so just so we're clear you you reported to concerning conversations that you had with ambassador sandlinto the lawyers in early september in which you understood from him that the president was withholding security assistance as additional leverage to get ukraine to publicly announce the specific political investigations that president trump had discussed on the july 25th call is that accurate i was concerned about what ambassador sawmill in was was saying were requirements yes right and you understood though that the investigations that ambassador sohn was referring to were the 2 that were president trump reference on the july 25th call correct by this point yes and during this early september time period mr morrison did you have any conversations with ambassador volcker about any of this i believe we had one conversation and what do you recall about that conversation. i believe on or about september 6th. about her volcker was in town to provide an update on some of his activities. and then he provided that update and then we had a one on one conversation about this this track this sepa

the 2016 election oh yes that's what i understand right and on that july 10th call when ambassador sandlin raised the investigations he did that in response to a question from the ukrainians about the white house meeting isn't that right can you repeat the question i didn't catch them when about you said that ambassador sandlin mentioned specific investigations at the july 10th meeting in ambassador his office and you said that you thought that was inappropriate yes. didn't he make that comment in response to a question from the ukrainian officials about when they could schedule the white house meeting that i'm not sure about i remember the meeting essentially already being over and then investors on bringing that up and in the july 2nd or 3rd meeting in toronto that you had with president selenski you also mentioned investigations to him you know i thought and again you were referring to the hurry i was thinking 26 days been 2016 ok and you understood that that's what the ukrainians interpreted references to investigations to be related to barry sma and the 2016 election i don't know spec

here is part of sandlin's testimony. >> as i testified previously, mr. giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing investigations of the 2016 election, d&c server, -- d&c -- dnc server. we knew these investigations were important to the president. brent: let us go to washington and bring in our correspondent who is covering the story for us. good evening to you. what we heard today was damming testimony -- damning testimony. how much was the u.s. president damaged by this today? >> it sounds very damaging, the testimony of former ambassador gordon sondland on capitol hill because what he confirmed was essentially what democrats were hoping for, that there was this now famous quid pro quo that trump and his administration pushed for political dirt against joe biden. ambassador sondland said this was the case. he said the administration as well as rudy giuliani knew about it. adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, who is basically leading the impeachment inquiry, said this was a pivotal moment in the history of

sandlin also had multiple discussions with the president and rudy guiliani about ukraine. son glenn has already changed his testimony once admitting that the u.s. without military aid to the ukraine in exchange for an investigation into the bidens. the story continues to change. and i think he's got to decide this weekend whether he is the american first-order trump loyalist. i'm not sure that we can trust his testimony given the fact that we know it has already changed. mr. sandlin was clear when he gave his testimony to the committee in the deposition and his addendum really didn't fundamentally change that. in all nine witnesses are slated to testify before house lawmakers and the nation over a period of three days. starting tomorrow we will have live updates on the hearings on mornings on 2. and we will carry the hearings live in uninterrupted on ktvu plus >> secretary of state mont ♪ (vo) i know what you're thinking. electric, it's not for you. and, you're probably right. electric just doesn't have enough range. it will never survive the winter. charging stations? goo

we are scheduled to release the transcripts of ambassador volker and sandlin -- and ambassador sandland. we will release them in an orderly way. to allow witnesses the opportunity to review transcripts and we continue to make reactions for private information or personally identifiable information that we will continue to release the transcripts and we will soon be moving to open hearings as well. i'm happy to respond to a couple questions. >> [indiscernible] will you ensure you get there testimony of the key witnesses? >> we will not delay our work. that would merely allow these witnesses in the white house to succeed with the goal which is to delay, deny, obstruct. the lawsuit that dr. copper merman -- dr. copper men filed he filed was without merit. it will undoubtedly be the case that a lawsuit will be dismissed for lack of admissibility. the whole point is to delay. i would say those who would use litigation for purposes of delay , to avoid their duty, which is subpoena,ngressional they should follow the example of the courageous people who have come forward. people who work for th

