a former white house russia expert has said that a fictional narrative was used to link ukraine to interference in the 2016 us presidential election fear of hell was testifying at the impeachment inquiry into accusations that president donald trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden how did you castro reports. raise your right hand i will begin by swearing you in the day's testimony began with a warning from the former white house policy expert on russia and ukraine some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a company against a country and the perhaps somehow for some reason you craned it this is a fictional not a sieve that has been perpetrated and propagated by the russian security services themselves the on a hill testified russia was watching the impeachment hearings and ultimately would benefit from republicans repeating the quote fictions that ukraine meddled in the 26000 elections with the help of democrats she said she had warned gordon sagal and the e.u. ambassador the same when she realized he was c

a former white house russia expert testifies at the impeachment hearing shedding more light on efforts to pressure ukraine. after weeks of unrest the lebanese take appalls to mark their independence day. palestinian journalist where i patches in solidarity with a colleague who was shot in the eye by israeli forces. but 1st prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been charged with bribery fraud and breach of trust he rejects accusations says that part of a coup attempt howry force it ripples out from west jerusalem there's never been anything like it in israeli politics on the day the grinding stalemate over forming a new government and to the new unprecedented phase the attorney general was ready with his own historical 1st. not today i informed the representative of the prime minister mr benjamin netanyahu about my decision to try him under an indictment that includes 3 charges a day in which the attorney general decide to serve an indictment against a seated prime minister the serious crimes of corrupt governance is a heavy and sad day for the israeli public and for me personally. an h

and the former white house russia expert fiona hill says donald trump and his allies pushed the fictional narrative linking crane to u.s. election interference in 2016 she testified at the impeachment inquiry into president trump on thursday. now in ukraine relations between the government and russia appear to be easing out of talks shuttled for next month before a meeting between presidents vote of means and in ski and blood mia puts in the 2 sides have been working to reduce tensions and schapelle picks up the story. while his name is often being mentioned in washington that donald trump's impeachment inquiry ukraine's president appears focused on signaling that the conflict with russia must and blow to mere zelinsky unveiled a bridge that's been rebuilt and a community on the front line in eastern ukraine government forces and russian backed separatists blamed each other for destroying it 4 years ago observers hope the new bridge is an optimistic sign to us in a 20 meeting there should be a serious truce and serious cease fire where there is no shooting that's how i understand it there

embassy official david holmes and former white house russia expert fiona hill have given key testimony in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump holmes described a phone call he overheard between the president and the u.s. ambassador talking about a deal for an investigation by ukraine fiona hill spoke about a quote 2nd channel of policy on ukraine that she was not part of describing it as domestic and political in nature. bolivian riot police have fired tear gas to break up a funeral procession in the past as thousands of people took part in the procession that began in the city of alto it coincided with a debate in congress over when to hold new elections bolivia's interim government is hoping elections will help to defuse the street violence that's killed at least 32 people since october and thousands of protesters in colombia have marched against government plans to introduce pension and tax reforms workers unions and students gathered in the capital bogota and what's been described as the biggest demonstrations in recent years protesters also blame president even dukas governme

embassy official david holmes and former white house russia expert fiona hill have given key testimony in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump on his described a phone call he overheard between the president and a u.s. ambassador talking about a deal for an investigation investigation by ukraine bolivian riot police have fired tear gas to break up a funeral procession in the powers thousands of people took part in the march that began in the city of. coincided with a debate in congress over went to hold new elections police in colombia tried to disperse demonstrators have been marching against government plans to introduce pension and tax reforms workers unions and students gathered in bogota in what's been described as the biggest demonstrations in recent years. and at least 5 people have been killed in fighting between protesters and security forces in the iraqi capital baghdad on wednesday police used tear gas against people who were getting too close to the capital cities green zone which houses the government buildings are right witnesses next on al-jazeera will update the he

