also jennifer williams. and these are important individuals because they were both on that call between president zelensky as well as with president trump. let's go straight to nbc news' white house reporter mike viqueira. vick, we started the top of the hour, were just about to go to you, then we get -- it happens all the time. we get the e-mail. we think it is because of the omb official mark sandy who just left, right? that might actually be some release of what's happening. indeed, it's of two individuals that aren't necessarily top of mind but clearly essential because they were in the proverbial room. >> they were in the room. >> what did you learn? i know you've been going through it. >> right. we are still going through it truth be told, richard, looking for things we didn't already know from previous released or should we say leaked information. first and foremost i think the thing that jumps out at me and again we've gone through this very preliminarily at this point was that jennifer williams, and

let's just talk a little bit about about that and also i suppose jennifer williams as well in the type of people that we're seeing giving testimony today spoke about his father coming to the u.s. and praising his father's decision to come to the u.s. he stressed he's so those he stressed as patriotic duty in giving the evidence here today with with the attempt by donald trump and republicans to cost a witch hunt and at a campaign by the democrats to try to oust donald trump what about the caliber of the 2 people we're hearing from today the access that you had the jobs that they perform and the types of characters that. that's right in and you know these witnesses have been in a sense of bedded by democratic best to gators in the past because of course they already told their versions of the story behind closed doors and in a sense they were vetted for their credibility for their backgrounds how they may come across in a public setting like we're seeing today and it. it is no no surprise that the people selected to bring this story public are ones with impeccable reputations jennifer w

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, jennifer williams is expected to come forward and testify publicly on capitol hill. jeremy diamond, cnn, the white house. >> joining me now, jacob parakiles, a u.s. foreign policy consultant and an associate at lse ideas. that is a think tank at the london school of economics. thank you so much for being with us. appreciate it. >> good morning. >> so how significant might gordon sondland's public testimony be, do you think, in light of these new details in "the wall street journal" that he apparently kept the trump administration apprised of efforts to get ukraine to investigate the bidens ahead of the president's infamous july 25th call? >> i think it's a little bit tricky to decide in advance how significant one thing or another might be. but there is some suggestion that sondland's testimony might be more significant than the testimonies we've seen so far because first of all, sondland had to revise his previous testimony given behind closed doors. he reversed his decision to not testify originally. sondland is caught in the middle of all this. he probably shouldn

who was born in ukraine and also even you know jennifer williams this aide for the vice president as well so you know it was pretty shocking in some ways to see how they sort of went after them in such a sort of times what's being described by analysts here is almost callous way but you know let's keep our eye on what the next witness is that is of course one of the key figures. the u.s. ambassador to the european union he'll be appearing on wednesday. in washington thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world china has condemned the latest legislation raba unanimously passed by the u.s. senate to protect human rights in honeycomb the bills put the territories special trading status with the u.s. in jeopardy and bans the sale of crowd control munitions to hong kong. syria says its anti aircraft defenses thwarted a series of israeli air rights and in the capital damascus israel has released a statement saying its jets targeted syrian and iranian forces in syria in retaliation for rockets fired towards israel and she studied. living in place and military hav

let's start with jennifer williams, the vice president pence aide. yes, she is assigned from the state department but vice president pence picked her to be on the team and said she is a never-trumper and what did the vice president have to say in response to the president attacking his staff. >> at this point we've come to expect the president would attack members of his own administration testifying about his activities in this impeachment inquiry. what we had not seen was this response from the vice president. i reached out for comment and said did the vice president have any response to the president attacking an adviser and the response from katie waldman was jennifer is a state department employee. while that may technically be true, she is a state department employee, she is detailed to the vice president's office and her current title is special adviser to the vice president on europe and russia. so the vice president's office clearly trying to put some distance here. i did speak with a couple of folks in pence world today who were disappointe

who was born in ukraine and also even you know jennifer williams this aide for the vice president as well so you know it was pretty shocking in some ways to see how they sort of went after them in such a sort of times what's being described by analysts here is almost callous way but you know let's keep our eye on what the next witness is that is of course one of the key figures. the u.s. ambassador to the european union he'll be appearing on wednesday. in washington thank you. well turning to a round where amnesty international says that more than 100 people have been killed in protests and a government crackdown in the country young restaurant did off the hikes in fuel prices or thirty's responded by shutting down the internet supreme leader ayatollah ali khamenei has described the protests as a security threat. very little information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place it's difficult to verify. videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that

