here s how you re going to see it. when the committee gavels into session, you re going to hear opening statements frommed a an schiff and devin nunes and then two witnesses. after that things will change. instead of five minutes of circus-like atmosphere from member after member of the panel, you re going to see 45 minutes late from the democrats. then you re going to see 45 minutes straight from the republicans. that will change the dynamic of how this works. that will change how narratives are presented, how effective either side is on the hearing. this will be different. this matters. if you talk to republicans, if you pitalk on democrats, this i the ohm thing they agree on. keep an eye on it. it s a big day. i m sure everybody is going to be watching that. thanks for that, phil matt g mattingly. they re trying not to promise too much as they did in the run-up to robert mueller s
interactions with the president. here s what you re going to see. you re going to hear from adam schiff and devin nun yes, sir and then the two witnesses. after that, things will change. instead of five minutes of circuit-ling to see 45 minutes from the democrats, then you re going the see 45 minutes from the republicans, likely largely yielded to one of their staff counsels. that will dynamically change how that works, how effective ee fehr side is on the hearing. this will be different. this matters. and when you talk to republicans, you talk to democrats. if there s only one thing they agree on, they agree on the gravity of the moment. so keep an eye on it. it s a big day. i m sure everybody s going to be watching. guys? i am sure, phil, thanks.
demanding in return an investigation into joe biden and his son. democrats first witnesses, two career civil servants seated together for the entire day, bill tayloring temperature top american diplomat in ukraine saying he was told everything depended on ukraine publicly announcing these investigations. as taylor put it behind closed doors, that was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. george kent was in charge of ukraine policy and was concerned about politically motivating prosecutions. he was told the prosecution wanted nothing less. even in extraordinary times, this will be an extraordinary day. congressional reporter phil mattingly has more on capitol hill. christine and dave, here we
president trump will no doubt be watching system of the impeachment hearing, but he s counterprogramming in a very different way. president erdogan is visiting the white house today. let s go to cnn s jomana karadsheh. reporter: their relationship has been strained in the past few years, especially the last few months. topping the agenda for the united states, for the trump administration today is obviously going to be something that has been quite the controversy in the united states, and that is turkey s military offensive in northeastern syria, something that has united politicians and lawmakers from both sides in
needed military aid to ukraine, demanding in return an investigation into joe biden and his son. democrats first witnesses, two career civil servants seated together for the entire hour. bill taylor, the top american diplomat in ukraine tying the president directly to the campaign saying he was told everything depended on ukraine. taylor put it behind closed doors. that was my clear understanding, security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. george kent is another one. he was concerned about politically motivated prosecutions. he told lawmakers president trump wanted nothing less than president zelensky to go to a microphone to say investigations, biden, and clinton. congressional reporter phil