Debriefing Vindman News Today

Was investigation of the bidens and democrats. sondland is in trouble here. he said i knew there was talk about the prosecutor. but i didnt know it had anything to do with the bidens. that was doubtful. this testimony blows that out of the water. >> in the debriefing vindman says sondland emphasized the importance of ukraine investigating bidens. and told him it was inappropriate. why is that so important? >> yeah. so i think its consistency aspect. vindland talks about outside influencers. the ...

>> isnt that what you do to people under mine the credibility of a witness? its hard to do with this. >> its what people do when theyre desperate and know the evidence is mounting. >> "new york times" reports bolton drafted a memo in august that sought to restart the $391 million and the aid package. trump refused to sign it. according to documents reviewed be by the time. could we learn from vindman how the decision to with hold money was made? >> it sounds like he would have that information. ...

Thank you so much. more bomb shell testimony expected tomorrow by the national security counselor this time expert ukraine expert. hes the opening statement. i was concerned by the call i did not think it was proper to demand a foreign government ngt a u.s. citizen. and i was worried about the implication for the u.s. government support of ukraine. president trump argues that this phone call was perfect. vindman who listened disagrees. >> devastating testimony. and over laps with what we have se...

Ambassador sondland, energy secretary and national security adviser bolton. the meeting proceeded well until the ukrainians approached the subject of a meeting between two presidents. that saw the meeting important in order to solidify the suppor of the most important international partner. sondland started to speak about ukraine delivering specific investigations in order to secure the meeting with the president. at which time ambassador bolton cut the meeting short. >> quid pro quo. >> yeah. i...

Twitter there theyll attack vindman because theres no bottom. and he was attacked as a double agent. >> vindman says in opening statement hes not the whistleblower. thats zusuggests how many peop were alarmed. it wasnt just the whistleblower. there were more people. >> this awareness that this administration was admitting crimes and covering them up. this whole idea that it was a perfect call, that nobody indicated to trump otherwise. that nothing was wrong. its bogus. clearly there were people ...

Sondland when he made the statements alleging the quid pro quo. they have trump dead to rights. its smoking its going to smoke. theres a fire. and trump is going to burn it all down because republicans cannot argue the facts on this. they attack the process. attack the institution. and i made a prediction on twitter there theyll attack vindman because theres no bottom. and he was attacked as a double agent. >> vindman says in opening statement hes not the whistleblower. thats suggests how many p...

This is "cnn tonight" im don lemon. theres a lot going on tonight. were going to catch you up on five big headlines. well begin with the bomb shell breaking news story. a top national security official at the white house who is an army officer and expert on ukraine expected to tell congress tomorrow that he heard president trump pressure ukraines president to investigate joe biden. according to his opening statement, lieutenant vindman twice reported concerns out of his sense of duty. a major mo...

Everybody knows this. nobody doubts it. >> lets get right to the breaking news. national security counsel top ukraine expert testifying to congress tomorrow. about the president july 25th ukraine call, a call he was listening in on. joining me now. so glad to have you on. thank you so much. more bomb shell testimony expected tomorrow by the national security counselor this time expert ukraine expert. hes the opening statement. i was concerned by the call i did not think it was proper to demand a...

This witness list is a prosecutors dream. usually when you get a list ready you have some credibility problems maybe baggage. this is a succession of career military and diplomatic non-partisan public servants. i dont know how hell try to smear these people. hes already tried today smear bill taylor. that will backfire. and i dont think he has anywhere to turn. >> isnt that what you do to people under mine the credibility of a witness? its hard to do with this. >> its what people do when theyre ...