former white house russia expert fiona hill says the president donald trump and its allies used a fictional narrative to link ukraine to u.s. election interference in 2016 she testified at the impeachment inquiry on thursday and sri lanka's new president has named his cabinet and 2 of his brothers will hold senior positions because of by rajapakse as brother mahinda will be prime minister and finance minister at another brother is trade minister. iraq's top shia leader ayatollah ali sistani is urging the government to reform its election laws more antigovernment protests are expected to all friday the day after security forces killed at least 8 people in baghdad police used tear gas and live ammunition on crowds demonstrating against corruption and unemployment in the southern city of bastra security forces dispersed protesters who've been occupying a port since monday let's go live now to mount a jump jew who is in the iraqi capital baghdad what's the latest moment. i tell you that we're just starting to hear account in the last few minutes from some demonstrators that have come to the are

the former white house russia expert dr. fiona hill as well. both of them testifying.xamining whether donald trump withheld military aid to ukraine . he allegedly wanted an investigation into joe biden in return. holmes said he was at lunch with gordon sondland as he spoke to the president. holmes gave his recollection of -pcall. sondland's phone was not on speaker.% i could hear the president through the earpiece of the phone. the president's voice was loud and recognizable. ambassador sondland held thee6 % phone away from his ear, ppesumably because of the volume. i heard ambassador sondland greet the president and explain -phe was calling from key. aabassador sondland was in ukraine. he reelied yes and went on to state president zelensky, quote, loves youu ass. i heard president trump asked, so he's going to do the investigation? ambassador sondland replied, he's going to do it, adding president zelensky will do anything he asked him to do. >> reporting from capitol hill, more on that phone call. says that is: he first-hand because he heard it with his own ears. -pw

decide its duty his remarks coming as public hearings wrapped up with the testimony of former white house russia expert fiona hill who diely challenged committee members to not buy into politically driven falsehoods as she and provided new details to the democratic narrative of presidential wrongdoing peter alexander has details. >> reporter: tonight the president's former top russia adviser, fiona hill, putting house republicans on defense, blasting their unfounded theories of ukrainian interference in the 2016 election. >> there's some questions and statements i have heard, some of you on this committee appear to believe that russia and its security services did not conduct a campaign against our country and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, ukraine did. this is a fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated bit russian security services themselves >> reporter: but republicans pointing out they had released a report on russian electiong. hill, a british-born american citizen, daughter of a coal miner, describing when she confronted ambassador gordon sondland, a wealthy tr

former white house russia expert fiona hill says that president tunnel trump and his allies used a fictional narrative to link ukraine to u.s. election interference 2016 she testified at the impeachment inquiry on thursday lebanon is marking its independence day after weeks of anti-government protests. festivities for the 76th anniversary would downsize due to the unrest in the country demonstrators there want to complete overhaul of the political system the process to force prime minister assad how he and his cabinet to resign last month she reports now from beirut. day kicked off with that military parade it is a custom we won albeit this year's edition took place at the defense ministry usually would actually take place here in the center of the city march 1st where would be a much bigger event the government said that they would downscaling get this as a response to the criticism in terms of the economic situation they were trying to implement some sort of authority measures and therefore they were making go to the smaller scale the reality obviously is that on top of the demand for that

july 26th phone call between sondland and the president, testifies today along with former white house russia adviser fiona hill. now fiona hill was lieutenant colonel alexander vindman's supervisor while she was on her post as senior adviser for europe and russia for the nsc, while she was at the white house. she was replaced by tim morrison. of course, you'll remember earlier in week, both morrison and lieutenant colonel vindman testified before the house intelligence committee. anne-marie? >> all right, skyler henry on capitol hill. thank you so much. >>> "cbs news evening" anchor and managing editor norah o'donnell will anchor special reports from washington during today's public hearing. we expect testimony to begin at 9:00, 8:00 central. you can watch continuing coverage on our 24-hour streaming network, cbsn. >>> democratic presidential candidates addressed the impeachment investigation in their fifth debate. ten contenders took the stage last night in atlanta. they also clashed on health care. danya bacchus is in atlanta. was there anyone that stood out the most last night? >> reporte

