also propping up unfounded theories about the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. yuriy and saying making requests of the government improper of the ukrainian government. we know she never made those requests alleged. also intern state department emaying. they show some of the top state department officials were passing around these right-wing conspiracy theories an charging, claiming, they were not right calling out the fact they were casting the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie jovanovic incorrectly saying they captured the bake fake narrative out there. >> so giuliani says some of these documents originated with him and he passed them on to pompeo. what did he think would happen after that? >> reporter: kind of like playing a game of phone tag. right? they passed it from one to another. first they started with giuliani. giuliani then passed on those documents to the white house, and he asked them to be directed to pompeo. somehow they got from the white house to secretary of state mike pompeo. when pompeo got them, at some point they were passed on to th

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president was sitting on vital military aid and it would not be released until president trump's unfounded concerns in the 2016 election and 20 koemt joe biden. >> taylor's testimony seems to directly contradict the president's claem there was no quid pro quo. he detailed what he called a high literature irregular shadowing that ties into much of the impeachment inquiry. congressional correspondent phil mattingly is on capitol hill. >> christine and dave, since almost the first deposition, lawmakers have said they need to hear from william taylor, one of the three individuals on a series of text messages that have become public that made it clear that u.s. security assistance to ukraine was, in fact, being withheld for political reasons, something the president himself has denied was actually the case. well, he testified behind closed doors more than eight hours in that room. testimony that at least based on a 15-page statement prepared by cnn led one lawmaker to gasp in the room as he laid out in detail, meticulous detail as the top diplomat, making very clear that gordon sondland, the am

caution, that foreign governments will learfrom the way the trump administration is using these unfounded allegations, and foreign governments could use fiction and innuendo to manipulate the u.s. democratic system. i think she's not only talking about her own personal experiences, but painting a broader, darker picture about what could be ahead. nada: how much of an impact do you think hetestimony will have on the pace of the impeachment inquiry? anthony: there are a couple of things the democrats will take out. she is still a state department employee and the state department said she shouldn't testify. they issued a subpoena and she showed up anyway and without state department lawyers. this may be encouraging to democrats when they are looking ahead next week to other government employees andeople with connections to the administration who have been subpoenaed or requested to come in, including gordon sondland, u.s. ambassador to the european union who did not testify on monday because of the state department order. now they are seeing that some of these people may come in, and whwhhe

marie yovanovitch said there had been a concerted campaign against her based on what she called unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. her testimony comes as immigrants continued their efforts to learn more about e l ties to ukraine.administration's to help us through this i was joined earlier with the bbc's anthony zurcher. thanks for being here. this was really scathing testimony. what do you think she revealed umabout the way president has conducted foreign policy? anthony: we haveineen her opremarks. we don't know what the investigators asked in her interesting to get to. in her opening remarks she talked about how the trump administration is using private influence and personal gain over diplomatic judgment in conducting foreign pol and she end with a stern caution, f thateign governments will learn from the way the trump administration is using these unfounded allegations, and foreign governments could use fiction and innuendo to manipulate the u.s. deatic s stem. i think she't only talking about her own personal g experiences,onut paintin broader, d

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show she had been killed at the consulate he denounced the source of what she called these quote unfounded accusations. but i could. not enjoy it. and you were left. out of use for india. on saturday the 6th of october tavi invited reuters to the consulate and took them on a tour simply to show that she was not in the building he denied that she had been killed insisting that he left. but admitting he couldn't prove it because the consulate surveillance cameras hadn't saved the images. of why he would have a c.c.t.v. system that is working and doesn't record seems. impossible to believe the only reason why you would not have a recording system is lack of money and this isn't something that afflicts saudi arabia for sure. under the 8th of october u.s. president donald trump made his 1st public statement about the case. at the same time the saudi ambassador to the u.s. prince khalid bin selma inabilities stated publicly that allegations that he had been killed or detained by the saudi authorities were completely faults and unfounded. he then left for saudi arabia on the pretext of seeking cl

