yes, fiona. millions of people have turned out since the coffin left here in iraq to go back to iran. it has been touring around the country. iran isa has been touring around the country. iran is a country where there has been dissent that has been crushed on the streets quite recently, hundreds of people killed. but there has been this massive turnout, not just, i suspect, has been this massive turnout, not just, isuspect, people has been this massive turnout, not just, i suspect, people overtly supporting the regime, but a nationalistic, patriotic reaction to the threats coming from president trump. but this, overall, is a dangerous time for the region and for those people, of course, in his home town who turned out today. it has been a tragic day. another enormous crowd turned out in kerman, qasem soleimani's hometown, for his burial. the last stage of iran's long goodbye. millions have been on the streets to mourn, pray and shout their anger as his coffin has been taken round the country. but

still with us, fiona frick. how risky is it to be involved in some of these banks given that even if they have very good salts, it seems that the market takes a lot to impress shareholders? fiona: banks are really linked to the economy and the performance of the markets. first of all, if you're saying the markets -- there will be less growth in the market than perhaps banks are less positives .- positive the result we saw from j.p. morgan. two goldman sachs will show that. they had to invest a lot of the technology. there's a lot of business that has to happen. it is a sector where you will have a strong -- francine: coming up, shakeup in moscow. putin names a new prime minister. we get all the way to russia next. this is bloomberg. ♪ francine: this is bloomberg surveillance. could vladimir putin possible power continue past 2024? it calls for a sweeping constitutional change. putin's do to step down in four years but the shakeup could see him take on another post to ensure his influence. let's go to our gover

yes, absolutely, silver linings, fiona! speaking of which, and all things light, this is interesting from the national, the paper that supports an independent scotla nd supports an independent scotland and they say," air europe, we didn't vote for this, remember to leave a light on for scotland, share yourself with this front page, hash tag leave a light on". it is fascinating, and with the meps singing old lang's line after voting to pass terms on the uk exit this week, pretty poignant and also important for scotland. this is a very different tone to the other two headlines we have seen, and it really does hone in on what could be around the corner for scotland. we know that so far boris johnson's not scotland. we know that so far borisjohnson's not given any attention to requests for a new referendum in scotland, independence referendum, but that's not to say they won't keep trying if they don't feel co mforta ble keep trying if they don't feel comfortable with the new arrangements in the uk. interesting, mentioned in thi

yes, i said fiona apple. fiona hill obviously. >> i tried to stare at the camera and keep a straight place while playing through fee opeio apple's songs -- >> more power to you. >> hey, i do what i can. >> all right. carrie, elliott, kirsten, thank you. >>> president trump possibly blocking impeachment testimony from john bolton. also tonight why secretary of state pompeo and president trump cannot say with any specificity what the imminent threat from qassem soleimani was and just what does the secretary mean by imminent? >>> later, a tight race just got a lot tighter in iowa. we have a new poll when "360" continues. it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease into quitting. chantix reduces the urge so when the day arrives, you'll be more ready to kiss cigarettes goodbye. when you try to quit smoking, with or without chantix, you may have nicotine withdrawal sympto

fiona hill was his deputy. i believe he recruited her to run russia for donald trump. donald trump is already under investigation by the mueller team when john bolton joined this white house. colonel vindman smeared by fox new hosts and donald trump and ores. i'm disappointed in people i knew all the time and john bolton could have hung out on twitter and worked on the book. >> he has something he wants the country to know. and look. i think the other thing about john bolton is he's been in the public eye and the center of the arena. he is a tough guy. he is not going to be intimidated, not going to be victimized by the smears, by public servant who s who have n been under the lights before. he is a tough customer and a different type of foe for donald trump in this and i think it's also true that it's politically untenable for these republican senators in contested races, in close races, to say that we don't want to hear from john bolton, that we don't want to know whether incriminates the president. it is a tough vote for them to take and i think lisa murkowski certa

hello, fiona. there are so many towns and villages like this across south australia hit hard by those bushfires. they need the help of the government and quickly. places like this, a population more than 600. cobargo. the fire swept through new year's eve, little power, water, people feel ignored. they have been left to defend for themselves. but while the government has been attacked for its response, firefighters, particularly in the volunteer firefighters, particularly in the volu nteer force firefighters, particularly in the volunteer force that has tried to tackle these places, they have received universal praise, and i have been speaking to one of the men willing to put their life the line. it's... you are fighting a losing battle against some of these fires and, sadly, that's just the way it is. some of these fires arejust too big now. all we can do is just keep protecting homes as best we can, keep protecting life as best we can, without losing our own lives at the same time. yeah, it's gut

