021 will require hospitals to oppose to their standard charges for services including negotiate

and director for european affairs at the national security council,. 2:30, ambassador kurt volker, special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide to morrison. on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern, testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland. at 2:30, deputy secretary of , and under secretary of state for political affairs. on thursday at 9 a.m. eastern, the committee hears testimony from the former national security council senior director for europe and russia watch the first two hearings in their entirety on our website. transcripts of witness testimony and procedures for the hearings, plus a points of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline. this we come watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are at the free c-span radio app. c-span filed michael bennet as he signed his papers at the statehouse. at ald a town hall specialty paper company. by marjorie smith, a representative. >> should we go in and do this? it.s go do >> hi, how are you? very nice to see yo

national security council. ambassador kurt volker, the former u.s. special envoy to ukraine, and national security council white houseide tim morrison at wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern. testimony continues with the u.s. ambassador gordon sondland. at 2:30, deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukrainian and eurasian affairs laura cooper and david, under secretary of state for political affairs. on thursday at manic like a.m. eastern, the committee will hear testimony from the former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on our website, c-span.org/impeachment. there you will find transcripts a witness testimonies, plus points of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline. next week watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> c-span follow presidential candidate pete buttigieg as he met with new hampshire voters. he started his day at a town hall in lebanon. he wen

national security council white house aide tim morrison. testimony continues with u.s.mbassador to the european union gordon. deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukrainian affairs. under secretary of state for political affairs. on thursday at nine am eastern, the committee will hear testimony from fiona hell. senior director director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on our website c-span.org. you will find transcripts of witness testimonies and procedures procedures for the hearings. plus a point of interest feature identify key moments during the hearing. this week, watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span three, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> mark randolph is a cofounder of netflix. he is the author of this new book that will never work. mr. randolph, where did the idea of netflix come from. >> well, ideas come from the strangest places. i talk about this crazy idea that we had and of all places, carpooling. my cofounder cofounder a

special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide to morrison on wednesday at 90 a.m. eastern testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. at 2:30 p.m. deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukrainian, and à affairs laura cooper and david hale under secretary of state for political affairs. on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europe and russia. march 1 two public hearings in their entirety on their website c-span.org/impeachment. you also find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures of the hearings. plus, points of interest feature that identify key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline. next week watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live where you are with the free c-span radio app. >> next, remarks by indiana republican senator todd young on national security issues and geopolitical challenges. he spoke at an event hosted by t

national security council currently. will he continue to work for you despite testifying against the president? >> one of the things i talked about is we're streamlining the national security council. >> reporter: the white houseoes not deny any of our reporting on how vindman is being treated. and today, these attacks extended to the president's allies. one republican senator tweeted calling vindman vindictive and linking him to the whistleblower. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, paula, thank you. today, a packed courtroom in boston heard stunning details in the case of a young woman accused of encouraging her boyfriend to take his own life. she pleaded not guilty to involuntary manslaughter. mola lenghi reports prosecutors say the woman sent tens of thousands of abusive texts. >> and how do you plead? >> not guilty. >> reporter: inyoung you stood silently as a prosecutor read dozens of profanity-filled text messages that she said the 21- year-old sent to her boyfriend, alexander urtula. >> literally, i want to bash your head against the wall. can you ( bleep ) hit your head on the ( bleep ) sink repeatedly. >> reporter: the former boston college student is accused of physically, emotionally, and psychological

and national security council white house aide tim morrison. join the discussion all morning with your phone calls, facebook comments, text messages and tweets. he sure to watch c-span's "washington journal" live at 7:00 eastern. join the discussion. tuesday on c-span, the house returns at 10:00 eastern for general speeches with legislative business at new. on the agenda, a short-term spending bill that would fund the federal government through most of december. on c-span two, the senate is back at 10:00 to consider judicial nominations for the 11th circuit court of appeals. and on c-span3, the house intelligence committee continues its impeachment angry with two public hearings including testimony from jennifer williams , and a two vice president pence and lieutenant colonel alexander been men who serves on the national security council. that gets underway at 9:00 eastern. 2:30 p.m.,e day at the commission will hear testimony from kurt walker, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. has live weekend coverage of the miami book fair. starting sat

