legislators voted yanukovych out of office in absentia. they ordered the immediate release of them schoen coe, and she was freed. and they voted to refer yanukovych to the international criminal court to answer for crimes against humanity. yanukovych resurfaced a few days later in a party of regions stronghold in the russian-friendly part of the country. but he ran into protests even there. chanting ukraine is not russia, ukraine is not russia, ukraine is not russia. and yanukovych fled to moscow. putin was done trying to make nice. he'd had wit the united states meddling on his turf. vice president joseph r. biden had been in and out of kiev for years insisting the obama administration would protect ukraine from russian aggression. finish biden said we do not recognize -- and i want to reiterate it -- we do not recognize any sphere of influence. and he followed that up with what sounded like an insult. he said the russians have a shinning population base. -- shrinking population race. they have a withering economy. they have a banking sec

this is money he says former president yanukovych stole and smuggled into the u.s.e took a look at that and spoke with the company. the money went in the opposite direction. it went from the u.s. to ukraine through bonds that were purchased. so not a lot of water in that one either. and then lastly, he has been talking about these four would-be ukrainian whistle-blowers who he says have wanted to come to the u.s. to testify about some type of corruption that they're aware of, but that yovanovitch blocked them from getting visas in giuliani's argument, so they couldn't come and expose this type of wrongdoing. and obviously visa records are confidential, but we know at least one of those potential witnesses, former prosecutor viktor shokin, yovanovitch testified he didn't get his visa because he was himself involved in known corrupt activities. not because he was coming to the u.s. to uncover. >> let me ask you quickly with the time we have left about rudy giuliani mental state. "new york" magazine also just profiled rudy and where, quote, former ambassador yovanovitc

election he was charged for hiding consulting work he did for ukraine's former president viktor yanukovych. but 1st the. latest round. of northwestern syria shelling an air strikes and. weeks the government appears to be preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with. well at least 4 minister has all talks with rival leaders in libya aimed at ending fighting to capture the capital tripoli the u.n. says at least a 1000 libyans have been killed since warlord. began his offensive 8 months ago and her schapelle more. reinforcements are heading to the front line for what could be the final battle for tripoli militia allied to the internationally recognized government moved heavy weapons and fighters sound to the outskirts of the capital. we've had you brigade support forces are on our way to the capital tripoli we are on our way and god willing we will be victorious. after forces are also reinforcing their front lines each side has foreign help turkey has offered to send troops in support of the tripoli government will have to are has soldiers for

this is money he says former president yanukovych stole and smuggled into the u.s. we took a look at that and spoke with the company. the money went in the opposite direction. it went from the u.s. to ukraine through bonds that were purchased. so not a lot of water in that one either. and then lastly, he has been talking about these four would-be ukrainian whistle-blowers who he says have wanted to come to the u.s. to testify about some type of corruption that they're aware of, but that yovanovitch blocked them from getting visas in giuliani's argument, so they couldn't come and expose this type of wrongdoing. and obviously visa records are confidential, but we know at least one of those potential witness, former prosecutor viktor shokin, bass yovanovitch testified he didn't get his visa because he was himself involved in known corrupt activities. not because he was coming to the u.s. to uncover. >> let me ask you quickly with the time we have left about rudy giuliani mental state. "new york" magazine also just profiled rudy and she where's, quote, former ambassador

but in viktor yanukovych as president. >> yeah. >> and it was one of the most corrupt regimes. when you look at manafort's relationship to trump, remember, he was not paid to be trump's campaign manager by trump or by the republican national committee. when he got $75 million according to indictments from oligarchs. >> malcolm, it's important to bring up paul manafort, paul manafort is in prison right now hoping for a pardon. what people have to remember, he's not in prison for what we call russia-gate. he's not in prison for anything that wound up in the mueller report. he worked for his pro-putin president of ukraine. mr. i mr mr. yanovittch. this was devin nunes talking about something called the blackledger. for those who don't understand what he was talking about, we'll talk about that on the other side of the break. >> have you ever heard of the black ledger? >> i have. >> and the black ologledger, ist seen as credible information? >> yes. >> the black ledger is credible? >> yes. >> bob mueller did not find it credible, did you dispute what bob mueller's findings were, th