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western oriented ukraine and those who i wouldn't call it a pro russian ukraine i would say a truly independent ukraine having an autonomous its own vision of its own foreign policy and you know me just right there is we have to get away from this false 'd dichotomy. but these a pro western forces have a very tenuous relationship with the. because it's all about what is the west doing for ukraine which is at the forefront at the the ball work of an anti russian. and anti russian policy to the extent that the west and i think it's clear is not going to support that kind of long term anti what the russian initiative these forces in western ukraine are going to be disillusioned with the west and one already sees this in. the statements of current members of parliament for example that maybe we should rename the party servant of the people which is their party into servant of the i.m.f. because the i.m.f. really has us by the throat and is never going to let go and this is just one example of the of the true attitude of the west toward the would be but you know we would have predict we predicted th
western oriented ukraine and those who i wouldn't call it a pro russian ukraine i would say a truly independent ukraine having an autonomous its own vision of its own foreign policy and you know me just right there is we have to get away from this false 'd dichotomy. but these a pro western forces have a very tenuous relationship with the. because it's all about what is the west doing for ukraine which is at the forefront at the the ball work of an anti russian. and anti russian policy to the...
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we are left it in the ukraine. they say you lecture us on corruption and your idiot press can't figure out we were paying off joe biden and what you think the chinese say? they were paying $1.5 billion to this kid who were buying the vice president. >> appreciate your coming on. >> you should do something about it. >> ahead, a couple extraordinary news conferences. immediate reaction to donald trump inviting china and ukraine to investigate biden. >> many journalists were stunned ever weeklong frenzy where donald trump's call with ukraine at leader, he went in front of the cameras and urged ukraine and china to investigate joe biden and his son for alleged corruption. >> you heard the president himself do it -- >> we have a role in abuse of power unfolding on our television screens. at least nixon did a behind closed doors and taped it. >> just because joe biden happens to be running against the president doesn't make him above the law. the us government and the chinese government and the ukrainian government can't
we are left it in the ukraine. they say you lecture us on corruption and your idiot press can't figure out we were paying off joe biden and what you think the chinese say? they were paying $1.5 billion to this kid who were buying the vice president. >> appreciate your coming on. >> you should do something about it. >> ahead, a couple extraordinary news conferences. immediate reaction to donald trump inviting china and ukraine to investigate biden. >> many journalists...
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but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war 2 broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to call and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than $80000.00 people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cruelty towards the polish jewish and russian people on the territory of ukraine. members of these military groups came mostly from the organization of ukrainian nationalists b.-o. un founded in 1929 this organization had an ultimate goal of creating an ethnically pure independent ukraine and considered terror an acceptable tool for achieving their ends their official flag was b
but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war 2 broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to...
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america spent supporting democracy in ukraine or meddling in its politics you pick since ukraine's independence in 1901 the united states has supported ukrainians as they do democratic skills and institutions as they promote civic participation and good governance of which are preconditions for ukraine to achieve its european aspirations we've invested over 5000000000 dollars to assist ukraine in knees and articles that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train well thank you mr nuland didn't ukraine turn out great but let again look at it like an american senator you don't care that ukrainians are poor cold stressed and hopeless what you care about is that your sponsors can make money and keep doing meeting to you what you care about is ukrainians helping you in elections what you care about is ukraine providing your kids with comfy little jobs that pay millions over the years and if you are an american senator well ukraine couldn't have turned out any better. the u.s. secretary of state has hailed his country's relationship with greece saying that times have never been stronger
america spent supporting democracy in ukraine or meddling in its politics you pick since ukraine's independence in 1901 the united states has supported ukrainians as they do democratic skills and institutions as they promote civic participation and good governance of which are preconditions for ukraine to achieve its european aspirations we've invested over 5000000000 dollars to assist ukraine in knees and articles that will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic train well thank you mr...
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policy in ukraine believed that the military aid to ukraine was indeed tied to ukraine investigating the biden family. and now a rare rebuke by a republican, utah senator mitt romney, tweeting, by all appearances, the president's brazen and unprecedented appeal to china and ukraine to investigate joe biden is wrong and appalling. and it's important to remember that all of this started with this whistleblower complaint. and we're now learning more about what kurt volker, who is the first official to testify on the whistleblower's accusations, revealed to congress during his closed door testimony. sunlan serfotti is covering this on capitol hill. what can you tell us, sunlan? >> reporter: kurt volker spent nine hours in the room, and it shows the envoy of ukraine trying to defend himself, portraying him as someone who is constantly trying to tamp down the influence of president trump's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, and specifically his influence over president trump as it relates to his demands to launch these investigations. certainly volker under scoring he was trying to get presid
policy in ukraine believed that the military aid to ukraine was indeed tied to ukraine investigating the biden family. and now a rare rebuke by a republican, utah senator mitt romney, tweeting, by all appearances, the president's brazen and unprecedented appeal to china and ukraine to investigate joe biden is wrong and appalling. and it's important to remember that all of this started with this whistleblower complaint. and we're now learning more about what kurt volker, who is the first...
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then a get ukraine. they have a so call whistleblower, he tipped off adam schiff in his staff, he hires lawyers who were out to get the president of u.s united states. ascensecond hand guy getting information, he has ties with biden you about heard stuff. if you were a cia person, who gathered information on united states, who has no business gathers information on president of united states then goes to democrat on capitol hill, and blows it up in whistleblower in theratio reagan administration,e called that a spy, a spy. and you tell me, we are we ever going to get to the bottom of this. >> i'm certainly trying to. you know, we -- in our oversight capacity, we highlight text when page or strzok was talking to page about a intelligence community guy in the transition with vice president pence. trying to get a stool pigeon involved in the administration. we have got such a treasure trove of unvarnished testimony. quite honestly from the stock -- strzok-page text. it is unvarnished. backed up with other p
then a get ukraine. they have a so call whistleblower, he tipped off adam schiff in his staff, he hires lawyers who were out to get the president of u.s united states. ascensecond hand guy getting information, he has ties with biden you about heard stuff. if you were a cia person, who gathered information on united states, who has no business gathers information on president of united states then goes to democrat on capitol hill, and blows it up in whistleblower in theratio reagan...
