concerned by the call and he immediately reported it to national security council attorneys jennifer williams who works in the vice president's office said she thought the call was inappropriate and unusual and those characterizations of the call have earned both of these witnesses the ire of president trump was attacked both on twitter as never trumper as without offering any evidence that's particularly problematic as other republicans have come to the defense of colonel then men who served the u.s. army was a wounded veteran from iraq and who had fled persecution in the soviet union when he was a young child with his family so these are 2 individuals who democrats will try to prop up as sympathetic and compelling witnesses to tell the story to the american public however the hurdle that democrats face as they try to build this case to appease president trump is much higher they have to connect that trump they making the case that trump withheld security aid to ukraine with the purpose of using it as leverage to get those investigations into his rivals and to answer that question t

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 bridge maze to sf. san bridge wb 80 is sps. bay no major t no mor hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridg

council resolutions and v. believe that this is where the solution lies for the long standing to should just as will very brief thing you know that baluchistan and since the people of those 2 states and because the sim really want to talk to me you don't see any comparison between what you were saying about indian occupation of german in kashmir with what people in sin the religious than say about usual from your refereeing to those. less than one person hired people sitting abroad funded regularly by the adverse is a park stone to propagate this more dave and the idea that they want autonomy is autonomy. if you look at the process which has democratic process which has been ongoing in pakistan you'd find that all our promises have to mundus autonomy and i don't think so that if you reference to those elements who are sitting in court and trying to perpetrate this create this impression i think that that's not something which reflects the. situation on the ground in pakistan. thank you well from the high commis

fiona hill, a republican trump hand in the security council. not a never trumper, not someone they went out and found, fiona hill's transcript and colonel alex vindman who has a purple heart from serving in iraq, still has shrapnel in his leg. he's not a never trumper, so these transcripts will come out later. we'll go through those transcripts in a bit. as we go through the program, we'll go through the other transcripts. it's highly damning. is it impeachable? that's for the american people to decide. these are people hired by mick mulvaney in the white house or by mike pompeo in the state department. some are state officials but they were moved or kept in the jobs by king trump. >> he donated to the trump campaign, he was an appointee, but i think what you're seeing is what the gop attack is going to be when they say they're going to try to place distance between them and some of the people who have testified and republicans have really seized on the fact that so far none of these diplomats have said directly, this came from trump's mouth. i

security council resolution, using exact u.s.-born policy language on settlements. whatat we're seeing now is not a sharp reversal of u.s. foreign policy on the question of settlements in palestine, but instead the culmination of it. for us to blame this on trump is basically to expel tate ourselves and create a revisionist history and instead we should be accountable and actually take responsibility for how we have been part of the problem. juan: could you talk about the timing of this announcement in the midst of an essential stalemate in israel in terms of a new government and benny gantz has a deadline this week of forming the new government or israel may be forced to third election? >> this is what is so tragic abouout all of this. what we are talking about right now in the west bank is about 700,000 settlers living in the midst of a population of 3 million palestinians who because of those 700,000 settlers are living in an exclusive colonial settlement surrounded by military and civilian-israeli infrastructure that cuts it into 20 where they cannot reach one a

security council resolutions and undermine the chances of a 2 state solution but even with what the u.s. says are the hopes of renewed peace talks the embassy has issued a security warning knowing some could target. interests in israel and the occupied territories in protest roslyn jordan al-jazeera washington. well the move is the latest shift in israel's favor under president donald trump in december 27th seen trump formally recognized jerusalem as the capital of israel he then ordered the us embassy to relocate from tel aviv to jerusalem this angered palestinians and drew widespread international condemnation in march this year trump recognize the occupied golan heights as part of israel the directive made the u.s. the 1st country to recognize israeli rather than syrian sovereignty over the region or this is trump is also promising a so-called deal of the sentry to resolve the israeli palestinian conflict and bring peace to the region. is executive director of the arab center of washington he says the decision doesn't come out of the blue. i'm not surprised at all with regards to the

council and that's a national security council of this nature would make our contributions to international crisis management faster and more effective it could also make an important contribution to how we formulate foreign policy strategy through foresighted agenda setting so. good to so for more on that i'm joined by our chief political editor. we see that tell us more about this idea of a national security council how is it supposed to work. well you didn't go into the nitty gritty details but clearly here she is aiming for more streamlined policy geared towards german national security interests in this national security council and that would stretch from economic policy but also to international development aid this is something like that countries like the united states have been doing for decades here in germany is something of a novelty and it could meet quite a bit of resistance here in germany as well and the defense minister and a good about also outlined new priorities and a vision for the german armed forces what did she say. well she basically said that germany needs to be e

