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Resolution. >> are you one of them? are you at that point? >> i think the president has committed impeachable offenses, yes, chris, i do. >> and so its time to move forward. if nancy pelosi came to you or the chair of the judiciary committee came to you and said is it time to draft articles of impeachment, your vote would be yes? >> i think that theres a lot of additional information to be gained that will help other members reach their conclusion, whether it would be to vote yes on articles of ...

We now know that sondland was speaking on behalf of the president who was trying to swat all of that down. >> we do know after those text exchanges. we heard from the likes of pretty mcgirk, mike mcfaul who said taylors actions were that of an american hero. thank you so much, that exclusive reporting from heidi pryzbilla. right now, lawmakers are hearing testimony from mike pompeos former senior adviser, a man who resigned less than a week ago after serving different diplomatic roles for 37 y...

Develop and in this case hes interacting with am president at very crucial moments in that time line. >> what happened today? it seems this took the house investigative committees by surprise. it took house republicans carg to reporting by surprise. they were negotiating into the night. what happened today? >> you know, its hard to say. i mean we had ambassador volker who was also on those text exchanges to be the first in line to meet with the committee last week and to get his testimony but he...

Surprise. it took house republicans carg to reporting by surprise. what happened today? >> you know, its hard to say. i mean we had ambassador volker who was also on those text exchanges to be the first in line to meet with the committee last week and to get his testimony but he quit his government job to do that. and we saw markers laid down by the trump administration last week, in particular secretary of state pompeo basically saying indicating very clearly there would not be cooperation with...

He remains comfortable of a messaging battle when hes accused of obstruction and abuse of power. thats why, to what jeff said earlier, its an interesting shift from pelosi to make this not about trump and democrats, this is about trump and the constitution. >> and i just want to come back again. you hear the speaker talking about ambassador. if youre not following this closely, the white house deciding this morning not to let the presidents ambassadors testify. he was part of these text exchange...

Additional evidence that further corroborates the wrong doing. we have more than enough to demonstrate the president has engaged in serious misconduct. >> lets talk about what happens tomorrow. the million dollar trump donor and ambassador to the eu. will testify. this is some of his text exchanges. its important to look at these that took place just over a week apart. september 1. are you saying that security assistance and white house meeting are conditioned on the investigations. gordon says ...

Evidence of the serious wrong doing of the president the committees are cleking additional evidence that further corroborates the wrong doing. we have more than enough to demonstrate the president has engaged in serious misconduct. >> lets talk about what happens tomorrow. the million dollar trump donor and ambassador to the eu. will testify. this is some of his text exchanges. its important to look at these that took place just over a week apart. september 1. are you saying that security assist...

Gordon sondland might not have testified today or the white house prevented him, was he was speaking directly to president trump between all of those text exchanges, between the special envoy, special assistant to the president of ukraine, son land was speaking to donald trump. >> so that takes away ones plausible deniability about maybe i misunderstood. it sounds like the evidence indicates that he was busy talking to the diplomat bill taylor, the acting ambassador to ukraine, puts him on hold ...

Sondland is not your typical diplomat. kurt volker has been someone in that realm for years and years. gordon sondland is a hotel magnet. he is a large trump donor. he was appointed by the president to be ambassador to the eu. he was deeply involved in these text exchanges setting up this meeting or trying to set up this meeting between the leader of the ukraine and the president of the united states. one of the things that last stood out from the beginning is that ukraine is not part of the eu,...

This comes amid this ramped up investigation. we have seen text exchanges showing he was aware of everything that is happening in the aftermath of the presidents ask for the ukrainian president to investigate his political rival joe biden. the questions ultimately how much has he revealed and does he shed new light on efforts and concerns for the president to withhold the military aid and deny a nemeeting to the ukraini president. >> thank you very much. obviously, that testimony is going to be ...