i think his optimism is unfounded firstly i think if a government that was that enabled isis to grow very quickly in its early years they didn't take it precautions on its border according to sites and actively helped isis in its operational capacity i would find very hard to trust and i would not want to leave my security to a government that's been that's done that before and that's why i believe that the optimism that somehow the turkish army and the turkish government can take responsibility of these isis captives this is completely unfounded secondly i think it's quite rich from anyone that if it that's been affiliated or still is affiliated to the turkish government to talk about. to talk about. some sort of you know a fret. by the s. t. f. or why p.j. about the isis prisoners the turkish government aired on has been threatening europe for the past few years with the more than 4000000 syrian refugees in the country trying to take anything it can. from europe and from the western world by frightening them with opening the doors to more than 4000000 syrian refugees to cross the b

and she says that she was ousted by unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives rudy giuliani directly, but clearly implying that. and you will also remember that during the phone call where donald trump spoke to the ukrainian president, donald trump described her, who had since been fired or withdrawn, as bad news. and so she ties ina withdrawn, as bad news. and so she ties in a bunch of different threads in this investigation into the ukrainian material by giuliani, ukrainian material by giuliani, ukrainian investigations by giuliani. i think it is interesting to see exactly what the democrats are going to be asking her about, and what sort of way she answers these questions. while the impeachment enquiry was going on, president trump was hosting a delegation from china and after they broke up he announced the first stage of a trade agreement. in his words, it is phase one of a broader agreement and it means increases in tariffs which the us was going to impose on some chinese goods later this month have been suspended while these talks continue. we come to a d

that "i was incredulous that the us government chose to remove an ambassador based, as mr cadel, on unfoundedple with clearly questionable motives." claims by people with clearly questionable motives. " you claims by people with clearly questionable motives." you can take from what she says that she is talking about rudy giuliani, amongst others. that, again, will put a real question in democrats peoples minds about exactly what was going on inside the white house. but beyond that we don't really know what marie yovanovitch has had to say, because what we have learned has come from a prepared statement that was released as she was going in to give this testimony. but democrats may well have found out more full chris, how damaging has this all been to president trump, if at all? well, if you take a look at the polls, and there have been a number of polls done, people are moving, in terms of the american public, towards the idea that, actually, he should be impeached. now that wilkin ‘s only white house to a certain extent and it will unsettle republicans —— that will unsettle. the white house

she said it was made up by unfounded and false claims by people she says with clearly questionable motives. of course a reference there to rudy giuliani. >> what are you hearing from democratic and republican members of the congress who heard her testimony today? did they hear the same thing? >> reporter: not at all. and that is typical for these sorts of things. we just heard from republicans and democrats, top democrats and republicans on the committee leaving this room after that marathon session tonight and their reaction predictably, not surprisingly fell into partisan camps. the top democrat on the intel committee, adam schiff, the chairman of that committee praised yovanovitch, saying she's a model democrat and deserved better than the shabby treatment she received from president. and schiff did not take questions from reporters tonight of which there are many. republicans coming out of that room tonight, anderson, really attacked the process. we heard from many republicans saying this should have been an open testimony, saying that they themselves did not think that they learned an

trump and giuliani based on what she describes as unfounded and false claims. also breaking, the house intelligence committee chairman says the impeachment investigation is moving with new urgency and zeroing in on the ukraine scandal with new testimony expected to be announced in the coming days. i'll get reaction from a congressman who heard the former ambassador's testimony, house committee member sean patrick maloney is standing by along with our correspondents and analysts. let's go to caitlyn collins first. new evidence that the president is distancing himself from rudy giuliani. >> reporter: it comes one day after news broke about those two socie associates of rudy giuliani's being arrested on campaign finance charges. and now the president on rudy giuliani, the man who defended him through the last two years, is now coming into question. >> i don't know. i haven't spoken to rudy. >> reporter: tonight president trump won't say if rudy giuliani is still his personal attorney. >> i spoke to him yesterday briefly. he's a veryattorney. >> reporter: the presi

something that's unfounded.the appropriate time, in the appropriate way, in hess way. he's been very firm that these attacks are unfounded. we also know there is nothing that substantiates these attacks other than donald trump's mind and also that joe biden wants to stay focused on this election and this is a distraction by donald trump and what i would just say to the american people is let's not be tricked by this. don't be fooled by this man again. he wants to distract us. he wants us to not think about what he needs to address going into 2020 and so he's making up things that he's publicly calling for foreign interference in our election. it's a slap in all of our faces. >> ms. mayor. we are about 48 hours away from the fourth democratic debate in columbus, ohio, we're coming to right outside atlanta. we'll talk about that i'm sure before we get there with you. but what do you think will be the former vice president's strategy on the stage on this coming tuesday at the debate and what do you hope it will be

