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Base of the Republican Party and to me. So i believe that he was at with very few defections. That may change, but right now i least affected by those and believed those and believed they were think thats a correct negative . Assessment by the white house, believed that they were that theyve got the senate tied negative and was conveying them up in a way that will protect to the president. So was it problematic that he the president from actually being removed from office. Believed they were neg...

Joe biden, come on over to ukraine its never going to happen spewing all they had to do apparently was announce an investigation. Okay, that is it for us. They hearing is set to resume shortly, but now we have special report up next. Spewing that evening, welcome to washington. I am bret baier. Continuing coverage of the impeachment hearings day 3, nine hours on capitol hill as you look alive at the chairman adam schiff getting ready to gavel into the next round of questions this from the lawmak...

Does. But his aides and his campaign, the white house, they have been sending out very negative messages about Lieutenant Colonel vindman. They tried to use something morrison said behind closed doors when he said there were people that questioned vindmans judgment at nsc, specifically fiona hill that well hear from thursday. I his Opening Statement, i think he realized how much play that has got. He said he wasnt here to criticize his colleagues. Saw vindman prepared to address it as he was the...

Giuliani. Mr. Giuliani said they thought ukraine should make a statement about Fighting Corruption and mr. Yermac provided me a draft statement and i wanted to be assured that this statement would actually correct the perception that mr. Giuliani had of ukraine and what they stand for now so that that would also be conveyed to President Trump and solve this problem that i had observed with our may 23rd meeting with the president. The problem being that hes getting bad set of information. A State...

Yeah, it happened. >> reporter: it could leave you in stitches, wonderful day crocheting and watching the impeachment as they needle each other. >> is donald trump your friend? >> i remember the first girl i kissed. >> he called you quote, unquote, the gordon problem. >> thats what my wife calls me. >> ambassador gordon sondland was laughing, drinking and refilling his drink, fidgeting in his seat, but generally jolly. one body language expert said he was signaling his emotional relief. >> the p...

This, but its highly likely that mcconnell and schumer will come together and set the rules that will be voted on before john ronberts walks in that doo because they toedont want to p roberts in that position. well talk about that more starting in december, michael. >> thank you. >> thanks. ill put that in my pipe and smoke it. meanwhile, ambassador sondlands stunning testimony also featured a lot of smirks and smiles. jeanne moos has the ever-changing moods. >> reporter: it could leave you in...

Which is essentally code for quid pro quo. look. sondland has real credibility problems. he had to go back and amend his testimony. he had to say, i now recall speaking individually with mr. yermak where i said that resumption of usaid would not occur until ukraine -- he suddenly recalls, oh, guess what? there was a quid pro quo. i proposed it. >> we havent got on the the july 26th phone call. >> this is going to be key. this is the phone call we just learned about from david holmes. sondland ne...

Think particularly dan goldman will go after. itll be interesting. >> remember what sondland said to taylors aide. he does not care about ukraine. he cares about investigating the bidens. that comes to mind because the people who he had the closest relationship with in regards to ukraine and this goes back to u.s. national security and why it matters, is sondland and giuliani. not ukraine experts, right? and we heard this week and last week from so many credible, impressive experts that if the p...

Testimony, is he totally clean now? is he in the clear for being charged for being dishonest or perjury? >> probably. probably. he cleaned it up in a sufficient time to allow the committee to carry on its business. sometimes people are investigated under these kinds of circumstances. i think, you know, an investigation is one thing. actually being charged is another. i think hes probably okay with respect to that given the fact he did clean it up, but, you know, he didnt talk about the famous ph...

Point. thats the point of this whole thing. was it okay to push ukraine to investigate the booirdens and basically everyone we heard from said no. >> whats interesting is yesterday you heard them all describe the same fact pattern. but when asked if it was bribery or extortion, they said no. >> thats now where were at. the big debate is republicans saying, okay, maybe you all say this is long, but does it rise to the level that nancy pelosi has invoked? thats a relatively thin read even though i...