so with the big public meeting, it didn t come up, and you can t speak to the private meeting that was held immediately thereafter? correct. the vice president moved on with his schedule immediately after his meeting with president zelensky. now, colonel vindman, i want to go back to that july 10th meeting or meetings. the one with ambassador bolton and the one in the ward room that followed quickly on its heels. were you aware that ambassador bolton instructed your superior, dr. hill, to go talk to the lawyers after that meeting? i learned shortly after she was finished talking to ambassador bolton and after he wrapped up with the ward room, that she did have a meeting with him and that s what was expressed. now, you thought you should go talk to the lawyers on your own, correct? that is my recollection, yes. but bolton also thought that
formally impeach president trump. chairman jerry nadler vowing to, quote, hold aggressive hearings as they investigate the president. took steps yesterday to outline exactly how that process would work moving forward. as soon as this coming tuesday we could see testimony from former trump staffers if the white house allows it, of course. the process is a far cry from actually voting to convict the president. joining me to talk about this, congressman ro kana, democrat from california. congressman, thanks for taking the time this morning. jim, great to be on. notably a word in the debate last night that didn t come up, if at all, impeachment, on the very same day the house judiciary votes to begin these formal proceedings. the candidates who want to grab as much public support as possible aren t sensing public support for impeachment. of course, you support it. well, jim, they have a different job. they need to inspire the country
night. i understand others didn t. i would just try to reassure my democratic friends i think this was a good week for them. tessa, i have something to play for you because for your part, part of your reporting was that you were surprised this issue didn t come up, and then tonight before the president s rally in cincinnati, the vice president brought up the issue the democrats hadn t discussed over two nights. here it is. oh, we don t have it. i m sorry. it was about federal judges. right. tell us why you think that was not a part of the president s agenda. so federal judges and appointing and confirming conservative judges to the bench has become a huge legacy project for president trump. and i think what is really interesting about it is that exit polls from 2016 showed that
have you ever seen anything like the circus that we saw for the brett kavanaugh hearing two weeks ago? well we ve had some circuses even on supreme court nomination s which is so important. they probably first began in a way that seems quite tempered and civil now with judge being nominated to the supreme court by president reagan, and of course last under president obama, merit garland, judge garland was delayed didn t come up, but maria: i m talking about harris, corey booker the theatrics that they staged they wanted the whole thing shutdown. right i ve found these hearings on kavanaugh whatever you think of judge kavanaugh to be, well, unseemly, to be very disappointing and it s hard to believe that not so long ago, justice scalia was unanimously confirmed by the bipartisan senate just as ginsberg was confirmed 96-3 and what we ve