the meetings in brussels my visit to odessa is to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio from my very 1st days as the u.s. ambassador and he claimed that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship is simply false during those alleged ski inauguration on may 20th the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government we were impressed by president selenski his desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states we had mired his commitment to reform and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. and we were excited that ukraine might after years and years of lip service finally get serious about addressing its own well known corruption problems with that enthusiasm we returned to the white house on may 23rd to brief president trump we had advised the president of the strategic importance of ukraine and the value of strengthening the relationship with president selenski to support this reformer we asked the white house for 2 things 1st a working

beto o'rourke: in odessa i met the mother of a 15 year old girl who was shot by an ar 15 and that mother watched her bleed to death over the course of an hour because so many other people were shot by that ar 15 in odessa and midland the weren't enough ambulances to get to them in time. hell yes, we're going to tak your ar 15. your ak 47. be used against femericanst to anymore. bloomberg: that's why i won't be a candidate of the democratic party because it's so impractical and i don't know how you'd even do it. it woulde such a rallying cry for people that say they are erstepping their bounds. what we should do-- tover: so you're saying that is not the way to ws issue? bloomberg: that is not the way to end this issue. first thing ak-47s should not be in the hands of individuals. they are guns but not for kill the maximum nofs built to people as quickly as you can and we shodn't have them. so you can go after the gun manufacturers and get them to stop it. but how you wod go and get those back? you might have an incentive program and maybe people would ke them and turn them in. but i don't

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actor of astonishing range in depth and then was one of the leading roles of deliverance and with the odessaent fdr and he masterfully played howard cosell that is not an easy role. i knew him very well. john captures the imagination dominates every single scene he is a special person and won the academy award for best actor john voigt you're an amazing artist congratulations receiving the medal of arts is a tremendous achievement and you deserve it. especially since somebody i happen to really like. [laughter] thank you very much. congratulations. >> sharon rockefeller has been a strong advocate for the arts and public broadcasting. the first lady of west virginia fought on behalf of the schoolchildren serving on the board west virginia broadcasting authority and currently the chairman of the board of trustees the gallery of art and has helped the institution acquire breathtaking works of beauties some of the best in the world. with the association for 30 years. they help to establish as one of their preeminent public broadcasting worker on - - in the nation and washington week among others

he became an investigative reporter tracking down nazi criminals in the odessa files.l harbor he was so great. and he masterfully played howard cosell in ali. ofcaptures the imagination audiences and dominates almost every single scene he is in. he won the academy award for best actor, earned for oscar nominations and for golden globes. you are an amazing artist and a beloved icon of american film. congratulations on receiving the national medal of arts. it is a tremendous achievement and you deserve it. .e love having you here thank you very much. congratulations. [applause] sharon rockefeller has been a strong advocate for the arts and public broadcasting. virginia,lady of west she thought for education. currently chairman of the board of trustees for the national gallery of art. has helps the institution acquire breathtaking works of beauty. some of the best anywhere in the world. she has also served as president of the washington educational telecommunications association. as oneped establish wtea of the preeminent public broadcasting networks in the nation. produc

-dot org. >> oregon. >> odessa, delaware, john scott.> just wonderful as we continue to honor our veterans here in the fox news channel two in to in tonight to modern warriors. it airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. modern warriors of veterans day special. we cannot think our veterans enough for everything that you have done and continue to do for our great country. thank you very much. [cheering] >> come here, say a couple of words. come on. [laughter] we call that hug the biden. [laughter] [cheering] >> all right. how old is your son? how old is young man there? how old is your son? how old are

ukrainian authorities evacuated the 3 crewmembers of an oil tanker that ran aground off the city of odessa a moldovan vessel broke free of its incoming during a storm authorities say there's a risk it could leak some of the petroleum that was carrying. activists in paris are demanding the french government take stronger steps to combat deadly domestic violence with more than $130.00 women killed so far this year by their partner france has one of the highest rates of domestic violence fatalities in western europe. was put pressure on politics and solidarity with the women there loud and determined to be heard houses of demonstrators gathered in paris to vent their anger france has been discussing the issue of violence against women for months. so that's what gets her ministers we fight for all the women everyone knows at least one person who is affected but it's . going to sink actually just pieces here tonight here in memory of my mother who was murdered before my eyes in 1982 when i was 13 at the time zone with a fear in march our daughter was murdered on corsica by her ex partner 1. 121

