at the end of the conversation between sondland and president zelinsky zelinsky explained that he had finally relented. his country needed the military aid. desperately. people were dying on the front line all of the time. they were taking casualties every day. he agreed to make the statement. >> ambassador sondland said this conversation concluded with president zelinsky agreeing to make a public statement in an interview on cnn. >> president zelinsky had resisted making the announcement of the corrupt investigation for months. he resisted when giuliani and other agents of the president made it known that donald trump required it. he resisted with donald trump himself asked directly on july 20 fifth. he resisted when the white house meeting he so desperately desired was conditioned on that announcement and he resisted as vital military aid was on hold. but the money is 10% of his defense budget. russia occupied the eastern part of the country, he could resist no more. ambassador taylor was worried that even if the ukrainian leader did as donald trump wanted, donald trump might contin

president zelinski needed to show u.s. support at the highest levels in order to demonstrate to the russian president clinton that he had u.s. as well as to advances in vicious anti- corruption agenda at home. >> in other words, ukraine new that russia was watching carefully. now is particularly true in the spring of 2019. when donald trump launched the scheme at the center of the abuse of power charged in during this time. , vladimir putin was preparing for peace negotiations with the new ukrainian leader. putting could choose to escalate, or he could choose to de-escalate. putin could choose to diss de-escalate. in it was an assessment of whether president trump had ukraine their back. >> the russians as a sediment deposition would love to see the humiliation of president zelinski it at the hands of the americans. >> in a full meeting would've set a strong signal of support. that president trump had ukraine spak. the absence of such a meeting, could be devastating. indeed ukraine made very clear to the united states, jus

first he said to president zelinsky the part of two demands that he requested. i would like you to find out what happened with this whole situation in ukraine. they say crowd strike. i guess you have one of your wealthy people, ukraine has it and he continues i would like to have the attorney general call you or your people and i would like you to get to the bottom of it. as you saw yesterday, that whole nonsense ended with a very poor performance by a man named robert mueller, a vietnam war hero, by the way. a very poor performance by a man named robert mueller, and incompetent performance but they say a lot of it started with ukraine. whatever you can do, it is very important that you do it if that is possible. who is the they referred to by donald trump? putting forth the baseless conspiracy theory that the ukrainians, not the russians were behind the hack of the democratic national committee server in 2016. they means russia. they means putin. they are enemies of the united states. not a single witness who testified before the house knew of any factual basis

president zelinski needed to show u.s. support at the highest levels in order to demonstrate to the russian president clinton that he had u.s. as well as to advances in vicious anti- corruption agenda at home. >> in other words, ukraine new that russia was watching carefully. now is particularly true in the spring of 2019. when donald trump launched the scheme at the center of the abuse of power charged in during this time. , vladimir putin was preparing for peace negotiations with the new ukrainian leader. putting could choose to escalate, or he could choose to de-escalate. putin could choose to diss de-escalate. in it was an assessment of whether president trump had ukraine their back. >> the russians as a sediment deposition would love to see the humiliation of president zelinski it at the hands of the americans. >> in a full meeting would've set a strong signal of support. that president trump had ukraine spak. the absence of such a meeting, could be devastating. indeed ukraine made very clear to the united states, jus

of course their product, zelinski was prepped for this goal. in the president was prepped by rudy giuliani for the skull. and what you see, ukrainian leader asked do the do these investigations by the president and repeatedly committing to do the investigations. and at the end of the call, you literally see the ukrainian leader say we are going to do these investigations and then he says on the other hand, i'm really looking forward to that white house meeting. it doesn't need to be more explicit than that. we are meant to believe the presentation today that call was all about burden share. because they make the mention of others in europe are doing this. as if that was really the thrust of the call. if it was, you wouldn't have heard the president asking the ukrainian leader to get in touch with rudy giuliani so much. you have them saying instead of course it's call giuliani. if you had any question about this about whether it is really about burden sharing or about these two investigations and he specifically goes into. it was any or any doub

the president zelinski desires.in the funny investigations start with present trump on the july 25th call not designed to bolster the national security interest of the united states of america, quite the contrary. president trump for the benefit himself in his own reelection prospects. the july 25th call, president trump also suggested the president zelinski speak with the attorney general. william r. but the chewing take investigations that the president sought. this has important to keep in mind. at no time during this entire scheme, was there an ongoing american law enforcement investigation. into the funny slender related to joe biden or the conspiracy theory related to ukrainian interference in the 2016, election. at no time, was there an ongoing american law enforcement investigation. america's the leader of the free world. we do not urge other sovereign countries to target american citizens. absent any legitimate basis whatsoever in absent any evidence. apparently, president trump does not play by those rules

