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>> from nbc news in washington, the longest running show in television history, this is "meet the press" with chuck todd. >> good sunday morning. if this were a courtroom drama, the democrats would seem to have all the evidence they need. 12 witnesses in two weeks painted a picture of a president and his administration allies working behind the scenes against the nations interests to benefit the president politically. we heard first-hand testimony that president trump pressured president zelensk...

Impeachment inquiry. and over the course of 24 hours total of public testimony, theres been a pretty consistent theme. >> frankly i couldnt believe what i was hearing. it was probably an element of shock that maybe in certain regards my worst fear of how our ukraine policy could play out was playing out. >> was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting the answer is yes. everyone was in the loop. >> he was being invo...

And the fact that wepompeo, the reality is going to be the president going to be hard-pressed to prove that he did not commit crimes that merit conviction, let alone impeachment. >> glenn, an article on the hill details how the white houses efforts to block critical witnesses from testifying has given him a victory by creating successful stalemate. how crucial are there statements at this point? >> you know, the statements are important because right now, we still have something of a closed cons...

Meet with an ex-ukrainian official about investigating the bidens. giuliani is just one of the many key figures not expected to testify publicly despite their names being central to the testimony so far. >> mr. giuliani to secretary pompeo, secretary perry, brian mccormick, chief of staff mulvaney, and mr. mulvaneys senior adviser, rob blair. everyone was in the loop. >> ambassadors volker and sondland and secretary rick perry also attended a meeting i attended with dr. hill. we have not complet...

Maybe. despite a marathon week of testimony that named names, we may never actually hear from a number of those witnesses that weve heard so much about. >> mr. giuliani, to secretary pompeo, secretary perry, brian mccormick, chief of staff mulvaney and mr. mulvaneys senior adviser rob blair, everyone was in the loop. >> ambassadors volker and sondland and secretary rick perry also attended a meeting i attended with dr. hill. we had not completed all of the agenda items and we still had time for ...

The president. >> was there a quid pro quo? as i testified previously, with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is "yes." >> everyone was in the loop. >> your staff gleaned from those conversations that ukrainian embassy was aware of a hold on the assistance? >> sir, i would say there was a kind of an issue, yes. >> are you saying marie yovanovitch is a dedicated and courageous patriot? >> i endorse what she says. >> and she served with grace and dign...

Squarely in the middle of the story. >> everyone was in the loop. >> reporter: gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the e.u. told lawmakers pompeo knew about the quid pro quo with ukraine and claimed he did nothing to stop it. >> we kept the leadership of the state department and nsc informed of our activities and that included communications with secretary of state pompeo. >> reporter: sondland came with proof, multiple emails he sent to pompeo. in one he laid out a plan to get president zel...

It goes back to that line, everybody was in the loop. julie and samantha, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thanks. still ahead, john bolton takes on the white house, accusing the administration of trying to silence him. (people talking) for every dollar you spend at a small business, an average of 67 cents stays local. shop small and watch it add up. small business saturday by american express is november 30th. (groans) hmph... (food grunting menacingly) when the food you love doesnt love...

Including the altered document that will likely add fuel to criticisms of the fbi by president trump and his allies. the low-level lawyer who allegedly altered the document is now the subject of a criminal investigation by john durham, who was pointed by attorney general bill barr to take another look at the intelligence used in the 2016 trush-russia investigation. the president has said that he and his campaign were illegally targeted by the russia investigation. but the horowitz inspector gene...

This. im not going to get into the issue surrounding the democrat impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: now one of his own ambassadors has placed him squarely in the middle of the story. >> everyone was in the loop. >> reporter: gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the eu, told lawmakers pompeo knew about the quid pro quo with ukraine and claimed he did nothing to stop it. >> we kept the leadership of the state department and the nfc informed of our activities. and that included communications wi...