jennifer williams was also, like colonel vindman, listening in on that call. she answers, quote, i certainly noted that the mention of these specific investigations seemed unusual as compared to other discussions with foreign leaders. i believed those references to be more political in nature. and so that struck me as unusual. williams says, quote, i believe i found the specific references to be more specific to the president in nature, to his personal political agenda as opposed to a broader foreign policy objective of the united states. she says, quote, it struck me as unusual and inappropriate. and the follow-up question, well, how did it make you feel? and williams answers, quote, i guess for me it shed some light on possible other motivations behind the security assistance hold. it should also be noted that jennifer williams is the only official from vice president mike pence's office who's been called to testify in the impeachment proceedings thus far, at least that we know of. to the extent that the vice president's own implication in this scandal reall

y jennifer wi jennifer williams, i would say it struck me as unusual and inappropriate. what does this do in terms of telling the whole story? >> well, i think it gives us firsthand as maggie said the -- you know, from people who were on the call, but it gives you a window, i think into people who were not necessarily involved in the back channel, in the rudy giuliani, and they were finding out things in realtime. i can imagine sitting on a call like that and saying what is he doing? you know, and so i think there was real alarm, and it set off, i think, an effort from these people to find out what was going on. i think the other thing that vindman in particular brings goes to the cover-up, which is he went to the nsc lawyer twice. this by accident got onto the secret server. that's going to be a big part of what the democrats, when they come to writing articles will be a big part of it. >> to your point that vindman will actually be able to say when the pieces of the puzzle started coming together, here's another moment from his closed door hearing that i want to read.

jennifer williams did show up. she showed up at 9:30 a.m., and the reason is to paint the whole picture of what was going on. find ago many people as they can involved in key elements of the investigation to fill in the picture. jennifer williams, as you noted is a national security aide to vice president pence, but she's a career state department employees. she was detailed to the vice president's office. she was on the july 25th call where sources say she had concerns about that call. it's unclear if she raised any of those concerns internally, but the concerns existed. another key meeting she attended was september 1st, the meeting between vice president pence and ukrainian president zelensky. after that meeting, the u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland testified that $o that the aid was contingent. that was a new detail unveiled this week. everybody is trying to piece together how everybody saw this in real time, and jennifer williams is a key player. that's why she's better hind closed doors at this mome

kaitlan, tell us how jennifer williams fits into the saga? >> reporter: people may ask, why is she testifying on capitol hill, but she may play a more important role than some of the other people that have gone up there because of the row she occupi -- role she occupies. you're right, she currently answers to john kellogg, but the president and his staff plays a key role in selecting who it is they take on to come and work in their offices in these positions. jennifer williams is an interesting one because she was recently named, we did not know this before, that she was in on that july call between the u.s. president and the ukraine president that is central to all of this. we're told she had concerns about that call, but the vice president's office said so farther not familiar with her voicing any displeasure, but that's something we'll likely find out after she comes out from this testimony behind closed doors today, depending on what she's asked. when the vice president went to poland to meet with the president, jennifer williams went on

. >> meanwhile, president trump is lashing out to jennifer williams, an aid to mike pence. she testifies tomorrow about listening to that july 25th phone call between president trump and zelensky in newly revealed testimony she describes their conversation as unusual and inappropriate. it all comes after questions of the president's health. a visit to walter reed that did not follow protocol of a routine examine. joining us now, david gregory, kaitlan collins, and bianna golodryga. i find you to be normally unflappable and you seemed shocked by what you were hearing friday morning. that was before roger stone was found guilty. that was before david holmes testified behind closed doors about this phone call. and that was before the defeat of the republican candidate of louisiana whom the president had fwoen to campaign for three times. the point i'm making here is this has been a precarious few days for the president. what do you make of it all? >> i think where we are holding for the president. but i think what so disturbed me and shocked me about his reaction to ambassador