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it turns out that this president had his campaign manager directing policy on ukraine. let's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they
it turns out that this president had his campaign manager directing policy on ukraine. let's get after it. >> sources say the united states president directed his secretary of state of energy, rick perry, and two top state department officials to go to jewel yeenl f -- giuliani's blessing for the meeting, quote, if they
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diplomat in ukraine. he writes i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. excuse me. gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu responds, "bill, i believe -- excuse me -- you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been kris cal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going adopt the transparency and reforms that president zelensky promised during his campaign. sondland then asked to take it off line. quote, i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. congressman mike quigley is on the intelligence committee. his staff were among those interviewed the source of those texts. kurt volker. congressman quigley, i'll get to the text in a moment. your take on rachael bade's reporting that volker testified a meeting between ukraine's president and president trump was contingent on the ukrainian president agreeing to make a statement regarding the bidens. >> i want to make clear
diplomat in ukraine. he writes i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. excuse me. gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu responds, "bill, i believe -- excuse me -- you are incorrect about president trump's intentions. the president has been kris cal clear, no quid pro quos of any kind. the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is truly going adopt the transparency and reforms that president zelensky promised during his...
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will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic ukraine. starts in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just. stood there with. some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly. earnest. as parties from both sides were using more sophisticated and lethal weapons. as what do you. want. us. to deal. you know that's really kind of. the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was being done as it spread its wings over the country. many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. i and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation u
will ensure a secure and prosperous and democratic ukraine. starts in a city you know well it will slowly new democracy just. stood there with. some of them but obviously the funds had to keep coming and the conflict had to keep going. and more bloody and deadly. earnest. as parties from both sides were using more sophisticated and lethal weapons. as what do you. want. us. to deal. you know that's really kind of. the world seemed too busy welcoming this new democracy in kiev. to notice what was...
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not long ago it was russia russia russia now it's ukraine ukraine ukraine partisan hacks media. america's political drama. here. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest to me he's a political analyst and editor at innocent the internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander let me go to you in london i'm so pleased to have you india on the program here just the 2 of you because it gives you more time to talk about a story that is much more complex and longer than audiences in the west are being given by the mainstream media everyone is talking about the 2016 election well i would go a little bit further back and the very least i go back to 2014 with the illegal overthrow of a democratically elected government with the support of the e.u. and the united states now the predicate of all of this the large the biggest picture of all is nato expansi
not long ago it was russia russia russia now it's ukraine ukraine ukraine partisan hacks media. america's political drama. here. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest to me he's a political analyst and editor at innocent the internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always...
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ukraine and then u.k. and the west has been pushing for that you know during the last 5 years but the point is that these last these very division because if you want to impose the same identity on many different people. here and you're you know you have excellent reading skills that's not really going that's all the time we don't hear many things like it's here in moscow and thanks for viewers for watching us here in our d.c. units remember. there are no official statistics in india concerning children who have been long still separated from their parents some are to estimate that every 30 minutes in the country the child goes missing. on up. or you are looking at. the national human rights commission stated that $44000.00 minors go missing every year while the police quoted. the united nations children's fund has described the situation as genocide and various sources suggest that in india there was several 1000000 missing women and children. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals
ukraine and then u.k. and the west has been pushing for that you know during the last 5 years but the point is that these last these very division because if you want to impose the same identity on many different people. here and you're you know you have excellent reading skills that's not really going that's all the time we don't hear many things like it's here in moscow and thanks for viewers for watching us here in our d.c. units remember. there are no official statistics in india concerning...
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policy in ukraine. on the one him the departure of volcker could have played a positive role because indeed from the russian perspective the role of all code was apparently negative right walker prevent the implementation of the means good and persuaded ukraine to continue to subsidize the implementation on the other camp in the current situation of scandal i truly don't believe that the departure of walter will matter for the american pull we see towards ukraine because there is no policy in conditions of the current scandal impeachment investigation the american policy towards ukraine will be paralyzed it will be ultimate. dependent on the believe it go domestic political interplay all the hue towards the impeachment in these conditions there is nothing that washington can or would want to do viz of ukraine i think the white house will try its best you know to be in that cell from the ukraine the i'm go in general you know the the absence of the interlocutor will change the situation to read the rest
policy in ukraine. on the one him the departure of volcker could have played a positive role because indeed from the russian perspective the role of all code was apparently negative right walker prevent the implementation of the means good and persuaded ukraine to continue to subsidize the implementation on the other camp in the current situation of scandal i truly don't believe that the departure of walter will matter for the american pull we see towards ukraine because there is no policy in...
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love for ukraine. lovely as they are, right? there isn't some terrifically spiritual bond between our countries that supersedes the bonds we have with other countries the only reason we've been supporting them is because they were freaking invaded by russia, right, which is a very unusual thing. up until now on a bipartisan basis, we, the yierkts helped support that country because they were invaded by russia and russia is occupying part of them. we have been helping them keep their country intact while russia is trying to take it. so to the extent we are now no longer supporting ukraine or we are making our support for them contingent on these political favors for president trump for his re-election campaign, it's a radical change in a short period of time in terms of what the u.s. is doing and what are when a our attitude is toward that world-changing event from 2014. and i think now it's becoming clear why or at least it's becoming clear how this all fits together. the "new york times" this weekend
love for ukraine. lovely as they are, right? there isn't some terrifically spiritual bond between our countries that supersedes the bonds we have with other countries the only reason we've been supporting them is because they were freaking invaded by russia, right, which is a very unusual thing. up until now on a bipartisan basis, we, the yierkts helped support that country because they were invaded by russia and russia is occupying part of them. we have been helping them keep their country...
