It started with a whistle blowers, complain about president trumps contact with a foreign leader deny allegations of a White House cover up as details of a whistle blowers. Complaints are reveal a perfect foam with the President of Ukraine, like I've, made perfect call. The president asked for an investigation of democratic presidential hopeful, Joe Biden and his son Hunter today, and the narrow theme has it represents moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Now the burden is on the Democrats really to tell Americans the story of what happened and why it eatable morning. Everyone. This is the first in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding is part of the houses impeachment inquiry

tomorrow, I'm in the washing under other times. It is day one of the public hearing phase of the impeachment great. We just heard from the two witnesses who testified jointly by their senior diplomats: George Kent and William Taylor. Amateur gradually Davis, who is the congressional under the Times emigrant opt outs up high Julie. What's the latest so day, one, the impeachment hearings begins with the top Republican and the top Democrat Unintelligent Committee. If this is not an appreciable conduct, what is laying out their competing narratives for this whole phase of the impeachment inquiry the main performance Russia Hoax has ended and you ve been cast in the low rent, ukrainian sequel and honestly going into here.

It seemed like Republicans, had the easier job Democrats had to basically make an argument to the american people about why the president should be in peace for something they don't really even fully understand and the Republicans we're just there to poke holes and impugn motives. But then you must return or feel Taylor and George can came out and, to be honest, Democrats could not have asked for a better witness than Bill Taylor. Ukraine is a strategic partner of the United States right at the time. He basically lays out the importance of the american relations with Ukraine as Ukraine on the front line in the conflict with a newly aggressive Russia, even as we sit here today, the Russians art. King ukrainian soldiers in their own country and have been for the last four years. Saw this on the front line. Last week the day I was there

cranium soldier was killed and four were wounded. The security that the american support in Ukraine he says is really crucial and he takes the committee through why that's the case demonstrates to Ukrainians. And Russians that we are Ukraine's reliable strategic partner, it is clear in our national interests to deter further russian aggression. And finally, as the committee is aware, I wrote that withholding security assistance in exchange Help with the domestic political campaign in the United States would be crazy. I believe that then, and I believe it now And why is this a significant moment? You because.

His testimony is really the reason why we Democrats wanted to have these public hearings. In the first place. He is reminding people that administration officials who have given their accounts are real people, they're, not some sort of faces, bureaucrats, their actual flesh and blood, and they know what they're talking about. They have expertise in their region and they are just giving the facts as they know them. Secondly, he really lays out the stakes of what's goin on here. He talks about it as a matter of life and death for Ukrainians and sort of answers that question that Democrats have been trying to answer for the public of why people should care about what the president did or

deal with regard to Ukraine with German there to Ukraine stories today. The first is the one we are discussing this morning that you have been hearing about for the past two weeks. It's a rancorous story about whistleblowers. Mr Giuliani side generals Quid pro quo as corruption and interference in elections. In this story, Ukraine is merely an object, but there's another story in this second story: Ukraine is the subject. This one is about young people, what text so there's no hearing tomorrow, but also today there is a new element, those kind of injected into all of this, which is sort of unexpected last Friday. Remember most

I've told me of events that occurred on July. Twenty six. We got introduced to a new character by Bill Taylor and that's David homes. Member of must have good here, present drop on the phone asking about Sir Simon about the investigations and aid of his who he only recently learned overheard phone conversation between President Trump and Gordon Silent, the? U S ambassador to the European Union. Tromp was directly asking about investigations that he wanted and, after the call following the call with President Tromp, the member of most of investor Solomon, what President Trump fall about your great the aid, Ass ambassador San LAN, what the President of Ukraine and was told us a song, responded that present from care more about the investigations of Biden, which Giuliani was pressing for he's. Much more interested in investigations of the burdens.

The time I gave my deposition on October, twenty second, I was not aware of this information. I'm including it here for David HOMES is going to be imposed on Friday. We ve learned, and that indicates even though we thought the private fact finding phase of this investigation was drawing to a close there actually still trying to dig from our facts. Thank it. Surely that is the latest love full coverage of day. One of the impeachment proceedings tomorrow in the daily This episode of the daily is supported by the new Showtime original series: penny dreadful city of angels when a gruesome murder shocks, one thousand nine hundred and thirty eight LOS Angeles detective again as partner Louis mentioned, or find themselves grappling with nazi spies, crooked politicians and powerful supernatural forces Natalie Door.

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