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 hearings. as you've pointed out, both alexander vindman and jennifer williams were key national security aides. they listened in on that call. they can describe the president's demeanor on the call. vindman was so disturbed by wh

council i generally go around and talk to one but i think obviously the u.s. the u.k. russia china france except from you know trying to the rounds of pretty much everybody. so i mean what my role is here is the is there provide them with the best information they possibly can get is also to suggest ways to in which you know the security council or bimah states can you know can can move what they ask me i mean what do you think what we should what should we should we don't know but ultimately the decision on where countries what countries say what they do was very much up to the countries themselves just finally i know there are quite a few 5 star hotels picking up in chuba what about the dangers of it becoming a proxy for superpowers president care earlier this month he was applauding the chinese communist party at juba's largest hospital having a putin's russia signing geological survey agreement is this a battle between on the one side the world bank the i.m.f. britain the u.s. and china on the other because can china save south sudan where might bump in th

security council resolutions on this outstanding for last 7 decades and those are getting also resolutions the major elements of those units are going to do missions are. they give the right of self-determination to the kashmiris they have to decide under a un supervised plebiscite as to what they want to do if that's what there's a chance a resolution but no article $370.00 of the year actually it usually does the point being made by well you have to see that things in context actually in the in the perspective because i'm coming to that point because that is very much relevant to that which you just mention because the units of the council resolutions also for but do not allow the parties to the dispute to make any changes that are permanent in nature or that that can cause material change the actions you know literally taken by india will distain to actually change the status of the kashmir dispute the trying to change the demography for quite some time in indian occupied kashmir one of the tools they have used the word the years genocide is killing of kashmiris and this is one of the t

envoy to nato kurt volker and tim morrison the former national security council advisor. and a cabinet meeting president trump continued his condemnation of the entire inquiry we had 3 what is going on is a disgrace and it's an embarrassment to our nation and given enough evidence of wrongdoing on the president's part the house dominated by democrats will vote to send the case to trial in senate this long drawn out political battle is only shifting gears. well for more we can bring in public fully in washington public the committee is still focusing on the coal from trump to the president's alinsky is this cold going to be the smoking gun in this impeachment process. hi anthony well it certainly looks like it because of course you know a lot of the session today has been basically centered around this july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president. because of course we're hearing from 2 witness who actually 2 witnesses who actually listened in to that call you know as we've seen in the report there you know lieutenant colonel alexander vin you kn

has or the un security council as impose an arms embargo so officially it is illegal to bring hours into the into south sudan but there are enough weapons here already. to ensure that this conflict can go on for a long time and even you know ordinary young men who look after careful careful keepers as cattle as only source of wealth at the communal level for a large proportion of the population here i mean they carry a k 47 the. you know as a matter of course and bridewell through you know in order to get married you need an x. that you know x. number of cattle in order to be to be able to have that we're doing that or that has been in the past sort of for we're with spears and those will simply it's now they're going forward with machine guns and someone flying these guns no doubt would have you make of secretary of state mike pompei o because when it came to south sudan as i said 75 percent of the former united and the oil money is there its creation was lobbied for by britain and george clooney my compared to either of the usa in terms on reevaluating its relationship with. did did th

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 planning another round of power shutoffs as strong winds and dry conditions threaten the risk of wildfires. here is a look at a map that shows some of the areathat could be impacted. in the east bay ... more than 35-thousand pg&e customers in alameda and contra costa counties could see the lights go out. in parts of san mateo county an

guest: the national security council staff will talk to the pentagon and state department, and other cabinet officials and their staff on any issues that might come up. if it is commerce, then a business deal might be involved. if it is a trade deal might have a u.s. trade representative or the treasury. it is a big process that the security council runs, so you have a memo to the president that reflects a government approach. i assume that happened with the president with his phone call last summer. in this case there was an unusual second outside of government process run by rudy giuliani and some former russian oligarchs trying to have a second agenda to make sure that president did not follow the career memos, rather this outside effort to try and use the president's power to get the ukrainians involved in efforts to get reelected. that is where this controversy blew up. host: the transcript of the phone call, a summary of the transcript released late in the summer. when you read that, what were your thoughts? guest: it was stunning. i could not believe they had released it. it w