however, one of his key deputies, fiona hill, did testify in the house impeachment inquiry. they said, this is trump being trump. sure, he brought up joe biden, maybe he wasn't articulate, but it wasn't an abuse of power. fiona hill said she and her boss thought it was. >> john bolton told me that i am not part of this whatever drug deal that mulvaney and sondland are cooking up. >> what did you understand him to mean by the drug deal that mulvaney and sondland were cooking up? >> i took it to mean investigations for a meeting. >> did you go speak to the lawyers? >> i certainly did. >> isn't it now incumbent, if we care about transparency, and if you care about this issue, that the senate should subpoena john bolton, say, what did you mean by drug deal, sir, let's get it firsthand. you were in the room with the president. what did you mean by drug deal? >> this is going to make it so much harder for mcconnell to say no witnesses. fiona hill also said john bolton was the one who instructed her to go to the white house counsel and tell them this is going on. he clearly thought

that's what fiona hill testified that john bolton testified the her. bolton who is the former national security adviser said he's willing to testify himself if congress testifies him. westbroo witnesses said he was a witness. in a statement, the former security official wrote, quote, since my testimony is once again at issue, i have had to resolve the serious competing issues as best as i could based on careful consideration and study. i have concluded that if the senate issues a subpoena for my testimony i am prepared to testify. this is a huge twist in the ongoing bipartisan clash on the hill as the speaker of the house nancy pelosi waits to send the impeachment articles to the senate until republicans there agree to allow witnesses. i want to start with nbc's carol lee who first broke this story. carol, give us a sense of the timing of this. what prompted bolton who a lot of people wanting to hear from for a long time about what was going on with ukraine call, what prompted him to come out with this now? >> well, basically, ali, you had the house po

when jay sekulow says we'll bring in fiona hill and morrison in this person. you have the sole power to try this case in two views this process. we gave each side 24 hours to make their arguments we will give each side a shared week to call their witnesses. if you didn't you can of constricted the amount of time and likewise determine how much time should be taken for witness testimony. >> mr. jay sekulow ended his argument against witnesses with where mr. philbin essentially began it all comes back to dershowitz. if the president can do under article two. was a point of calling witnesses and article two. the only constraining principle what is the limiting principle in the dershowitz argument if the president can seek foreign interference in the election that he believes his election is in the national interest then you cannot impeach him how damaging it may be what is the limiting principle and i suppose it's only this. it only requires the president to believe the reelection is in the national interest. and word require and extraordinary level of self refle

zds because as you mentioned, what we know just from what fiona hill said, right? but there's a lot more we want to know. what other questions would democrats, would really any on the up and up investigate? >> i might caution here that while the democrats are eager to hear from bolton, don't forget who john bolton is. he is a true conservative. he is a conservative on foreign policy. clearly the president and he have no love lost, obviously, but this is a difficult situation for john bolton who wants to have a career after this among conservatives, and so how is john bolton going to handle testifying this way in a way that perhaps might put the president in a bad light? i mean, it was the sort of i quit, you're fired when he left, and he lately had been praising the president on his moves with iran. >> that's right, because he's very hardline on iran. >> right. >>> now the crisis unfolding in the u.s. and iran after a i am. declaring war on cultural sites, that's actually considered a war crime to do so. >>> and nancy pelosi limiting authority on iran and the presi

fiona hill interacted with all the players at the center of the ukraine scandal. she was there for all the meetings at the center of the scandal. because of her position, top russian official at the whoulit house just put her at the center of the drama, she ended up being at the center of the inquiry. here's something to wash for now. when fiona hill left her job last summer she was replaced in that job by tim morrison, seen here also giving critical testimony in the impeachment inquiry. tim morrison lasted less than four months at that job. he quit literally the night before he gave his first closed door impeachment testimony. he walked into that deposition and announced, surprise, he had resigned from the white house the previous night. well, after that in november that job, the top russia job on the national security council at the white house, went to a new guy. mr. peak had been at the state department before moving over to the white house. he has been in this job less than three months after morrison was there for less than four months. but on friday this we

fiona hill in the dramatic final day of testimony said i realized when gordon was testifying, gordon sondland, there wasn't an ireegialer channel. there was just ahato, quote, ge investigate. i think there was a false hood of a mixing official president. it was only donald trump's political efforts. all of it was this corrupt, second tier channel as the letter proves by parnas and all these people in this pyramid of weirdos. they're out of the state department chain. all the claims are just flatly wrong. they were the ones trying to figure out where this outside influence is coming from. i think this is not the last thing we're going to see. i always describe the trump situation as a fickle iceberg. you're always going to find more and more of these things. this evidence that's come up out, it points a lot of things directly. one of the people listed in the parnas notes is a guy named balered. you and i both know, hiz employee who is a ballard partedner's employee is in the white house running the impeachment defense. the parnas things are like a rosetta stone to the entire affair. i