hill, a former white house russia adviser criticized republicans for pushing a fictional narrative that ukraine interfered with the 2016 election. >> russia's security services and their proxies have geared up to repeat their interference in the 2020 election. we're running out of time to stop them. >> reporter: she and holmes also backed up wednesday's testimony from ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. >> was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. >> reporter: that president trump wanted ukraine to open investigations into the 2016 election and the bidens. >> and i did say to him, ambassador sondland, gordon, i think this is going to blow up. here we are. >> reporter: holmes, a top official at the embassy in ukraine overheard a phone call where sondland reassured the president that ukraine would follow through. >> the president's voice was loud and recognizable. >> reporter: a spokesperson for the president says he's looking forward to a trial with the republican-controlled senate. >> he wants to bring up witnesses like adam schiff, like the whistle-blower, like hunter

fiona hill, the russia expert, formerly of the trump white house, said this is something that's propuwaited by russian security services. it's false narrative. "60 minutes" is going to have a report tonight on election hacking in 2016, and bill whitaker spoke to the man in charge of the d.o.j. investigation. take a listen. >> frankly, i think republicans are kind of confused, because we hear you saying it's the russians. we hear another part of the government saying maybe the russians, maybe somebody else. we don't know. what are we to believe? is it the russians or is it not? >> well, our indictment spells out what it is. the evidence that we havehe russians who were behind the hacking and dumping of the democratic campaign in 2016. >> no >> we could move it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> brennan: why doesn't the president believe his own justice department and intelligence experts? >> the president has said he accepts that but also there are plenty of ways to interfere in elections and respectfully -- >> but -- >> if we doing this, we're back to mueller. we've already spent two-2-.5

were no secrets today began with a rebuke for republican lawmakers from fiona hill the former white house russia adviser i was shocked. when on july 18th an office of management and budget staff member surprisingly announced the hold on ukraine's security assistance if this will said to the order it come from the president during the lunch ambassador silence said that he was going to call president trump i've entered president trump asked so he's going to do the investigation master song replied that he's going to do it adding that president selenski will do anything you ask him to do i asked about your song one it was true that the president did not give a expletive about ukraine vasser song stated to the president only cares about big stuff and about resigning replied that he meant big stuff that benefits the president like the biden investigation the mr giuliani was pushing and ambassador bolton had looked pale and basically indicated with body language that there was nothing much to do about it and he then in the course of that discussion said that rudy giuliani was a hunger that was going t

a former white house russia expert testifies at the impeachment hearing.

two key witnesses point to white house chief of staff mick mulvaney as the one who coordinated the quid pro quo demand with ukraine. fiona hill, the white house former top russia adviser, telling lawmakers last month that eu ambassador gordon sondland made mulvaney's instructions clear when they met with ukrainian officials july 10th at the white house and hill testifying ambassador sondland in front of the ukrainians was talking about how he had an agreement with chief of staff mulvaney for a meeting with the ukrainians if they were going to go forward with investigations. the white house's top expert on ukraine alexander vindman echoed that and said they were the deliverable coordinated by mulvaney. sondland said he had a conversation with mr. mulvaney and this is what is what is required in order to get a meeting. vindman adding there was no ambiguity that a white house meeting was contingent on ukraine opening an investigation into joe biden and his son hunter. several witnesses have testified that the holdup of military aid for ukraine was also directed by mulvaney. hill recounted how the proposed deal then alarmed john bolton who she said immediately sti

