Theres a question of what point does amending a testimony become straightup lying or perjuring one self . One said that the testimony of other witnesses helped to refresh their memories and see in new light their own experiences and will be instructive to see what volcker has to say for himself on the two key questions, quid pro quo, bribery plot, and what he was doing with Rudy Giuliani. His testimony was that he Rudy Giuliani as being a nuance and more helpful to bring Rudy Giuliani in and help him understand that he was promulgating the debunked conspiracy scenarios instead of freelance out there in ukraine. Jeff bennett on capitol hill for us, thank you very much. Joining us is democrat congressman jim himes from connecticut. Congressman, your questioning of
control knell vind man was one of the more emotional moments this morning. I wonder if you could look back to that for us this morning. Yeah. Well, it was a pretty tough moment for me. We had gotten word and sort of saw on soci
swalwell. nunez you see there with the house gop counsel. moments ago we saw the democratic counsel. i don t believe we ve seen chairman schiff yet on camera. we are as we keep the clock around here about eight minutes overdue from when this second hearing was that means they re about on time. we see chairman schiff. ten minutes late is always on time. approaching the table. we are now as you say eight minutes overdue from the hearing and 29 hours from the debate as we prepare, nicole, for this next round of questioning. keep in mind that kurt volcker was the very first witness who testified behind closed doors in the impeachment inquiry and the nature of that testimony and the documents. i think he was one of the first and most generous sharers of documents, he shared the text messages that are now infamous where ambassador taylor said if
and an interesting story because the whole fact pattern of his behavior from start to finish doesn t exude the behavior of a professional diplomat. and, you know, i don t want to prejudge what his testimony may be later on in this week but, of course, he is the one individual who felt it was necessary after he what was the phrase? refreshed the recollection to amend his testimony. i agree with you. i hope we get a chance to talk to you again before after ambassador sondland s testimony. it is his amended testimony that the memory was refreshed by the transcripts being released from ambassadors taylor and i believe tim morrison, as well. we see some action getting under way behind you. we ll let you go. thank you for spending sometime with us. please come back afterward if you re able to. it is clear this is an event unfolding in realtime. i have likened it to a puppy cam