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lamdin is there for us now — morning, fiona. yes, this is the 34th london new year‘s day parade. there are over 9000 participants taking to the streets from 20 countries. here we have ecuador. the dancers are from mexico and the band are from america. adam, you have brought the band with you. tell me about your back story. 50 years ago, a football team was back from a football game and the plane they were on crashed, and the plane they were on crashed, and it has been part of our university's story since then. we will be playing some west virginia songs to help remember the students. how hard was it to get a place here? they sent talent scouts all over the country to find the best of the best and invite them to london, so we are honoured to be here. thank you for joining us. there is so much to see. it starts in piccadilly and finishes in parliament. it starts at 12 o‘clock. in parliament. it starts at 12 o'clock. what better way to start the new year? thank you, fiona. if you‘re going to that, enjoy your day. thanks for j

that was fiona hill. she acknowledged a ukrainian officials were doing that. if you mentioned the ukraine and you are just doing vladimir putin's bidding, that's totally false and you shouldn't be fooled by that. various ukrainians were doing things to interfere in the election campaign on that is where president trump was referring to. >> senator from vermont? >> mr. chief justice, i would ask to send a question to the desk on behalf of myself and senator blumenthal, to the house managers. >> thank you, senator. >> the question from the house managers of senator leahy and senator blumenthal. the president's council claimed "if the president does something he believes will help him get elected in the public interest, that cannot be the kind of quid pro quo that results in impeachment." he added a hypothetical. that cannot be an impeachable offense." under this view there is no remedy to prevent a president from conditioning foreign security assistance in violation of the control act and the recipient's willingness to do the president a political favor. if the

the official line, fiona, is that it is business as usual. we have seen people checking in for flights to newcastle and manchester here, but you don't start talks with the government with talks about your tax bill. this is an important business operating in hundred and 39 routes across eight countries. it carried over 8.5 million passengers last year. it directly employs 2300 people. you will remember that the government refused a request from thomas cook for a £150 million lifeline, thinking that it would create moral hazard and companies would come to the government every time they got in trouble but this government put regional connectivity at the top of its political agenda. these links between aberdeen, newquay, belfast, southampton, manchester and others are key to some of these local economies, so there is a political hazard as well because the collapse, if it does collapse, it would do nothing to further there is greater connectivity ambitions. let's take a brief look at some of today's other news. the latest monthly gdp figures sugg

fiona hill, in july of 2019 also reported the call to national security council lawyers. after the call, president trump continue to push this the scher work. on july 26, the very next day ambassador sondland and ambassador taylor met with president zelensky, and other ukrainian officials in kiev. according to david holmes, the ukraine-based u.s. u.s. diplomat who served as a notetaker, the ukrainian leader mentioned that president trump have brought up some very sensitive issues. during the july 25 call. very sensitive issues. ambassador sondland then had a private meeting with andriy yermak, president zelensky's top aide. the two men insisted that the meeting be one on one with no notetaker, perhaps due to the sensitive issues that might come up. ambassador sondland testified that he and presidente zelenskys aid probably discussed the issue of investigations. after these key moments in ukraine ambassador sondland went to lunch with david holmes and two other american officials. mr. holmes set directly across from ambassador sondland close enough to hear the details of a

meet fiona, the hippo at the cincinnati zoo. in 2018 her zookeeper started a tradition of her predicting the winner of the super bowl. usually she picks a team by pressing her nose against the logo. this year things went differently. she coughed up her lunch on the chiefs' logo. that's called vomit. we're not exactly sure what it means for the niners, but we're pretty sure what it means for the chiefs. >> she kisses the 49ers. >> then here she's like blech, i don't like them. i think it's pretty clear what fiona thinks about this. >>> and the weather's pretty good? >> we're looking great here. the bay area forecast, in case you missed it earlier, 56 for that 3:30 pacific time kickoff. a little bit breezy, 15 to 30-mile-per-hour winds on and off. miami, 68, a dry forecast. a mix of some sun and some clouds. and my predictions, we're going with the seven-day numbers. it's adjusted today. 56 for the 49ers. 39 for kansas city chiefs. >> those are your scores. >> 56-39 sunday, right? >> i like that. that's a high scoring game. a lot