ukrainian authorities evacuated the 3 crewmembers of an oil tanker that ran aground off the city of odessa the moldova vessel broke free of its anchoring during a storm authorities say there was a risk it could leak some of the petroleum that it was carrying. american led forces and their syrian kurdish allies have carried out a large joint operation capturing dozens of so-called i asked militants the operation was revealed while u.s. vice president mike pence was in iraq on a previously unannounced visit pence's shirred iraqi kurdish leaders that the u.s. would stand with its kurdish elements. now in the us you worship numbers for the impeachment hearings against president donald trump are out some 12000000 people per day in line to watch the proceedings on t.v. rivaling the audience for prime time n.f.l. football of course democrats were hoping for high levels of interest as they build their case for impeachment but t.v. ratings may not tell the full picture to explain is william no a good kroft i mean look i guess in the days of twitter it's about more than just t.v. i mean viewership o

navy visit to the strategic black seaport of odessa. the reason i raise these prior ukraine activities, the meetings in brussels, my visit to odessa, is to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio since my time as an ambassador. any claim that i muscled my way into the relationship is simply false. on may 20th, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's wanting to promote a strong relationship with the united states. we admired his -- and excited making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. and we were excited that ukraine might after years and years of lip service finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problem. with that enthusiasm, we returned the white house on may 23rd to brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance of ukraine and the value of strengthening the relationship with president zelensky. to support this reformer, we asked the white house for

he was an investigative reporter in tracking down war criminals in "the odessa file" and inhabited thenklin delano roosevelt in "pearl harbor", he was great and masterfully played howard cosell in "ali", not easy, i knew howard well. jon dominates almost every scene he's in. he's a special person. he won the academy award for best actor, earned four oscar nominations and four golden globes, jon voight, you are an amazing artist and a beloved icon of the american film. congratulations, receiving the national medal of arts is a tremendous, tremendous achievement and you deserve it. we're really -- we love having you here, especially since it's somebody i happen to really like. [laughter] >> okay, thank you very much, jon, congratulations. [applaus [applause] >> sharon rockefeller has been a strong advocate for the arts and public broadcasting. the first lady of west virginia, sharon fought on behalf of the state's school children and served on the board of the west virginia educational broadcasting authority. she is currently chairman of the board of trustees for the national gallery of

navy visit to the strategic black sea port of odessa. the reason i raised these prior activities, the meetings in brussels, my visit to odessa, is to emphasize that ukraine has been apart of my portfolio for the very first days of mine as u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship is simply false. during the zelensky inauguration on may 20th, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelens zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his commitment to reform and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment, and we were excited that ukraine might after years and years of lip service, finally get serious about addressing its own well known corruption problems. with that enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23rd to brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance of uk

navy visit to the black sea port of odessa. and the reason i raised these prior ukraine activities,s the meeting in brussels, my visit to odessa, is to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio from my very first days as u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship is simply false. during the zelensky inauguration on may 20th, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his equipment to reform and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. and we were excited that ukraine might, after years and years of lip service, finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problems. with that enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23rd to brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance of ukra

navy visit to the strategic black seaport of odessa. the reason i raise these prior ukraine activities, meetings in brussels, my visit to odessa, is to emphasize that ukraine has been part of my portfolio from my very first days as u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship is simply false. during the zelensky inauguration on may 20th, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his commitment to reform and were excited ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment and we were excited that ukraine might, after years and years of lip service, finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problems. with that enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23rd to previous president trump. >> we advised the president of the strategic importance of ukraine and the value of strengthenin

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odessa. we have toured the state, gone out of our way to remind voters, it does not have to be like this. we can pass laws that are going to keep guns out of the wrong hands. but john cornyn has time and time again not be courageous enough to go far enough and pass legislation into law. ground checks, the bipartisan act that passed by a 15 vote margin. by majorityblocked leader mcconnell. we are pressuring senators across the country to bring that up. or, we believe, they are going to pay the political consequences. >> you have mentioned the politics of guns is often difficult. the democratic debates have featured debates about limiting access to firearms. farbeto o'rourke go too when he suggested we should pursue a mandatory buyback of ak-47s? >> i sympathize with him. i think he was angry his community was targeted by a anman whose choice of assault rifle was not in any way or form constrained by the policies of the state of texas or the u.s.. solution, ais mandatory buyback. it is not what

the last day of august, a gunman fled from police in odessa, texas, hijacked the united states postal service van, killed the driver and randomly fired on people as he drove through the streets. during his shooting spree the gunman killed six people and wounded over 20 others, a reign of terror throughout the streets of this texas town. the current background checks law works as intended, the shooter tried to buy a gun in january 2014 but he was denied because he had been found to be so seriously mentally ill, he was committed to an institution, that his name was placed on a list of individuals who are prohibited from buying weapons. texas doesn't have universal background checks meeting as easy as part for the shooter after he got denied a gun purchase at a brick-and-mortar store to find a private seller who would sell him a military style weapon without a background check and in this case it resulted in 20 people getting hurt and twee 7 people being wounded. this easy way to find loopholes through the nation's background check system but that happens every single day, somebody buys

