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It was, really, that the united states wanted them to do in order to survive as a country. its an existential threat. so the idea that there was no quid pro quo because those fancy lattin words were not said is senseless. >> steve -- >> erica -- >> go ahead. >> may i just add one thing to carry on steves point which is that the july 25th transcript is exhibit a of the fact that the president of the united states wanted a favor from ukraine in exchange for continued cooperation with them. so in t...

Witnesses, what does it, taken together, mean to you? >> i think the witnesses all week, i think, you know, have given a lot of testimony. it can only be described as perfect and beautiful. it is literally in a repeat of what the whistleblower report said and then what the july 25th transcript of that phone call between president trump and the president of ukraine said. so all of those key details that launch this investigation have now been corroborated, including most powerfully, ari, as your ...

He talked about the investigation into the bidens that the ukrainians would have to deliver an investigation into the bidens. that goes right to the quid pro quo. watch how many times he says that word deliverable. now, also, of course vindman listened to that july 25th phone call live, and his reaction was that this was about getting a white house meeting. it was a demand for him to fulfill this particular prerequisite in order to get the meeting. again, that goes to the central corrupt exchang...

President directed in terms of this hold. what was missing today is any conversation about the geopolitical situation, the presidents concerns about whether the europeans are conducting themselves in the right way. the july 25th transcript mentions angela merkel specifically. president zelensky agrees with that. so there is this broader context that i think largely got ignored today. final point, i think the republican members are doing a fabulous job and asking questions in a very effective way...

Investigation, its entirely consistent with the july 25th transcript. i would argue in damaging way, not a lets forgive it way but two specific federal crimes here. first of all, bribery. if a public official seeks a personal benefit in exchange for an official act, that is bribery. i think thats exactly what we have here and second of all, forget about any exchange. its a federal crime to slils s /solicit aid. so i see -- >> said bs on information being a political value. >> the supreme court d...

Including a new article of impeachment. >> some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. >> reporter: yovanovitch recounted how she felt threatened by the president and his associates before. >> the person who saw me reading the transcript said the color drained from my face. i think i had a physical reaction. >> reporter: especially after the release of the july 25th phone call transcript between president trump and ukrainian president zelensky. >> president trump says the for...

White house was that the notes from the call that were released tod today reflect that president zelensky of ukraine thanks donald j. trump for telling him that marie yovanovitch is bad news. now, donald trump as recently as tuesday on the white house grounds said, oh, zelensky didnt like her, didnt like her. his defense of removing her has been that the ukrainian president didnt like her. its clear that, if any poisoning of minds was happening, donald trump was poisoning the well for yovanovitc...

Voluntary cooperation from the trump administration. if that doesnt work, resorting to subpoenas. really trying to accommodate any kind of legitimate objections in the production of certain information. but if you completely stonewall and delay and block and obstruct the inquiry, thats a whole matter all together. i dont think they can claim the process is unfair when theyre not even participating. they have to get involved and actually at this point bring forward all evidence that could bear on...