hearings with 2 new witnesses expected to make public new details of white house contacts with ukraine fiona hill is the white house's top russia analyst she reported directly to former national security advisor john bolton who has refused to testify she is expected to give details of a so-called shadow foreign policy run by trump's personal lawyer rudy giuliani and gordon salmond david holmes an official at the u.s. embassy in ukraine he'll testify alongside her he says that he overheard a call between trump. in song land in which the president asked the diplomats if ukraine would investigate the by bands will have more on thursday is expected to proceedings in just a few moments but 1st here's allan fishes report on the dramatic testimony by songs and. from the u.s. ambassador to the stunning testimony. said it was abundantly clear to everyone ukraine would not receive military aid from the u.s. or a meeting at the white house unless it announced an investigation into a company connected to the son of political opponent question joe biden was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white ho

hill, a former white house russia advisor criticized reap canals for pushing are fictional narrative that ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. >> russia's security services unand their proxies repeated that interference in the 2020 election. we are running out of time to stop them. our nation is being torn apart. >> reporter: holmes and hill barked up wednesday's testimony from u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland who said ukraine that the president wanted to open investigations into the bide ens. house speaker nancy pelosi says that house is still deciding whether to pursue articles of impeachment. a spokesperson for the president says he is looking forward to a trial in the u.s. senate? >> a live look at the sfo where the thanksgiving travel rushes is ramping up today. the travel period is expected to be the busiest on record. sfo is expect to see more than 170,000 passengers arriving and departing today alone. another reason for the southern today, the massive dream force conference is wrapping up. >>> and meantime, in san jose, travel is expected to hit an al

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white house is actually angry about this. howard: interesting. i'm going to ask for short answers. ray, fiona hill -- the white house russiart who testified that republicans are pushing a fictional narrative when it comes to blaming ukraine and not russia for 2016 meddling or hacking -- the president has been saying that of most of the press to a degree now, a little degree of vindication there -- >> a widely debunked story getting more debunking. no surprise there. the idea that ukraine was really the puppet master pulling the marionette strings in the 2016 meddling is ridiculous. howard: and, susan, you talked about how much this is breaking through. the ratings have gone from 13 million at the beginning to 11.5 million at the end. does this suggest that these proceedings aren't gripping america the way they are people in the media political complex? >> right. but still a lot of people watching them. howard: yeah. >> remember, we're talking about something that is, if you go back to the monica lewinsky-clinton impeachable, think about what that was about. it was about sex and the president. [laughter] i mean, this is abo

we saw the transcripts of several important white house figures being released from their testimony. this of course included the white house russia advisor, former russia advisor, fiona hill, as well as the current national security council ukraine advisor, lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. both of them had these testimonies that really mirrored each other and put mick mulvaney at the center of this ukrainian pressure campaign. now, is that surprising? not entirely, given what we know of the past. we have heard president trump talk about this quid pro quo in the past as well as the acting chief of staff. take a listen to how they described it then, despite denying it now. >> china should start an investigation into the bidens. because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. >> i have news for everybody, get over it. elections do have consequences and they should. your foreign policy is going to change. >> reporter: so essentially now what he has done is he has said that he wants a federal court to decide who essentially he has to defy. is he going to defy the white house, who has told him no

. >> harris: fox news alert, former white house russia expert tim morrison is defending president trump's ukraine call. he did so in closed-during testimony. this is "outnumbered overtime," and harris faulkner. morrison told lawmakers he was not concerned that anything illegal was discussed on that call, but worried, perhaps, that there could be some political issues. the testimony added new pressure for house intelligence chairman adam schiff, who was pressed about the lack of witnesses overtly claiming that president trump has committed any crimes. >> none, to my knowledge, so far have said "because i knew it was illegal, or an abuse of his power." do you think that hurts you can marry because certainly bolsters the courage of republicans to say it. even mr. morrison. they sought for what it was, but they didn't think it was a crime. >> i can't go into the substance of the testimony. i wouldn't agree with the general characterization you've made of it, but you will have the opportunity to read the transcripts very soon for yourself. >> harris: meanwhile, democrats are reportedly fearing

