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military aid to ukraine. from the johns hopkins school of international study, this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'd like to welcome everybody to the russia-you're asia seminar. we do it every two weeks, as you know, and given the speaker that we have and the topic is going to deal with. we have the pleasure of welcoming c-span here which is broadcasting this event as far as i can tell live on c-span2. i'm charles gotti. i organize these seminars and i say very little because i want the speaker to have as much time as possible. just to give you a little background. he hails from massachusetts and the soviet studies at harvard, before that, he got his va also in soviet studies and political science from tufts university. at harvard he studied with the legendary adam olamb and in tufts with solitary and old friend of mine, indeed. >> he left washington after, ana professor at -- in florida, at -- at florida international university, and that's a move that is shrouded in mystery, because few people do that, but
military aid to ukraine. from the johns hopkins school of international study, this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> i'd like to welcome everybody to the russia-you're asia seminar. we do it every two weeks, as you know, and given the speaker that we have and the topic is going to deal with. we have the pleasure of welcoming c-span here which is broadcasting this event as far as i can tell live on c-span2. i'm charles gotti. i organize these seminars and i say very little because i want the...
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ukraine ukraine what partisan hacks in biased media won't tell you is why ukraine has become part of america's political drama you'll only hear it here on crossfire. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander let me go to you in london i'm so pleased to have you in on the program here just the 2 of you because it gives you more time to talk about a story that is much more complex and longer than audiences in the west are being given by the mainstream media everyone is talking about the 2016 election well i would go a little bit further back and the very least i go back to 2014 with the illegal overthrow of a democratically elected government with the support of the e.u. and the united states now the predicate of all of this the larger the
ukraine ukraine what partisan hacks in biased media won't tell you is why ukraine has become part of america's political drama you'll only hear it here on crossfire. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest dmitri bobbitt she's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you...
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in ukraine gate. and we're going to be a mother we had great people paul martin for good point you know when we crossed arad scandalous articles about him in the washington post by and have a warm where are the us basically they all forgot to mention that he didn't do anything in russia he did everything in ukraine and go to the d n c and he was i'm sorrier at least he walked on his specialty he was a political consultant he got millions for that but the biden's work millions for something he didn't understand the action in because of his father's name but he was his father son he didn't understand anything in their straight or in energy where did you come to buy them get education in energy star gets you know so the more stories of what i'm going to run into and break from and understand. knew a lot about pharmaceuticals you know what i mean we're going to go to a short break here and after a short break we'll continue our discussion and some real news stay with our team. yes. that's kalash too long
in ukraine gate. and we're going to be a mother we had great people paul martin for good point you know when we crossed arad scandalous articles about him in the washington post by and have a warm where are the us basically they all forgot to mention that he didn't do anything in russia he did everything in ukraine and go to the d n c and he was i'm sorrier at least he walked on his specialty he was a political consultant he got millions for that but the biden's work millions for something he...
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ukraine should be recognized. i don't think anyone is questioning ukraine's independence except for mr. putin, perhaps and people around him. a foreign policy success at ukraine's expense would not be a foreign policy success. i think the blowback from the congress, from the think tank, university community, everywhere , would be so severe that if the president tried to push some resolution that came at ukraine's expense -- i think that in order for it to be labeled a success, it cannot come at ukraine's expense. on crimea, turkey could make some claims on crimea since until mid- 18 century. in 54, it was given to the ukrainians. socialist republic. acknowledgment of agreement of that. ninety-four and 97 with the russia ukraine friendship treaty it is only mr. putin and those like him that want to eat erase all of that and claim that crimea actually belongs to russia. if we allow that to happen, then we are losing. in my view, the international community should never recognize crimea as part of russia. we never re
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william taylor is an expert on ukraine. he served as george w. bush's ambassador to ukraine. and after donald trump forced out marie yovanovitch as ambassador, william taylor is serving as acting ambassador to cr ukraine. he testified for ten hours today under oath about what rudy giuliani and donald trump have been doing with ukraine, yes, william taylor delivered testimony devastating to president trump. one freshman member of the committee hearing his testimony today said after the first couple hours of william taylor's testimony that it was, quote, my most disturbing day in congress so far. that congressman will join us in a moment. william taylor's testimony could make the impeachment of donald trump bipartisan. his testimony could turn some republican votes in the house of representatives and it might be the testimony that convinces republican senator mitt romney to vote to convict and remove donald trumphro and totally incompetent and unqualified ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, could face perjury charges after william taylor's testimony today. we wil
william taylor is an expert on ukraine. he served as george w. bush's ambassador to ukraine. and after donald trump forced out marie yovanovitch as ambassador, william taylor is serving as acting ambassador to cr ukraine. he testified for ten hours today under oath about what rudy giuliani and donald trump have been doing with ukraine, yes, william taylor delivered testimony devastating to president trump. one freshman member of the committee hearing his testimony today said after the first...
