And 15 minutes long. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] this committee will come to rnder. Good morning, everyone. This is the first of a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the impeachment inquiry, without objection the chair is authorized to declare recess at the committee of any time there is a quorum present. Here is how the committee will proceed for the hearing. I will make an Opening Statement in the Ranking Member will have opportunity to make a statement. We will go to witness statements and then to questions. For audience members, we welcome you and we respect your interest in being here. In turn we ask for your respect as we proceed with todays hearing. It is the intention to proceed without disruption. Man making a polymer entry inquiry. This is our first hearing under the new set of rules, House Resolution 660 gives you the discretion to allow yourself in the Ranking Member
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Witnesses up are 2 veteran diplomats acting u. S. Ambassador to ukraine William Taylor and Deputy Assistant secretary of state george cant a tailor has said in closed door testimony he had what he calls a clear understanding the trump wanted to pressure ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden in exchange for continuing military aid to ukraine cant testify the trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani pushed for the removal of the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine marie avantage who will testify on friday the president denies any wrongdoing and says the inquiry is in his words the greatest witch hunt in american history. Kimberly how kate is at the white house and castro is on capitol hill for us where that hearing is of course taking place well be talking to both of them in just a few minutes but 1st patty cohan begins our coverage. From a most the 1st day of his presidency there have been calls for Donald Trumps impeachment. But for the 1st 2 years with his party in control of con
Wt is the full extent cleared away. Chuck rosenberg. Of the democrats prior senator mccains former coordination with the whistleblower, and who else did colleague, jeff flake, retired the whistleblower coordinate senator from arizona, surmised this effort with . That if a secret impeachment second, what is the full extent vote were held, 3035 of the of ukraines Election Meddling Senate republican members would against the Trump Campaign . Vote to impeach. And i thought how sad, how sad, and third, why did burisma hire that it takes a secret vote to hunter biden, and what did he do for them, and did his position make a courageous vote. Affect any u. S. Government actions under the obama it should be 3035 if they administration . These questions will remain believe thats the right thing to do. I know im sounding naive, but i outstanding because republicans were denied the right to call witnesses that know these remember being saddened by that. I feel the same way. Answers. What we will w
Indications that mike pompeo already deeply involved in this ukraine story may be heading home to kansas to convince voters to send him to the senate instead. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on this friday night. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 1,037 of the trump administration, a marathon round of hearings and this impeachment very long now concluded, at least for now. Weve heard directly from 12 current and former government officials over 35 hours. The facts are no longer in dispute. They testified that the president was, in effect, pressuring ukraine into announcing investigations into the bidens by withholding a promised white house meeting and vital military aid already approved by congress. Republicans have used these hearings to advance a theory that it was ukraine somehow and not russia that interfered in our 2016 election. Thats not true. The idea of blaming ukraine for the election interference in the first place came fr