volker andrt national security council white house aide to morrison. watch the first two hearings on c-span.org/impeachment. you will find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures for the hearings there, plus a point of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline. this week, watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry on c-span3, c-span.org, or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio app. >> democratic representative jim himes recently held a town hall with constituents in connecticut . he talked about the impeachment inquiry, health care access. this event occurred prior to the start of public impeachment hearings by the to house intelligence committee. [applause] >> thank you. thank you. jamie, thank you very much for that kind introduction and for your terrific leadership the town of dorian. thank you. i also want to quickly recognize. state senator. thank you for being here. most importantly, i want to thank all of you for taking time out of a saturday to have t

underscores the entire national security apparatus, including political appointees at the white house, within vice president pence's office, and within the national security council were all aghast that this ukrainian military aid was put on hold. the white house budget official who testified today, even he as basically the number three official at omb, being a career official, not a political appointee could not himself pinpoint by twhooi aid was put on hold. that is a key blind spot for democrats right now because they have not been able to get the politically appointed omb officials in for testimony. these are the people who apparently had actually signed off on the hold that the president had ordered on the military aid and implemented it. there's a lot of budgetary processes as garrett was just talking about that need to be implemented at that point. democrats have not been able to hear that testimony and it's a big blind spot for them heading into this week. >> jill, reflect on that, the money trail that andrew is talking about? >> well, it's very important and i think we can assume that if the continued hold on all the witnesses continues, that the congres

european affairs at the national security council tenant colonel alexander vinton and 2:30, ambassador kurt boulder, former us envoy to the ukraine the national security council white house aide tim morrison on wednesday at 9 am eastern testimony continues with the us ambassador to the european union gordon son went. and that you: 30, deputy assistant secretary of defense or russian ukrainian and eurasian affairs laura cooper and david hale under secretary of state for political affairs. and on thursday at 9 am eastern the committee will hear testimony from the owner hill, former national security council senior director for eurond

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government, the consensus of the state department and national security council and white house. skelet zelensky is a real deal. he's interested in rudy giuliani's corruption and prosecuting the bad guys. correct? >> we are cautiously optimistic. we'll work where ever there is a pleasant hill cal will to do the right thing and put forward genuine reform. >> this alioligarchs take contr by virtual theft, for example, their rights on certain energy licenses, correct? >> that's one element. >> the company, burisma, he had a little bit of a story history of corruption, does he? >> mr. lachesky, he used his authority to himself controlled. that would be an act of corruption in my view. yes. >> self-dealing and self-enriching. >> how did the ukrainian government pursue that? >> the new government, the revolution of dignity turns into partner with the u.s. and u.k. to try to recover tens of billions of dollars of stolen assets. the first case that we tried to recover that money came from mr. ch chesky. >> the $23 million was frozen until somebody in the general prosecutor's office in uk

for my view these e-mails show that the leadership of the state department the national security council and the white house were all informed about the ukraine efforts from may 23rd 2019 until the security aid was released on september 11th 2019 i will quote from some of those messages with you shortly. 4th as i testified previously as i testified previously mr giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president selenski mr giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election d.n.c. server and barry sma mr giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states and we knew these investigations were important to the president 5th in july and august of 2019 we learned that the white house had also suspended security aid to ukraine i was adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid i was adamantly supposed adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid as the ukrainians needed those funds to fight against russian aggression i tried diligently to ask why the aid was suspended but i never received a clear answer

and i'm therefore the national security council and the white house.are you the only one of the entire universe of our government or otherwise that can advise the president on ukraine? couldn't someone like ms. williams also advise on ukraine? it's in her portfolio. >> that's not typically what would happen. frankly it would be ambassador bolton -- >> other people can advise on ukraine besides you. going on in your testimony, you said, i understand all the nuances, the context and so forth surrounding these issues. i on my judgment went, expressed concerns within the chain of command which i think to me as a military officer is completely appropriate and i exercised that chain of command. lieutenant colonel vindman, you said, i forwarded my concerns through the chain of command and the seniors then decide the action to take. mr. morrison is your senior. he didn't know about it. how can he decide an action to take? but that's what you said. in mr. morrison's deposition, page 60, the question is, at what point did you learn that lieutenant colonel vindma

