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It interesting. well, id argue that everybody in the back rowe would find it interesting, but i dont know that thats necessarily criteria. on a go-ed fforward basis, can articulate in the future this that when youre privy to certain circumstances that would be embarrassing to the principal that if its the principal you share it with the ambassador thats fine. but folks within the embassy that dont have a need to know that you wouldnt regale them with your recounting of those instances? >> sir, i...

Is necessarily the criteria, but on a go forward basis in the future when youre privileged to certain circumstances that would be embarrassing to the principle, that if it is official, that you shared with the ambassador but the folks outside the embassy or folks in the embassy who dont have a need to know, that you wouldnt reveal them with your recounting of those instances? >> sir, i think it was gordon sondland who showed a discretion by having that conversation over the phone line. >> meanwh...

Number of people that you actually had this conversation with about the conversation that you overheard. now, our ambassador had no expectation of privacy. he is blustering around. what he has done. we couldnt figure out how many people you shared that information with i would argue that the information is unflattering to the president. unflattering to the ambassador. and that your discretion is, you know, at odds here. your testimony your deposition said you shared that with folks who you thoug...

Your recounting of those instances? >> i think it was gordon sondland that showed that -- >> no, excuse me. >> excuse me, mr. holmes. let me clarify the question. >> let me answer your question, sir. >> it is my question. youre right. i get to clarify my question to get the answer. hopeful i get it in a few seconds because of the interruption of the chairman. i was working hard not to irritate him again, i failed again. the question is of you, mr. holmes, your discretion. gord gordon sondland di...

Witness in the impeachment inquiry, the u.s. ambassador gordon sondland is getting ready to testify publicly. hes the only witness who has spoken to president trump about the scheme to get ukraine to investigate the bidens. ambassador sondland could be the only witness who can directly link the president to whats been described as a shadow foreign policy campaign. a team of experts joining us now to discuss. this could be, gloria, a huge moment in this entire prospect. >> it could, as you point ...

Confirm you did indeed have the conversation with president trump from a restaurant in kiev that david holmes testified about last week, is that right? >> correct. >> you have no reason to doubt mr. holmes recounting of your conversation with the president. >> the only part of mr. holmes recounting that i take exception with is i do not recall mentioning the bidens. that did not enter my mind. it was burisma and 2016 election. >> you have no reason to believe that mr. holmes would make that up i...

President trump. we did not discuss any meeting there were going to have classified information. other witnesses have recently to be the investigations the president wanted? shared their recollection of >> correct. >> and those, again, are overhearing this call. investigations into 2016 and for the most part, i have no reason to doubt their accounts. burisma slash the bidens? its true that the president speaks loudly at times and its also true, i think we primarily >> 2016, burisma. the bidens d...

House from other agencies such as lieutenant colonel vindman who will be testifying tomorrow back to their home agencies ahead of schedule. one source tells me that even includes vindmans brother who was a key witness as an nsc lawyer. trump is asking how witnesses came to work for his administration, sources say he suggested again they be dismissed. white house advisers, erin, warned that any such move could be viewed as retaliation. im the olderly on when administration officials began testify...

Gerald ford, i keep recounting because he was a president defending before the house his pardoning of richard nixon. they were very respectful. i dont know that it would be the same with this one given our polarizing environment. >> it would not be the same. there is a total absence of respect for president trump as there was for president forward. when president ford was question, i think congress is interested in getting information and understanding the reasoning for his actions. that is not ...

Would point out is that gordon sondland, tim morrison and others basically vouch for the recounting of these conversations with the president or zelensky that ambassador taylor made. and so i have not yet heard anybody dispute these particular descriptions of these conversations, and thats very important. >> how do you understand what your role is, both you as a member of congress but also the committee in this? as you said before these individuals have given depositions behind closed doors. wha...