President trump apparently ambassador taylor had access to. Pompeo he did not have access to President Trump. So i made the phone call i said what do you want President Trump responded with what i put in the text and then i strongly encouraged. Ambassador taylor to take it up with the secretary and he responded i agree. As far as the other part of your question relating to. The prosecutor could make the statement or solecki could make the statement i dont recall who told me whether it was volker whether it was giuliani or whether was President Trump. Its got to be zelinsky it cant be the prosecutor but thats what i relayed whoever i got that information from i relayed that to i believe both mr. Or excuse me ambassador taylor and to mr. But as of september 9, 2, understood did you not. Himself or through his agents required that president zelensky make a public announcement of the 2 investigations that President Trump cared about in order to get both the white house meeting and to relea
A Palestinian Group off to as trucks kill dozens in gaza. And a cocktail to come back to gas will be the only generation committed to helping iraqs government protests. A top diplomats given evidence of how the u. S. President put pressure on ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden william tell it was one of 2 foreign offices to ours at the 1st televised hearing thats on the hot and pietschmann inquiry into donald trump. Reports now from washington d. C. The whole truth and nothing but the truth so help you god William Taylor and george kent took the stand together at the 1st public hearing in the impeachment inquiry career foreign officers called by democrats to tell a compelling story to the American Public taylor is the acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine who upon assuming the post in june. Found himself dropped in the middle of a mystery once i arrived and gave discovered a weird combination of encouraging confusing and ultimately alarming circumstances taylor had begrudgin
If this is not impeachable conduct, what is. Republicans defend the president. Where is the Impeachable Offense in that call . The president seems consumed by the hearings tweeting well over 100 times last week alone about impeachment. My guests this morning two senators who travel together to ukraine while military aid was withheld. Democrat chris murphy of connecticut and republican ron johnson of wisconsin. Plus, Deval Patrick gets in the race. I am not trying to climb up by pulling anybody else down. This morning i will talk to the former Massachusetts Governor about getting into the 2020 campaign as joe biden and Elizabeth Warren are slipping in iowa. And county to county. Our first look at five counties that we believe hold the key to the 2020 election. Joining me for insight and analysis are Eugene Robinson columnist for the Washington Post. Danielle letical of the American Enterprise institute. Reuters White House Correspondent jeff mason and wall street journal columnist peggy
Unprecedented answers by a president of the United States, ambassador Marie Yovanovitch was recalled from her post to the ukraine without explanation in may when she read that President Trump had referred to her as bad news and said she was going to go through some things in his july phone call summary with the ukrainian president. I was shocked, absolutely shocked and devastated frankly, it sounded like a threat. Do you feel threatened . I do. Then as the ambassador testified the president attacked her by tweet. Chairman adam schiff read it to her minutes later. Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. I think the effect is to be intimidated. Want to let you know ambassador some of us here take witness intimidation very seriously. Diplomat bill taylor also revealed that a staffer overheard a telephone conversation in a ukraine restaurant between President Trump and his Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland. Member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking ambassador sond
Sitters response i want nothing i want nothing i want no quid pro quo tells journalists the president. To do the right thing so is my answer i want nothing i want nothing. I want no good bro whoa now so much to do the right thing when he says this is the final word from the president of the United States i want nothing thank you both said a good time ago and. Its clear by the tone of the energy that the president had there that he understands the gravity of this day the notes that he was looking out with quotes from ambassador us on the who is testifying well get you back to that in a moment there are previous tweets that the president said about the ambassador we spoke glowingly of him now saying he doesnt actually know him that well and also that quote hes referencing when the ambassador testified that the president said there was no quid pro quo when asked if he believed the president when he said that ambassador saleh refused to characterize whether he believed that the president a