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Which -- by the way, you said that the statement didnt go anywhere. ambassador volker said it wasnt a good idea. mr. yermak said it wasnt a good idea. the secretary, it relates to a generic openness subject. right? >> yeah, i think the secretary that was on the july 25th call. which obviously i was not on and i didnt know about. >> but you use this email to suggest that everyone was in the loop. security sector assistance was tied to some sort of act by the ukrainians. >> no, i dont think i said...

Never had any idea that any connection to joe biden." >> he prefaced that statement, too. he said, "i was getting all sorts of mixed messages." he went straight to the source would call the president. center, go ahead. >> i want to bring a dana perino. juan williams also with us. danna, secretary of state mike pompeo was mention of the top adam schiff. said the knowledge of the scheme was far and wide and included, among others, secretary pompeo. the secretary of state was asked about this a sho...

Any personal information from it. i want to ask a few questions, and weve got to much of what i wanted to ask you. with respect to the statement, you were going back -- and i mean you and others, ambassador volker and others -- were going back and forth with ukrainians to figure it would statement they would have to make to get the meeting. correct? >> christ. >> and they understood they would have to make this even publicly in order to get the meeting? >> correct. >> similarly you testify that ...

Public officials, my guess is we will see the transcript. our people are pretty good. if other people have it, we will see the transcript. until then, all weve got is your recollection. and the testimony of the other people there. im curious about your frame of mind. this statement included that ambassador sondland did not give a fig -- not a word use -- of ukraine. is that a statement you might make? do you believe the president didnt give a fig about ukraine? >> congressman, are you referring ...

>> the white house meeting. >> lisa kenna response gordon, i will pass to us. as is secretary pompeo? >> correct. >> thank you. two days later you have a text exchange with ambassador volker again. this is at the end of it but the only earlier text which we dont have here you may recall includes the press statement, the revised press statement that includes burisma and the 2016 election. you recall that? >> yes. if i could see that it would be helpful but yes. >> you ultimately remember that aft...

>> well, i think ken starr and andy mccarthy are very good lawyers. like any good lawyers, they can parse this, freeze this anyway they want. as a reporter, it seems to me we have to go to with the headline is today. the headline is that gordon sondland, one of the three amigos, perhaps the one who had the most direct contact with donald trump, says in his opening statement, "was there a quid pro quo with regard to the requested white house call and white house meeting? the answer is yes." he sa...

The next day, is that right? >> thats what it says. >> now lets go to the press statement you were discussing in august. you testified, i believe, you understood that rudy giuliani was representing the presidents in trust with regard to ukraine, is that right? >> thats what we all understood. >> when you mean you all who do you mean question mike >> secretary perry, ambassador volker, myself. >> in august you and the basset of where coordinating with under year mark, the zelensky aide come about...

>> yes, i believe so. >> okay. and this is just investigation, generally making a public to of openness generally. right? >> i think by august 11th, mr. castor, i think we were talking about 2016 and burisma. the investigation generally was really early in the -- >> but do we know that secretary pompeo knows that? >> i think so. >> why? >> only because i think councilor breakable was briefed on all of these things. >> by who, by you? >> i think ambassador volker, by myself. >> does not he testif...

>> when did president zelensky announce the investigation was going to happen. today your opening statement. as ive testified previously with regards to a requested white house call, meeting, the answer is yes. they needed to be a public statement from president zelensky. when the chairman asked you about the security assistance dollars, he said they need to be a public announcement from mr. zelensky. when did it happened? >> it never did. >> they got the call july 25. they got the meeting in ne...

Significant to you? >> yes. >> and if that call was part of a bribery or extortion scheme, that you were part of, as democrats have a ledge, you would remember that a significant, wouldnt you? >> i was not a part and i would have remembered. >> i understand that, and i agree with you. lets turn to the quid pro quo. because its been reported in the papers that this was a blockbuster testimony today about quid pro quo, and new evidence. to be fair to you, ambassador sondland, according to your sta...