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we will hear from alexander sven bender, the principal ukraine adviser at the national security council inside the white housee to this country at a0 years ago. he raised concerns about that now infamous call injuly, concerns about that now infamous call in july, when concerns about that now infamous call injuly, when the president was accused of putting pressure on the ukrainians. we'll hear from accused of putting pressure on the ukrainians. we'll hearfrom him this morning about his growing concerns over the nature of that interaction. we will also hear from a senior adviser to the vice president, mike pence. she was also concerned about some of the pressure being applied to the ukraine, and indeed the withholding of military aid at a previous meeting, that was discussed before that call. the president has already called both of those people never trump trumpers, people that the president believes have always been against him. in the past, here is referred to never trumpers as human some. this has been as controversial as ever, how would you weigh up the evidence so far? in many ways, not many of the facts

congressional staffs before joining the white house staff, tim morrison has been serving as senior director for european affairs at the white house and the national security councilm morrison is leaving that job, and his employment future is entirely dependent on the good graces of republicans in washington, either as a lobbyist with access to republicans or in any future government position. tim morrison seemed to be looking for ways to keep his options open in future republican employment in his testimony today when he tried to be as generous as possible to the president saying things like i am pleased our process gave the president the confidence he needed to approve the release of the security sector assistance for ukraine. but the process tim morrison actually described was consistent with the completely corrupted process that included rudy giuliani and was described in testimony already by ambassador william taylor and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. in his testimony today, tim morrison described that process in these terms. ambassador sondland and president trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani were trying to get president zelensky to reopen ukrainia

white house lawyer. that attorney, john eisenberg, ordered that the call record be transferred to a secure server and told vindman not to discuss it with anyone outside the white house. national security council staffer tim morrison said that although he didn't find anything in the president's telephone conversation illegal, he was content to report it to that same white house attorney. starting tomorrow it's expected that hundreds of pages of material from 70 hours of depositions will be released ahead of open impeachment hearings. the committees are still hoping to hear from some key members of the administration before they start, including former national security adviser john bolton. republicans say they want to call their own witnesses, possibly former vice president biden's son hunter. but with just two months left before the democrats self-imposed deadline to wrap things up before 2020, time is of the essence. >> when do public hearings start? >> they will be soon. [laughter] >> could you be vaguer? >> brennan: today we hope to answer some of those questions about what's ahead for the impeachment process. we begin this morning with someone who was right at the president's side last ni

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responsible for ukraine i'm the most knowledgeable i'm the authority for ukraine for the national security council and the white housei just want to clarification you report to tim morris and correct in my advice to report is to more and i'm going to revise or just to clarify in my only in my advisory capacity i advise up through the chain of command that's what i do and the chain of command is to morrison to ambassador john bolton the national criticizer to the pres the united states and do you agree that the president sets the policy as commander in chief as you testified previously absolute thank you my time's expired mr school thank you both lieutenant colonel binmen i think the follow up question my colleague from new york did not ask you but it is relevant for everyone at home isn't it true that the department of defense has certified that the anti-corruption requirements of ukraine have been met when the hold was put on by the president that is correct. now mr jordan suggested. the president did something none of us expected by releasing that call transcript you listen to the calls out right lieutenant colonel

i'm the authority for ukraine for the national security council and the white house. i just want a clarification. you report to tim morrison, correct? >> in my -- >> your direct report is tim morrison, correct? >> just to clarify, only in my advisory capacity i advise up through the chain of command. that's what i do. >> and the chain of command is tim morrison to ambassador john bolton to the president of the united states. >> correct. >> do you agree the president sets the policy as commander in chief, as you testified previously? >> that's correct. >> thank you. my time has expired. >> mr. swalwell. >> thank you. lieutenant colonel vindman i think the follow-up question my colleague from new york that did not ask you but it relevant for everyone at home. isn't it true that the department of defense certified that the anti-corruption requirements of ukraine had been met when the hold was put on by the president? >> that is correct. >> now, mr. jordan suggested that the president did something none of us expected by releasing that call transcript. you listened to the

