Zelensky. Colonel vindman in advance of this phone call did you prepare talking points as did you for the april 21st call . Yes, i did. What were those talking points based upon. This is not in the Public Record and i cant comment too deeply. In areas that we talked about in public was cooperation on supporting reform agenda. Anticorruption efforts and helping president zelensky implement his plans to end russias war against ukraine. In other words theyre based on official u. S. Policy . Correct. And is there a process to determine official u. S. Policy . Yes. That is my job is to coordinate u. S. Policy so throughout the preceding year that i had been on staff, i had undertaken an effort to make sure we had a cohesive, coherent and just policy. As you listened to the call, did you observe whether President Trump was following the talking points based on the official u. S. Policy . Counsel, the president could choose to use the talking points or not. Hes the president. But they were no
Information ok. And and ultimately the Vice President went to canada for a u. S. M. C. I. Event thats right during this. This window of time correct correct so its entirely conceivable that the president decided that he wanted the Vice President to go to canada on behalf of u. S. M. C. A. Instead of doing anything else correct im really not a position to speculate what the motivations were behind the president s decision you know the various president s and quite a bit of us m. C. A. Events correctly yesterday and are you aware of whether the. Any one of the state department inquired with your office about the Vice President s availability for the trip to canada for the trip at what point. Early may may be may 8th. I i was on volved in the trip planning for canada and one of my colleagues who covers western hemisphere was in charge of that song not aware of specific ok requests about the Vice President s bill dudley i was aware from my colleague who is planning the trip that we had com
Will voters go for that . And how the media is now pivoting from rid of the Electoral College to get rid of trump and trump of the 25th amendment to russia probe to saying reception is coming to latest. You wont believe what the media and can democrats are now debating and what theyre talking about and something just happened in the vital economic sector that is not happen in 40 years. It has a sector that democrats now want to shut down. So massacre that shocked the world, why spread condemnation weve got the updates on the arrest after a mormon family of nine slaughtered in a drug cartel attack south of the border. Stories pouring in, a child survivors also children saved by the courage of their mother. Tonight, should the Trump Administration designate mexican drug cartels as terrorist groups. The president had thought about that and this was coming in. Congress now forcing trump to back off of his border wall funding. And the gloves are off it is now Elizabeth Warren, versus biden
A polarized country who was galvanized the left but conservatives are calling for counter protests. And saudi aramco reveals details of its plan to sell shares highlighted risks include terrorism and Armed Conflict. With the sport Rugby World Cup champions south africa are on a victory parade through captaincy polices hometown of Port Elizabeth tomorrow im going to later in the program. Prominent opposition figure kim soca has been released in cambodia 2 years for after he was charged with treason so is the cofounder of the band Cambodia National rescue party which was dissolved ahead of elections last year or minister hun sens ruling party won most of the seats is free for now the charges against him were made and he is banned from politics and cant leave the country and other key opposition voice sam rainsy. Arrived in malaysia on saturday he left cambodia 4 years ago after facing a prison sentence on defamation charges cambodian government says hes welcome back but warrants he has t
Valleys again going to stay hot for at least another day and then major changes after that as see some much cooler temperatures and more clouds by sunday, a heat advisory remains in effect until 7 oclock this evening. But that should be the end of it i think by tomorrow feel that cool ocean air and that up to a bring those temperatures down to much more comfortable levels. And the coast like tell you what though the hot temperatures again inland. Youre still talking upper 90s the hot spots inland but look at San Francisco, the forecast tomorrow today we checked in at 94. Were going to almost 30 degrees cooler at about 66 degrees along the coastline to you to feel the effects all around the bay. But heres where it gets its to guys weve seen the heat now we had a nice heat wave here, no record spina found around the bay area today but then were going to see an extreme change as we get into sunday and monday well see these temperatures take a big drop and then weve got a cold front coming