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david holmes is the taylor aid who overheard the phone call. if you were the counsel in the room, what would you ask him? >> about the full context of the actual call. how did it begin? what time in terms of the discussions sondland had? what was solicited specifically by the nofz united states? what was offered by sondland? what was the understanding of both parties? were there inside statements? was it based on innuendo? i want the full conversation laid out? which did he care more about ukrain or the bidens? that could be a rabbit hole i wouldn't want to get into do rr much. it could essentially come down to infer what the president believed as opposed to the more substantive conversation. and you don't want to muddy the waters furtherer by having yet another innuendo-based evidence. a very solid understanding of what the call was about, why this person felt so comfortable in an open setting having a conversation he had for weeks on end to give the information on what had the president's true thoughts were. was he confused about what the dir

taylor: david, as we know, with tesla, it's all about the battery.eone said, "charging my tesla at home means i never have to think about it," and other people complain there aren't enough superchargers nearby, even though those have been promised. what's the take on the battery? david: so, the battery itself, people have not had problems so much with the battery. by far more, there were more -- were complaints about the craftsmanship issues. when it comes to charging, people out on the road need a supercharger that they can get access to wherever they are. and this is true for all electric vehicles, really. the whole world of supercharging is kind of building itself out as we see more vehicles, more electric cars purchased across the country. so the field of chargers always seems to be a little bit behind the population of electric cars back there, and that's probably true forttle bit tesla, at least according to the survey it says. people are happy when they can charge the car at home and not worry about it, but people putting more miles on the car

that she said she watched unfold in ukraine, and erin, also on friday that aide to ambassador taylor, david holmes who overheard that call between the president and ambassador gordon sondland, he will also be testifying, but behind closed doors. >> thank you very much, alex. >>> and out front now, one of the democratic congressmen on the intelligence committee who questioned the witnesses today, denny hack. i appreciate your time. so here we are, six hours, two witnesses in. are you satisfied with what happened at the public hearing today? >> well, it's just the beginning, right, erin? and the rest of america is being given an opportunity to learn what we learned during those many weeks of depositions behind closed doors. i thought the two gentlemen presented themselves very credibly and one george kent, a 27-year veteran of the foreign service and quite distinguished and of course, ambassador taylor who is a west point graduate. in fact, we learned he graduated fifth out of 100 and a vietnam veteran and a distinguished career in the foreign service and they made a compelling and clear case

the first public reference made to david holmes was in wednesday's hearing when ambassador william taylor shocked the hearing room and millions of viewers when he described a phone call from a restaurant in ukraine to president trump that david hoech holmes had overheard. but ambassador taylor did not reveal then david holmes' name. he simply said it was a member of his staff who overheard the call. two days after ambassador taylor's testimony, david holmes was describing that phone call under oath in a closed door deposition on friday. and on friday night, that became our breaking news, because we were able to report david holmes' version of the phone call from his written opening statement, which nbc news had obtained on friday. and now tonight we have the full transcript. the now famous phone call was made on a cell phone at a restaurant in kyiv by the trump ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, after ambassador sondland met with president zelensky. chairman adam schiff took david holmes through that phone call step by step. the chairman. now, you said the president's voic

. >> late friday the taylor staffer david holmes provided a firsthand account. he and two others heard the conversation because the president's voice was so loud sondland had to hold the phone away from his ear. where does the investigation stand? question will ask the speaker and two intelligence committee members, congressman jim jordan and mike quigley and preview next week's testimony where witnesses will include ambassador sondland, plus our cbs news battleground tracker shows big momentum for one candidate in the key states of iowa and new hampshire. all that plus analysis on the news of the week is just ahead on "face the nation". .. good morning. and welcome to "face the nation". we begin with house speaker nancy pelosi. we spoke with her just after the conclusion of public impeachment hearings friday. our conversation started with president trump's real-time tweet about ambassador marie yovanovitch. why do you think he was tweeting about her? >> well, he made a mistake. and he knows her strength and he was trying to undermine it. of course the president

