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Notice. taylor testified, quote, i and others sat in astonishment. the ukrainians were fighting the russians and counted on not only the training and weapons but also the assurance of u.s. support. all that the omb staff person said was that this directive to withhold the military aid had come from the president. so, that was bill tailors very dramatic testimony. today he got back up. today catherine croft corroborated that directly and basically entirely. this was her testimony today. she said,...

It more interesting, too. a double standard, its definitely attracting lots of members. voices. >> they are applying this to the letter for sure. i have -- in the meantime, president trump got a rough reception at last >> last question. nights world series game in >> so the is the d.b. washington. the loud chorus of boos was then followed by this. can you just talk about the overall picture in syria after the last few weeks? yes, those were chants of "lock are there going to be more him up." the...

Presidency deserves more respect to, make some other moves. than this. >> it was a little predictable, though. im not passing judgment on whether its okay or its not okay, but were in a city that voted for the president in very . low digits and a city that the approximately. they will have to understand it president hasnt really said nice things about. will be fear and they will have so the fact that i dont think to go home. any of us would have thought >> this is a u.s.-only operation that that...

In ukraine. taylor began the day with a 15 page opening statement. in which he detailed a quote irregular, informal channel of u.s. policy making with respect to ukraine. and highlighted efforts to tie congressional approved military aid for ukraine to investigations into biden and the 2016 election. >> you could hear a pin drop as the ambassador has laid out in he has opening statement. >> on july 18, i heard a staff person for the office of management and budget say there was a hold on securit...

Trumps directed those of us present at the meet ing to talk to mr. rudy giuliani. his personal attorney about his concerns. it is clear rudy giulianis mission from the president was dig up dirt on joe biden, on bidens son, hunter biden. to find out what trump calls the russian investigation witch hunt actually began in ukraine. while trump was urging the ukrainians to cooperate the conspiracy theory, hundreds of millions of dollars of military aid were being held up. mulvaney admitted last week....

Should he follow a congressional subpoena ordering his testimony or follow the white house directive to stand down? here was the president today as he compared his case to the one involving jesse smollett, the actor accused of faking being the target of a hate crime. >> then you have the case of this wise guy, jesse smollett, and he said maga country did it, maga country. okay? thats a hate crime. thats a hate crime. and its a scam. its a real big scam. just like the impeachment of your presiden...

Welcome back. the impeachment inquiry with a no-show today. another major showdown in court between the white house and congress. kupperman is key here because he was actually on that critical july 25th phone call between president trump and his count counterpart in ukraine. he was also number two under john bolton. bolton was greatly alarmed over the pressure put on ukraine to conduct political investigations. instead of sitting up there in front of house committees and revealing what he knows,...

Emphasize the presidents focus here throughout particularly the last several days was on the mission to bring a man who was the most wanted man in the world, a man who had brought unspeakable violence through the isis caliphate, who was exporting violence around the world to justice. and that, combined with insuring the safety of our forces coming in, executing their mission and moving out was the presidents direct i have throughout this effort. and i -- directive. and i know it animated every d...

Your end? also, on the oilfields, can you talk about the overall picture in syria now after these last couple weeks? putting people into these oilfields, are there going to be more troops now in syria than there were before? >> i will take the second question first and let the term answer the first one. as i said, we are reinforcing our position in that area. we also were given the earlier directive to retain forces at that garrison. we will be sending troops home. the president made a commitmen...

They do not want to do, they think it would be a mistake? >> president trumps directive was we leave northern syria, northeastern syria, specifically were the safe zone is being set up by the turks. were halfway through that process, if you will. it will take weeks, not days. at the same time the president said we would keep a presence in southern syria, and recently we got the direction that we would maintain presence in the area of deri ezzor to deny isis and other destabilizing actors access ...