Be another ugly day. You have former top russia adviser to the president dr. Fiona hill. She plans to push back on the narrative that ukraine tried to influence the 2016 election. You know, thats a big underpinning of the supposed legitimacy of the president s intentions. Instead, hill plans to hone in on what everybody should see as the truth. Russia was the sole person to focus on and that they still pose a very real threat to the 2020 race. Hills going to be joined this morning of course by david holmes. He is the Ukraine Embassy official who says he overheard President Trump call Gordon Sondland in ukraine to check in on the investigations. Wolf . You know, its amazing that sondland himself blew up the inquiry wide open with his testimony yesterday confirming there was, in fact, a quid pro quo and that it came directly from the president of the United States. The Eu Ambassador said everyone knew exactly what was going on. Holding up military aid in exchange for announcing political
My most disturbing day in congress so far. Very troubling. Harris characterizing behind closed doors. However, President Trump says democrats, witnesses are actually helping his case. I dont know most of these people. And if i do, i met them quickly. Or he know them very little, but ambassadors and some others. I dont even know. Most of them i have never even heard of their names. Okay . And they are turning out to be better witnesses by far for us. Harris Catherine Herridge is life for us on capitol hill. Thank you, harris, good afternoon. Taylor over the suspension to aid the ukraine, whether it was tied to investigations into the bite ins and alleged interference in their 2016 election by the ukrainians. What we know from today is that he arrived on capitol hill, he has been behind closed doors for several hours. To some of the back story is that he is a top u. S. Diplomat in the ukraine. A west point graduate, a vietnam veteran, and multiple overseas postings to the middle east, na
Pence appears ready to testify this week. And ambush. Nine women and children all american shot and burned to death in a horrific attack near their ranch in mexico. Was this mass murder a case of mistaken identity . Im wolf blitzer and youre in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Were following breaking news. House democrats releasng transcripts of the impeachment inquiry testimony by two more key witnesses including President Trumps ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland. He has amended his testimony to describe a quid pro quo with ukraine. Sondland now said that he was told by ukraine official his country was unlikely to get hundreds of Million Dollars of u. S. Military aid until it publicly announced an investigation of President Trumps political rival joe biden and his son hunter biden. Well talk about the breaking news with congressman John Garamendi. And our correspondents and analysts are standing by. First, lets go to our justice correspondent jes
Call witnesses in the senate. Well discuss how that mike work. This follows a day when the house heard from legal scholars, three of them making the case of what amounts to impeachable offenses. Joining me now is House Majority leader steny hoyer. Thank you so much for being with us. What we are going to hear from House Speaker pelosi in less than an hour . Youre going to hear it from House Speaker pelosi, not steny hoyer. Clearly, she wants to keep the American People informed about what we perceive to be an extraordinarily serious and somber time in this country. The consideration of whether or not acts have been committed by the president of the United States which undermine our national security, put our constitution at risk and undermine the voting processes which is the essence of democracy. As far as you know, is the impeachment process moving forward . Well, the impeachment process, obviously, hearings occurred yesterday so the answer to that question is an obvious, yes it is m
Mom youve got to [ get yourself a new car. G ] i wish i could save faster. Youre making good choices. Youll get there. Were you going to tell me about this . I know i cant afford to go. I still have this car so you can afford to go. I am so proud of you. Thanks. Principal. We can help you plan for that. Start today at principal. Com. Sadly, we have a president who is not only a pathological liar, hes the most corrupt president in the United States. I learned that donald trump doesnt want me to be the nominee, thats pretty clear. This is a president that not only with regard to his conduct with ukraine, but every step of the way puts his own private interests, his own partisan interests, his own political interests in front of our countrys interests. We have to establish the principle no one is above the law. We have a constitutional responsibility and weapon need to meet it. How did ambassador sondland get there . This is not a man who had any qualifications except one, he wrote a chec