i am here for the national security council and the white house. only one of -- the the universe of our government or otherwise that can advise the president on ukraine? couldn't someone like ms. williams also advise on ukraine? lt. col. vindman: that is not typically what would happen. it would be ambassador bolton -- >> so other people can besides you. going on in your testimony you said i understand all of the nuances and so forth surrounding the issues. on my judgment i went and expressed concerns within the chain of command which i think to me as an officer is completely appropriate and i exercise the chain of command. in your deposition on page 259 you said you forwarded your concerns through the chain of command and the seniors decide the actions to take. mr. morrison is your senior. he did not know about it. how could he decide what action to take? but that is what you said. in mr. morrison's deposition, the question is at what point did you learn that the lt. col. went to eisenberg, and about the 25th phone call? he said yes. it was in the

the national security council and the white house were all informed about the ukraine efforts.e security aid was released. on september 11th 2000. i will quote from some of those messages. as i testified previously. mister giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo. arranging a white house visit for president zelensky. mister giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election. dnc server. mister giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states. and we knew these investigations were important to the president. august of 2019. had also suspended security aid to ukraine. lee opposed to any suspension of aid. those to any suspension of aid as the ukrainians needed those funds to fight against russian aggression. i tried diligently to ask why the aid was suspended. but i never received a clear answer. still haven't to this day. in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid. later came to believe. that the resumption of security aid would not occur. until there was a public statement f

i'm responsible for ukraine i'm the most knowledgeable and therefore than the national security council and the white house are you the only one of the entire universe of our government or otherwise that can advise the president on ukraine couldn't someone like miss williams also advise on ukraine it's in her pro folio. not typically would happen it would be for a prickly would be ambassador bolton so do other options no other people can advise on ukraine besides you. going on in your testimony said i understand all the nuances the context and so forth surrounding these issues i and my judgment went i expressed concerns within the chain of command which i think to me as a military officer is completely appropriate and i exercise that chain of command but senator levin many of deposition page to 59 you said i forwarded my concerns through the chain of command and the seniors then decide the action to take mr morris and your senior. he did know about it how can he decide in action to take that's what you said in mr morris deposition page 60 the question is at what point did you learn that lieutenant colonel

these emails show that the leadership of the state department, the national security council, and the white house were all informed about may 23,ine efforts from 2019 until the security aid was released on september 11, 2019. i will quote from some of those messages with you shortly. fourth, as i testified previously, mr. giuliani's forests were a quid pro quo arranging a white house visit for president zelensky. mr. giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election, dnc server, and burisma. . was expressing the desires of the president of the united states, and we knew these investigations were important to the president. fifth, in july and august of 2019, we learned that the white house had also suspended security aid to ukraine. i was adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid. i was adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid, as the ukrainians needed those funds to fight against russian aggression. i tried diligently to ask why the aide was suspended, but i never received a clear answer, still haven't to this day. in the absence of any c

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at 2:30, ambassador kurt volker, special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide tim morrison. on wednesday at 9:00 a.m. eastern testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland. at 2:30 deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukraine and euroasian affairs, david hale. on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on our website, c-span.org/impeachment. there you'll also find transcripts of witness testimony and procedures for the hearings, plus a points of interest feature that identifies key moments during the hearing indicated by a star in the timeline. this week watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearings on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >>> follow the house impeachment inquiry and the administration's response on c-span. unfiltered coverage live on tv, our radio app and online. watch primetime re-airs on c-span or stream any time on de

the people who you say called the national security council lawyers and other white house lawyers also through the proper channels. so it's more devastating when having done that, the rules, the law we have in this country is credible complaints go to the congress and here's the congress doing its oversight investigative work. in that way you see the system working and that's a bulwark implicit and explicit against the alleged bribery plot, which is trying to kneecap the system, get the career people out of the way, get the nonpartisan people out of the way, get the colonel vindmans out of the way so rudy giuliani can cut a deal. >> let me bring in our colleague garrett haake. you're in the room. bring to life some of the atmosphere. it felt to us watching like deaf devin nunes was trying to out a whistle-blower this morning. that the sense? >> reporter: >> that was certainly the sense in the room. you could see adam schiff watching that line of questioning very closely. you could see lieutenant colonel vindman's attorney jumping in there to shut that down. there were audible signs of

