61
61
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 61
favorite 0
quote 0
because we actually haven't seen much of hunter biden. he tweeted as much, and you can see that tweet right there -- "he has totally disappeared." following the president's lead, do you think his allies on capitol hill, like lindsey graham, will be successful possibly in an attempt to depose hunter biden in front of the judiciary committee? >> well, that may be challenging because right now it's really a smear campaign that's going on with hunter biden, in terms of what the president and his allies are doing. they're not bringing forward any actual evidence that suggests, well, we need to bring this person in and necessarily depose them or ask them hard questions. there usually at least needs to be some kind of evidence or standard for that. but right now, the way that the biden campaign and the way that -- you know, even some republicans who haven't been willing to be as aggressive on hunter biden as the president has been -- the way that they're approaching this is basically saying, this is a political attack. >> right. >> this is clear
because we actually haven't seen much of hunter biden. he tweeted as much, and you can see that tweet right there -- "he has totally disappeared." following the president's lead, do you think his allies on capitol hill, like lindsey graham, will be successful possibly in an attempt to depose hunter biden in front of the judiciary committee? >> well, that may be challenging because right now it's really a smear campaign that's going on with hunter biden, in terms of what the...
33
33
Oct 13, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 33
favorite 0
quote 0
good more hunter biden, he is p pug. ly i am not. and that is a sitting president of the united states. when it comes to the debate stage, i actually think dem kralts are united, that these lies against hunter biden are not acceptable, and you'll see that on the debate stage. >> if it is all lies and purely made up, why did hunter biden make the decision he fae md. what i'm saying is it certainly is not a tas i had. he had a rally and used very inappropriate language alts tt son of a presidential candidate. he's gone low and he's dragging this entire thing low. i think hunter biden did the right thing by saying, i'm not going to be a distraction. >> if it's inappropriate language and it's all lies. >> what is being said in front of hunter biden has to do with sitting on the board as president. the vice president stopped a corruption investigation? that is not true. thas l that is a lie. >>> it's funny how lawmakers' feelings on oversight seems to chan change. this fall, book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels.com... ...an
good more hunter biden, he is p pug. ly i am not. and that is a sitting president of the united states. when it comes to the debate stage, i actually think dem kralts are united, that these lies against hunter biden are not acceptable, and you'll see that on the debate stage. >> if it is all lies and purely made up, why did hunter biden make the decision he fae md. what i'm saying is it certainly is not a tas i had. he had a rally and used very inappropriate language alts tt son of a...
71
71
Oct 13, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 71
favorite 0
quote 0
but i do think biden -- hunter biden is doing this at this point is absolutely appropriate. and by the way, maybe they could make a challenge that anyone who runs for president ought to make sure their children are not involved in companies overseas because the current occupant of the white house not only had they been involved, they are currently roved. we have patents being given to ivanka trump and the trump boys running around the world including to india and taking part in events with president modi, promoting the trump business. so yeah, i think people should make sure that they don't even eerns -- even the appearance of the conflict of interest. >> during the debate it is not fair to bring it up. i think hunter biden has been inappropriately thrust into the middle of a presidential campaign. false accusations made by president trump. and they've been debunked and fact checked and they are false and doesn't exist. now issues should be raised about conflict of interest and as linda mentioned there is plenty of that in the trump administration, the trump world. whether i
but i do think biden -- hunter biden is doing this at this point is absolutely appropriate. and by the way, maybe they could make a challenge that anyone who runs for president ought to make sure their children are not involved in companies overseas because the current occupant of the white house not only had they been involved, they are currently roved. we have patents being given to ivanka trump and the trump boys running around the world including to india and taking part in events with...
72
72
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 72
favorite 0
quote 0
the death of hunter biden was devastating not just to joe biden but also to hunter biden, and i think probably the death of bo biden has been devastating to both the vice president but also to hunter biden, and i think you see that as one of the factors in joe biden's reluctance to kind of throw his son under the bus and distance himself, is that the son is obviously in a pretty fragile space in the last couple years. >> and given what hillary clinton said about the hillary clinton foundation, donald trump was not the incumbent. hunter biden says, yeahs, it wa swampy, meaning ukraine. i want to hear him talk about his name and how he got these jobs, and asking the question, isn't this why people hate washington? >> what do you say to people who say this is exactly why people hate washington? a vice president's son can make money where your father is doing official government business. >> i don't know what to say. i made a mistake in retrospect as it related to creating any perception that was wrong. and so, therefore, i'm taking it off the table and i'm making that commitment. i will
the death of hunter biden was devastating not just to joe biden but also to hunter biden, and i think probably the death of bo biden has been devastating to both the vice president but also to hunter biden, and i think you see that as one of the factors in joe biden's reluctance to kind of throw his son under the bus and distance himself, is that the son is obviously in a pretty fragile space in the last couple years. >> and given what hillary clinton said about the hillary clinton...
59
59
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 59
favorite 0
quote 0
hunter biden speaking out just moments ago. the son of the former vice president tells abc news he used, quote, poor judgment in serving on the board of a ukrainian gas company, but he insists he did nothing improper. here's some of that interview. >> did you and your father ever discuss ukraine? >> no. as i said, the only time was after a news account -- it wasn't a discussion in any way. there's no but to this. no, we never did. >> your dad said, i hope you know what you're doing. and i said, i do, and that was the end of our discussion. >> why? >> because my dad was vice president of the united states. there's literally nothing as a young man or as a full-grown adult that my father in some way has influence over. it does not serve either one of us. >> hunter biden's comments come hours ahead of the democratic debate in ohio. will joe biden address this? and what else will happen at this debate? let's bring in april ryan, bakari sellers. he has endorsed kamala harris. and angela rye, cnn political commentator. the hunter bide
hunter biden speaking out just moments ago. the son of the former vice president tells abc news he used, quote, poor judgment in serving on the board of a ukrainian gas company, but he insists he did nothing improper. here's some of that interview. >> did you and your father ever discuss ukraine? >> no. as i said, the only time was after a news account -- it wasn't a discussion in any way. there's no but to this. no, we never did. >> your dad said, i hope you know what you're...
70
70
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 70
favorite 0
quote 0
what did you think of the hunter biden interview? >> it's not just lobbying, it's foreign interactions, right? in order for these two things to happen, number one, an individual is engaging with a foreign government and foreign people, number two, there's huge money at stake here. you see the peril working in that line of business. frankly, the whole area could use some febreze generally. going back a couple months ago in the special counsel investigation, paul manafort went down over these foreign lobbying types. brian gregg, who was the white house counsel, almost got convicted for these things. it's just dangerous work and we saw it here. >> when you look at how this compares to the trump children and how they have conducted themselves in business, especially considering the president has not done financially what presidents normally do, nor have we had a president in his financial circumstance, it's so interesting because they seem to have so much more of a political liability, and yet the president has positioned joe biden and h
what did you think of the hunter biden interview? >> it's not just lobbying, it's foreign interactions, right? in order for these two things to happen, number one, an individual is engaging with a foreign government and foreign people, number two, there's huge money at stake here. you see the peril working in that line of business. frankly, the whole area could use some febreze generally. going back a couple months ago in the special counsel investigation, paul manafort went down over...
