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Taylor, a west point grad and vietnam veteran, and george kent vicareer Foreign Service officer, have served for decades under republican and democratic president s. They used words like alarming, confusing, irregular, illogical, and crazy to describe the trump administrations policy towards ukraine. Both diplomats called freezing aid to ukraine a threat to u. S. National security. Democrats call it an abuse of power that amounts to attempted extortion and bribery. While the president today said he was too busy to watch. Well break it all down with our correspondents who have been covering it with us all day and nancy cordes leads off our coverage at the capitol. And, nancy, day one is now in the history books. Reporter it is, norah, and this hearing lasted the bulk of the day, two key witnesses laying out in painstaking detail all the times they were told what the president wanted e ase of military aid. Nge for do you swear or affirm that reporter ambassador bill a startling new detail about President Trump last friday, a member of my staff told me of events that occurred on july 26. Reporter that staffer, david holmes, told taylor what he overheard while sitting at a ukrainian cafe with Gordon Sondland, the u. S. Ambassador to the e. U. Ambassador sondland called President Trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone asking ambassador sondland about the investigations. Ambassador sondland told President Trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. Following the call with President Trump, the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland what President Trump thought about ukraine. Mr. Sondland responded that President Trump cares more about the investigations of biden, which giuliani was pressing for. And i take it the import of that is he cares more about that than he does about ukraine . Yes, sir. Reporter the exchange contradicts the g. O. P. Claim that this impeachment probe is based on hearsay, not direct evidence of the president s intent. You never talked with chief of staff mulvaney. I never did. You never met the president. Thats correct. This is what i cant believe, and youre their star witness. Youre their first witness. Let me just say that i dont consider myself a star witness for anything. They do. You might not. I dont. Reporter taylor is a 50year veteran of the military and Foreign Service. What was your class rank at west point . I was number five. Reporter he said he was astonished when President Trump suddenly froze 400 million in aid to ukraine, a key ally fending off russian aggression. Taylor texted this to sondland i think its crazy to withhold Security Assistance for help with a political campaign. What did you mean when you said, you thought it was crazy . Security was so important for ukraine, as well as our own national i that assistance for no good reason, other than help with a political campaign, made no sense. It was it was counterproductive to all of what we had been trying to do. It was illogical. It could not be explained. It was crazy. Reporter and, according to democrats, it was a quid pro quo, established in weeks of closed door depositions. It seems to me that the president of the United States either committed extortion and bribery of a foreign official or attempted extortion and bribery of a foreign official. Reporter republicans continued to reject that. Every time that it gets close to the president of the United States, it is very clear, there is no conditionality as it relates to what the why the aid was held. Reporter north carolinas mark meadows. For the case youre making to be true, every single witness that testified more than a dozen of them would have to be either lying or mistaken. Is that really what youre e ying . Your characterization is so inherently wrong and biased. Reporter democrats announced today that david holmes, that Embassy Staffer who overheard the president s phone call, will be coming in on friday for an interview behind closed doors. While there are four more days, norah, of public hearings scheduled this week and next, featuring nine additional witnesses. Odonnell all right, nancy, thank you. The revelation about that phone call seemed to catch a lot of people by surprise. Weijia jiang says that includes the president. I know nothing about that. First time ive heard it. Reporter speaking alongside the turkish president today, mr. Trump denied ever talking to e. U. Ambassador Gordon Sondland about investigations in ukraine. I dont recall. No, not at all, not even a little bit. Reporter their relationship is what president has tried to downplay since last week. Let me just say, i hardly know the gentleman. Reporter and despite claiming hes paying no attention to the impeachment inquiry. I did not watch it. Im too busy to watch it. Reporter mr. Trump found time to tweet 30 times about the hearings. Cbs news has learned the white house unleashed a plan to dial up its defense of the president during the public hearings with a rapidresponse Team Reacting in real time. The white house posted this video on twitter, showing the chair of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, as pinocchio, and calling the impeachment investigation a new hoax, same swamp. Throughout the day, officials also blasted out detailed talking points for trump allies. And press secretary Stephanie Grisham lashed out against the impeachment hearing calling it a Kangaroo Court adding, the two star witnesses in this impeachment sham have never spoken to potus. But even though the Communications Team is allegedly adding two new spokespeople to handle all questions about impeachment this, declaration from last month seems to be holding up. I dont have teams. Everyone is talking about teams. Im the team. Reporter today, President Trump was the only one from the white house to push back against democrats on camera. This is a sham and shouldnt be allowed. Reporter those two spokespeople who are slated to join the white house staff, including the former attorney general of florida, pam bondi, still dont have start dates. Cbs news has learned theyre in the process of completing paperwork which takes time. And a senior white house official told us it wont make much difference because they say the current messaging plan is working. Odonnell all right, weijia, thank you. Now lets get some expert analysis with face the nation moderator Margaret Brennan and chief washington correspondent major garrett. Its great to have both of you today. Major, this is only day one. Were still going to hear from at least nine other witnesses. Is