williams and advisor to vice president mike pence both told the panel they had concerns about the call that i found in july 25th phone call and usual because in contrast to other presidential calls i had observed it involved discussion of what it appeared to be a domestic political matter it was inappropriate. it was improper for the president to requestion to demand. an investigation. into a political problem an opponent especially a foreign power were there's at best dubious belief that this would be a completely impartial investigation the democrats hope to amass evidence that president trump abused his position using military aid to push ukraine to investigate his political opponents the republicans again attack the witnesses rather than their evidence of course your boss had concerns about your judgment your republican lawmakers question lieutenant colonel credibility and even his loyalty to the country being an immigrant from ukraine. the proceedings resumed the testimonies from former u.s. envoy to nato kurt volker and tim morrison the former national security council advisor. a

the president blasting williams sunday tweeting, tell jennifer williams, whoever that is, to read both transcripts of the presidential calls. she should meet with the other never trumpers who i don't know and mostly never heard of and work out a better presidential attack. that tweet comes days after the president attacked former ambassador marie yovanovitch as she was testifying. >> i think part of it is his own insecurity as an imposter. i think he knows full well that he's in that office way over his head. and so he has to diminish everyone else. >> she used the word imposter. talking about the president of the united states. who 63 million people voted for. >> reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi on cbs saying the president will have every opportunity to present his case. meanwhile the witnesses lined up to testify this week could poke holes in the republicans' defense. >> in addition to jennifer williams, tuesday we will hear from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman and tim morrison, national security officials who were also on the call to ukraine. also testifying tomorrow, kurt

he's elevating jennifer williams. he helped elevate marie yovanovitch. >> right, so now you're asking me a different question, which is if you were his lawyer -- first of all he'd never listen because he's his own attorney, but would you tell him not to do it because it's counterproductive. yes, i would make that argument, although those tweets set the narrative for the whole spin machine that defends him. hey, john, take a look at the cause and effect between his tweets and what you'll hear on fox at 9:00 p.m. you know, there's the time line between the two. >> yep. >> michael smerconish, thank you very much for giving us what you are watching for today and beyond. >>> well, nancy pelosi said it directly to president trump. she said all roads lead to putin. coming up, we can go inside the last three years of the trump administration to see how russia looms large, so large over this impeachment investigation as well. you wouldn't do only half of your daily routine so why treat your mouth any differently? listerine® c

you have kurt volker, jennifer williams, they're actually -- sorry. we don't have the right list on the screen. >> i can do it for you. >> here we go, the gop witness list, just for viewers who don't know, hunter biden, tim morrison, nelly orr a favorite target of the right wing media. who would you be willing to hear from? >> we've noticed three of the eight names on that list. 40% ain't too bad for the minority when requesting witnesses. the ones we've ruled out are the whistleblower which is, of course, only an effort to further the president's goal of retaliating against the whistleblower. the whistleblower's protected by law in terms of being outed. and, of course, hunter biden is irrelevant to what the president did. hunter biden has no knowledge of the president's actions. that's an effort to change the subject. look at tim morrison or ambassador volker, those are witnesses that republicans want called and they're going to be here testifying under oath. >> you are aware as well as i am, that impeachment is a political process and that political

that jennifer williams and vindman they heard it. steve: but at the same time, you know, how many people actually had, were so freaked out by it, then they started telling people, we know mr. vindman did. kevin mccarthy, minority leader on this program earlier. he said it would be interesting to see if the republicans go ahead with the line of questioning about, if he was simply freaked out because he had a different philosophy of about the u.s. policy regarding the ukraine. the in other words, it is the president who sets policy. mr. vindman might not have liked it. but then again not his job. >> public hearings today, tomorrows thursday. >> will be interesting to see if the president is watching or will he just tune it out. steve: special coverage of the congressional impeachment inquiry starts right now. ♪. bill: good morning it is now day three of the impeachment probe set to begin in the house. this will be a marathon week of public hearings, set to begin 30 men's from now. in total you will hear from nine witnesses, four of t

