that three people were involved, and those three people refused to testify adds deny it, the fact will infer that the witnesses comments were true, because of they weren t true neil: even if they put up press statements to the effect a press statement is not tested by cross-examination. it will not carry water. what will carry water is the picture that gordon sondland painted today of our president willing to trade and seek political favors in return for something of national security. neil: then it becomes an issue, worst-case scenario for the president republicans that there was this quid pro quo, tangling of military aid until they got what they wanted or a statement from president zelensky that one was forthcoming. that was another issue. but there are a lot of things for presidents and impeachment processes. bill clinton lying under oath,
idea that there are tapes of the conversation. he didn t still, he left a bit of a mystery but one can feel him sort of taking that tweet back. significant, though, that he did say in the exchange with john carl essentially, yes, i will testify, will do so under oath. yes. and historic perspective, doug, modern presidents testifying under oath. how many? put it in context for me. well, it s i do think that was an important moment. and then he added he said, i m going to say exactly to mueller what i ve just told you. meaning, you know, hey, there s nothing there. if he puts that under oath in a private testimony. but remember when bill clinton and the lewinsky scandal, it was a dangerous moment. bill clinton thought he was going to get out of things. we mock him for saying it all
no, he did not. so he said those things under oath. would you be willing to speak under oath and give your version of 100%. i hardly know the man. i m not going to say i want you to pledge allegiance. what would do that. who would ask a man to pledge allegiance under oath. think of that. i hardly know the man. it doesn t make sense. i didn t say that and i didn t say the other. so if robert mueller wanted to speak to you i d be happy to tell you what i told you. and you seem to hint that there are recordings. i ll tell you about it over a short period of time. i m not hinting at anything. okay. do you have a question here? when will you tell us about the recordings? over a short period of time. are there tapes, sir? you re going to be very disappointed when you hear the answer. don t worry. john, do you have a question for the president? yes. thank you. president iohannis, you re no stranger to russian aggression. vladimir putin recently
away. but he said he would even say that under oath to special counsel, which is a pretty big deal. so we really do have kind of have to figure out who is telling the truth here and it s unclear, if there aren t tapes, we he seemed to suggest that there probably aren t because he said you ll probably be disappointed in the answer. which the answer could be no. he knows what the answer is. why not just say? he s got to wait for the next episode, brooke. look, that was a flip and i shouldn t say it like that. he has legal counsel and he is working through lawyers the proper way and there s probably some legal reason why he wants to do this in a proper way so we should do that. i want to go back to jim acosta who is there in the rose garden after those couple of questions. jim, at least he called on john and there was an exchange with john back and forth. what was your takeaway? reporter: yeah, i think that
i ve got the microphone. if you allow me, mr. president. if i could only sell that. if i could only sell that. should i take one of the killer networks that treat me so badly as fake news? should i do that? huh? go ahead, john. be fair, john. oh, absolutely. remember how nice you used to be before i ran? such a nice man. always fair. mr. president, i want to get back to james comey s testimony. you suggested he didn t tell the truth in everything he said. he did say under oath that you told him to let the flynn you said you hoped the flynn investigation i didn t say that. so he lied about that? well, i didn t say that. i will tell you, i didn t say that. and did he ask you to pledge and there would be nothing wrong if i did say it according to everybody that i read today but i did not say that. and did he ask you for a pledge of loyalty from you?