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Very effective in just sort of making clear that there was this narrative going around about corruption, that the president did not seem interested in dealing with it but instead was pursuing this second channel. so i think democrats have to completely emphasize every way in which this was unorthodox and how these career professionals over and over again called attention to it. >> thank you very much. eli, stick with me. president trump made a surprise trip to walter reed medical center on satur...

Him to feel like hes his only defender. >> so melissa, it appears you know despite whatever criticisms have come by way of the president, taylor, kent, yovanovitch, you know, vinman all have been unflappable. do you see the same for williams since her open testimony is upcou upcoming. >> certainly. these are career foreign service professionals. theyre testifying to a similar kind of feeling. that theyve watched everything thats going on in the state department and white house and this is highly...

About to go public. so where do things stand? what are the biggest revelations so far? joining me now is our prosecutor in resident elie honig. thank you for being with us. the first public witness is going to be ambassador william taylor. what are the biggest revelations from the testimony from him that was just released? >> yeah, john. well be hearing from bill taylor next week. by the way, i think thats by tactical design. he is the perfect leadoff witness. his testimony goes right to the hea...

Question, are you aware quid pro quo literally means this for that? i am. to be clear here, quid pro quo really implies both parties are seeking the illicit transaction but the ukrainians really didnt want any part of this. that is what makes this particular example extortion. taylor also describes two channels of policymaking, a regular channel run by traditional diplomats themselves and the second back channel that included people like gordon sondland, and hick perry and the presidents persona...

Channels of u.s. policymaking, a regular channel run by traditional diplomats themselveu and, of course, that second back channel, that included people like u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, and energy secretary rick perry, and the presidents personal lawyer, rudy giuliani.an taylor testified that while parts of ukraine were operated by the russian ukraine the security assistance got blocked by this second channel. the security assistance, the military aid to ukraine they t needed to h...

Michael mckinley. michael mckinley is a former top official in the state department. i want to bring in james clapper, who is the former director of national intelligence. thank you so much, director. i appreciate you joining us. i want to start with the big picture, okay, because people at home might be thinking so what if trump fired an ambassador. his administration, his choice. but what were seeing is giuliani, the president -- they were fixated on advancing this conspiracy that ukraine inte...

Of this sort of second channel, if you will, that was trying to do something else than what has been traditionally our policy towards ukraine. >> mm-hmm. yovanovitch described the rogue ukraine policy led by giuliani as a, quote, kind of partisan game in that giuliani and the former ukrainian prosecutor, quote, that they had plans and that they were going to, you know, do things, including to me. lets be clear here. yovanovitch was known to be championing anti-corruption in ukraine. so if thats ...

Teller. who is william taylor? hes the great william taylor because adam schiff has anointed him as such. a longtime state department bureaucrat, the acting ambassador to the ukraine, and he talks among other things the highly irregular conduct, the second channel with rudy giuliani going around the state department because, you know, sean, you cant go around the state department. there was a great piece in the real clear investigation -- george washington had a private party go around jefferson...

Hes the great william taylor because adam schiff has anointed him as such. a longtime state department bureaucrat, the acting ambassador to the ukraine, and he talks among other things the highly irregular conduct, the second channel with rudy giuliani going around the state department because, you know, sean, you cant go around the state department. there was a great piece in the real clear investigation --n george washington had a private party go around jefferson and the state department. bil...

Important, there were two channels, they were not official channels, this is the run through the united states senate, john brennan, senator harry reid and dianne feinsteins staff, that operation is going on through former staffers. second channel, im not talking about official intelligence channels, the second channel was the state department. diplomats and bureaucrats running intelop against president trump being run through victoria nuland and jonathan whiner. they have acknowledged the role....