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who would like to influence me but i'm the president of ukraine independent ukraine and it seems to me that. shows that it is impossible to influence me. castro has been following those developments from washington. under mounting pressure u.s. president donald trump again took to twitter to express his displeasure on late tuesday night tweeting that as he received more information that this is not impeach meant it's a coup startling language coming from a sitting u.s. president and tweeted moments after a new headline broken u.s. media that being that yet another inspector general an insider from the federal government was willing to speak to congress this would be the inspector general of the state department who reportedly will deliver an urgent briefing to congressional staff on wednesday this all comes as the house intelligence panel prepares to interview 5 current and former state department employees they include the former ambassador to ukraine merida avan of it who is implicated in the phone call between trump and president zelinsky of ukraine trump on that phone call said tha
who would like to influence me but i'm the president of ukraine independent ukraine and it seems to me that. shows that it is impossible to influence me. castro has been following those developments from washington. under mounting pressure u.s. president donald trump again took to twitter to express his displeasure on late tuesday night tweeting that as he received more information that this is not impeach meant it's a coup startling language coming from a sitting u.s. president and tweeted...
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reporter: your top diplomat in ukraine said you held up military funds because you wanted ukraine to investigate the 2016 election and hunter biden's debt. are you calling him a liar? president trump: here is the problem. he is a never trumper and his lawyer is a never trumper. reporter: why would you hire him? president trump: everybody makes mistakes. mike pompeo, everybody makes mistakes. he is a never trumper, his lawyer is a never trumper, they are a dying breed and they are still there. the other problem, you are with cnn and you are fake news. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: well, the democrats don't have any time to work on anything. they have to do usmca, they have to do guns, they have many things. we want to reduce drug prices even more. we can go so far but we can work on drug prices. the democrats, the do-nothing democrats have no time to do it. reporter: [inaudible] president trump: which one? we have a great republican plan and if we take over the house, which we should, especially because of what they are doing impeachments, i think we will take over the house
reporter: your top diplomat in ukraine said you held up military funds because you wanted ukraine to investigate the 2016 election and hunter biden's debt. are you calling him a liar? president trump: here is the problem. he is a never trumper and his lawyer is a never trumper. reporter: why would you hire him? president trump: everybody makes mistakes. mike pompeo, everybody makes mistakes. he is a never trumper, his lawyer is a never trumper, they are a dying breed and they are still there....
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ukraine isn't even part of the eu. >> ukraine is not part of the eu. just today i happened to be speaking with gordon sondelin's predecessor who served for several years in brussels as our ambassador to the european union. he said he never visited ukraine. he thought about visiting it because there are some issues, but he said you know, it just didn't seem worth his time or the cost to the government to have him go to ukraine. it's quite sundelind would have focused so much on a country that's not even part of the european union. >> so, why is he doing it? >> well, he's been quoted as saying, quote, the president asked him to get involved. he traveled there with rick per perry, he traveled there with kurt volker who was the special envoy for ukraine. he was there, in fact, the day after the july 25th phone call that we've been talking about, and in an interview said that he spoke to donald trump minutes before trump had that phone call with zlaensky. so, he's been a critical part of the president's strategy towards ukraine, which has involved pressurin
ukraine isn't even part of the eu. >> ukraine is not part of the eu. just today i happened to be speaking with gordon sondelin's predecessor who served for several years in brussels as our ambassador to the european union. he said he never visited ukraine. he thought about visiting it because there are some issues, but he said you know, it just didn't seem worth his time or the cost to the government to have him go to ukraine. it's quite sundelind would have focused so much on a country...
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ambassador to ukraine. this hearing comes as former chief of staff john kelly claims that before he left the white house, he warned president trump that he would be impeached. kelly telling "the washington examiner," quote, someone has got to be a guide that tells the president that you either have the authority or you don't, or mr. president, don't do it. don't hire someone that will just nod and say, that's a great idea, mr. president, because you will be impeached. i feel bad that i left. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood is live at the white house for us. kelly says he warned president trump months ago that he'd be impeached. we now have this impeachment inquiry in overdrive, even conducting hearings on the weekend. does the white house have a strategy yet? >> reporter: ana, president trump remains defiant about the seriousness of the impeachment inquiry, even telling reporters yesterday that he's his own impeachment team. this as republicans on capitol hill and allies have been complaining about
ambassador to ukraine. this hearing comes as former chief of staff john kelly claims that before he left the white house, he warned president trump that he would be impeached. kelly telling "the washington examiner," quote, someone has got to be a guide that tells the president that you either have the authority or you don't, or mr. president, don't do it. don't hire someone that will just nod and say, that's a great idea, mr. president, because you will be impeached. i feel bad that...
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that was the ambassador to ukraine that trump fired. that she told lawmakers today about her concerns about giuliani's shadow foreign policy. "wall street journal" is also reporting that she and other white house officials were so concerned about efforts to push ukraine to open certain investigations that they -- they raised concerns with the white house lawyer. all of that now combined with this bombshell. i mean, what's next? >> yeah, it does all seem to be coming together. if democrats want to make a case that there was a conspiracy to get the ukrainians to dig up dirt on joe biden to help president trump's re-election, that they have -- democrats have a lot of evidence. they have the fact that the ukrainian ambassador -- the ambassador to ukraine who wasn't on board with this scheme was fired abruptly and everyone else is saying that she was doing a good job, but rudy giuliani didn't like her so the president got rid of her. we have the fact that the president basically yanked vice president pence from going to the ukrainian preside
that was the ambassador to ukraine that trump fired. that she told lawmakers today about her concerns about giuliani's shadow foreign policy. "wall street journal" is also reporting that she and other white house officials were so concerned about efforts to push ukraine to open certain investigations that they -- they raised concerns with the white house lawyer. all of that now combined with this bombshell. i mean, what's next? >> yeah, it does all seem to be coming together. if...