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more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall start to go with your heart caricature everybody. now on the brink of a civil war at least 70 dead so far and the death toll rising it you can allude you . a new music. hall we saw here today was a revolution. to. get invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in knees and. nato has expanded into 13 countries up to the borders of russia 13 countries. focus . on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia. that the. city would. the the the low the to. elude . police. are little. plug 11 . ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold its seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world wa
more clashes in ukraine's capital kiev. there is absolutely no you shall start to go with your heart caricature everybody. now on the brink of a civil war at least 70 dead so far and the death toll rising it you can allude you . a new music. hall we saw here today was a revolution. to. get invested over $5000000000.00 to assist ukraine in knees and. nato has expanded into 13 countries up to the borders of russia 13 countries. focus . on not allowing buy into hot wall between ukraine and russia....
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into hot for between ukraine and russia. ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold it's seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world war one. and world war 2. and every time the ukrainian people ended up paying the highest price for these grand games of power. history doesn't repeat but it surely rhymes said mark twain. if one looks closely at the history of ukraine one will notice many rhymes. being surrounded by stronger powers ukraine has needed a lot of cunning to survive and the art they truly mastered with time is the art of changing sides. in the middle of the 17th century ukrainian leader. broke a truce agreement made with poland siding more powerful russia. just over 50 years later as the russian swed
into hot for between ukraine and russia. ukraine. it's an ancient and proud land. with a rich history filled with much beauty heroism and sacrifice. ukraine is a border land. a place where east meets west. this is the flag of ukraine the blue represents the sky the gold it's seemingly endless fields of wheat. ukraine is a prize many have sought. and much blood spilled in the quest to possess it. ukraine has been the pathway for western powers as they attempted to conquer the east. in world war...
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here for example as ukraine's national and t. corruption bureau chief sit nick recorded bragging about how he helped hillary clinton during the 2016 election yes a little more yes i helped him not trump but hillary hillary belongs to the cohort of politicians who comprise the hegemony in the us both in the us and in the entire world for us it is sort of better. oh you could definitely film sensitive 3 with these guys but the audio is real confirmed by ukraine's attorney general it was mr sit nick by the way who published dirt on trump's campaign manager in 2016 in a real lost anyway but the fellow tried so what if you don't have guns to sell or elections to win what if for example daddy ma. to get his young boy a nice cushy job where he didn't have to do much well ukraine's the help booth john biden's son and john kerry's stepson landed executive jobs at the ukrainian energy company now strap yourself in hunter biden earned $50000.00 a month 50000 in a country where the average wage is a few $100.00 and you know what in the weird
here for example as ukraine's national and t. corruption bureau chief sit nick recorded bragging about how he helped hillary clinton during the 2016 election yes a little more yes i helped him not trump but hillary hillary belongs to the cohort of politicians who comprise the hegemony in the us both in the us and in the entire world for us it is sort of better. oh you could definitely film sensitive 3 with these guys but the audio is real confirmed by ukraine's attorney general it was mr sit...
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supported ukraine. he denied them a white house visit until he could promise he could get what he wanted. why is that dangerous? what can you tell the american people about why it's important for us to support ukraine? >> first of all, look what he did. he, obviously, used taxpayer funded assistance, passed by the congress on a bipartisan basis, to both threaten an intimidate the new president of ukraine, to investigate his political opponents for the purpose of advancing his own re-election. now, that has so many elements in it and it's one of the reasons why i think it's broken through to the american people. it also is troubling that ukraine has been a subject of constant pressure from vladimir putin and the russian interests in ukraine. so you have the trump administration, the president, the vice president, others actually pressuring a new president who has a part of his country invaded and occupied by russian troops, and putting this poor new president in this vice. you think you are going to get
supported ukraine. he denied them a white house visit until he could promise he could get what he wanted. why is that dangerous? what can you tell the american people about why it's important for us to support ukraine? >> first of all, look what he did. he, obviously, used taxpayer funded assistance, passed by the congress on a bipartisan basis, to both threaten an intimidate the new president of ukraine, to investigate his political opponents for the purpose of advancing his own...
