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They were seeking and werent getting. they were able to figure out the fact they had been asked by the president to do certain things, pressured by guiliani to do certain things and they werent doing them and they werent getting what they wanted. so it really isnt that hard to figure out that there was pressure happening. >> i would just say the reality is that the president, that sondland also said no quid pro quo. the president in his call -- >> but he changed his testimony. >> the president i...

Popped it. there are a couple things i am looking for. we had the opening statement, explicit and rather explosive opening statement from david holmes last week but the thing people are most interested in in the wake of that closed door deposition is what else he had to say. keep in mind, anderson, the deposition lasted more than six hours long. his opening statement was ten pages. thats a lot more than ten pages when you have six hours. i think the other thing, too, is obviously there is a lot ...

Opening statement from adam schiff. schiff saondland went on to say he loves -- hes s ifhes goinge investigation in. >> yes, hes going to do it. and president zelensky will do anything you ask him? yes, sir. i think you said you had quite a clear recollection, it left an impression on you, didnt it? he said this was an extremely distinctive experience in my foreign service career. ive never seen anything like this, someone calling the president from a mobile phone at a restaurant and then having...

President. and sources familiar with the matter tell us the ones who work on assignment at the white house might see careers hurt or at least moved out of the white house and back to their home departments at the behest of the president. theres that and gnaw reporting -- new reporting on the impact of holmes testimony. according to one source several gop hill lawmakers were, quote more shaken by david holmes testimony than they publicly let on. behind closed doors our source tells us many expres...

President trump trying to shake down the ukraine president to bring a probe. it was according to them a coordinated effort, not just a suggestion in a, quote, perfect call. the four told us what they knew. nothing more, nothing less, they provided a patriotic service to the american people at times to the debtment of their own careers, their family and safety. when ambassador finished, she got a standing ovation from the roam. that is a government we deserve. the others made the decision not to ...

After 9:00 a.m., president trump spoke to the newly elected leader of ukraine. only minutes into the conversation, u.s. officials on the line grew alarmed. its that 30 minute call from the residence of the white house that sits at heart of the first public congressional hearings. that could lead to the presidents impeachment. for months trump has used one word to describe that call. >> it was prfect. >> perfect call. >> it was perfect. >> insistsing nothing out of the ordinary. even telling pres...

Information about his other calls with the ukrainian leaders and this is the second call that we know of that he had with the ukrainian president, zelensky, took place in chronological order. it was the first call that happened, it was zelensky had a landslide election victory. theres very little known about this call. there has not been the kind of hubbub around the first call, it did not promise the same kind of concerns amongst national security officials, as the second call in july did. cert...

Not like likely to underscore the favor that the president, you know, talks about in the july call even though he said it was a, you know, perfect call. so all of this, too, is coming as house republicans have submitted this list, the wish list of witnesses, hunter biden being on that as well. democrats not likely to sign after on that. what is the point? >> yeah, i think there are sort of three levels of points here. i think the first as jeremy pointed out, its to sort of frame the narrative th...

Presidents narrative a little bit more than some of the others. >> jeremy diamond, thank you so much. with me now, ross gar ber who teach impeachment law at tulane law school and a cnn legal analyst. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> lets talk about the second transcript the president is promising as early as tuesday. why would he want to do this, what might be in this call? >> presumably he wants to release it because there is nothing bad in the call for him, and notably, as jeremy note...

Camera and this was no exception. the president defended his phone call with ukrainian president zelenzky from july 25th and despite the fact that he wants to know the io tenio of whistleblower, trump today as he said in the past, he called that phone call a, quote, perfect call, back in washington specifically on capitol hill the president continues to call out not only pelosi but also house intelligence chairman adam schiff, he also called for that whistleblower not only to come forward but to...