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KPIX CBS Evening News With Norah ODonnell November 14, 2019 11:12:00

historic night in the nation's capital. for the first time in more than two decades, the country watched televised impeachment hearings and today was the first of many. we learned something new. ambassador bill taylor, the top diplomat to ukraine, testified about a phone call between president trump and gordon sondland. that's the president's ambassador to the european union. the takeaway from that phone call, according to taylor, the president cared more about investigating his political rival than he did about ukraine. taylor, a west point grad and vietnam veteran, and george kent a career foreign service officer, have served for decades under republican and democratic presidents. they use words like "alarming, confusing, irregular, illogical, and crazy" to describe the trump administration's policy towards ukraine. both diplomats called freezing aid to ukraine a threat to u.s. national security. democrats call it an abuse of power that amounts to attempted extortion and bribery. while the president today said he was too busy to watch. we'll break it all down with our

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