many of them, though, still working for the government, like jennifer williams. some in the white house. what is the white house saying about this? >> well, kate, effectively, the white house is saying that these tweets speak for themselves. a spokesperson for vice president mike pence, who jennifer williams works for, put out a very short statement to cnn over the weekend, saying, simply, quote, jennifer williams is a state department employee. obviously trying to downplay her role as an adviser to the vice president. president trump, obviously, unhappy with her closed-door testimony, in which she said that his call with president zelensky of ukraine was unusual and inappropriate. the president yet again referring to her, as he has previously to others, a never-trumper without evidence. and it's a good bet that president trump will likely return to these attacks again later this week, given who is slated to testify publicly. not only jennifer williams, but lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, gordon sondland on wednesday, fiona hill on thursday. the president l

williams a foreign service aide to vice president mike pence she's listened to president donald trump's ukraine phone call and i said it struck her as inappropriate which will be testifying alongside left and could alexander vandeman who also heard the phone call at the center of the inquiry and a little later in the day the committees will hear from could volcker that's the former u.s. special envoy for ukraine and he's denied participating in any effort to dig up political dirt on joe biden and the national security council's former official in charge of overseeing russia and europe policy will also give evidence to morrison had told investigators that he had concerns over trump allegedly withholding u.s. aid to ukraine to force an investigation into biden we'll speak to our white house correspondent kimberly hellcat shortly but 1st let's go to heidi show castrato she's joining us live from capitol hill and democrats will be hoping heidi that this quartet can flesh out the story so far. that's right particularly this morning's witnesses elizabeth we're looking at 2 national security e

jennifer williams is a senior adviser to vice president mike pence. brace for fireworks as the gavel drops. both witnesses have faced attacks from the president and his allies and that is expected to continue from republicans today. let's begin on capitol hill, manu raju is of course on the scene for us. so set the scene, what can we expect in the coming hours? >> reporter: a revealing day of testimony as a number of these witnesses, three of these witnesses testifying today heard the president's own words on that july phone call with president zelensky in which president trump urged zelensky to investigate the by continide each had concerns different level of concerns, you will probably hear the most serious concerns this morning when alexander vindman testifies about the concerns he raised to the highest levels of national security council in the aftermath of the call. and also his concern was mainly that this would undercut national security and pull back potentially on bipartisan support for ukraine. alexander vindman also expected to note concern

the first of them, jennifer williams herself. david wright leads us off from the white house. >> reporter: tonight president trump blasted another witness in the impeachment inquiry. "tell jennifer williams, whoever that is, to read both transcripts of the presidential calls. she should meet with the other never trumpers, who i don't know and mostly never even heard of, and work out a better presidential attack. williams is a staff member for vice president mike pence. she was on the july 25th phone call in which trump asked ukraine to investigate his political rivals. she testified behind closed doors that she found the mention of investigations unusual and inappropriate. quote, "i found the specific references to be -- to be more specific to the president in nature, to his personal political agenda, as opposed to a broader foreign policy objective of the united states." she's also the second witness to note a name that came up on the call, burisma. that's the ukrainian energy company where hunter biden served on the board while

testifying right now are jennifer williams who is an aide to vice president mike pence... and lieutenant and eutenant colonel alexander vindman... the national security uncil's top ukraine expert. ( darya ) this ( darya ) this afternoon we will hear from ambassadorkurt volker who is the former u-s ecial envoy to ukraine... and tim morrison who is a white house aide with the national security council.( james ) karin caifa is live washington d-c this morning wi the latest. karin. ( james ) and we will be streaming the hearis live from start to finish on our kron on ap you can watch the hearings uninterrupted. all you have to do is go to the app store to download the app. weather.weatherweather. no major hot spots. bay bridge the maze to sf. san mateo from bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. lden gat bridge drive time lesthan 30 min from 37 to the toll plaza. richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( mes )(áááscandoááá) our big story this morning. thousands of people in 8 bay area counties could see e lights turned off starting tomorrow. pg&e is