impeachment inquiry into the us president she says she was removed from her post because of quote unfounded and false claims inquiries investigating with a trump tried to pressure ukraine's leader into investigating his democratic rival joe biden and his son who was working in ukraine michaela as the latest from washington d.c. . the former ambassador to ukraine mari you have one of each was instructed by the state department not to appear in congress however she defied this instruction appearing before the congressional committee behind closed doors then there was the case of opening statements being leaked and certainly according to that statement she came out with both barrels firing insisting that those with questionable motives had caused her recall from the ukraine that the direct instruction of president trump she spoke about what she called a hollowed out state department and certainly added to the congressional knowledge off the events that led to that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine that lies at the heart of this ongoing investigation importantly th

ambassador to ukraine but she was removed from her position in may over what she called today unfoundedwas told by the deputy secretary of state that there had been a, quote, concerted campaign against me and that the department had been under pressure from the president to remove me since the summer of 2018, unquote. let's discuss. jen, you were the former spokesperson for the state department during the obama years. you know ambassador yovanovitch. tell us about her. is she a partisan democrat? is she not professional? >> no. i worked alongside her for two and a half years in a senior role in the european bureau when i was there. i was a visitor as a political pointy, most are civil service ants and many republican and democratic presidents she is served and i would have no idea political affiliation marie yovanovitch has today. i will say she is somebody who took pride in being represented in the united states interest overseas. she had hardship posts which she mentioned in testimony that many people don't want to serve and difficult because they are authoritarian governments and del

government chose to remove an ambassador based on as best as i can tell unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. to make matters worse, all of this occurred during an especially challenging time in bilateral relations with a newly elected ukrainian president. this was precisely the time when continuity in the embassy in ukraine was most needed. all right. we just got is this in. let's go back to capitol hill now, and manu raju is standing by. this is obviously only a slice of what her testimony is going to be, manu. but it appears that she's not going to hold back, at least from her perspective as to how the trump administration called for her being called back from her post in ukraine. >> reporter: she makes it very clear, she was very frustrated about his dismissal, dismayed, she believed she was the target of an unfair, unfounded, inaccurate smear campaign. she had no reason, understanding why this occurred, but she was told, interestingly about that the president wanted her gone, in her words, since the summer of 2018. she said that she had been told

trump continues to make unfounded allegations aboutjoe biden.ge him in next year ‘s presidential election. hopes to challenge him in next year 's presidential election. there is i'io 's presidential election. there is no evidence, none, not a scintilla, not one little tiny piece. the american people know me, and they know me. —— him. even people who support him now he lives constantly. democrats believe the president is theissue democrats believe the president is the issue to put pressure on the ukrainian government, and that has been given more weight by this newly revealed text by bill taylor, the most senior diplomat in ukraine. donald trump insists that there was no quid pro quo, but democrats say they need to see all of the white house document to get a clear picture of the president of ‘s actions. and a little earlier chris explained how this order to hand over evidence — or subpoena — came about. democrats inside congress have been asking the white house for these documents and now by issuing this subpoenas they are demanding them. this i

that kind of speculation they say is unfounded. global head of automotive research at evercore isi. wants tof volkswagen get to 200 billion euros from roughly 80 billion euros today in market cap. how does he do that without monetizing lamborghini, bugatti, bentley, porsche? doesn't he have to do that at some point? not justlkswagen is the biggest oem globally, it is also the company with the greatest brand equity. brands, the ones you mentioned, theche, audi, they carry highest value, and it is hidden within this valuation, and obviously i think what he is is to lifthere i the value within volkswagen. you can do this by raising the cash flow of the group, but i think you will always be a victim of very low valuations through the sector, or you try to create a real volkswagen holding company and underneath that holding company you would have partially listed entities. today, we talk about lambo, but we could also talk about other brands. anna: good morning. we want to unlock the value in the things you own. thinking about lamborghi

