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Security -- >> so -- >> and they spent the last three months not doing the oversight but going on an impeachment witch hunt and it is as simple as that. >> and you talked about you dont think that phone call demonstrates anything wrong because the president phrased it as do me a favor. democrats in the report argue that the call between trump and zelensky was just a, quote, dramatic crescendo within a months long campaign driven by president trump that for months there had been this effort invol...

Different tone. explain why that call is so significant. >> well, just what elie had said, and also this is coming now in that time frame of just a few days after september 1st when gordon sondland had already corrected his testimony once and said that he wasnt in warsaw and did in fact deliver threatening message basically to the ukrainians that their $400 million in u.s. security aid would probably not come unless they made a statement on these investigations, announcing what basically what tr...

Trump ukraine impeachment inquiry report, more than 300 pages. evidence showing president trump withheld a white house meeting and a much-needed security aid to ukraine, $391 million worth, to compel the leaders of ukraine to announce and to open investigations that president trump believed would benefit him politically. schiff was directly asked by cnns manu raju and refused to say publicly if he supports impeaching president trump. the chairman also said theres more investigative work to be do...

President of the united states, need to do with the office of management and budget? well, that goes to one of the central questions in this entire alleged plot, which was was rudy giuliani illicitly involved in extorting a favor? >> why we have any contact with omb. i think about bill taylor having that video link conference call about the security aide and saying that there was something from omb in the room off camera who said weve been told by the chief of staff who was told by the president...

As security aid was withheld for ukraine in a key meeting that ukraine sought also withheld and that is all detailed in the report. well wait to hear the exact recommendations but undoubtedly this will form the basis of the articles of impeachment. now tomorrow the committee will vote to release that to the house judiciary committee and they will have the first hearing. today they released the witnesses. several academics will discuss the -- the grounds for impeachment. essentially it is discuss...

That, zelensky underscores the conte conte content surrounding the conversation. theyre talking about security aid, white house visit, zelensky is saying, remember, we are at war, were at war right now. the united states seeing this country ukraine as not a corrupt place as holding it up, having a white house meeting sends a message to the rest of the world and also very importantly to vladimir putin, how did you read that interview today? >> you know, its interesting when i read that, the term ...

>> reporter: thats right, jim. tonight, two sources are telling cnn ukrainian officials are still exploring ways to improve their countrys relationship with the united states and particularly to be more favorable in trumps eyes. one of the ways theyre looking at that potential for opening new investigations to satisfy president trumps political motives as it relates to ukraine. the heart of this impeachment inquiry is the presidents and aids pressure on ukraine to carry out politically motivated...

Release the hold on aid to ukraine. that happened on september 11th. we did not previously know whether or not the president knew about the whistleblower complaint when he made that decision. now we know that he did indeed have that knowledge. also two days before that on september 9th is when the president spoke with the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland and unprompted told sondland no quid pro quo, that he wanted nothing from the ukrainians. there was a question as to how t...

Complaint influence the presidents decision to release that security aid to ukraine? according to the "new york times" we learned that the president was briefed in late august about that whistle-blower complaint. that comes, of course, two weeks before the president ultimately did agree to release that security aid to ukraine. that was september 11th when the president agreed to do that, and two days before that, brooke, also another key event that is important in this context of this new revela...

>> i would suggest rudy giuliani and some of the other presidents men go take a trip and see what it feels like in prison and understand -- hes not doing hard time. hes not in danger, but the depressing nature of being locked up where you cant leave. i think rudy and some of the others should do a check and go up and see what that feels like before they decide how this is going to play out. a career official in the office of management and budget undercut the white houses defense for freezing ...