we learned from christopher anderson, that when russia attacked ukrainian ships and took a whole bunch of ukrainians pr prisoner they trump white house blocked a statement condemning russia. why did the white house block a statement condemning russia seizing ukrainian ships and stealing ukrainian sailors? trump blocked that. when a cnn story ran last year about the u.s. navy doing an exercise in the black sea that was portrayed as the u.s. military standing up to the russia in the black sea, president trump saw that report and called national security advisor john bolton at home to tell bolton how upset he was by that report. and in response the white house ordered the navy to not do that exercise in the black sea. wouldn't want to upset russia. we learned from national security council staffer catherine croft whose testify also has been released in transcript form that even after the administration set ukraine policy that ukraine would get javelin missiles from the u.s. and everybody signed off, national security council, everybody's onboard, the white house specifically intervened with a late hold on those missiles. why? what was t

investigation by ukraine that testimony came from david holmes on the right there on the left former white house russia expert dr fiona hill both of them testifying on what is day 5 of the public hearing examining with a trump withheld unitary to ukraine he alleges allegedly want an investigation into democratic presidential hopeful joe biden in return for that holmes says he was at lunch with the u.s. ambassador to the golden sawmill and when he spoke to the president secretary on bass or silence phone was not on speaker phone i could hear the president's voice through the earpiece of the phone the president's voice was loud and recognizable and a baster song and held the phone away from his ear for a period of time presumably because of the loud volume i heard a bass or silent greet the president and explain he was calling from steve i heard president trump and clarify that ambassador song was in ukraine vasser song replied yes he was in ukraine and went on to state the president selenski quote loves your ass i then heard president trump ask so he's going to do the investigation. basser song replied

former top white house russia expert fiona hill testified that suggestion caused bolton, who immediately, to end the meeting. sme also expressed concerns over the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani who was northbounding with ukraine. calling him a hand grenade, who was going to blow up everyone. also doubling down on that notion, national security councils ukraine expert, lieutenant colonel alexander veinedman, mo was on that now infamous call with trump and the ukrainian president. he was asked if he had any doubt trump was asking for investigations of his political opponents. there was no doubt, veinedman said. >>> that was kira phillips reporting. now to new developments a possible breakthrough in vaping related lung illness, some deadly. the cdc naming a potential chemical of concern while president trump calls for age limit. zachary keesh in washington with more. >> for the first time federal officials identified vitamin e acetate as a possible cause of deadly outbreak claiming 39 lives across 24 states on the district of columbia. it's also sickened more than 2,000 people. t

. >> former white house russia expert. >> today's witness, a so-called ukraine expert. >> blasting republicans for spreading a conspiracy theory for ukraine interfering in the 2016 election. >> ukraine, did, in fact, interfere in the 2016 elections to help hillary clinton and hurt donald trump. >> it's cynical on hannity's part, but it does work. >> right. i think this week really showed there's no depth. the right wing media won't sink to to defend this president. and we talk a lot about hannity as well and how he misinforms viewers. i think we should also talk about how fox on the news side largely does not inform viewers. i think this week we saw, for instance, the website which is supposedly part of their straight news division run by hannity's former producer. it looked more like breitbart than you expect fox news to look like. look at the panelists they brought onto talk about the impeachment hears, they were bringing on people like ken star, mccarthy, people sympathetic to the president's case. and finally, we're using our chyrons throughout the week to inform viewers about the testimon

fiona hill, a former white house russia expert and david holmes, a senior ukraine embassy official boths abc news reporter rachel scott. >> fiona hill warned of the 2016 election. >> i refuse to be part of an effort to reg jit mize an alternate narrative that the ukrainian government is an adversary and that the ukraine, not russia, attacked us in 2016. >> that message from hill served as a direct contrast to what the top republican on the intelligence committee said just one day earlier. >> the thing that the democrats have been unwilling to accept is that their operatives got campaign dirt from ukrainians in the 2016 election. >> hill, a former senior white house official who reported directly to former national security adviser john bolton said bolton had serious concerns about the role of the president's personal attorney. >> in the course of that discussion said that rudy giuliani was a hand grenade that was going to blow everyone up. >> several witnesses have painted giuliani as a central figure in an alleged pressure campaign against ukraine, pressure the president has repeatedly

