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Taylor as you said meticulously going through and i think what is so important for people because this all started obviously with the whistle-blower complaint and we immediately then saw the transcript of that july 25th phone call. but that was sort of the culmination of what we, you know, see in detail here of weeks of something being askew. and the phone call where this whole thing started was the culmination of that so many of these things were already moving in a direction that obviously mad...

The pro quo, investigations. and it was the president who orchestrated the entire thing. more testimony. this is bill taylor describing how he learned the aid the ukrainians were waiting for wasnt coming and who was holding it up. so listen to this. he said, "toward the end of an otherwise normal meeting, a voice on the call, the person was offscreen, said that she was from omb and that her boss had instructed her not to approve any additional spending on security assistance for ukraine until fu...

The directive had come from the president to the chief of staff. thats mick mulvaney, who comes up again in bill taylors testimony, by name this time. he recounts a conversation with former russia adviser fiona hill and national security council official alexander vennman. "dr. hill and mr. vennman tried to assure, reassure me that they were not aware of any official change in u.s. policy toward ukraine, ombs announcement notwithstanding. they did confirm that the hold on security assistance for...

Ukrainians were waiting for wasnt coming and who was holding it up. so listen to of this hthis. he said, toward the end of an otherwise normal meeting, the voice on the call, the person was offscreen, said she was from omb and her boss had instructed her not to approve any additional spending on security assistance for ukraine until further notice. i and others sat in astonishment. the ukrainians were fighting the russians and counted not only the training and weapons but also the assurance of u...

Testimony that democrats believe will fuel the impeachment push. >> its notable those two people well hear from today, michael duffy and laura cooper are going against what the directive was and theyre voluntarily apparently showing up to testify. thanks, manu. the ukraine story is moving quickly. what is clear is that in little more than a month, sworn testimony is now corroborated the core of that whistle-blowers complaint. lets take a moment to take stock. august 12th, a whistle-blower file...

About. in addition, one of the fundamental lchlts u.elements o foreign policy is pushing back against russian aggression. uk vane at the tip of the spear. and the d.o.d. did within 24 hours of being notified this aid was being withheld, an analysis showing this aid was critical and necessary. laura cooper was involved in that analysis. >> are you going to be subpoenaing anyone from omb? are you going to be subpoenaing mick mull vaipy? because bill taylor also said that on a video chat while he w...

Quote, toward the end of an otherwise normal meeting, a voice on the call, the person was off screen, said that she was from omb, the office of management and budget, and that her boss instructed her not to approve any additional spending of security assistance for ukraine until further notice. taylor says i and others sat in astonishment. ukrainians were fighting the russians and counted on not only the training and weapons, but also the assurance of u.s. support. all the omb staffer said the d...

Said that she was from omb, the office of management and budget and that her boss had instructed her not to approve any additional spending of security assistance for ukraine until further notice." taylor says, "i and others sat in astonishment. 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 staffer said was that the directive had come from the president. from the president to the chief of staff to ...

And irregular informal channel of u.s. policymaking with respect to ukraine one which included then special envoy kirk volker, gordon sondland, secretary of energy, rick perry, and i subsequently learned mr. jew giuliani. taylor then describes meeting a month later when a staffer from the office of management and budget that this u.s. policy was up to no good. her boss had instructed her not to approve any additional spending of security assistance for ukraine until further notice. all the omb s...

Watch. >> im not going to participate. the white house has advised us not to participate. my general counsel has told me not to participate in what they consider to be an unprecedented effort to try to use an inquiry in an unlawful way. >> geoff bennett is on capitol hill for us. no prize, more defiant talk from the white house, from administration officials, talk through what were expecting to hear from ms. cooper today and what were hearing from lawmakers so far. >> reporter: its worth noting ...