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Called into duty overseas during the holiday season. meanwhile, half a world away, hong kongers have been in the massive protests who many see as an intentional encroachment from beijing as the president signed a pair of bills aimed at punishing human rights violators and offering trade and security set aside for hong kong. a brief statement. "i signed these bills out of respect for the people of china and hong kong. hoping that they will be able to chemically settle their differences leading to...

Yourself know what ambassador sondland meant by the deliverable? >> i did not at the time. i think i have an understanding now. >> and what is your understanding now? >> there seems to have been discussions about a statement and various drafts of which had been discussed in various proceedings. >> but this, to your knowledge, was part of the parallel process you were talking about? >> yes. >> if we could go to the next exhibit which is another text exchange a few minutes later between ambassador...

Yourself know what ambassador sondland meant by "the deliverable?" >> i did not at the time. i think i have an understanding out. >> and what is your understanding out? >> there seems to have been discussions about a statement which have been discussed in various proceedings. >> but this to your knowledge was part of a parallel process that youre talking about? >> yes. >> if we could go to the next exhibit which is another text exchange just a few minutes later between ambassador sondland and yo...

Yourself know what ambassador sondland meant by the deliverable? >> i did not at the time. i think i have an understanding now. >> and what is your understanding now? >> there seems to have been discussions about a statement, various drafts of which have been discussed in various proceedings. >> but this to your knowledge was part of that parallel process you were talking about? >> yes. >> if we can now go to the next exhibit which is another text exchange just a few minutes later between ambass...

>> the public hearings the first dealing with impeachment inquiry since november of 1998, thats when gop-led house prepared articles of impeachment for former president bill clinton. democrats unlikely to prove any of the republicans list of witnesses, gillian, so far no public comment from hunter biden. gillian. gillian: well, we will all eagerly stand by, waiting a commenting, lucas, let us know if you get one, thank you. leland: president trump heading to alabama today for the alabama lasu ga...

Press release, public statement after public statement from democrats from here on out will be pointing to this opinion saying not only is this inquiry legitimate, but it should move forward, and the trump administration should be compelled to cooperate at least in some grounds as this moves forward in the weeks ahead, john. >> phil, has the president responded to this ruling yet? >> reporter: the president is tweeting because its a day that ends in "y," but not on this ruling itself. the justic...

Testify. >> giuliani is involved up to his neck. he has an obligation to testify under oath so he can be asked questions and this can come to light. >> reporter: the presidents lead impeachment lawyer jay sekulow responded in a brief statement, read the indictment, neither the candidate nor the campaign have anything to do with them. giuliani was boasting earlier this week he wants to tell his story to lawmakers. >> i would love to testify. and give them a half hour to point out biden inc.s four...

Has dealt with many countries around the globe that have corruption issues. keep in mind saudi arabia executed a journalist it appears in jamal khashoggi last year. were coming up on the one-year anniversary of that. that appears to be not a problem for the white house when it comes to dealings with saudi arabia, and yet theres a concern about corruption when it comes to ukraine. the other thing that the president was talking about was, well, the europeans arent donating enough money to help the...

In rationale. dancing around this issue this we can. the question is whether or not this is one of the episodes, anderson we have seen this movie before with, whether the eebts eengts and facts and the what the president said will catch up with him. >> thanks, very much, jim. we have heard very much from the whistleblower attorney a brief statement which reads we applaud the decision to release the whistleblower complaint as it establish that is ultimate lip the lawful whistleblower process can ...

The laws of this congress. she cannot unilaterally decide were in an impeachment inquiry. what she said today made difference of whats been going on. its no different than what nadlers been trying to do. its time to put the public before politics. thank you. >> mr., speaker, are you afraid that youre on the wrong side of this? >> a brief statement from leader mccarthy there. michelle, what we see there is pelosi has done something big enough that there is a need for the president to call her, fo...