and john bolton may know more than that which fiona hill c observed. he may have been involved in other people. he seems likely to be a person with a lot of information. i think this is one more piece that adds to the scale that may tip the ball lanance as we see and more, the reporting about emails that suggests that there is more information out there that could be useful in deciding whether the president could be removed from office. i think it's a piece that weighs down the scale. at some point, there may be enough to do it. >> look how much money president trump has been able to raise during this impeachment process. while we could look at the emails, unredacted emails and say wow, is it really tipping the scales? >> i don't know. i mean, if ultimately the senators get enough pressure from their home constituents, then that's all it needs, and all you need is four senators to change their minds. it's a house majority rule to decide whether to issue the subpoenas and so at the moment they have 53 votes. if you can shake loose even a few, that could

for questions asked of fiona hill about a conversation fiona hill has with the president of the united states, the president's counsel isn't there to exert executive privilege. you are requiring fiona hill or her to me to do that for her. the last point, if a member of the republicans were try to exert executive privilege, guess how adam schiff ruled every time in closed-door depositions? every time there was an objection, he always ruled in his own favor. >> bret: last thing, congressman, do you know, are there efforts behind the scenes to talk to some of the republicans who may be considering witnesses to prevent them from doing that? >> some of the republican senators, that is? >> bret: yeah, the moderates who may consider voting for witnesses after these opening arguments happen. >> i'm sure that conversation will be had. the first thing structurally on the legal argument is that the house managers failed in their presentation to the senate to actually allege that violation of treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. and then the senate as a deliberative body whether

to your point about fiona hill, the official channel of ukraine was the shakedown. i'm thinking my god, what else am i going to be held responsible for? and still, they will vote to acquit him. >>> ashley parker, if you had told me mike pence and john bolton would be figures on the chess board at one point turned against donald trump? i would have never believed it. i remember all the drama. mike pence has been this loyal soldier. he's been careful and his press people are a lot more skilled and careful than donald trump's press people. but lev parnas threw pence under the bus. do we have that? anyway, lev parnas also made clear the decision by the vice president not to go to zelensky's inauguration was part of the pressure campaign. they were withholding the pence visit, any elevating of zelensky until they got what they wanted, which was the investigation to hurt the bidens and investigation into 2016. any word from team pence today? >> a little bit. mike pence's chief of staff released a short statement, which is fairly undercutting the credibility of lev parnas.

what can we expect fiona? bright and breezy and very early. good morning, it is the 35 london new year's day parade. just some of the people warming up behind me. it does not start till midnight but they are completely ready and warming up. these guys have come all the way from america. 20 different countries taking part this year. painta countries taking part this year. paint a picture of what you said this up? happy new year! london was a pretty dull place. most of the shops are not bothered to open till the afternoon for people to take back that christmas presents. after hotels were close between christmas and new year so we thought london could do with some livening up. three decades on, 8000 people taking place. we are touching 9000 this year. another things as well as the marching bands and cheerleaders, most of london's boris taking place. 75 acts taking place. —— borrows we are going to come and meet that make you have come all the way from washington. how much work was it to get a place in this parade? out of the 350,000 cheerlead

our correspondent fiona trott is in manchester. a litany of failures, and yet again, the system letting down victims? in the words of andy burnham today, he said this review was all about fully facing up to any past failure. let me tell you what the review did, it looked to the death of a girl called victoria, 15 years old, after a drug overdose, and the second thing was the wider police investigation into sexual exploitation at the time, that was codenamed operation agusta and the report said there was a significant possibility 16 children were being sexually exploited, the youngest was 12 years old. what the report found was this, in the case of victoria, she was sexually exploited before her death, the man who was identified as being her exploiter was allowed to visit her in care, she told social workers she was being injected with heroin by an older man in return for sexual favours, that wasn't investigated and the men who exploited her were never brought to justice the report says. in regards to operation agusta, what the repo

here's how top russian expert fiona hill testified about pressuring ukraine. >> ambassador bolton told me i am not part of this -- what i have a drug deal that mulvaney and sondland are cook up. >> did your boss ambassador bolton tell you that giuliani was, quote, a hand grenade? >> he did, yes. >> bolton's willingness to testify gives democrats a big boost and puts pressure on senator mcconnell to allow witnesses at the impeachment trial. >> the senate has a unanimous bipartisan precedent for when to handle midtrial questions such as witnesses in the middle of the trial. >> if any senate republican poses issuing subpoenas to the four witness and documents we've requested, they would make it absolutely clear they're participating in a cover-up. >> of course none of this means bolton is actually close to testifying, but a handful of key republican senators dodged questions on monday about whether they'd back the subpoena for bolton. utah senator mit romney told reporters he does want to hear from bolton to find out what he knows, but he did not commit to a subpoena for bolton. what'd we