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he said as unfounded accusations came out publicly, he urged ukrainians not to interfere in u.s. politics. volker testified he didn't see a link between the investigation and the freeze to military aid in ukraine, but other diplomates were suspicious. as i said on the phone, i think it's crazy to whole security assistance for help with a political campaign he said in september. bill, i believe you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. still, it unsettled lawmakers, at least one member of the gop. >> i think some of these things are damning. >> other than congressman herd, there have been very few republicans who are willing to go out there and criticize the president. aside from mitt romney, very few members of the president's own party willing to be critical of him. >> sara, thank you. now perspective with natasha linstad. joining live this hour. good to have you with us. >> thanks for having me. >> let's start by breaking this down into that left/right binary. democrats say there's plenty of evidenc

military aid and it would not be released until kiev publicly pledged to address the president's unfounded concerns in the 2016 election and 2020 candidate joe biden. >> taylor's testimony seems to directly contradict the president's claim there was no kwp. quid pro quo. congressional correspondent fill mattingly is back on capitol hill. >> christine and dave, almost since the first day, they said they need to hear from bill taylor. it was made clear taylor was concerned that u.s. security ac assistance to ukraine was being withheld for political reason, something the president himself denied was actually the case. he testified behind closed doors more than eight hours in that room, testimony that at least based on the 15 pages had one lawmaker gasp in the room, laying out the details. he made it very clear at least in conversations that with another official gordon sondland who was repeatedly talking to the president that there was, in fact, a quid pro quo at play, that while he said there wasn't a quid pro quo at least in term of words, the president expected something. the president wan

their concerns could yet to prove unfounded with an agreement once thought impossible now reached but with boris johnson's promise to shake the u.k. free of the e.u. by the end of october whether a deal is passed or not the 2 sides are cutting it rather fine. and let's get the markets you. are standing by a wall street for sobrino european financial markets were initially quite upbeat about this deal but then the doozy as a fizzled out as the agreement still has to be approved by. the british parliament how are people on wall street looking at all of this. it was kind of the same over here markets started in positive territory but try to hold on to the advance because investors have multiple reasons to be cautious the british parliament could shoot down as agreement when it needs out of a given that northern irish union is still oppose it and even if a deal is posset doesn't help that much because companies are likely to continue to put off u.k. spending decisions until the terms of trading with europe are clear so yes the deal had an impact on wall street today but investors are so w

their concerns could yet to prove unfounded with an agreement once thought impossible now reached but with boris johnson's promise to shake the u.k. free of the e.u. by the end of october whether a deal is passed or not the 2 sides are cutting it rather fine. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. tech firms dominate the list of the world's most valuable brands apple tops the list by market consultant interbrand the firm is valued at $234000000000.00 google amazon and microsoft all followed with valuations above one $100000000000.00 non take firms has slipped coca-cola placed 5th the top european brand with missy dispense in 8th place. the 3 main distribution companies for pharmaceuticals in the u.s. cason and memory source version and cardinal health have offered to pay a total of $18000000000.00 to settle thousands of lawsuits drug maker johnson and johnson offered an additional $4000000000.00 the companies are held responsible for their part in the deadly opioid crisis and the us federal communication commission has approved the $26000000000.00 merger of

their concerns could yet prove unfounded with an agreement one thought impossible now reached but with boris johnson's promise to shake the u.k. free of the e.u. by the end of october whether a deal is passed or not the 2 sides are cutting it rather fine. now that information and communication technology in africa is suffering from a lack of investment that's according to the african development bank the bank estimates just 2 and a half percent of infrastructure disinvest women in africa go to information and communication technology but sierra leone is breaking the mold and working towards being a smart country the government claims that blocks chain and cloud computing allow sierra leone to push texas terms and make essential services affordable the country's efforts are being helped by a team of trained at estonia's governance cademy now estonia of course being the smart city of europe so what's. bishan there for more let's cross over now to our africa desk in bonn to abu bakar giallo good to have you with us tell me sierra leone has big ambitions to become a leader in advanced tech

