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Reelected. our framers feared one day we would face a moment like this, they gave us an impeachment as a safety valve not to punish the president, but to defend our election and our constitution and that is what we must do. i yield. >> the gentleman yields back. mr. buck. >> thank you, mr. chairman. mr. castor, i want to direct your attention to page three of the telephone call dated july 25th between president trump and president zelensky. on page three, president trump states i would like you ...

The question or elaborate, one or the other. >> i am trying to answer the question. >> did you didnt you, did it come out or not? >> did what come out? >> some of the subpoenas were not publicly issued until they issued the majority report. >> they were given to the minority but not the public. make the witness who have publicly been identified, did you issue any other subpoena for testimony other than the one publicly identified? >> im not sure, i dont think so. >> how many subpoenas were issue...

Over 158 times, mr. sondland said to the best of my knowledge or i dont know. >> are you talking about his report of the deposition? >> the deposition in the closed door testimony. >> over time he remembered a lot more as he was refreshed. >> the question we are having here, as he also said or presumed it would actually happen. lets go back to something else, we will continue this in just a moment. according to your report, the turbine that to be the intelligence committee on the other investiga...

Going on today. so president zelensky is meeting with putinin today. and because of president trumps actions, zelensky is in a weakened position to negotiate with thea leader of the nation that invaded his country. if our military assistance had been providedy as congress ordered it and the white house meeting, president zelensky would be meeting with putin from a position of strength. if you want the support -- what we have to realize is that the message this sends to our allies and to our stan...

The majority report on page 13 says the u.s. intelligence community had unanimously determined that russia, not ukraine, interfered in the 2016 election to help the candidacy of president trump. mr. castor, it appears to be a conflict there. president trump is asking the ukraine to investigate something the majority has decided that its an illegitimate request because there was no interference in an election by the iukraine. is that how you read this? >> yes. >> and the press release from the ma...

Reported? >> corre >> answer the question or elaborate, one or the other. >> sir, i am trying to answer the question. >> did you or didnt you? did it come out or not? >> i will read it again. >> some of the subpoenas were not publicly reported until the majority report? >> yes, they were given to the minority and notve public. >>ty putting aside the witnesse who have been publicly identified, did you issue any other testimonies other than the one thats publicly identified? >> i am not sure. i do...

Necessarily a criminal offense. weve learned that the democrats are planning to conduct tomorrows hearings, quote, like a trial. will that help or hurt them? >> i think it will help them and heres why. i read the judiciary committees report and its basically a treatise on the meaning of the power of impeachment. the public has to understand this, the power of impeachment and what it means in the constitution is much broader than the legal standard of what bribery, extortion and honest services f...

Shortly. he was hospitalized a few weeks ago for a procedure to relieve pressure on his brain which was successful. and of course as we learn more, we will get that to you. but again he does look forward to returning home soon. thanks for watching us. anderson starts now. good evening. the start of a week filled with things weve simply never seen before including impeachment hearings with the target refusing to take part and that is not all. the house judiciary committee is out with a witness ...

>> the intelligence committee getting this out the day before, with legal scholars trying to explain to america what impeachment means and the scope and scale of that from the constitution. its just becoming public, and they have opened up its hearings. lawmakers have been able to go in with the democratic minder and look at this majority report until this public release at this hour. and now its getting digested by everyone, not just lawmakers. it will be three essential democratic witnesses de...

By donald trump because if we are you know what were going to lose the election. >> senator bernie sanders seemed to set the phone last night for an evening full of extremely substantive changes once again showing a party thats really not obsessed with trump. a party that is having a variety of sharp spirited discussions about its governing vision. its like the normal politics of the democratic party where people talk about a variety of important issues like health care and housing or practical ...