Please join me in the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible with liberty and justice for all. Color guard retreat. Color guard dismissed and audience may be seated. Thank you very much. Can we give our girl scouts a warm round of applause . [applaus [applause]. These young women are senior girl scouts, which means theyre in high school and they represent a few different troops that are working on learning how to interact with the world, to travel, to to do a lot of Different Things, but to explore the world and then to support younger girls, bringing them along. A couple of them i know are working on their leadership award, thats like the equivalent of the eagle award. So let me just introduce myself, let you know how were going to move through this town hall today, but first, i want to say thank you. Thank you for coming out, for participating in the process, for
We are watching for Willy Alexander vindman, he is a decorated iraq war veteran, a purple heart veteran, a very credible witness and he will be talking about what it was like to be on that july 25 phone call with between President Trump and president lindsay of the ukraine. The reason why he is significant is because you raised alarm bells twice. Once during the july 10th meeting between the ukraine officials at the white house and white house officials including Gordon Sondland having to do with the alleged bribery for the alleged quid pro quo where President Trump has been and people around him have been demanding investigations for ukraine to carry out investigations into the bidens. In order to secure 400 million of security a. So then men will be critical. He will be able to speak directly to what it was like, what he interpreted on july 25 phone call between trump and the wednesday. Talk of the pairing, at 9 am benjamin and Jennifer Williams, aide to Vice President mike pence, wh