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What concessions were made. president trump and his telephone call with president erdogan earlier this week and in the directive that he gave us to deliver was very clear. that he wanted to cease-fire. he wanted to stop the violence. turkey is engaging in an active military operation. i can tell you that as our discussions began over the course of the five hour period of time that we reached a place of agreement about how a cease-fire could benefit turkey, achieved president trumps objectives an...

Incursion into northern syria. that erdogan had always wanted a sort of safe zone here. what concessions did you actually get out of president erdogan, number one. number two, have you gotten specific assurances from the ypg that they would comply with the terms of this agreement, because this is something that they have said that they would not do. and finally, with the kurds moving south and now with the u.s. sanctions in terms of them moving south, how would you address critics who would call...

Someone they thought at the time was in on this, curt volcker. in fact, at the time those three refer to themselves as, quote, the three amigos. now, thats their lingo. thats their terminology. im guessing sondland would be steve martin, volcker clearly martin short and that leaves perry as chevy chase. email chatter and lingo aside, theres way more here because kent is a current high-ranking state department official and the stonewalling strategy would, of course, apply to him, right? he got or...

Was the truth. if all three of those things happen under oath before congress, how big is that? >> i mean, his testimony this week is incredibly a huge deal. and the reason why -- what the person familiar with his testimony told "the washington post" why thats so significant is because the president, republicans in congress who are the presidents defenders, have been really hanging on that text message saying from the eu ambassador that there was no quid pro quo as evidence that indeed there was...

Are hell explain that the texts that he wrote there was a response to trumps directive in a phone call. and that while he dutifully typed it out, he is not apparently going to claim he knew it to even be true. no knowledge of whether the president was telling the truth, according to those reports. well, thats a big deal. so heres why this all matters and why this week may prove so critical. were not even hearing from the whistle-blowers right now. were not hearing from trump critics. this testim...

You wont get your military aid until we get our investigations. he was the guy alongside vice president mike pence who appears to have issued that directive to the ukrainian government. after him, there will be more state department officials who are expected to speak, both in terms of depositions that are already scheduled and depositions we know are coming. mike pompeos own role in this scheme for which the president is being impeached appears to be kind of a marquee thing now. i mean, it is -...

He will testify before the committees. that is a powerful statement on her part and by the way, a brave thing for her to do. really puts at risk her lifetime career. >> congressman, let me ask you oobt th about that. do you think the significance of saying dont show up and she shows up, does that portend anything for the other witnesses that you have been hoping to hear from who the administration indicated they dont want talking? sg >> i hope so and i think so. first we had one whistle-blower. ...

The ukrainian government. he appears to have issued that directive to the ukrainian government. after him, there will be more state department officials who are expected to speak, both in terms of depositions that are already scheduled and depositions we know are coming. mike pompeos own role in this scheme for which the president is being impeached appears to be kind of a marquee thing now. i mean, it is -- it is not hard to imagine secretary of state mike pompeo being impeached for exactly wha...

Style. this disconnect and then you have career people who are there every day, 30 years. you probably dont know their names. they are just trying to do their job. the tenor changes based upon the directive and the tone that leader sets. of course all coming from the white house, he decides to emphasize or focus on one thing or another, it created mass chie os and key ates performance. >> no stability. >> thank you so much for your time this saturday morning. turning to news overnight that the...

Directive to the ukrainian government. after him, there will be more state department officials who are expected to speak, both in terms of depositions that are already scheduled and depositions we know are coming. mike pompeos own role in this scheme for which the president is being impeached appears to be kind of a marquee thing now. i mean, it is -- it is not hard to imagine secretary of state mike pompeo being impeached for exactly what the president is being impeached for here. he is the on...