80
80
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 80
favorite 0
quote 0
an attorney for hunter biden saying hunter always understood that his father would be guided entirely and unequivocally by established u.s. policy, irrespective of its effects of hunter's personal interests. in iowa, the former vice president promising transparency in his white house. and taking a jab at president trump and his family in the process. >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house. will sit in on meetings as if they're a cabinet member. will in fact have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country. period. >> pete buttigieg also calling out the president and his family. >> here you have hunter biden, stepping down from a position in order to make sure even though there's been no accusation of wrongdoing, doing something just to make sure there's not even the appearance of a conflict of interest. while in the white house, the president of the united states is a walking conflict of interest. >> in another rebuke of president trump, biden is out with a new government ethics plan. which would prevent membe
an attorney for hunter biden saying hunter always understood that his father would be guided entirely and unequivocally by established u.s. policy, irrespective of its effects of hunter's personal interests. in iowa, the former vice president promising transparency in his white house. and taking a jab at president trump and his family in the process. >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house. will sit in on meetings as if they're a cabinet member. will in fact have any...
278
278
Oct 9, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 278
favorite 0
quote 0
on behalf of hunter biden. it doesn't exist. every news outlet has said it doesn't exist. >> i think if you put ten political operatives, individuals who have run serious campaigns in a room and ask them exactly how joe biden should be responding in this circumstance, you'd get beyond five and many ten different answers. i'll say this. the upside of the kind of speech that apparently he's about to deliver -- >> he's delivering now. >> okay. you see genuine vim and vigor from him because he's pissed. so i think that vitality is to his advantage. >> we'll be watching to see if it is to his advantage. michael simmmerconish thank you. >>> as we talk about watergate and the law, cnn finds some fascinating similarities between what's happening now and what happened then. >>> also, senator bernie sanders says he is going to slow down after his heart attack last week. what this means for the future of his 2020 campaign. time to get in a tree, nock an arrow, and disappear. this is what you've prepared for. he's moving m
on behalf of hunter biden. it doesn't exist. every news outlet has said it doesn't exist. >> i think if you put ten political operatives, individuals who have run serious campaigns in a room and ask them exactly how joe biden should be responding in this circumstance, you'd get beyond five and many ten different answers. i'll say this. the upside of the kind of speech that apparently he's about to deliver -- >> he's delivering now. >> okay. you see genuine vim and vigor from...
76
76
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 76
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> days after the president baited hunter biden, where is hunter biden? he said his only mistake was putting himself in a situation that could be used to hurt his father. we begin with lauren fox. this is a big day of testimony. >> well, another big day of testimony up here on capitol hill, jim. i'll tell you, it's kicking off a busy week on the hill. members back today and in a few minutes, we expect that kent will arrive on capitol hill where he will give closed door testimony to members of those three committees. and he's not the only one expected this week. we had fiona hill yesterday. tomorrow, we expect michael mckinley. he's the former adviser to mike pompeo, the secretary of state. he resigned last week citing personal reasons. we also expect gordon sondland on thursday. highly anticipated deposition happening behind closed doors with those three committees. a very busy week on capitol hill and members will be back this afternoon. >> lauren fox on the hill, thanks very much. joining us to talk about this, global affair analyst susan glasser and cn
. >> days after the president baited hunter biden, where is hunter biden? he said his only mistake was putting himself in a situation that could be used to hurt his father. we begin with lauren fox. this is a big day of testimony. >> well, another big day of testimony up here on capitol hill, jim. i'll tell you, it's kicking off a busy week on the hill. members back today and in a few minutes, we expect that kent will arrive on capitol hill where he will give closed door testimony...
62
62
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 62
favorite 0
quote 0
joe biden -- i mean, hunter biden acknowledged that. i actually compare it to hillary clinton's server, right? i say that it was wrong. it was something that shouldn't be done. no, it's not illegal. no it's not really unethical, but optically it looks really, really bad, and we should make better decisions than that. democrats they're going to get on that stage tonight, and the biden campaign has framed it that no one can bring this up. how dare you bring this up. how dare you talk about hunter biden. nobody's talking about hunter biden other than to say he shouldn't have done this which he acknowledges himself. i think we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard. what about the trumps, we can talk about this being a poor decision, and we can talk about how unethical the trump card is as well. >> we have to have the same set of standards. i'm sick of it. and at first often i still say like, man, the white privilege is real because we know of barack obama, i've said that in speeches, can you imagine if barack obama would have done 1/1
joe biden -- i mean, hunter biden acknowledged that. i actually compare it to hillary clinton's server, right? i say that it was wrong. it was something that shouldn't be done. no, it's not illegal. no it's not really unethical, but optically it looks really, really bad, and we should make better decisions than that. democrats they're going to get on that stage tonight, and the biden campaign has framed it that no one can bring this up. how dare you bring this up. how dare you talk about hunter...
84
84
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 84
favorite 0
quote 0
what else did hunter biden say? >> it really was, kate. as joe biden is preparing for tonight's debate, it's his son hunter biden in the spotlight giving his most in depth comments on the business dealings in ukraine and china which have come under criticism and attack from president trump. hunter biden in this interview acknowledged that it was poor judgment to go ahead and sit on that ukrainian natural gas companies board but that he did not do anything improper, that there was no ethical lapse in this. that's something you heard his father say over and over again on the campaign trail, that there has been no evidence of wrong doing on either of their parts. take a listen to what he told amy this morning. >> i think it was poor judgment on my part. i think there was poor judgment because i don't believe now when i look back on it -- i know i did nothing wrong at all. however, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is a swamp in many ways? yeah. and so i take full responsibility for that. did i do anything improper? no
what else did hunter biden say? >> it really was, kate. as joe biden is preparing for tonight's debate, it's his son hunter biden in the spotlight giving his most in depth comments on the business dealings in ukraine and china which have come under criticism and attack from president trump. hunter biden in this interview acknowledged that it was poor judgment to go ahead and sit on that ukrainian natural gas companies board but that he did not do anything improper, that there was no...
128
128
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
can i make one hunter biden point? >> yes. >> the bar has been set so low i'm prepared for him to exceed it tomorrow. it's one issue to question the money that he was receiving from a firm that was under investigation and substantive issues. they've gone personal on him. they've raised some very really treacherous things. i think there is a negative impression people v. when they tune in and watch this guy and he puts sentences together and he seems -- >> the bar is low for him to look good? >> absolutely. i think it's entirely possibly for him, people will say hunter biden, more impressive than i expected him to be. >> not the quote/unquote loser? >> i didn't want to say it. >> he's been personal. while we are on this subject, these are human beings and this is a family that has gone through more hell than anybody can even imagine in that hunter lost two siblings, one when he was a baby and one alzheimer's an adult. and a mother. and if he i'm sure he's not going to say that explicitly tomorrow, but if he comes across
can i make one hunter biden point? >> yes. >> the bar has been set so low i'm prepared for him to exceed it tomorrow. it's one issue to question the money that he was receiving from a firm that was under investigation and substantive issues. they've gone personal on him. they've raised some very really treacherous things. i think there is a negative impression people v. when they tune in and watch this guy and he puts sentences together and he seems -- >> the bar is low for...
