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You the aid that has already been approved by congress. to me as i said as a former law enforcement officer, that is clearly extortion. that is clearly a bribery. >> the words republicans use this morning are conditionality. they say that the notes from the phone call don't show conditionality. you believe they're wrong? >> you know, it is sad, but they are wrong. and i'm just hoping that before this impeachment inquiry is all over, that the republicans, my colleagues who i work with every day many of them i have the utmost respect for, that they will remember the oath of office that they took...

Goldman starts his questioning this morning, what do you think this democratic attorney will try to get at from these witnesses? >> strategy point number one for the democrats. quid pro quo, what the republicans are now calling conditionality. best termed i think as a corrupt deal. they need to drive this home. these witnesses are strong on that. bill taylor testified previously. that was my clear understanding. security assistance money would not come until the president of ukraine committed to pursue the investigation. of course bill taylor said the same thing at the time this was happening....

I think them telling their stories and them telling the story about how they've never seen anything like what president trump has done in ukraine is going to be a very powerful story to the american people. >> as you know, i think, republicans circulated this 18-page memo of the points that they want to bring up. and here are the four main points. number one, the july 25th call summary shows no conditionality or evidence of pressure. number two, president zelensky and trump both said there was no pressure on the call. number three, ukrainian government was not aware of the hold during that jul...