. -- ambassador taylor, bringing forth david holmes today. that is a determination made by the committees of jurisdiction. we have not made any decision and isaac said to the president, if you have any information that is exculpatory, please bring it forward. it seems that the facts are as to what happened. if you have reason to convince people that something was different, underwrote, please ath,us know -- under o please let us know. >> [inaudible] the process would be long, arduous, and divisive. it turns out you are right. impeachment has taken on the tenor of being any other -- >> i cannot answer a question predicated on that. the republicans are in denial about the facts. beo not think we should characterized as partisans. your --oes that change as you try to make the case to the american people? >> we said we wanted to see the facts and we wanted the american people to see the facts. whatever decision is made, whatever decision is made to go forward will be based on our oath of office, not on the resistance to the truth. the sad tragedy

taylor's aide. his name is david holmes. and state department official, another david, who's name is david hale. we're going to dig into both of them. we just got it a little while ago. chris had some of it. phil mattingly is up on capitol hill. he's going to go through it a little bit more with you. but just stay tuned. but i want you to listen to this from holmes, talking about the call that he apparently overheard sondland and the president and why it was so shocking. this was an extremely distinctive experience in my foreign service career, he says. i've never seen anything like this. someone calling the president from a mobile phone at a restaurant and then having a conversation of this level of candor, colorful language. there's just so much about the call that was so remarkable, that i remember it vividly. when something like that happens, something is remarkable, it stands out in your mind. and then there is this. making it clear that the ukrainians knew exactly what they were dealing with in rudy giuliani, and i quote here again. they viewed him as a significant individual in terms of t

this is what david holmes the aide to ambassador taylor told ambassador taylor.eaction to the -- from the reaction from the president? >> well, look, i also know the president said that today's hearing or the inquiry is a joke. i could tell you, wolf, there is nothing funny about our country finding ourselves directly involved in an -- in an mea impeachment inquiry due to the inappropriate and disgraceful ourselves, ise president. this the kind of country that we want where not just this president but any future president can abuse their authority or their power for political purposes. i say that is not the kind of country that the american people want. >> representative val demings, thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >>> coming up, more on the newly revealed phone call that the president said he simply doesn't remember and it tied the president directly about pressing ukraine for political investigations. . dough made from scratch, every day. sauce from our original recipe. and authentic toppings like crispy, old world pepperoni™. because the italian way is

david holmes is a taylor aide that overheard sondland's phone call with president trump. he's now set to testify behind closed doors on friday. if you were the counsel in that room, what would you ask him? >> well, i'd ask about the full context of the actual call. how did it begin? what time did it happen in terms of when in relation to the investigative discussions that sondland had? what was solicited specifically by the president of the united states? what was offered by sondland? what was the understanding of both parties? were there sort of inside statements? was it based on innuendo? was it explicitly stated? i'd want the full conversation laid out. the only thing i have to say about the issue of, well, which did he care more about, ukraine versus the bidens, that to me could be a rabbit hole that i wouldn't want to get into too much. it could essentially come down to trying to infer what the president believed as opposed to the more substantive conversation on a case that already does not have a direct statement by the president of the united states, you don't wan

taylor: that was david solomon. for more, let's bring it bloomberg's sonali basak in new york.art of what you do is covering banks and ceos. have you ever heard them talk so much about that growth, about the market starting to discern between the path to profitability? beeni: the markets have very irrational for a while now. as we get into the next leg of the central banking policy, frankly, this irrational type behavior that is driving these skyhigh valuations has to come to a reckoning. everyone is not amazon. people are starting to tighten the reins. it only took one major flop for people to turn around quickly. we have had the head of investment banking and citigroup in early september tell us that for bloomberg television as well. people are already starting to tighten the reins earlier this summer. the talk is getting a lot louder for banks like goldman sachs, j.p. morgan, that stuck with a lot of these companies through very tough times. taylor: talk to me more about jamie dimon's comments, saying private markets aren't real valuations because you don't have a price disc

