More damming testimony expected in the house impeachment probe today. For the first time house investigators will hear from a white house official who was actually assigned to listen in on the phone call to the center of the inquiry. New york times was the first to obtain the Opening Statement of a top ukraine expert on the National Security council who is currently serving active duty in the u. S. Army. He is expected to testify that he twice reported concerns to the lead attorney, once after a july 10th meeting in washington between then National Security adviser john bolton and his ukrainian counterpart and attended by ambassadors kurt volker and Gordon Sondland. The meeting was cut short when sonland talked about ukraine delivering specific investigations in order to secure a meeting between the two president s. And the Opening Statement continues following this meeting, there was a scheduled debriefing during which ambassador sondland emphasized the importance that ukraine deliver
Personal business dealings. Debate night, 12 Democratic Candidates will face off in ohio as joe biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders taking center stage, and what to watch for, and where the race stands going into tonight. And turkeys assault on the kurds is escalating after americas withdrawal from northern syria, and the president is now saying that, what the president is now saying after yet another phone call with turkeys president. Good morning, everyone. It is tuesday, october 15. Im Ayman Mohyeldin alongside Yasmin Vossoughian. We begin with the impeachment push on capitol hill. Fiona hill testified more more than nine hours behind closed doors yesterday, a source told nbc news, she told lawmakers that former National Security adviser john bolton was so disturbed by the efforts to get ukraine to investigate the president s political opponents, that he labeled it a quote drug deal. And that he wanted no part of the effort, which reportedly involved acting white house chief
Good morning, everybody. It is wednesday, november 27th, im Yasmin Vossoughian alongside nbc News White House correspondent geoff bennett. We begin with President Trump who had a Campaign Rally in the swing state of florida last night, once again denying the military operations were tied to military aid. Documents released from the office of management budget shows that the white house initiated the move to freeze the aid on the same day as the july 25th phone call with the president of ukraine. At the same time, two sources telling the New York Times that the president was aware of the whistleblower complaint when he released the aid. Also notable, the president is putting distance between himself and his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. Talking to bill riley. What was Rudy Giuliani doing in ukraine on your behalf . Well, you have to ask that to rudy, rudy, i think he cancelled the trip. Rudy has other clients other than me. So, you didnt direct him to go there on your behalf . No, no
Republicans got their rear ends handed to them on the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the standalone Israel aid bill and the border deal. Senate Democrats just boxed them in on standalone aid to Ukraine.