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security adviser john bolton is defending his decision to hield back any information he has on the white house ukraine policy at the center of the impeachment process. during an event at vanderbilt university last night, bolton said his testimony would have made no difference to the outcome of the impeachment trial accusing democrats of botching the process. bolton also slammed his critics who say he should simply tell all before his book is vetted for any national security concerns. >> but for all those who say that i should just spill my guts here or anywhere else in the back of the position that there's classified information in the manuscript is the implied threat of criminal prosecution. so if any of you are willing to go to jail, give me your names after this is over. i'll put you in direct contact with the department of justice. >> reporters were only permitted to record the top of bolton's remarks, but abc news obtained audio of his complete remarks. we have more on our website. >>> are you ready for some more football? the nfl season could soon be expanding. reports say a new labor deal could

and all this ridiculous stuff the honest truth is that the trump white house does not care about ukraine because the trite trump white house is transactional is looking to make deals whether it's going to sell weapons what is going to sell so oil and natural gas pump air went to minsk capello reuss this weekend for what reason so he can sell natural gas to belarus that's what they care about the trump white house is transactional ukraine is getting used here it's getting used for a coup against the united states president obama used it for geo political reasons and as a puzzle to this biden look guard i.m.f. money laundering scheme 45000000000 yen into ukraine peter from the e.u. u.s. i.m.f. where is that in my mind i didn't buy it in well 100 got a little got a sliver of it exactly let me go to david where the money go you know damn it i mean from the ukrainians perspective you know america's their new ally but from washington's perspective ukraine is a new client state that's the rub that is the difference here and go and so will play well and i think is just hilarious you know because

in july giuliani and the presidents opponent, appointees made clear to the ukraine that a meeting at the white house would only be scheduled ukraine announced the sham investigations area according to a july 19 email, the white house has tried to suppress this drug deal, as ambassador bolton called it which was well known among the presidents was senior officials including his chief of staff mick mulvaney and secretary of state mike pompeo and it was related directly to senior ukrainian official by like gordon sondland at the white house. everyone was in the loop. although president zelensky explained he did not want to be a pawn in washington politics, president trump did not care. in fact, on july 25 for president trump spoke to president zelensky, president trump personally conveyed the terms of his quid pro quo to gordon sondland who then relayed the message to ukraine's president. later that morning during the now infamous phone call, president trump explicitly requested that ukraine investigate the bidens andthe 2016 election . zelensky responded as president trump instructed, and he assured p

in july, giuliani and the president's opponents -- appointees made clear to ukraine that a meeting at the white house would only be scheduled if ukraine announced the sham investigations. according to a july 19 email, the white house has tried to suppress this drug deal as ambassador bolton called it was well known among the president's most senior officials, including his chief of staff, mick mulvaney and secretary of state, mike pompeo. and it was relayed directly to senior ukrainian officials by gordon sondland on july 10th at the white house. everyone was in the loop. although president zelensky explained he did not want to be a pawn in washington politics, president trump did not care. in fact, on july 25, before president trump spoke to president zelensky, president trump personally conveyed the terms of this quid pro quo to gordon sondland, who then relayed the message to ukraine's president. later that morning, during the now infamous phone call, president trump explicitly requested that ukraine investigate the bidens, and the 2016 election. zelensky responded as president trump instructed, h

. >>> also breaking, the star impeachment witness fired from the white house. the ukraine expert escorted out after president trump said he wasn't hay with him. also ousted his twin brother. >>> the democratic showdown in new hampshire, biden shaking up his campaign after disappointment in iowa sanders and buttigieg, the gloves coming off. our brand new poll who leads in the final weekend before the >>> also tonight, th coronavirus emergency, l acuationmore flights from china. the desperation growing. outside in, i don't know, three, three, four weeks. >> the new crackdown on cruise ships. several passengers removed near new york city the ships under quarantine the number of infected american tourists surging. >>> the ex-ceo handed the toughest sentence yet in the college admissions cheating scandal. could it have an impact on lori laughlin's upcoming trial? >>> and our nbc news exclusive, the new scam warning who is being targeted with fake job offers >> announcer: this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening nearly two weeks after the chopper crash that

opponents appointees made clear to ukraine that the meeting at house would only be scheduled if ukraine announced the sham investigations. according to the july 19 e-mail, the white house has tried to suppress this a dru drug deal as ambassador boltonn called it, t was well-know well known among e president's most senior officials, including his chief of staff, mick mulvaney and secretary of state, mike pompeo and a senior ukrainian officials by gordon sondland on july 10 at the white house. everyone was in the loop. although president zelensky explained he didn't want to be a pawn in washington politics, president trump didn't care. in, fact, on july 25, before president trump spoke to president zelensky, he conveyed the terms of this quid pro quo to gordon sondland who then relayed the message to ukraine's president. later that morning, during the now infamous phone call, president trump explicitly requested that ukraine investigate the biden's and 2016 election. a zelensky responded as president trump instructed, he assured that they would undertake these investigations. after hearing this commitment, president trump reiterated his invitation to the white hous

