we ve got text messages from volker and sondland. reporter: volker s private text message the morning of the july 25th call revealed ukrainian officials pushing for a white house meeting. volker, writing to an aide for zelensky, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate and get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for the visit to washington. good luck. on august 9th, sondland messages volker. i think potus really wants the deliverable. going on to suggest volker should ask for the ukrainian president s aid in crafting a draft statement so we can see exactly what they propose to cover. volker will also appear on tuesday. kurt volker, remember, is a former career service officer. kurt volker knew what normal foreign policy looks like. reporter: the week s final witness fiona hill expected to describe what she saw as a nightmare scenario, private
house democrats are trying to build. reporter: former special representative to ukraine kurt volker defendd the president s actions in closed-door testimony telling lawmakers there was, quote, no leverage implied. there was no linkage. and i think further testimony in depositions will confirm that multiple times. we ve got text messages from vlker and sondland. reporter: volker s private text message the morning of the july 25th call revealed ukrainian officials pushing for a white house meeting. volker, writing to an aide for zelensky, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for the visit to washington. good luck. on august 9th, sondland messages volker. i think potus really wants the deliverable. going on to suggest volker should ask for the ukrainian president s aid in crafting a, quote, drafted statement so that we can see exactly what they propose to cover.
to washington. good luck. on august 9th, sondland messages volker. i think potus really wants the deliverable. going on to suggest volker should ask for the ukrainian president s aid in crafting a, quote, draft statement so we can see exactly what they propose to cover. volker will also appear on tuesday. kurt volker, let s remember, is a former career foreign service officer. kurt volker knew what normal foreign policy looks like. reporter: the final witness fiona hill is expected to see private interest driving u.s. policy and high stakes into a explosive week of testimony. we re adjourned. and thanks to erica hill for the reporting. is the impeachment inquiry changing any minds of any voters in key battleground states? we ll go live to a county president trump won by just 109 votes in 2016.
zelensky, assuming president z convinces trump he will investigate, get to the bottom of what happened in 2016, we will nail donwn a date for the visit to washington. good luck. on august 9th, sondland messages volker. i think potus really wants the deliverable. going on to suggest volker should ask for the ukrainian president s aid in crafting a, quote, draft statement so we can see exactly what they propose to cover. volker will also appear on tuesday. kurt volker, let s remember, is a former career foreign service officer. kurt volker knew what normal policy looks like. reporter: the final witness, fiona hill, is expected to describe what she saw as a nightmare scenario, private interests driving u.s. policy. where do you think everybody needs to be at the end of next week? i think democrats need to be in a position where they can say we are confident in this case, and i think the republicans need to be at a place of either
reported the president told the nra that universal background checks are off at the table. again, no dispute. but the article in the atlantic went on to indicate no universal background checks meant no new background checks period writing he meaning the president was cementing his stance we have background checks and he s not waffling on this anymore. that is when the white house pushed back saying the atlantic story is wrong because the president has not supported universal background checks but meaningful background checks are still under consideration. and it is true the president has not supported universal background checks. for example, on august 9th, mr. president said intelligent background checks. this past week and some believed he tried to walk that back by saying we have a lot of background checks now, but listen to the president today where he reemphasizes both points. watch. i m not doing that to be cute.