investigations, that could help the president politically, everything meaning security assistance, as well as an aid that nearly $400 million aid package as well as this meeting between president zelensky and president trump in washington. they are saying he did not know anything other than what was told to him through a game of telephone. this is also detailed in the 18-page staff memo released today that details essentially what they are planning to do. move from their arguments over the process into the substance. and the substance that they are trying to point out is that there was no pressure exerted by president trump on president zelensky during that july phone call. eventually they say the aid was released and provided to ukraine. but that does conflict with what a number of witnesses have testified to. there was serious concern that this aid had been with dheld as president trump and rudy giuliani, under president trump s orders, was pursuing these investigations. pursuing ukr
not occur until ukraine provided the public anti-corruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks. this into investigation into the bidens and the 2016 election and later said it was tied to release of aid. something isn t what was alleged he. the quid pro quo, what democrats alleged and something denied to gordon sondland. sondland told a separate individual there was no quid pro quo based on what the president said, but based on what he s privately telling ukraine officials, it s different than what the president was saying. also, brooke, significant in this testimony was him acknowledging that a meeting that had been sought by president zelensky of ukraine with president trump in washington essentially had been put on ice until rudy giuliani s demands were met for these investigations. so two key matters here. the aid, $400 million withheld, as well as this meeting in ukraine. essentially it went nowhere until those investigations were
also with regard to the $400 million in military aid? how does that work? you should, of course, tell the truth the first time and prepared for your testimony using documents and any other means to refresh your recollection the first time, but oftentimes if what you really want is the information. what you really want is what sondland new and when and what people told him et cetera. he gets another chance. i think they ll want him back in person. they ll give him another chance to come in, correct the record, all of those times said he wasn t sure, i can t remember. now he remembers. get the real answer and he likely won t face any consequences for that. come back to that in a second. gloria to you in washington. two pieces of reporting have been out in the last couple minutes. number one, that sondland said he called rick perry. energy secretary. the day before his deposition to refresh his memory of that july 10th meeting at the white house. number two, that sondland told the com
completely different situation. trump was wiretapped. some anonymous special service staffer leaked this information and based on what we know from the call, was there nothing wrong there. trump asked his colleague to investigate possible corruption schemes about previous administrations. a remarkable statement there from the russian president seemingly showing president trump that even as things heat up around president trump in washington, the russian president seems to still very much be in his corner, wolf. fred pleitgen in moscow, thanks for that. authorities just confirmed that seven people were killed in the crash of a vintage warplane. the world war ii era bomber crashed while trying to land in an airport in connecticut shooting column was black smoke in the air. 13 people were onboard the plane including the seven killed. at least one person on the ground was injured. officials say the pilot reported a problem shortly after takeoff. witnesses say the plane wasn t
presidential election and saying he ll do it again. translator: i ll tell you a secret. yes, of course, we ll do it. to finally make you happy. just don t tell anyone. putin also backing the demands of some in washington to see further transcripts of president donald trump s interactions with other world leaders including the putin summit in helsinki last year. translator: when there were attempts to launch a scandal regarding my meeting with trump in helsinki, we directly told the administration to just publish it. if somebody wants to know something just publish it. we don t mind. reporter: but vladimir putin had president trump s talking points on the now infamous ukrainian phone call. translator: they began this impeachment proceeding and always bring up nixon. nixon s team was wiretapping their rivals, but this is a