. >> ambassador taylor staffer david holmes testified behind closed doors on friday sharing he overheardrump's phone call. holmes said i heard ambassador sondland greet the president and explain that he was calling from kyiv. i heard president trump then clarify ambassador sondland was in ukraine. ambassador sondland replied yes, he was in ukraine and went on to state president zelensky loves your ass. maybe not a traditional response. what's your reaction to that? >> well, yeah, i mean, this is sort of par for the course. again, it's somebody who very much is in line with the president, speaks his mind, likes to talk about how we're good friends with the europeans, but sometimes we have to have tough love. we have to have tough talk with the people we're friends with. the thing that's really interesting to diplomats here in brussels is why was the ambassador to the european union spending so much attention and so much of his time on ukraine, which was not part of his mandate, and it really just speaks to kind of a free wheeling style of diplomacy that the administration has really embol

and as you heard ambassador taylor talk about his interaction with david holmes, i don't think anyone has trouble believing president trump followed up with ambassador sondland to see are they going to follow through with the investigations? because he needed those investigations for his own personal political gain. >> what can you tell us about david holmes' credibility in the six hours and the republican's approach to holmes' credibility? >> and i can tell you just like people beforehand, he has served all over the world. a person of integrity. i did not judge or see any reason to question his truthfulness and again the fact that he showed up, says a lot about who he is compared to so many people that have chosen to defy us. and i don't expect there to be any issues with his integrity or ability. >> the opening statement has many things that there striking. but it's very clear that david holmes is saying he didn't see himself as a witness in these proceedings until he heard republicans complaining repeatedly about hearsay. and he realized that what he has to say is not hearsay. he w

. >> david holmes is an aide to william taylor, who is e top u.s.mat in u.k., whoon overheard goondland the e.u. ambassador speaking to president trump. he told lawmakers a few moments ago is the h reason he couear the call is gordon sondland had the cell phone faor away frm his ear because president trump was speaking loudly andtr presidenp was saying he wanted to have investigations into the bidens and david holmes told taylor that president trump cared more about the investigationsf the biden in his 2020 campaign than anything else going on in ukraine, so that's sgnificant, and next week we'll see more depositions and also more public hearings. >> woodruff: public hearingsth at continue tuesday, wednesday and thursday. yamiche alcindor, a long day pore you.rd lisa desjas here at the table with me, nick schifrin, thank you all. i saw that stretch. get ready. >> woodruff: in other news today, roger stone, the former aide and long-time confidant of guilty in a federal court onound seven felony counts. among them, obstructing a congressional investig

and as you heard ambassador taylor talk about his interaction with david holmes, i don't think there'sone in the world who has a hard time believing that donald trump, the day after he talked with president zelensky followed up with ambassador sondland to say, hey, are they going to follow through with these investigations? it's obsessive behavior by the president because he needed those investigations for his own personal political gain. >> what can you tell us about david holmes' credibility in this six hours and the republicans' approach to david holmes' credibility? >> well, lawrence, i can tell you just like people before him, you know, he has served all over the world. you know, he is is a person of integrity. i did not, you know, judge -- i did not judge or see any reason to question, you know, his truthfulness. and again, the fact he showed up says a lot about who he is compared to so many people who have chosen to defy us. and i don't expect there to be any issues with his integrity or credibility. >> the opening statement i think has many things that are striking, but one thi

bill taylor came to capitol hill with a startling new detail about president trump: >> last friday, a member of my staff told me of events that occurred on july 26. >> reporter: that staffer, david holmes, told taylor what he overheard while sitting at a ukrainian cafe with gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. >> ambassador sondland called president trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. the member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. ambassador sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. following the call with president trump, the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what president trump thought about ukraine. mr. sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pressing for. >> and i take it the import of that is he cares more about that than he does about ukraine? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: the exchange contradicts the g.o.p. claim that this impeachment probe is based on hearsay, not direct evidence of the president's intent. >> you never talked with chief of staff mulvaney. >> i never did. >> you nev

the witnesses all confirming, these are career officials and we know the names, bill taylor, alexander vindman, davides, george kent, as well as on theland who never worked in the government before. should the president object when they're all kind of dismissed as deep state partisans who didn't like president trump's policy? >> should the press object in no, the press should just report what's happening in the hearing room and develop external sources to add more flesh to the bones of the story. there are things that are being broken day after day about this story that are not making it into the hearing room. but they've become part of the overall story. howard: right. president trump had a 53-minute phone interview on fox and fridays friend. here's what he -- "fox & friends." here's what he had to say. >> we have a great day, and then you pick up the phony new york times which is a total phony paper, and you read a story that took place, and they don't tell you what happened. they only put in the bad. they don't put in the good. same thing with "the washington post." it's a phony paper. howard: i'm

