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world. im kim brunhuber. this is the final weekend before the critical midterm elections in the u.s. well tell you what big names are focused and who seems to be resonating with voters. >> tornadoes are wreaking havoc in southeastern u.s. at least nine touched down in texas. well have more in a few minutes. >> and a crowd sourcing campaign like youve never seen before, how people in the world are helping ukraine in its war with russia. the january 6 investigation, the u.s. presiden...

This brings me to the topic of todays proceedings. I would like to recap my recollection of the timeline in which these events played out. I testified about all of this at length in my deposition. In july, i became aware of a hold being placed on obligation of the State Departments military financing or fmf and dods usai fund. In meetings i heard the president directed the Office Of Management And Budget to hold the funds because of his concern for corruption in ukraine. Let me say at the outset...

Ordinary ukrainians taking up arms ready to fight the russian aggressor. coming up here on "cnn newsroom," we talk to one ukrainian ready for battle and why he says vladimir putin will not win. thats coming up. >> i see youre alone here. >> he fights for ukraine. thats all. im jonathan lawson here to tell you about life insurance through the colonial penn program. if youre age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insuran on fixed budget, remember the three ps. what are the three ps? the three ps of...

Capital, and vladimir putin is not going to take control over it whatever happens. he will pay a huge price for this. and im pretty sure that russian people actually they have to be with their president. if theyre not going to protest against putins regime, they have to face the fact that russia should be going under severe sanctions. and im asking, again, u.s. and european politicians, act now. be sure that ukraine is not going to surrender, but we need your help. we need your assistance now. m...

But everything they did from the beginning did not seem the break the ukrainians. and that brings us to the point where the negotiations can happen, because for the ukrainians if theyre stronger on the ground they understand the russians can bring more and more force in. and actually when looking at syria the russians dont have to blitz it. they can go neighborhood by neighborhood and wear down kyiv and wear down kharkiv. if the ukrainians can put enough resistance they can counter from a much b...

Im kim brunhuber live at cnn center in atlanta. the fate of ukraines capital hangs in the balance as russian forces reach the streets of kyiv. russia says it has conducted cruise missile strikes overnight but says it didnt hit civilian targets. the statement came after a barrage of explosions rocked kyiv, and ukraine said active fighting has reached the city streets where president zelenskyy says ukrainians arent putting down their arms. hes also urging the eu to decide whether ukraine will beco...

Do any better? >> you know, michael, to put it bluntly i dont care, and i dont think all ukrainians dont care what putin thinks of our country and our nation. putin like i said is a murderer, and he effectively turned russia into north korea for the last few days. and russia will pay for that. even at some point it looks very much like we might -- we might, it doesnt change anything for us. this is our country and our home. im born in the most russian speaking city in crimea. and we both have to...

Detached from reality. hes honestly thinking ukrainians should be liberated by the russians. he has another thing coming. the last eight years thanks to vladimir putin time and again first was in 2014 and now the second time is today that ukrainians are realizing they are a nation to reckon with. and this national identity flowering is actually very much due to vladimir putin, so y ukrainians have a lot to thank him for. >> to that point lets say the worst happens and the government falls, i was...

Aware of their content at the time. i do not have any additional information about precisely what the ukrainians may have said, what may have been their source of information about a hold or possible issues with a flow of assistance or what the state department officials may have told them. my staff also advised me in the last few days of the following additional fact that may be relevant. to this inquiry. again, my staff does not recall informing me about them and i do not recall being made awa...

They saw officials from the ukrainian embassy in august and they believe the question of the hold came up at some point but tai told me they did not find any correspondence or record of those meetings, consequently neither they nor i know precisely when what additional discussion mays have occurred with ukrainians in the month of august. if i had more details on these matters, i would offer them to the committee. this is the extent of additional information i have received since my deposition. m...