41
41
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 41
favorite 0
quote 0
but there's questions that joe biden is bringing into this debate about his son, hunter biden. on sunday, hunter biden said if his father was elected he would not serve on any foreign boards or work with foreign governments, trying to move beyond the controversy that president trump has been stirring up largely without evidence. this is a defining moment for the candidates that will be sharing the stage on tuesday night, here in the pivot aal battleground state of ohio. >> thanks. >>> you can see the cnn/"new york times" democratic presidential debate from ohio, tomorrow night, 8:00 eastern time, on cnn. >>> coming up, the kurds may have found some fresh allies with the remaining u.s. troops in northern syria pulling out. a live report after this. so much more than i could have imagined. my grandfather was born in a shack in pennsylvania, his father was a miner, they were immigrants from italy and somewhere along the way that man changed his name and transformed himself into a successful mid-century american man. he had a whole life that i didn't know anything about. he was jus
but there's questions that joe biden is bringing into this debate about his son, hunter biden. on sunday, hunter biden said if his father was elected he would not serve on any foreign boards or work with foreign governments, trying to move beyond the controversy that president trump has been stirring up largely without evidence. this is a defining moment for the candidates that will be sharing the stage on tuesday night, here in the pivot aal battleground state of ohio. >> thanks....
42
42
Oct 4, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 42
favorite 0
quote 0
i think that hunter biden working for that company, i think hunter biden being involved with anything as a family member of a sitting vp creates ethical considerations. no question. but i don't understand how this president or you can claim to be bothered by that and not bothered by the fact that his daughter, who represents the united states of america, gets intellectual property grants from china at the same time she's representing the united states and sitting down with the chinese president. how can hunter biden bother you and that doesn't? >> their business was well established before the president became president trump. >> how does that make it okay? she's doing business from the white house. >> joe biden didn't have -- but how is it okay that hunter biden was okay and his only connection was between his father and ukraine and he received $83,300 a month and he then -- vice president biden at the time goes around and brags -- >> the amounts don't shock me. biden never bragged -- as you well know, congressman, the vice president, former vice president, never bragged about gettin
i think that hunter biden working for that company, i think hunter biden being involved with anything as a family member of a sitting vp creates ethical considerations. no question. but i don't understand how this president or you can claim to be bothered by that and not bothered by the fact that his daughter, who represents the united states of america, gets intellectual property grants from china at the same time she's representing the united states and sitting down with the chinese...
73
73
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 73
favorite 0
quote 0
his son hunter biden and earlier today hunter biden appeared on abc to talk about the controversy about his dealings with ukraine. let's listen. >> in retrospect. >> look, i think it is poor judgment on my part, i think there was poor judgment because i don't believe now when i look back on it, i know i did nothing wrong at all. however, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is a -- is a swamp and in many ways, yeah. >> reporter: so that is hunter biden there giving his first comments about this ongoing controversy that is at the heart of the impeachment inquiry. president trump reaching out to the ukrainian president asking for an investigation into the bidens. now in this primary debate, wolf, talking to advisers from every campaign, no one is telegraphing they are going to go after or raise questions about this incident to joe biden himself. if it is going to play in the larger election, we'll have to see how voters respond to this. but, wolf, tonight so much different -- such a different moment. impeachment of course, and so much has happened in the last month s
his son hunter biden and earlier today hunter biden appeared on abc to talk about the controversy about his dealings with ukraine. let's listen. >> in retrospect. >> look, i think it is poor judgment on my part, i think there was poor judgment because i don't believe now when i look back on it, i know i did nothing wrong at all. however, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is a -- is a swamp and in many ways, yeah. >> reporter: so that is hunter biden...
45
45
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 45
favorite 0
quote 0
joe biden's son hunter biden is sitting down with abc news to be released tomorrow morning. hunter biden announced yesterday, sunday, that he will step down from the board of a foreign investment fund. he also said he would not sit on any board if his father were to become president. this as joe biden has become more aggressive to the president's attacks. in a campaign stop in iowa, he made his own vow that if he were to become president, making a not so subtle shot here at the trump family. >> no one in my family will have an office in the white house, will sit in on meetings as though they're a cabinet member, will, in fact, have any business relationship with anyone that relates to a foreign corporation or a foreign country, period. period. end of story. >> it is an interesting moment where a lot of people were watching the vice president early on and he wasn't responding. now they've decided to try to take this and turn this. the president is going to come after him and his family. he's going to try to make it about the president and use the attention to turn it to his a
joe biden's son hunter biden is sitting down with abc news to be released tomorrow morning. hunter biden announced yesterday, sunday, that he will step down from the board of a foreign investment fund. he also said he would not sit on any board if his father were to become president. this as joe biden has become more aggressive to the president's attacks. in a campaign stop in iowa, he made his own vow that if he were to become president, making a not so subtle shot here at the trump family....
59
59
Oct 13, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 59
favorite 0
quote 0
there was no wrongdoing in what hunter biden did. he did the right thing by making that statement and putting that away if he may. at the same time, the president's family is engaged in business while at the white house, getting patents from china and really making all kinds of deals across the planet. and one never knows what's going on when they make those deals. >> isn't there argument to be made that if hunter biden is going to leaf tve the board of s chinese company, that there is at the very least an acknowledgment from the biden campaign that there is a conflict of interest or the perception of. >> i think he made the right decision. i don't think he's acknowledging there's any wrongdoing. i don't think anyone has pointed to any wrongdoing by hunter biden. this is a debunked story. this is the president trying to side track the main issue at hand, which is the problem with ukraine. >> let's get to ukraine. ukraine is a major factor, of course, in this impeachment inquiry. on thursday we're going to see the former ambassador to
there was no wrongdoing in what hunter biden did. he did the right thing by making that statement and putting that away if he may. at the same time, the president's family is engaged in business while at the white house, getting patents from china and really making all kinds of deals across the planet. and one never knows what's going on when they make those deals. >> isn't there argument to be made that if hunter biden is going to leaf tve the board of s chinese company, that there is at...
97
97
Oct 4, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 97
favorite 0
quote 0
he clearly is separating investigation demands for biden and his son hunter biden and that energy company he was a part of. brianna? >> president trump is back on the defense today. he's claiming there was no quid pro quo of any kind between him and ukraine's presidents, but damning text messages between u.s. diplomats and a senior ukranian telling a different story. walk us through these text messages and what they tell us. >> these are pages and pages of texts turned over to house democrats. they really show how the administration was determined to push ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son and also pushing them to investigate the supposed ukranian influence on the 2016 election. of course, the president has repeatedly suggested it was ukraine and not russia that hacked the dnc servers. that's a claim that has been thoroughly debunked. so here are some of those texts, really seeming to push the president's points. this first one, july 25th, it was the same day as that now consequential phone call between the president and ukraine's new president zelensky. so in this text, u.s. sp
he clearly is separating investigation demands for biden and his son hunter biden and that energy company he was a part of. brianna? >> president trump is back on the defense today. he's claiming there was no quid pro quo of any kind between him and ukraine's presidents, but damning text messages between u.s. diplomats and a senior ukranian telling a different story. walk us through these text messages and what they tell us. >> these are pages and pages of texts turned over to house...