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ukraine testimony. president trump's former top russia adviser appears behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry starting a week of expected testimony by key administration officials. what are lawmakers hearing today about rudy giuliani's efforts in ukraine? >> grave concern. president trump now promising sanctions against turkey for its attacks in northern syria. after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell rebukes the president's decision to draw forces from the region. is the president now reconsidering? >> tight race. a new poll shows joe biden and elizabeth warren in a close battle for the democratic presidential nomination on this, the eve of cnn's next presidential debate. will biden's new ethics offensive against president trump give him an edge? >> and deadly collapse. an
ukraine testimony. president trump's former top russia adviser appears behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry starting a week of expected testimony by key administration officials. what are lawmakers hearing today about rudy giuliani's efforts in ukraine? >> grave concern. president trump now promising sanctions against turkey for its attacks in northern syria. after senate majority leader mitch mcconnell rebukes the president's decision to draw forces from the region. is the...
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ambassador to ukraine fired. "the new york times" first reported that federal prosecutors were looking at giuliani. this weekend, trump made a show of standing by his man, first by meeting giuliani for lunch at his virginia golf club, then following that up with a full-throated live via telephone defense of rudy with jeanine pirro on fox. >> he was a great mayor, one of the greatest -- maybe the greatest mayor in the history of new york. he was a fantastic prosecutor. i know nothing about him being under investigation. i stand behind rudy giuliani, absolutely. >> so this week brings brand-new testimony from key witnesses in the house impeachment inquiry. several state department officials are scheduled to appear. every day this week, it's someone new for closed-door depositions. career foreign policy expert fiona hill, who last worked on trump policy in the west wing, wrapped up her closed-door interview earlier this evening after ten long hours with lawmakers. she's the first person from inside the white house t
ambassador to ukraine fired. "the new york times" first reported that federal prosecutors were looking at giuliani. this weekend, trump made a show of standing by his man, first by meeting giuliani for lunch at his virginia golf club, then following that up with a full-throated live via telephone defense of rudy with jeanine pirro on fox. >> he was a great mayor, one of the greatest -- maybe the greatest mayor in the history of new york. he was a fantastic prosecutor. i know...
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former special envoy to ukraine. he testified he warned rudy giuliani, not a diplomat or government official, the president's personal lawyer, not to trust information he was getting from his ukrainian sources. volker was clearly walking a fine line, trying to contain giuliani, at the same time doing what u.s. national security required. >> well, all of the developments today. the one thing they have in common is that they all raise the question of what does american foreign policy exist for, does it exist to get donald trump reelected or does it exist to advance the national interest because the idea that rudy giuliani is engaging in foreign policy for the sole and exclusive purpose for getting joe biden is exactly the same as donald trump saying china should investigate biden too. i mean, all these stories, the heart of the issue of abuse of presidential power, and we're going to see whether congress cares about it or not. >> and marie yovanovitch, a career diplomat, foreign service officer, worked in democratic an
former special envoy to ukraine. he testified he warned rudy giuliani, not a diplomat or government official, the president's personal lawyer, not to trust information he was getting from his ukrainian sources. volker was clearly walking a fine line, trying to contain giuliani, at the same time doing what u.s. national security required. >> well, all of the developments today. the one thing they have in common is that they all raise the question of what does american foreign policy exist...
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set up a foundation in ukraine before ukraine became independent of. and the foundation this me i'm functioning ever since and an important part time events now. i like criticism but it must be my way. did you see any evidence of u.s. involvement did you feel the presence of the u.s. just i mean i stammered really put a statement in there said you know english thought the smi and live just goes on but it is. not. just. one way done by deals will it but it's a solution given you know what i need to near order honey but i mean you know all this shit is made up with you know some of it you see it with the true we did it in the way that we. use to sell. the members of congress were visiting ukraine during that period most famously congressman john mccain so some of the people who were challenging their government their elected government at that point were were being told by a senior u.s. official a person who ran for president in a top official in the u.s. congress that the u.s. was with them and senator john mccain and it's always a pleasure to be back i
set up a foundation in ukraine before ukraine became independent of. and the foundation this me i'm functioning ever since and an important part time events now. i like criticism but it must be my way. did you see any evidence of u.s. involvement did you feel the presence of the u.s. just i mean i stammered really put a statement in there said you know english thought the smi and live just goes on but it is. not. just. one way done by deals will it but it's a solution given you know what i need...
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more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall start to go with your heart caricature everybody. now on the brink of a civil war at least 70 dead so far and the death toll rising it you can allude you . a new music. hall we saw here today was a revolution. to. get invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in knees and. nato has expanded into 13 countries up to the borders of russia 13 countries. focus . on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. that the. city would. the the the low the to. elude . police. are little. plug 11 . ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world wa
more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall start to go with your heart caricature everybody. now on the brink of a civil war at least 70 dead so far and the death toll rising it you can allude you . a new music. hall we saw here today was a revolution. to. get invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in knees and. nato has expanded into 13 countries up to the borders of russia 13 countries. focus . on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia....