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ukraine ukraine what partisan hacks in biased media won't tell you is why ukraine has become part of america's political drama you'll only hear it here on crossfire. cross talking some real news i'm joined by my guest to me he's a political analyst and editor at innocent me internet media project and in london we crossed alexander material he is a writer on legal affairs as well as the editor in chief of the duran dot com all right gentlemen crosstalk rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander let me go to you in london i'm so pleased to have you india on the program here just the 2 of you because it gives you more time to talk about a story that is much more complex and longer than audiences in the west are being given by the mainstream media everyone is talking about the 2016 election well i would go a little bit further back and the very least i'd go back to 2014 with the illegal overthrow of a democratically elected government with the support of the e.u. and the united states now the predicate of all of this the larger the bigge
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western oriented ukraine and those who i wouldn't call it a pro russian ukraine i would say a truly independent ukraine having an autonomous its own vision of its own foreign policy and you know me just right there is we have to get away from this false 'd dichotomy. but these a pro western forces have a very tenuous relationship with the. because it's all about what is the west doing for ukraine which is at the forefront at the the ball work of an anti russian. and anti russian policy to the extent that the west and i think it's clear is not going to support that kind of long term anti what the russian initiative these forces in western ukraine are going to be disillusioned with the west and one already sees this in. the statements of current members of parliament for example that maybe we should rename the party servant of the people which is their party into servant of the i.m.f. because the i.m.f. really has us by the throat and is never going to let go and this is just one example of the of the true attitude of the west toward the would be but you know we would have predict we predicted th
western oriented ukraine and those who i wouldn't call it a pro russian ukraine i would say a truly independent ukraine having an autonomous its own vision of its own foreign policy and you know me just right there is we have to get away from this false 'd dichotomy. but these a pro western forces have a very tenuous relationship with the. because it's all about what is the west doing for ukraine which is at the forefront at the the ball work of an anti russian. and anti russian policy to the...
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but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war 2 broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to call and roll into battalions. just in the beginning of the war more than $80000.00 people from college cina region voluntarily enrolled into division s.s. galad seen in a month and a half notorious for their extreme cruelty towards the polish jewish and russian people on the territory of ukraine. members of these military groups came mostly from the organization of ukrainian nationalists b.-o. un founded in 1929 this organization had an ultimate goal of creating an ethnically pure independent ukraine and considered terror an acceptable tool for achieving their ends their official flag was b
but it wasn't quite so simple for ukraine the truth is ukraine has never been a united country. when world war 2 broke out a large part of western ukraine's population welcomed the german soldiers as liberators from the recently forced upon them soviet rule and openly collaborated with the germans. the real scale of collaboration was not announced for many years after the war but we now know that whole divisions and battalions were formed by ukrainian collaborators such as s.s. c. and not to...
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to ukraine. it's not at all clear why this state department needed an envoy to ukraine when we already had an ambassador to ukraine. but it seems one of kurt volcker's missions was to translate trump to the new ukrainian president. that means kurt volcker was in frequent contact with bill taylor, who became in effect the acting ambassador in ukraine after donald trump removed an ambassador who rudy giuliani did not find to be cooperative enough in his ukraine schemes that were designed to force ukraine to help the trump campaign by investigating joe biden. "the new york times" reports this smoking gun in kurt volcker's under oath testimony today. he disclosed a set of texts in september in which bill taylor, the top american diplomat in ukraine, alluded to mr. trump's decision earlier in the summer to freeze a military aid package to the country. he told mr. sondland and mr. volcker, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. that is a very smoky gun, i
to ukraine. it's not at all clear why this state department needed an envoy to ukraine when we already had an ambassador to ukraine. but it seems one of kurt volcker's missions was to translate trump to the new ukrainian president. that means kurt volcker was in frequent contact with bill taylor, who became in effect the acting ambassador in ukraine after donald trump removed an ambassador who rudy giuliani did not find to be cooperative enough in his ukraine schemes that were designed to force...
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special envoy to ukraine. now he is the former special envoy because last friday he abruptly resigned after he was named in the whistle-blower complaint that has given rise to this impeachment investigation. and really, even with the seemingly nonstop flow of breaking news about this whole impeachment scandal, there is a ton we don't know. it is unclear whether u.s. special envoy kurt volker may have been part of this scheme to pressure the ukrainian government. he showed up meeting with the ukrainian government right after president trump pressured them in a phone call to hand over dirt on biden as a condition of getting military aid. was volker part of this scheme, part of enacting that pressure campaign by president trump? or was he not part of this scheme but rather an important witness to it who might be able to shed light on what was done wrong? we may be about to get some answers. the house of representatives as part of their impeachment inquiry announced they'll be deposing five key state department of
special envoy to ukraine. now he is the former special envoy because last friday he abruptly resigned after he was named in the whistle-blower complaint that has given rise to this impeachment investigation. and really, even with the seemingly nonstop flow of breaking news about this whole impeachment scandal, there is a ton we don't know. it is unclear whether u.s. special envoy kurt volker may have been part of this scheme to pressure the ukrainian government. he showed up meeting with the...