157
157
Oct 3, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
investigate hunter biden. upon. >> one of the many reasons we were elected to washington d.c. was to drain the swamp, and i think the american people have a right to know if the vice president of the united states or his family profited from his position as vice president during the last administration. >> okay, tim, it is incredibly brazen or brain washed to say what he said, right? because if pence truly cared about this particular issue he would want an investigation to be pounding the table for an investigation into president trump and his children who are profiting every single day from office and receiving the money from these hotels. so what is it? brain washed or brazen? it is hard to know if the vice president is a non-entity or absolutely cynical and waiting for his chance at the brass ring. it's not clear. what it is -- what is clear is that he has now embraced president trump completely. there is a certain point when gerald ford started to distance himself, he was vice president at the time from ri
investigate hunter biden. upon. >> one of the many reasons we were elected to washington d.c. was to drain the swamp, and i think the american people have a right to know if the vice president of the united states or his family profited from his position as vice president during the last administration. >> okay, tim, it is incredibly brazen or brain washed to say what he said, right? because if pence truly cared about this particular issue he would want an investigation to be...
80
80
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 80
favorite 0
quote 0
joe biden or hunter biden never came up in their conversations. but a lot of other people knew about it. including the president of the united states. and when the president says that the whistle-blower is wrong, just look at the phone call. you look at this testimony and you look at the summary of the phone call, it's all coming together and it is what the whistle-blower said it would be. >> let's get, john kirby, what is going on with turkey. a nato ally of the united states. hard to believe, a nato -- the president just issued a lengthy statement warning of sanctions, tough new sanctions on turkey based on what they're doing in syria right now. especially against the kurds. he writes in a statement. turkey's military offensive is a dangering civilians and threatening peace and security in the region. i've been perfectly clear with pred erdogan this is a humanitarian crisis and setting conditions for possible war crimes. he's talking about possible turkish war crimes, a nato ally of the united states. >> pretty remarkable. i think it is interest
joe biden or hunter biden never came up in their conversations. but a lot of other people knew about it. including the president of the united states. and when the president says that the whistle-blower is wrong, just look at the phone call. you look at this testimony and you look at the summary of the phone call, it's all coming together and it is what the whistle-blower said it would be. >> let's get, john kirby, what is going on with turkey. a nato ally of the united states. hard to...
85
85
Oct 16, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 85
favorite 0
quote 0
hunter biden did nothing wrong. vice president biden did nothing wrong, and every single media outlet has said that there is no there, there to these allegations, lies and smears that the trump campaign, donald trump and rudy giuliani have injected into this atmosphere. what hunter biden said in that interview around this was that after looking at media reports, seeing that he was on this board, the next time that he saw his father, his father said, i hope you know what you're doing. that's not a conversation. we're not going to play donald trump's game here. donald trump is saying this, poppy, because he is worried about facing vice president biden in a general election. that's the only reason this came up. that's the only reason we're having this conversation now. >> let me ask you one final question. you guys like your polling numbers in terms of how the vice president is doing among african-american voters. even in the latest quinnipiac poll this week, they are really strong. he's outperforming all the other can
hunter biden did nothing wrong. vice president biden did nothing wrong, and every single media outlet has said that there is no there, there to these allegations, lies and smears that the trump campaign, donald trump and rudy giuliani have injected into this atmosphere. what hunter biden said in that interview around this was that after looking at media reports, seeing that he was on this board, the next time that he saw his father, his father said, i hope you know what you're doing. that's not...
64
64
Oct 13, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 64
favorite 0
quote 0
i want to go back to hunter biden. he announced today he would be stepping down from the board of this chinese company and that he's also a partial owner of. is that also not an acknowledgement that the optics of that were really bad, fine there was no wrongdoing? >> sure took him a long time to resign from the chinese company so i'm not sure he really understood how negative the impact has been of these various relationships he's had, but i -- i'm glad he came forward. it was the right thing to do when he did it, and i don't think it's cleared the decks. i think we're going to need to put in some rules and regulations that control the familiar lives our presidents. this is not the first president who has had these kind of issues arise and certainly not going tonight last until we have regulations. >> i want to play some sound for you both because it really is easy to see why the former vice president is so angry as we heard just a short time ago when you have the president who is making comments like this. >> but he's
i want to go back to hunter biden. he announced today he would be stepping down from the board of this chinese company and that he's also a partial owner of. is that also not an acknowledgement that the optics of that were really bad, fine there was no wrongdoing? >> sure took him a long time to resign from the chinese company so i'm not sure he really understood how negative the impact has been of these various relationships he's had, but i -- i'm glad he came forward. it was the right...
89
89
Oct 6, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 89
favorite 0
quote 0
donald trump like hunter biden says i didn't do anything wrong. >> forget the whistle-blower. we have the transcript of the call and the presidential remarks on the lawn. >> before you interrupt me, howard, i know you want to defend it so bad. >> i'm asking a question. >> it's pathetic. listen to me -- >> one more question about your role in ukraine because you had dealt -- let me ask the question. the congressionally fired prosecutor he said he told you there was no evidence of wrongdoing by the bidens. in retrospect was it not the best judgment to rely on this guy? >> no. he was the only guy willing to come forward. i took his evidence, i have it in a written statement. i've got it all. >> all right, the conversation will continue. >> there's lot more to come out. we haven't moved to romania yet. here's my concern -- >> got to go. >> joining us now democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee of texas. she sits on the house judiciary committee amid this impeachment inquiry. republicans are already dismissing the report of the second whistle-blower. i want you to listen to sen
donald trump like hunter biden says i didn't do anything wrong. >> forget the whistle-blower. we have the transcript of the call and the presidential remarks on the lawn. >> before you interrupt me, howard, i know you want to defend it so bad. >> i'm asking a question. >> it's pathetic. listen to me -- >> one more question about your role in ukraine because you had dealt -- let me ask the question. the congressionally fired prosecutor he said he told you there was...
54
54
Oct 2, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 54
favorite 0
quote 0
the gas company hunter biden was working for. >> great get. nice reporting, math you chance in kiev. >>> senator grassley is directly criticizing president trump. grassley is the most senate senior republican. he's a longtime defender of whistle-blowers and has spent his career fine-tuning the whistle-blower laws here, the iowan protections, stating this person appears to have followed the whistle-blower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. when it comes to weather someone qualifies as a whistle-blower, the distinctions being drawn between first and secondhand knowledge aren't legal ones. it's just not part of whistle-blower protection law or any agency policy. >> for the record, the main point of the whistle-blower's complaint have been proven to be true. >> president trump recently suggested shooting migrants in the legs to slow them down once they cross the mexican border. "the new york times" reports the president floated the idea during a meeting in march and also called for the entire border to be closed. the "times"
the gas company hunter biden was working for. >> great get. nice reporting, math you chance in kiev. >>> senator grassley is directly criticizing president trump. grassley is the most senate senior republican. he's a longtime defender of whistle-blowers and has spent his career fine-tuning the whistle-blower laws here, the iowan protections, stating this person appears to have followed the whistle-blower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. when it comes to...