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let's get more reaction from closer to home, and the british basketball league, our correspondent fiona trott has been speaking to players from newcastle eagles. words can't even describe what he has done. for the people that know basketball, the people who have been playing this game since they were babies and growing up, it was michaeljordan, it was kobe bryant. now it is lebronjames but it was kobe, he put that member mentality in you, notjust as basketball, the mentality of keep going, keep pushing, it going. that is something that will stick with me forever, no matter what. for me, growing up, i kind of followed his career, and he made everything the success i have a label to enjoy today, he made all of that possible, because he wasjust a regular everyday person, and i think thatis regular everyday person, and i think that is why he is so beloved. he was just a regular guy who worked hard, blue—collar, working his way up to the levels he has gotten to. everything kobe bryant stands for is a reflection of myself and i think thatis a reflection of myself and i think that is why thi

as with doctor fiona hale said on oath in the house of representatives. she was directed by john bolton quote that i am not part of whatever drug deal simon and mullaney are cooking up". now john bolden, has said that he gets a subpoena he will show up. there will be no delay. in senate republicans are still going to tell us that we shouldn't call upon john bolden to testify to what he described a sneak drug deal. i can't think of any other kind of trial we wouldn't call that kind of key witnesses and asked for documents. how about mick mulvaney who john bolton referred to. on december 3rd, president trump said i want mick to testify in the senate trial meaning mick mulvaney so we have president trump on record number 30 staying he wants mick mulvaney testify here in the trial. and rescue senate republicans to comic mulvaney just as president trump has said he will. so we have heard from senator mcconnell that the big difference that this is the same as the clintons. the and as senator schumer has said previously, is he huge difference between where we ar

. >> and abbey, to remind people what trump's former adviser fiona hill testified to withholding the aid to get the ukrainians to do the investigations as a drug deal. >> you tell eisenberg, and ambassador bolton said that i am not part of whatever drug deal mulvaney and sundelaondland are cooking up. >> what did you take that to mean? >> that investigations for a meeting. >> did you go to speak to the lawyers? >> i certainly did. >> could we expect that the republicans don't want to hear from john bolton? >> it is clear that what fiona hill is saying that john bolton underhim to have a clear quid pro quo and one that he thought was improper enough that he told her go to the lawyer, and that is who she is referring to there, eisenberg who is the white house lawyer. and so yes, john bolton has key direct information about all of this and he is someone who is saying on the record for everyone to hear, yes, i am willing to testify and all you have to do so ask me to basically, and i think that mcconnell not going to say, oh, yes, absolutely, we will have witnesses, but he is going to be

let's get more reaction from closer to home, and the british basketball league, our correspondent fiona trott has been speaking to players from newcastle eagles. words cannot describe what he has done. for people who have been playing this game since they have been going up, it was michaeljordan and kobe bryant. it was kobe. it was not just basketball, it and kobe bryant. it was kobe. it was notjust basketball, it was the mentality of keep pushing and keep fighting. that will stick with me forever. growing up, i kind of followed his career and he made everything, the success i've been able to enjoy today, he made all that possible because he was just a regular everyday person and that's why he is soby love it because he was just a regular guy —— he is so beloved. everything he stands for is a reflection of myself and that's why this news has hit me very hard. remembering kobe bryant. england cricketers have romped to another big win over south africa. they won the final test by 191 runs with a day to spare to take the series 3—1. chasing an unlikely 466 to win, south africa starte

if he called this a drug deal and he ordered fiona hill to go to john issenberg, we know his testimony will not help the president. plus, i'm not the lawyer here but i do know that privilege is not a shield against corruption. if he said to the president, look, what you're doing is wrong and i may have to quit over it, that's not advise. it's not a conversation about policy. that's not going to stand up to executive privilege that the president is trying to extend to bolton. >> the senate has conducted 15 impeachment trials in its 231 year history and it's heard witnesses in every single one. is there any legal argument to not call witnesses? >> there's no strong legal -- you can always make a legal argument but in the president johnson impeachment trial in the 1860s, they had 41 witnesses. 41. i got to tell you this, if they don't have any witnesses in this impeachment trial, when the history books are written, it will be the biggest sham, the biggest con imposed on the american people in the history of our country. my goodness graces can you have maybe five witnesses. there's probabl