in july 2018 i was asked to serve at the white house national security council. at the nsc, i'm the principal adviser to the national security adviser on ukraine and other countries in my portfolio. my role at the nsc is to develop, coordinate, implement plans and policies to manage the economic national security issues of the countries in my portfolio. my core function is to coordinate policy with departments and agencies. the committee has heard from many of my colleagues about the strategic importance of ukraine against a bull work of russian aggression. our country's policy of ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity, instructing a free and democratic ukraine as a counter to russian aggression has been a consistent, bipartisan foreign policy objective and strategy across various administrations, both democratic and republican. president zelensky's election in april 2019 created aroun unprecedented opportunity to realize our strategic objectives. in the spring of 2019 i became aware of two disruptive actors, primarily ukraine's then prosecutor, lu and r

they started the hearing test my with national security council european affairs director lieutenant colonel alexander vindman who you see on the right of your screen and jennifer williams and a device president mike pence. they are expected to take a break for lunch and then reconvene at about 2:30 p.m. eastern. they will question kurt volker and ten ten morrison, national security council director for russia. live coverage on c-span3. also online at c-span.org. secretary of state mike pompeo talk about foreign affairs during a news conference yesterday he discusses israel's west bank, iran's nuclear program, the hong kong protest and the political situation in iraq. >> good afternoon, everyone. i i have some statements i wanto make today, starting with a statement about the islamic republic of iran. the united states is monitoring the ongoing protests in iran closely. we condemn strongly in acts of violence committed by this regime against the iranian people and are deeply concerned by reports that several fatalities. we've been at that since the beginning of this administration. t

security council. we have this interesting juxtaposition where the 2002 national security strategy by the george w. bush administration said the greatest threat to international security is no longer countries invading one another, it is nonstate actors. in 2017, the trump administration said the greatest threat to international security is no longer nonstate actors and terrorists, it is how states try to invade one another. in reality, it lies somewhere in between. the two can't be disconnected from each other, which is why i think the case of fragile states is so interesting because their -- there are places where conflict overlap, where civil, ethnic, tribal conflicts are taken over by transnational jihadi groups who are armed for the purposes of geopolitical actors who are trying to achieve their own ends. syria is obviously an incredible example of this new type of inter and intrastate warfare happening. through the use of proxies. it is happening in libya, and in the horn of africa, and in the sa

national security council director alex vindman. tech rare acting o fai-- affair. as the accredited ambassador to the union did not credit nonmember states, he made clear that he had direct and frequent access to president trump and chief of staff mick mulvaney secretary perry, ambassador sondland, and ambassador sondland made clear they would take the lead on the zelensky administration. i became aware that mr. giuliani, a private lawyer, was taking a great role. and he was who was ultimately indicating privately that he had been contacted by someone named ghouli giuliani who said he is an advisor. in the following months it became apparent that mr. gullian a -- giuliani was having a direct influence on the ground president at one point in a preliminary meeting, someone wondered s aloud why he was so active in the media with respect to ukraine. mykr recollection is that damn , rudy, when he gets involved he fs everything up. in the meeting secretary perry, pass president zelensky that perry described as people he trusts. he said he could seek advice from people on

the announcement came toward the end of a nearly two-hour national security council secure video conference call which i participated in from the embassy conference room. the official said, that the order had come from the president, and had been conveyed to omb by mr. mulvaney with no further explanation. this began a week or so of efforts by various agencies, to conduct a review of the assistance and to reaffirm the unanimous view of ukraine policy community of its importance. nsc counterparts confirmed to us there had been no change in the policy, but could not determine the cause of the hold or how to lift it. on july 25th, president trump made a congratulatory phone call to president zelensky. after his party won a commanding majority in ukraine's parliamentary election. contrary to standard procedure, the embassy received no tell of that call, and i was unaware of what was discussed until the transcript. upon reading the transcript, i was deeply disappointed to see that the president raised none of what i understood to be the agency agreed upon foreign policy in ukraine, and instead r

