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Date of the inauguration, is that correct? >> yes, thats correct. at the time he was told not to go, there was no calculation about where he might be or where the president might be because the date hadnt even been set yet, is that right? >> thats right. the date had not been set, so we were weighing a number of different scenarios of when the inauguration might fall. >> now, i think you said that originally the president had told him to go, and then you received the instruction that the preside...

Ukrainian official that military aid would not resume unless they, ukraine, committed to investigations that trump wanted. now were learning from a former national security official that throughout his work in ukraine, sondland maintained that he was acting on the presidents behalf. according to the transcript of tim morrisons deposition released this weekend, sondland bragged that he could call the president whenever he wanted, adding that trump and sondland spoke approximately five times durin...

Moment. tim morrison worked for former national security adviser john bolton. and over thena weekend, his deposition was released. he testified that bolton had met privately with trump in august to trywi to persuade the boss t release nearly $400 million in aid to ukraine and that, quote, ambassador bolton simply said he wasnt ready to do it. morrison also told investigators about trump donor-turned-ambassador to the eu gordon sondlands involvement in the administrations effort to pressure ukrai...

Lawmakers he was out of the loop in trumps effort to pressure ukraine. peter baker is standing by to join us in a moment. tim morrison worked for former national security adviser john bolton. over the weekend, his deposition was released. he testified that bolton had met privately with trump in august to try to persuade the boss to release $400 million in aid to ukraine and that ambassador bolton simply said he wasnt ready to do it. he told investigators about gordon sondlands involvement. quote...

That biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the attorney general would be great. biden went around bragging that he stopped the prosecution so if you can look into it, it sound horrible to me. were these things included in the presidents talking points? >> they were not. >> were they consistent with what you understood at that time to be official u.s. policy? >> i was not aware of any -- of much of this at the time. >> nkt fashgs...

>> he -- i didnt take it as an instruction. i want to be clear about that. he said thats not what i hear. he said nasdaq n thats not what i hear. i understood him in that context saying thats where he hears it from. i didnt take it as an instruction. >> so when you said talk to rudy, you didnt take it for him to mean for you to talk to rudy? >> i didnt take it that way. i took it as that just part of the dialogue. that i hear other things. i hear them from rudy giuliani and other people. thats n...

Actions. morrison witnessed the conversation he had with the president, taylor confirms it and david holmes is the latest witness who has important information about what sondland was doing. >> the republicans argument as you know has evolved, you might say, over time and some are now saying that well, okay, but the aid did make its way to ukraine in the end, under congressional pressure, therefore there was no bribery because the quid pro quo didnt happen. is that a substantive defense in your ...

Biden investigation and ambassador sondland believed and related to me that the president was giving him instruction. sondland has already had to amend his testimony. and no one knows how truthful hes going to be when he testifies. especially given the fact that as alex marquardt reports, president trump has been attacking multiple other witnesses. >> reporter: this week poised to be the most blockbuster few days so far in the impeachment inquiry after revelations over the weekend place gordon s...

Was going to carry in her school and she said probably not. she said that this program had shown her some useable instruction, but she didnt feel comfortable with her skill set to bring it into the school. the sheriff says there are other educators that feel that way and he appreciates that because its a big responsibility. all of this is voluntary. so he wants to make sure that the people who are carrying in the schools are comfortable with guns. >> gadi schwartz for us. fascinating story there...

The president is trying to do, but i think the effect is to be intimidating. >> well, i want to let you know ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. >> witnessed intimidation in realtime by the president of the united states. we take this kind of witness intimidation and instruction of inquiry very seriously. >> ill tell you about what tampering is, tampering is when a guy like shifty schiff doesnt let us have lawyers. tampering is when schiff doesnt let ...