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on the last day of august, a gunman fled from police in odessa, texas. he hijacked a united states postal service van. he killed its driver and then randomly fired on people as he drove through the streets. during his shooting spree, the gunman killed seven people and wounded over 20 others, a reign of terror throughout the streets of this texas town. now, the current background checks bill worked as it was intended to work. the shoot irtried to buy a gun -- the shooter tried to guy a gun in 2014 but was denied. why? because he had been found to be so seriously mentally ill when he was committed to an inpatient institution that his name was placed on the list of individuals who are prohibited from buying weapons. the problem is, texas doesn't have universal background checks. meaning that it was as easy as pie for the shooter, after he got deny add gun purchase at -- denied a gun purchase at a bricks-and-mortar store, to find a private seller who would sell him a military-style weapon without a background check. and in this case, it resulted in 020 peopl

this shit importance of it and look at nato peter not only are they establish in a naval presence at odessa but they're also establishing a naval presence at another very. calls ukrainian calls. also calls now that just demonstrates why ukraine is all so much importance to america ok who knows what we're back of you and you can see that if you crane ever joint snakes then russia will be legally encircles on its western borders ukraine is the missing piece in the jigsaw for america and now it's ok well clearly you know at the same time a new me if you going back to these hearings here if you got the impression that it's the united states that has to prove its bona fide is that it is a good our why of ukraine it's all upside down ok because we all know or anyone that knows something about ukraine knows that it's really intensely corrupt number one and number 2 the people of ukraine haven't been asked about this here ok i mean it seems everything is upside down it's the national security state that needs ukraine for 2 reasons to maintain it to maintain a rationale for its existence and to poin

and they were coming in, having trained the muslims in odessa in the soviet union, to become marxistsslims. and we were there, thanks to harold wilson sending us, to protect the muslims from the marxists, and so i was able to actuallyjoin an elite force, having been trained by the sas without fighting, i now had a command over an elite force, like what the book's all about, 60 of them, and could change their operations procedure by what i learned in the sas, mainly to move only by night, do nothing by day, and by shouting in the dark when we were under attack from machine—guns, " retreat, retreat! " — but advance. you were a tough guy in that sense and you led men in very difficult circumstances, but you've also written very honestly about the way in which you didn't always find it easy to be that tough guy. you've written about school, how you hated being bullied, how you felt you had to keep your mouth shut when you were being beaten at eton, one of the leading public schools in the uk, because you, again, didn't want to let your father down. we have had other guests in this studio

navy visit to the strategic black sea port of odessa. and the reason i raise these prior ukraine activities, the meetings in brussels, my visit to odessa, is to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio from my very first days as the u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way in to the ukraine relationship is simply false. during the zelensky inauguration on may 20th, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his commitment to reform, and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. and we were excited that ukraine might, after years and years of lip service, finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problems. with that enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23rd to brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance o

navy visit to the strategic black seaport of odessa. the reason i raised these activities is to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio from my very first days as the u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship is simply false. selenskye inauguration, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire for a closer relationship with the united states. we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. and we were excited that ukraine might come after years and years of lipservice, finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problems. returnednthusiasm, we to the white house on may 23 two brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance of ukraine and the value of strengthening the relationship with president zelensky. , weupport this reformer asked for two things -- a working phone

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two ships just arrived in port of odessa with prior year money. about a lag of a year. >> my point, we have been supporting ukrainians under this administration in order to help them kick out the russians who invaded their country. >> yes, sir. >> 100%. >> ambassador taylor, earlier you testified that ukrainian officials did not become aware of potential u.s. assistance withheld until august 29. >> that's my understanding. >> would you find it surprising if a ukrainian official knew about that sooner and did not contact you? >> i can answer that it was only after august 29th when the political-- that i got calls from several of the ukrainian officials. >> copy. mr. kent, had you had any ukrainian official contacting you concerned about, when was the first time a ukraine official contacted you concerned about potential withholding of u.s. aid? >> it was after the article in politico came out, that first intense week of september. >> after that august 29th conversation. there's a lot of talk about rudy giuliani and who he was and wasn't meeting. do