the un security council is urging the armed forces not to intervene in politics you know b. cells military have been behind dozens of coup attempts and political assassinations with several of its commanders under u.n. sanction. these are soldiers that are voting early because they will be deployed during the election to ensure they say that it is a free and fair vote and so the military are keeping a close watch on the ballots. $6500.00 soldiers will be positioned at polling stations across the country's. outspoken former military commanders who worries the ballots will be wrecked the political outsider he's been gaining popularity among young voters on the side of these is the expression of it a fault against the system but is why these people that the voiceless hide behind me is the leader for this nation but all 12 candidates are making this similar claim promising change in political stability this is a young electorate tired of all the political rhetoric and looking for a new beginning for the country nicholas hawke al-jazeera the south. people of the pacific island of

interests in this national security council and that would stretch from economic policy but also to international development aid this is something like that countries like the united states have been doing for decades here in germany is something of a novelty and it could meet quite a bit of resistance here in germany as well the defense minister. also outlined new priorities and a vision for the german armed forces what did she say. well she basically said that germany needs to be engaged more that it has to become more of a player strategically and she didn't which usually is what you hear from german politicians including the german chancellor angela merkel that did not exclude committing more troops to regions like this are held area where germany already has troops stationed in the country of mali but she also mentioned the indo-pacific that there needed to a push be a push back towards china joining allies there this is a completely new take a new commitment she's a voice there and quite clearly this is not german government policy but this is the woman who wants to become an

council resolution or un security council has prevented the un as a body from taking any any measures to stop israel to isolate israel to impose sanctions on israel i'm not calling for necessarily any kind of military action but the united nations would have some tools that it could and that it could use were in not for the historic u.s. veto in stopping any kind of measure from being used to actually put pressure on israel to abide by international law that has been the problem and while we see this kind of blatant declaration now i would be remiss not to say bad it has been the us while it has been the stated policy for decades the settlements are illegal the united states has not done anything over the years and quite the opposite it has provided a cover for israel by vetoing un security council resolutions that have sought to actually put some kind of pressure on israel it has manipulated various countries into almost turning a blind eye to israel's settlement policies and it has provided unconditional political and and monetary support to israel over decades which has allowed isr

made a report about it to his national security council attorney he thought it was a political call in nature that's exactly what jennifer williams the vice president's national security advisor on ukraine said she thought as well but you know sam there's another part that jumped out at me which was the republican ranking members attempt to out the identity or more information at least about the whistleblower yeah if you listen to that part of a new naz was asking then men who he had spoken with about this phone call outside of the white house an attempt to bait out this information then answered he had spoken with someone from the state department which we all knew about and that he had in the course of his official duties connecting with other government agencies he'd spoken with someone in the intelligence community for those of us who've been following the story we all know that can only be one person which is the whistleblower then newness asked them which agency taking that a step further you could see then mince discomfort in the silence and his hesitation to answer and that's o

in a 230, ambassador kirk volker the special envoy to ukraine and national security council white house aide to morrison. on wednesday 9:00 a.m. eastern, testimony continues with u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sondland. at 230 deputy assistant russian ukrainian or cooper under secretary of state for political affairs. and on thursday at 9:00 a.m. eastern the committee will hear testimony from fiona hill, former national security council senior director for europe and russia. watch the first two public hearings in their entirety on the website on c-span.org/impeachment. there you find transcripts of testimony and procedures for the hearings and points of interest feature that identify key moment in the hearing indicated by a start in the timeline. next week watch live coverage of the house impeachment inquiry hearing on c-span3, c-span.org or listen live wherever you are with the free c-span radio out. >> up next her campaign 2020 coverage continues as former massachusetts governor announces his bid for the democratic presidential nomination. they came hours before he came

assistance you know has been came toward the end of a nearly 2 hour national security council secure video conference call which i participated in from the embassy conference room if this will said that the order had come from the president and have been conveyed to o.m.b. by mr mulvaney with no further explanation this began a week or so of efforts by various agencies to identify the rationale for the freeze to conduct a review of the assistance and to reaffirm the unanimous view of ukraine policy community of its importance. and se counterparts confirmed that there had been no change in our ukraine policy but could not determine the cause of the hold or how to lift it on july 25th president trump made a congratulatory phone phone call to president selenski after his party won a commanding majority in ukraine's parliamentary election contrary to standard procedure the embassy received no readout of that call and i was unaware of what was discussed till the transcript was released on september 25th upon reading the transcript i was deeply disappointed to see that the president raised

