We did not want to work with mr. Giuliani so we followed the president s orders. We kept the leadership, the state department and the nsc informed of our activities. They knew what we were doing and why. Was there a quid pro quo . The answer is yes. Everyone was in the loop. So what now . Lets bring in cnn legal analyst mike zelden and steve paul. That moment obviously with ambassador sondland saying, yes, there was a quid pro quo grabbing headlines as quickly as those words were uttered. Republicans are stressing here, yes, he said there was a quid pro quo but then he went on to make very clear, he was not told directly by the president. Just lets take a step back and remind us for a minute. How does the messaging usually go . Does a president speak directly with an ambassador . Eric, in the first instance, ambassadors dont directly have a direct line to the president. Key surveillance targets. But ambassadors typically coordinate their work through the National Security council. They
biden, they will likely be just as attentive for her considering are significant against for the charges at the heart of this case? yeah, absolutely. paul, it really appreciate the breaking news here and we ll be talking with you again just a short minute as we continue to follow that testimony. thank you. also want to bring you up to speed on some news breaking overnight, at least 52 people in central gaza are dead after an israeli airstrike targeted a un runs school and compound that was being used to shelter displaced palestinians. now the idf says it was targeting hamas militants using that school cnn, however, cannot confirm those claims. this is new video from just this morning. the strike comes as israeli forces ramp up ground and aerosols in the center of the gaza strip. i seen as jeremy diamond joining us now from jerusalem with more so in terms of that strike last night, jeremy, the number keeps increasing in terms of those those who were killed, what more do we know ye
things out, sarah, i know you ll keep us posted. thank you so much more to come here in the cnn newsroom, including new details about hunter biden as a star witness. it takes the stand some of that testimony revealing we ll have more on that after three this is a secret, war, secrets and spies sunday at ten on cnn. here s to getting better with age here s the beat least to every thursday helped fuel today with boost type protein complete nutrition, you need without the stuff you don t so here s two now the future is not just going to happen, you have to make it. and if you want a successful business, all it takes is an idea and now becomes a future where you, a dream into a reality we all knew go daddy arrow, put your business online in minutes with the power of it yeah. hi, new projects means new project managers you need to hire anybody did indeed you do
against israeli troops. it appears that the israeli military, once again used us made munitions for this strike the gbu-39 small diameter bomb fragments of those were found at the scene by a journalist working for us in central gaza, analyzed by munitions experts, that was the same type of munition that was used in that devastating strike that killed 45 people in western rafah just over a week ago, the un, the head of the unrwa but the un s main agency in gaza, philippe lazzarini says that this shelter was housing about 6,000 people at the time of the strike. he said that targeting un premises or using them for military purposes cannot become the new norm calling on this to stop and that all those responsible should be held accountable. erika jeremy, i appreciate the update and reporting. thank-you all right. now, president biden and world leaders are commemorating the 80th anniversary of d-day in france. our live coverage continues. on the other side of this quickly the cnn
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