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i mean how i mean look at ukraine our friend colleagues just come out of a mess with ukraine we have paul metaphor for grain we have 100 biden on a company. so legally perhaps you know suspiciously on a on a company and you quote what is it with ukraine and why when ukraine has now been something that rudy giuliani has been tied into why have the republicans had it in support of the president turning a blind eye to that why did why did they not see the request of the president of ukraine to investigate the bidens as you know a disconcerting even an illegal issue because the whole democratic party malfeasance and investigating trouble started in ukraine margaret knows it greg knows i didn't sit there and spin it that's where it started that's where they tried to dig up dirt on trump that's where they hire g.p.s. that's where they got steel involved the dossier the whole because it all started there so the country is corrupt from the beginning they started that they're now we're tracing it back as far as abiding thing is concerned i mean margaret. how do you get on the board of directo
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and i hope he looks at ukraine. i hope he looks at everything. >> reporter: brianna, the secretary of state is traveling ov overseas where the reporters with him have asked him questions about his role in this scandal. so far, he hasn't answered those questions. we'll be waiting to see what he says and whether those officials follow suit with the former official who will sit down with those democrats. >> kaitlan collins, thank you. >> more on this battle between the white house and democrats on the hill. congress could still hear from key players outlined in this complaint. >> reporter: that's right, brianna. kurt volker says he will still appear here on capitol hill on thursday, and that's according to an aide telling cnn tonight testimony likely behind closed doors on thursday. volker, of course, is no longer a state department employee after he abruptly resigned last week, after being named in the whistle-blower report, alleging that volker had conversations with the ukrainian president about how to navigate the
and i hope he looks at ukraine. i hope he looks at everything. >> reporter: brianna, the secretary of state is traveling ov overseas where the reporters with him have asked him questions about his role in this scandal. so far, he hasn't answered those questions. we'll be waiting to see what he says and whether those officials follow suit with the former official who will sit down with those democrats. >> kaitlan collins, thank you. >> more on this battle between the white...
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into hot for between ukraine and russia. ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold it's seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world war one. and world war 2. and every time the ukrainian people ended up paying the highest price for these grand games of power. history doesn't repeat but it surely rhymes said mark twain. if one looks closely at the history of ukraine one will notice many rhymes. being surrounded by stronger powers ukraine has needed a lot of cunning to survive and the art they truly mastered with time is the art of changing sides. in the middle of the 17th century ukrainian leader. broke a truce agreement made with poland siding more powerful russia. just over 50 years later as the russian swed
into hot for between ukraine and russia. ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold it's seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world war...
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cash for ukraine gas without involving ukraine? news anchors asked republicans if they have come up with an ultimate unanswerable gotcha if president trump is so hot on corruption, can you name another american who is not being investigated? the fact that biden is running for president isn't a reason not to investigate him. it's surely the reason why the allegations must be investigated. when it comes to republicans, there's never any reluctance to investigate. just this week, two of rudy giuliani's associates were arrested for allegedly paying a man believed to be former texas republican member of congress pete sessions $20,000 for his help in ousting out former ambassador to ukraine who they thought was blocking their business aims. congressman sessions wrote a letter to secretary of state mike pompeo calling for the ambassador to be fired and the ambassador was eventually recalled. all of that looks dodgey and it is quite right the attorney general barr has given the green light to arrest these two men, regardless of any connect
cash for ukraine gas without involving ukraine? news anchors asked republicans if they have come up with an ultimate unanswerable gotcha if president trump is so hot on corruption, can you name another american who is not being investigated? the fact that biden is running for president isn't a reason not to investigate him. it's surely the reason why the allegations must be investigated. when it comes to republicans, there's never any reluctance to investigate. just this week, two of rudy...
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government support for ukraine. according to nbc news two sources familiar with the testimony say that colonel vindman later went further than his opening statement by drawing a direct line between the deliverables for ukraine and the multiple investigations. leading off our discussion tonight are democratic congressman rajah, he attended thedes of both christopher anderson and catherine croft today. also joining us jill wine-banks, and evelyn farkas, a deputy assistant secretary of defense in the obama administration and a former staff member on the house foreign affairs committee. she served on the staff of the senate armed services committee for seven years. she knows catherine croft who testified today, and she's an msnbc national security analyst. congressman, first of all, today's depositions did they deepen your understanding of what has been happening within the administration on ukraine and in what ways did they do that? >> thanks for having me on, lawrence. i think it's fair to say that they fleshed out fu
government support for ukraine. according to nbc news two sources familiar with the testimony say that colonel vindman later went further than his opening statement by drawing a direct line between the deliverables for ukraine and the multiple investigations. leading off our discussion tonight are democratic congressman rajah, he attended thedes of both christopher anderson and catherine croft today. also joining us jill wine-banks, and evelyn farkas, a deputy assistant secretary of defense in...
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we need remind our audience, ukraine is not part of the eu. tell us what is going on with sondland right now. >> reporter: i'd like to get to that, but a quit button on mulvaney as it relates to impeachment. we shouldn't lose sight of this. the reason we are talking about impeachment in the first place is because of that phone call in which democrats say you have the president of the united states making a quid pro quo for military aid to ukraine versus on the other side of the trade deal information about the bidens. what mick mulvaney just said, we are absolutely holding up military aid for the ukranians, but not for that issue, for another set of issues. he essentially admitted that they are trading the military aid for something from ukraine just not that something. you already have the other piece of that puzzle, which is the president of the united states saying publicly that he wants information on the bidens. and mulvaney said not only did we do this in this case, but this is how we operate. he walks extraordinarily close to the edge o
we need remind our audience, ukraine is not part of the eu. tell us what is going on with sondland right now. >> reporter: i'd like to get to that, but a quit button on mulvaney as it relates to impeachment. we shouldn't lose sight of this. the reason we are talking about impeachment in the first place is because of that phone call in which democrats say you have the president of the united states making a quid pro quo for military aid to ukraine versus on the other side of the trade deal...
