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Because in the book and in your interview, bolton claims he heard first-hand from the president that security aid to ukraine was directly linked to requests to investigate joe biden and others. so, why now? instead of when congress and many americans wanted to know the answer to this. >> reporter: well, david, he says he did not like the way the democrats were running the hearings and didn't think his testimony would make a difference. that is something i press him on repeatedly in our interview and, by the way, david, bolton is not at all surprised that the president is trying to stop the rel...

From trump that security aid to ukraine was directly tied to his requests that joe biden and others be investigated by the ukrainian president, which bolton says he himself found "deeply disturbing." bolton saying he was alarmed at what he described as "obstruction of justice as a way of life." adding that foremost on trump's mind at all times was re-election. "i am hard-pressed to identify any significant trump decision during my tenure that wasn't driven by re-election calculations." one example, says bolton, the president asking china's president xi to buy soybeans and wheat to help win the...

Senators, wanting to understand when or why or how the president ordered the hold on the security aid. as the head of the office of management and budget, mr. mulvaney has unique insights into all of these questions. your questions. remember that email exchange between mr. mulvaney and his depu deputy, rob blair on june 27th when mulvaney asked blair about whether they could implement the hold, and blair responded that it could be done but that congress would become unhinged? it wasn't just congress. it was the independent government accountability office that determined that the

Whole manuscript, just what are considered the relevant portions of the manuscript regarding ukraine and the president's decision to withhold security aid, military aid. >> john, let me ask you, there are people who will say, john bolton, this is normal, this is fine, this is the normal process it would be normally, theoretically, which does happen. people leave the cia and write books and submit them for application. here is chief justice roberts. we will take a break. in the meantime, here is chief justice roberts. >> the chaplain will lead us in prayer. >> let us pray. divine shepherd, hono...

>> during which he told me president zelensky opened the meeting by asking about the security aid, and he said he would talk to president trump that night. the vice president did say that president trump wanted the europeans to do more to support ukraine and that he wanted the ukrainians to do more to fight corruption. >> on september 11, based on the information collected and presented to president trump, the president lifted the pause on the security assistance. as mr. morrison explained, our process gave the president the confidence he needed to approve the release of the security sector as...