It is 12 00 in new york. Were following what has already been a dramatic day of testimony on capitol hill from two key witnesses, former nsc Senior Adviser fiona hill and current u. S. Diplomat david holmes, both witnesses raising alarms today about the conduct they witnessed between the Trump Administration and ukraine, namely the conditioning of both military aid and a white house meeting on a commitment from the ukrainians into those investigations designed to hurt the bidens, a Smear Campaign against Ukraine Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch who was apparently standing in the way. The conduct of both of todays witness witnesses, they believed lives could be jeopardized in ukraine. Here is some of the dramatic testimony of fiona hill and david holmes. The barrage of allegations
directed against ambassador yovanovitch, a career ambassador, is unlike anything i have seen in my professional career. I heard ambassador sondland say to the president , yes, he was in ukraine, and went on to say
and others. there will be a complete exoneration. if you, like me, are wondering just how conclusive this report will be, it is worth remembering that mr. trump has done this before. last summer, after the january six committee released its findings, trump issued to a 12 page report that he claims offered proof of election cheating. as the washington post philip bump put it at the time, the report was something of a greatest hits collection for his long-standing crusade against reality. peppered with expected pejoratives against the january six committee, it is really not for what it says about the election, but for what it says about trump. he demonstrates no ability to discern fact from fiction about the election results, but also shows no interest in trying to draw such a distinction. joining me now to discuss this, is david cloth, former white house senior adviser under
willby it is worth remembering donald trump has done this before. he offered a 12-page report that he claimed offered proof of election cheating. the report was something of a hits peppered with pejoratives about the january 6th committee it s revealing what it says not about the election but what it says about trump. he demonstrates no ability to discern fact from fiction about the election results but also shows no interest in trying to draw such a distinction. joining me now to discuss this is david plouffe, former advisor for president obama. we re given a full illustration. can you contrast that as allegedly and apparently illegal
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in the united states, canada, and around the world. i m laila harrak and you re watching cnn newsroom. republican voters in the state of iowa could be the first to pick their new presidential nominee. the state s central committee voted unanimously to hold their first in the nation caucuses on january 15th. several other states have yet to declare the dates of their nominating contests, but the iowa date would be the earliest start to the nomination process since 2012. former president donald trump called on supporters in nevada to help voters turn out in massive numbers to return him to the white house. mr. trump lost to joe biden in the 2020 election by 2.2 percentage points. speaking at a volunteer recruitment events, trump spouted his usual lies about election cheating. he then went on to criticize his leading opponent, ron desantis. in tip tall trump fashion, the