. >> the president lashed out at another witness, career diplomat jennifer williams. >> donald trump doesn't like what he's hearing. he shouldn't tweet. >> mr. sondland has to decide whether his loyalty is to america or the president of the united states. >> this is a man who said farce the president is concerned there was no quid pro quo. >> the president of the united states shouldn't be on the phone with the president of another country and raise a political opponent. >> this is "new day with alisyn camerota and john berman." >> good morning. welcome to your "new day." it is monday, november 18th. it is 8:00 in the east. it's a big week in the impeachment process, including a witness that seems to grow in importance every hour. at least eight current and former officials are set to testify, each one tells a key part of the story. the most anticipated appearance comes on wednesday when the ambassador to the european union, gordon sondland, is set to appear. newly released transcripts reveal that sondland had multiple conversations with the president, he could pick up his cell phone

jennifer williams, an aide to vice president mike pence. she described president trump's actions on that call as, quote, unusual and inappropriate. we are also going to hear from lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. aries the top ukraine specialist on the unusual security council. he called the president's actions troubling, disturbing, and wrong. this afternoon we will hear from former national security council official tim morrison who also listened in to that call and former ukraine envoy kurt volker who was part of communications between ukraine and the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani. both are witnesses the republican members of the committee asked to hear from as well. so that sets the table for us. let's go to nancy cordes who is outside the hearing room on capitol hill. nancy, let's talk about these witnesses today. why do democrats consider them so important to this impeachment inquiry? >> reporter: because, norah, they're going to be able to take this story inside the white house for the first time in these public hea

"tell jennifer williams, whoever that is, to read both transcripts of the presidential calls. she should meet with the other never trumpers, who i don't know and mostly never even heard of, and work out a better presidential attack.

then there was jennifer williams. she is a senior advisor to vice president mike pence. she also described

look, let's -- let's take jennifer williams' testimony. this is pence -- one of the vice president's national security aides who said this was unusual. it was inappropriate. said the president's demands for investigations were not related to the u.s. foreign policy interest and were about his own personal agenda. and what's also important to understand is that the president wants to make this about one call and what we learned from the past week is that this is basically a scandal that goes back a full year in terms of their desire to remove marie yovanovitch, the smear campaign against her. kind of all the back-channel meetings that were happening. the sidelining of career officials. this wasn't just one phone call. and even on this one phone call, obviously you have -- you will see there's some disagreement as to what the implication of it was. but the fact that this eventually was moved to a different server i think suggests on someone's part that it was problematic. but i think you need to take a look at this whole picture and the fact

we've got the breaking news on jennifer williams. does this surprise you, congresswoman, that she's saying if she's subpoenaed tomorrow morning she'll show up and she did, indeed, have concerns about that call? >> hi, erin. first of all, let me say it's good to be back with you, and once again, i am very pleased that we have someone, miss williams who is likely to receive a lawful subpoena and actually respond to it as the law requires and as you already reported, we had some concerns she was on the call and she has first-half knowledge and has some concerns about what she heard on the call and we are just thankful that she is willing to come in and share those concerns with the intel committee. >> you heard testimony tomorrow and it would be behind closed doors and the public hearings are set to begin next week, congresswoman. you've been releasing transcripts from the closed-door hearings from the same witnesses and what do you expect will change by having them testify publicly with the transcript and the opening statements and the

carolina: por su parte, la asistente del vicepresidente mike pence, jennifer williams, revelÓ que su jefe ha estado muy involucrado con ucrania. nos conectamos con claudia uceda que ha seguido de cerca esta audiencia. cuÉntanos.

i'm going to go to something that jennifer williams testified to. she said, quote, it seemed unusual to other discussions with foreign leaders. she testified that it struck her as unusual and inappropriate to have a discussion about possible investigations. now, that's important when you get into the firsthand information. republicans keep saying wait a minute, everybody they have up here knows it second and thirdhand. erk slawell is a democratic congressman from california, a member of the intelligence committee and he says it's the other way around. listen. >> what is remarkable about this investigation is that it is almost entirely driven by witness accounts. >> reporter: today we got mark sandy who came in for a five and-a-half hour deposition. he's with the omv. democrats and republicans want to talk to him to find out how the aid was handled for ukraine. it's important to note that they tried to get mick mulvaney, who technically is still the omb director, he's the acting chief of staff and the acting omb director right now. adam schiff said t