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an exchange with ukraine. ambassador taylor telling congress that multiple senior administration officials informed him that the president personally blocked military aid to ukraine and refused to meet with that country's new president unless ukraine agreed to investigate joe biden and the 2016 u.s. election. >> that is big. we will lay it all out for you this morning. meantime, cnn has learned that members of the president's inner circle are urging him to accept the fact that they believe impeachment is coming and that it's now time they say to focus on attacking democrats and on the whole impeachment process itself. all of this is two more top u.s. officials are expected to testify this morning on capitol hill. so let's begin there. let's go to manu raju who joins us on the hill. let's talk about bill taylor's testimony. your reporting this morning is that there were audible sighs and gasps as taylor read that opening statement. >> yeah, and in one specific passage in particular, one in which the -- for the
an exchange with ukraine. ambassador taylor telling congress that multiple senior administration officials informed him that the president personally blocked military aid to ukraine and refused to meet with that country's new president unless ukraine agreed to investigate joe biden and the 2016 u.s. election. >> that is big. we will lay it all out for you this morning. meantime, cnn has learned that members of the president's inner circle are urging him to accept the fact that they...
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all of a sudden, ukraine. we go from russia to ukraine. how did that happen? the democrats, nancy pelosi and six committee chairman, i call them her pullet bureau are running rough shod trying to, issuing letters they call subpoenas if they were not replied to in a certain given time, they claim that to be obstruction of justice, it is not a court. they mean obstruction of the house. they are trying to set up the president and set up the administration, the demands are onerous. the process, you see, is ahistorical. and president's counsel wrote a letter to the members of the house, they said, you deny the president the right to cross-examine witnesses, to call witness to receive transcript of testimony to have access to evidence. to have counsel is present, in other words basic due process, even though this is not a criminal matter, cereal murdersl murder -- serial murderers get more due process, terrorists get more due process than president of united states coequal subpoena power, i did some research. and i found something, look at this. what in the world is
all of a sudden, ukraine. we go from russia to ukraine. how did that happen? the democrats, nancy pelosi and six committee chairman, i call them her pullet bureau are running rough shod trying to, issuing letters they call subpoenas if they were not replied to in a certain given time, they claim that to be obstruction of justice, it is not a court. they mean obstruction of the house. they are trying to set up the president and set up the administration, the demands are onerous. the process, you...
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trump's dealings with ukraine. he resigned the day after rudy giuliani shared texting appearing to show volker as a liaison between he and the administration of ukraine. what do you believe he will say to lawmakers this morning? >> well, he is a career service officer. i believe ambassador volker will say this is what happened, will he answer the questions truthfully and honestly and he will probably describe what he was trying to do in terms of working with ukraine, both to help to find a solution to the conflict in eastern ukraine. we would like to see that conflict ended and the russians and russian proxy forces out of eastern ukraine and will talk probably, depending on the questions, about the interaction of mr. giuliani with ukraine has affected his work. >> and if, let's say, the president of ukraine wanted ambassador volker to act as a liaison between ukrainian officials and rudy giuliani, who they believed to be a proxy for president trump, had aer arrangement, who would ambassador volker have gone to with
trump's dealings with ukraine. he resigned the day after rudy giuliani shared texting appearing to show volker as a liaison between he and the administration of ukraine. what do you believe he will say to lawmakers this morning? >> well, he is a career service officer. i believe ambassador volker will say this is what happened, will he answer the questions truthfully and honestly and he will probably describe what he was trying to do in terms of working with ukraine, both to help to find...
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love for ukraine. lovely as they are, right? there isn't some terrifically spiritual bond between our countries that supersedes the bonds we have with other countries the only reason we've been supporting them is because they were freaking invaded by russia, right, which is a very unusual thing. up until now on a bipartisan basis, we, the yierkts helped support that country because they were invaded by russia and russia is occupying part of them. we have been helping them keep their country intact while russia is trying to take it. so to the extent we are now no longer supporting ukraine or we are making our support for them contingent on these political favors for president trump for his re-election campaign, it's a radical change in a short period of time in terms of what the u.s. is doing and what are when a our attitude is toward that world-changing event from 2014. and i think now it's becoming clear why or at least it's becoming clear how this all fits together. the "new york times" this weekend
love for ukraine. lovely as they are, right? there isn't some terrifically spiritual bond between our countries that supersedes the bonds we have with other countries the only reason we've been supporting them is because they were freaking invaded by russia, right, which is a very unusual thing. up until now on a bipartisan basis, we, the yierkts helped support that country because they were invaded by russia and russia is occupying part of them. we have been helping them keep their country...
