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Transcript. they didnt know that i had a transcript done by very, very talented people, word for word, comma for comma, done by people that do it for a living. we had an exact transcript. >> word for word, comma for comma, exact transcript. nope, nope, nope, not according to the lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. the decorated veteran and diplomat who was on that very call, according to nbc, he told lawmakers the white house account left entire words out, very important words. in one instance...

Constructed transcript made by white house staff to reflect those omissions but while some of his edits were successful those two corrections were not made. colonel vindman -- driving further questions how officials handled the call including changes to the transcript and the decision to put it into the white houses most classified computer system. it will also drive questions about whether those moves were meant to conceal the calls most controversial aspects. yeah, it will. joining us now is m...

A close approximation of the call. but names and technical terms are frequently missed by the software according to people familiar with the matter. after the call took place in which colonel vindman listened in he was given a hard copy of the rough transcript to make updates and corrections. colonel vindman went through the transcript, made changes and gave his written edits to his boss, timothy morrison, whos the current director of russia and european affairs at the national security council....

Break it all down. joel rubin served as deputy assistant secretary of state under president obama. phil rucker, pulitzer prize-winner, the white house bureau chief for the "washington post." anne gearan, white house correspondent for the "washington post," and bret stephens, pulitzer prize-winning op ed columnist for "the new york times." philippe, to you first. what is the significance of these apparent omissions from what the president called a perfect, exact, word-for-word transcript? do thes...

"the new york times" has new reporting on todays testimony from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, an army officer who works, is detailed, inside the white house, and overheard the presidents phone call to ukraine. the "times" writes, quote, that he told house impeachment investigators on tuesday that the white house transcript of a july call between president trump and ukraines president omitted crucial words and phrases, and that his attempts to restore them failed. the omissions included m...

Inside the white house, and overheard the presidents phone call to ukraine. the "times" writes, quote, that he told house impeachment investigators on tuesday that the white house transcript of a july call between president trump and ukraines president omitted crucial words and phrases, and that his attempts to restore them failed. the omissions included mr. trumps assertion that there were recordings of former vice president biden discussing ukraine corruption and an explicit mention by ukraine...

Were lies, misinterpretations and omissions. >> not guilty. thats what nathan is. and i would suggest to you, respectfully, thats what id ask the verdict that you return. >> reporter: though nathan leuthold did not take the stand, he would have plenty to say about the evidence and his innocence particularly that chilling note left behind by his wife. she essentially spoke from the grave saying that you wanted to kill her, that you were humiliating her with a 20-year-old. coming up -- nathans a...

Exchanging sexually explicit text messages with her former lover and patrol partner, that was one of the reasons she ended up in that apartment, that she was planning a late-night rendezvous with the former lover. her attorneys say it was not the case, it was all a tragic mistake. amber geiger watched as prosecutors argued the former police officer missed numerous signs indicating she was in the wrong place the night she shot and killed 26-year-old john in his apartment. geiger was indicted on t...

Had so lets get our arguments right. this is a problem and what we of course need to do is tackle it smartly but if we end up spending five or ten or 16% of gdp to avoid this tiny problem, then we are really spreading ourselves thin. >> tucker: is there any scientific -- is there a scientific consensus that we know exactly how to arrest climate change? that we know the precise formula that we are actually in control of the climate? >> look, i think there is a tendency for us to tell everything t...

Justice kavanaugh, sean. i think what is so shocking here, and it really shocks the conscience of journalists, especially, you know, i have been in this field for a decade now, and the first thing that you learn is, you have three sources. you have to verify all of the evidence that you obtain from the sources. you have to triple check, double check. with "the new york times" has done is absolutely outlandish. there is a serious concern here because those purposeful omissions in "the new york ti...