republicans. i ll ask the ambassador what he is expecting to learn in the public testimony. the names of prominent figures and conservative media vocal supporters of the president are pep pepered throughout the closed door testimony. the state of play in the democratic race for the nomination. what a new poll is telling us tonight about the race in iowa. we ll begin with the breaking news. from the washington post reporting that rudy giuliani associate who president trump claims not to know says he discussed ukraine with the president at a dinner in april of 2018. so joining me now a national security reporter for the post. thank you so much. let s talk about giuliani associates indicted on criminal charges for funneling foreign money into u.s. elections. what act ukraine did they discuss with the president?
what started with a whistleblower who complaint was being squashed. ha brought us to this point. it s been shockingly quick. it has. the complaint was i think it speaks to the strength of the complaint. and how much detail was in that complaint. that it provided a road map to the three house committees to investigated. and they were able to quickly identify senior government officials who could speak to what the whistleblower was concerned about. so in a sense the whistleblower is not really important in this investigation. because they are the person who called 911. you don t need that person anymore. but the just as a reporter if you read the complaint and the testimony hundreds and hundreds of pages of testimony released,
george kent. also testifying tomorrow. in his closed door hearing he said potus wanted nothing less than president zelensky to go to a microphone and say investigations biden and clinton. taylor and kent back up each others testimony there. two non-partisan career diplomats up first. what does that tell you the investigators are trying to show? frankly there is an extortion plan by trump and giuliani. to extort the ukraine government to convince the ukrainians to go after former vice president biden for the president s personal gain. that s the story as i read taylor and kent testimony they observed. they were publish pushed to the sideline. in the key positions. kent the senior person in the state department following ukraine. bill taylor our ambassador. in ukraine. and kiev. watching all this unfold. and it takes them if you read
2020 election. asking him to investigate accusations against trumps reelection rival. it s been sen weeks since speaker nancy pelosi announced the impeachment inquiry. no one is above the law. several diplomats and government officials have come to capitol hill and testified behind closed doors. a process the president loyal defenders have blasted as unfair. we have had three days of testimony all behind closed doors. three unique per spktives people didn t see. wednesday they will see and hear from key government witnesses. saying the controversy was brewing inside the administration for months before that july phone call. more than 2,600 pages of transcript from the sessions reviewed by cnn reveal how the president s personal lawyer was sidestepping the state department to deal with ukrainian officials.
100% effort for which ever president the american people elect. we don t play politics. these people have not. you have seen the testimony. middle of the fare way. telling the truth as they stee. for the american people after having witness ld the sorted acts, these dishonest acts of a trump administration to see three people who are upstanding is the silver lining on this dark cloud of the impeachment scandal. i want to talk about rudy giuliani. hids rogue foreign policy is going to be a big topic this week. how do you think that will sound to the public when they hear the president s personal attorney what he was up to. it will sound offensive. the american people expect that the people who take the oath of office, confirmed by the senate. the secretary of state. the ambassador to ukraine. the principle deputy assistant