the president zelinski desires. in the funny investigations start with present trump on the july 25th call not designed to bolster the national security interest of the united states of america, quite the contrary. president trump for the benefit himself in his own reelection prospects. the july 25th call, president trump also suggested the president zelinski speak with the attorney general. william r. but the chewing take investigations that the president sought. this has important to keep in mind. at no time during this entire scheme, was there an ongoing american law enforcement investigation. into the funny slender related to joe biden or the conspiracy theory related to ukrainian interference in the 2016, election. at no time, was there an ongoing american law enforcement investigation. america's the leader of the free world. we do not urge other sovereign countries to target american citizens. absent any legitimate basis whatsoever in absent any evidence. apparently, president trump does not play by those rule

. >> i will be needing zelinsky. he and president trump have already spoken twice. he called to congratulate president zelinsky on his election and his success in the parliamentary election. they were very warm and cordial calls. we will hope that they will be able to meet in warsaw. the success of ukraine maintaining its freedom, its system of representative government, free market economy free of a cro corruption are hih priorities here, obviously, baha'i priorities for the united states as well. >> sean: sounds almost verbatim. the president's description of the call and what we all read with this transcript. did you hear any dire warnings about misconduct or abuse of power? did you hear any complaints or dominic at all? the answer is no. now, that mean del my brings me to mitt romney tonight. i thought that he would have been the better candidate and i think we were proven right, if he won his election in 2012. i defended him agains. they called him a misogynist. they accused him of abusing animals and even cutting some kid's hair. he said later in the week that

let's see what he said. >> what exactly did you hope zelinski would do? >> i would think if they were honest about it they would start a major investigation into the bidens, a simple answer. they should investigate the bidens. how did a company that is newly formed - by the way, likewise, china should start an investigation into the bidens because what happened in china is just about as bad as what happened with ukraine. >> the day after that july phone call donald trump sought confirmation that president zelinski understood his request to announce the politically motivated investigations and he would follow through. after meeting with ukrainian officials president zelinski and his top aide, the president's hand-picked ambassador gordon sondland called from an outdoor restaurant to report back this was the second conversation between the two about ukraine in as many days. david holmes, an american diplomat, including the president's phone call, i described the call last night. holmes testified donald trump asked sondland is he going to do the investigatio

zelinsky must publicly announce the 2 political investigations and he should want to do it. no quid pro quo except this quid pro quo someone immediately relayed the message to president selenski informing him that without the announcement of the political investigations they would be at a stalemate stalin made clear that this reference to a stalemate meant the release of the security assistance president selenski after hesitating for weeks to join the president's corrupt scheme finally relented president selenski inform sonnen he agreed to do a c.n.n. interview and so on and understood that he would use that occasion to mention these items meaning the 2 investigations at the heart of the scheme the candidate selenski who was swept into office with a landslide victory on a promise of fighting corruption would be forced to undertake just the same kind of corrupt act he'd been elected to clean up upon learning this ambassador taylor called sonnen to register his deep concern telling him that it was crazy crazy taylor later texted someone to reinforce the point. as i said on the

take a look. >> i will be meeting president zelinsky.and president trump have already spoken twice. the president called to congratulate presidentnt zelinsy on his success in the parliamentary election. they were very warm and cordial calls. they were hoping that they will be able to meet in warsaw and have a few minutes together. because of the success of ukraine, maintaining its freedom, its system of representative government, free market economy free of corruption. dealing with crimnea are high priorities.io here obviously, but high priorities for the united states as well. >> sean: he says a perfect call. here's a reaction. congressman, matt gaetz. matt gaetz, let's look at this and i would say the issue would john bolton is over and i'm looking at the congenital liar. your thoughts. here he goes again, and his new bff. >> i thought it was very smart for the president's legal team to start this entire trial with their best evidence and that was an indictment of adam schiff's credibility.e time and time again, adam schiff has been pr

president zelinsky.when asked about these allegations of quid pro quo he said i think you read everything. i think you read the text. we had a good phone call. those were his words, it was normal. we spoke about many things. i think, and you read it, nobody pushed me, they think you can read minds. i think you look at the words. i yield the balance of my time to my colleague, deputy white house counsel who will address two issues. we will do this in a systematic way over the days ahead. one involving issues related because it came up near the end so i want to do it in sequence, obstruction as relates to the subpoenas that were issued and the due process issues since it was fresh on everybody's mind. >> mister chief justice, senators, majority leader mcconnell, democratic leadership, good morning. as mister sekulow said, i will touch on a couple issues related to obstruction and due process, just to hit on some points before we go into more detail in the rest of our presentation, i would like to start wit