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of ukraine. "the washington post" reported, for example, that it a former senior administration official who were people he discussed the issue with president trump said that the president thought "what we were doing in ukraine was pointless and just aggravating the russians." the official went on to say the president position basically is we should recognize the fact that the russians should be our friend, and who cares about the ukrainians? times" had a similar report, saying that president trump has had harsh words about ukraine, and they are terrible people, he is quoted as having said. they are all corrupt and they try to take me down. and it is this sense where the president and his personal attorney have been arguing that, in fact, it was ukrainian collusion with the democrats and the clinton campaign, not russian collusion with the trump campaign that should be the focus of investigation. in addition, mr. giuliani has been trying to push for further vista geisha and of former vice preside
of ukraine. "the washington post" reported, for example, that it a former senior administration official who were people he discussed the issue with president trump said that the president thought "what we were doing in ukraine was pointless and just aggravating the russians." the official went on to say the president position basically is we should recognize the fact that the russians should be our friend, and who cares about the ukrainians? times" had a similar...
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with the ukraine. it would appear the trump administration has been trying to make headway on that front for russia too. "the new york times" made kind of an offhand reference to that this weekend when they reported that president trump has, quote, quietly been urging a deal that would pave the way for a removal of western sanctions on moscow over their ongoing conflict in ukraine. obviously the removal of those western sanctions is, quote, long a goal of president putin's. president trump himself said as much back in august when he was asked whether or not he planned to invite the ukrainian president to the white house. he said at the time, quote, i think he's going to make a deal with president putin and he will be invited to the white house. meaning, yeah, i would like ukraine and russia to make a deal, i would like the ukrainian president to go make a deal with vladimir putin. then that guy can come to the white house. why does the u.s. president want ukraine to make a deal with russia over russia
with the ukraine. it would appear the trump administration has been trying to make headway on that front for russia too. "the new york times" made kind of an offhand reference to that this weekend when they reported that president trump has, quote, quietly been urging a deal that would pave the way for a removal of western sanctions on moscow over their ongoing conflict in ukraine. obviously the removal of those western sanctions is, quote, long a goal of president putin's. president...
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aid money from ukraine. that career state department official wrote and you've got to quote this, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. so you can't get more clear than that. this is according to multiple reports this evening. and the text came in early september and the reason i want to emphasize that date and that means that text was sent before the news broke that there was even a whistle-blower. trump's diplomat believed that the president of the united states was withholding security assistance for help on his re-election campaign. trump has denied time and time again that there was a quid pro quo. >> there was no quid pro quo at all. there was no quid pro quo. >> if you take a look at that call. it was perfect. i didn't do it. there was no quid pro quo. >> the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine obviously believed otherwise, and of course, the transcript of the president's own phone call asks him asking for a, quote, favor from the ukraine president when the pr
aid money from ukraine. that career state department official wrote and you've got to quote this, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. so you can't get more clear than that. this is according to multiple reports this evening. and the text came in early september and the reason i want to emphasize that date and that means that text was sent before the news broke that there was even a whistle-blower. trump's diplomat believed that the president of...
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government's support of ukraine. i realized if ukraine pursue an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play, which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it thus far maintained. >> right. >> wow. >> they'll say, yeah, that didn't happen, though. i get his concern. good for him. we respect his sense of duty. but when he says ukraine delivering specific investigations in order to secure the meeting with the president. >> mm-hmm. >> that will set up like a quid pro quo if, if you believe that the investigations he asked for. >> mm-hmm. >> were asked for to benefit the president politically. and they're going to argue no. >> yeah. >> so he will not move the needle on that, mr. vindman, nor should he be expected to. the lieutenant colonel is about establishing the facts, what they mean, what is the consequence. i just had one of the best minds in the party on. this guy, dan crenshaw, if he wants to, is going to be a big party player for the repub
government's support of ukraine. i realized if ukraine pursue an investigation into the bidens and burisma, it would likely be interpreted as a partisan play, which would undoubtedly result in ukraine losing the bipartisan support it thus far maintained. >> right. >> wow. >> they'll say, yeah, that didn't happen, though. i get his concern. good for him. we respect his sense of duty. but when he says ukraine delivering specific investigations in order to secure the meeting with...