former top white house russia expert fiona hill testified that suggestion caused bolton, who immediately stiffened, to end the meeting. she also expressed concerns over the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani who was negotiating with ukraine calling him a hand grenade who was going to blow up everyone. also doubling down on that notion, national security council lieutenant corner alexander vindman on that infamous call with trump and the ukrainian president and asked if he had any doubt trump was asking political opponents. there was no doubt vindman said. and the next big step, open hearings next week where the public will get to see and hear what's only been going on behind closed doors up until now. and i'll be right here all week on the hill. >> keira, thank you. watching for that. >>> president trump, meanwhile, insisting he's not concerned about the testimony of those two white house officials or anyone else who has given depositions in the impeachment inquiry. abc's david wright is at the white house with how the president is sounding off against the investigation. good morn

that's gordon sondland, and timothy morrison, who is the top white house official on russia. sondland was a wealthy businessman who donated $1 million to the president's election committee. his testimony is not expected to be a home run. we'll likely hear him describe a call that he had with president trump, that the president told him explicitly that he does not asking for a quid pro quo. it was a conversation he had with his colleagues that we recently learned about. that conversation, at a restaurant in kiev, sondland told officials that trump did not care about ukraine and was only concerned about an opening of an investigation into the bidens. morrison, the former nsc official is expected to testify on tuesday. and we expect him the to build the credentials of sondland as someone who was working with president trump on this shadow ukraine policy, sondland, the witness with the most direct role in this effort that we've heard from so far. dave and christine? >> all right. >>> who ordered the april trump/zelensky moved to a classified system. that was a mistake. tim morris

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. >> harris: fox news alert, former white house russia expert tim morrison is defending president trump's so in closed-during testimony. this is "outnumbered overtime," and harris faulkner. morrison told lawmakers he was not concerned that anything illegal was discussed on that call, but worried, perhaps, that there could be some political issues. the testimony added new pressure for house intelligence chairman adam schiff, who was pressed about the lack of witnesses overtly claiming that president trump has committed any crimes. >> none, to my knowledge, so far have said "because i knew it was illegal, or an abuse of his power." do you think that hurts you can marry because certainly bolsters the courage of republicans to say

she will be testifying saying that russia is the real problem here. she was the white housenal narrative driven by partisan politics that ukraine is the problem and not russia. more on that in just over 20 minutes. >> we will stream the hour of "today in the bay" on our app. we'll continue our newscast and you can also find it at nbcbayarea.com. scott mcgrew will join us during the checks and balances segment at 5:45. in a few hours teachers plan to rally outside of schools in dublin. they want the school district to make much-needed repairs to the elementary school. the kitchen at the school needs work done and portables must be used because they have an overflow of them. one member agrees. >>> facebook is expanding from menlo park into fremont. the social media network has some in fremont and now city officials confirm the tech giant is involved in new construction in the northern section and the company purchased two nearby buildings. facebook is taking over more than 720,000. >> they go to palo alto and it's frustrating for folks. >> facebook says it will work to address

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fiona hill, the former white house senior russia director, told lawmakers that mick mulvaney's name came up at a july meeting. she says u.s. ambassador to the e.u., gordon sondland, was talking about how he had an agreement with chief of staff mulvaney for a presidential meeting with the ukrainians if they were going to go forward with investigations. white house ukraine director alex vindman was at the meetingg rainiald havto bidens.t it was explicit.d th this d coordinated with chief of staff mulvaney. >> the money held up had absolutely nothing to do with biden. >> reporter: mulvaney, who ignored a subpoena today, has downplayed his role. >> i never said there was a quid pro quo. because there isn't. >> reporter: but fiona hill says former national security adviser john bolton was so alarmed by the meeting that he told her to go straight to a top white house lawyer. "tell eisenberg that i am not part of whatever drug deal sondland and mulvaney are cooking up on this," he said. in a court filing today, lawyers suggested that bolton has more he can share with congress if a federal judge