today we are joined by lieutenant colonel vindman and jennifer williams. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman is an active duty military officer who joined the army after college and served multiple tours overseas, serving in south korea, germany and iraq. he was deployed to iraq at a time of heavy fighting and was awarded a purple heart after being wounded by a roadside bomb. since 2008 colonel vindman served at home and in embassies in ukraine and russia. he served as a politico military affairs officer for russia for the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. he joined the trump administration in july 2018 when he was asked to serve on the national security council. jennifer williams began her government career in service in 2005 shortly after graduating from college when she joined the department of homeland security as a political appointee during the george w. bush administration and after working as a field representative on the 2004 bush/cheney presidential campaign. she joined the foreign service the following year completing tours in jamaica, bei

manu, i do think jennifer williams is important. i certainly couldn't find a picture of her before she appeared on the screen today. what is she saying? >> she's expected to talk about the july phone call between trump and zelensky. she, of course, is a person in mike pence's orbit, so the questions will be about exactly pence's knowledge about the push for the investigation, what she may have been aware of, as well as any concerns she may have had with the phone calls that the president had with president zelensky of ukraine, in which trump asked zelensy to open up an investigation into the bidens. i got a statement from the office of the vice president, who has called jennifer williams a detainee, saying she reports to general kellogg, keith kello kellogg, the national security officer for the vice president. statements she does not directly advise the vice president. she also say we are not familiar with her expressing any displeasure to general kellogg. so he we may find out what concerns she may have had. and today with john bo

we just saw jennifer williams walk in. not a name a lot of people know but becoming more and more central to all of this. what we are expecting to hear from her? >> when you talk to house investigators, sources familiar with what the house investigation is looking for here, there's a lot of import to jennifer williams' testimony. there's a reason why people on the democratic side are happy she's decided to testify under subpoena which her lawyer said she would do last night. she's obviously shown up. here's why she matters. she is a close aide to vice president mike pence. she's a career state department official who was detailed over to the vice president's office. has a special advise or european and russian affairs. why investigators have been very interested in her perspective on things is, as you noted, she was on that july 25th call between president trump and zelensky. sources say she had concerns about the content of that call. what's unclear is how far up the line she raised those concerns internally. but there's

that's jennifer williams, alexander vindman and tim morrison. they all listened in on that july 25th call and all of them based on their testimony reacted with different degrees of disapproval. jennifer williams said that president trump's request of his ukrainian counterpart, she said it was unusual and inappropriate. tim morrison was afraid that if the summary of that call had been leaked, that it would be politically damaging. then you have lieutenant colonel alexander vindman who flagged the national security council lawyer not once but twice because he was so alarmed and so disturbed by what he was seeing. gordon sondland is the wildcard in all of this, set to testify on wednesday because neither democrats nor republicans know precisely what he'll say, but both sides know he is a key player in this entire ukrainian gambit. >> carol, you have this great new reporting on the first sign of friction between the president and mike pompeo, who is heading to the white house today. give us the broad strokes and more on this key piece that trump par

testifying right now are jennifer williams who is an aide to vice president mikepee... and lieutenant colonel alexander vindman... the national security council's top ukraine expert.( daa ) this afternoon we will hear from ambassador kurt volker who is the former u-s specl envoy to ukraine... and timmorrison who is a ite house aide with the national security council.( james ) karin caifa is live washington d-c this morning with the latest. karin. thanks karin. ( james ) and we will be from start to finish on our kron on app. you can watch the hearings uninterrupted. all you have to do is go to the app store to download e app. darya folsom.. (james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of wther and traffic... weather.weather.weather. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. golden gat bridge drive time less than 30 min fr 37 to the toll plaza. richmond toll plaza. from 37 to t than 30 min drive ti less gat bridge to 101. golden min from 880less then 30 mateo bri

at 9:00, it is he and jennifer williams, aide to vice president mike pence. why that pairing in the morning and then the second pairing of kurt volker and tim morrison? scott: republicans have had a chance to submit their list of the initiald witnesses will be democratic witnesses. the second group with volcker and tim morrison will be republican called. the reason republicans want to call these individuals is because they want to ask them, was there anything illegal on this phone call that you heard, was there anything that -- have you had specific conversations with the president of the unit it states about this ukraine arrangement and what republicans are hoping, based on previous testimony, these individuals will say they heard nothing illegal, they heard nothing impeachable. that is the significance of those individuals. the threee are two of republican witness requests that were granted by chairman adam schiff. it was a list of eight or more that was submitted by republicans. who is the other one republicans want to testify? scott: i don't remember the