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it wasn't just the ukraine. "the post" reports in one of his first calls with a head of state that the president fawned over vladimir putin, apologized profusely for not calling him sooner. he promised to try to get saudi arabia into the g7. and he even promised the president of peru that he would deliver a c-130 military cargo plane overnight. that is a near impossibility. that was a nightmare for the pentagon. now, all of that sounds pretty crazy, doesn't it? but here's the thing. people had gotten used to the president making calls luke that. and even still, they were shocked by the effort to bury the ukraine call in that highly secure system. all this is happening as house democrats are slapping a subpoena on the white house for ukraine documents, wasting no time taking it to the next level, demanding documents from the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney, documents that are related to the president's infamous ukraine call. and making it crystal clear that they'll view failure to comply with the subpoena as
it wasn't just the ukraine. "the post" reports in one of his first calls with a head of state that the president fawned over vladimir putin, apologized profusely for not calling him sooner. he promised to try to get saudi arabia into the g7. and he even promised the president of peru that he would deliver a c-130 military cargo plane overnight. that is a near impossibility. that was a nightmare for the pentagon. now, all of that sounds pretty crazy, doesn't it? but here's the thing....
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now another key player in the ukraine scandal. rick perry is announcing he's resigning. >>> mean whoowhile breaking overnight, new video of
now another key player in the ukraine scandal. rick perry is announcing he's resigning. >>> mean whoowhile breaking overnight, new video of
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, bill taylor, ambassador to ukraine texted the ambassador to the eu saying as i said on the phone it is crazy to get help in a political campaign, someone responded bill, i believe you were incorrect about donald trump's intentions, he has been crystal clear no quid pro quo of any kind adding the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is going to adopt the transparency and reforms president volodymyr zelinsky promised. i suggest we stop the back-and-forth texts. it is unclear whether either ambassador will call in light of the text but hearings continue today. michael atkinson is testifying behind closed doors. jillian: congressman doug collins, nancy pelosi throwing house rules in the trash. >> which to him is a clear indication that it is all about overturning the 2016 election. >> amazing to me nancy pelosi had such little faith in the american people. if she was right, if she had an agenda, if she believed the democratic party candidates for president were on the right track with the right message, why is she so skeptical of the american people voting for what they belie
, bill taylor, ambassador to ukraine texted the ambassador to the eu saying as i said on the phone it is crazy to get help in a political campaign, someone responded bill, i believe you were incorrect about donald trump's intentions, he has been crystal clear no quid pro quo of any kind adding the president is trying to evaluate whether ukraine is going to adopt the transparency and reforms president volodymyr zelinsky promised. i suggest we stop the back-and-forth texts. it is unclear whether...
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ambassador to ukraine. a lot of lawmakers and staff on capitol hill were wondering exactly what this had to do with anything. cnn is reporting rudy giuliani spoke with me a few minute ago confirming that some of the information in that -- in what the ig presented originated with him. >> rudy giuliani -- do we know how -- he handed it to somebody in the secretary of state's office? do we know? >> what giuliani told me is that he somehow routed this information -- this is at the end of march, earlier this year. he says he routed that to secretary of state mike pompeo. it's unclear exactly what that means. he did say that he received a call a couple of days later from pompeo who said that he had gotten these documents and that he would refer it for investigation. giuliani telling me he was frustrated he never heard anything back from the state department thereafter. >> the three chairs, schiff, engel and cummings released a statement on the briefing which is when these documents were handed over by the inspect
ambassador to ukraine. a lot of lawmakers and staff on capitol hill were wondering exactly what this had to do with anything. cnn is reporting rudy giuliani spoke with me a few minute ago confirming that some of the information in that -- in what the ig presented originated with him. >> rudy giuliani -- do we know how -- he handed it to somebody in the secretary of state's office? do we know? >> what giuliani told me is that he somehow routed this information -- this is at the end...
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ambassador to ukraine earlier this year. the "wall street journal" how reporting president trump is the one who ordered marie yavanovic last may because of intense pressure from the white house. why did he want her out? according to the journal, it was for undermining the president and obstructing efforts to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. that's something giuliani has since confirmed in an interview. sources also tell the journal the state department was told last spring that removing her was a priority for the president and something secretary of state mike pompeo supported. here's president trump on the whole thing right before that article dropped. >> i heard very bad things about her and i don't know if i recalled her, but i heard very bad things about her for a long period of time. not good. >> a week from today the ambassador will be on capitol hill for a deposition. this is a rescheduled appearance after her first one was abruptly postponed earlier this week. i want to bring in now ambassador the former nato de
ambassador to ukraine earlier this year. the "wall street journal" how reporting president trump is the one who ordered marie yavanovic last may because of intense pressure from the white house. why did he want her out? according to the journal, it was for undermining the president and obstructing efforts to get ukraine to investigate joe biden. that's something giuliani has since confirmed in an interview. sources also tell the journal the state department was told last spring that...
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about what trump said to ukraine. and what the sort of anger and fear and concern coming out of people like hill. and vindman and taylor and who else. there's others down the pike. that disconnect shows the transcript was however bad it was. it was not bad enough. >> max, vindman calls himself a patron. 20 years active duty united states officer. i served in a non-partisan manner with the utmost respect and professionalism for republican and democratic administrations. he's credible. he's driving home this point. this is about country over party. >> incredibly powerful witness. not just because he is a serving military officer and a combat vet of the iraq war. also because he is an immigrant. i can empathize i'm an immigrant as well. from the soviet union. they have a starry eyed sense of american idealism and want the country to live up to its best self. he was shocked when he saw what was going on behind closed doors and felt compelled to come forward. i was asked recently when i was giving a survey of what's going
about what trump said to ukraine. and what the sort of anger and fear and concern coming out of people like hill. and vindman and taylor and who else. there's others down the pike. that disconnect shows the transcript was however bad it was. it was not bad enough. >> max, vindman calls himself a patron. 20 years active duty united states officer. i served in a non-partisan manner with the utmost respect and professionalism for republican and democratic administrations. he's credible. he's...
