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Ambassador sondland, that you have evidence that donald trump tied the investigation to the aid? because i dont think youre saying that? >> ive said repeatedly, congressman, i was presuming. i also said that president trump -- >> no one told you. not just the president. giuliani didnt tell you, mulvaney didnt tell you. pompeo didnt tell you. nobody else on this planet told you that donald trump was tieing aid to these investigations, thats correct? >> i think i already testified it. >> answer th...

Get involved in american politics. little did we know he was at the moment involved in back channel negotiations to do just that. because he was being told if he didnt announce investigations into joe biden, he wasnt getting that security aid. >> heres whats fascinating to me, that aid is held up in mid-july. by that time word had made its way to you and other people on the hill -- what do you know as someone deeply invested in ukraine policy about the reasons for this mistoreious hold on the ai...

Good for president trump. joining me right now is u.s. congressman denny heck of washington state, eli stokels, white house reporter for los angeles times, cynthia is a former federal prosecutor. thank you all. congressman, as a member of the committee, give us a sense -- take your time -- the historic nature of todays vote by the house of representatives. >> well, chris, look, lets put this in perspective. we already have the presidents confession as it were in the memorandum of the call and mi...

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That is a criticism of the proceedings. but its still very important things going on. i am looking to the testimony of bill taylor who you mentioned the acting ukrainian ambassador because he is at the center of those very explosive text messages that we saw where he said it was crazy to with hold aid to the ukraine for political purpose. he clearly is at the center of this discussion that he was having with gordon sondland at the time. gordon sondland was talking to the president. there are goi...

Im going to see you back here at 3:00 p.m. eastern. >> ill be back here tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. right now, katy tur back in ncc. >> good afternoon. im katy tur. the its 11:00 a.m. out west and 2:00 p.m. in washington where new nbc news reporting connects the president himself with back door efforts to get ukraine to investigate his political rivals and then coffver it up. it is day 15 of the impeachment inquiry and heres what we know. nbc reports that ambassador gordon sondland spoke to the presid...

He wanted to figure this out. pelosi said tell your people to follow the law, three sources tell nbc news. you know, what i think is interesting is that the president thought that ron did nothing wrong. hes talking about pardoning him because all he did was sell the former presidents senate seat for a political game he was playing. heres the president tonight down-playing his unfreezing military aid to ukraine to get what he wanted. it seems to be pretty parallel. >> and remember this happened a...

Potentially a corruption of the office and abuse of authority as president. just because you can with hold aid in some circumstances doesnt mean you can do it when youre trying to investigate your political rival. >> one thing that frustrates me about this congress its been getting into the weeds. and you ought to be able to see like pornography, if you can see it, you can see it. if you dont see it as corruption, this misuse of power by a president, if you dont have more hearings on it, make mo...

Wrong and called his attack shameful. he also said in a statement, quote, the presidents message attacking california and threatening to with hold aid to the victims is ill-informed, ill-timed and demeaning to those who are suffering as well as to the men and women on the front lines. the president followed up with other tweets, today tweeting out a thank you to firefighters, fema and first responders. of course his latest tweet tonight making a disaster declaration has echoed that tone. first o...

Place. just utter devastation. still an evacuation zone but your heartbreaks for folks worried about their homes, pets and everything they have and what kind of destruction they will be coming home too. >> its incredible how far the embers can be picked up and moved by the wind and deposited elsewhere. the presidents tweet varied. his initiate tweet not focusing on the victims. he said theres no reason for these massive and deadly forest fires except that forest management is so poor. million of...