aggression was not only grievous to crew crane but unchecked would give russia the signal it can do it elsewhere. and we ve seen first georgia and then ukraine. what s next? and now what we ve said under president trump is never mind, we re not there for you in any sustained way as trump himself said on live television to zelensky, good luck on your negotiation with putin. and after that he said maybe he can get his white house meeting if he pleases putin. i have a lot of other things to ask you. our guest is susan rice. we ll be right back. k you. our guest is susan rice. we ll be right back. this is unbelievable! it really is. the lexus december to rembember sales event lease the 2020 rx 350 all wheel drive for $419 a month for 27 months. experience amazing at your lexus dealer.
ambassador sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. following the call with president trump the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland when the president thought about ukraine. ambassador sondland responded trump cares more about the investigations of biden which giuliani was pressing for. i take the import of that is he cares more about that than he does about ukraine? yes, sir. that staffer identified as david ho david holmes now set to testify this friday. republicans spent their time trying to poke holes in the testimony and advance the president s counter narrative. but the testimony of taylor and kent offered some troubling details for the president. ambassador taylor affirmed military aid was withheld in an effort to extort ukraine. and both suggested the actions taken in crew crane were
testimony. the ambassador to the european union releasing an addendum to his ten hours long interview in mid-october saying i now recall speaking individually with mr. year mac where i said a resumption of u.s. aid would not occur until crew crane provided the pubic anticorruption information. something he did not previously acknowledge during his testimony on october 17th when he told investigators he did not know why military aid was being held up, saying i could never get a straight answer out of anyone. the transcript released today reveals sondland told lawmaker that is rudy giuliani s efforts to get investigation into bidens kept getting insidious and suggested giuliani s scheme may
she is eight months pregnant. sondland says he recalls tells officials resumption of usaid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that he had been discussing for many weeks. anti-corruption statement was supposed to target the bidens. sondland s revision blows up the timeline pedalled by the white house. it was on the table after crew crane was told in august aid was held up. the timing, super important to the white house case here. the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell doesn t think this moves the impeachment needle. i m not sure how likely it is to end.
come before him and that s why he s filling in facts because he s basically laying it exactly who and when did what what to create it. for those who are saying they want it behind closed doors, those who say they want it transparent. that s the outline for what he told lawmakers and what bill taylor says here is our national security demands that this relationship with crew crane remains strong. he paints this as a national security issue. he says this about this irregular informal channel that the white house had made here. in august and september i became increasingly concerned that our relationship with the crew crane was being fundamentally undermined with our relationship with ukraine was being fundamentally undermined by an