president zelinsky.when asked about these allegations of quid pro quo he said i think you read everything. i think you read the text. we had a good phone call. those were his words, it was normal. we spoke about many things. i think, and you read it, nobody pushed me, they think you can read minds. i think you look at the words. i yield the balance of my time to my colleague, deputy white house counsel who will address two issues. we will do this in a systematic way over the days ahead. one involving issues related because it came up near the end so i want to do it in sequence, obstruction as relates to the subpoenas that were issued and the due process issues since it was fresh on everybody's mind. >> mister chief justice, senators, majority leader mcconnell, democratic leadership, good morning. as mister sekulow said, i will touch on a couple issues related to obstruction and due process, just to hit on some points before we go into more detail in the rest of our presentation, i would like to start wit

he withheld a meeting with president zelinsky. he froze. to ukraine even as they were engaged in hostilities with russia. he did this to try to hurt one of his political opponents and help his own reelection campaign. the case against donald trump is rocksolid. it is clear, undeniable, it is the truth. i'm surprised when i hear my colleagues complain that their is nothing new. it is really quite hypocritical. they complain there is nothing new and they say this after they voted more than 10 times not to be able to receive additional testimony and additional evidence. to my colleagues who are using this argument, don't bury your head in the sand and then complain it is dark. they have every ability to call witnesses, to agree unanimously as senator schumer has said. if they mean what they say, which i highly doubt, then they should want to hear something new. let's hear from john bolton who has relevant information, to the heart of the matter. we have a firsthand knowledge of these events, who already volunteered to testify. let's hear from

was the democratic party that was the real beneficiary of help on the call president trump told zelinsky whatever you can do it's very important that you do it if that's possible presence alinsky agreed that he would do the investigation saying yes it is very important for me and everything that you just mentioned earlier president trump then turned to a 2nd request asking president selenski to look into the sham an allegation into former vice president biden. president trump said president selenski the other thing there's a lot of talk of about biden's son biden stop the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you could look into it it sounds horrible to me there is no question that president trump intended in pressing ukraine leader to look into his political rival even after the impeachment inquiry began he confirmed his desire on the south lawn of the white house declaring not only that ukraine should investigate biden but the china shou

yes. >> mister z, look like this was not zelinski.there are other things parnas have said that i asked giuliani about and he wouldn't answer the questions, he did answer the one about bob barr, william barr, that is -- never even had a conversation with william barr. he was adamant about that but wouldn't talk about -- >> if donald trump really care about corruption in ukraine everything john talked about he would have brought up with whoever the head of ukraine was in 2017 and he would have brought up corruption rather than something looking for an announcement of an investigation. >> the president ran on stopping -- he ran on gravy train and said nato has got to pony up more money, that was the first part of the call, what a wild hour, great to have you one, we will be back tomorrow night, full coverage of the impeachment trial. shannon bream, take it from here. >> the president relies on the theory of absolute immunity, embarrassing the president's counsel talk about this today. >> the only one who should be embarrassed is you. hea

in the article giuliani confirmed that it planned to meet zelinski. at that meeting he wanted to press the ukraine government to pursue the investigations. investigations that president trump promoted only days earlier. giuliani said we are not meddling in an election. we are meddling in an investigation, which we have a right to do. giuliani even went so far as to acknowledge that his actions could benefit president trump personally. he said, quote, this isn't foreign policy. i'm asking them to do an investigation they are doing already and that of the people are telling them to stop. and a going to give them reasons why they shouldn't stop it because that information would be very, very helpful to my client, and may turn out to be helpful to my government. that's it. right there. giuliani admitting he was asking ukraine to work on investigations that would be very, very helpful to the president. he was not doing foreign policy. he was not doing this on behalf of the government. he was doing this for personal interests of his client, donald j. trump.

it was released in an orderly fashion the reform president president zelinsky wins but there was a question whether his party would take the parliament it did they work late into the evening with a desire to put forward reforms so everybody was waiting clothing and you heard the testimony from i will say their witnesses you heard the testimony everybody was concerned about ukraine everybody was concerned about whether these reforms could actually take place everybody was concerned about it so you hold back didn't affect anything that was going on in the field we heard mr crow worrying about the soldiers i understand that i appreciate that but none of that aid was affecting what was going on on the battlefield right then or for the next 4 months because it was future aid we having in it pietschmann proceeding because aid came out 3 weeks before the end of the fiscal year or a 6 minute phone call it boil it down that's what this is it's interesting to me that everybody's saying will be able to finally really september 11th only because of the committee and the whistleblower who we've never se

