But, shazam, last week, you come forward with supposedly this new information . There is nothing different in there than what we had on the transcript. Maybe thats the reason their star witness, their first witness didnt bring it up. But they had to have something. So you are their closing witness because you overheard the president talking to Ambassador Sondland. Sir, if i can answer. I see four seconds left on the clock. Mr. Holmes, you may take as long as you need. Thank you, sir. I believe that ambassador taylor did already know when i briefed him when i returned from vacation on the 6th. It was not news to him that the president was pressing for a Bide Investigation. Thats not what i asked. I asked why he didnt share with us. Mr. Jordan, please do not interrupt the witness any further. Mr. Holmes your time expired yours has not. You may answer the question. Its exactly my point. I briefed the call in detail deputy chief commission. Come back, referred to the call and everyone is n
My ambassador of assistance as well . They did. And if i said that number ambassador sondlands 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 fy18 . Yes, sir. Including security mr. Giulianis role and what do you consider his role to assistance . Have been . Including Security Assistance. We have already talked about the javelins, the antitank missiles that they i heard about former mayor were not able to purchase in Previous Administrations. Giulianis interest in ukraine in january of this have they gotten Security Assistance in fy19 . 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 were discussing person who is a priva
to work calling an emergency senate meeting tonight to plan the next steps forward. joe biden still seems confident they are still going to jam something through. so did senator manchin break his commitment to you? senator manchin and i are going to get something done. thank you. brian: that s interesting. joining us now mic mulvaney, former director of the omb and former chief of staff under president trump. well, mic, you have been there before, you tried to undo obamacare replace with skinny bill. when that failed you pivoted. they will stay with it build back different may be the label of it. yeah, brian, thanks for having me. always nice to follow james carville on this program. i think james is right. what you are going to see is the democrats do what they do better than republicans. they stick with an issue. they are not going to give up. if you can ask joe manchin is he going to vote for this bill he will say no. if you tweak one or two things he will look at it and say
move forward. griff: we are in uncharted territory with the speaker of the house withholding passing it onto the senate. ivan the new york times is questioning whether or not pelosi is making the right move here. here is the headline from the new york times says is nancy pelosi caught in a trap or setting one? here s a quote from inside. it s a question between bret stephens and gail collins new york times. ed: a couple of their columnists. griff: if she tries to bottle up impeachment on the house on grounds that the senate won t call witnesses like john bolton or mic mulvaney she ll look hypothetical. if senate takes over mitch mcconnell arrange for expedited trial leading to guaranteed acquittal leading to much of the public to conclude the entire process was a waste of time, honestly i m not how she finesses it. ed: you mentioned collins liberal columnist having back and forth online with
today he is senator lindsey graham. a major player on the committee. he does not want a trial today. he wants to have the chief justice review the evidence, have the president s lawyers make a motion to dismiss and have the senate vote on whether or not should be dismissed. answerren. brian: sham the last one was. the president wants a trial. he wants to be vindicated on the merits not on somewhat will be perceived as political or legal maneuver. steve: it s all political as it was in the house. it is all political. steve: schumer said any fair process would be consulting with the white house. he is angry that mitch mcconnell is consulting with the white house. and he also wants to call some witnesses like acting white house chief of staff mic mulvaney, john bolton, a couple of aides. that should have been adam schiff. adam schiff should have said, okay. we re going to wait and challenge this through the courts. we will let it run its course. they were in a big hurry.