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Then national security advise shall, cut the meeting short. i stated to ambassador sondland his at the same time were inappropriate. dr. hill, a russia adviser on the nsc then, at that time entered the room and asserted to ambassador sondland his statements were inappropriate. when gordon sondland was deposed before the committees, if they harbored misgivings with the pro prity of what we were doing they never shared misgivings with me then or later. some are suggesting he may have committed per...

That his statements were inappropriate. following that meeting he also reported his concerns to nsc lead council, as did fiona hill, the presidents former top russia advisor who was also in the room. that directly contradicts what sondland, who told house investigators two weeks ago during his deposition on capitol hill, quote, if ambassador bolton, dr. hill or others harbored any misgivings about the pro prity of what theyre doing they never shared those miss giving with me then or later. meant...

Statement, obtained by cnn, that he was concerned by what he heard on the call. i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and i was worried about the implications for the u.s. governments support of ukraine. following the call, vindman said he reported his concerns to the nscs lead counsel. earlier that same month vindman attended a july 10th meeting in washington with ukrainian and u.s. officials, telling lawmakers that the u.s. ambassador to t...

Of many of our immigrants. to castigate just because he is an immigrant is sad and scurrilous, especially in light of his extraordinary military record. >> and so many of these soviet jews who came in the late 70s, early 80s from the then-soviet union, they were trying to escape anti-semitism as your dad was trying to do when he escaped from germany and came to the united states. >> and, you know, this country means, as the beacon of hope and freedom, that we welcome people who are persecuted, s...

The only significant moment in the impeachment inquiry, this resolution lays out how they will be essentially conducting the next phase of this inquiry, the public hearings, how witnesses will be questioned, by whom and for how long, and the potential for reporting articles of impeachment. now, this all comes as today it was another day of explosive testimony that at this hour is still going on capitol hill. bombshell testimony on capitol hill. >> this is a very, very important moment. this is a...

Is the odd man out here in this testimony where his account isnt lining up with what vindman and others have said. >> let me get toobin to react. go ahead. >> just because two witnesses have different recollections, it doesnt mean one of them committed perjury. it certainly would be good grounds to bring sondland back and ask him some of these questions again. it is important also to emphasize that the e-mail traffic very much supports the vindman and hill view of what happened here, not the son...

Heard for the first time from someone who was actually listening in on the controversial phone conversation july 25th between the president of the united states and the president of ukraine. how significant is that? >> well, i think it is very significant for a couple of reasons. one, i mean it takes another process argument off the table for republicans. theyve said a lot of the witnesses are just -- it is hearsay, they dont necessarily know what theyre talking about. this is someone who was on...

Specifically said a memorandum of a setelephone conversation i not a verbatim transcript of the question. i ask the question because we are told that president zelensky was speaking in either russian or ukrainian. >> sure. i was the director at the white house and part of the job during the calls is to take contemporaneous notes, that you can compare them with the situation room. i will say in lieutenant colonel vindmans written statement at least he did not suggest anything in the public record...