91 minutes after the president's phone call on july 25 went to the ukrainian president president zelinski that according to emails released by to the center for public integrity 146 pages of heavily redacted emails between the office of management and budget and the pentagon obtained on the item of information act and court orders showing the president asked about withholding aid to ukraine the month before his july 25 call with mozilla and cn based on guidance i received and in light of the administration's plan to review assistance to ukraine including the ukraine security assistance please hold off additional dod obligations to these funds pending direction from that process given the sensitive nature of the request i appreciate you keeping that information closely held to those who need to know to executive direction. an excerpt of july 25 email between omb and the pentagon more details access.com.just get your o reaction to this latest development.>> i think that the president made it very clear in his campaign when it comes to his foreign policy that he would scrutinize the money, p

is quite interesting that zelinsky said let's not jump to conclusions suggests that he's quite level headed about this and what the british prime minister is already putting out the idea that the plane is definitely shot down by a missile and of course the western politicians are trying to spin this because they're in a bit of a mess because. logically there are a number of things we need to take into account here the iranians are saying that it's illogical that it was hit by a missile because the plane turned back before it crashed a bit hit by a missile he would've turned back and i don't know whether that's been confirmed but that seems to be the law and they're taking secondly it's possible that it could have been hit by a missile but if so it would have done by accident and therefore the chain of causality leads back to the assassination of salim mainly which also has led to the deaths of the all of those people at his funeral all of these things are collateral damage of the decision made. that there's a 3rd possibility which is the plane was shot down by somebody on the ground

to be more active in settling its conflict with russian backed separatists slaughter me of zelinsky has been meeting president trump's top diplomat in kiev might compares visit coincides with the impeachment trial against trump back in washington he's accused of threatening to withhold military aid to ukraine in order to pressure kiev into investigating its political rival joe biden. has denied any future visit by the white house depends on an investigation into the bidens matter i'm unsurprised by your question i suspect you will not be unsurprised by my answer. no there is there is no condition of the nature described for presidents to come to washington and have that this is just simply not the case will find the right time or find the appropriate opportunity whether when scuffles near the compound where palestinians were holding a protest against u.s. president donald trump's middle east peace plan palestinians gathered in the early hours after morning prayers israeli police fired tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the howrah forces in the old city in occupied east jerusalem he

it's a very significant significant visit for ukraine no president zelinsky is using in all directory of the previous president we is aggressively and russian while at the same time he tries to make moves towards finding a compromise with russia in resolving the conflict the international conflict in the east of ukraine i think no zelinsky east playing is. a game to make egress if the criticism of president on the part of his political opponents from the right wing of the democratic party. politicians from the deep state in order to see to show that mr trump is also using the same old the cavalry but at the same time the typical words which are said now very important it's bringing more security to the region trying to find peaceful solution of the crisis in international relations in the east of ukraine then doing some positive steps in anti corruption the measures in ukraine in bringing in more democracy let me let me let me ask you something let me ask you something how difficult of a position is lattimer selenski in right now there are members of the presidential trump's own party

kiev into investigating his political rival joe biden on peo has denied that any future visit by zelinsky to the white house depends on an investigation into the by. matt i'm unsurprised by your question i suspect you will not be un surprised by my answer. no there's there's no condition of the nature described for presidents who come to washington and have that visit it's just simply not the case will find the right time or find the appropriate opportunity to negotiate is a professor of political science at the national university of kent mahela academy he says ukraine in the u.s. can help each other move on from the impeachment trial. ukraine has become it toxic asset for mr trump for american politics so now this should calm down the ukrainian topics in america and the next step would be positive steps of america joining efforts of european nations in finding some kind of compromise with russia even rain to gratian of ukraine of its eastern parts and how to make ukrainian system not to be corrupt ukraine can do a lot for american democracy to prosper now its discussion about old was th

he may meet with him on the sidelines, perhaps even zelinski of ukraine. shannon: that would be interesting. we appreciate it. a florida construction workers charged with murder after a political argument turns deadly. he appeared in court yesterday, he stabbed his foreman, stephen night, after discussion about politics, the foreman was pro-trump. it happened as the men worked on a road construction project. after the attack authorities say he placed an american flag next tonight's body. the man charged with killing his estranged wife wants his trial to start as soon as possible. attorneys for fotis dulos want to waive the probable cause hearing which could fast-track the case in connecticut. jennifer dulos went missing in may. her body has not been found but police believe she is dead. fotis's ex-girlfriend and attorney all face charges. today america's top cop will announce a new law enforcement commission, new goals for the group include finding ways to prevent or reduce and control crime. it will work to increase respect for the law. donald trump signe

