Theres nothing wrong with georgetown. Its a fine place. Right . Its a wonderful place. But its the only choice at the end of a distinguished career, after all that. Its not the end of a hallmark movie. Its the end of a really bad Reality Tv Show brought to you by someone who knows a lot about that. Why did you you previously testified that you sought advice from ambassador sondland at this time about what to do. Is that correct . I did. And why did you reach out to the ambassador . Because this was clearly so political and was not going to be you know, the state department was not in a position, shall we say, to manage the issue. It didnt appear to me. And so i asked ambassador sondland, who said that he, you know, he was a political appointee. Said he was close to the president , and so he had just been in ukraine for a ship visit with some of his eu colleagues from brussels and so i reached out to him for advice. When this was no longer a ukraine kind of, an interview with mr. Yut si
Their sense of humor arguing with them. Martha do you feel like that sometimes . Neither side seems ready at this point, or willing, at least at this point, to start to lighten up on this whole thing. At least not right now. Our elected officials in washington are laser focused on impeachment. Everything else appears to be dead in the water. What he is doing is an assault on the constitution of the United States. We can walk and chew gum at the same time. I hope you can too. Martha before the public hearings began, 57 of americans say they were against impeaching the president and thought they would change their mind. 34 were open to watching these hearings, taking in the new evidence, and seeing what they think. But then your near times reported this today of the hearings so far, that there were no times the hearing penetrated the general public, while regular television stations broken to advise. There was no sign of putting aside all the watergate. Is nancy pelosi perhaps wishing sh
A report that there could be a second potential whistleblower on ukraine. The times says its a second intel official, one who is also alarmed by president trumps dealings and may have more firsthand information about the situation. However, tonight we dont have to wait. We have the truth in front of us. It comes from the president s former special envoy to ukraine. He told Congress Nothing anonymous, he was there in person, he is real and bona fide. You havent even heard the president bad mouth him and he Gave Congress his testimony and the proof of the same, which all directed the idea of a Pressure Campaign for trumps political gain. The key aspect, apart from the text, kurt volker detailed how Rudy Giuliani, the president s personal lawyer, demanded ukraine release a Public Statement committed to investigating the 2016 election and the firm tied to joe bidens son. The key part is volker and a ukraine official both making it clear they think thats a bad idea for the country because i
Listened in on the president s july 25th phone call, the call. Telling investigators that that call was, quote, unusual and inappropriate and it shed light on other possible motivations to hold Security Assistance. Also transcripts just released frod white house adviser tim morrison. He confirms the testimony of ambassador bill taylor telling investigators that the ukrainians were told that military assistance, not just the white house meeting, was conditioned on a public announcement of political investigations that the president wanted. Now, that news breaking even as a saturday deposition was just wrapping up. Office of management and budget official mark sandy you see there, defying white house orders to testify, speaking with congressional investigators for roughly 5 1 2 hours. The omb is at the center of this investigation, this inquiry that actually held up because it is agency that actually paused and stopped the military aid being paid to ukraine. Were going to start with msnb
Are you considering the source . You of all people. Thats what they said. Oh, well, then. Its about cost saving. Can you imagine being in a place where you didnt want reality, that you were so averse to reality you didnt even want it seeping in, you cant even look at a newspaper . I mean, imagine imagine what it takes to have to do that, to get the entire operation around you to go to a place where you dont have to see anything negative. Not even just negative. But any sort of constructive criticism about what youre doing. Thats a bad, bad place. Right. Except i dont think the place is as big as you suggest. Oh, really . I think what we know about this president is he has very few people around him. He relies on very few people if any at all and he has not gotten the entire environment to be on the same page. Thats why were getting the testimony weve been given. I dont even know that we would have had this six or eight months ago. I think that a consistent malignancy of behavior has ac