Inquiry considering whether to impeach the president for privately urging ukraine to probe divides. Plus iraqs Prime Minister promises to answer protesters demands after dozens are killed in antigovernment protests he says the demonstrators are right to call for an end to corruption. Im brian thomas great to have you with us germanys interior minister is in turkey today for talks about the rising number of migrants arriving on europe shores at a meeting in ankara with his turkish counterpart part force a whole for offered continued support for turkey which he said faces enormous pressure from increased refugee arrivals the visit comes amidst tensions over a sharp increase in migrants arriving from turkey which is outside of the e. U. To greece which is part of the bloc say over is also due to hold talks with greek officials later today in athens. Well the situation in greece is reaching crisis levels at a number of refugee camps the Un Refugee Agency says more than 10000 people right n
Return for the 2016 dnc server and burisma investigation. When you heard burisma, you didnt see it as code for biden, the bidens . I did not. When did you know that. Your testimony saying that burisma included the bidens when the readout came out. My testimony wasnt specific with regards to the date. September . I dont recall the date. If i told you that the Legal Definition of bribery was an event of offering, giving, soliciting or receiving of any item of value and the means of influencing an action of an individual holding a public or legal duty. Do you believe that not only was it quid pro quo but it was bribery. Not a lawyer and im not going to characterize what
something was or wasnt legally. You also said in your Opening Statement that Secretary Perry and yourself, as well as Ambassador Volker worked with giuliani on the ukraine matter, and express direction of the president. Is that right . You also go on to say that we did not want to work with giuliani, simply put we played t
statements, you tend to believe them. with my limited interaction with him, he seemed honorable. thank you, mr. ambassador. i yield back. mr. castro. good afternoon, ambassador. welcome. others close to president trump have made it clear that investigations were in fact part of a condition for u.s. assistance to ukraine, including ridge giuliani and mick mulvaney, the acting chief of staff. ambassador sondland, at a press conference on october 17, acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney discussed his belief that it s entirely appropriate to politicize u.s. foreign policy. ambassador, how often did you speak or meet with mr. mulvaney? again, based on my lack of records, i m going by a bad memory. based on your memory. i think i had one formal meeting with mr. mulvaney and had nothing to do with ukraine.