. >> and four white house officials refused to show up. two national security council

the national security council is in the white house, right? e white house that's sort of an annex that people work in, but the national security council is the core sort of brain trust of foreign policy decisions that are made by presidents, not only this one but previous presidents. these are not people that are far-flung or distant, these are people in the situation room, in the white house a floor below the oval office all the time. and so the connection -- the fact that these are the people that are coming and describing these things, it's in the heart of the white house. it's -- and that, i think, is ultimately the reason why the democrats are focusing so much on these folks. >> and if they put together a compelling public karcase, the question is how do they challenge folks they know? they might take issue with their facts and their interpretations, but the president has put a tax on these people. we have reporters on this issue and we'll bring you highlights as soon as we can. >>> while we wait for that, the president offering support fo

certainly airing it several times and he said that he reported his concerns to the white house's national security council and that basically he wanted to stress that he followed all the correct channels when his concerns were raised now obviously you know he wasn't the only one speaking earlier today we also heard from jennifer williams now she's an aide to vice president might pence and she also mentioned that word inappropriate and she also said that she was concerned by what she heard on july 25th phone call with regards to joe biden she said it was on usual to hear something which she believed was you know domestic a domestic political matter being raised so yeah definitely to sum up this this phone call on july 25th is going to is very central to this whole investigation and for me. pub of the witnesses today the testimony has angered republicans but they don't democrats who other no you're absolutely right i mean like i mentioned there you know we've got alexander vin min and jennifer williams who you know are essentially working for the government and we've also heard from the former u.s. and we'r

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in july 2018 i was asked to serve at the white house national security council. at the ncs, i'm the principal adviser to the national security advisor on ukraine and other countries in my portfolio. my role at the ncs is to develop, coordinate and implement plans and policies for the countries in my portfolio. i coordinate policy with departments and agencies. the committee has heard from many of my colleagues about the importance of ukraine as a bulwark against russian aggression. our country's policy of supporting ukrainian sovereignty and instructing a free and democratic ukraine has been a consistent bipartisan foreign policy objective and strategy across various administrations, both democratic and republican. and that president zelensky's election in april 2019 created an unprecedented opportunity to realize our objectives. i became of two disruptive actors, primarily ukraine's then prosecutor and former mayor rudy giuliani promoting false narratives that undermined the united states ukraine policy. the ncs and its partners, including the state department g

special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aid tim morrison.ay, testimony continues with testimony from gordon sondland. at 2:30, deputy assistant secretary of defense for russian, ukrainian, and eurasian affairs laura cooper and david hale. thursday, the committee will hear testimony from fiona former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on our website. transcriptso find of witness testimony and procedures for the hearings. plus, the points

about some of the things that were going on and tim morrison who served on the national security council in the white house made clear in his testimony that gordon sondland approached the ukrainian official and discussed the notion of tieing the investigations to the announcement of the security assistance that the ukrainians had been seeking and he said in his testimony, morrison did released over the weekend testimony, he relayed that the president was giving him instruction on how to move forward. so we'll hear that testimony in public tomorrow from tim morrison and as we hear from a number of witnesses. we'll talk about the president's actions, talk about gordon sondland's actions and we'll have to answer questions about whether that security aid of nearly $400 million was tied to this ask that could help the president politically, wolf. >> manu, thank you very much. we'll get back to you. >>> let's go to the white house. our chief white house correspondent jim acosta is monitoring developments. president is taking a different tone now on the impeachment inquiry. what is the latest. >> reporter: that i

and i'm -- for the national security council and the white house. are you the only one of the entire universe of our government or otherwise that could advice the president on ukraine? couldn't someone like miss williams also advise on ukraine? it's in her portfolio. >> that's not typically what would happen. it would be -- frankly, it would be ambassador bolton that -- >> so, other people can advise on ukraine besides you. going on in your testimony, you said, i understand all the nuances to the content and so forth surrounding these issues. i on my judgment went, i expressed concerns within the chain of command which i think to me as a military officer is completely appropriate and i exercise that chain of command. lieutenant colonel vindman, your deposition page 259 you said, i forwarded my concerns through the chain of command and the seniors then decide the action to take. mr. morrison's your senior. he didn't know about it. how can he decide an action to take? but that's what you said. in mr. he said about the 25th phone call? he said yes. so,