that is the reason they we re fiona shaw. that is the reason they were picked. but it is a very tricky thing, but it can be very simple. the key thing about this award is it is the newcomer award which means people can vote on the ee website so if they love you in any of your performance they can put their money where their mouth is. or if they are just into me in any fashion, they can put their money where their mouth is. that does make a difference. it gives it an extra, from your point of view, if you win that, you will say, i want because the audience value what i do as well as people in the industry. absolutely. making movies, the goal is multifaceted, the two things they are measured against our awards or box office, and it is the box office thatis box office, and it is the box office that is the public. so it would be flattering. but it is a very tough competition. it is high standard. what lies ahead for you ? competition. it is high standard. what lies ahead for you? a month of waiting to see what happens with this, and! waiting to see what happens with

doctor fiona hill was clear with saying the white house meeting with supply the ukrainian government the legitimacy it needed especially the russians in ukraine viewed the white house meeting as a recognition of their legitimacy as aia sovereign state. but here's what they did not play. here's what they did not tell you. and i'm going to quote from doctor hill's testimony on page 145 of her transcript. these are her words, this is what she said under oath. it was not always the white house meeting per se definitely a presidential level meeting. meeting with zelensky and the president. it could've taken place and poland, or warsaw,th or prior under bilateral other contacts, but in other words a white house level presidential meeting that can be found on page 145. . . . actually found on page 145. contrary to what schiff and the other managers told you, this meeting did in fact occur. it occurred at the un general assembly on september 20 fifth 2019. those with the words of dr. hill that you did not hear. this case is really not about the president wrongdoing. this entire impeachment p

. >> why is it that colonel vindman who worked for fiona hill, who worked for john bolton and dr. cupperman -- why is it that they were willing to stick their neck out and answer lawful subpoenas when their bosses wouldn't? they risked everything, their careers, and yes i know what you're asked to decide may risk yours, too, but if they could show the courage so can we. >> of course it's still an open question if there'll be four republicans joining democrats to call for more witnesses and documents. now, president trump's side begins making their arguments on saturday. so today a full discussion about the law and about the constitution. this trial could last at least one more week or longer if those witnesses come forward. christine and laura. >> all right, jeff zeleny, thanks so much the impeachment saga now following joe biden to iowa. top senate democrats are trying to top down the idea they would call bidens son hunter to testify in exchange for appearances by top trump administration officials. biden was asked if he'd consider testifying. >> the reason why i would not make t

in a june 18th, 2019, meeting, sondland informed doctor fiona hill that he was in charge of ukraine. and he had been briefing senior white house officials including mister mulvaney about is efforts to take a mystic for -- political errand in ukraine. here's doctor hill explaining this herself. >> i was upset with him that he did not tell us about the meetings he was having. he said to me i am briefing the president, chief of staff mulvaney, secretary pompeo, ambassador bolton, who will still have to deal with? the point is we have a robust interagency process as it deals with ukraine including mister holmes and ambassador taylor. .. lot of other people but it struck me yesterday when you put up on screen ambassador sondland e-mails that he says this is what he developed you are absolutely right because he has been involved in a domestic political event and we were being involved in national security foreign policy and those two things have justcu diverged. >> and there's more. much more. president trump's national security adviser at the time, john bolton, told dr. fiona hill to tell

>> i think that today's hearing, in particular, fiona hill was remarkable. and i'll tell you why. because not only was she very clear and very precise in her presentation and her testimony and, therefore, leaves us with no question about her credibility, but also, she is the example of who the vast majority of the career people are who serve in our government, and in particular, those who serve in positions that are about our national security, such as members of the american intelligence community, dedicated people, who are literally dedicated to preserving all that we hold dear about our country. so i found her to be incredible and very persuasive. going forward, again, all the president's men-- bring them all forward. pompeo-- >> stephen: pompeo, john bolton. >> pence. >> stephen: oooh. >> yes! >> stephen: oooh. >> yes! ( applause ) yeah. yeah, yes. enough of that. because here's the thing, i mean, you can't hide behind, you know, the president on this, but you can't prance around talking about being vice president with all of the benefits that come with that, and not take the