67
67
Oct 13, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 67
favorite 0
quote 0
we're also hearing from his son hunter biden's attorney, his attorney releasing a statement on behalf of hunter biden, saying he's going to step down in his board role in a management company that's part of a private equity group that's backed by chinese state-owned entities, that he's going to step down from that board by the end of the month, that if his father is voted in as president, he will not work for the board or any other foreign-owned entity. biden pointed out that is farther than any trump children have gone, the trumps continuing to do business internationally in various countries across the world as their father sits in the oval office right now. you can bet the biden campaign is going to want to exploit that contrast between how the family would handle what would happen if vice president biden became president. fred, we're also learning from advisers that they were alerted that this statement was coming yesterday. they didn't kind of know what took it so long to get together, but then we got it this morning, a response to president trump's unfounded attacks on vice pres
we're also hearing from his son hunter biden's attorney, his attorney releasing a statement on behalf of hunter biden, saying he's going to step down in his board role in a management company that's part of a private equity group that's backed by chinese state-owned entities, that he's going to step down from that board by the end of the month, that if his father is voted in as president, he will not work for the board or any other foreign-owned entity. biden pointed out that is farther than...
82
82
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 82
favorite 0
quote 0
and the biden campaign, jeremy, tells cnn they knew about this but this was hunter's decision, hunter biden's decision to do this. that said, how essential for joe biden is it that hunter biden get out there and speak for himself. >> it is interesting because you've seen the biden campaign try and not talk about it and try to put it aside for a little bit for a little while and now you're seeing them go to a different strategy which is not only talk about it but try and turn the tables against trump. and that is what the vice president did yesterday when he came out with this plan talking about ethics in office and how he won't have any of his kids have an office in the white house, a clear reference to ivanka trump and jared kushner the president's daughter and son-in-law. how it is going to play tomorrow, once there is this interview with hunter biden comes out, i think it has to do with how hunter biden answers many of the questions. either way, trump campaign folks are fairly happy that this is going to be a point of discussion. this is what they've been trying to do. they may hav
and the biden campaign, jeremy, tells cnn they knew about this but this was hunter's decision, hunter biden's decision to do this. that said, how essential for joe biden is it that hunter biden get out there and speak for himself. >> it is interesting because you've seen the biden campaign try and not talk about it and try to put it aside for a little bit for a little while and now you're seeing them go to a different strategy which is not only talk about it but try and turn the tables...
128
128
Oct 18, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 128
favorite 0
quote 0
that hunter biden used his position to influence his father. but kent said that the biden official told him that joe biden was too preoccupied and and did have the bandwidth to deal with this because his other son beau biden was suffering from cancer and he later died in may of 2015, months after george kent raised these concerns. in response to all of this, here is what the bidens have to say. they are pivoting right back to donald trump saying this, donald trump's unprecedentedly corrupt administration is meltingdown because of the scandal he touched off by trying to get ukraine to lie about joe biden and as the vice president said yesterday on wednesday, he should release his tax returns or shut up. on joe biden's watch the u.s. made eradicating corruption and our policy toward ukraine including achieving the removal of an inept prosecutor who shielded wrong doers from accountability. but all of this seems to really show what a double-edged sword this impeachment inquiry might be for joe biden while it puts donald trump and his aides in the
that hunter biden used his position to influence his father. but kent said that the biden official told him that joe biden was too preoccupied and and did have the bandwidth to deal with this because his other son beau biden was suffering from cancer and he later died in may of 2015, months after george kent raised these concerns. in response to all of this, here is what the bidens have to say. they are pivoting right back to donald trump saying this, donald trump's unprecedentedly corrupt...
70
70
Oct 13, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 70
favorite 0
quote 0
i assume he will get pushed by moderators on hunter biden and his connections, but it will be interesting to see if any of the other democratic opponents sort of jump in and push biden on this. >> and we've seen some of that a bit, but they've been tentative. here are a few of them talking about this issue. >> there won't be any confusion about the ethical expectations that i will have for the white house and the real story here is the president of the united states confessing on air to an abuse of power. >> i would not allow a family member, anyone in my cabinet to have a family member to work in a position like that. the focus has to remain on donald trump. and the crimes that he's committed. >> and some reporting this morning out of bloomberg saying that hunter biden announced that he's going to step down from a private equity firm that's gotten some attention and also not do any business with any foreign businesses should his father become president. >> and you sort of wonder why it's taken the biden campaign a couple of weeks to get there. i was covering the obama administration in t
i assume he will get pushed by moderators on hunter biden and his connections, but it will be interesting to see if any of the other democratic opponents sort of jump in and push biden on this. >> and we've seen some of that a bit, but they've been tentative. here are a few of them talking about this issue. >> there won't be any confusion about the ethical expectations that i will have for the white house and the real story here is the president of the united states confessing on...
56
56
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 56
favorite 0
quote 0
he and his sons are attacking vice president biden's son hunter. claiming he used his family name for profit when he served in obama administration. biden stepping down from the board of chinese backed company and promises to forego foreign work if his father is elected president. there is no evidence that hunter biden was involved in any wrongdoing. it is ironic, given president trump's children and their business activities. ivanka trump still retains a stake in the trump family business while serving as white house adviser. so here she is with billionaire developer, builder of the trump international golf in dubai, which opened just after trump's inauguration. his company says that they have had an uptick in interest since trump took office. here's don jr. appearing at an event in india which featured the prime minister, modi, he was there to promote condos at planned trump branded towers. here the president golfing with his son eric at turnberry in scotland. that resort is currently under investigation from congress and the air force after an u
he and his sons are attacking vice president biden's son hunter. claiming he used his family name for profit when he served in obama administration. biden stepping down from the board of chinese backed company and promises to forego foreign work if his father is elected president. there is no evidence that hunter biden was involved in any wrongdoing. it is ironic, given president trump's children and their business activities. ivanka trump still retains a stake in the trump family business...
52
52
Oct 19, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 52
favorite 0
quote 0
the hunter biden thing is don't focus on what's going on with me or people around me, focus on hunter biden. so i understand the methodology of what he's doing and i'm puzzled by it because i would have thought by this point we would have broken into people like the texas congressman that you just had on the air -- >> he just said when you get into public service, you're not supposed to put your life on hold. that's absurd. that's exactly what you do with public life. who knows better than you. when you go into public service, you got to stop making money on the outside. >> that's the be a naabnormalcy malignancy of what the president is doing. he could have dropped all this stuff and this would have been a lot better. we're here now. that's the malignancy of what he's doing. so for me, it's turning, okay? and i'm spending time on this and energy. i'm going to announce the pac in the beginning of november, we'll go up on the ads and you'll be very happy -- not you personally but people who want to see this go down in the right way and fair way in america will be very happy with the te
the hunter biden thing is don't focus on what's going on with me or people around me, focus on hunter biden. so i understand the methodology of what he's doing and i'm puzzled by it because i would have thought by this point we would have broken into people like the texas congressman that you just had on the air -- >> he just said when you get into public service, you're not supposed to put your life on hold. that's absurd. that's exactly what you do with public life. who knows better...
