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Very effective in just sort of making clear that there was this narrative going around about corruption, that the president did not seem interested in dealing with it but instead was pursuing this second channel. so i think democrats have to completely emphasize every way in which this was unorthodox and how these career professionals over and over again called attention to it. >> thank you very much. eli, stick with me. president trump made a surprise trip to walter reed medical center on saturday. the white house framed the unannounced visit as phase one of the president's annual physical ex...

Him to feel like he's his only defender. >> so melissa, it appears you know despite whatever criticisms have come by way of the president, taylor, kent, yovanovitch, you know, vinman all have been unflappable. do you see the same for williams since her open testimony is upcou upcoming. >> certainly. these are career foreign service professionals. they're testifying to a similar kind of feeling. that they've watched everything that's going on in the state department and white house and this is highly unusual. highly inappropriate. a second channel, a shadow channel and the is not the way foreig...

About to go public. so where do things stand? what are the biggest revelations so far? joining me now is our prosecutor in resident elie honig. thank you for being with us. the first public witness is going to be ambassador william taylor. what are the biggest revelations from the testimony from him that was just released? >> yeah, john. we'll be hearing from bill taylor next week. by the way, i think that's by tactical design. he is the perfect leadoff witness. his testimony goes right to the heart of the matter and he's backed up. the first thing that bill taylor testified about is this irre...

Question, are you aware quid pro quo literally means this for that? i am. to be clear here, quid pro quo really implies both parties are seeking the illicit transaction but the ukrainians really didn't want any part of this. that is what makes this particular example extortion. taylor also describes two channels of policymaking, a regular channel run by traditional diplomats themselves and the second back channel that included people like gordon sondland, and hick perry and the president's personal lawyer, a man who's not part of the u.s. government, rudy giuliani. taylor testified that while ...

Channels of u.s. policymaking, a regular channel run by traditional diplomats themselveu and, of course, that second back channel, that included people like u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, and energy secretary rick perry, and the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani.an taylor testified that while parts of ukraine were operated by the russian ukraine the security assistance got blocked by this second channel. the security assistance, the military aid to ukraine they t needed to help defend themselves from russian aggression and occupation got blocked by the nontraditional irre...