i really appreciate it. thank you. here is rudy giuliani s i entry einto the impeachment inquiry today. at one point someone wondered allowed why mr. giuliani was so active in the media with respect to ukraine. my recollection is that someone said dam, rudy, every time he gets involved, he f s everything up. and ambassador wendy sherman, former undersecretary of state for political affairs, an msnbc global affairs contributor. i want to get your reaction to the new testimony from david holmes. this is a high ranking staff
ambassador taylor in particular kept copious notes. and there are e-mails and other text messages, no doubt, that we need to have. and you better believe if any of that information helped exculpate or exonerate the president, we would have seen it. ambassador sherman, i want to give you a wide open spot here to share with us your feelings when you were watching your former colleagues and diplomatic service in this testimony today, any part you want to comment on including much of what they had to say about the importance of ukraine. they really wanted to take the opportunity to deliver to the committee the importance of our policy with ukraine beyond what is just now the scandalous elements of it. thank you, lawrence. and thank you, congressman, for your good work today. congressman schiff really as you said, lawrence, was a master classman on how to conduct a congressional hearing.
the committee staff on the intelligence committee or any other. congressman sean patrick maloney, wendy sherman, jill wine-banks, thank you all for starting us off. really appreciate it. and when we come back, a possible perjury case against gordon sondland got considerably stronger today with the stunning revelation about sondland s overheard cellphone call from a restaurant in ukraine to the president of the united states. ould it play out differently? i wanted to help protect myself. my doctor recommended eliquis. eliquis is proven to treat and help prevent another dvt or pe blood clot. almost 98% of patients on eliquis didn t experience another. and eliquis has significantly less major bleeding than the standard treatment. eliquis is fda-approved and has both.
probably get your pick of assignments, but you picked the infantry. i did. yes, sir. you were a rifle company commander? sir? where d you serve? in vietnam. did you see combat in vietnam, sir? i did. did you earn any accommodations for that service? i was awarded the combat infanttry which is the highest i m proudest of. there was a bronze star and an air medal with v. that s for valor, isn t it? yes, sir. valor has no meaning to donald trump. leading off our discussion is democratic sean patrick maloney of new york and we re also joined now by ambassador wendy sherman former under-secretary of state for political affairs in the obama administration. she is a member of the global
democratic sean patrick maloney of new york and we re also joined now by ambassador wendy sherman former under-secretary of state for political affairs in the obama administration. she is a member of the global affairs contributor and jill wine-banks as well, she s an msnbc legal analyst. congressman maloney, let me start with you. i just want to get from you why you decided to start with ambassador taylor s biography. because it s an extraordinary story of, well, you use the word valor. and he s so understated and humble, he might not know this was a person who graduated fifth in his class of 800 at west point. and then with any choice he wanted went to the thick of the fight in vietnam and served with distinction. and that of course was the beginning of his career. the 101st airborne.