then the phone call happens and during this call donald trump after zelinski mentions how desperate they are to get this aid and they are excited to get these weapons trump says i need you to do us a favor though. then he begins to speak about crowd strike which is code for that conspiracy of the surfer and the bidens and the 90 minutes after the call we have duffy who works over at omb, he's in charge of or looks over at omb and e-mails -- instructed to hold the aid and given the sensitive nature of the rest i appreciate you keeping that information closely held to those who need to know. i will fast-forward and you know the next thing is the whistleblower filed his complaint and then somehow despite the fact that the ig passes it on to the acting dni in the acting dni does not follow the law and actually passes it along and fast-forward because i don't have three hours and i want to talk about these criminal claims. do you have possible rivalry under 201 and i say yes even in light of the most recent supreme court decision, mcdonald versus united states involving the governor of virgin

but there was the president did not meet with president zelinski at the oval office. as if that has a ground for impeachment. also the fact that the second one they said was the delegation to president zelinski news swearing in was a high enough delegation. .-ellipsis .-ellipsis this council might recommend against that. [laughter] it's not the way it works, presidents don't do that. >> will they pick up the pace? >> you tell me are they moving too slowly? look here's the reality they have 24 hours a put their case forward. they may take, it looks like they will take all 24 hours. we will make the determination on our presentation of the case based on what we are responding to in our case. i don't know if it's can it take ten hours, 14 hours, 24 hours, or six hours. when you are in a proceeding like this, you have to be flexible, you have to be fluid and we are doing that. [inaudible] i'm sorry. [inaudible] no it's not, i understand they are making a mode of purpose it's a video that is been seen before. there was a lot more to the video than what were seeing. the fac

and very quickly after that it just within a couple of hours the ukrainian president bloody murder zelinsky issued his own statement in ukrainian and in english the english on twitter read in follows he said this morning brings truth but at the same time the president said that ukraine insists on the full admission of guilt we expect iran to bring those responsible to justice return the bodies pay compensation and issue an official apology the investigation must be full open and continue without delays or obstacles so obviously there is a welcoming by the president but at the same time insisting that the investigation continues and that the story is not entirely over well david that is a very clear list of demands a made made by ukraine but what can key of do if these demands are simply not met by iran. well the president didn't say that i imagine he will we may hear from again in fact he's going to be speaking to the president of the islamic republic later on this afternoon 2nd half of the day but we did hear from the foreign minister yesterday he held a press conference and he said that t

he thought the announcement would lock zelinski into doing the investigation and if you were worried about ukraine then maybe when obama was president, you should have sent them something other than blankets, trump has sent them javelins and lethal weaponry they can use. i happen to think it is a preposterous argument that american national security is somehow dependent on what is going on in ukraine's eastern border but if you're going to make an argument like that own up to the fact that obama did nothing for these guys. >> congress appropriated this money. >> and they got it before the end of the year what it was all they could count on. shannon: it is a fair question for everyone regardless of party. do you not think various administrations, republican and democrat have in many many cases tide strings to money to billions in foreign aid we spent around the world, do you not think that happened? >> of course but i don't think there's any evidence that any president before this has gone to a foreign leader to say announce an investigation to hurt my political opponent. >> he didn't

you can see president zelinsky trying to flatter him by saying i'm trying to drain the swamp too.he ran on a campaign of reform. no problem giving money to the prior regime where there were abundant concerns about corruption but you get a reformer and now it is a problem. we know what changed, the emergence of joe biden. the prior regime corruption was no problem. reformer comes into office and there is a problem. if you need any more graphic example, look at that call, no one disputes that marie yavanovitch was and is a devoted fighter against corruption. that is her reputation. that is why they had to get rid of her. look at the july 20 fifth call, the president is bad mouthing this person fighting corruption. he is praising the former ukrainian prosecutor who is corrupt! are we really going to believe this is about fighting corruption? no problem supporting a former regime with russia problems with problem supporting a reformer trying to clean up. no problems with a corrupt former ukrainian prosecutor that he praises in that call, good man. the problem is with the us ambassador

