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And if we were the sixth amendment would apply and most of your testimonies would not be admissible whatsoever. >> heres the thing, republicans are only telling half of the story. first-hand witness, the people who have met trump or worked directly with him arent being allowed to testify. the white house is stopping them from doing so. former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst glenn kirschner argues every single time a republican complains of hearsay, secondhand information being introdu...

Trump administration. in particular interest john boltons lawyer says his client has personal knowledge of relevant meetings and conversations that have not yet been discussed in testimonies thus far, all of which are being held up by the white house. heres house speaker nancy pelosi. >> we are not here to be manipulated by the obstruction of justice of the administration. on the one hand they say that it is 2ndhand, on the other hand they obstruct all of the people who they would consider to ha...

Latest republican talking point on impeachment. new damning information is coming out all the time about the trump-ukraine scandal at the strf the impeachment investigation. republicans have field tested a dozen different arguments. but each one has been flimsier or weirder than the last. in the first impeachment hearing republicans complained that neither of the officials were first-hand witness tuesday the events under scrutiny. >> officials alarmed at the presidents actions was typically base...

Power. >> after the hearing yesterday, i think democrats are really reeling back that this is the best they have? they dont have something thats impeachable and continue just to drive something for a political basis. >> reporter: jake, heard one key word from speaker pelosi. the word "bribery." specifically mentioned in the constitution as an impeachable offense saying what she believes the hearings showed yesterday makes the president set up for at least one article of impeach money. democrats ...

Course in previous testimonies, when other former aides of his were making allegations about his conduct. the president claimed he did not watch a single minute of this which is a little harder to believe, especially given he has a television in the dining room outside the oval office he often checks in on during the day, his account, whether it was his staff was tweeting or retweeting more than a dozen times. the president was briefed at the end of today and his aides insisted to him today was ...

Giuliani, then allow the president to have counsel and nixon. >> not at this stage. they got ken starr, the clinton people. you said they wont let us have any witnesses. you have -- let me make a point. voleger, omorrison and fiona hill. heal. >> that was witnesses the democrats had previously -- >> but theyre on the list. >> what we said is we wanted their testimonies released but whats on our list is the whistleblower. >> the whistleblower has legal protection. >> the whistleblower didnt have ...

More to see that happen. >> what i thought was reassuring was that was not political. who was highly skilled in their area of expertise. >> bill taylor said he preferred president trumps policy on ukraine and giving the defense weapons over obama. >> and theyve worked with both democratic and republican administrations. and for americans, we should be proud we have diplomats like this serving our country abroad. and not only ukraine. right? imagine all the other countries where there are unknown...

Form or it will not only permit this president to seek other ways to bring about interference in our election. but it will invite future presidents to do the same. so we have some very difficult questions to answer at the end of the day about what these facts require us to do. >> what do you think? >> i think this is why we saw yesterday in the hearing a chairman schiff that presented the hearing in a very sober and somber way at the outset. which is because this is an issue that he and his comm...

Sondland would appear to be different than that. take a look. >> officials alarmed that the presidents actions was typically based on second hand, third hand, and even fourth hand rumors. >> weve got six people having four conversations in one sentence and you just told me this is where you got your clear understanding. >> were not in the court, gentleman, and if we were the sixth amendment would apply and so would the rules of hearsay and opinion. most of your testimonies wouldnt be admissible ...

Impeachable or concerned about anything you heard? >> im deeply concerned about what were hearing in the testimony that we have a president of the united states who essentially was soliciting a bribe from a foreign leader to investigate a political opponent in exchange for military aid. that is serious, deeply concerning, and we heard a lot of corroborating evidence in the testimony so far. well be hearing more testimony next week that i think will. to corroborate these allegations. then it will...