85
85
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 85
favorite 0
quote 0
the man at the center of prd president trump the campaign is hunter biden who's speaking out. more about what he told abc news. >> i'm a human. did i make a mistake? yeah. a mistake based ltz upon some unethical lapse, absolutely not. what i regret is not taking into account that there would be a rudy giuliani and a president of the united states that would be listening to this -- this ridiculous conspiracy idea. that part of it, that barnum and bailey, you know, say anything, do anything you want, you know, i mean, like, you know, donald prince humperdink trump jr. is not somebody i really care about. >> jamie and hagar ar back. nobody heard from hunter biden does a huge interview on abc today on the day of the big debate in ohio. high did they choose to do this and will it help or hurt joe biden? >> why they chose it today, i can't imagine there is a political advisers who thought it was a good idea to do it today. on the day of the debate. i do want to say something every time we talk about hunter biden, and that is, there is no evidence of wrongdoing. >> yes. >> and also h
the man at the center of prd president trump the campaign is hunter biden who's speaking out. more about what he told abc news. >> i'm a human. did i make a mistake? yeah. a mistake based ltz upon some unethical lapse, absolutely not. what i regret is not taking into account that there would be a rudy giuliani and a president of the united states that would be listening to this -- this ridiculous conspiracy idea. that part of it, that barnum and bailey, you know, say anything, do anything...
141
141
Oct 6, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 141
favorite 0
quote 1
joe biden that we saw then is still the joe biden we see today. >> hunter biden, of course, is part of all of this. joe biden's son. there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either biden. hunter has been open about his difficult past. i wonder if the biden campaign could have known that he could be a point of vulnerability at the campaign. >> i love seeing, yes, they knew this might come up during the campaign and it was going to be a sore point, perhaps. if you want to be honest about it, hunter should not have been involved in the companies that he was involved with. it's a little bit unseamly. something something people do all the time, using their prestige but nothing has been found about hunter biden. it's the way it works. you don't have to do this, joe. do you think after president obama watched trump attack his republican opponents and then hillary clinton back in the 2016 election that this is the sort of thing he was referring to about the way he would come after him in such a tough way. >> obama is a tough guy and knows joe is a pretty tough guy and what politics is all about.
joe biden that we saw then is still the joe biden we see today. >> hunter biden, of course, is part of all of this. joe biden's son. there is no evidence of wrongdoing by either biden. hunter has been open about his difficult past. i wonder if the biden campaign could have known that he could be a point of vulnerability at the campaign. >> i love seeing, yes, they knew this might come up during the campaign and it was going to be a sore point, perhaps. if you want to be honest about...
144
144
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 144
favorite 0
quote 0
hunter biden. joe biden hasn't given any quarter on this. he said my son did nothing wrong, but in my administration he won't have any -- the point i guess is he's done nothing wrong, but he won't do it again. >> right. >> one of the things when i asked mayor pete buttigieg on this on sunday, gloria borger, the first thing he did was defend joe biden was to go after president trump and president trump's children. >> think you'll hear a lot of that on the stage. some oft campaign trail said we won't have our children serving in our administration, but joe biden has said that as well now and i think given the opportunity to take on trump versus joe biden on this issue and the conspiracy theories that are being fed by the trump campaign, yeah. i think they're going to do that. one thing i want to say also si think we need to look at bernie sanders tonight because elizabeth warren has risen and he's declined. he's had a heart attack. i think he has to look as vigorous as he's looked at the last debates, and show -- show voters that he's okay, an
hunter biden. joe biden hasn't given any quarter on this. he said my son did nothing wrong, but in my administration he won't have any -- the point i guess is he's done nothing wrong, but he won't do it again. >> right. >> one of the things when i asked mayor pete buttigieg on this on sunday, gloria borger, the first thing he did was defend joe biden was to go after president trump and president trump's children. >> think you'll hear a lot of that on the stage. some oft...
64
64
Oct 6, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 64
favorite 0
quote 0
putting aside the false trump conspiracy theories, biden used poor judgment while his son hunter biden was working for burisma denying this obvious fact weakens the democrats case against trump. again, talking about this is not to undermine the fact that what the president is doing is something we've never seen before and it is the main topic of the show. but does david ignatius have a point? >> i think he does. but it is a strange point in the context that the president's children are both working in the white house and doing business with foreign governments as well. that is a reasonable point to be made. however, it should never take focus away from what the president did which is to work with foreign governments to undermine our elections. >> i think that is right. but i want to get back to the question whether impeachment is going to hurt the democrats. >> okay. >> and i do believe, because i was in judiciary committee at the time and during the nixon impeachment, it could hurt the democrats. depending on how they play it. and one of the things that i think is really dangerous is
putting aside the false trump conspiracy theories, biden used poor judgment while his son hunter biden was working for burisma denying this obvious fact weakens the democrats case against trump. again, talking about this is not to undermine the fact that what the president is doing is something we've never seen before and it is the main topic of the show. but does david ignatius have a point? >> i think he does. but it is a strange point in the context that the president's children are...
90
90
Oct 2, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 90
favorite 0
quote 0
and his son hunter biden? that is just a fact. he asked the president of ukraine zelensky to do that. jeff mason a very kind and excellent reporter from reuters tried to get president trump to answer the question just now. what did you want him to do with regard to the bidens and very tellingly, president trump would not answer that question. >> he would not repeatedly answer that question and it's hard to imagine another fair, know, even-keeled reporter who's interviewed this president many times in the oval office. president trump would not answer that for a reason. >> and was rude to jeff. >> incredibly rude to him, which, of course, is his prerogative i guess. that's hardly news here. the reality is this. it is the -- that conversation, a rough transcript, if you will, that started all of this. i think it's important as we go forward here to not guest wret up in the process. that's point. what happened last week is the big point, the road map through all this. what president trump was asking for. that is n
and his son hunter biden? that is just a fact. he asked the president of ukraine zelensky to do that. jeff mason a very kind and excellent reporter from reuters tried to get president trump to answer the question just now. what did you want him to do with regard to the bidens and very tellingly, president trump would not answer that question. >> he would not repeatedly answer that question and it's hard to imagine another fair, know, even-keeled reporter who's interviewed this president...