adam schiff said that was ukrainian president zelinski but it was likely burisma's founder. says it is impossible to address all the democrat lying today, members who conspired to defraud. and our serial liars. jillian: bring in the man of the hour, griff jenkins. so much to talk about. we were texting earlier this morning into no one's surprise everything was down party lines. what does that tell you about this being political in nature which democrats argue it is not? >> reporter: the point is in the house it didn't move the needle. people were not persuaded to lean more towards impeachment, republicans were not convinced of anything. the headline you had over parnas and adam schiff, you've got to get it right. trying to convince the majority in the senate, republicans to come to your side and what we saw in that marathon day was minority leader chuck schumer not getting enough republicans to call witnesses and issue subpoenas for documents. rob: you think mitch mcconnell was the big winner of the day? the republican party was worried about moderates, schumer sent these re

. >> get zelinski to announce that the biting case will be investigated. that's mr.i tasking you that you should get that commitment from zelinski. >> that was the main objective. >> the media arguments over whether they are accusing the president or lying in hopes of a lenient sentence are a microcosm over the debate of the senate trial. and as cable news braces for wall-to-wall coverage of next week's trial, one thing is clear. from the iowa caucuses to the houston astros cheating scandal, every other story is being drowned. >> bret: thanks, will tune into the media buzz this weekend. up next to president lim names his legal team for impeachment. but first, beyond our borders. ukraine's prime minister has submitted his resignation, that move coming days after he was caught on tape saying ukraine's president, a former sitcom store, start with nope previous political experience knows nothing about the economy -- a drop sanctions on the island in exchange for concessions from his government. u.s. has been tightening sanctions on cuba in recent months in order to starv

r>> i believe that's what the president zelinski was indicating that any signal or sign that u.s.support was wavering would be construed by russia as potentially an opportunity for them to strengthen their own hand in ukraine. >> this is an important point to clearly when the president and his attorneys try to argue no harm no foul. the financial assistance itself was really important ukraine domino question about it. but the aide was equally and ordered at a signal to russia of our support for ukraine. regardless of whether the aide was ultimately released, the fact that the whole became public sent a very clear signal to russia that our support for ukraine was wavering. russia was watching very closely. for any sign of weakness. the damage was done. any possible doubt of whether the aide was linked to the investigations has been raised by the president's own chief of staff. we've seen this video before during the trial but it's a really good reason for this. it's a admission on national tv that the military aid was conditioned on ukraine helping the president's political campaig

jennifer williams who attended the warsaw meeting with vice president prince described president zelinsky he's focused during this time and you testified in your deposition in that conversation president selenski emphasized that the military assistance the security assistance was not just important to assist ukraine in fighting a war against russia but that it was also symbolic in nature what did you what did you understand him to mean by that president's lenski explained that more than just equally with the financial and physical value of the assistance that it was the symbolic nature of that assistance that really was the show of u.s. support for ukraine and for ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity and i think he was he would even stressing that to the vice president to really underscore the need for the security assistance to be released and that if the united states was holding the security assistance is it also true then that russia could see that as a sign of weakening u.s. support for ukraine and take advantage of the i believe that's what the present president once he w

an hour before it all came out, president zelinski was tweeting in a very positive faction about a discussionresident. in the last half hour or iranian president. in the last half houror so, iranian president. in the last half hour or so, there have been some things which you could response classify as a response of sort from president's zelinski office. it says ukraine is interested in the truth, we ask all our international partners to assist in the investigation and provide any information. they are saying to the us, if you have any information, share it with us. ukraine has a team oi'i share it with us. ukraine has a team on the ground in iran trying to get involved in that investigation by iran into what happened to the plane. just talk us through this, prior to the news from the us officials, the understanding was that the ukrainians were exploring for possible causes for the plane crash? yes, i think this was a pushback to what had been the ukrainian democrat iranian story 24 hours ago, which was that this was some sort of technical problem on board the plane that brought the plane dow

with an intense focus on the july 25th phone call between president trump and ukraine's president zelinsky today are digging deeper into the charge of abuse of power the articles in the evidence conclusively established. the president trump is places own personal political interests, first of the president's defense team will likely begin their arguments on saturday we're going begin our robust case when the when the senate says it's time to start and a vote on whether to subpoena more witnesses or documents would come after the defense has concluded their opening arguments and senators questions. >>and there is an effort in the works to have a morning only a quick saturday session all senators would have to be on board for this to happen. but of course so many of them want to go home and get some rest and 4 in particular want to get back to that campaign trail reporting in washington, i'm camila for now back to you. >>it's going to check the weather around the bay area lawrence standing by was a getaway forecast. we know as a guest here you can go all around the state looking good in spot

