father reported to annapolis. that is the george kent who jim jordan lied about today. jim jordan also lied about ambassador william taylor, lied about taylor testifying you ve got to impeach the president. jim jordan put those words in ambassador taylor s mouth, not true. ambassador taylor didn t come close to saying anything like that. he simply repeatedly answered questions about what he saw and what he heard and what he knows, nothing but facts. ambassador taylor and donald trump are a year apart in age. they are a year apart in college graduation, but they could not possibly be farther apart in the way that they have lived their lives. ambassador taylor, what year did you graduate from west point? 1969, sir. it was the height of the vietnam war, want it, sir?
argument that had people squa scratching their head was, well, eventually the aid was restored but the president has the absolute power to dismiss an ambassador. when you pull those arguments apart, it takes you about ten seconds to explain that is just a really shabby defense. let s talk about the defense. one step back to the witnesses. are you curious at all how ambassador taylor didn t know about this didn t know about his phone call with his staffer when he was originally deposed? as he told us today, i only learned about it i guess last week. when he came and was deposed by the committee, he apparently didn t know about it. that s what he said, but i don t know how his staff could have been caught that asleep. you hide this, neglect to tell him? there s no evidence he was hiding anything. no, no, i don t mean to suggest that. i m saying his staff needed to
defenders keep complaining. they want the truth. they want direct access. those are the guys. schiff isn t your problem. trump is. last thing we need to know is whether the two sides can act like the two witnesses today. taylor and kent handled hard questions thoughtfully, stayed away from rank speculation. they acted without animus and were clearly driven by a sense of duty to the rest of us. taylor and kent should make us proud of the people who serve us in government. let s see if congress can do the same. that s the point for today. what s the bolo? be on the lookout. a big development coming, next. frequent heartburn? not anymore.
we have democratic congressman jim himes. he sits on the house intel panel. always good to have you on prime time. what moved the needle most for the case against the president today in. i think the big thing today was two spectacular witnesses, people who have devoted their entire career to serving the country under republican and democratic presidents, both of whom repeatedly said that even if you just take the transcript, which the president is encouraging us all to read, that that was not right. that that was illegal. that that was an abuse of power. i know the republicans is mounted two defenses but you heard that from the people, you actually didn t talk to the president. they re also not saying that the facts are could be tested here. nobody is saying the president didn t do this stuff, they re just saying, well, you weren t in the room. the other more interesting
jim jordan put those words in ambassador taylor s mouth, not true. ambassador taylor didn t come close to saying anything like that. he simply repeatedly answered questions about what he saw and what he heard and what he knows, nothing but facts. ambassador taylor and donald trump are a year apart in age. they are a year apart in college graduation, but they could not possibly be farther apart in the way that they have lived their lives. ambassador taylor, what year did you graduate from west point? 1969, sir. it was the height of the vietnam war, wasn t it, sir in. the height was about that time. what was your class rank at west point? i was number 5. how many people in your class? 800. 800 cadets, you were number 5? yes, sir. so when you were top 1% of your class at west point, you