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. >> reporter: and on friday the house will depose the staffer that taylor mentioned, david holmes.sed doors, but also today marie yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, will take the stand and publicly testify. >> our thanks to mona. another big day on capitol hill. stay with abc news as the former ambassador testifies before the cameras this morning. our live coverage of the house impeachment hearings begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern right here on abc. >>> meanwhile president trump is taking his fight to conceal his tax records all the way to the supreme court. the president's legal team filed a petition teard b high court in an effort to block new york's district attorney fromngig years of his tax records as they investigate hush money payments to a porn star and a playboy model. house democrats are also trying to get ahold of trump's financial records. lower courts have rejected the argument that he is immune from investigation while in office. >>> former massachusetts governor duvall patrick is running for president. patrick joins a crowded field of democrats looking to

men like david holmes, ambassador taylor, who is still working for the u.s. government, all they want to do is their actual jobs. i think that david holmes wants to get back and he wants to be able to do his job absent influence from the president and proper influence from the president and his inner circle. the issue, fred, is these public servants are no longer able to do their jobs because of the self dealing coming from the oval office. >> so if gordon sondland confers, because he is scheduled to he in an open setting this wednesday, if he confirms holmes account to talk to him, about this investigation, that the ukraine, is the ukrainian president going to do it, and that indeed it is about investigating the bidens, is this a game changer? >> i think it is. you already -- we already had the transcript of the july 25th call and we know the president was focused on the bidens and getting them to look at the bidens, but the idea that he is pressuring him to do this investigation is huge. and it under minds what sondland said earlier. sondland appearing on we

yamiche: david holmes is an aide to william taylor, top u.s.iplomat in ukraine, who overheard gordon sondland, e.u. ambassador, speaking to president trump. he told lawmakers the reason he could overhear that call is because gordon sondland had the cellhone far awayrom his ear because president trump was speaking so loudly and he heard president trump saying he wanteo ave investigations into the bides. that aide, david holmes, told trump carede about theesident investigation of the bides -- bidens and the 2020 campaign than anything going on in the ukraine so that's significant.dy hearings continue tuesday, wednesday and thursday. yamiche alcindor, aong day for you. thank you all. get ready. judy: in other news today, roger stone, former aide and long-time confidte of president trump today was found guilty in art federal cn seven felony counts. among them, obstructing a contressional investigation russia's interference in the 2016 election. stone was also convicted of lying to investigators and tampering with a witness. prosecutors said tha sto

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taylor, after this testimony. tell us how he learned about it. >> there is someone named david holmes in kiev who worked for ambassador taylor and came and told him about what he hold. it was in a restaurant in kiev, not a private office where ambassador sondland was speaking with the president of the united states, on ambassador sondland's cell phone during a meeting he was having with some of his colleagues at this restaurant. this opens another can of worms. there are a whole host of follow-up questions here. who else could have heard that conversation happening? ukrainians are in the restaurant. were there other officials from the u.s. embassy that heard it? and president trump was asked about it and said he had no recollection. >> a sensitive conversation like that you would think the ambassador to the european union and the president would have a secure line and have a conversation like that, not at a restaurant where all sorts of people can hear what they're saying? >> it's uncomfortable. you're describing the name of national security officials the idea sensitive discussions like this, essentially compromising

earlier this week in the public testimony of the acting ambassador to ukraine william taylor and he said that david holmes a told him this story now he's actually given this private deposition but his statement leaked out pretty quickly and both american cable channels and the new york times have information about what is in his opening statement and it does center around this rather bizarre meal that he was invited to with gordon song the u.s. ambassador to the u.s. in the middle of this long trial of terrorists over one. decides to call donald trump on his cell phone to give an update on talks that they'd all been having with presidents and once give ukraine and other officials in the ukrainian government and probably don't trouble speaking so loudly on the phone then that her brother could actually overhear what was being said and he says that he recalls hearing donald trump ask about the investigations are they going to do the investigations he's going to do the investigation and sudden said he will do in fact zelinsky will do anything you are asked. and so then off of the phone call. homes are

