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European union. What does President Trump ask sondland the day after this call . What does the president want to know . Did he ask about ukraines efforts to battle corruption . Of course not. Did he ask how the war with russia was going . Not a chance. On the phone his voice loud enough for others to hear, President Trump asked sondland, so hes going to do the investigation . And the answer was clear, sondland assured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it. And that he would do an...

What does the president want to know . Did he ask about ukraines efforts to battle corruption . Of course not. Did he ask how the war with russia was going . Not a chance. On the phone, his voice loud enough, President Trump asked sondland, is hes going to do the investigation . The answer was clear. He ensured trump that the ukrainian president was going to do it and that he would do anything you asked him to. If that wasnt telling enough, my colleagues, in a conversation that followed, an amer...

Call of ukraine. that was the russia collusion host and obstruction of justice and then bribery and defend quid pro quo. none of which are included in these articles before us today. the first article of impeachment crafted is a fiction is not an enumerated basis, the democratic majority would have you believe that abuse of power is a high crime or misdemeanor. it is not. its an opinion. is not even a crime that can be charged on the court of law, unlike presidents nixon and clinton newark tried...

Long before the call to the ukraine. then it was the russia collusion hoax, then obstruction of justice, then bribery, then quid pro quo, none of which are included in these articles before us today. the first article of impeachment is not an enumerated basis in the constitution for impeachment. the democratic majority would have you believe that abuse of power is a high crime or misdemeanor. it is not. it is an opinion. it is not even a crime than can be charged in a court of law unlike nixon a...

Tonight with that and more to the story. >> president trump could join two of the president serves if the house in peterson and beaches in. he no worry about his legacy. president challenged democrats to impeachment quickly tweeting "if youre going to impeachment do it now faster we can have a fair trial in the senate." swear country going back to business." they wanted an impeachment trial in the senate so they can pursue their education and their witness. >> joe biden, hunter pardon, people wh...

Who are knowledgeable about what the issue was in the first place which is potential corruption and any sort of wrongdoing by the president on a phone transcript that he voluntarily released himself, by the way. >> bill: they would fight that request and what would you do in turn? >> listen, ill tell you what well do. were ready. if the democrats are foolish enough to actually pass these frivolous articles of impeachment of which they have no evidence and factual basis, we want a trial in the se...

Underscore that message. that was sarah sanders overall message in that answer. >> what do you think? >> i think that -- i agree. first of all, ai gragree with kimberly. there are moments where you see admissions, sondland certainly the admissions of whats happened. youve seen in the past rudy giuliani admit to different things. i mean, over the last few years, right, hell say, yeah, of course the president did this. there is this lack of appreciation and understanding that what happened was wro...

Controversial and unwise policy by the president. >> adam schiff the chairman has sat down. the hearing will be underway moments from now. >> martha, part of what jennifer williams was a party to was not just a phone call in july but with mike pence in warsaw on the first of september. apparently zelensky in that meeting in warsaw opened up their entire conversation with the request about the aid and where it is and security assistance. apparently the vice president said he wanted an update on c...

Welcome back to our special coverage of the impeachment hearings. today on capitol hill, there will be closed door testimony and it could be pivotal. lawmakers will hear from that key state department official who says he overheard president trump discussing investigations of the bidens on a phone call with ambassador gordon sondland in the middle of a restaurant in kiev. back with us we have joe lockhart and charlie dent. so david holmes is going to be testifying behind closed doors. hes intere...

>> reporter: good morning, alisyn. it was going to be a busy day, but not. these are the four white house witnesses that were going to be testifying, all of them, citing reasons, executive privilege, defying subpoenas, saying they want their own white house attorneys. those individuals, robert blair, senior adviser to the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, john eisenberg, nsc top legal adviser, michael ellis, deputy legal adviser, and brian mccormack, the director of the office of management ...