. >>> also breaking, the star impeachment witness fired from the white house. the ukraine expert escorted out after president trump said he wasn't hay with him. also ousted his twin brother. >>> the democratic showdown in new hampshire, biden shaking up his campaign after disappointment in iowa sanders and buttigieg, the gloves coming off. our brand new poll who leads in the final weekend before the >>> also tonight, th

then he withheld congressionally authorized military assistance to ukraine at a white house meeting ukrainian president zelenskyy and continue that military assistance and conditions that military assistance and the meeting on ukraine publicly announcing investigations into vice president biden and his son as well as debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 election interference. the memorandum of the july 20 fifth phone call in which donald trump asked president zelenskyy to do us a favor after zelenskyy brought up in the conversation military assistance, that evidence is compelling, evidence of wrongdoing. the president reiterated on the white house lawn that ukraine should, quote, start a major investigation into the bidens. before adding china should also started investigation into the bidens. donald trump's politically appointed ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, testified the assistance and the meeting were conditioned on announcing the investigations. the president's defense lawyers insisted on this floor that he, quote, did absolutely nothing wrong. but later after ev

he privately demanded that in exchange for united states aid and a white house meeting for ukraine's newly elected president, ukraine's leaders had to publicly announce an investigation that would damage his political rival, vice president joe biden. the president relayed those same demands to senior ukrainian officials through both private and official government channels. this was a clear quid pro quo. and it's at the heart of the argument in the first article of impeachment, abuse of power. president trump took this action to benefit himself personally and not for the good of the nation. he violated the law by withholding appropriated funds in order to benefit himself and not our country. president trump did not withhold these funds because of corruption -- because of concern about corruption generally. instead, he demanded just two specific investigations -- burisma and biden, both intended to help him win reelection in 2020. after hearing the house managers' presentation, i think we've got to really ask ourselves, how can this president deal with any foreign nation after comprom

they use us security assistance in official white house meetings to have ukraine's highest priorities to advance national security with the own 2020 reelection effort and in so doing to undermine congress constitutional authority. so thehe ranking member of the senate foreign relations committee to make something clear when a foreign adversary like russia interferes in our election is not for the benefit of the united states. it is for the benefit of russia. the united states provides foreign assistance to countries all over the world because it benefits america's interests. and with the fight against russian aggression is the right thing to do for our national security. when you officialshe tell ukraine with the president once and the security assistance it needs the government must first announce the investigation into president trump's political opponents is not advancing national security by corrupting it to choose between their own security and getting involvede in another country's elections whether we use us foreign assistance as a prong to weaken our standing and credibility i

vital military security assistance to ukraine to oppose russian aggression which president trump ordered suspended, and they, the head of state meeting at the white house which the president of ukraine sought to demonstrate continued to support for the government of ukraine in the face of russian aggression. three basic public resolutio res the security assistance to the government of ukraine and has persisted in openly and corruptly soliciting ukraine to wdertake investigations for his personal political benefit. these actions were consistent with the previous invitations of the foreign interference in the united states elections. in all of this he had used the power of the presidency by ignoring and international security and other national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit. he's also betrayed the nation his high office to enlist a foreign cover and corrupting democratic elections where for president trump has demonstrated he will remain a threat to national security and the constitution is allowed to remain in office had acted in a manner incompatible with self-governance and thselfgover. he does more removal from office and

testimony to the president's handling of military aid to ukraine 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 another pivotal witness in the impeachment korean to president trump was lieutenant colonel alexander that mn was a highly decorated soldier an expert on ukraine been man's testimony was said to have been breached the president is improper for the president of the united states to demand a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and a political opponent it was also clear that if you create pursued an investigation into the 2016 elections the bidens and it would be interpreted as a parson play on friday lieutenant colonel the newman and his twin brother a lawyer at the national security council risk ordered from the white house by officials both have been reassigned just hours after the president commented on the lieutenant colonel well i'm not happy with you think i'm supposed to be happy with the bump that it is midnight in washington senior figures in the democratic party reacted angrily to the firings out i'm sure who took a