jennifer williams, an advisor to mike pence, lt. col. alexander vindman, a ukraine expert on the national security council. this afternoon, they heard from former special envoy to ukraine ambassador volker and jim morrison, advisor to europe and russia. on c-span we would like to hear from you. here is how to join the conversation. for democrats -- we welcome all others at -- we will take about 20 minutes or so of phone calls to hear from you on this tuesday evening, the first of three hearings we will cover this week on the c-span networks. let's go to the republican line in starlike, wisconsin. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have been watching all day. alln, the witnesses testified that they witnessed no primary, extortion, quid pro quo, all that. and ir thing i noticed, will challenge the democrat callers to flollow -- they all say the president attacks witnesses. billyt as if they took a club and hit him. he is defending himself. i heard the same people say the president attacks people, but they call him a criminal. they say

first, there's jennifer williams, the special adviser to vice president mike pence who listened in on the president's july 25th phone call, the call. telling investigators that that call was, quote, unusual and inappropriate and it shed light on other possible motivations to hold security assistance. also transcripts just released frod white house adviser tim morrison. he confirms the testimony of ambassador bill taylor telling investigators that the ukrainians were told that military assistance, not just the white house meeting, was conditioned on a public announcement of political investigations that the president wanted. now, that news breaking even as a saturday deposition was just wrapping up. office of management and budget official mark sandy you see there, defying white house orders to testify, speaking with congressional investigators for roughly 5 1/2 hours. the omb is at the center of this investigation, this inquiry that actually held up because it is agency that actually paused and stopped the military aid being paid to ukraine. we're going to start with msnbc's garrett h

jennifer williams starts it off. jennifer williams is an aide to the vice president mike pence and a career foreign service officer. she testifies alongside lieutenant colonel alexander vindman. you heard that name before. that's a ukraine expert on the nsc, the national security council. it looks like vindman may be the subject of a campaign to discredit him as ex-nsc official tim morrison -- i know it's a lot of names -- and senator ron johnson are raising questions about his judgment. a source telling cnn tonight vindman is prepared to answer those questions in his public testimony tomorrow. two trump campaign advisers telling cnn they hope the president doesn't tweet about vindman tomorrow. good luck with that. and expect fireworks if there is a repeat performance by republicans who ask questions that seem designed to out the whistle-blower during vindman's closed-door testimony. and then there is this jennifer williams that we're talking about, right, who sure got under the president's skin with her closed-door

tomorrow morning, we will hear from jennifer williams, an aide to vice president mike pence, along with the national security counsel's top ukraine expert alexander vindman. tomorrow afternoon, lawmakers will hear from former ambassador kurt volker who served as a special u.s. envoy to ukraine and tim morrison, a former white house national security official. wednesday, we will hear from eu ambassador gordon sondland, who acknowledged delivering a quid pro quo message to you cray ukraine. and then laura cooper wednesday afternoon and david hale, the third highest ranking official in the state department. on thursday morning, lawmakers will hear from fiona hill. you may recall she is the former national security official who served as the president's top russia adviser. >>> on friday, we heard from former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch and the most stunning part of the testimony may have come just after president trump decided to weigh in. in the middle of her public testimony, the president tweeted this, everywhere marie yovanovitch went turned bad. she started off in soma

quote, tell jennifer williams whoever that is to read both transcripts of the presidential calls and see the just released statement from ukraine. then she should meet with the other never trumpers who i don't know and mostly never even heard of and work out a better presidential attack. now, the president as you know lashed out on friday at marie yovanovitch the ousted ambassador to ukraine while she was actually testifying. he did not call her a never trumper but he has used the term against bill taylor, alexander vindman, who is a lieutenant colonel who testifies tomorrow, and against jennifer williams. as for her and marie yovanovitch they have something else in common. no support from their superiors. when asked about the attack today on williams, who is a senior adviser to vice president pence, his press secretary all but disowned her saying, jennifer is a state department employee. as for secretary of state pompeo here is what he said when asked about the president's attack on ambassador yovanovitch. >> the state department is fully supportive of our ukraine policy moving forw

