lecture series. before we begin today s program, i would like to remind you of a few other programs coming up in the near future. thursday, march 16th at 7:00 p.m., damion shields will present a lecture on the forgot irish. irish immigrant experiences in america. this will be the u.s. book launch of the book and a book signing following. on wednesday march 22nd at 7:00 p.m. will present a film screening following these switches in partnership with the d.c. environmental own festival. find out more at the center of their programs, please take one of our events which shall find on the racks in the theater lobby or visit our website at www.archives.gov calendar. our topic for today is agent 110: an american spymaster and the german resistance in wwii by scott miller. scott miller is an author and former foreign correspondent with the wall street journal. his first book, the president and the assassin, mckinley mckinley commentary in the empire to dine the american century
my ambassador of assistance as well? they did. and if i said that number ambassador sondland s use of was circa in the military that term was that the three assistance around 270 million. would that probably be people three people in accurate? close. charge of the ukrainian about right? yeah. did they get aid in policy. he ambassador volker and secretary perry. what did you come when did you come to learn about fy-18? yes, sir. including security mr. giuliani s role and what do you consider his role to assistance? have been? including security assistance. we have already talked about the javelins, the anti-tank missiles that they i heard about former mayor were not able to purchase in previous administrations. giuliani s interest in ukraine in january of this have they gotten security assistance in fy-19? year. that was a different phase yes, sir. prior to the 400 million than what happened during the summertime. was it normal to have a or so that we r
insult insulted as you did today essentially blaming you for somalia. as if this is another step by the president to intimidate witnesses. he didn t intimidate you. you re here. you ve endured. but there are other people out there that can expect the trump treatment if they come forward. that s a question for us. now, you also indicated that the president has a prerogative to appoint a non-career person and to be candid, republican presidents and democratic presidents have done that. the mr. sondland s transcript is out and he was someone who indicated that everything hinged, this the white house meeting and the release of the
vital defensive aid. everything hinged on the president, president zelensky, being willing to do that investigation that would benefit the trump campaign. you re aware of that? yes. and you ve indicated that s something that you would not agree to do. yes. and sondland was quite willing to do. apparently, so. i thank you for your professional s
26. what did that come to mean? my understanding, ambassador sondland s use of that term was the three people in charge of ukraine policy during the summer where he, gordon sondland, ambassador volker and secretary perry. what did you come to, when did you come to learn about mr. giuliani s role and what do you consider his role to have been? i first heard about former mayor giuliani s interest in ukraine in january of this year, that was a different phase than what happened during the summertime. was it normal to have a person who is a privat citizen take an active role in foreign diplomacy? i did not find his particular engagement normal, no. now, ambassador taylor, you testified that there are two channels, a regular and irregular. what did you see as rudy giuliani s role in ukraine policy? congresswoman, 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 sta
the whole town is alive. it s going to be even better when we win a world series here. don t jinx it. thank you. we will celebrate. good day, i m andrea mitchell in washington, which is celebrating. but we re awaiting the president s press conference with italy s president on a day when mr. trump is already refusing to accept blame for turkey s incursion into syria despite the call with turkey s president, saying it s not our problem, we are not a policing agent, his words. i wish them a lot of luck. if russia wants to get involved with syria, that s really up to them. they have a problem with turkey, they have a problem at the border, it s not our border. we shouldn t be losing lives over it. the president will meet later today with speaker pelosi and other bipartisan leaders at the white house about the crisis in syria which now has russia taking the upper hand and america s allies, syrian kurds,
fleeing for safety. even as the president repeatedly today attacks pelosi