white house. the top ukraine expert on the national security council. his removal came not long after the president said he was dissatisfied with the national security council aid. >> our campaign 20/20 coverage continues saturday at 7:00 p.m. eastern, live from the annual mcintyre shaheen dinner featuring joe biden, pete buttigieg, tom steyer, senator michael bennet, senator bernie senator deval patrick, elizabeth warren, senator amy klobuchar, and andrew yang. watch live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> the new hampshire primary is tuesday. watch results and candidate speeches at 7:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. >>>> during this election season, the candidates beyond the talking points are only revealed over time. since you can't be everywhere, there's c-span. programming 2020 differs from all other political coverage for one simple reason, it is c-span. we brought your unfiltered view of government everyday since 1979. this year, we are bringing an unfiltered view o

in july jewell agiuliani and th president's appointees made clear to ukraine that a meeting at the white houseug deal, as ambassador bolton called it, was well known among the president's most senior officials including his chief of staff, mick mulvaney and secretary of state, mike pompeo. it was relayed directly to senior ukrainian officials by gordan sondland on july 10 at the white house. everyone was in the loop. although president zelensky explained that he did not want to be a pawn in washington politics, president trump did not care. in fact, on july 25 before president trump spoke to president zelensky, president trump personally conveyed the terms of this quid pro quo to gordan sondland who then relayed the message to ukraine's president. later that morning during the now infamous phone call, president trump explicitly requested that ukraine investigate the bidens and the 2016 election. zelensky responded as president trump instructed, he assured president trump that he would undertake these investigations. after hearing this commitment, president trump reiterated his invitation to th

vital military and security assistance to ukraine to oppose russia aggression and president trump had ordered suspended. b, had a state meeting at the white house which the president of ukraine sought to demonstra demonstrate, continued united states support for the government of ukraine and russian aggression. three, the public revelation of his actions, president trump ultimately released the military and security assistance to the government of ukraine and has persisted in openly incorrectly urging soliciting ukraine to undertake investigation first bullet interpersonal political benefit. these wereli consistent with president trump's previous invitation of foreign interference in the united statesra election. and all of those, president trump abuse the power of the presidency by ignoring and interning national security and other vital national interest to obtain a personal benefit. he has also betrayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic election. wherefore president trump by such conduct has demonstrated he will remain a threat to national security in the constitution if allowed to remai

zelensky wanted the white house meeting with president trump, something he was seeking because it would have offered him legitimacy. he was then newly elected to be president of ukraine, and he wanted to have that white house meeting because he thought that would legitimize his presidency, but also ukraine's independence on the world stage. that's something he says he's still interested in. we also heard zelensky extend an invitation to president trump to visit him in ukraine. >> let me ask you about the exchange over secretary of state mike pompeo and the spat, the angst, the discussion with nbr reporter in which he reportedly said something to the effect of, i'm paraphrasing here, americans don't care about ukraine, or do you think americans care about ukraine. his response here was, it's not about words, it's about steps that matter. and we saw a bipartisan pair of u.s. senators try to reassure president zelensky that those steps will continue. >> reporter: that's right. president zelensky does not want to be in the middle of u.s. political domestic drama. and we heard that throughout this interview. he did not want to really take the bait and saying that mike pom

ethics the judge left his post sadly he left his post with withholding the military aid to ukraine and white house visit for the new ukrainian president. and in so doing he took the great powers of the office of the president of the united states with him. impeachment is the only check on such a wrongdoing. the second article, obstruction of congress gave the struggle to overhand strategy and failure to fully pursue the document and witnesses and wish that they nhave done more. however after careful consideration of the evidence developed in the hearing and public disclosure, the precedence in the trial i believe the president deliberately and unconstitutionally obstructed congress by refusing to cooperate with the investigation in any way. while i am sensitive to protecting the privileges and ad the dna remedies afforded to the president and advisors i believe it is critical to the structure we also protect the authorities of the congress of the united states. here it is clear from the outset of the president had no intention whatsoever of accommodating the congress when he brought the witnesses

