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Assistance, and wasnt going to get a white house meeting unless there was the investigation, and i understand you missed that, you are out of the loop then. >> thats not correct, sir. i was not in warsaw at these meetings. >> you are not in warsaw but you heard about it right after from ambassador sondland. >> thats not correct. that was some time later. >> now you know what it meant, and you said in retrospect, i should have seen that connection differently and had i done so, i wouldve raised m...

He was not going to give security assistance, he was not going to get a white house meeting unless there was the investigation and i understand you missed that, you are out of the loop then. >> that is not correct. i was not in warsaw. >> excuse me. what you heard about it right after from sondland, is that right? >> no, that is not quite correct. it was sometime later. >> i got it. but now you know what it meant and you said, in retrospect, they should have seen that connection differently, and...

They go after the inconsistencies, the prior statements. i think youre going to see some of that when the republicans have their turn with ambassador sondland. >> maya wiley? >> i agree both with claire and with chuck and i would say nicole to your question about conspiracy, adam schiff just said that what was so ground breaking in addition to sondland essentially saying i wasnt rogue, i was being transparent about my quid pro quo and i kept everyone in the loop, we were having meetings and conv...

I have never seen a day in the trump presidency like this ever. and like you, i live and breathe this, like it or not. this was a complete and exhaustive accounting from not only a star witness weve heard the term but from someone who could either be the lynchpin to the entire alleged bribery plot or a co-conspirator. mr. sondland came to this story as the point person with the unusual access. he says under oath, 20 calls with the president. one on one. keep everyone in the loop. and -- and were...

The loop and the genesis of it was a paper routing slip in the era before electronic communications that had all of the offices in the west wing, all of the stops. >> when i worked there you still got speeches that way. hard copies and the loop was on the outside of the brown envelope. you saw who -- it was called staffing a document and the loop was distribution lists and youre right because its been turned against everyone and sondland has been turned against his political patron, donald trump...

The openness subject, including went to speak with yermak and you told him similarly that in specifics next week, all of which referred to the 2016 and order to release the military assistance, they were going to the burisma. have to publicly announce these ms. kenna replied, gordon, ill investigations? >> yeah, much has been made of that meeting. and it really wasnt a meeting. pass to the secretary, thank what happened was everyone got up after the bilateral meeting you. again, everyone was in ...

You know, and, again, i have no visibility into what republicans and democrats on that committee saw or knew ahead of time but republicans have not proven themselves particularly agile. >> ari melber has been watching and listening with us. ari, curious to get your take on the hours weve seen transpire thus far. >> ive been watching it all on your coverage joining you for the first time, brian, you came out of the first part of this and said you saw he put a blowtorch to the white house. i would...

Who acknowledged and testified to a quid pro quo conditioning military aid on the announcement of investigations into donald trumps political rivals and who pointed the finger at almost everyone. heres some of that testimony. mr. giulianis requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president zelensky. i tried diligently to ask why the aid was suspended. but i never received a clear answer. still havent to this day. as a presidential appointee, i followed the directions ...

Well in. >> i did. investigation and will turn over every stone. >> later in august you told he would greatly appreciate a secretary pompeo that president call prior to sunday, so that he zelensky would be prepared to tell president trump that his can put out some media about a new justice officials would be friendly and productive call, no able to announce matters of interest of the president, which details, prior to ukraine could break the log jam. when you say matters of interest election on ...

Experience that we would ask the ukrainians to open an investigation on an american citizen who we suspected of wrongdoing. by the way, i dont suspect him of wrongdoing, would never be done in that way. >> all right. no one is going anywhere. so much to go through from this mornings testimony. so much to look ahead to. this afternoons witnesses are arriving on capitol hill. that testimony expected to get underway shortly. we are going to sneak in a quick break. we will be right back. >> everyone...