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Gordon sondland showed indiscretion by having that conversation. >> well, excuse me. >> second thing i. >> please let, excuse me, mr. holmes, let me clarify the question. excuse me. >> your question, sir. >> its my question. you are exactly right and i get to clarify my question to get the answer and im hopeful i get a few more section because of the interruption from the chairman. >> his patience is growing thin. i was working hard not to irritate him again but i failed again. the question is o...

Your recounting of those instances? >> i think it was gordon sondland that showed that -- >> no, excuse me. >> excuse me, mr. holmes. let me clarify the question. >> let me answer your question, sir. >> it is my question. youre right. i get to clarify my question to get the answer. hopeful i get it in a few seconds because of the interruption of the chairman. i was working hard not to irritate him again, i failed again. the question is of you, mr. holmes, your discretion. gord gordon sondland di...

Ukraine, and an individual from the office of -- an individual in the intelligence communication. >> what agency was this individual from? >> if i could interject here, we dont want to use these proceedings -- >> it is our time but we need to protect the whistleblower. please stop. >> that exchange, that interruption was followed by a rather tense correction. >> mr. vindman, you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistleblower. >> ranking member, its lieutenant colonel vindma...

An individual in the intelligence community. >> what agency was this individual from? >> if i could interject here, we dont want to use these proceedings -- >> its our time. >> i know, but we need to protect the whistle-blower. please stop. >> that exchange, that interruption was followed by a rather tense correction. >> mr. vindman, you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistle-blower. >> ranking member, its lieutenant colonel vindman, please. >> there were also attempts to...

Responsible for the portfolio, eastern europe including ukraine, and an individual from the office of, an individual in the intelligence community. >> what agency was this individual from? >> if i could interject here, we dont want to use these proceedings -- >> it is our time but we need to protect the whistleblower. please stop. >> that exchange, that interruption was followed by a rather tense correction. >> mr. vindman, you testified in your deposition that you did not know the whistleblower...

I believe, and what weve heard from some of the protesters, is that theyre just frustrated with how inpracticable this conflict has gotten. a couple of months ago, this was a weekly occurrence. it was a weekend thing that traebt attracted families, adults, now the protests have gotten much smaller to a much more hardcore few and the pace of this has increased. theyre now trying to take this disruption from a weekly thing to a daily interruption of everyday life here in hong kong. >> nbcs matt br...

>> the gentle women will suspend. >> what is the interruption this time? since the chairman has gafed out a all of my colleagues, im going to read for the record many of the chairmans comments in september of this importance of hearing from the whistleblower. >> the witness was able to answer questions, as you saw. the only people limited from asking questions were republican members because were muzzled by adam schiff. >> i mean the question we have is, is that true? >> well, they knew the rule...

>> i know you had a few quick questions for the ambassador. i yield to you. >> thank you, mr. nunes. ambassador yovanovitch, thank you for being -- >> the gentlewoman will suspend. >> what is the interruption for this time? it is our time. since the chairman has gavelled out all of my colleagues with their unanimous consent, i am going to read for the record many of the chairmans comments in september of the importance of hearing from the whistle-blower. >> the witness was able to answer questio...

>> and there was almost no handoff. typically, they hand off information to their successor so there is no interruption in u.s. foreign policy. and it signals to all the wrong people, all they have to do is get rudy giuliani to talk about it on television, and they can get the ambassador removed. that makes people a target, that will have a long term impact on diplomats going forward. not only for yovanovitch. >> and the reason she was removed, she wasnt playing ball to do things like pursue the...

It is the us presidents absolute right to appoint ambassadors. yavanovitch, not giving a be replied. >> i cant speak to what the president is trying to do but the effect is to be intimidating. >> reporter: adam schiff picked up on that and a new buzzword was born. >> some of us here take witness intimidation very seriously. >> reporter: she got distracted by different argument, the house intelligence committees only republican female member. >> ambassador yavanovitch, thank you for being here. >...