and several attacks in recent months suggest that this concern is not unfounded. but how can brax it take place while preventing a heart in an irish border at the same time a comprehensive customs and trade deal between the e.u. and britain would be one solution but this has yet to be agreed. that's why the e.u. has proposed a so-called backstop a kind of insurance that if needed guarantees they'll be no hard border on the island of ireland. the backstop stipulates that the whole of the u.k. would remain in the customs union with the e.u. following backset until a better solution is found which basically means that trade would remain as it is for the time being but with one key difference britain would have to abide by e.u. regulations even after bracks it yet would have no say in the rules after all the country would no longer be in member. so it's no wonder that the backstop is so controversial in britain prime minister bars johnson sees this provision as unacceptable. and so the irish buddha question remains the greatest obstacle on a long road to brick set. so

after his family, he's not going to stop being personal, he's not going to stop putting out there unfoundedmplete lies, conspiracy theories, about biden and his family. biden needs to do the exact same thing. he needs to be as aggressive, if not more. he needs to be as unstoppable, if not more, not just in defending himself and his family, but going after this president and how much of a threat he is to our democracy, our constitution and literally our republic and way of life here in this country. that's what he needs to be doing. >> so, anna, biden has said it in front of the cameras this week, now in this op-ed, trump won't destroy me or my family, but is this attention ultimately damaging the biden campaign? just take a look at the fundraising. biden's fundraising compared to bernie sanders, 25 million in this third quarter. do you believe that dip in fundraising for biden is as a result of this kind of attention? >> to be quite honest with you, i think that there are multiple factors, and one of the factors is, you know, the messaging that he's had on the campaign trail about how he do

. >> trump is referring to unfounded allegations that as vice president, biden tried to protect his son by stopping an investigation into the ukrainian company that his son worked for. >> biden and his son have denied wrongdoing and there is no evidence of any. >> there is no evidence either have done anything wrong. >> there's no evidence of any wrongdoing. >> he uncovered no evidence of any wrongdoing. >> rudy giuliani claims without proof. >> unsubstantiated. >> unfounded accusations against biden. >> hunter biden didn't violate anything. >> sean: why would a vice president of the united states want a prosecutor to be fired? in ten days, you're lying, corrupt, conspiracy theorist and the mob a devoted seven hours, the favorite new anti-trump line conspiracy theory, only 46 minutes to biden's obvious quid pro quo. i wonder if the media mob would cover the story differently if it involved don jr. and the trump family or even barren trump for crying out loud? we will get you the full timeline, including brand-new allegations tonight from china. here is the bottom line, this story will b

on to the president who repeets ats it ale time although much of it we can prove to be false and unfounded. what does this tell you? >> this really tightens the noose on rudy giuliani. if i were him, i would be thinking about taking the fifth real quick, because you never know where it's going to go with these folks. they're likely to become cooperating witnesses, and if they become cooperating witnesses, they could yield very valuable information on giuliani or what impetus they had, or direction, from trump himself. >> no indictment per se to anything involving the president or the impeachment inquiry, but they gave money to a congressman and try to get the congressman to get rid of the ambassador of ukraine, which is on the witness list. they did not like this talk of using the united states to advance the president's personal political vendetta. at or around the same time parsen met with congressman one and caused congressman 1 to remove the u.s. ambassador to ukraine. parnas' efforts to remove the ambassador were conducted. >> he wrote this letter saying he had a problem with her. peo

the perception that he didn't do anything -- the perception that he did something wrong, though unfounded. he can basically say, look, the president is so afraid of me that he was willing to kind of put his political career on the line, take all of these steps with ukraine. that's not something that he would be willing to do with other candidates. for a politician whose entire case for the presidency rests on the notion of electability, i think he can basically say the president is afraid of me, give me the nomination and i'll beat the president. >> thomas, we have also seen some republicans, namely senator mitt romney and william hurd speak out against the president's actions. now susan collins said his decision to launch a probe was a big mistake. do you think republicans will speak out or does it only remain whispers in private? >> well, you're certainly right. that the number of republicans who have actually criticized president trump have been few and far between. that reflects the extent to which the center right in washington has been totally gutted. moderate republicans have just

incredulous her dismissal in her base was based on unfounded, unsubstantial claims she said by people with questionable motives one of those from giuliani associates who said she believed their personal financial ambitions essentially played a role in all of this. yes, she did raise significant concerns about the long-term impacts of the state department and what's happening at a critical time with the u.s./ukrainian relations. today we see the state department attacked and hollowed out from within, congress needs to take action now to defend this great institution, and as thousands of loyal and effective employees we need to rebuild diplomacy as a first resort to advance america's interesting and the front line of america's defense. not doing so will harm our nations interests perhaps irreparab irreparably. that's part of the discussion behind closed doors and also discussion about concerns republicans had and giuliani had raised about she allegedly was disloyal to the president. she did recite point by point pushing back on those claims that had been made as part of what she believe