embassy in kieve also with us is dr fiona hill who's job as a national security council senior director for european and russian affairs and compass the coordination of u.s. policy towards ukraine dr hill left the n.s.c. in july after more than 2 years in that position dr hill and mr holmes each provide a unique perspective on issues relating to ukraine dr hill from washington d.c. and mr holmes from on the ground in kieve in early 2019 dr hill became concerned by the increasing prominence of rudy giuliani the president's personal lawyer who was as she has testified asserting quite frequently on television in public appearances that he had been given some authority over matters related to ukraine it was not alone in her concerns her boss national security adviser john bolton was also paying attention as were other n.s.c. and state department officials including homes at the u.s. embassy in kieve bolton viewed giuliani as a hand grenade that is going to blow everybody up. and was powerless to prevent the former mayor from engineering former u.s. ambassador to ukraine maria on a bitch is

fiona hill whose job security council senior director for european and russian affairs encompass the coordination of u.s. policy towards ukraine. dr. hill left the nsc in july after more than two years in that position. dr. hill and mr. holmes each provide a unique perspective on issues relating to ukraine. dr. hill from washington d.c. and mr. holmes from on the ground in kyiv. in early 2019, dr. hill became concerned by the increasing prominence of rudy giuliani, the president's personal lawyer who was, as he has testified, ass t asserting quite frequently on television and public appearances that he had been given some authority over matters related to ukraine. hill was not alone in her concerns. her boss, national security adviser john bolton was also paying attention, as were other nsc and state department officials including holmes at the u.s. embassy in kyiv. bolton viewed giuliani as a hand grenade that is going to blow everybody up and was powerless to prevent the former r engineering former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch's firing in late april or her recall. h

the russians are that in the security council and also moscow. and for reasons we can only speculate, and i do in the boo book, the russians did not block that resolution. my speculation is we thought we were going to get so embroiled in the situation but to their benefit. that they were giving us just enough rope to hang ourselves. and them not to face the worst case scenario. and the russians now in retrospect claim we exceeded the mandate but that is not true. >> the most controversial part of your life is a year later and had been noble to spend a year in benghazi. then to go back as ambassador and as we know he was murdered. and you were put out on the face of five tv shows as the person to explain that got you in a lot of trouble. there were people felt you were engaged of a cover-up because you said at the time it was in the aftermath of protest of the embassy in cairo and this look like it might have been spontaneous. what is your side of the story? 's. >> first of all the most important part of all of this is that we lost for americans.

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council as related to ukraine and u.s. security sector assistance to that country i will provide you the most complete and accurate information i can consistent with my obligations to protect classified and privileged information whether the conduct that is the subject of this inquiry merits impeachment is a question for the u.s. house of representatives i peer here today only to provide factual information based upon my knowledge and recollection of events i will not waste time restating the details of my opening statement from my deposition on october 31 2019 which has recently been made public however i will highlight the following key points 1st as i previously stated i do not know who the whistleblower is nor do i intend to speculate as to the individual maybe 2nd i have great respect for my former colleagues from the n.s.c. and the rest of the inner agency i am not here today to question their character or integrity my recollections and judgments are my own some of my colleagues recollections of conversations in inte

and fence council and the national security adviser bolton. attending the meeting was also secretary perry besser saul and myself i believe fiona hill and also andre yarmuk. the purpose was really a counterpart to visit. i thought that this would be the best opportunity as the 1st high level meeting that we are having in washington with a senior u.s. official to bester bolton after presidents alinsky inauguration i thought to be a great opportunity for the ukrainians to make their case that they are the new team in town real deal about fighting corruption i was rather disappointed with the meeting. as it transpired it struck me as down in the weeds talking about reform of national security structures in ukraine and legislation that they were working on and not the big picture and not the bilateral relationship so i was a bit disappointed by that. at the at the end of the meeting i do recall having seen some of the other testimony that i believe investors all in did raise the point of the investigations and generic way this was after the meetin

