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Leadership, we just dont want to do it anymore, thats very dangerous. because if the world starts to disintegrate and come apart, what happened in the first 50 years of the 20th century, we better bring all of that back up and understand, how did that happen? that was a world that just went by itself, every man, every woman for themselves. in this kind of complicated world, highly technical, integrated economies everywhere, its not in our interest to do that. our interests are everywhere. and ce...

So then asked, so you did not think it was true at the time that the ambassador was removed because she was part of the efforts against the president? he responds, i believe that mr. giuliani as a u.s. citizen has first amendment rights to say whatever he wants, but hes a private citizen. his assertions and allegations against former ambassador yovanovitch were without basis, untrue, period. he goes on to talk more about the role that rudy giuliani played as it came to carrying out foreign polic...

Taylors today. he testified he was told by other officials that president trump wanted to block military aid and a possible white house visit until ukraines president public announced investigations into election interference and accompany link to joe bidens son. taylor told lawmakers, the investor told me many times that president trump said it was not a quid pro quo. absorbed that to move forward on the security assistance, the ukrainians were told by ambassador that they had to pursue these i...

Ukraine ambassador marie yavanovitch, to shift the groundwork by releasing transcripts of the witnesses closed-door depositions such as ambassador bill taylors today, taylor testified he was told by other officials that donald trump wanted to block military aid and the possible white house president to ukraines president publicly announced investigations into election interference and a link to joe biden, hunter. telling lawmakers the ambassador told me donald trump said it was not a quid pro qu...

Not think that it was true at the time that the ambassador was removed because she was part of the efforts against the president? kent says, i believe mr. giuliani, a u.s. citizen, has first amendment rights to say whatever he wants. but he is a private citizen. his assertions and allegations against former ambassador yovanovitch were without basis, untrue. period. have you ever seen in your diplomatic life something like this? that a -- not just a private citizen but a private citizen represent...

Hes putting it facts out there on the table. >> come on, hes not attacking elizabeth warren? i read this post two times. hes not attacking elizabeth warren? >> but -- >> he does mention her name one. >> vice president biden has served this country honorably. >> no, i dont think anyone is disputing that. no one is disputing that. >> i think, brooke, when folks lob assertions such as if you dont agree with me, perhaps youre running in the wrong primary, i think thats what it sounds like to folks a...

Ukraine, now reporting on how lawmakers there are still triyig to advance president trumps goals of investigating not just joe biden his son but also the 2016 election. another element in the ongoing impeachment investigation back here at home. into whether the u.s. president pressured ukrainian officials to investigate the bidens, pressure president trump claims is all about rooting out corruption. politico is reporting that even with all these public assertions from president trump now that uk...

One court opinion that has addressed this question. that occurred during the administration of george w. bush where this was asserted by harri harriet meyers who was in his white house counsel and a court there said thats nonsense. there is no absolute immunity for white house staff. they have to come and show up and appear to testify. they can assert executive privilege on a question-by-question basis. but they cant use it as an absolute immunity to avoid testifying whatsoever. and so thats the...

Vindman yesterday, who backed up a lot of fiona hills assertions. and then of course william taylor last week, the top diplomat to ukraine. so it seems like the nexus heret always comes back to john bolton in that he was aware of these efforts, and not just aware, but he was very concerned and ala alarm alarmed. and thats why i think house democrats really want his testimony at this point. >> so mieke, youre the lawyer in this conversation. when a john bolton says im not going to just respond to...

Presidents former top russia aide, to that effect. we heard of course from colonel vindman yesterday who backed up a lot of fiona hills assertions. and then of course william taylor last week, the top diplomat to ukraine. so it seems like the nexus here always comes back to john bolton in that he was aware of these efforts and not just aware but he was very concerned and alarmed. and thats why i think house democrats really want his testimony at this point. >> so mieke, youre the lawyer in this ...