she was the top white house expert on russia hill is expected to share concerns she and her boss hadsonal lawyer rudy giuliani directing ukraine policy >> fiona hill is going to be a powerful wrap up witness she doesn't take any prisoners >> also testifying today, diplomat david holmes. he told lawmakers he overheard a phone call between president trump and gordon sondland. sondland testified even though the president said no, there was quid pro quo pressuring an investigation to the bidens. >> we all understood if we refused to work with mr. giuliani we would lose an important opportunity to cement relations between the united states and ukraine, so we followed the president's orders. >> president trump says sondland's testimony actually proves his case. >> i think they have to end it now. not only did we win today. it's over.

few minutes we'll be hearing from the last of this week's witnesses fear the hill was the white house's top russia analyst she reported directly to former national security adviser john bolton who's so far refused to testify she's expected to give details of a so-called shadow foreign policy run by trump's post the lawyer rudy giuliani and gordon sunderland. david holmes is a political counsellor at the u.s. embassy in ukraine he will testify alongside her he says that he overheard a cold between donald trump and some glue and the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. in which the president asked the diplomats if ukraine would investigate the bidens let's go live now to what the the capital of this is how the job castro is just outside the chambers where today's impeachment inquiry will begin what will wait just run through for us what we're expecting to hear today. sure adrian so the testimony this morning from the yonah hill who is a former member of the national security council she was the ukrainian and russian expert there she in a sense is really a stand in for her boss john bolton the former national

news reported that over the war donald trump was going to scrap the sanctions on russia as soon as he entered the white house a new report tonight suggests that from the earliest days of downtimes presidency his administration was working hard to lift more easy u.s. sanctions against russia one pending question is why the trumpet ministration has considered lifting academic sanctions on russia in fact donald trump has not lifted a single sanction against russia he's imposed more now dear a member when donald trump was planning to fire robert muller in order to protect himself from the investigation president was considering firing special prosecutor robert maher and now 7 months later the new york times is confirming april ryan's report and adding that the president actually ordered the firing he has made progress in his effort to lay the groundwork for firing well yeah that one didn't happen either this is the new normal for american media this just again inside sources say that they heard someone say that someone said donald trump is planning a voodoo witchcraft ceremony to resurrect adult hitler from the

corrupt and a criminal in a few hours will be more testimony we're expecting to hear from the white house's top russia expert fiona hill and david holmes a staffer at the u.s. embassy in ukraine. alan fischer wraps up yesterday's events out of washington. from the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. stunning testimony recorded so england said it was abundantly clear to everyone ukraine would not receive military aid from the u.s. or a meeting at the white house unless it announced an investigation into a company connected to the son of political opponent question joe biden was there a quid pro quo as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes. sundin previously denied the security it was conditioned on the biden investigation but he told the impeachment panel it warts in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i later came to believe that the resumption of security aid would not occur until there was a public statement from ukraine committing to the investigations of the 2016 elections and were recently and he in

white house. a job i used to have. working on russia and ukraine and all of europe. her portfolio was bigger than mine. when she then said i figured out that there was this alternative path that sondland and these three amigos were running, that just put to me starkly what the foreign policy was and what the drug deal was on the other side. and i think she was very compelling that way. now, to your question, yeah, would i like more people? of course i would. i've got 100 questions. and by the way, you know, i want to know more about lev parnas, what money he was giving to whom and there's a lot of stuff there that sounds creepy to me. whether or not that's the political right thing to do or not, i'm going to turn it back to you, chuck. >> mike, i want to throw one more thing at you. fiona hill in her opening statement, essentially makes a request to say please be careful, essentially, taking russian created conspiracy theories and reiterating them. they got really defensive over that. and yet, let me play a montage here of russian created propaganda seeping into the