security council resolution reports from washington. for 41 years the u.s. has called israeli settlements built in the occupied west bank illegal under international law that u.s. policy changed on monday calling the establish of civilian settlements inconsistent with international law hasn't worked it hasn't invents the cause of peace this is a complex political problem that can only be solved by negotiations between the israelis and the palestinians pump ales announcement is the latest in a string of controversial fight house moves designed to support israel recognizing jerusalem as israel's official capital moving the u.s. . see there from tel aviv in 2018 and forcing the palestinians to close their office in washington leaving them no diplomatic presence in the u.s. apart from at the united nations pompei o. said the policy change had nothing to do with benny gantz afeard to form a new israeli government so the timing of this was not tied to anything that had to do with domestic politics anywhere in israel or otherwise this was about we were done we fini

security council that the number of air strikes by the saudi led coalition has dropped dramatically in the past 2 weeks martin griffiths says the reduction in violence could possibly pave the way for an end to the conflict or diplomatic editor james bays reports now from u.n. headquarters in new york. the u.n. has long described yemen as the country with the worst humanitarian situation all earth but the regular security council meeting the 1st positive news for months. in the last 2 weeks the range of that war has dramatically reduced. there were reportedly almost 80 percent fewer strikes nationwide than in the 2 weeks prior and i realize that these are short periods but nonetheless it is striking and in recent weeks there have been entire 48 hour periods without strikes at all the 1st time since the conflict began we call this the escalation reduction in the tempo of the war and perhaps we hope a move towards an overall cease fire in yemen the current president of the u.n. security council had this reaction there was lots of interest in deescalation in yemen and then the council once

she's the lead russia policy official on the national security council. what we see playing out here, though, is there was a deliberate effort to sideline everyone who has a formal role in that policy from the nfc to the state department and create this side channel, including the president's personal attorney rudy giuliani but also gordon sondland who, by the way, is ambassador of eu. ukraine is not in the eu. so for him to be running ukraine policy is beyond the channels of sgovt it appears these were the choices of the president to have these people involved. they were doing the president's bidding here, the president's personal attorney, appointing of the eu ambassador who he himself described as being selected by the president, hand-picked to run the ukraine effort here. >> and julie, it seems like hill and bolton were particularly close, because a lot of what she shared are what she was told from bolton in their conversations, and he was raising multiple red flags to her about sondland, also warning volker to stay away from giuliani on ukraine, even

morrison join the national security council as senior director for countering weapons of mass destruction following the pressure of dr. fiona hill in july 2019, he assumed the position of senior director for russia and europe. two final points before the witnesses are sworn, first witnesses and depositions as part of this inquiry were unclassified in nature and all open hearings will also be held at the unclassified level. any information they touch unclassified information will be addressed separately. second, congress will not tolerate any reprisal, threat of reprisal, or attempt to reconnect to allocate against any u.s. government official testifying before congress including you or any of your colleagues. you would both please rise and raise your right hand, i will begin by swearing you in. do you swear or affirm that the testimony were about to give is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you god? let the record show that the witnesses answered in the affirmative. thank you and please be seated. the microphones are sensitive, so please speak directly into th

michael ellis, a deputy legal advisor to the national security council also joined the discussion, the person said. vindman read out loud notes he took on the president's call. eisenberg then suggested the national security council move records of the call to a second highly classified computer system. vindman told lawmakers, former trump national security officials said it was unheard of to store presidential calls with foreign leaders on that system but that eisenberg had moved at least one other transcript of a trump phone call there. leading off our discussion tonight our democratic congressman jamie raskin of maryland. he attended part of tim morrison's deposition today. also joining us tess bridgeman, deputy legal advisor to the national security council and associate white house council in the obama administration, and ron klain, former senior aide to vice president joe biden and president obama and advisor now on joe biden's presidential campaign. congressman raskin, let me start with you. the president in this interview tonight with the washington examiner is calling tim morri

security council because just moments ago on the floor below me here in u.n. headquarters the security council were gathering for a separate meeting on bosnia certainly it was being left to me and other members of the media to break news of this deal to the ambassadors who certainly haven't heard the news the only one who was prepared to react to us in the last few minutes was the german ambassador christophe hoy's goodman who said he thought this sounded good but he hadn't seen the text of the deal and he wanted to read the text of the deal 1st also worth telling you that i spoke to one of those diplomats of the security council countries the 15 countries who actually do a lot of the heavy lifting organizing things behind the scenes they called the political coordinators and this particular political cord later said they'll look at the deal and there may well be discussion in the coming hours whether the security council should issue some sort of statement welcoming this deal but of course this is only a deal concerning the south of yemen and if you go back a