. >> he called it a drug deal according to fiona hill. >> i think bolton is a very important witness because i think between me and bolton we could fit in all the dots. i think because i was on the ground there and he was over here -- >> you would be willing to testify? >> i would be very willing to testify. >> we have very significant breaking news just in. we just learned the government accountability office says that the trump administration broke the law by withholding that u.s. security aid to ukraine. >> i want to read from this finding. faithful execution of the law does not permit the president to substitute his own policy priorities for those that congress has enacted into law. that's notable because republicans, the defense has been this was just a policy disagreement and that's in the president's purview. to manu raju on the hill here. gao says explicitly this was illegal. >> reporter: yeah, and this is the nonpartisan arm of congress. the investigative arm of congress. nonpartisan. both parties rely on the government accountability office to issue decisions like this, to

fiona hill went to congress. i have said it a hundred times. john bolton needs to go to congress or a microphone, even if it doesn't change the result in the senate. this can be a part of the national record. and it just is going to set up a terrible moment if the book comes out and has more glaring indictments of donald trump and look. republicans, graham already said, i don't care what's in "the new york times" record. we can scrutinize the republicans who apparently vote to acquit for whatever reasons from rubio to murkowski to blackburn they come up with. >> our lines are open, mr. bolton. michael steele? >> they are open. so, there are a lot of little pieces here. i think that the congressman really encapsulates all of the pieces as to where we are because the end result will be what the end result is but the bolton piece is fascinating to me from the standpoint that you made the point, joyce, most people -- here's the real hot, juicy stuff and he is coming around the other way. now that i have your attention, here's one more piece. here's

so, that was fiona hill. there was also evidence in the record from political articles in 2017. it listed a whole bunch of ukrainian officials who have done things to try to help the clinton campaign and the dnc and to harm the trump campaign. in addition, to news organizations, both politico and the financial times, did their own investigative reporting, and the financial times concluded that the opposition to president trump led to the wide leadership to do something they would never have attempted before, to intervene, however indirectly come in a u.s. election of the financial times. so the idea that there is no evidence whatsoever of ukrainians doing anything to interfere is just not true. they say it again and again and just is not true. the other thing i would like to point out, manager schiff keeps suggesting somehow we are coming here saying one thing and the department of justice is saying something else about litigation that is also not true. we have been very clear every time the position of the administration like the obama administration is when congress sues in th

that's what fiona hill testified that john bolton testified the her. bolton who is the former national security adviser said he's willing to testify himself if congress testifies him. westbroo witnesses said he was a witness. in a statement, the former security official wrote, quote, since my testimony is once again at issue, i hav

the president's record with honesty and consider all the corroborating testimony from bill taylor, fiona hill, gordon sondland. this no doubt will hang over the president's lawyers as they present their case in the impeachment trial this morning. >> this morning we do begin with the tragic death of sports legend kobe bryant. this is the staples center. this is in los angeles where thousands of fans gathered through the night to pay their respects to the basketball giant. he was killed along with his 13-year-old daughter dgianna an seven others when their helicopter crashed outside of los angeles. the helicopter apparently went down in foggy weather on the way to a basketball game for his daughter. cnn's brook baldwin is live from the staples center with us in los angeles. brook, obviously just so devastating there and really around the world. >> it's a gut punch. it's a gut punch to first learn of one of the greatest and his 13-year-old daughter perished in this crash. but then as i'm about to report, every single person we've learned who was on that helicopter yesterday is a parent and

fiona hill, sworn testimony, called this a political errand, bill taylor testified to it. you got the phone call, sondland, talking to the president as david holmes is listening here, plus other evidence, emails that have come to light in the last couple of weeks. you sat in congress, multiple terms as a republican. what is the danger to republicans here who vote no on witnesses, as more evidence comes out and have to have a fear that, hey, you know, maybe next week someone else comes out of the wood work and how does my vote look after the fact? is that a genuine concern for republicans, particularly ones facing difficult races? >> yeah, i mean, obviously i think people are going to -- this is going to be contentious. i don't care what the outcome is. and so i do think that's a calculation. but, you know, again, this is why i didn't agree with the defense, excuse me, coming out saying he did nothing wrong and we're going to show you he did nothing wrong. my argument is, hard to deny, the president didn't do something inappropriate, clearly. but does it -- remember, this i

