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There. she witnessed no wrongdoing, knew nothing about what we are discussing. no direct evidence of any misconduct whatsoever. no contact with the president, no contact with his chief of staff, no contact with anybody that really knew the president, no knowledge of anything being alleged by the democrats. you cannot make this up. this is how sick washington has become. >> were you involved in the july 25th trump-zelensky phone call or preparations for the call? >> no, i was not. >> were you inv...

For her, for you, for the whole family. new vicks vapopatch. breathe easy. have a great weekend asalways. tucker carlson is up next. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome >> welcome to tucker girls tonight the end of impeachment week one the public hearings began this week in washington. democrats kicked off the spectacle on wednesday by driving out a procession of state department functionaries each explain how deeply upsetting it has been to watch an elected president control americas fo...

Sounds. >> just like that, you had to leave ukraine as soon as possible? >> yes. >> how did that make you feel? >> terrible. >> without upsetting you too much, id like to show you the excerpts from the call. >> what was your reaction when you heard the president of the united states refer to you as bad news. >> i couldnt believe it. i mean, again, shocked, appalled, devastated. >> the president real-time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come f...

President in real-time time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing. >> its very intimidating. >> juan: accusing the president of witness temper >> doesnt allow us to have lawyers. tampering is when schiff doesnt allow us to have witnesses. ive been watching for the first time -- i started watching and its really sad. its a political process, its not a legal process. if i had somebody saying im allowed to speak up. >> juan: d...

Dont think i have such powers. >> what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, its very intimidating. >> reporter: yovanovitch described how the presidents personal attorney worked for months to smear her reputation... >> we were blocked by the ambassador who eventually got fired. >> reporter: ...with the help of corrupt ukrainians. >> was it mr. lutsenko, among others, who coordinated with mr. giuliani to peddle false accusatio...

Willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, its very intimidating. >> reporter: the president defended the tweet. >> you know, i have the right to speak, i have freedom of speech just as other people do but they have taken away the republicans rights. >> sir do you believe your tweets or words can be intimidating >> i dont think so. >> reporter: the republicans are questioning why yovanovitch was called to testify before given she was gone before the july phone call thats central...

>> ambassador yovanovitch, as we sit here testifying, the president is attacking you on twitter. and id like to give you a chance to respond. ill read part of one of his tweets. "everywhere marie yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in somalia. how did that go?" what would you like to respond to the presidents attack that everywhere you went turned bad? >> well, i -- i mean, i dont -- i dont think i have such powers, not in mogadishu, somalia, and not in other places. i actually think th...

Mogadishu, somalia, and not in other places. >> what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and expose wrongdoing? >> well, its very intimidating. >> well, i want to let you know, ambassador, that some of us here take witness intimidation very, very seriously. >> late this afternoon, the president offered his own defense of his move. >> reporter: what do you say to democrats who say you were witness tampering this morning when you made that tweet? >> ill tell...

Reagan administration, whien sh served in government. the president starts tweeting what she felt was intimidating -- the tweet disparaged her record and career as a diplomat for the state department. later intel committee chair adam schiff read the tweet to her and then -- ill show you what happened in the exchange with schiff and the witness. >> now the president in real time is attacking you. what effect do you think that has on other witnesses willingness to come forward and suppose wrongdoi...

Going to be a log, where theres going to be a transcript. you call over personal cell phone. so to me, that indicates a clear desire to have communications and to do it, which weve seen so often with this administration, using back channels that are not recorded, that do not have transcripts, because obviously, you know that if that transcript was released, it could show potential wrongdoing. >> very quickly. i just want to go around the table. who are you looking forward to hearing next week? w...