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the 1st sight you wouldn't take ukraine for a land of opportunity. unless you're into peddling weapons the javelin system will help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sober instance oratorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements now ain't that just the american dream selling weapons to a nation that can barely afford to keep itself warm in the winter and not just any weapons the javelin by far the most expensive and its class more than $200000.00 for the launcher and a rocket was uneasy though it took a concentrated push by arms manufacturers lobbyists and politicians to overturn a ban on lethal weapon sales to ukraine and this man this man was at the center of it the significance of this is that we lifted the old your arms did provide anti-tank weapons. and now we're prepared to treat you crazy like any other normal country which is just look at this face doesn't it radiate honesty and empathy but appearances can be deceptive kurt was naughty kurt had a little side gig going on that was all hush hush t
the 1st sight you wouldn't take ukraine for a land of opportunity. unless you're into peddling weapons the javelin system will help ukraine build its long term defense capacity to defend its sober instance oratorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements now ain't that just the american dream selling weapons to a nation that can barely afford to keep itself warm in the winter and not just any weapons the javelin by far the most expensive and its class more than $200000.00...
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many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the situation unfolding there with growing alarm. more and more of odessa as people were joining the anti my don movement at the same time as events in eastern ukraine were heating up. the new ukrainian government didn't have the power to wage war on too many fronts if odessa were to join the growing uprising in the eastern regions it would seriously complicate the situation. this rebellion had to be extinguished immediately and at any cost and that cost was high. on may 2nd 2014 soccer fans flocked to the center of odessa city for the ukrainian championship match surprisin
many in southern ukraine had been viewing the revolution with concern. and an anti mind on movement formed in the city of odessa in early january 2014 the protesters set up their camp in front of the trade union house a building which would soon become a monument to a massacre of its own it's difficult to overestimate the importance of odessa it is strategically located on the black sea and it's ukraine's largest seaport it's not surprising that ukraine's new authorities were watching the...
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in ukraine he also worked for the b.g. are a huge and powerful lobbying group which surprise lobbies for a theatre the company that manufactures javelin missiles and will make millions by selling them to ukraine kurt unfortunately resigned in september aside from the whole potentially corrupt thing with b g r and greatly and he was also embroiled in the trump ukraine scandal speaking of which trump has recently put on hold almost $400000000.00 in military aid to ukraine it leaves out. a scheme to use the leverage of the presidency you use the leverage of the. vital military assistance to a foreign nation. to provide or tame dirt on a political opponent it's hard to imagine a more serious set of allegations than those contained in the complaint cheerlead they can't all be rotten this is adam adam has a much friendlier face than kurt adams seems genuinely concerned about ukraine alas adam doesn't seem to be any better see among adams sponsors is a fellow named igor pasternak who makes a lot of money on military contracts wit
in ukraine he also worked for the b.g. are a huge and powerful lobbying group which surprise lobbies for a theatre the company that manufactures javelin missiles and will make millions by selling them to ukraine kurt unfortunately resigned in september aside from the whole potentially corrupt thing with b g r and greatly and he was also embroiled in the trump ukraine scandal speaking of which trump has recently put on hold almost $400000000.00 in military aid to ukraine it leaves out. a scheme...
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but ukraine is dependent on the fees it's just for gas transport via the pipelines running through ukraine and russia wants to get rid of these fees and the dependency on ukraine and therefore is building these new pipelines around ukraine the turks remain in the south and north stream in the north battling that thank you very much. hong kong's leader carrie lam says the city is a risk of falling into recession as it enters its 5th month of pro-democracy protests over its numbers have dropped and retail businesses as they have been forced to shut of their doors doing protests and rallies. after 5 months of pro-democracy protests some people in hong kong are tired of the demonstrations and blocked roads the city state's divided community is on edge many were looking to carry lamb speech and choose day to see whether she would years the protesters demands she issued a warning things you don't often need all that there is a large likelihood that for the year 2019 we will see a full year recession that means we will reach 0 to one percent growth so this situation is highly serious in addition
but ukraine is dependent on the fees it's just for gas transport via the pipelines running through ukraine and russia wants to get rid of these fees and the dependency on ukraine and therefore is building these new pipelines around ukraine the turks remain in the south and north stream in the north battling that thank you very much. hong kong's leader carrie lam says the city is a risk of falling into recession as it enters its 5th month of pro-democracy protests over its numbers have dropped...
