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Coordinate the interagency process, you were not aware of anyone else doing that either, is that right? >> correct. >> now, you testified in your deposition that hearing this call confirmed what you call the parallel process that your president sesor fiona hill warned you about. what did you mean by that? >> during the period in which dr. hill and i were conducting handoff meetings so that i could be up to speed on the various things that were occurring in the portfolio at the time, she mentioned the traditional 4 process and the parallel process. and in the context of discussing the parallel ...

Think mr. volker and mr. taylor the acting ambassador taylor was here wednesday. he testified about the president's decision to withhold legal aid. he said the president felt it might provoke russia. and mr. taylor contested than that russia has already been provoked and they have invaded the ukraine. president obama had the right to make his own foreign policy and make his own decisions as president of the united states, correct? >> yeah. there's an interagency process, and congress -- >> he has a right as president. i respect the interagency process. i'm getting to that, actually. but he has...

Mentioned bill barr. in your world, when you were with the state department, when you were a representative to the united nations, under what circumstances would the attorney general be involved in your dealings with other countries? >> quite a bit. it's not unusual to have the attorney general, the justice department involved in the interagency process. the national security council has representatives of the pentagon, the cia, the commerce department depending on what the issue is. but almost always someone from the, you know, attorney general's office would be part of it. i've sat in on man...

As new polling shows the top of the democratic field starting to take shape. we more on that later in the hour but we are still more than three months out from the iowa caucuses and a reminder just how early we are in the process is taking place tonight in the hawkeye state. tonight is the annual iowa libtd and justice celebration. it was formerly known as the state's jefferson jackson dinner. the event has a deep place in democratic campaign lore partly because it was where many considered the presidential campaign of then senator barack obama to have first taken off with the delivery of this...

>> the question is, is it appropriate for a president -- >> we are going to have an investigation. >> is it okay for a president to ask a foreign country to investigate the bidens? >> why don't we do an interview instead of interviewing yourself? >> what do you make of these allegations? >> i said i'm not going to comment on the merits of what's going forward. >> is that concerning at all to you that the transcript had been described as a perfect transcript but may not have been? >> no. there's a process. the changes i think that were outlined in the press were not a big deal. >> republicans a...