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Could it be because he exonerates the president on the main impeachment charges. this week i read the volker transcript. page 36, volker states clearly there was nothing link again policy and investigation. page 41 he explains it was advisors to president trump, not the president you. they wanted to get president trump to view the ukrainian president more favorably. according to volker it was the ukrainians who wanted to be connected to rudy giuliani. volker says aid was held up for a number of ...

Ukraine aid and everything was contingent on this public declaration for the investigations which is democrats saying today yet more evidence of a quid pro quo. now republicans are still trying to push back saying that the president did not in their view order sondland or make any direct linkage to -- to ambassador sondland himself to hold up the aid coming from mark meadows, a top republican on the oversight committee who said this in the aftermath of the transcript release. >> any linkage that...

Rand paul demanding that the media reveal the whistle-blowers identity. >> i say tonight to the media, do your job and print his name. >> reporter: while senator mitt romney is one of the lone republicans saying that is going too far. >> my view is whistle-blowers, particularly those blowing whistles on action within the government should be allowed to remain confidential. so going after the whistle-blower i think is misdirected. >> reporter: trump supporters showed up at a rally wearing read th...

Presidents legal standing to keep several people from testifying. it just digs a different hole in terms of obstruction of justice. >> reporter: sources say it was bolton who described mulvaney and european union bast gordon sondland as cooking up a quote, drug deal, linking aid to investigating the presidents domestic rivals. last month mulvaney conceded to reporters it was a quid pro quo. >> i have news for everybody, get over it. there is going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> ...

There is any question it would not lead to a removal. >> reporter: which may explain why the president keeps on joking he may never give up the job. >> what they dont know is that when we hang it up, in five years, or nine years, or 13 years, or maybe 17 years. or maybe if i still have the strength, 21 years. >> reporter: one document the public may not get to see any time soon, the transcript of vice president mike pences phone call with the leader ukraine. sources tell cnn the administration i...

Well talk about the breaking news with congressman john garamendi. and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. first, lets go to our justice correspondent jessica schneider. some very significant changes to ambassador sondlands testimony. >> reporter: [ inaudible ]. [ inaudible ]. >> hold on for a moment. were going to get to your report right now. >> reporter: tonight gordon sondland is trying to walk back some of his congressional testimony. the ambassador to the european union releas...

Like our former ambassador to ukraine, both former ambassadors to ukraine that have spoken the truth and have upheld the dignity and reputation of their positions and the state department and the foreign service. >> do you think this revision of the testimony by ambassador sondland moves the impeachment investigation forward in a significant way? >> look, between that and if you read some of the volker transcript as well, that basically said that it was not believable what giuliani was pushing a...

Mike pompeo. sondland said pompeo rolled his eyes and said yes, it is something we have to deal with. kurt volkers testimony is also now public. with the transcript relating more details about a may 23rd white house meeting with the president directing his aides to talk to rudy giuliani about ukraine. the president dismissed recommendations he meet with the ukrainians saying they are all corrupt. theyre all terrible people volker recalled. i dont want to spend any time with that. volker became a...

Were following breaking news. in a newly released transcript from house impeachment inquiry investigators, gordon sondland revised his testimony to say u.s. aid to ukraine was linked to announcing an investigation of the company that worked with joe bidens son. joining us now to discuss this and more the top democrat in the senate foreign relations committee senator bob menendez. what is your reaction to ambassador sondlands updated corrected version. he said in his statement just released his r...

Neb -- hidden in a secret server not in ukraine or russia or the white house, lets have that. we had the nixon tapes and lets get the words and the redactions in the transcript. >> the rough transcript released by the white house. >> right. >> some republicans have started to acknowledge that the presidents conduct toward ukraine was inappropriate but they insist it doesnt necessarily rise to the level of impeachment. impeachment removal from office in light of what we learned today, how do you ...