sandlin testifies. tim morrison is recalling a conversation that ambassador sandlin testified.t is an important conrsation. sumlin has basically said there's a connection between security assistance and the investigation. sound land said he didn't recall that connection. that is important testimony. it has been a day of ups and downs i think we are going to get more of that tomorrow. amna: we are going to hear from ambassador sondland tomorrow. what are we expecting? lisa: -- yamiche: ambassador sondland is going to be in some waystn a str s for both sides. both sides don't exactly know what they might get out of him. but both of them desperately want to ask him questions. he was in direct contract with h president trump multiple times. this is about the democrats wanting to overthrow the 2016 election according to republicans and wanting to get president trump out of office, sondland donate more than a million dollars to presidenl trump's politi campaign. he was appointed ambassador the european union. we have to watch how ambassador sondlandnswers some of these questions. he

you were part of the 3 amigos but what i'm really concerned about ambassador sandlin is that the president and the good folks over here my republican colleagues are now casting you as the one in me go the one lonely amigo they're going to throw under the bus but the truth is that as you said in your opening statement the suggestion that you were engaged in some rogue diplomacy or irregular channel of diplomacy is important quote absolutely false isn't that right that's correct the presumption that military aid was conditioned on investigations was based on mulvaney statement that we saw on the video is that right. well i didn't have the benefit at that time of mulvaney state but you would stand by the presumption that you had based on what you know now right correct and on september 1 when you told andre your mock your presumption which you told us about military aid being can conditioned on the investigations. you don't told mr morrison what you told your mike in morrison did not try to dispute your presumption correct i don't recall him disputing it i think i went right over to him and j

ambassador to the european union gordon sandlin said that the president directed him to pressure ukraine to dig up political dirt on trump's biggest rival joseph tonight a stunning admission that if true could implicate all the president's men to go off in berlin this is the day.

a former cia officer arabian government thinks the democrats have miscalculated over impeachment sandlin is just aware that they're probably his messages have been compromised or that he's been monitored he's just trying to correct the record it's a big mistake this is all a political game here in washington it's a big mistake for the democrats to circumscribe their their inquiry their pietschmann a story to the you create a problem what effect does that have well. joe biden is out of the running as far as i'm concerned there's so much dirt on joe biden i just wonder what more dirt president truck was trying to dig out so as the state's become reveal it's going to be also revealed that the people talking to the democrats here have been in touch with these other people like the whistleblowers so-called and they interested in working for the deep state brennan and others and so you know the thing's going to full court they should be shown right quick but not on these flimsy charges of quid pro quo. russia says a u.s. military convoy has come under fire from turkish backed fighters near the

indications all throughout these transcripts of information that for example you know ambassador sandlin would like to bring to the house but is being barred from bringing by orders of the white house and of course there are other witnesses that the house would like to have brought forward to. the end pietschmann inquiry to really confirm all the details of this story and the white house is blocking those so from a certain perspective this is the worst of all possible worlds for the white house on the one hand you have enough evidence to actually secure an. impeachment vote at the same time that the president is refusing to produce information that would actually confirm many of the details so this is the worst of all possible worlds and it's a little unclear what it is that they're thinking of other white house that certainly doesn't make a lot of sense to me and then a blow to donald trump a year out from congressional and presidential elections democrats of unseated a number of republicans in state elections on tuesday this by the efforts by trying to rally support a day early democra

rivals all of the witnesses agree that the president engineer a shakedown of the ukrainian government sandlin was a wealthy trump donor and was rewarded the top european job despite having no experience in diplomacy analysts say his change in testimony strengthens the case against trump i think the president if it can be shown that he directed his subordinates to withhold congressionally funded military assistance until the state of ukraine was prepared to issue a public announcement that they were investigating joe biden and a firm connected to his son i think that's right down the middle line of abuse of power investigators also released the testimony of former ukraine envoy kurt volker he said he knew security 80 ukraine was vital and that trumps shadow policy directed by his private attorney was wrong but i'm appalled by these developments. there's no other word for it we're in a moment of history when republicans over only a few weeks have shifted from saying that no laws were broken to saying that laws were broken but it's not impeachable to outright advocating that laws be broken the w

there have been reports over the course of the past month or so in some of the testimony that sandlinesident wants ukraine to do. so the question is, was there any direct evidence of this line between trump and the ambassador? and this phone conversation will be the first one if it can be corroborated. what about this critique from the president and many other republicans that all of this a second or third hand and therefore doesn't add up to what we consider to be concrete proof? isn't that a reasonable critique of what the democrats have at the moment? yeah and one of the things bill taylor said several times when he was asked in the searing today, he isjust times when he was asked in the searing today, he is just saying what he heard, are what people told them. a lot of that is what gordon said about what donald trump wanted, a lot of it is what tim morrison, the national security council said about meetings he had with ukrainian. are things we heard about john bolton an object and objections he had to conduct within the white house between us officials and ukraine officials. all o

