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Well, served in vietnam, won a bronze star, and is finding himself in this awkward position of having to testify when his boss is still the president. what ive seen as someone who works every day with young people, who want to go into the military, want to go in the foreign service, want to serve our country, is a demoralizing of the work, whether its criticizing the fbi, the cia, the state department, we are putting these agencies that secure our freedom and democracy into terrible positions. >...

Trump anything. ho >> reporter: the hearing featuring taylor and george kent was led by questions by lawmakers but also by democratic majority and republican minority. >> now there is one witness that they wont bring in front of us. thats the guy who started it all. the whistleblower. . >> democrats withholding aid from ukraine and the role that rudy giuliani played as a shadow diplomat. >> i did not find this particular engagement normal. >> reporter: the gop focused on the presidents conduct a...

Business plan is about to sign a check to someone who owes him something and the business man asked that person to pay up before signing the check. the ukrainians did not owe president trump anything and holding up security assistance for domestic political gain was crazy -- >> reporter: the hearing featuring taylor and top official george kent was led by questions from lawmakers but also by the chief counsel for the democratic majority and the republican minority. it was also peppered with part...

>> reporter: taylor and george kent question wag led by democratic minorities and republican minority and peppered with partisan squabbling. >> we will not permit the outing of the whistle-blower and questions along those lines counsel inform their clients not to respond to. >> there is one witness they wont bring in front of us, they wont bring in front of the american people. thats the guy who started it all, the whistle-blower. nope. >> reporter: while democrats focused on the presidents alle...

Gowdy wouldnt let even another republican who wasnt on the committee in. so when you contrast that to this swarm of republicans trying to get in claiming they deserve to be in, its just -- i mean, whats the word for what theyre doing. >> desperate. thats what it is. the testimony weve seen this week has been so devastating to the core excuses weve seen from the republican administration that theyre resorting to these tactics rather than address -- theyre doing publicity stunts to try to distract...

For itself. i dont speak for the administration. i spoke for myself and my client. but the administrations goal is a little different but not terribly different. it is policy change in iran. >> i speak for myself and my client, andrea. how does that echo if his clients have agendas against the united states diplomatic core? >> first of all, the testimony to the hill from former ambassadors and current ambassadors is that rudy giuliani is speaking for the president but was taking over ukraine pol...

He stopped working for trump. he just began to do it in a very important way for where the story is going. giuliani worked as an adviser and a lawyer and a pundit. we all know about those roles. but theres more to it than that. this is key. whatever anyone thinks of giulianis tv appearances, theyre not criminal. thats not why hes under investigation tonight. whatever you think of his legal advocacy in the russia probe, its not criminal. mueller indicted many people, including a lawyer, but not g...

Trump is doubting giulianis ability to keep representing him. they say that while giuliani will continue to be his lawyer, he will not work on any issues that touch ukraine. okay, lets tackle rudy giuliani. he has been acting as a shadow diplomat while being his personal attorney, giuliani says he is trying to dig up. dirt. >> anyone who says otherwise is

Intelligence background. what the hell is he doing being the point person on foreign affairs, on peace in the middle east, running around as a shadow diplomat in saudi arabia? >> hes a smart businessperson. >> no, because hes the presidents son-in-law who has all kinds of business problems like jeffrey just said and he needs the money for foreign investments. >> if im reading the story, and gloria and shimon and carter all fantastic reporters. if im reading it and im jared, im feeling pretty goo...