saying she doesn't know why she was removed as ambassador but it was based on as best as she can tell unfounded and false claims by people with clearly questionable motiv motives. she said i did not know mr. giuliani's motives for attacking me but individuals in the press may well have believed their personal financial ambitions were stymied by our anti-corruption policy in ukraine. those contacts are lev parnas and igor fruman, who were arrested wednesday attempting to leave the country. they have been charged with campaign finance violations for illegally funneling money, some of it russians, to republicans and the trump super pac. they were in one case trying to get a member of congress to help oust yovanovitch. the president said he doesn't know these guys in the picture and said you have to, quote, ask rudy who they are. and fiona hill claims giuliani and sondland side stepped white house protocol to advance their own personal agenda. she testifies on sunday. ambassador sondland will testifies wednesday and said he'll testify notwithstanding the state department's current direction not to

why are the allegations unfounded? i'm not saying they are founded. why are they unfounded? because it's been reported. who reported that? you go to them and they say, well we haven't seen it. they reported it. number two, my final point, let's oppose the ukrainians did have the reports. who in god's name are you going to leave believe? i hope that residents of linsky turns that out. but the people who preceded him, it all seems like a cricket is a barrel of snakes. i honestly don't know speaker pelosi's theory ends of the fact that there's been no vote on it. >> tucker: kind of shocking. it was senator, thank you so much for this. >> thank you. >> tucker: we run out of time, so interviewing with dennis rodman what's going on between china and nba. it was a better way to get endorsements and president obama served as the closest friends and second and commanded, he was black faced and president obama will share the answer. plus will be covering the president in balance. he will be making news in just a minute. we will bring it to you. ♪ everyone uses their phone differently.

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well, as president trump fires off more unfounded accusations that joe biden abused his position as viceresident to protect his son, ethics experts say the president is the one with a conflict of interest. cnn's sarah murray reports. >> what i saw biden do with his son, he is pillaging these countries, and he's hurting us. >> reporter: president trump firing off another round of unfounded accusations that joe biden used his position as vice president to protect and enrich his son, hunter biden. >> we are looking for corruption. when you look at what biden and his son did, and when you look at other people, what they've done, and i believe there was tremendous corruption with biden. >> reporter: but ethics experts say trump is the one with the conflict. >> donald trump is profiting off his presidency. >> reporter: trump's children ink international deals on his behalf and serve in his administration. and unlike biden, trump stands to benefit financially from their work. >> my two sons, who are right here, don and eric, are going to be running the company. they are going to be running it i

why are the allegations unfounded? i'm not saying they are founded. why are they unfounded?ecause it's been reported. who reported it? you go to them and they say, " well, we haven't seen it. they reported it." number two, my final point, let's suppose the ukrainians did have the reports. who in god's name are you going to believe? help that president's own skate turns out better. the people who preceded him, to me, they seem as crooked as a barrel of snakes. i don't understand the policies. >> tucker: and the fact that there's been no vote on it. kind of shocking. senator, thank you so much for that assessment. we promised last night, we ran out of time, so the interview with dennis rodman, and what's going on between china and the mba. it was a better way to get endorsements and president obama served as the closest friends for where a black face. president obama revealed the answer. plus, dallas, the president will be speaking. that will be in just a few minutes. we will bring it to you. ♪ when you move homes, you move more than just yourself. that's why xfinity has made

you see a leadership to stand up for the people in the face of unfair and unfounded attacks.would help. the congress has a role to play here, as well. i just hope that the wider american audience appreciates the significance of diplomacy. we are no longer the only big kid on the geo political block. really ought to be the tool of first resort. >> can i ask you? this fits kind of into this talking about when's happening in syria. not only do you have turkey moving into the country and faster than folks thought would happen, you have isis prisoners escaping capture. ambassador, would this be happening had the president not given a green light to turkey? >> it certainly wouldn't be unfolding in this way in my view. i don't underestimate for a moment the an mouse of erdogan and the kurds and difficult to manage but i think what we're seeing unfolding is a betrayal not just a betrayal of partners who bled for us in the fight against isis, but it's a betrayal of common sense, too. it's hard to sustain a u.s. military presence in eastern syria indefinitely but there's a smart way an