indications of all throughout these transcripts of information that for example you know ambassador sandlin would like to bring to the house but is being barred from bringing by orders of the white house and of course as your reporter noted there are other witnesses that the house would like to have brought forward to. into the n.p.c. an inquiry to really confirm all the details of this story and the white house is blocking those so from a certain perspective this is the worst of all possible worlds for the white house on the one hand the transcripts are continuing to prove that there is a strong case for impeachment. on the grounds of abuse of power but the additional fact that the white house continues to obstruct the investigation provides a separate ground for impeachment because that is that too has traditionally been a grounds for impeachment in american practice and there's it's interesting you raise that big and saying that blocking participation can't be grounds for impeachment in the south if that is the case then why is the white house pursuing this strategy in particular and do

european union they claim he retaliated against them professionally after they rejected sexual advances sandlin denies all allegations calling them concocted songlines testimony linked president trumps decision to withhold aid from ukraine with investigations into his political rival joe biden. maren transpersonal lawyer has been accused of pursuing lucrative business deals with ukraine officials while pushing the president's agenda yes media's reporting rudy giuliani explore deals worth hundreds of thousands of dollars that's what he pressured ukraine to dig up damaging information on biden giuliani's influence on u.s. ukraine policy is a focus of the impeachment inquiry giuliani says he never accepted a penny but 2 weeks of impeachment hearings in the u.s. have done little to shift the american public's opinion on president donald trump without a clear mandate most political analysts say the republican controlled senate will not try to convict him but with the presidential election less than a year away voters in swing states could decide if trump gets a 2nd term in office how does your castr

gordon sandlin she had her chance she has more from washington d.c. . wednesday's public testimony by the current u.s. ambassador to the e.u. gordon sundin is now turning out to be the one of the key moments in this investigation he already raised eyebrows because in his initial deposition to congress he said he knew nothing about any kind of quid pro quo and then subsequently a few weeks later he submitted written test of it said oh you know i said i didn't know anything about a quick break or in fact it was me who told you queen officials that if they did some digging on the bidens and maybe the military aid that we promised you might be released quite a change he didn't tell congress that at the time now on friday we had information from a stall for the ukrainian embassy that he was present at a lunch i saw him hold on trump on his cell phone and from said so are they going to do the investigation words to that effect and some of them said no to me we're going to do it i love you though that having anything you want again something he didn't tell con

embassador sandlin then would have had ukraine in his portfolio because they're an inspiring nation and he's our us ambassador to the correct i think he testified that one of his 1st to you agree that it has been his portfolio correct. you would agree that it's in his portfolio would you not yes i would agree yes that now i want to go the next i'm sorry collision insurance or holbrooke a gentleman who is going to have an re deal of it generalises recommends for now she's on it should not mr azure you may finish your answer investor not on my time you're done now right master. the best will be recognized i would say that all. deal with other countries including aspiring countries but the it is unusual to name the us ambassador to the e.u. to be responsible for all aspects of the print. but i'll take your additional answered still in his portfolio which was my question. you knew of ambassador holbrooke probably i did he's a man of great integrity one of our most successful ambassadors you know in prague but his reputation you would agree that he was a man of great reputation right. yes ye

hardship assignments we we appreciate your your service let me go up 1st to earlier this today mr sandlin ambassador silence accused me said that he was denied access to some of his records in the state department out a statement they said this ambassador son unlike every current department of state employee called before congress in this matter retained at all times and continues to retain full access to his state department document terry records and his state department e-mail account which he has always been fully free to access and review at will that's an accurate statement from the state department as an investor hail i had not seen it until shortly before entering this hearing room but it sounds actor and yes for shape that. ambassador you're aware of no connection between the pozen aid. in exchange for any kind of investigation is that correct i'm sorry mr key word can you repeat the question you're not aware of any connection between the pause in aid and in exchange for some kind of investigation being announced or done by ukraine as a right and you're not aware of secretary pal