, thanked him, the united states has imposed heavy sanctions on russia, president zelinski thanked himmanager jeffrey said that the idea that trump cares about corruption is laughable, what doctor hill said, they didn't play this, eliminating corruption in ukraine was one of if not the central goal of u.s. foreign policy in ukraine. let me say that again, doctor hill testified that eliminating corruption in ukraine was one of if not the central goal of u.s. foreign policy in ukraine. you're taking notes you can find that the hill deposition transcript 34 colon 7 to 13 doctor hill also said she thinks the president is actually quite publicly said that he is very skeptical about corruption in ukraine, in fact, he's not alone, she said this as well, everyone has expressed great concerns about corruption. ambassador jovanovich they didn't play this, she also said, we all had concerns. national security director morrison confirmed that "he was aware that the president thought ukraine had a corruption problem as did many other people familiar with it." i am not going to over and agai the evi

he was suggesting he wasn't going to be riding the hundreds of millions in military aid unless mr zelinsky open publicly investigations against a political rival for the 2020 campaign now that narrative doesn't need to be proved it's a very simple one you don't need trial lawyers to prove it's a water runs downhill or you breathe oxygen in order to have respiration you need in this case in my judgment those who are steeped in constitutional law the history of the country the nixon impeachment why it's important to hold the president accountable to the rule of law what it would mean going forward if president trump is able to get away from this wrongdoing which requires a far greater depth than a trial lawyer and is down in the weeds we don't need to be down in the weeds the fact is that all this new evidence that miss pelosi says has come forth in the last days or a week before the articles have been sent to the senate there's nothing new in them i mean what are we going to say john bolton's already said he didn't want to get involved in a drug deal by being involved in this deal with a qu

russia, quote, the russians as i said in my deposition would love to see the humiliation of president zelinsky at the hands of the americans. secretary pompeo, i could not and would not defend such a policy, this is from a decorated vietnam veteran who always would follow what the duty is to the country, saying i cannot follow that policy. it is so egregious, so i offensive, so damaging that i can't follow that policy. i don't know what more we can say to our colleagues. why don't we have the benefit of that cable? why don't we have the benefit of the testimony, mister bolton who can also testify about that where bolton says to taylor send a classified cable to the secretary of state which he had never done before in his long and distinguished career as a diplomat. i will end with asking adam schiff's question, wouldn't you want to read that cable? senator udall. >> thank you for asking us to accompany you and i also feel that ambassador taylor was very powerful. that one moment that he was standing with the ukrainian commander at the line, battling the russians and the story he told was so po

young record which actually beaten you going the 1st all astroland over elections so low with the zelinsky of having a landslide against against portugal so this idea that we need democracy that's incredibly creepy and we do not have translated into policy ok this go back to our next hero me i think it's really quite fascinating that you know the europeans and the country should get more involved in the middle east why would they want to do that because it turned into its richard backwater in a quagmire but i guess that's what trump really wants he wants other people to do his dirty work for him and not just his i mean prime previous administrations as well i mean it really shows a lack of strategic vision i mean want to leave the middle east problem solved and we solved for the united states and let the people in the region for. your doubt because that's the only way it's ever going to be figured out go ahead well that's absolutely right and i think that in europe the hunt deer expanding nato or sending nato troops to the middle east is absolutely horrifying to most people i mean speaking

with an intense focus on the july 25th phone call between president trump and ukraine's president zelinsky today, they're digging deeper into the charge of abuse of power. the president's defense team will likely begin their arguments on saturday and a vote on whether to subpoena more witnesses or documents could come after the defense has concluded their opening arguments and senators questions. >>next at 5.30 protests in southern california over proposed changes to prisons why a private companies pushing to turn some jails into immigration detention centers and a new study links extreme stress to going to gray earlier in life. how scientists are making this connection and several closures announced in the south bay. why does the last year for a couple elementary schools in san jose we're also getting some breaking news unrelated to this about the corona virus as it relates to the bay area at least 9 people the bay area at least 9 people in alameda ♪ ♪ the wait is over. try my new tiny tacos. 15 for 3 bucks or loaded for 4 bucks. delivered exclusively with uber eats. 15 for 3 bucks or i'c

