Some of my reality it has not always been easy i have moved 13 times and served in 7 Different Countries 5 of them hardship posts my 1st tour was Mogadishu Somalia an increasingly dangerous place as that countrys civil war grinding on and the government was weakening the military took over policing functions in a particularly brutal way and basic Services Services disappeared several years later after the soviet union collapsed i helped open our embassy in Tashkent Uzbekistan as we were establishing relations with a new country our small embassy was attacked by a gunman who sprayed the Embassy Building with gunfire. I later served in moscow in 1993 during the attempted coup in mosque in russia i was caught in crossfire between president ial and parliamentary forces it took us 3 tries me without a helmet or body armor to get into a vehicle to go to the embassy we went because the ambassador asked us to come and we went because it was our duty. From august 26th until may 2019 i served as
[inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] the meeting will come to order. Good morning, everyone. This is the second in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the houses impeachment inquiry, without objection the chairman reserves the right to call recess. make an Opening Statement and representative nunes will make an Opening Statement and well turn to the witness for Opening Statement and then to questions. For audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. In turn, we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. As chairman ill take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order to ensure that the committee is run in accordance with house rules and House Resolution 660. With that i now recognize myself to give an Opening Statement in the impeachment inquiry into donald j. Trump, the 45th president of the United States. In april, 201
Hearing of tchment inquiry. Wednesday. This mornings witness former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. She has already arrived at the hill this morning. More than 30 years she spent a veteran of the u. S. Foreign Service Serving under both republican and democratic president s. She became a target of President Trumps personal lawyer Rudy Guiliani and was ousted by the president earlier this year. Helping us follow it all this morning we have chuck todd our meet the press moderator in washington. Andrea mitchell is here. Richard engel and former Justice Department prosecutor Andrew Weisman now an nbc news legal analyst. Lets start on the hill. Nbcs jeff bennett at his post with what to expect this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning to you. Marie yovanovitch has been a Foreign Service officer for some 33 years serving in six president ial administrations, three times as an ambassador in hot spots all around the world, two times appointed by a republican president in
Of his party, and democrat Sean Patrick Maloney. Then, former new york city mayor and billionaire businessman Michael Bloomberg weighs a late entry into the democratic race for president. Hes not going to do well but i think hes going to hurt by it naturally. Little michael will fail. Chris we will ask our sunday panel how bloombergs possible move could reshape the democratic campaign. And our power player of the week, the iconic horsedrawn caisson performing a solemn duty honoring our nations veterans. All right now on Fox News Sunday. Chris and hello again from fox news in washington. The House Democratic effort to impeach President Trump moves into a key new phase this week, public hearings, in which career Government Officials will testify on camera about how President Trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rivals. The big question will this change the dynamic of the inquiry that so far has remained strictly partisans . In a moment we will speak with two members of th
On Robert Mueller testify before the House Judiciary Committee and House Intelligence Committee later today. Washington journal is next. Any testimony from this office would not go beyond our report. It contains our findings and analysis and the reasons for the decisions we made. We chose those words carefully and the work speaks for itself. The report is my testimony. Monthst has been two since Robert Mueller said his report is his testimony. Today, he will be up on capitol hill for the House Judiciary Committee, in the witness chair for three hours, swearing to tell the truth to 41 members of that committee as they focus on volume 2 of the report, obstruction of justice. At noon, he will answer questions in the same room about volume 1. He will be answering questions from the House Intelligence Committee. Begins here on cspan and www. Cspan. Org. Download the free washington app. A cspan radio before we take you into the Committee Room, we want to get your thoughts on Robert Muellers