sevastopol, i guess i, y'all to -- odessa, yalta. these are some of the major places u.s. ships and sailors are going to to conduct operations. the timeline, october 30. they capitulate, but not to the united states's. -- united states. gets sailorsavy into the constantinople and they raised the american flag in istanbul. shipt becomes officially a on the register of the united states navy. january, back in istanbul and by march he is deep into humanitarian assistance. into hoover and sand soon, as well as trying to pull a american citizens that if they want to come out because of the collapse in these territories of whites aresia as the starting to collapse in the face of bolshevik offenses. permanently assigned battleships -- the permanent is on thattanbul part of the seacoast that is next to the foreign country -- quarter. three yachts, two monitors. monitors. yes. monitors. someone should do a monograph. merrimack? and the yes. they are probably using these ships in the local area and communications. all right? 1919, we have to go back to the italians. want to establis

in closing, you know, whether it was austin bombers, which was is clearly terrorism, to el paso to odessai think this is something we should take a look at at. i yield back. >> the chair recognizes the gentle lady from new jersey, miss watson coleman. >> thank you for coming today. good luck to mr. mcaleenan. good luck to you and whatever it is you're going to do next. i have a number of questions. i could be here forever. i want to start with either mr. glawe or mr. travers. there are 15,000 isis members in syria and other places and iraq versus 1,000. who said that? >> i did, ma'am. >> okay. what is the time frame you're talking about, from when to when? >> this is five years ago before the buildup of isis and the caliphate was formed. isis was down to about 1,000 people. even after the demise of the caliphate, the low end of the estimate is 14,000 isis members in syria and iraq, mostly in iraq. which for us suggests there is a great fertile ground for a long-term insurgency. >> do you think given the recent betrayal of our kurdish allies and and the uproar and chaos taking place over t

navy did it again by just allowing a warship to go to the port of odessa, that is not only unusual, it'sonal security person like yourself, how damaging or disappointing for those looking for damage do you think he would be if he does testify? >> should john bolton be disappointed? >> some people think he's going to blow the lid off this. some people say hold up, you don't know what you're going to get from bolton. >> you don't know. he's the kind of guy that will get back channels from donald trump, get assurances and turn. we don't know. it's dangerous. and i'll just let other people who are credible and reliable do the talking. >> malcolm nance, always interesting to get your p perspective. and the book out tonight "the plot to betray america." my bribery break down is next. hope you stick around. bery brea. hope you stick around. this one grows fuel. ♪ exxonmobil is growing algae for biofuels. that could one day power planes, propel ships, and fuel trucks... and cut their greenhouse gas emissions in half. algae. its potential just keeps growing. ♪ its potential just keeps growing. it

navy visit to the strategic black sea port of odessa.prior ukraine activities, the meetings in brussels, my visit to odessa, is to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio from my very first days as the u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way in to the ukraine relationship is simply false. during the zelensky inauguration on may 20th, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his commitment to reform, and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. and we were excited that ukraine might, after years and years of lip service, finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problems. with that enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23rd to brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance of ukraine and the value of str

with marie yovanovitch in making my first official visit to ukraine for a visit to the seaport of odessa. the reason i raise these prior activities, the meetings and brussels, the meeting in odessa, was to emphasize that ukraine has been a part of my portfolio since the very first days -- since my very first days as an ambassador. i muscledtions that my way into the ukraine relationship is false. on may 20, the u.s. delegation developed a positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his commitment to reform and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. we were excited that ukraine might, after years and years of lipservice, finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problems. with that enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23 two brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance of ukraine and the value of strengthening the relat

navy visit to the strategic black sea port of odessa. the reason i raise these prior ukraine activities, the meetings in brussels, my visit to odessa, is to emphasize that ukraine has been part of my portfolio from my very first days as the u.s. ambassador. any claim that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship is simply false. during the zelensky inauguration on may 20th, the u.s. delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his commitment to reform and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support a greater western economic investment. and we were excited that ukraine might, after years and years of lip service, finally get serious about addressing its own well-known corruption problems. with that enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23rd to brief president trump. we advised the president of the strategic importance of ukrain