way from iran's capital to head on to the ukrainian capital kiev ukraine's president wanted near zelinsky has broken off a foreign visit to return to kiev because of the crash. a field of burning debris lights up the night sky near the iranian capital the apparent remnants of the ukraine international airlines flight that crashed shortly after takeoff from tehran throughout all rainy and t.v. stations where the 1st to broadcast images of the crash including this mobile phone video which appears to show the plane going down. but it's daybreak that reveals the extent of the destruction and the human toll the plane was carrying $176.00 passengers and crew from several different countries mainly from iran and canada was not the last year that i could have that much nobody survived all the passengers are dead. at the international airport in kiev the arrivals boat lists the flight that never arrived. people out of strollers. this man thinks his son was on the plane on the cultural yes both of which will be my son is a senior flight attendant at. the iranian and ukrainian officials have both pl

if ukrainian president zelinski called president trump and offered dirt on president trumps politicalrivals in exchange for president trump handing over hundreds of millions in military aid, that would clearly be bribery and an impeachable offense. why would it be more acceptable and somehow not impeachable for the reverse, for president trump to propose the same corrupt bargain? [silence] bribery is obviously an impeachable offense. bribery is contained within the accusation the house levels of abuse of power. we explain in the judiciary committee reports the practice of impeachment in the united states has tended to envelop charges of bribery within the broader standard of higher crimes and misdemeanors. that's the historical standard. the owners of bribery are clearly established here. the abuse of power is clearly established when the president of the united states offers something of extort foreign power to get a benefit from self, withholds military aid, in order to get that foreign power to do something that would help him politically that's clearly bribery, clearly an abuse of

in fact people of 7 different nationalities on the doing their liner ukrainian president vladimir zelinsky has cut short a visit to a man returned to kiev and on his facebook page he did express his condolences to the relatives of the victims here's an eyewitness account of the crash. involving toil of the right side of the airplane and one end of it were completely on fire and i think the pilot made a great effort not to hit residential houses the plane crash landed in largely park and destroyed the fence of a football pitch then it took off again and exploded and was completely incinerated grieving relatives have been gathering kiev international airport where flight 75 t. was heading people are mourning the dead and waiting for any further information about the disaster is what the father of one of the crew members had to say this instruction will provide you my oldest son is the steward my daughter called me from the us she told me that the ukrainian aircraft crashed just where eagle flew i said to to run and then i saw the video of the plane crash. washing out he still had he this aft

evidence that backs their claims that a rocket brought down its passenger plane in iran on wednesday zelinsky added that the missile scenario cannot be ruled out but is not currently confirmed 176 passengers on board lost their lives when the boeing 737 came down shortly after takeoff from tehran airport but ukraine and iran have now asked the west to share their intelligence on the crash. considering the latest pressed statements by heads of state we are asking all international partners primarily the governments of the us canada and the u.k. to supply information and evidence pertaining to this plane crash does investigative commission all those countries whose citizens were aboard the plane can send representatives and urge buoying to send its representative to join the process of investigating the black box. the black box recovered from the plane crash site has been shown by iranian state media iran has rejected what it calls a logical and impossible claims by western leaders that it may have accidentally shot down the jet artist i ask you to look at how speculation is mounting even befor

ukrainian president volodymyr zelinsky has rejected the resignation of his prime minister who offered to step down after being caught on tape saying the president knew nothing about the economy and called the situation unpleasant but says he's decided to give his prime minister a 2nd chance. finally some relief after months of drought in australia rain lots of it is falling on bushfires in the east and in the east of the country for the 2nd day in a row wet weather is giving firefighters a boost in their fight against places which have been fuelled by the drought and made worse by climate change the heavy rains are expected to continue through the weekend in new south wales and neighboring victoria but dozens of blazes a still burning in the wet weather is bringing its own has its. eye. from flames to flash floods just a week ago stuff at this nature park we're protecting their animals from oncoming bushfires now they're having to deal with another extreme there's the dry. absolutely inadequate. another go to come in the park wall of water. stuff rushed koalas to safety. back might be

zelinsky says his country will send a team of investigators to iran in search for ounces. marking a day of mourning ukrainian president for not amazing lenski of the growing memorial to those who died in wednesday's crash. but the scramble for answers gets underway he appealed for international cooperation to establish what caused this tragedy. the upper for sure i asked everybody especially when ukraine is in the middle of an information war to refrain from manipulation speculation conspiracy theories snap judgments and on verified theories he lists. dozens of the 176 victims came from canada western university in ontario the sense of loss is enormous the persian canadian community here tightly knit. and unfortunately they will spend my life is what. i used to see one of the people who lost his life in the bus in a regular basis one of my friends lost his brother i didn't know him directly but. you know pretty much everybody knows someone who was either in that plane crash or was affected by it the crash coincided with iran launching missiles at u.s. bases in iraq leading