morrison witnessed the conversation he had with the president, taylor confirms it and david holmes islatest witness who has important information about what sondland was doing. >> the republicans' argument as you know has evolved, you might say, over time and some are now saying that well, okay, but the aid did make its way to ukraine in the end, under congressional pressure, therefore there was no bribery because the quid pro quo didn't happen. is that a substantive defense in your view? >> no. it doesn't make a lot of sense to try to give the president credit for getting caught. after all, the aid was released only after the whistleblower came forward, three congressional committees started investigations, and, of course, the solicitation of the bribe is what occurred. at the president's instruction, gordon sondland who will testify this week, said directy to the ukrainians, you either get us a statement specifically negotiated with giuliani calling for an investigation about the bidens or there will be no military assistance. that's a quid pro quo which is latin for bribery. >> as

ambassador to the eu and million dollar trump donor. 48 hours later the staffer who told taylor of the call davidolmes confirmed the account in close door testimony. >> i have obtained the opening statement from the aid. according to the testimony this aide over heard ambassador sondland telling president trump that the president of ukraine would do anything that president trump wanted and what did president trump want? he wanted an investigation into joe biden. that was the one thing he was pushing for. >> reporter: in front of the camera, taylor and kent a senior state department official also out lined what they saw as competing u.s. policy. >> once i arrived in kiev i found it confusing and unusual arrangement for making policy towards ukraine. there were two channels. >> that second channel led by rudy giuliani. >> what interest do you believe he was promoting? >> i believe he was looking to dig up political dirt against a potential rival in the next election cycle. >> i agree with mr. kent. >> ambassador taylor said in decades of service he had never heard of a president trading a personal

a closed door deposition has been scheduled for this afternoon, for david holmes, the staffer that ambassador bill taylor referenced in his testimony yesterday, as having overheard a phone call where president trump reportedly asked ambassador sondland about the status of investigations in ukraine. >> a democratic official working on the impeachment probe told reporters that today, the house intelligencement will examine how trump's pressure campaign against ukraine began. that official said marie yovanovitch could be viewed as the quote first casualty of the president's campaign telling reporters she was unceremoniously removed for trying to route out corruption in ukraine she was described as widely respected. >> two u.s. officials tell msnbc news, that the accompanying ambassador to the european union during the july visit to ukraine and while it is not confirmed by nbc news, the associated press reports that she overheard a cell phone call between president trump and sondland discussing a need for ukrainian officials to pursue quote investigations. one day after trump's call with the leader of ukrain

david holmes. as the counselor for political affairs in ukraine, he works directly with taylor. weet on that front. kyle griffin, and nbc news reporter. david holmes received an award in 20 14 for speaking up against the obama administrations afghanistan policy. complicatestly republican plans to paint him as a partisan. we will likely hear more about him from the days to come. we will be letting you know if and when the president tweets. president at 6:54 to. eastern, referring congressman radcliffe, the republican congressman on the house intelligence committee, asking the two star witnesses, where is the impeachable event in that call? both stared straight ahead with a blank look on their face. host: this, from carol, sent us a text message. she writes " the democrats into witnesses acted with purpose, and professionally. to get to the truth from republicans. playing to an audience of one. their lord and master in the white house. all must be loyal to him and him alone. this from the new york post. congressman adam schiff insisting he does not know the identity of the whistleb

david holmes, ambassador taylor on wednesday, taylor saying overheard a conversation between ambassadorndland and donald trump that the president wanted the investigation but next week we have eight more open public hearings coming so we are just getting to the second phase. a long way to go. rob: really expected to go after yavanovitch. thank you so much. jillian: turning heads and wednesday's hearing for demanding fairness from adam schiff. rob: republicans are heading into today's testimony with a different game plan and then democrats. >> we are focused on the facts. we saw earlier this week the democrats two star witnesses had no direct knowledge. they were giving instances of hearsay, third, fourth and fifth hand hearsay. this is a serious process and the american public was watching riveted, waiting for a silver bullet and they didn't have that. i do not believe the president committed impeachable offenses and the democrats have not shown the president committed impeachable offenses. we are leading on substance and facts. jillian: marie yavanovitch was sworn in during the obama a