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rightesident of ukraine, now, said no pressure. the president of ukraine and his foreign minister said, again, no blackmail, they don't even know what you people are talking about. hoax and ax, it's a continuation of the russian witchhunt, which turned out to be phony. phony, and deal was now they have to -- and all it is is very simple. it is one conversation that i had with the president of ukraine that was perfect. defraudedschiff everybody and he made up the conversation. >> are you concerned about the growing criminal investigation into rudy giuliani? president trump: i don't think so, because i think rudy is a great gentleman. he has been a great crimefighter. he looks for corruption wherever he goes. everyone understands ukraine has big problems in that regard. rudy giuliani is a fine man. he was the greatest mayor in the history of new york and has been one of the greatest crimefighters and corruption fighters. rudy giuliani is a good man. do you want to see your justice department still investigate biden? president trump:
rightesident of ukraine, now, said no pressure. the president of ukraine and his foreign minister said, again, no blackmail, they don't even know what you people are talking about. hoax and ax, it's a continuation of the russian witchhunt, which turned out to be phony. phony, and deal was now they have to -- and all it is is very simple. it is one conversation that i had with the president of ukraine that was perfect. defraudedschiff everybody and he made up the conversation. >> are you...
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they were his contacts in ukraine. they paid him through this shell company, fraud guarantee, might want to rethink that name, but rudy needs to pea concerned. especially if one of these guys flips. if one of them flip, then look out. >> thank you so muff. julie, michael, thanks so much. >>> coming up for us, sounding the alarm. a new report reveals it wasn't just the whistleblower that raised concerns about the president's dealings with ukraine. why other national security officials were troubled as well and what they did about it. >>> thousands of residents are being ordered to evacuate right now as firefighters are struggling to contain a really fast moving wildfire in southern california. we're going to take you there for the very latest. it's rukmini here from the new york times . hey, you see this? oh, wow. you two are going to have such a great trip. thanks to you, we will. this is why voya helps reach today's goals... ...all while helping you to and through retirement. can you help with these? we're more of the
they were his contacts in ukraine. they paid him through this shell company, fraud guarantee, might want to rethink that name, but rudy needs to pea concerned. especially if one of these guys flips. if one of them flip, then look out. >> thank you so muff. julie, michael, thanks so much. >>> coming up for us, sounding the alarm. a new report reveals it wasn't just the whistleblower that raised concerns about the president's dealings with ukraine. why other national security...
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still holding the aid that ukraine wanted. the javelins they wanted, but the president wanted them to do him a favor, though, right? so now we know he wanted that pledge in writing, that the u.s. would get that favor. all right? and then there's this. abc news is reporting that in a series of texts just last month the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, his name is bill taylor, writes to other american diplomats, "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign." in a later text gordon sondland, a trump appointee and a major donor, says "there's no quid pro quo but let's take this offline," saying "i suggest we stop the back and forth by text." which makes you wonder. why they wanted to make sure that the rest of the conversation was not in writing. okay. there's also this. here's what the "wall street journal" is reporting tonight. that president trump himself ordered ambassador marie yovanovitch removed from her post in ukraine months early. that's after rudy giuliani without any evidence accu
still holding the aid that ukraine wanted. the javelins they wanted, but the president wanted them to do him a favor, though, right? so now we know he wanted that pledge in writing, that the u.s. would get that favor. all right? and then there's this. abc news is reporting that in a series of texts just last month the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine, his name is bill taylor, writes to other american diplomats, "i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political...
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involving ukraine and joe biden. >> did you ask the ukraine to investigate joe biden? >> no. >> you're not going to intimidate me. i actually found facts that are true. >> shut up, moron, shut up -- >> just be careful about what you say. i asked you did you look at joe biden? >> you don't know what you're talking about, idiot. >> let me finish. >> keep your lying mouth shut. >> you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden? >> of course i did. >> you just said you didn't. >> giuliani's theory was based on one fact, that biden, as vice president, had used his authority to push for the removal of ukraine's prosecutor general, victor shokin. but giuliani went on to claim that biden got rid of shokin in order to protect his own son, hunter, and the burisma energy company. >> when giuliani says that vice president biden removed shokin to protect his son, hunter biden? is he right? >> it's [ bleep ]. from first word to the last word. >> did people here in ukraine, investigators like yourself, anti-corruption activists, think that shokin was doing a good job that he was effectiv
involving ukraine and joe biden. >> did you ask the ukraine to investigate joe biden? >> no. >> you're not going to intimidate me. i actually found facts that are true. >> shut up, moron, shut up -- >> just be careful about what you say. i asked you did you look at joe biden? >> you don't know what you're talking about, idiot. >> let me finish. >> keep your lying mouth shut. >> you did ask ukraine to look into joe biden? >> of course i...