the president's latest target, jennifer williams. why? >> that's right, fredricka, the answer to that is unclear. we don't know why exactly the president is going after this employee, but it does fit a pattern that we have seen, fredricka, of the president attacking members of his own administration who have gone forward to testify in this impeachment inquiry, branding them without any evidence as never trumpers. let's read the tweet first from the president. he said, tell jennifer williams, whoever that is, to read both transcripts of the presidential calls and see the just released statement from ukraine. then she should meet with the other never trumpers, who i don't know and mostly never even heard of, and work out a better presidential attack. the diplomat as well as the top official in ukraine, bill taylor, find that startling. this is startling that the president wants to go after a member of his own administration. vice president pence's assistant karen walterman, i asked her about her attacks on the president, and she said jennif

panel is jennifer williams, a special advisor for europe and russia to vice president mike pence. she served as a foreign service officer in the united kingdom, lebanon, and jamaica and one of those who listened on the july 25 phone call. she will be seated alongside .lexander of inman -- vindman he is an army lt. col. deployed to iraq and awarded a purple heart. he also listened on the july 25 phone call and some more background, he emigrated to the u.s. when he was 3 -- emigrated from the ukraine and is fluent ukrainian. both of those folks will be on the 2:30 panel. republican requested witnesses approved by adam schiff, including kurt volker along with rick perry.and and three amigos. he gave the first testimony when he testified behind closed doors on october 3. he is one of the republican requested witnesses alongside tim morrison who served as a top ukraine official on the national security council. latesigned his position in october. one of the 3 republican requested witnesses. we will be looking all morning for tweets and comments from the president's twitter page, member

jennifer williams, and advisor to vice president mike pence, alexander vindman, a ukraine expert, and this afternoon they heard from former ambassador kurt volker, and tim morrison, former national security council adviser on europe and russia. here on c, span we would like to hear from you, your thoughts on what you heard, in today's testimony. here's how to join the conversation. the lines are, for democrats, 200 to 748 8920. republicans, 200 to 748 and we will hear from the house intelligence committee. let's go force to ray, who's calling us on the republican line in wisconsin. good evening. >> hello, thank you for taking my call. >> as i'm watching, i have a few comments. again, the witnesses all testified that they witnessed no bribery, extortion, quid pro quo, all of that. another thing that i have noticed, a lot of time the colors, and i'll challenge the democratic scholars that follow, they all say that the president attacks witnesses, attacks. as if they took a billy club and hit them in the knees, there's no attacks. i've heard the same people say that the president attacks

jennifer williams started her career in 2005. it was a political appointee in the administration, and after working on the 2004 bush and chaney administration. prior to joining the office of the vice president, she served at the u.s. embassy in london as an affairs officer. think was detailed to the office of the vice president mike pence where she is an advisor. in that capacity she keeps the vice president aware of foreign policy issues in ukraine and russia. first witness depositions as part of this were unclassified in nature and all open hearing wills be held at the unclassified level. any information deemed classified will be covered at another time. if you both would please rise and raise your right hand,ly begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony you're about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? let the record show the witnesses have answered in the affirmative. thank you and you may be seated. the microphones are sensitive, please speak directly int

colonel vindman obviously and jennifer williams, the pence aide. these two witnesses publicly testifying after both were on the call. chairman schiff. >> this is the third in a series of public hearings the committee will be holding as part of the house of representatives impeachment inquiry. the chair is sthorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. there is a quour om present. we'll pro seed. i'll make an opening statement and ranking member nunes has the opportunity to make a statement. audience members we welcome you and respect your interest in being here. in turn we ask for your respect as we proceed with today's hearing. it is the intention of the committee to proceed without disruptions. as chairman i'll take all necessary and appropriate steps to maintain order and ensure the committee is run in accordance with house rules and resolution 660. with that i now recognize myself to give an opening statement in the impeachment inquiry into jump the 45th president of the united states. last week we heard from three experienced dipl