Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com fear and tension are growing by the hour in iraq right now with isis militants seizing city after city, town after town. The sunni fighters now have a direct line to the western outskirts can of baghdad where shiite forces say theyre prepared to fight to the death in a sectarian battle for control of the country. In the middle of it all, a surprise appearance today in baghdad by americas top diplomat. Were covering all thing ands of the crisis with our analysts and correspondents inside iraq as well as here in washington. Our Senior International correspondent Nic Robertson is in baghdad and he begins our coverage this hour. What is the latest . Well, wolf, john kerry has just left the city here. He got agreements from the leading politicians here to stay committed to a timeline for forming a new government. That is quite a protracted process. In the meantime, isis fighters continue to make substantial gains in the country all the way up to the border
Interrogation techniques, in his words, valuable information. He said some of the actions were unauthorized and abhorrent and admitted the cia sometimes exceeded the Legal Authority during interrogations. He spoke to the nation and the world in a live address from cia headquarters and he began by recalling the horrible moments by 9 11 where planes ran into buildings and america changed forever. The plane in new york and then in shanksville, pennsylvania. And then he spoke of the heroism of the embattled cia agents. The men and women in our Counter Terrorism center stayed at their posts despite the danger. They worked through that day and that night and the following days an the following nights to piece together the clues as to what plans were under way to carry out yet more atacts. Barbara starr is outfront tonight at the pentagon. Those are the strongest words from the cia director on this torture report and frankly, i thought in some ways, Even Stronger than the printed rebuttal the
Angeles area as a growing wildfire burns through neighborhoods. Right now, behind closed doors as we mentioned a minute ago, its all happening on capitol hill, a key player in the crumb ukrainian impeachment investigation is giving a highstakes deposition to members of congress. Its former ambassador to the ukraine mariian kna yoef know v. He was initially blocked by the Trump Administration for meeting with congressional investigators. The other you may remember is Gordon Sondland, the president s ambassador to the European Union. He was the one who exchanged Text Messages about the president , ukraine and joe biden. He now says that hes in for a meeting for investigators. That is scheduled to lap sometime next week. Lets go right to the center of action in washington, d. C. Nbcs Garrett Haake is live on capitol hill. Nbcs hans nichols is at the white house for us. Garrett, let me begin with you. Within the last hour or so. We saw marie yoef vich arrive. Putting the clamp down on ever
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Even as more witnesses come before congress and the cast of characters grow, the central core facts of the ukraine story do not change. We know from documents the white house itself released and through statements by the president himself that the president of the United States corruptly abused the power of his office to coerce an occupied country into manufacturing dirt on his political opponent. The president of ukraine told trump he wanted to buy more american weapons. President trump responded i want to ask you a favor, though. That is what the whistleblower warned congress about, that is what led House Democrats to open an impeachment investigation into the president. What we learned from that investigation hasnt been any better for the president. The third current or former Trump Administration official testified as part of that investigation and it was another marathon session after former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch
Good evening from new york. Im chris hayes. Even as more witnesses come before congress and the cast of characters grow, the central core facts of the ukraine story do not change. We know from documents the white house itself released and through statements by the president himself that the president of the United States corruptly abused the power of his office to coerce an occupied country into manufacturing dirt on his political opponent. The president of ukraine told trump he wanted to buy more american weapons. President trump responded i want to ask you a favor, though. That is what the whistleblower warned congress about, that is what led House Democrats to open an impeachment investigation into the president. What we learned from that investigation hasnt been any better for the president. The third current or former Trump Administration official testified as part of that investigation and it was another marathon session after former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine Marie Yovanovitch