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Hey. ♪hey. you must be steven's phone. now you can take control of your home wifi and get a notification the instant someone new joins your network... only with xfinity xfi. download the xfi app today. i want to return to the news that has broken over the course of this hour, first reported by "the new york times," but it's based on the opening statement that is due to be delivered tomorrow morning by lieutenant colonel alexander vinman. he's the top national security expert on ukraine at the white house. he is planning to testify to the impeachment proceedings tomorrow, in defiance of thi...

Sense of duty, according to a draft of his opening statement that's been obtained by "the new york times." colonel vindman will be the first white house official to testify who listened in on the july 25th telephone call between president trump and president zelensky of ukraine. the call that is at the center of the impeachment inquiry. colonel vinman says in his statement, quote, i did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a u.s. citizen and i was worried about the implications for the u.s. government's support of ukraine." again, this is just being reported ...

He will provide an account that corroborates and fleshes out the crucial elements in that complaint. in terms of who colonel vindman, he's a ukrainian-american immigrant. he received a purple heart after being wounded in iraq by a roadside bomb. according to the "times" which, again, has seen his opening statement, his statement is, quote, full of references to duty and patriotism. he could be a very difficult witness to dismiss than his civilians. joining us now is democratic congressman raja krishnamoorthi from illinois, sits on the intelligence and oversight committees. those committees are...

Call in the situation room with colleagues from the national security council and the office of the vice president. as the transcript is in the public record, we're all well aware of what was said. i was concerned by the call. i do not think it's proper. i was worried about the implications for the u.s. government's support of ukraine. i realize that if ukraine pursued an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would be interpreted as a partisan play which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it has thus far maintained. this would all undermine u.s. national ...

Reported it to a superior. lieutenant colonel alexander s. vindman of the u.s. army, top ukraine expert on the national security council, twice registered internal objections about how president trump and his inner circle were treating ukraine. out of what he called a, quote, sense of duty, according to a draft of his opening statement that's been obtained by "the new york times." colonel vindman will be the first white house official to testify who listened in on the july 25th telephone call between president trump and president zelensky of ukraine. the call that is at the center of the impea...