We have got Fox Team Coverage tonight, bret baer is on deck but we begin with Jillian Turner live on capitol hill and chief National Correspondent ed henry, host of a brandnew show every saturday and sunday at noon eastern on fox. We start with you. Your initial reaction to what we saw today . I talked to three Senior Republicans who said they were a little on edge about how this would turn out but these republicans around the house leadership are now giddy. You have Top Democrats great thing, one senior democratic aide telling the Washington Post they had no bombshells, no major revelations and the onus is on their party to prove to the American People they actually have something here. Democrats were happy they got bill taylor, one of the big witnesses to reveal some new information but even that big reveal, the one of his aides overheard a phone conversation in which donald trump was more personally involved in making sure there were investigations in exchange for aid was third hand
Trum trump. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. 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 what President Trump thought about ukraine. Ambassador sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of biden, which guiliani was pressing for. Well, the staff is david holmes, who is now scheduled to speak friday to the committee off camera. Jim is the president s tv lawyer, Rudy Guiliani certainly came up a lot today. Rudy guiliani. Rudy guiliani. Rudy guiliani. Guiliani. Guiliani. Guiliani. Guiliani. Rudy guiliani. And by the way, have you ever met Rudy Guiliani . Guilianiing as you know is on record about his work if you crane on behalf of the president , senior state official george kent who testified alongside ambassador taylor today was asked about that
When will the forecast change . Ho, ho oh, my gosh profiles in service, we soar with the air force thunderbirds and meet its only female Fighter Pilot. What we do is life and death sometimes. Odonnell and latebreaking news about another potential democratic candidate for president. This is the cbs evening news with Norah Odonnell. Reporting tonight from washington. Odonnell good evening, and thank you for joining us on this historic night in the nations capital. For the first time in more than two decades, the country watched televised impeachment hearings and today was the first of many. We learned something new. Ambassador bill taylor, the top diplomat to ukraine, testified about a phone call between President Trump and Gordon Sondland. Thats the president s ambassador to the european ayion. The takeaway from that phone call, according to taylor, the president cared more about investigating his political rival than he did about ukraine. Taylor, a west point grad and vietnam veteran,
Correspondents who have been covering it with us all day and nancy cordes leads off our coverage at the capitol. And, nancy, day one is now in the history books. Reporter it is, norah, and this hearing lasted the bulk of the day, two key witnesses laying out in painstaking detail all the times they were told what the president wanted ukraine to do in exchange for the release of military aid. Do you swear or affirm that reporter ambassador bill taylor came to capitol hill with a startling new detail about President Trump last friday, a member of my staff told me of events that occurred on july 26. Reporter that staffer, david holmes, told taylor what he overheard while sitting at a ukrainian cafe with Gordon Sondland, the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Ambassador sondland called President Trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. Ambassador sondland told President Trump t
Democrats already running cant beat donald trump. I have no problem with him getting in the race. I dont think that big money ought to be able to buy our elections. Inside politics, the biggest stories sourced by the best reporters now. Welcome to inside politics. Im john king. To our viewers in the United States and around the world, thank you for sharing your sunday. The trump impeachment inquiry goes public this week, a new critical and unpredictable chapter of enormous consequence. Partisan tensions are highment just late saturday the democratic chairman leading the hearings rejected a republican request to force testimony from the whistleblower, whose anonymous complaint started all of this. There is no doubt President Trump directed his personal attorney to run a rogue policy that angered politics across the government. And theres no doubt it was born of a Conspiracy Theory and vendettas. The challenge is to prove it was outside of normal lines and an abuse of power and contrary