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And told you a couple aweeks basically yeah, there was a quid pro quo in terms of there being a white house meeting for the new ukrainian president, that he wasnt going to get that unless they pursue these investigations. i didnt really know what the investigations were but yeah, that was the quid pro quo. when it comes to military aid, no, i would never be involved in that. now hes admitting yes, there was a quid pro quo for military aid and yes, he was involved in it. >> and he said that after...

Testified so far. including the top u.s. diplomat to ukraine, bill taylor. who contradicted the presidents assertions there was no quid pro quo with ukraine, in explosive testimony on tuesday. taylor tuesday. taylor testifying that gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the european union, told him everything was dependent including security assistance on ukrainian president zelensky announcing he would investigate the bidens and the 2016 election. >> he is a never-trumper. his lawyer is a neve...

Top u.s. diplomat to ukraines opening statement. >> in my ten short months in congress, this is my most disturbing day in congress so far. >> reporter: taylor providing a clear timeline of event s based on copious notes he kept of his communications saying he shared those notes with the state department which is refusing to give them to congressional investigators. >> hes filling in some gaps. hes sharing with us in a pretty candid way his experience. >> reporter: the 50-year career diplomat det...

Big impeachment headline, the president comparing the process to a lynching, a word with profound racial meaning and history. peter alexander is covering it all for us >> reporter: explosive and disturbing, thats how house democrats tonight are describing the closed door testimony of bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, detailing the events surrounding that july phone call between president trump and ukraines leader according to his opening statement, taylor testified official ukraine ...

Facts. the one fact that really jumped out to me. we knew that on september 1st, 2019, a sunday, ambassador taylor sent a text message to ambassador sondland saying are we now conditioning security assistance on these nef investigations, and sondland famously said call me. when they did call each other sondland said i was wrong ambassador taylor. i had previously told the ukrainians that only a white house visit was contingent on them doing these investigations. i was mistaken. from the presiden...

This is some kind of conspiracy to smear the president. i challenge my republican colleagues to say that with a straight face. >> its fascinating. in his latest piece for commentary, trump will be impeached, john podhoretz argues that a ambassadors testimony seals the deal. ambassador sondland said everything was dependent on such an announcement including security assistance. it comes from testimony of a acting ambassador to the ukraine bill taylor and instantly makes all but impossible the tas...

Volker, the state departments for fast pain relief. the department of defense, i recently departed special envoy tylenol®. said that at the meeting at the for ukraine. white house. lets bring in national security there are 14 to 18,000 isis fighters still fighting in the expert columnist at usa today region and particularly in and author of the book "the syria. you have another 10,000 that were detained by the kurds. death of expertise" tom nichols. if the kurds have to worry about where are we...

That lives were on the line. gone the wrong way and thats versus people who care about extortion? >> its a good question. money. and i think were in a fight its pressure. why i and the chairman deal with thats the difference. these people are in the fight >> ukrainians could die. thats the first time weve for their lives. that was called the circulation heard that. its incredible. of the elites. but i think were in a fight he described that scene as >> and to clearly make it so between people wh...

The argument seems to be this is happening in secret, except there are republicans in the room. can you explain what the hearings look like? >> sure, these do happen in a secure room downstairs. begins trying to say to people, its a small room. when congress is back, when all stop this. three committees that are doing theres a text he wrote to the this, when these folks could all political appointee and eu be in the room, it becomes a standing room only situation, so ambassador part of one of th...

And that president zelensky should want to do this himself. taylor said that e.u. ambassador gordon sondland told him everything was dependent on zelensky making a public statement including security assistance. in his testimony, taylor called it a confusing and unusual arrangement for making u.s. policy toward ukraine: taylor told lawmakers that sondland tried to explain how president trump was approaching the matter like a businessman saying when a businessman is about to sign a check to someo...