opportunity for the american people to evaluate the witnesses for themselves and make their own determinations about the credibility of the witnesses. reporter: up first, wednesday, the most senior u.s. diplomat in ukraine, ambassador bill taylor and his boss george kent followed friday by ambassador marie yovanovitch whom the president pulled out of ukraine after what she called a concerted campaign against her by rudy giuliani and others. all three have testified to the shadow ukraine policy that giuliani was leading on behalf of president trump. trying to put a ribbon on a sham process doesn t make it any less of a sham. reporter: republicans have slammed the process for the secrecy and now they re allowed to call witnesses but democrats have the final say. one big request from republicans, the whistle-blower. it is impossible to bring this case forward, in my view fairly, without us knowing who the whistle-blower is and having a chance to cross-examine them. reporter: but
be wild. and on the flip side, it is incumbent on the democrats to make the case through questioning which historically speaking doesn t always go the way the majority party wants on either side depending on the goal. that is exactly right. what is different this time around is that democrats will have the first 45 minutes to question these witnesses consecutively. that s bill taylor and george kent on the first day of the public hearings and that allows them a good chunk of time to tell a straightforward narrative in order to get a more direct picture painted here. because with these 2500 pages worth of transcripts, it is easy for republicans and democrats to cherry pick what they want people to pay attention to but here they ll ask pointed questions that will be asking the senior white house officials, some of them republicans, trying to directly connect the quid pro quo, this extortion scheme directly to president trump. so let s go back to that and to your point about republi
battle with elizabeth warren over her medicare for all plan. we are the richest country in the history of the world and, yes, we can afford health care for our people. what is elitist about structural change. there is nothing elitist. i was responding to a common she made. anyone who disagreed with her on took her on on the issue for medicare for all was a coward and not willing to stand up and state what they thought, was somehow doing something i think the phrase was should be in a republican primary. when we talk about medicare for all and people talk about it taking two years, five years, ten years to get it done, that doesn t give any real reassurance to people out there. can somebody who supports medicare for all beat donald trump? i m not going to make that judgment. i think there is a much better way. reporter: on the stump, an issue in his wheelhouse, the violence against women act which he helped right. there is a lot that happened
concerns with national security counsel lawyer, he told him not to discuss the call. and then moved the transcript to the higher security server. wednesday brings two career diplomats to the hill. warned him about rudy giuliani involvement with ukraine. and pressure from giuliani allies to out the former ukraine ambassador, yovanovitch. began earlier than previously known. this is a sad day. it s a sad day because nobody comes to congress to impeach a president. the impeachment vote putting the house on record. trying to put a ribbon on a sham process doesn t make it less of sham. i hope le will vote to continue the investigation simply so we can be clear on all the facts. with just two democrats defecting the measure passes along party lines. there was a lot of work
plus get instant access to your teams with the power of your voice. that s simple, easy, awesome. say nba league pass into your voice remote to upgrade for a great low price - or go online today. there doesn t appear to be a single unifying strike thatty on the part of the president trump s allies on the impeachment defense. some republican snarpts are tossing around the idea they can can see if tlfts a quid pro quo on the ukraine affair. that it s not worthy of impeachment. listen to other gop arguments