with the other witnesses. and of course mr. morrison who also heard the call and confirmed all the key events in question and who then by his actions demonstrated how serious he knew it was. these were all witnesses who were in the room who were directly listening to the president, who were responsible for the policy. you know, they detonate the republican talking point this is only second or thirdhand or hearsay. this is powerful testimony. and tim morrison established the sondland principle i guess we can call it at this point that sondland told him the only way ukraine is going to get the aid is if they publicly announce the investigations. that s right. we know ambassador sondland who will testify tomorrow delivered the unvarnished quid pro quo to the ukrainians in warsaw on september 1st. you don t get the aid, you don t get the white house meeting unless we get the specific language in a statement by the president to cnn. they literally said that in the calls for the investig
quote, i think this was also about the time of the greenland question, about purchasing greenland, which took up a lot of energy in the nsc. question: okay. that s disturbing for a whole different reason. answer: different story, different story. and here s where things get really strange. when the president got his ego bruised by the whole greenland thing and canceled his planned visit to denmark and poland, he sent the vice president, mike pence, in his place. pence met with ukraine s president in warsaw on september 1st, and the u.n. ambassador gordon sondland talked privately to a ukrainian aide right after that meeting telling him that ukraine wouldn t get $400 million in money, military aid, until they ponied up and announced that the investigation of the bidens that the president wanted. well, that s a bombshell sondland dropped when he revised his previous statement. hmm, interesting.
discuss ukraine because everybody was spinning their wheels on greenland. quote, i think this was also about the time of the greenland question, about purchasing greenland, which took up a lot of energy in the nsc. question: okay. that s disturbing for a whole different reason. answer: different story, different story. and here s where things get really strange. when the president got his ego bruised by the whole greenland thing and canceled his planned visit to denmark and poland, he sent the vice president, mike pence, in his place. pence met with ukraine s president in warsaw on september 1st, and the u.n. ambassador gordon sondland talked privately to a ukrainian aide right after that meeting telling him that ukraine wouldn t get $400 million in money, military aid, until they ponied up and
is vice president pence one of the people who carried out this scheme for president trump? well, i asked that question of some of the witnesses. i m interested in that. he did meet with the president of ukraine in warsaw on september 1st. it is on the sidelines of that meeting that ambassador sondland delivered the explicit quid pro quo to the key aide of the ukrainian president, said you re not getting anything, not a white house meeting, not this desperately needed security assistance, until you issue an explicit statement, which you ve been negotiating with giuliani, saying burisma, 2016 elections, the bidens are the heart of this thing. and sondland forgot that until 24 hours ago, but he adds an important piece of this puzzle, and it s good he s aligning his testimony with what has been corroborated by other witnesses and documents. it s an important piece of the puzzle. and the vice president s role is still a question mark on this. is it possible the vice president will be ca
revision to his testimony we saw from ambassador sondland yesterday, it was a remarkable document saying i ve had my recollection refreshed, i now recall things and basically what he discloses is that on the side lines of a meeting vice president pence had with the ukrainian president where vice president pence said you re not getting your military aid unless you give us these corruption actions that we want, corruption related actions we want, sondland is now admitting he made clear what we mean is you re not getting your military aid unless you announce those investigations. now tomorrow somebody who works in the vice president s office is going to be testifying. is vice president pence one of the people who carried out this scheme for president trump? well, i asked that question of some of the witnesses. i m interested in that. he did meet with the president of ukraine in warsaw on september 1st. it s on the seed lines of that meeting ambassador sondland delivered the explicit q