. >> this week, big expected testimony and after learning what we did from taylor and even, you know davids last night through his opening statement about this cell phone call between the president and sondland, sondland had to change his testimony already once. what will be his demeanor likely this week? he has so many, there are so many discrepancies that he has to clear up, i particularly am excited about this hearing. if you remember back to his transcript, he said he rarely talks to the president, he also said he never talked to trump about holding military aid until ukraine committed to these investigations, well guess what, we have four trump officials that say that is not what he told them. he said that trump was directing this entire scheme. so that will be the top thing they will try to clear up and the testimony puts the pressure on him more. someone heard him talking to the president about the investigations in july, and it is just another person coming forward that really contradicts what sondland told investigators. and it is a crime to lie to congress and so we'll have to se

david holmes, ambassador taylor, aided the ukraine embassy, told lawmakers he over hazard the phone callpresident and ambassador gordon sonland, the president only cared about an investigation into the bidens, doesn't care about ukraine. holmes was called to testify thursday. we learned donald trump may be considering an invitation to testify tweeting yesterday even though he did nothing wrong he was considering it. republicans on this committee think that is a bad idea. >> i wouldn't encourage the president at all. as far as my advice whether he should testify, the president would be lowering himself to adam schiff's level, lowering himself below adam schiff's level. >> reporter: ambassador gordon sondland does not testify until tomorrow but a lot of fireworks will fly today. rob: a lot of redundancy but sondland is the big one. jillian: newt gingrich was speaker of the house during bill clinton's impeachment. rob: based on his experience he says democrats right now are accepting more than a sham investigation, they are looking to overthrow the president. >> none of this is real. what y

two sources tell nbc news that the man who relayed that account to ambassador taylor, a man named david holmes, will now be giving a private deposition to the committee on friday. trump was asked about that conversation in a press conference this afternoon and completely punted, saying i don't recall, no, not at all, not even a little bit. ed to's hearing was the first opportunity for republicans to cross-examine people who had front row seats to the president's extortion of ukraine. it was theirrt chance to refute the accusations being made and build ain strong defense of the president's action. they didn't do any of that. instead they tried to make the hearing all about joe biden's son. argued that the political investigations were in the best interest of the ukraine and the u.s. the deputy secretary of state george kent shredded that defense. >> is pressuring ukraine to conduct what i believe you've called political investigations a part of u.s. foreign policy to promote the rule of law in ukraine and around the world? >> it is not. >> is it in the national interest of the united sta

diplomat in ukraine, bill taylor, revealed a new detail in his testimony. he says a member of his staff, davidolmes, overheard a phone call between president trump and eu ambassador gordon sondland. taylor told lawmakers the president asked the ambassador about the investigations. >> following the call with president trump, the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what president trump thought about ukraine. mr. sondland responded that president trump cares more about the investigations of biden -- >> reporter: president trump denied having the conversation and dismissed it as hearsay. >> all thirdhand information. can't be direct because i never said it. >> reporter: a line reiterated by republicans on the intelligence committee. >> you didn't listen in on president's call, president zelensky's call? >> i did not. >> you never talked with chief of staff mulvaney? >> i never did. >> you never met the president? >> correct. >> you're the star witness. >> reporter: the first public hearings of the impeachment inquiry follows more than 100 hours of closed door testimony from more than a do

. >> there is one closed-door deposition, david holmes, ambassador bill taylor, we went on wednesdayeard a conversation between donald trump and ambassador sondland where sondland believed the investigation was a top priority for donald trump. we will see what that produces but a more open public hearing next week. shannon: we will see what happens today. we will all be watching. still developing, this horrible story. a devastating community gathering for a vigil hours after a deadly high school shooting. a teenager accused of killing two people and injuring three more on his birthday. the shooting lasting 16 seconds in southern california. >> this happened in my community. >> why did this happen here? everyone was running, fear. >> don't know why he would do this. shannon: the 60-year-old suspect shot himself in the head and is now hospitalized in critical condition was a motive still unknown. class is canceled today. a judge rejecting written testimony from an illegal immigrant accused of killing molly tibbetts. christian ramirez's attorney wanted to summit a written affidavit to a