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own purposes is that he's used his huge influence over the energy sector in ukraine to corrupt ukraine, to keep ukraine corrupt, to keep it corrupt on purpose so that ukraine's government stays weak so that russia can manipulate public institutions and politicians who it has corrupted by cutting them in on oil and gas deals. i mean, well before this current scandal, i was writing this freaking book in part how russia created a lay bray i can't tar pit of ukraine in a way that's handy to them. any politician that brushes up against that mess they have deliberately created there, even if that politician has brushed up against it because they're trying to clean it up, those politicians can be called corrupt. they can be prosecuted because look at their proximity. before paul manafort it became donald trump's campaign chairman in 2016, running those kinds of operations against politicians in ukraine was kind of one of his political specialties. he was a real political guy in campaign who would run these ops. he would accuse them of corruption, even if their only proximity to real corruptio
own purposes is that he's used his huge influence over the energy sector in ukraine to corrupt ukraine, to keep ukraine corrupt, to keep it corrupt on purpose so that ukraine's government stays weak so that russia can manipulate public institutions and politicians who it has corrupted by cutting them in on oil and gas deals. i mean, well before this current scandal, i was writing this freaking book in part how russia created a lay bray i can't tar pit of ukraine in a way that's handy to them....
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special envoy to ukraine. now he is the former special envoy because last friday he abruptly resigned after he was named in the whistle-blower complaint that has given rise to this impeachment investigation. and really, even with the seemingly nonstop flow of breaking news about this whole impeachment scandal, there is a ton we don't know. it is unclear whether u.s. special envoy kurt volker may have been part of this scheme to pressure the ukrainian government. he showed up meeting with the ukrainian government right after president trump pressured them in a phone call to hand over dirt on biden as a condition of getting military aid. was volker part of this scheme, part of enacting that pressure campaign by president trump? or was he not part of this scheme but rather an important witness to it who might be able to shed light on what was done wrong? we may be about to get some answers. the house of representatives as part of their impeachment inquiry announced they'll be deposing five key state department of
special envoy to ukraine. now he is the former special envoy because last friday he abruptly resigned after he was named in the whistle-blower complaint that has given rise to this impeachment investigation. and really, even with the seemingly nonstop flow of breaking news about this whole impeachment scandal, there is a ton we don't know. it is unclear whether u.s. special envoy kurt volker may have been part of this scheme to pressure the ukrainian government. he showed up meeting with the...
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this comes from his own top diplomat in ukraine bill taylor. taylor just testified trump pushed ukraine to investigate joe biden and his son in exchange for military aid to be released and now the white house is going after the messenger. the press secretary calling it "a coordinated smear campaign from far left lawmakers, and radical unelected bureaucrats." taylor was sought out by secretary of state mike pompeo himself in june of this year and taylor writes in his testimony how he consulted with a republican mentor before even taking the job in ukraine. once he did, taylor said he found the u.s. foreign policy divided in two. a regular way of doing things, and another "highly irregular channel that involved rudy giuliani." cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider breaks down taylor's 15-page opening statement. jessica, what did he say? >> reporter: brooke, 15 pages of opening testimony and bill taylor spent nearly ten hours behind closed doors on capitol hill and one democrat emerged calling it his most disturbing day in congress so far be
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government's support of ukraine. i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. manu raju, tell us about this testimony today. >> reporter: we're just learning about tense moments that occurred behind closed doors with alex vindman. namely chairman adam schiff objected to a line of questioning from republicans the democrats contended was an effort to out the whistleblower. the whistleblower, of course, who made that initial complaint about the president's actions that have now led to this impeachment inquiry, and according to multiple sources from both parties, schiff objected as republicans were asking questions about who mr. vindman spoke with and raising names of certain individuals. they contend it could potentially be an effort to out the whistleblower. republicans pushed backward, s
government's support of ukraine. i realized that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. manu raju, tell us about this testimony today. >> reporter: we're just learning about tense moments that occurred behind closed doors with alex vindman. namely chairman adam schiff...
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today that there won't be any elections accepted by ukraine at least in those regions until ukraine regains control of its border with russia basically make sure that no kind of russian act is able to control influence those votes that's not something that moscow has shown any sign of pay of signing up to so for now that is the big big big problem looming in the room there will be more meetings in this normandy format and i think we've seen steps today that will make a more safe and more reliable cease fire but as for bringing these regions back to ukraine resolving the conflict unfortunately no quantum leaps tonight here in kiev . in care thank you. us opera star i just say norman has died at the age of 7 full act glittering career sausage more than 18 times at new york's metropolitan opera and showered with honor be dr it surprises a season for 2 u.s. presidential inaugurations queen elizabeth's birthday and the opening ceremony of the atlanta. and physical and how's business africa next more world news at the top of the out of the day. can the fire move that's hard and in the end it's a
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william taylor is an expert on ukraine. he served as george w. bush's ambassador to ukraine. and after donald trump forced out marie yovanovitch as ambassador, william taylor is serving as acting ambassador to cr ukraine. he testified for ten hours today under oath about what rudy giuliani and donald trump have been doing with ukraine, yes, william taylor delivered testimony devastating to president trump. one freshman member of the committee hearing his testimony today said after the first couple hours of william taylor's testimony that it was, quote, my most disturbing day in congress so far. that congressman will join us in a moment. william taylor's testimony could make the impeachment of donald trump bipartisan. his testimony could turn some republican votes in the house of representatives and it might be the testimony that convinces republican senator mitt romney to vote to convict and remove donald trumphro and totally incompetent and unqualified ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, could face perjury charges after william taylor's testimony today. we wil
william taylor is an expert on ukraine. he served as george w. bush's ambassador to ukraine. and after donald trump forced out marie yovanovitch as ambassador, william taylor is serving as acting ambassador to cr ukraine. he testified for ten hours today under oath about what rudy giuliani and donald trump have been doing with ukraine, yes, william taylor delivered testimony devastating to president trump. one freshman member of the committee hearing his testimony today said after the first...