on the last day of august, a gunman fled from police in odessa, texas. he hijacked a united states postal service van. he killed its driver and then randomly fired on people as he drove through the streets. during his shooting spree, the gunman killed seven people and wounded over 20 others, a reign of terror throughout the streets of this texas town. now, the current background checks bill worked as it was intended to work. the shoot irtried to buy a gun -- the shooter tried to guy a gun in 2014 but was denied. why? because he had been found to be so seriously mentally ill when he was committed to an inpatient institution that his name was placed on the list of individuals who are prohibited from buying weapons. the problem is, texas doesn't have universal background checks. meaning that it was as easy as pie for the shooter, after he got deny add gun purchase at -- denied a gun purchase at a bricks-and-mortar store, to find a private seller who would sell him a military-style weapon without a background check. and in this case, it resulted in 020 peopl

the reason i raise these prior ukraine activities, the meetings in brussels, my visit to odessa, is tor. any claim that i somehow muscled my way into the ukraine relationship was simply false. during the zelensky inauguration on may 20, the us delegation developed a very positive view of the ukraine government. we we re view of the ukraine government. we were impressed by president zelensky's desire to promote a stronger relationship with the united states. we admired his commitment to reform and we were excited about the possibility of ukraine making the changes necessary to support greater western economic investment and we were excited that ukraine might, afteryears investment and we were excited that ukraine might, after years and years of lip service, finally get serious about addressing its own well— known corruption problems. without enthusiasm, we returned to the white house on may 23 to brief president trump. we advise the president of the strategic importance of ukraine and the value of strengthening the relationship with president zelensky. to support this reform, we asked t

there were two ships that arrived in the port of odessa with prior year money. lag of a year. >> my point is we have been supporting the ukrainians under this administration to -- in order to help them kick out the russians who invaded their country. >> yes, sir. >> 100%. >> ambassador taylor, earlier you testified that ukrainian officials did not become aware of potential u.s. assistance being withheld until august 29th. is that accurate? >> that's my understanding, mr. hurd. >> would you find it surprising if a ukrainian official knew about that sooner and did not contact you? >> i can answer that it was only after august 29th when the political argument that i got called from the -- from several of the ukrainian officials. >> good copy. mr. kent, had you to had any ukrainian official contacting you concerned about -- when was the first time ukrainian official contacted you concerned about potential withholding of u.s. aid? >> it was after the article and political came out in that first intense week of september. >> so after that august 29th conversation. the

seems three our four other diplomats and others in the restaurant and kiev and trump's voice and odessanesses who say the conversation existed and the president talked to this person on his cellphone and against all rules of decorum and safety for the american president's conversations. there were supposedly russian agents all around. it was amazing the president was so loose. he has no knowledge of these things and he doesn't care. he's not only lawless. he's reckless. >> help us understand the importance of that phone call as we move forward. david holmes, foreign service officer testifying yesterday behind closed doors about that phone call. he was there on the terrace at that restaurant in kiev talking about the fact that president trump was so loud on that phone call ambassador gordon sondland had to move the phone so far away from his ear that those at the tanld braps those around them knew who that was, that that's who ambassador sondland was talking to. describe the importance of that phone call as we move forward? >> it helps let people know since the primary witnesses to the c

. >> host: betty in odessa, texas, democrat's line. good morning, betty. >> caller: good morning. i am just trying to figure out as i watched this why it is that people are not just concerned about just getting to the bottom of this matter, getting the truth. i think that the republican party has already started obstructing. i just, i think how can they continue to attack these career officials that are bipartisan, working bipartisan it at a a dt understand why they continue to attack them versus trying to understand what it is that trump did, and getting to the truth. that's their job. i don't get why they continue to take more of what the truth is and what their job is. >> host: also getting your comment on our facebook page and you can follow us at twitter. nick from melville new york republican like the republicans will have the chance in a couple minutes to ask question. what would you ask ambassador yovanovitch? >> caller: one of the first come first of all for taking my call. one of the first things i would ask is how is it possible that you didn't know that the son of the

once money is obligated to reach a country, there was two ships that just arrived in the port of odessa with prior-year money. that is a longer beer. >> my point is we have been supporting the ukrainians under thisye ministration in order to help them kick out the russians who invaded their country. >> yes, sir. >> 100%. >> you are testifying ukrainian officials did not become aware of potential u.s. assistance being held until august 29. is that accurate? >> that is my understanding. >> would you find it surprising if ukrainian officials knew about that sooner and did not contact you? >> i can answer that it was only after august 29 when the political argument that i got called from several of the ukrainian officials. >> had you had any ukrainian official contacting you h concerned -- when was the first time the ukrainian official contacted you concerned with withholding of the usa. >> it was after the article came out the first intense week ofa september. >> so after the august 29 conversation. >> there is a lot of talk about rudy giuliani and who he was and was not, do we know or hav