the white house worried . Outwardly no, inwardly yes. The president knows and his staff knows for this week and next week this will be washingtons biggest story. What does that mean for President Trump . Twkwardly, hell be the subheadline in washingtons biggest headline story. Not accustomed to being there. The white house knows this complicates his entire domestic agenda, and a possible government shutdown, possibly next week, and all these other things bleed away at the margins what political clout he has on capitol hill. Odonnell margaret what are the important developments today from both diplomats we heard as bill taylor put it, by even delaying the aid, the u. S. Shook the confidence of an ally. And he points out that theres a hot war raging in eastern ukraine. Vladimir putin not only had militants seize crimea back in 2014, but there are russian backed separatists fighting there, he sees it as a battlefield between reclaiming the soviet empire and hurting nato. One of the key things kent and taylor said is it is corrosive to National Security and u. S. Officials to have individuals like Rudy GiulianiWalking Around doing things for financial or personal political benefit, rather than in the public interest. And that is something youre going to hear on friday from ambassador masha yovanovitch. Odonnell this shadow Foreign Policy conducted by Rudy Giuliani, allegedly, and ambassador Gordon Sondland, who is not in charge of ukraine policy. Boy, his name kept coming up today. Reporter right, because the president empowered him to be this person running this suboperation and kept in constant or regular communication, as the testimony today suggested. Odonnell and were going to hear from him. Reporter yes, we are, and we will either refute or challenge some of the things asserted about him today. The point is the president empowered him. That was outside the channels, and for these career diplomats today they found that more than mildly disturbing. Odonnell all right, major garrett, Margaret Brennan, thank you. There is breaking news in the 2020 campaign. Former Massachusetts GovernorDeval Patrick is expected to announce hes running for president. Patrick, one of the nation a first black governors, has been a political contributor for this network. In light of his decision, cbs news will be discontinuing that relationship. And you can hear much more from Deval Patrick tomorrow when he appears on cbs this morning. Tonight, flags in massachusetts are flying at halfstaff to honor a firefighter who died a hero. Meg oliver reports worcester fire lieutenant jason menard died this morning saving two members of his crew from a four alarm fire in freezing weather. Reporter as the Early Morning fire devoured this worcester home, a distress call came from the top floor. Ut reporter lieutenant jason menard and his twoman crew were trapped as they searched for a possible baby. Lieutenant menard heroically and selflessly saved his crew. Reporter the nineyear Department Vet helped one firefighter get to some stairs. The other he led to a window. But the 39yearold couldnt save himself. The husband and father of three was supposed to leave for a family trip to disney world today. In an emotional tribute, his fellow firemen lined the streets as the hearse carrying his body passed. Its something theyve now done nine times, the worst in 1999 when six firefighters died in a warehouse fire, leaving this Small Community in mourning once again. Meg oliver, cbs news. odonnell tonight, much of the country is still stuck in a historic deep freeze. Bonechilling temperatures extend from the gulf coast to maine. Snow and ice are making travel treacherous. At least nine deaths are blamed on the weather. 150 new cold records were set today in. In some places temperatures dropped 40 degrees in just 24 hours. More records could fall overnight before this warmup begins. Hopefully soon. And there is still much more ahead on tonights cbs evening news. A dire warning from the c. D. C. Superbugs are killing a lot more people than we thought. The toughest sentence yet handed down in the College Admissions scandal. And later our series profiles in service, takes flight with a oflitary pioneer blazing a trail for women. Women. Excuses to avoid screening for colon cancer. Im not worried. It doesnt run in my family. I can do it next year. No rush. Cologuard is the noninvasive option that finds 92 of colon cancers. You just get the kit in the mail, go to the bathroom, collect your sample, then ship it to the lab. Theres no excuse for waiting. Get screened. Ask your doctor if cologuard is right for you. Covered by medicare and most major insurers. 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And at the rate the infections are growing, todays medicines could become useless. Heres dr. Jon lapook. I have no idea actually how i how i survived. Reporter maryann webb spent three years in unending pain, hooked up to feeding tubes with frequent hospitalizations, all caused by an outofcontrol bacterial infection called c. Difficile that caused severe colitis. You cant eat. You cant talk. You cant walk. Hope definitely starts to fade. Reporter at one point, e rtain she would not survive, she got her affairs in order. I was alone saying, please, i just want to leave now. Reporter cdiff caused nearly a quarter of a million hospitalizations and at least 12,800 deaths in 2017. Its one of five antibiotic resistant urgent threats identified in todays report, two of them newly added since 2013. One, the fungus Candida Auris wasnt even on the c. D. C. s radar five years ago. But there is some good news in todays report. E 2013, there has been an 18 drop in deaths from all types of antibioticresistant infections. Its not just new antibiotics we need. We also need new vaccines, new diagnostics and other new tools to help doctors better treat their patients or better prevent infections in the first place. Reporter webb finally got better from a procedure that transferred bacteria from a well patients gut into hers. Im really passionate about t inng sure this doesnt happen to somebody else. Reporter we know overuse of antibiotics has helped create all these resistant bacteria, so with cold and flu season just around the corner, the c. D. C. Is reminding everyone that antibiotics are not recommended for infections caused by viruses for example, norah, the common cold. Odonnell thats a good reminder. Thank you, jon. Still ahead, new concerns about Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Why she missed a Supreme Court session. D a Supreme Court session. 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