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and it starts with copper, the mineral copper. there s copper in brass. there s copper in bronze. the statue of liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. that s about the thickness of two pennies. pennies themselves used to be copper, but now they re just copper-covered zinc, which sort of seems sad. it makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. we use copper for wiring. there is a massive global appetite for copper. and the world s largest producer of copper is an american company. it s a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the mining company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. and the freeport mining company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. but they are a gigantic firm. and they re a global operation. in south america, they mine copper in chile, ....
i really mean it when i say i could talk to these friends for another hour. my thanks to all of them, and mostly to you for watching. chuck todd with mtp daily starts now. welcome to tuesday. it is meet the press daily. good evening. i m chuck todd in washington where another round of potential bombshell testimony as the president and his allies once again struggle to defend him as democrats unveil their official road map for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry. this afternoon the house laid out a resolution that will lay out the rules and procedures that will govern the next phase that will include public hearings and the official rollout of the impeachment. it will include an ability for president trump to have attorneys around. meanwhile, there was more potentially explosive testimony in the investigation itself from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. he is a purple heart recipient, a national security official who was in on the infamous phone call with the u ....
it was not in any record i july 25th call. and this is consistent with the reported comments from received. but when you did see . ambassadors volker and taylor. after the zelensky meeting, i yes, i saw that in september, also met with zelensky s senior correct. so on this continuum, the aide, andre yermak. beginning of the continuum begins on may 23rd when the president instructs you to talk i don t recall the specifics of our conversation, but i believe the issue of investigations was to rudy? correct. and you understood that as a probably a part of that agenda direction by the president that you needed to satisfy the or meeting. concerns that rudy giuliani would express to you about what also, on july 26th, shortly the president wanted in ukraine? after our kiev meetings, i spoke not to me. by phone with president trump. to the entire group, volker, perry and myself, correct. the white house, which has now, in your opening finally, finally shared certain statem ....
card witness. has already revised his initial testimony in the president s dealings with ukraine. sondland has arrived and will be before the committee in a moment. late yesterday we had a hearing that lasted deep into the night. we ll see how far we go today. welcome back to continuing coverage on the fox news channel. i m bill hemmer. good morning, bill. i m sandra smith. lawmakers are expected to double down on a phone call with the president. team fox coverage back with us now. chris wallace, bret baier, martha maccallum and bret baier. we ll be with you guys throughout the entire day. ken, we have an oping statement from gordon sondland. there are a lot of skipped areas in 23 pages. opening statement will last at least 10 minutes. from what you ve been able to glean off of this, in a quick speed read what do you see as critical for sondland? right. it looks as if there may be a bombshell or two in this. that s what we re looking for. let s see what he says. he could ....