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. Well see how far we go today. Welcome back to continuing coverage on the fox news channel. Im bill hemmer. Good morning, bill. Im 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. Well 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 youve 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. Thats what were looking for. Lets see what he says. He could revise this up to the
assistance to ukraine which had been announced on a secure interagency videoconference on july 18 telling uls it was extremely odd that nobody involved in making and implementing policy towards ukraine knew why the aid was put on old. during august sondland participated in calls with volker and giuliani the gist of every call what was going to go in the press statement. in august 9 text message with volker he stated i think potus wants the deliverable, which was according to sondland a deliverable public statement that president trump wanted to see or hear before a white house meeting could happen. on september 1 ambassador sondland participated in vice president penn s meeting with zelensky in warsaw. he raised the suspended security assistance. following that meeting sondland approached the senior ukraine official to tell him he believed what could help them move the aid was if ukrainian
those events simply don t square with my own or with those of ambassador volker or secretary perry. i recall mentioning the prerequisite of investigations before any white house call or meeting. but i do not recall any yelling or screaming or abrupt terminations as others have said. instead, after the meeting, ambassador bolton walked outside with our group and we all took some great pictures together outside on the white house lawn. more important, those recollections of protest do not square with the documentary record of our interactions with the nfc in the days and weeks that followed. we kept the nfc apprised of our efforts including specifically our efforts to secure a public statement from the ukrainians that would satisfy president trump s concerns.
move forward and the united states. pompeo replies yes. all good, you are doing good work. keep banging away. the first time really the secretary of state s name has been tied to all of this. thank you to all of you. stand by. we re gaveled to order. good morning, everyone. the fifth in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry. without objection the chair is authorized to declare a recess at any time. there is a quorum present. i ll make an opening statement. ranking member nunes will have an opportunity to make a statement. we ll turn to our witness for an opening statement and then to questions. audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. we ask for your respect as we proceed with today s hearing. the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. as chairman i ll make all necessary and appropriate steps
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