Has some explaining to do. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. This is early start. Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. We begin in the Nations Capital, where we will for weeks and months. President trumps phone call with the leader of ukraine, under the microscope. It may be a different call the next day, may be the most proof the president pushed his rivals. Bill taylor first learned about this other call last week. In the presence of my staff, in a restaurant, sondland called and told him of his meetings. My staff could hear President Trump hear asking about the investigations. The ambassador cold President Trump they were ready to move forward. Someone asked what President Trump thought about ukraine. He said, he cared more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pushing for. Thats more evident that the president himself was behind the pressure campaign. Taylors revelation undermines that he hardly knows ambassador gordon sondland. The ambassador will be asked about this when he testifies next wednesday. And the aide that overheard that call will testify behind closed doors. In front of congress and cameras yesterday, george kent. He defended ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. Some may not have liked her actions, is that correct . You cant promote anticorruption with people that want more. Heres Phil Mattingly with more. Reporter it was the first hearing of many, a monumental hearing. This was the start of the impeachment i impeachment inquiry. Leading to a house vote to impeach President Trump. When you talk to democrats who were waiting for, lookin forward and now have the testimony of george kent, it painted the picture. It laid out the extent why there were things that were wrong in the Trump Administration. That was their goal of the hearing. If you talk to republicans, it would almost be as if youre looking through two different world views. Take a listen. You did listen in on the call . I did not. You never talked to chief of staff mulvaney. I never did. You talked to him . Theres no reason for it to come up. And president zelensky never made an announcement. And youre the star witness. Youre the guy. Based on this, based on ive seen Church Prayer chains that are easier to understand than that. Are we to say that asking a foreign nation is a perk of the office of the presidency . I dont think we can allow that to be the new normal, acceptable in any way, shape or form. For republicans, their primary goal was to poke one gigantic hole into the people were talking. They dont have knowledge in what President Trump said or knew. Think hasnt spoken to President Trump or had met President Trump. But this was laying the groundwork, setting the scene for the hearings to come. This was the start. This wasnt the finish. This wasnt the allstars. This wasnt the biggest show. This was just the beginning. The beginning of a process that will go for the next couple weeks. Thanks. Day one went well for the president , when asked. The official admits the president is not out of the woods. Kaitlan collins at the white house. Reporter the president maintained throughout the day he was not watching the hearings or keeping a close eye on it. He told reporters he had not watched one minute as he was hosting erdogan at the white house. The president was being kept updated by his aides and staffers. He was asked about one of the most crucial moments during that system. Bill taylor was asked about when the president was asking about the investigations. The president said he had no recollection with that phone call. I dont recall. No, not at all. Not even a little bit. Reporter the president complained about the inspectorgeneral for the community, this one that reviewed the whistleblowers complaint and found it creditable enough to turn it over to kronk. Th congress. The inspectorgeneral, he picked for that job. It comes as the white house is saying theyre not worried about this. They found this hearing to be boring. The president was tweeting about it. Retweeting about their some his allies tweeting defenses of him. And the former ambassador to ukrai ukraine, marie yovanovitch, will testify tomorrow. President erdogan expressse optimism. We go to istanbul with the latest developments. How is that appearance on stage yesterday playing from where you are today . The meeting between President Trump and president erdogan came at a tough time for the leaders of the two country. The companies are at a series of areas where the two have been at logg loggerheads. They brought in some of the republican critics of turkey into the meeting. Probably to show when it comes to sanctions that senators are handing for, his hands are tied. But also to give a platform where ankara seized this, the issues that the two countries have been facing off against each other. On the table, is russias turkeymade s400s. 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Im christine romans. Im dave briggs. We begin in the Nations Capital, where we will for weeks and months. President trumps phone call with the leader of ukraine, under the microscope. It may be a different call the next day, may be the most proof the president himself pushed kiev to investigate his rivals. Bill taylor first learned about this other call last week. In the presence of my staff, in a restaurant, ambassador sondland called him and told him of his meetings. My staff could hear President Trump hear asking about the investigations. The ambassador cold President Trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. Someone asked what President Trump thought about ukraine. He said, he cared more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pressing for. Thats more evident that the president himself was behind the pressure campaign. Taylors revelation undermines that he hardly knows ambassador gordon sondland. The ambassador will be asked about this when he testifies next wednesday. And tomorrow, taylors aide that overheard that call will testify behind closed doors. In front of congress and cameras yesterday, george kent. He defended ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. Some may not have liked her actions, is that correct . You cant promote principled anticorruption action without pissing off corrupt people. Heres Phil Mattingly with more. Reporter it was the first hearing of many, but a monumental hearing. This was the start of the impeachment inquiry. The impeachment inquiry certain to leading to leading to a house vote to impeach President Trump. When you talk to democrats who were waiting for, looking forward and now have the testimony of george kent, it painted the picture. It laid out the extent why there were things that were wrong in the Trump Administration. Why there was a shadow or a rogue policy being carried out by the president s personal attorney, Rudy Giuliani. That was their goal of the hearing. If you talk to republicans, it would almost be as if youre looking through two different world views. Take a listen. You did listen in on the call . I did not. You never talked to chief of staff mulvaney. I never did. You never met the president . Thats correct. You had three meetings with zelensky that didnt come up. There was no reason for it to come up. And president zelensky never made an announcement. And youre the star witness. Youre the guy. Based on this, based on ive seen Churc