these show that the leadership of the state department, the national security council and the white house were all informed about the ukraine effort from may 23rd, 2019, until the security aid was released on september 11, 2019. i will quote from some of those messages with you shortly. fourth, as i testified previously, as i testified previously, mr. giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president zelensky. mr. giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigation of the 2016 election dnc server and burisma. mr. giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states and we knew these investigations were important to the president. fifth, in july and august of 2019, we learned that the white house had also suspended security aid to ukraine. i was adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid. i was adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid as the ukra e ukrainians needed those funds to fight against russian aggression. d.tried diligently to ask why but i never received a clear answer. still haven't to t

i'm there for the national security council and the white house. are you the only one of the entire universe of our government, or otherwise, that can advise the president on the ukraine? could someone like miss williams also advise on ukraine? >> that's not typically what would happen. it would typically be ambassador bolton. >> so other people can advise on the ukraine besides you. you said i understand all the nuances and context and so forth surrounding these issues. i on my judgment went and expressed concerns within the chain of command which i think to be as a military officer is completely appropriate and i exercise that chain of command. the lieutenant colonel said i forward my concerns through the chain of command. they'd then decide the actions to take. mr. morrison is your senior. he didn't know about it. how can he decide an action to take? but that's what he said. on the deposition page 60, what question -- he said about the 25th phone call. and he said yes in the course of reviewing for this proceeding, reviewing the open will record

for the national security council and the white house.of our government or otherwise that can advise the president on ukraine? >> nowhere is there a -- what the patriots told sondland. >> may i answer the questions. >> i'll give you a chance in a second. >> you want to be the laughing stock of history to impeach a president of the united states because he didn't take a meeting? oh, please. dear god. >> here with us now, republican strategist and msnbc contributor susan del percio, and brazil braz -- basil smikle. how did the republicans do? they theoretically finished the public hearings. >> they achieved part of that i goal, which was the create a narrative that would play well on conservative media. while we had very high ratings for this -- for the hearings, most americans didn't see it. so where do they get their information from? i call them news silos. you have it on the left and right. the show they put on was the show that they wanted for other networks. it's kind of that simple. i hate to say it. it was like they were trying to g

these emails show that the leadership of the state department, the national security council, and the white house were all informed about the ukraine efforts from may 23rd, 2019, until the security aid was released september 11th, 2019. i will quote from some of those messages with you shortly. fourth, as i testified previously, as i testified previously, mr. giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president zelensky. mr. giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election dnc server and burisma. mr. juligiuliani was expressing desires of the president of the united states and we knew these investigations were important to the president. fifth, in july and august of 2019, we learned that the white house had also suspended security aid to ukraine. i was adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid. i was adamantly opposed to any suspension of aid as the ukrainians needed those funds to fight against russian aggression. i tried diligently to ask why the aid was suspended, but i never received a clear answer. s

administration officials, not just former officials, current officials who work at the national security council at the white houseas not just about one phone call. this is about a whole of government's pressures to carry out these investigations. so republicans want to stray as far away from that as possible. we're seeing the president do the same. >> there's a story in "the new york times" this morning that has to do with lev parnas who is one of these characters who worked with rudy giuliani who is now under indictment for funneling money into the election. he apparently is ready to flip and sing. let me read you this. lev parnas told a representative of the incoming government, the ukraine government, that it had to announce an investigation into mr. trump's political rival joe biden and his son or vice president mike pence would not attend the swearing in of the united states and the united states would freeze aid, the lawyer said. the two significant things here is number one, you have this guy saying there was an ultimatum. it's not the military aid or it's not the meeting with the president. it's a differe

the leadership of the state department, the national security council and the white house were all informedne efforts from may 23rd, 2019, until the security aid was released on september 11th, 2019. we kept the leadership of the state department and the nsc informed of ore activities. again, everyone was in the loop. >> ambassador gordon sondland testifying he was not a rogue actor in ukraine or working part of an irregular channel and he said he as the u.s. ambassador to the european union was keeping officials across the the administration from the secretary of state up to date on everything he was working on. now speaking to reporters moments ago sondland said he is absolutely not going to resign and is going back to work. let's discuss. jen psaki, how tenable is it that he could just say there was a quid pro quo, rudy told me what to do and that is facts remain the president and everybody knew and now i'm going back to work. how long can he stay in that job? >> i'm not sure he's getting a ticker-tape parade when he arrives back in brussels. clearly this is hi dream. he paid a million d