taylor testified president trump was asking about the investigation into the bidens. ambassador sondland then said trump cares more about investigations than ukraine. what new information do you expect to hear from david holmes today? >> well, we want to understand precisely what he heard. it's wonderful that ambassador taylor was able to provide that new information. obviously it's a major development. it's another indication that the president was laser focused on investigating the bidens. this was not some general concern for corruption. what he was calling, speaking to ambassador sondland about the very day after the famous phone call between the two presidents was an investigation of the bidens, this foreign service officer could hear it himself. this is not second hand. he heard the president's voice because he was speaking loudly enough on that phone. we understand we're going to ask him that today. and then, of course ambassador sondland characterized it. he said according to mr. taylor at least that the president cared more about investigating the bidens than he did about ukraine. and of course this is one more conversation that ambassador sondland has yet to recall under oath. and we'll have

taylor: ford automotive president joe henrik sat down with david westin to discuss whether ford has beence electric cars. >> we have been taking our time. we are leaning in to our iconic nameplates. the mustang extension of the brand here. we wanted to get the cost rate. we wanted to wait if the customers were right. we are part of the largest charting network in america. we have 12,000 locations. you're going to make money selling this vehicle. >> where you going to make them? >>>> we are going to make them in mexico. a big volume is going to europe. we can ship from mexico to europe duty-free. mexico.a plant in we stopped building the fiesta sedan as we right size our portfolio. that plan can be converted over. >> we are talking to joe henrik. you were talking about europe. how much will be sold in the united states and how much in china? a big market for a u vehicles. we are going to build it here and ship it to europe. the opportunity of selling the vehicle and building the vehicle in a china at a later date. into thes how it fits overall restructure of the economy. we have heard abo

phone conversation, so i'll talk about what ambassador taylor said, because under the gag order from adam schiff, i'm not able to talk about what david palm said. what ambassador taylor said is the aide had overheard the word investigations. as you know, you personally watched donald trump at a microphone say he thought that ukraine should undertake an investigation of burisma and of the bidens' connection to that. so you actually know as much as he does. that's not so scandalous about the fact he claims to have overheard the conversation which happened the day after the conversation with president zelensky. that conversation which you have the read-out of, the actualwa s words of the president, is the same thing. he offers nothing new, the same information. still no woquid pro quo, still smoking gun, but yet, according to the democrats, because they're leaking information to you, it's a bombshell. >> well, i mean, gordon sondland, according to tim morrison, who testified, whose transcript was released on saturday, so you can talk about it, no gag order, it's been released. tim morrison said sondland went over to one of the top aides

to not be explain sd ced is cra >> that was william taylor before the impeachment inquiry. davidongressman from florida an msnbc political analyst. good to see you. david, this is strange. there is no part of the republican party prior to 2015 that would knowingly be part of spreading russian disinformation about having hacked in the u.s. election. it's not something that would have happened. lindsey graham wouldn't have tolerated it. john mccain wouldn't have tolerated it. people like you wouldn't have tolerated it. what has happened the republican party has become attached to a russian conspiracy theory? >> it reveals a lot about true motivations. first, let's recognize what they are doing now, what senator kind ev kennedy said, it's gravely dangerous through their ignorance, negligence, they are being used by russia. republican senators and republican members of congress tonight are being used by russia because they are unwilling to look at the truth, and ali i would offer perspective as a former republican and democratic friends may disagree i was on the hill during the 90s a

. < david holmes, the member of taylors' staff that overheard the call between sondland and the presidenttestify on thursday. > (áboxesá) thanks kellie. ( james ) and we will be streaming the hearings live from start to finish on our kron on app. you can watch the hearings uninterrupted. all you have to do is go to the app store to download the app. breaking news we are following out of the south bay... one man is dead after a hit-and-run accident in san jose. kron 4's will tran is on the scene with the latest. wil? thanks will. thanks will. ( james ) still ahead on the kron 4 morning news... a local civil rights attorney is reacting after the decision to not file charges against men arrested in the deadly orinda shooting. ( james ) plus... one man is dead.. another in custody after a stabbing on a bart train. latest details on the investigation. (james) and then.. more delays related to bart - why officials say the opening of the extension to san jose - has to wait a little longer. i'm ládeia, and there's more to me than hiv. there's my career... my cause... and creating my dream home. i

