A normal no now mr di ambassador taylor you testified that there are 2 channels a regular an irregular what did you see as digital eyes rolled in and ukraine policy. Contra i came to see that mr giuliani had a large influence on the irregular channel and was that normal is that normal to have a private citizen of the United States take an active role in diplomacy it is not normal it is is not unusual to ask for people outside the government to give opinions to help form the policies of the Us Government is unusual to have a person. Put input into the channel that goes contrary to u. S. Policy thank you and youll back mr turner and you are going to ask for 5 minutes. Thank you mr this investor to thank you for your service i have a great deal of appreciation for your profession you have very little direct contact with Decision Makers tremendous amount of responsibility and not a lot of authority on to affect u. S. Policy bilateral engagements or multilateral engagements youre trying to
the fallout from donald trump s impeachment trial continues with 2 key witnesses both being fired gordon sunland the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. is the latest to be removed from his post just hours after ukraine expert lieutenant colonel alexander event than now officials testified to a house committee about the president s efforts to pressure ukraine to help him against his domestic political rivals it all comes just 2 days after trump was acquitted and his impeachment trial lawyer is calling his removal an act of revenge by the president. trump said he wanted them gone. well i m not happy with their customers are they happy with about not they ll make that decision you ll be hearing they ll make a decision. while the top democratic senator chuck schumer was quick to respond to the news on twitter he said the pentagon assured me that patriots and whistleblowers likely tenet cuddled and then will be protected any reprisals against him all of those who came forward to tell the
Experience and electability. But it was former Vice President joe bidens comments where he seems to have lowered his expectations in New Hampshire that has his Senior Campaign adviser playing cleanup this morning. The reality is we took a lump in iowa. The reality is with who home state senators competing for the nomination, its remarkable that joe biden has polled in top and lockstep with those senators. Whatever happens here in New Hampshire, were going on to nevada. Were not giving up New Hampshire by any means. Cnn correspondent ryan nobles joins us from New Hampshire, in man chest. Lets talk about the role it plays some narratives continuing and fresh ones as west. I think, victor, for the first time last night you really saw this issue of experience be something that former south bend mayor Pete Buttigieg had to answer for. Theres no doubt his Strong Performance in iowa is a direct result of that. You saw both senator Amy Klobuchar and joe biden. A question for someone who was a
24 hours. There has been a lot. As we just heard, the president flatly admitted on the south lawn that he wants ukraine and now china added in to look into the bidens. He just said it. Msnbc reports that President Trump suggested in a call with chinese president xi in june that beijing should investigate biden. He reportedly mentioned Elizabeth Warren too. White house record of that conversation went into the secret vault where that ukraine call lives, according to that report. A pair of trumps envoys drafted a statement for ukraines president to commit to investigating biden, thats according to the New York Times, they just put it in writing in a statement. Former Ambassador Kurt Volker testified yesterday before multiple house committees and reportedly revealed that he told giuliani the biden story was a dud and rudy was getting bad information. And the wall street journal reports that the u. S. Ambassador from ukraine was pulled from the country because she would not push the trump
Reporting on the Text Messages. Jeff, let me start with you, the Intelligence Community Inspector General just walking in, right . Yeah, right past us about 20 minutes ago, hallie. And Michael Adkinson is the Inspector General who determined that the whistleblower complaint was urgent and credible. So he is likely to give members of the House Intelligence Committee during this briefing, he is likely to give them the fullest accounting of the complaint and how it was handled short of this commit hearing from the whistleblower him or herself. And on that front i can tell you i reached out to the attorney for the whistleblower who says that the negotiations are still ongoing for any sort of meeting between the whistleblower and congress. Now, adam schiff, the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says he wants to know more from adkinson about how he handled this complaint and how he sought to corroborate the details that are alleged within it. Heres what people should know about M