mean, that s the appropriate way to raise an issue with the ukrainian president, correct? it s appropriate for the justice department and the prosecutor general to cooperate and to exchange information, yes. to the extent the president has concerns and to the extent the attorney general is having u.s. attorney durham look into it, isn t it entirely appropriate for the president to flag this for president zelensky and say youn touch with our official channels? mr. castor, i don t know the precise appropriateness of these kinds of relations. now, were either of you involved with the preparation for the 7/25 call? i was not. i was not. how do you account for that? i mean, you were two of the key officials with responsibility for ukrainian policy. if the president of the united states is going to have a call with the leader of ukraine, why
wouldn t you ordinarily be involved with the preparation? sir, we work for the department of state in an embassy overseas. preparatio
i really mean it when i say i could talk to these friends for another hour. my thanks to all of them, and mostly to you for watching. chuck todd with mtp daily starts now. welcome to tuesday. it is meet the press daily. good evening. i m chuck todd in washington where another round of potential bombshell testimony as the president and his allies once again struggle to defend him as democrats unveil their official road map for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry. this afternoon the house laid out a resolution that will lay out the rules and procedures that will govern the next phase
that will include public hearings and the official rollout of the impeachment. it will include an ability for president trump to have attorneys around. meanwhile, there was more potentially explosive testimony in the investigation itself from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. he is a purple heart recipient, a national security official who was in on the infamous phone call with the ukraine
wt is the full extent cleared away. chuck rosenberg. of the democrats prior senator mccain s former coordination with the whistle-blower, and who else did colleague, jeff flake, retired the whistle-blower coordinate senator from arizona, surmised this effort with? that if a secret impeachment second, what is the full extent vote were held, 30-35 of the of ukraine s election meddling senate republican members would against the trump campaign? vote to impeach. and i thought how sad, how sad, and third, why did burisma hire that it takes a secret vote to hunter biden, and what did he do for them, and did his position make a courageous vote. affect any u.s. government actions under the obama it should be 30-35 if they administration? these questions will remain believe that s the right thing to do. i know i m sounding naive, but i outstanding because republicans were denied the right to call witnesses that know these remember being saddened by that. i feel the same way. answers. wha
what we found out he is come i there would have been a new can t remember if it is zero or that never happened with me and they are. round of massive sanctions near $0 from any european county to the larger point of the against turkey. and you will see in the meeting one of the things you missed the president didn t want for lee legal aid. meet you for the president say to take the meeting. agreement that on the basis of we gave them tanks and they give he didn t want the phone call. them pillows. the pause of 120 hours, a that is absolutely right. that was rick perry was as vocal as the europeans are pushing for that. mick: at the end, he has cease-fire over the next five about supporting ukraine, they are really, really stingy when a courtesy extended at the time. it comes to legal aid. days, that we will not be they were not helping ukraine implementing additional he was never realistically sanctions during that period of and that is still to this day are not in the pres
to participate and actually defend itself a on the substanc? or was does it do? is it all bombast all the time until we get to potentially an impeachment vote. i want to delve deeper into that point and also tell our viewers here, as we re at the top of the 11:00 hour on the east coast in washington, you re watching msnbc s special live uninterrupted coverage of what all agree is a historic day on capitol hill.c this is the preparation for a house vote on resolution 660, providing for the rules for the potential impeachmentth of the current president donald trump. what you see on your veen is a countdown that will result in proceeding to thatsu vote. so the current count you see on your screen has not yet arrived under the house procedure on the phone. what i can tell you, in a matter of moments when you sigh this count run down,u within the ne nine minutes, we expect the house to, proceed then to the
actual vote on the impeachment resolution and trules. we also are told in a depa