88
88
Oct 5, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 88
favorite 0
quote 0
officials were very narrowly focused on the issue of the company that hunter biden sat on the board of. of course, all you have to do, really, to understand this is look at the president's record. "the washington post" this morning is reporting that in one of the president's first calls with russian leader vladimir putin, the president was not only praising putin as a great leader but also apologizing for not having called him sooner. this is really just part of the broad embrace we've seen from this president of autocratic leaders around the world, countries with very corrupt records, such as russia, such as saudi arabia, such as the philippines. all of these leaders the president has privately on the phone but also publicly repeatedly embraced. ana? >> jeremy diamond at the white house, thank you. silence, that's what you heard from most congressional republicans this week as the investigation into president trump and the ukraine controversy ramped up. but as republicans try to put their best spin on the whistle-blower report and the ukrainian phone call the transcri -- transcript, t
officials were very narrowly focused on the issue of the company that hunter biden sat on the board of. of course, all you have to do, really, to understand this is look at the president's record. "the washington post" this morning is reporting that in one of the president's first calls with russian leader vladimir putin, the president was not only praising putin as a great leader but also apologizing for not having called him sooner. this is really just part of the broad embrace...
86
86
Oct 29, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 86
favorite 0
quote 1
what hunter biden did is wrong. >> then why isn't it investigated? >> it doesn't need to be investigated. you didn't see any illegality at the time. you certainly didn't have a shortage of targets. >> we most certainly did bring it up at the time. why do you think the president brought it up at the time. >> every time we try to bring it up, the obama administration stopped it. >> i said when you guys were in power of the congress, when it happened. >> we brought it up at that time. >> you did not. you didn't investigate it and you could have. >> as soon as we found out about it, we tried to bring it up and get answers to it and it was immediately stopped. >> i have no problem talking about bidens and what you people should do and shouldn't do and ethics. i do not buy this president's good faith effort when he ignores his own administration and his own family. now i look at the facts. if the fact is, what taylor said, what sondland said and what the transcript said at some point you won't be able to avoid it and you'll have to make an argument to your
what hunter biden did is wrong. >> then why isn't it investigated? >> it doesn't need to be investigated. you didn't see any illegality at the time. you certainly didn't have a shortage of targets. >> we most certainly did bring it up at the time. why do you think the president brought it up at the time. >> every time we try to bring it up, the obama administration stopped it. >> i said when you guys were in power of the congress, when it happened. >> we...
46
46
Oct 24, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
quote
eye 46
favorite 0
quote 2
. >> the organization hunter biden worked for? >> right. that's not hearsay. that would be admissible in court. no one would object and say no, no, you heard that someone said that. no, he heard someone relevant say it to him. >> not to mention we have the rough transcript. >> we have plenty of evidence to back up what's already been said before. we don't necessarily have to have the direct conversation. i think what people are missing is that republicans are saying, you have to have a conversation that shows that president trump explicitly said to someone, there's a quid pro quo. and absent that, we're not willing to state the obvious facts. the letter from the "new york times" indicates a couple of things. one, it shows the white house is scared, they're frightened about this and they're trying to clamp down any sort of discussion about this in congress and two, it shows there are people
. >> the organization hunter biden worked for? >> right. that's not hearsay. that would be admissible in court. no one would object and say no, no, you heard that someone said that. no, he heard someone relevant say it to him. >> not to mention we have the rough transcript. >> we have plenty of evidence to back up what's already been said before. we don't necessarily have to have the direct conversation. i think what people are missing is that republicans are saying, you...
59
59
Oct 14, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 59
favorite 0
quote 0
we have been very clear that there has been no evidence of wrongdoing for both joe biden or hunter biden. but in terms of what the biden campaign is saying now, they are saying they were only aware of the fact this announcement would be coming the day before the announcement was made, and they weren't really sure why it took weeks for hunter biden to make this kind of announcement. we are certain this is going to be a topic that will continue to loom over the biden campaign, because we just learned that hunter biden has sat down with abc news for an interview, and the campaign also says that the decision on whether and when to speak out was hunter biden's alone, and i will just quickly note that ahead of tomorrow's debate, of course it is a big moment not just for joe biden but for the two that are flanking him, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, and for everybody else who may not be able to qualify for the november debate. so a big moment, of course, tomorrow night, kate. >> mj, thank you so much. as a reminder, you can watch tomorrow's democratic presidential debate right here on cnn
we have been very clear that there has been no evidence of wrongdoing for both joe biden or hunter biden. but in terms of what the biden campaign is saying now, they are saying they were only aware of the fact this announcement would be coming the day before the announcement was made, and they weren't really sure why it took weeks for hunter biden to make this kind of announcement. we are certain this is going to be a topic that will continue to loom over the biden campaign, because we just...
68
68
Oct 6, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 68
favorite 0
quote 0
i talked to a lot of biden advisers, if wasn't about hunter biden, it might be different. but it's complicated for this presidential campaign and for joe biden. he's had a long struggle with drug abuse and other matters. he's never been exactly the shining light of the family. and so this is a complicated area of discussion for the former vice president. so i'm told he did not want to sit down for interviews or other things this week because he didn't want to specifically be asked a lot of hunter biden like questions. but you are going to see a different shift going forward. you could see it on friday night in california. he met with donors over the weekend in philadelphia on saturday and assured them that he's going to be aggressive. but a lot of other things are going on in the biden campaign. fundraising, he was number four and elizabeth warren is at his heels. so this is a perilous moment. >> he raised a lot of money but he's well naund nar sanders and warren. warren is closing um in iowa and new hachl. so he was being tested in the campaign anyway, in the democratic n
i talked to a lot of biden advisers, if wasn't about hunter biden, it might be different. but it's complicated for this presidential campaign and for joe biden. he's had a long struggle with drug abuse and other matters. he's never been exactly the shining light of the family. and so this is a complicated area of discussion for the former vice president. so i'm told he did not want to sit down for interviews or other things this week because he didn't want to specifically be asked a lot of...
69
69
Oct 23, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 69
favorite 0
quote 0
son hunter. >> look at the dnc and look at the bidens. and then everyone around him. >> he did not say that. >> then why did everyone around this president put in place by him say oh my god, i can't believe he is doing this. how do we stop this from happening? >> if we're going talk about the facts. >> those are the fax. >> no, it's not. tell me what point to where that is a fact. that is not in the transcript, and that's not even what the fake whistle-blower says happened. >> we don't need a whistle-blower. we don't need anonymous sources. you have your own guy, ambassador sondland said that the president said to him i want the bidens and i want dnc and i want it public or they get nothing. he then said that to a ukrainian official, and then regretted it. when mr. taylhey heard it he wao worried about this, he took meticulous notes. >> i don't know his motives. i don't know people's political motives. >> your own guy has political motives? >> he wasn't our own guy. he was a career bureaucrat. >> didn't go to him and ask him to do the job
son hunter. >> look at the dnc and look at the bidens. and then everyone around him. >> he did not say that. >> then why did everyone around this president put in place by him say oh my god, i can't believe he is doing this. how do we stop this from happening? >> if we're going talk about the facts. >> those are the fax. >> no, it's not. tell me what point to where that is a fact. that is not in the transcript, and that's not even what the fake whistle-blower...
