19 79, iranian student storm the American Embassy in tehran. Everybody thinks it will be an overnight affair, but it will not. music , this is the story of a traumatic crisis that lasted 444 days and ended in january 1981, a personal drama about 51 american men and two american women. We will be with you, hopefully, as soon as we can. Their crime was being associated with the u. S. Embassy in tehran, the punishment total incarceration. This will be an inside view, with exclusive iranian shot footage never seen before. When did you arrive in iran . September 19, 1979. I think today is the 19th of january. This was founded by yesterday. Here showing the area they motor pool was behind the main gates, to the right was the chancellor the operation have that houses the communications systems. Way behind past some fails, was the two story building. It is completely sealed off in the compound. The students apparently new facts they had Standing Orders not to shoot, to make sure that the women
Decades who came to testify. In fact, four of President Trumps own National Security counsel staffers, hill, vindman, morrison and mcguire came forward to report trumps scheme to nsc lawyers as soon as they learned of it, didnt they, mr. Goldman . Morrison and vindman went to the lawyers as soon as they learned it, yes. That moved me a lot because my father was a staffer on the National Security council under president kennedy and he said the most important thing you can bring to work with you every day is your conscience. He devoted his career to the idea that people must speak truth to power when power becomes a clear and present danger to democracy and to the people. So i want to talk about two of the many honorable government witnesses who went under oath and stood up for the truth. Mr. Goldman, who is dr. Fiona hill. She was the senior director for the europe and russia directorate at the National Security council until july of this year. And she was President Trumps Senior Advise
Do you recall mr. Morrisons reaction . Mr. Morrison said that he was shocked, i think, and that sinking feeling . Sinking feeling, correct, and then he went and talked to the lawyers at the direction of ambassador bolton. Correct. And mr. Goldman, ambassador taylor also testified that he concluded that the military aid was conditioned on zelensky announcing the investigations and he testified that this was illogic illogical, crazy and wrong, is that right . Thats what ambassador taylor testified to, yes. My colleagues have also pointed out that on september 9 a text message from sondland reflecting that the president has been Crystal Clear that there is no quid pro quo. Mr. Goldman, am i correct that ambassador sondland has now testified that prior to sending his texts, he himself came too believe th believe that the aid was conditioned on the announcement of investigations . Yes. Ambassador sondlands subsequent public testimony revealed at least two things that were precisely false, t
You very much mister chairman that the Ranking Member Mister Collins relative to the Telephone Company subpoenas to include certain information in the majority report from the Intelligence Community. There are two issues involved in one is not involved in word it is fully authorized under the law and procedures but where i do have a problem is ace fact that somebody made a decision to attach the metadata to the subpoena of phone numbers of journalists and members of congress that is the beginning of the absolutely outrageous with the freedom act of 2013. Had chairman schiff decided to man up rather than hiding behind Mister Goldman and his team of investigators we couldve gotten to the bottom of this to make sure that this never happens again. I do not want to see members of congress with their subpoena power without any type of cause and then to go the next step to publish the results in a report that is an abuse of power here we see a clear abuse of power on the part of the people th
Biden. A 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. Reporter the information comes from an overheard call from u. S. Ambassador to the eu and the president after trumps call with ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky. Democrats believe the president used his office to extort ukraine, including withholding 300 million in aid. It was not just the white house meeting that was dependent on the investigations. He said it was now everything. It included the security assistance. You didnt listen to the call . You never talked with chief of staff mulvaney . I never did. Reporter the republicans pressed the witnesses on what they call second or third hand information. They say the president did nothing wrong, because zelensky never announced investand the m they also question Hunter Bidens work in the ukraine. Uc hastings const