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dip crat in ukraine wrote this. president zelensky is sensitive about ukraine being taken seriously, not nearly as merely as an instrument in washington domestic, represent election politics. assuming president z convinces trump e will investigate, get to the bottom what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for a visit to washington. then on august 9th, volker texts giuliani, quote, hi, mr. mayor, had a good chat with yermak. he was pleased with your phone call, mentioned z making a statement. can we all get on the phone to make sure i advise z correctly as to what he should be saying had whant to make sure we get this done right. the next day zelensky's aide texts volker saying he wants to get a date for the white house visit before making a statement about the 2016 election. the aide texts back, once we have a date we'll call for a press briefing announcing upcoming visit and outlining visit for the reboot including among other things, burisma and the election. then a text about the "politico" article about
dip crat in ukraine wrote this. president zelensky is sensitive about ukraine being taken seriously, not nearly as merely as an instrument in washington domestic, represent election politics. assuming president z convinces trump e will investigate, get to the bottom what happened in 2016, we will nail down a date for a visit to washington. then on august 9th, volker texts giuliani, quote, hi, mr. mayor, had a good chat with yermak. he was pleased with your phone call, mentioned z making a...
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about ukraine, leaving mr. trump to believe ukraine was full of, quote, terrible people who tried to, quote, take him down, in the 2016 election. >>> the white house scandal over ukraine exploded his week with president trump publicly stating that china should investigate joe biden, his democratic rival. and it was a surreal moment in u.s. history. >> it's a safe bet that political leaders in china and ukraine were caught off guard by mr. trump's statements. ukraine did announce, that it would audit it would review some of the past investigations, but that is a far cry from digging up dirt on biden and his son. sam kiley is following the story for us. sam is in ukraine, the capital city of kiev. we now know that ukraine will audit its cases overseen by its predecessors. is that bowing to pressure as critics are seeing this? and what's the view in that country? >> reporter: well, the view in ukraine, and very much the view of the prosecutor general this is not the result of american pressure, but as a result of
about ukraine, leaving mr. trump to believe ukraine was full of, quote, terrible people who tried to, quote, take him down, in the 2016 election. >>> the white house scandal over ukraine exploded his week with president trump publicly stating that china should investigate joe biden, his democratic rival. and it was a surreal moment in u.s. history. >> it's a safe bet that political leaders in china and ukraine were caught off guard by mr. trump's statements. ukraine did announce,...
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ambassador to ukraine had already been recalled. back now with david gergen, cate lan collins and jeff toobin. joining us, steve hall. steve, i mean you ran cia's russia operations division. does president trump seeking advice from putin and the hungarian prime minister in a private one-on-one conversation jeopardize national security? >> yeah, anderson. you've got this veritable buffet of horribleness in front of us and it's difficult for me to say which is the most horrible thing. that is certainly a terrible, terrible thing when you've got the president of the united states of america reaching out to a foreign leader and asking for that help regardless of whether there's a quid pro quo. you look at the other stuff that's going on here, you've got basically the decimation of anybody in this administration who understands russia and who understands ukraine, getting rid of all those people, ambassador yovanovitch, even john bolton, folks like that. and who replaces them. as you said, rudy giuliani. then you've got the president cons
ambassador to ukraine had already been recalled. back now with david gergen, cate lan collins and jeff toobin. joining us, steve hall. steve, i mean you ran cia's russia operations division. does president trump seeking advice from putin and the hungarian prime minister in a private one-on-one conversation jeopardize national security? >> yeah, anderson. you've got this veritable buffet of horribleness in front of us and it's difficult for me to say which is the most horrible thing. that...
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>> look at ukraine. part of the ukraine probe. these guys were all maneuvering to get control of the biggest gas company in ukraine. >> money is always the answer. >> it's always the answer. it's getting hard to get people to stay is in line. telling the truth. thank you for joining me. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now with ari melber in for rachel. >>> thank you for joining us this hour. rachel is off. will be back tomorrow. i'm ari melber. we have a lot for you on this very busy evening in the impeachment probe on capitol hill. it was exactly three weeks ago today that nancy pelosi announced congress was moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. sparked by the revelation that president trump had pressured a foreign government to gin up dirt on one of his political rivals. and would go on to admit it. today lawmakers returned to capitol hill from a two-week recess during which most of them went back to their districts and began to hear what their
>> look at ukraine. part of the ukraine probe. these guys were all maneuvering to get control of the biggest gas company in ukraine. >> money is always the answer. >> it's always the answer. it's getting hard to get people to stay is in line. telling the truth. thank you for joining me. that is "all in" for this evening. "the rachel maddow show" starts right now with ari melber in for rachel. >>> thank you for joining us this hour. rachel is off....