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>> look at ukraine. part of the ukraine probe. these guys were all maneuvering to get control of the biggest gas company in ukraine. >> money is always the answer. >> it's always the answer. it's getting hard to get people to stay is in line. telling the truth. thank you for joining me. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now with ari melber in for rachel. >>> thank you for joining us this hour. rachel is off. will be back tomorrow. i'm ari melber. we have a lot for you on this very busy evening in the impeachment probe on capitol hill. it was exactly three weeks ago today that nancy pelosi announced congress was moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. sparked by the revelation that president trump had pressured a foreign government to gin up dirt on one of his political rivals. and would go on to admit it. today lawmakers returned to capitol hill from a two-week recess during which most of them went back to their districts and began to hear what their
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and peoplr related to the ukraine -- related to ukraine inside of the government. and he was asking the white house at different points to work with him on those issues. he sat with vice president penci in warsaw in september as he met with president zelensky.mb so he has been involved.el that's the challenge when you talk to white house advisers tonight. they say rudy giuliani is out there on a limb with these associates doing his own investigation without any kind of approval from the governmentd that's at least formal approval. and then you have secretary a perry with his energy issues and his friends in the energy business. and they're not really sure what's going to happen next.'r and that's why congress is seeking those documents. >> again, absent an announcement by the cabinet secretary, therea were reports of his pending re departure right around the time the ukraine story broke. now, robert, it occurs to us that robert mueller didn't have this luxury.at the luxury of air support on a given charge where people from the inside came forward and said yeah, i w
and peoplr related to the ukraine -- related to ukraine inside of the government. and he was asking the white house at different points to work with him on those issues. he sat with vice president penci in warsaw in september as he met with president zelensky.mb so he has been involved.el that's the challenge when you talk to white house advisers tonight. they say rudy giuliani is out there on a limb with these associates doing his own investigation without any kind of approval from the...
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ukraine is a very important issue. increasingly the president's fitness is even more important. >> you said it more articulately than i did when i was talking to chris. he keeps spinning and digging himself in deeper. i want to bring in greg jaffe. your latest reporting on how the president involved pence in his efforts to pressure ukraine. i just want to read a detail from it. you said perhaps most significantly, one of pence's top advisers was on the july 25th call, and the vice president should have had access to the transcript within hours, officials said. so pompeo admitted today that he was on the call. one of pence's top aides was also on the call. and a little over a month later, pence went and met with zelensky. what's going on here? >> you know, i think in this particular case, pence was like highly incurious or poorly staffed. they just didn't prepare him for that meeting on september 1st. i think his top aide who listened to the call just didn't hear anything unusual or different. it may just be a product o
ukraine is a very important issue. increasingly the president's fitness is even more important. >> you said it more articulately than i did when i was talking to chris. he keeps spinning and digging himself in deeper. i want to bring in greg jaffe. your latest reporting on how the president involved pence in his efforts to pressure ukraine. i just want to read a detail from it. you said perhaps most significantly, one of pence's top advisers was on the july 25th call, and the vice...
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ambassador to ukraine. now that ambassador, marie yovanovitch, is scheduled to speak to congress in two hours. this is all coming together in one really crazy story. it's unclear whether the president will try to block his testimony this morning as he did earlier this week with another state department official. we're waiting for word on that every minute that passes. >> new details about the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president and the quid pro quo allegations in the whistle-blower complaint or the request for a favor. "the washington post" reports at least four national security officials were so alarmed by that phone call, by the president's attempts to pressure the ukrainian president for political purposes that they raised concerns with the white house lawyer before and after the president's call. the post also says it was political appointees in the white house budget office who intervened to freeze that military aid to ukraine. just a lot to talk about. let's bring
ambassador to ukraine. now that ambassador, marie yovanovitch, is scheduled to speak to congress in two hours. this is all coming together in one really crazy story. it's unclear whether the president will try to block his testimony this morning as he did earlier this week with another state department official. we're waiting for word on that every minute that passes. >> new details about the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president and the quid pro quo...
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one is kurt volker who is a special envoy to ukraine. and it says, heard from white house assuming president xi will get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. >> does not indicate that the administration was exercising leverage based on an investigation by the ukrainians in order to get the relationship ukrainians wanted? >> the text by itself is indeed troubling but i don't understand or know the context in which that was shared. i know ambassador volker went into that with his deposition yesterday. i was not involved in the deposition and how it had the chance to read the transcript. we should make sure we're looking at this as a context in which all of these texan conversations are happening. but at face value, it is concerning. but this is why we need to continue with the hearings to make sure we understand all of the information in full tally before we can come to a final conclusion. >> would be concerning -- again we've seen a lot on the question whether or not there was a quid pro
one is kurt volker who is a special envoy to ukraine. and it says, heard from white house assuming president xi will get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down date for visit to washington. >> does not indicate that the administration was exercising leverage based on an investigation by the ukrainians in order to get the relationship ukrainians wanted? >> the text by itself is indeed troubling but i don't understand or know the context in which that was shared. i...
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government's support of ukraine. i realize that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. following the call i, again, reported my concerns to the lead counsel for the national security council." and it goes on. again, this just obtained this evening. the opening statement from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, top ukraine official on the national security council who appears to validate the concerns of the whistle-blower that led to these impeachment proceedings against the president. and express his own alarm at what he saw on that call and of the president's behavior. more to come. stay with us. because getting older... should mean being healthy enough to act young. because farmers should be able to use less water to grow their crops. because having heart issues... shouldn't mean you can't scream yo
government's support of ukraine. i realize that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national security. following the call i, again, reported my concerns to the lead counsel for the national security council." and it goes on. again, this just obtained this evening. the opening statement from...