88
88
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 88
favorite 0
quote 0
but as the candidates have been preparing for the debate tonight it is joe biden's son hunter biden in the spotlight giving an interview to abc news where he spoke in depth about his business dealings in china and ukraine, sinisti -- insisting there was nothing improper. joe biden and his son hunter biden at the center of the impeachment inquiry looking into president trump's efforts to target the bidens, encouraging foreign governments to investigate the former vice president and his son. take a listen to what hunter biden had to tell abc news in that interview. >> in retrospect, look, i think it was poor judgment on my part. is that i think there was poor judgment because i don't believe now when i look back on it, i know there was -- i did nothing wrong at all. however, was it poor judgment to be in the middle of something that is a -- it's a swamp in many ways, yeah. >> reporter: now just a short while ago pete buttigieg and amy klobuchar arrived exchanging a hello and as they arrived and as these candidates, they are going to be trying to focus and bring attention to their issues.
but as the candidates have been preparing for the debate tonight it is joe biden's son hunter biden in the spotlight giving an interview to abc news where he spoke in depth about his business dealings in china and ukraine, sinisti -- insisting there was nothing improper. joe biden and his son hunter biden at the center of the impeachment inquiry looking into president trump's efforts to target the bidens, encouraging foreign governments to investigate the former vice president and his son. take...
76
76
Oct 18, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 76
favorite 0
quote 0
but denies discussing joe biden or his son hunter. >> as god is my witness, not once was a biden name not the former vice president or his son ever mentioned. >> reporter: in may perry led the way to zelensky inauguration at president trump's request and then met with kurt volker and sondland in the oval office. the president told them to deal with giuliani before making any deals with the ukrainian president. perry defends the president's question to circumvent official channels. >> as the governor of texas i use people outside of government to give me information all of the time. i respect the state department but i happen to know people in the energy industry that are smarter than the state department folks. >> reporter: well perry has also admitted he urged the president to make that now infamous july 25th call to zelensky which was the basis of that whistle-blower complaint. but perry said he pushed for discussion on energy issues but we all saw that transcript and there were no substantial mentions of that on the call. jake. >> rene marsh, thank you. >>> also in the politics lea
but denies discussing joe biden or his son hunter. >> as god is my witness, not once was a biden name not the former vice president or his son ever mentioned. >> reporter: in may perry led the way to zelensky inauguration at president trump's request and then met with kurt volker and sondland in the oval office. the president told them to deal with giuliani before making any deals with the ukrainian president. perry defends the president's question to circumvent official channels....
68
68
Oct 10, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 68
favorite 0
quote 0
hunter biden is a private citizen. he is not an administration official. he doesn't work on our campaign. this is sickening and it is disgusting. the president today competed, retweeted his son and tweeted about hunter biden. he's targeting a private citizen. if anyone thinks this is just isolated to joe biden, if anyone thinks this just about the bidens, this could happen to anyone out there. and he should not be targeting a private citizen. >> given your response, mentioning the president's children and their work overseas, you -- it sounds like you're saying no, it wouldn't happen again. am i right to surmise that? >> what i'm saying is there's nothing -- hunter biden didn't do anything wrong. >> i'll let the vice president answer that question. >> this is not an instance where we have to make a course correction because something wrong happened. he did nothing wrong and i -- we stand by that. and every media outlet has supported that. >> we welcome the vice president on to talk to us any time. we love having you, as well. we'll see if he answers that q
hunter biden is a private citizen. he is not an administration official. he doesn't work on our campaign. this is sickening and it is disgusting. the president today competed, retweeted his son and tweeted about hunter biden. he's targeting a private citizen. if anyone thinks this is just isolated to joe biden, if anyone thinks this just about the bidens, this could happen to anyone out there. and he should not be targeting a private citizen. >> given your response, mentioning the...
102
102
Oct 6, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 102
favorite 0
quote 0
to be clear the ukrainian prosecutor general says he's seen no ed of hunter biden. joining me now a member of the senate judiciary committee, senator amy klobuchar. thank you for joining us. our fellow democratic senator elizabeth warren said on friday she had seen enough evidence to convict president trump in an impeachment trial in the senate. take a listen. >> you have seen enough evidence to convict yourself? >> yes. >> you would vote right now to -- >> look, i think the evidence is clear. when donald trump released the transcript in which he solicited a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 elections, he broke the law. >> senator, would you vote to convict president trump right now? >> jake, i have been very clear. i think this is impeachable. that the case should be heard by the house and it should come over to the senate. now, i don't know what counts are going to have or how they're going to do this, but my focus is on the fact that you've got a president that's acting like a global gangster. he is basically going to one leader after another, trying to
to be clear the ukrainian prosecutor general says he's seen no ed of hunter biden. joining me now a member of the senate judiciary committee, senator amy klobuchar. thank you for joining us. our fellow democratic senator elizabeth warren said on friday she had seen enough evidence to convict president trump in an impeachment trial in the senate. take a listen. >> you have seen enough evidence to convict yourself? >> yes. >> you would vote right now to -- >> look, i think...
60
60
Oct 15, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 60
favorite 0
quote 0
ahead of this debate, we'll have hunter biden's own words. what's interesting to me, is you have the president of the united states with family members inside the white house. and you have family members doing business for the family business. but he -- donald trump is the one who really sets the parameters for -- biden is on the defensive. president trump, his family is doing the same thing. >> it's not fair. there's a double-standard. he's getting away with something far worse with anything shown by any of the democratic candidates, biden or others. this is a campaign about character and character assassination. and trump doesn't care about that. his goal is to throw as much dirt out there and hope that some of it sticks, come election season. >> i can't help but wonder if pe we'll hear the words of republicans, namely lindsey grah graham. will national security be a focus. we're talking about one decision that hurt our allies, helped isis, helped the russians and the iran and assad regime. will that take center stage at some point? >> demo
ahead of this debate, we'll have hunter biden's own words. what's interesting to me, is you have the president of the united states with family members inside the white house. and you have family members doing business for the family business. but he -- donald trump is the one who really sets the parameters for -- biden is on the defensive. president trump, his family is doing the same thing. >> it's not fair. there's a double-standard. he's getting away with something far worse with...
55
55
Oct 5, 2019
10/19
by
CNNW
tv
eye 55
favorite 0
quote 0
or hunter biden. he just focused on the part of this that was asking ukraine to work with them and look back at the 2016 election and seeing if there was any interference. that is totally okay nap is not at the center of this impeachment inquiry. what is at the center is he was asking for them to dig up dirt on political rivals. take a listen to what he had to say. >> the state department sent a letter last night to congress. we will obviously do all of the things we're required to do by law. i was a member of congress once. and there is an on apply indication to make sure we protect officials at the state department. >> and we're standing by to see how they respond to that letter. >> joe biden also spoke out on this and he says all of this talk of corruption comes from the most corrupt president ever. that coming from joe biden. meantime, damming text messaging given to congress are now muddying up trump's claim there was no quid pro quo between his administration and ukraine. how significant are the
or hunter biden. he just focused on the part of this that was asking ukraine to work with them and look back at the 2016 election and seeing if there was any interference. that is totally okay nap is not at the center of this impeachment inquiry. what is at the center is he was asking for them to dig up dirt on political rivals. take a listen to what he had to say. >> the state department sent a letter last night to congress. we will obviously do all of the things we're required to do by...