unleashing a torrent of attacks during a white house news conference and making extraordinary and unfounded allegations against house intelligence chairman adam schiff, joe biden and his son and the whistle-blower and the impeachment inquiry looming over his presidency. >>> early guidance. the house intelligence committee confirms that the whistle-blower contacted one of the panels aides for advice on how to file the complaint but a spokesperson denies adam schiff saw it in advance as president trump accuses schiff of writing it. mystery envelope. the state department inspector general comes to congress for what he deems an urgent briefing presenting staffers with a mysterious envelope filled with what congressman called conspiracy theories delivered to the secretary of state. tonight questions about who sent it and why the inspector general thought congress needed to know about it. >>> and brazen launch. north korea tests a medium-range missile designed to be launch from a submarine days before talks with the u.s. are scheduled to resume. tonight why this missile is raising new concerns ab

it's reported she says she was removed because of unfounded claims, that the state department has been hollowed out. tell me what you're taking from this. >> reporter: her opening statement says, today we see the state department attacked and hollowed out from within. she also says, i do not know mr. giuliani's motives for attacking me. they believed their personal financial ambitions were stymied by an anticorruption policy in ukraine. this is significant, because we know that rudy giuliani was in part behind a packet of disinformation, part of a smear campaign aimed at marie yovanovitch, that the state department ig was alarmed enough by that he flagged it as an urgent matter when he came to the hill last week or the week before. jamie raskin showed us some of which that documentation. two of giuliani's business associates, of course, just indicted yesterday, and the indictment makes clear they sought to discredit marie yovanovitch. we also know from some other evidence that there were concerns that rudy giuliani was -- had a direct influence in president trump's thinking about marie

took it so long to get together, but then we got it this morning, a response to president trump's unfoundedvice president biden and his son hunter. >> jessica, the campaign has to know that's not going to stop any questions about the why now that hunter biden would make that pledge, and how the biden camp is helping to prepare joe biden for what will likely be an onslaught of questions about all of this come tuesday during the debate. >> yeah. i mean, we'll see kind of what comes up at the debate. so far his democratic rivals have really stood behind joe biden on this and really said that they are standing against president trump's, again, unfounded claims against vice president biden and his family. he has really seen support from the other democratic candidates. pete buttigieg was on our air earlier this morning saying something to that effect. so it will be interesting to see how this kind of plays out in the coming days. again, we're here in iowa today where he is speaking to a union group. we have a number of the 2020 presidential candidates that are here. a and here in iowa it's becom

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government chose to remove an ambassador based as best as i can tell on unfounded, false claims by people with clearly questionable motives. she makes clear that she had nothing to do with the decision to withhold ukrainian aid, she was not involved directly in conversations about this july 25th call between president trump and ukraine president zelensky, but the rest of her opening statement is top to bottom take down of u.s. foreign policy at the state department, run by secretary of state mike pompeo. and she paints a picture of the state department running with a mission of political self interest, working in political self interest of donald trump and his allies, and not national self interest. she talks about how the state department has been hollowed out for people resigning, people leaving, and that's an attack she says that is inherently dangerous. >> she made a point to warn about the threat of private influence and personal gain usurping judgment of diplomats. i think that's the important part. a president has the right to call the ambassador back, say you're not my cup of tea,

so i think their claims of process are unfounded. interestingly, they don't want to talk about the substance of the allegations and that's what we really need to consider at this point. so going to a public hearing will really allow the american people to see the substance of the evidence and really decide for themselves what they think about where the evidence should lead us. >> so will all the transcripts of the closed-door meetings, will all of those be released? and what percentage do you think of the people who have come forward so far to be witnesses or to give testimony will be called back to do it publicly? >> the answer be is i don't know. i don't think that has been decided. obviously i don't want to get ahead of my chairman, adam schiff, on these particular questions. but i think probably short of redacting for certain maybe sensitive or classified information, my hope would be there would be maximum transparency. in my humble opinion it was very powerful, incredible, compelling testimony such as by bill taylor the other d