taylor testified was not just backed up. it was backed up with explicit detail. david holmes in a nearly six-hour deposition with lawmakers saying in his opening statement which we obtained by cnn, at one point i then heard president trump ask, so he'll do the investigation. ambassador sondland replied, he is going to do it. he will do anything you ask him to. profane as he recalled some of the interactions going through the specifics of a meeting that he had over a meal with ambassador sondland where sondland talked about a meeting he just had with the ukraine president. it goes further than just that meeting that has become a central part of the inquiry. it details about the decision to withhold u.s. security including at some point saying that ambassador john bolton thought it was being held until zelensky could prove to president trump that he was willing to work with president trump. also talking about several elements about ambassador gordon sondland who will be testifying next week in his role through all of this. and another important point. the fact giuliani j

bill taylor heard from, that david holmes, overheard the conversation, and this person told that person, and all the rest. but i wonder if there's another angle here. you mentioned gordon sondland. my understanding in private he's previously testified, sondland that he had not talked to the white house or the biden investigation, the possibility of a biden investigation. this testimony from last night is suggesting that sondland talked directly to the president about potential biden investigations and sondland may have a problem here. >> that's the crux here, gordon sondland revamped his testimony before the transcript came out about a week and a half ago, he's due to testify next wednesday and republicans are going to point to the idea that at lo of these witnesses are getting information secondhand and thirdhand, you had elise stefan stefanik, and another saying yesterday was a good day for the president. the key is sondland. we've had a couple of big days of hearing so far. marie yovanovitch hearing was significant, and gordon sondland without doubt is the biggest one. ed: and that's

this is bloomberg. ♪ taylor: goldman sachs stung by losses in both uber and wework but ceo david solomon a message for investors in growth stocks, that profit does matter. he spoke on the current state of the ipo market including what could be the world's largest aramco., saudi arabia's david: we are involved in the aramco ipo. not, on an ongoing transaction like that. we have been involved in the ipo market. generally speaking, we are fortunate to be in a position to help our clients. >> it seems difficult to value and ipo's in general. people were talking about wework as a $60 billion, $65 billion company. day,: at the end of the when the rubber hit the road, what are investors willing to pay for a company when they have the transparency of the real financial information that has been vetted and presented in an appropriate way? when you have that, the market will speak. using wework as an example, there is a lot of hype around that. when they were able to provide feedback and work with an underwriting, there was a pretty clear view. companies, thef unicorns, that have had ipo problems

taylor: that was carlyle group cofounder david rubenstein at the panel at the bloomberg new economy forumthe new economy forum is organized by bloomberg media group, a division of bloomberg lp, the parent company of bloomberg news. coming up, our look back at the week in tech from apple to president trump. and they continue the struggles of we work. that is next. this is bloomberg. here, it all starts with a simple... hello! hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. taylor: i am taylor riggs. this is bloomberg technology. now a look at our weekly story starting with apple and its effort to get president trump to cut it a break. ceo tim cook gave president trump a tour of their austin, texas plant. it was not just to show off the mac pros being built in the states and may have been to stay in the president'

david holmes. >> their first witness ambassador taylor related 13 different conversations he had wet aid was groasrozen and september 11 when it was released, never once mentioning this call. july 19, sondland told taylor about the list. july 20. tells day slower. july 28 morrison tells taylor what happens on the trump-zelensky call. august 21, morrison talks to taylor. september 1 morrison tells taylor what he told more on. morrison tells day slower what sondland told trump and sondland tells taylor what trump tells sondland. nowhere is there a holmes tells taylor what the president of the united states tells sondland. lou: there you are. break more fundraising records. new ferks c records show the rnc, the republican national committee raising 23 million dollars, zero debt. the dnc raising less than $9 million and they have $7 million in debt. a new poll shows impeachment of the president doesn't resonate with voters in a key battleground state. the marquette law school poll shows 53% of registered voters in the state of wisconsin says president trump should not be impeached, compared to 40% who