a member of my staff could hear president trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. mr. sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. so your staff member overhears the president asking about the investigations meaning burisma and the bidens in 2016. and ambassador sondland told president trump that the ukrainians were ready to move forward? he did. well, that call took place just one day after president trump personally asked ukrainian president zelensky to dig up dirt on democrats. and that s the smoking gun conversation at the heart of course the impeachment drive. and now the first staffer who overheard trump s conversation, david holmes, is scheduled to testify in a closed session before the intelligence committee tomorrow. the washington post is also reporting late tonight that a white house budget officer is expected to break ranks and testify in the unfolding inquiry and could shed light on the freeze of that mi
and that means that the expectation is that at the intelligence committee tomorrow, aaron zebley will be answering questions from members of that committee alongside mueller. now, again, that s the second hearing tomorrow. the first hearing we still don t have clarity. as far as we understand it, with the judiciary committee what we think is going to happen is that mueller will be sworn in and zebley will be sitting there with him, but zebley himself won t be sworn in. he will be there basically as a counselor, as an adviser to mueller. that means that mueller will be the one answering all the questions in the first round with judiciary tomorrow and zebley can speak in his ear and can advise him what to say, but zebley himself won t be sworn in and directly asking questions. that will be the case for the morning and in the afternoon zebley and mueller will both be witnesses and both be testifying and they will both be sworn in. literally while i was describing this tonight, this news d
described today as deputy special counsel, aaron zebley, who was mueller s chief of staff when he was fbi director, aaron zebley at the intelligence committee testimony, zebley will be sworn in. so mueller will be sworn in for his testimony and zebley will be sworn in to testify as well. and that means that the expectation is that at the intelligence committee tomorrow, aaron zebley will be answering questions from members of that committee alongside mueller. now, again, that s the second hearing tomorrow. the first hearing we still don t have clarity. as far as we understand it, with the judiciary committee what we think is going to happen is that mueller will be sworn in and zebley will be sitting there with him, but zebley himself won t be sworn in. he will be there basically as a counselor, as an adviser to mueller. that means that mueller will be the one answering all the questions in the first round with judiciary tomorrow and zebley can speak in his ear and can advise him what t
the judiciary committee take a look at that. this comes after attorney general scheduled to set before the intelligence committee tomorrow and senate minority chuck schumer to inviting president trump to testify under oath but acknowledging the new comey developments? i would like to invite the president to testify before the senate. i think we could work out a way that it could be dignified public with questions with leader mcconnell. but republicans, they re simply fed up with this russia probe. rnc chairwoman calling for an end to investigations. i m calling for an end to the investigations about the president president s campaign colluding with the russians. there s been no evidence of it. i don t think that should continue. of course, we need to figure out what russia did with regards to the election, the president has said that, but not yet do you
depth to the ability of isis to operate. so i don t think any of us can make light of it. but i think we have to be prepared. and i believe that s what s happening. i think far more important is how do we get the free democratic western world together to be able to work together to provide some element of safety to people and also to defeat what is the worst scourge i have seen in my political lifetime. i want to get to the syrian refugee question and dilemma in a second, but before i do i just want to ask you. are intelligence officials as far as you know picking up any chatter that might be concerning from sympathizers of isis and other terrorist groups within the united states? well, i haven t had a chance to discuss chatter with anybody today. the intelligence committee