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I really mean it when i say i could talk to these friends for another hour. My thanks to all of them, and mostly to you for watching. Chuck todd with mtp daily starts now. Welcome to tuesday. It is meet the press daily. Good evening. Im chuck todd in washington where another round of potential bombshell testimony as the president and his allies once again struggle to defend him as democrats unveil their official road map for the next phase of the impeachment inquiry. This afternoon the house lai...

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Senator ron johnson and i also shared my concern with the ukrainians. so much for the ukrainians didnt know. you cant have a quid pro quo unless the ukrainians know, and youve testified today, ambassador, the ukrainians knew. you further testified... "mr. giuliani emphasize that the president wanted a public statement from president zelensky committing ukraine to look into corruption issues. mr. giuliani specifically mentioned the 2016 election, including the dnc server and burisma as to topics ...

When he asked you about investigations which we agree now means the bidens, we just did this 30 seconds ago. its pretty simple, isnt it? im having trouble why you cant just say -- >> when he asked about investigations, i assumed he meant the company. >> who would benefit from an investigation of the bidens? >> theres two different questions. >> im asking one. >> i assumed president trump would benefit. >> there we have it! see? didnt hurt a bit, did it? didnt hurt a bit. let me ask you. >> mr. m...

Focus, to get the meeting. >> that was shared by the callings that i mentioned, correct? >> correct. >> incredibly urgent, ambassador taylor describes going to the front where ukrainians were dying in the don -- donbass. and you shared ambassador taylors concern? >> i did. >> your forthright testimony, you testified, the benefit of hindsight because you couldnt piece it together. giuliani knew in real time what you were trying to figure out if you went along. is that a fair statement. >> i think...

Stefanik just talk about. and of course he left that out of his 23 page opening stateme statement. [reporter question] >> thats the white houses ca call. look, this process has been so unfair. what adam schiff has done, the fact that he told us last night, if we wanted to look at mr. sandys deposition and bring some of that material forward, we found out about that last night at 10:00, our lawyer had notified. we wouldve liked his deposition available to use. we could do that. that is one of the...

Come here today. with that, i yelled back, mr. chairman. >> mr. jordan. >> i ask unanimous consent to enter into the record a statement from mick mulvaney. >> we havent seen all the statements but i presume they are accurate and no objections. >> ambassador, president trump is not a big fan of foreign aid. >> i dont know thats a fair characterization. i think hes careful. >> foreign aid going to certain countries. he knew ukraine was corrupt. >> he believed ukraine was corrupt. >> he wanted euro...

Television over and over and over again talking about hunter biden and burisma. >> no, i did not. >> on september 9, in a text from ambassador taylor, he said something to the effect, are we now saying that aid is tied to investigations and i believe you texted back, call me. then you had a conversation with president trump. president trump said something to the effect that there is no quid pro quo. do you know what prompted him to say that? you asked him what do you want and he goes directly th...

President zelensky. mr. giuliani demanded that ukraine make a public statement announcing investigations of the 2016 election, dnc server, and burisma. mr. giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states and we knew that these investigations were important to the president. later, you testified, i tried diligently to ask why the aide was suspended but i never received a clear answer. in the absence of any credible explanation for this suspension of aid, i later came to ...

Prerequisite of investigations before any white house call or meeting. "you further testified again, mr. giulianis demand that president zelensky make a public statement about investigations, i knew that the topic of investigations was important to president trump. you testified later "i know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question. was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house ...