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Once. the question now will he alter his story once again? and tomorrow the committee hears from kurt volker the former special envoy to ukraine. like ambassador sondland pieces of volkers closed door testimony have also been contradicted by several key witnesses. so look for some tough questions on that. look also for the president to do what hes done to so many others who testified or said they would, namely bully them or just say he doesnt know them. well start with the latter. heres the pres...

Beginning of september quote in the absence of any credible explanation for the suspension of aid i presume that the aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anti corruption statement well earlier i spoke to correspond it fully ileus and i asked him what this means for the inquiry and the president through the president trying. well its a blow to president trump another one this time coming from the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunland who now remembers telling an aide to...

Is. >> laura: oh, is it? here is what sondland actually said about quid pro quo. he said that i, i said the resumption of usa would likely not occur until ukraine provided public anticorruption occurred. i still do not know why or by whom the aide was present in, but i assumed the aide had become linked to the proposed anticorruption statement. in other words, he was offering something called an opinion to the ukrainians about why military aid was held up. gentlemen, congressman devin nunes, ran...

Absence of any credible explanation for suspension of aid i presume the aid suspension has been linked to proposed anticorruption statement. this presumption follows another release transcript from the us envoy to ukraine, kurt volcker, telling lawmakers he was puzzled about aid being held up saying i didnt know the reason, no reason was given as to why that was adding i didnt know there was a quid pro quo. the white house firing back writing in a statement, quote, both transmits released today ...

That but in terms of burisma and biden, it is a big issue. i saw it and it might not be perfect but this is not -- rob: democrats are paying attention. jillian: for those who dont know these exact quotes, we are starting with voelker saying we you asked what conversations did i have about that quid pro quo, none because i didnt know there was a quid pro quo and a statement reversing the testimony saying, quote, by september 2019 and in the absence of credible explanation for suspension of aid i ...

Sounds like a turning point, it is. >> laura: oh, is it? here is what sondland actually i said aboutuo quid pro quo. he said that i, i said the resumption of u.s. aid likely not occur until ukraine provided public anticorruption occurred. i still do not know why or by whom thead aid was presented, bt i assumed the aid had become linked to the proposed anticorruption statement. in other words, he was offering something called an opinion to the ukrainians about why military aid was held up. gentle...

Investigating the 2016 election and former vice president joe bid biden. in his updated testimony, sondland told congress that his memory was refreshed after reviewing the opening statements given by bill taylor and former adviser for russian and european affairs tim morrison. and that he now recalls telling the zelensky adviser, quote, that resumption of u.s. aid would likely not occur until ukraine provided the public anticorruption statement that we had been discussing for many weeks. sondlan...

Meaning it moved more and more towards this direct exchange, which hes describing looking at his testimony, i presume that aid suspension become linked. aid suspension means delivering weapons to these ukrainians who are desperately trying to fight the russians. aid suspension had become linked to the proposed anticorruption statement. that means the proposed statement attacking vice president biden and going back to 2016 issues. so heres the guy who was most pro-trump now really deciding to get...