Were joined by democrat Sean Patrick Maloney and republican Chris Stewart, plus Chris Christie and rahm emanuel at our powerhouse round table. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Announcer from abc news its this week. Here now chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. It was another week for the history books. For only the fourth Time Congress gavels in hearings to impeach a president. I know recognize myself to give an opening statement. The members of congress reflected the raw politics of our time. Democrats are advancing their impeachment scam. If this is not impeachable conduct, what is . This process is unfair. The witnesses, diplomats from a different washington. Another time. I have served proudly as a nonpartisan Career Foreign Service officer. Im not here to take one side or the other. Ambassador William Taylor surprised with news. A member of his staffer witnessed a trump phone call. Following th
He has been questioned by both republicans and democrats of course what makes his testimony particularly interesting is his relationship to President Trump he has been known he was a trump lets call a point that he is very well known as a trump ally and a trump supporter and he has been questioned on that and that in some ways makes his testimony quite difficult to dismiss that republicans have picked up on contradictions in some of his remarks and revisions to his testimony of course he made an early test mean and then issued a statement to a man and then or is that there have been contradictions and inconsistencies in some of solomons remarks compared to what weve heard from other senior figures so thats what weve seen republicans seize on his credibility or perhaps the lack of it in what he is saying now but of course hearing is continuing. To do their patriotic duty and do what you have done sir indeed. Why doesnt that same standard applied to the president of the United States i w
Start, his phone died, he had to walk home, and he couldnt stop stepping in buckets. [ light laughter ] u. S. Embassy staffer david holmes testified this morning that u. S. Diplomats did not want to work with Rudy Giuliani, with Eu Ambassador Gordon Sondland once saying, quote, every time rudy gets involved, he goes and gets effs everything up. [ laughter ] its true. I mean, for example, heres what new york city looked like before rudy was mayor [ laughter ] during last nights debate senator Amy Klobuchar touted her fundraising ability and claimed she set an alltime Senate Record by bringing in 17,000 from exboyfriends [ light laughter ] so either she has one or two wealthy exes or she freaky [ laughter ] former Vice President joe bidens campaign sent out a fundraising email yesterday asking supporters to evaluate his debate performance six hours before the debate actually took place. Said biden, damn, and with the election next week [ laughter ] senator cory booker last night attacked
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Intelligence committee continues another week of public hearings. You can join the conversation by phone or send us a comment on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning. It is thursday, november 21, day 5 of the impeachment hearings. Explicit quid pro quo done at President Trumps direction. 10 leading president ial primary candidates took to the stage in atlanta for the fifth debate of the 2020 election cycle. You can join us by giving us a call. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text this morning. That number, 2027488003. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. Otherwise, catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. You can start calling now and we will begin by showing you the front page banner headline of usa today. Everyone was in the loop. Yes, there was a quid pro quo. I followed the directions of the president. [vide