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What taylor said, what sondland said and what the transcript said at some point you wont be able to avoid it and youll have to make an argument to your constituents about why this isnt wrong. >> everyone starts thinking this is a new shining star thats going to bring the president down. after every year -- how many have you heard? >> im asking you how many ways do you have to hear -- >> how many testimonies have you gotten to hear? >> i havent heard any. >> i havent either. >> i think youre usin...

It, we tried to bring it up and get answers to it and it was immediately stopped. >> i have no problem talking about bidens and what you people should do and shouldnt do and ethics. i do not buy this presidents good faith effort when he ignores is own administration and his own family. what taylor said, what sondland said and what the transcript said at some point you wont be able to avoid it and youll have to make an argument to your constituents about why this isnt wrong. >> everyone starts th...

Congressman was just saying that its going to be staff members doing the questions as opposed to members of congress, we havent seen that for a while. thats pretty interesting. there was a lot of talk of should that have been done in, you know, the mueller testimony, in other testimonies. but do you think thats going to make much of a difference in terms of public perception? >> i dont know if its going to make much of a difference in public perception. it may mean that you get more and better i...

Election, basically giving him a these policy decisions. head start with all his while his statement is brief, it doesnt get into a lot of connections in washington, too. he could very quickly outraise details. we dont hear, for example, anything about rudy giuliani or everyone else in the field. his role in influencing the even if he doesnt come in, hes policy or other issues thats come up in previous testimonies. so well known in the state, it its almost certain that in the doesnt matter. >> t...

People to testify. >> gloria, the idea that the congressman was just saying that its going to be staff members doing the questioning as opposed to members of congress, we havent seen that for a while. thats pretty interesting. you know, there were a lot of -- there was a lot of talk of should not have been done in, you know, the mueller testimony, in other testimonies, but do you think thats going to make much of a difference in terms of public perception? >> well, i dont know if its going to ma...

Its is not the majority on this side. but its moving. nancy pelosi wants to make sure there cant be more of those goggles with devin nunes and jim jordan and lindsey graham are. they say the process is the problem. so they cant use that excuse anymore. never have these testimonies, the president admitting to it on tv, and we will proceed this way. republicans will get what they ask for, which is hearings televised in public. which, by the way, we know from the previous impeachment hearings, it s...

The dot, dot, dots, as you referenced, its a gross abuse of power. and if all president trump did was ask the ukrainian president to help him investigate the bidens, that would be a gross abuse of power. but he didnt just do that, he leveraged a white house meeting and also leveraged $391 million of your taxpayer dollars. that is what were investigating and i very much look forward to hearing from the lieutenant colonel tomorrow. >> there seems to be a conflict in colonel vindmans testimony and ...

So its opened up not just questions about donald trumps conduct but questions about whether other people involved in this investigation have possibly perjured themselves in the process. >> annie, thats exactly where i wanted to go with you, thank you for leading me there. i think i can put that up. heres what vindman testified to. heres where theres daylight, i think is putting it generously at this point, a flat-out contradicti contradiction. >> yeah. >> some democrats who have heard both of th...

>> of course, lawrence. that will be a part of our investigation as well as understanding who else was on the call. did anyone else express concern. but lawrence, frankly, if there was nothing else, you know, to the dot, dot, dots, as you referenced, its a gross abuse of power. and if all president trump did was ask the ukrainian president to help him investigate the bidens, that would be a gross abuse of power. but he didnt just do that, he leveraged a white house meeting and he didnt just do t...

For investigation into the bidens. again, vindman says, he flagged that to the nsc counsel. to refresh peoples memories, gordon sondland is one of the officials who allegedly, apparently, according to several testimonies, was deputized by trump to run this ukrainian pressure campaign outside normal state department channels. that speaks to the substance of what house investigators are learning from lieutenant colonel vindman today. politically, though, andrea, his appearance is significant too. ...