in july, giuliani and the president's opponents appointees made clear to ukraine that a meeting at the white houses tried to suppress this drug deal as ambassador bolton called it, was well known among the president's most senior officials and including his chief of staff mick mulvaney and secretary of state mike pompeo. it was relayed directly to senior ukrainian officials by gordon sondland on july 10 at the white house. everyone was in the loop. although president zelensky explained he did not want to be a pawn in washington politics, president trump did not care. in fact, on july 25, before president trump spoke to president zelensky, president trump personally conveyed the terms of this quid pro quo to gordon sondland who then relayed the message to ukraine's president. later that morning during the now infamous phone call, president trump explicitly requested that ukraine investigate the bidens and the 2016 election. zelensky responded as president trump instructed he assured president trump that he would undertake these investigations. after hearing this commitment, president trump reiterat

the house managers have proved that president trump withheld military aid and white house meeting from the government of ukraine to further his own political interest in the upcoming presidential election. and to damage the candidacy of his opponent. the evidence presented to the senate was overwhelming. for there supporting the house managers case, the independent government accountability office, the gao, concluded that the withholding of military aid to tukraine was improper and illegal under the law. the nature of the president's defenses outlined in the articles strike at the very heart of our democratic system. our founding fathers were very concerned about both foreign interference in our democracy and the executive abusing the powers of the office for electoral gain. james madison warned of a president that "might betray his trust to foreign powers.". george washington in his farewell address warned us all to be constantly awake since history and experience proved that foreign influence is wouldn't as a senator who sits on the armed services committee am keenly aware of the serious national security int

white house meeting he promised in his first call. but president trump reacted negatively. he railed that ukrainele a white house visit for president zelensky, president trump told the delegation that they would have to, and i quote, talk to rudy. it is worth pausing here to consider the importance of this meeting in late may. this is the moment that president trump successfully hijacked the tools of our government to serve his corrupt personal interests. when the president's domestic political air and, as one witness described it, began to overtake and sub order nate u.s. foreign policy and national security interests. by this point in the scheme, rudy giuliani was advocating very publicly for ukraine to pursue the two sham investigations, but his request to meet with president zelensky was rebuffed by the new ukrainian president. according to reports about ambassador bolton's account, soon to be available, it's not too this body, then to book stores near you the president unsuccessfully tried to get bolton to call the new ukrainian president to ensure that he would meet with giuliani. the desir

then he withheld congressionally authorized military assistance to ukraine in a white house meeting ukrainian president zelensky -- a meeting with president zelensky and continued that military assistance -- and condition that military assistance and the meeting on ukraine publicly announcing investigations into vice president biden and his son as well as a debunked conspiracy theory about the 2016 election interference. the memorandum of theul which pt trump asked president zelensky, quote, to do us a favor though after zelensky brought up in the conversation military assistance, that evidence is compelling, evidence of wrongdoing. the president reiterated on the white house lawn on october 3 that ukraine should, quote, start a major investigation into the bidens, unquote. before adding that china should also, quote, start an investigation into the bidens, unquote. president trump's own politically appointed ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, explicitly testified that the meeting and the assistance were conditioned on announcing -- announcing the investigations. the preside

ukraine. white house counsel pat cipollone was also reportedly in that meeting.did not comment on it today, but the president is categorically denying it happened. he issued a statement to say, "i never instructed john bolton to set up a meeting for rudy giuliani to meet with president zelensky. that meeting never happened." giuliani, who was also a part of the meeting according to bolton, is calling it a lie. but the former new york mayor has also said that bolton was very aware of his efforts in ukraine. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, weijia, thank you so much. well, hours before the president took off for florida, there was a wild chase not far from his mar-a-lago resort. police say a woman who may have been impaired drove through security checkpoints at high speed on the road that leads to the resort. u.s. secret service opened fire on her car, hitting it several times. the woman, who is 30 years old, was arrested after she tried to flee. there's breaking news tonight on the coronavirus. the federal government has declared a public health emergency and is ta

she says she was a devastated to hear how the president spoke about her when she served in ukraine the white house recalled yovanovitch from that st back in may 2019. according to a new york times article that could the same month. president trump asked john boln to help him pressu ukraine to investigate the of the former national a draft security advisers upcoming book. >>has officially left the european union the and a half years after britain initially voted to leave the eu britainas thfirst country to ever leave the union the move carries enormous symbolic weight as well as big leg consequences. now the uk ll begin a transition period that was agreed to by both parties the terms of that agreement mean for the next 11 mths, the uk remains an eu member in all t name. for your help company rolling out a new prodt to help people who are trying to maybe give up meat and go vegetarian or vegan fair warning thoh. >>this is a bit unorthodox ye, it's kind of take a look it's called a meek patchell l a meet patches and nicotine sty patch if you're familiar with that strong roots, the creator of the prod

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