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Investigations? >> well, as weve talked earlier today, the possibility of a white house meeting was being held contingent to an announcement. >> how important to president zelensky was a white house meeting? >> new leaders, particularly countries that are trying to have good footing in the international arena see a meeting with the u.s. president in the oval office at the white house as the ultimate sign of endorsement and support from the united states. >> president zelensky was a relatively ne...

To relieve pressure on his ukrainians didnt know, this testimony would undermine that argument. brain. he was admitted to emory >> they didnt want to admit that the president had that kind university hospital last night. of leverage on them and made doctors saying the pressure is them look weak. caused by bleeding from mr. carters two recent falls in >> whats your response to those his plains, georgia, home. republicans that say that hunter should speak to the country? both incidents landed him ...

Testimony, the freeze raising alarm at the pentagon and in kiev. worries the trump administration would change its foreign policy to suit domestic politics and concern from national security adviser, john bolton, over rudy giulianis influence over ukraine policy. >> two of the officials say ukraine was aware the aid was frozen soon after it was put on hold in july. thats earlier than previous known. ukraines imagine undercuts the argument from trump backers that the aid could not be used as leve...

Its 4:00 a.m. in new york. its 11:00 a.m. in jerusalem. we start with closed-door hearings, one more day until public testimony begins in the probe. aides describing with remarkable consistency, the white house acting directly on its own, to withhold $400 million in aid to ukraine. some of the notable testimony, the freeze raising alarm at the nothing and in kiev. worries the trump administration would change its foreign policy to suit domestic politics and concern from national security secreta...

Department sounded the alarm bells. they knew this was wrong policy. they alerted the white house. they said, you cant withhold this aid that congress has appropriated. its illegal. yet their warnings went totally unheard. >> its also interesting because this was one of many arguments. it cant be a quid pro quo because they didnt know about the holdup of the aid or the whole plot which now we know they did from multiple people. >> exactly. they were embarrassed by it. they didnt want to admit th...

Frozen after it was said in july. it is the argument of trump backers that the aid could not have been used as leverage. we learn that military support to ukraine had been withhold before, by then-budget director mick mulvaney to avoid upsetting the russians. as for what to expect in the next 36 hours, heres phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, lawmakers are arrive back in washington, fully cognizant they will have one of the biggest hearings thats happened in years, ...

And i wasnt talking about her, ♪ impeachment. new transcripts from closed-door i was talking about the attitude that if you dont agree with p. impeachment hearings, with one diamonds shine like me. day until the public hearings im more of a democrat from my begins in the probe. theyre strong. shoe sole to my ears than about theyre brilliant. anybody running in this party. military and diplomatic aides i am a diamond. okay? >> including her? with consistency talking about >> including everybody...

Think its impeachable. how do you make that case? >> well, ultimately well have to wait in the senate for the articles of impeachment to arrive before we make a decision as to whether this is impeachable conduct. ive made it pretty clear that if you allow for a president of the united states to use the massive power that is given to him or her in their office to try to advance their own personal interests or their financial interests, then we really arent a democracy any longer. we look much mor...

Memo and they point out the ukrainians got their money. they didnt investigate the bidens. can you convince the american people there was a quid pro quo that was never physically or forfall lfo formally carried out. >> that would be an abuse of power. he leveraged a white house meeting which is one of the most important thing yous cs you can from the united states. he also leveraged security assistance. the second that congress voted for this assistance and signed by the president, we had levera...

Policy. they alerted the white house. they said, you cant withhold this aid that congress has appropriated. its illegal. and yet their warnings went totally unheard. >> its also interesting because this was one of many arguments that supporters of the president on capitol hill early on said, well, oh, well, there cant be a quid pro quo because ukraine didnt know about the holdup of aid. they didnt know about the whole plot when, in fact, we now know they did from multiple people. >> exactly. and...