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Security aid for ukraine had been withheld. she notes in that opening statement that the reason that was given was that the order came at the direction of the president, because mick mulvaney, the acting white house dhe chief of staff, placed an informal hold on that ukrainian aid. she also revealed there was a push to oursest marie yovanovit. according to her testimony, the lobbyist robert livingston had lobbied her to get rid, to push for the ouster of yovanovitch, calling yovanovitch an obama...

And he is proud of being an immigrant to this country from ukraine. his family emigrated when he was very younhe bravery in combat to this country, that people on both sides of the aisle could cut him very good morning to you. a little slack and give him the benefit of the doubt that hes im jim schudiutto. an honest man. no indication of anything goodness, things are moving fast. >> it is a big day. different. and i find it just as a veteran, im poppy harlow. i find it offensive that we a whit...

Advice to the president. >> i said, whatever you do -- and we were in the process of finding someone to take my place -- i said, whatever you do, dont hire a yes man, someone thats not going to tell you the truth. dont do that. if you do, i believe you will be impeached. >> kellys comments come after his successor, mick mulvaney confirmed and then denied a quid pro quo for security aid by president trump. in a statement to cnn, the president says, quote, john kelly never said that. he never said...

Denied a quid pro quo for security aid by president trump. an aide said, john kelly never said anything like that. if he would have said that, i would have thrown him out of the office. he wants to come back into the action like everybody else does. white house press secretary stephanie grisham responded saying, and we quote, i worked with john kelly and he was totally, unequipped to handle the genius of our great president. allegations of improper relationships have cost an up-and-coming cong...

That the president was trying to trade access to the white house and american security aid for election interference. and so i think this is a critical moment as the facts are becoming pretty impossible for republicans to refute. for speaker pelosi to take these process arguments off the table, which she will do with this vote on thursday. and then republicans will be left to decide whether they actually want to continue to defend this presidents actions. >> let me ask you about the mcconnell/gr...

A quid pro quo in order for this to be totally corrupt and potentially impeachable. the president of the united states cannot demand a foreign country interfere in american politics and help his re-election effort, no matter if hes holding back aid or a meeting in the white house. you cant do that as the most powerful person on the earth. its worse we now know he was trading away access to the white house and likely security aid to ukraine. >> president trump is arguing out there that the impeac...

Guiding light in the congress. he pushed back against the abuse of power. he was unwavering in his defense of our democracy. he had little tolerance for those who put party ahead of country or partisanship above truth. >> presidents clinton and obama to speak at that ceremony, that funeral. we will take you there when that happens. as well, president trump speaking outside the white house. well bring you that as soon as we can. we begin the hour with the impeachment inquiry list and the possibil...

Wrong and that he is going to have some nuance in his testimony. so there is a lot thap still has to happen, including the potential of john bolton, the former national security adviser, coming behind closed doors. a lot of interest from democrats in particular bringing him forward, because of course as you know, he raised a lot of concerns behind the scenes about the security aid being withheld. jim and poppy? >> manu raju, thanks very much. >> for more now on how the white house is handling th...

Ukraine where ukrainian forces had been battling the russians for years right now. just one part of that statement is he recognized that over 13,000 ukrainians had been killed in the war. one or two a week. more ukrainians would undoubtedly die without the u.s. assistance, he noted. and he was talking about what withholding aid itch with was withheld for a period of weeks, some $391 million, might do and how it would affect those people. as someone who has served your country, reflect on his obs...

About questions why that military aid had been withheld and, of course, coming in the aftermath of that explosive testimony yesterday from the presidents top diplomat in ukraine who said the reason why this was held up, he was told, the president wanted public declaration of investigations into matters that could help his political campaign. thats why that vital security aid was held up. early this morning roughly two dozen members stormed this committee room, demanding to take part in of proces...