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9-year-old cousin. the two of them walking by the officers pinning george floyd down. darnella frazier turning back, capturing that video now seen around the world. she told jurors today she has stayed up nights apologizing to george floyd for not doing more to save his life. the 9-year-old witness and the moment in court today derek chauvin took off his mask so she could identify him. and late today, the fire department emt genevieve hansen, off duty that day, also a witness, she offered to hel...

The house of representatives should slow down and spend months fighting in courts to force the testimony of trump officials who are refusing to testify. and after that, then maybe -- maybe donald trump should be impeached. >> impeachments require a certain period of saturation and maturation. it is the public has to catch up. im not prejudging what your record would show. but if you rush this impeachment, youre going to leave half the country behind. and certainly thats not what the president --...

And after that, then maybe, maybe donald trump should be impeached. >> impeachments require a certain period of saturation and maturation. it is, the public has to catch up. im not prejudging what your record would show. but if you rush this impeachment, youre going to leave half the country behind. and certainly thats not what the president -- what the framers wanted. you have to give the time to build the record. >> the three other law professors testifying today, noah feldman, pamela karlan, ...

Blow then? he finished by saying, yes, id give the devil the benefit of the law for my own sake. so i will conclude with this, both sides of this controversy have demonized the other to justify any measure in their defense, much like roper. perhaps thats the saddest part of all of this. we have forgotten the common article of faith that binds each of us to each other in our constitution. however, before we cut down the trees so carefully planted by the framers, i hope you will consider what you ...

What is expected from david hale? >> reporter: well, david hale was mentioned in a separate testimony that came out part of this week as concerns raised internally in the state department after the ouster of the then ukrainian ambassador marie yovanovitch. yovanovitch hofk had been targeted by rudy guiliani and his associates. yovanovitch raised concerns about the efforts to push the ukrainians investigations that can help the president politically. according to testimony that came out from mike...

White house tried to block national security counsel to morrison from testifying today. but he complied with a last-minute subpoena. meanwhile, john bolton is there as part of the impeachment inquiry. his attorney says he wont voluntarily appear. he would need a subpoena to do that. what is your strategy, and what is your reaction to learning about these people potentially testifying? >> secretary grisham: to be honest with you, know that we are in phase two of the impeachment inquiry -- >> harr...

Hearing the hold on the military aid came from nick mulvaney who at the direction of president trump, according to one of the folks who were testifying today, wasnt this, kind of taking this in a broader look, wasnt this exactly one of the markers that a lot of republicans were laying down on why they were, where they were, that you didnt know it came directly from the president? >> well, as we reported a few weeks ago, this july 18th order from -- that seems to come from trump through mulvaney ...

Everybody, who is taylor and why does he matter in the big picture here? >> dana, good afternoon. bill taylor is a key player in this impeachment probe as the top diplomat in the ukraine. hes a westpoint graduate, a vietnam veteran and held multiple posts overseas including middle east, nato and afghanistan. he arrived on capitol hill about five hours ago. he expressed concern about withholding military aid from ukraine for help with a political campaign. fox news told the state department tried...

To being fired. considering yovanovitchs firing to be, quote, an egregious abuse. it is hard to figure out the extent of the white houses efforts to block fiona hill from testifying today. ultimately we know she did testify. the committees did provide her a subpoena in advance of her testimony. it is exactly unclear the sequence of events, when the subpoena arrived, if she would have been able to testify without it what exactly that means, but she testified. unlike marie yovanovitch, she did not...

Testifying today. the presidents personal lawyer, they had to produce a subpoena. she showed up and has been rudy giuliani. speaking for hours. i do not know of his efforts for what does it tell you about this attacking me, adding individuals process moving forward? >> its striking how quickly the who have been named in the press process is moving forward and as contacts of mr. giuliani may democrats having a fair amount more success with getting key have been their personal witnesses to appear ...