. >> why is it that colonel vindman who worked for fiona hill, who worked for john bolton and dr. cupperman -- why is it that they were willing to stick their neck out and answer lawful subpoenas when their bosses wouldn't? they risked everything, their careers. and yes, i know what you're asked to decide may risk yours, too. but if they could show the courage, so can we. >> reporter: of course it's still an open question if there'll be four republicans joining democrats to call for more witnesses and documents. now president trump's side begins making their arguments on saturday. so today a full discussion about the law and about the constitution. this trial could last at least one more week or longer if those witnesses come forward. christine and laura? >> all right, jeff zeleny, thanks for that, jeff. >> the city of wuhan in china now on lock down. the country struggling with the fear of a pandemic. more than 11 million people who live in that city now kept from leaving. authorities are trying to stop the spread of the deadly coronavirus. the death toll rising and officials say

. >> fiona hill testified under oath that this was about a political errand, right? not about the other interesting corruption. >> lev parnas who admitted he had a shrine to the president in his house. so, michael, "the new york times" has an important nugget of reporting here. they're saying the president and rudy giuliani tried to conceal the ukraine efforts in a few ways. first that parnas smg esuggeste parnas designate he and his partner as special allies and mr. parnas said mr. giuliani walked away to call mr. trump, returned with a new plan. he would represent mr. parnas and mr. fruman as well as the president. why? a move that might afford their shared mission, the confidential of attorney/client privilege. mr. giuliani has denied that account. if that's true, is it legal? >> it's not legal at all. it's actually part of a conspiracy. a conspiracy essentially to obstruct, to obstruct any investigation, as well as to hide from congress and others the information about what giuliani and his associates are doing. keep in mind that giuliani also wrote a document sa

fiona hill to tell the national security council's lawyers that he was not part of whatever drug deal sondland and mulvaney were cooking up. he made that statement after ambassador sondland specifically said that he had a deal with mr. mulvaney to schedule a white house visit for president zelensky if ukraine announced two phony investigations involving the bidens and 2016 election interference, investigations that were sought by president donald john trump. here is the testimony about sondland describing this drug deal he had with mulvaney. >> when i came in, gordon sondland was basically saying, look, we have a deal here that there will be a meeting, i have a deal here with chief of staff mulvaney there will be a meeting if the ukrainians open up or announce these investigations into 2016 and burisma. by this point having heard mr. giuliani over and over again on the television and all of the issues that he was asserting, by this point it was clear that burisma was code for the bidens, because giuliani was laying it out there. i could see why colonel vindman was alarmed. he said, th

fiona hill confirmed this review and testified on november 21, 2019. i'm going to again quote from page 75 of her testimony, that quote, there had been a directive for wholesale -- a whole scale review of our foreign policy, foreign policy assistance, and the ties between our foreign policy objectives and that assistance. this had been going on actually for many months. so, multiple witnesses testify that the president had long-standing concerns and specific concerns about ukraine. the house managers understandably ignore the testimony that took place before their own committees. in her testimony of october 14th, 2019, dr. hill testified at pages 118 and 119 of her transcript that she thinks the president has actually quite publicly said that he was very skeptical about corruption in ukraine. and then she said again in her testimony, and in fact, he's not alone because everyone -- because everyone -- has expressed great concerns about corruption in ukraine. similarly, ambassador yovanovitch testified that they all had concerns about corruption in ukrai

they've said the same thing, i don't know how many times i've seen ambassador sondland and fiona hill say the exact same thing. i don't believe anything they've said so far is impeachable, and, but i do look forward to watching the white house present their case. >> this is the fourth day that we've heard the democrats make their arguments. final arguments are going to be tonight, but i will tell you they've run out of things to say about three days ago. that's because the case that they're presenting is weak and it's flimsy even though they on the floor have said that they have a rock solid case, that the evidence is overwhelming and that there's a mountain of evidence. well, if they've already presented an overwhelming amount of, a mountain of evidence, rock solid evidence, then there should be no need for additional witnesses because they have made their case. tomorrow the white house is going to be able to make its case x for the first time the defense of the president will be made for the public to see. >> main thing you need to pay attention to is now the fourth version of what

this is someone who's decided he will be i think fiona hill -- dr. fiona hill i was in for her opening statement and she discovered mr. giuliani and others in the administration were on a domestic political errand. it strikes me that mitch mcconnell has found himself on a domestic political errand for a president not worthy of that errand. >> just looking at the united states senate, what we've been following here are there any indications that republicans are breaking with mcconnell's posture? you've seen lisa murkowski of alaska, susan collins of maine say they're uncomfortable with the public posture he's taken, whether that translate into joining democrats and calling for the sort of witnesses you are, that remains to be seen. have you seen any other indications from republicans moving in your direction? >> no, and i wonder if you felt the same reaction i did? it was impressive certainly that senators murkowski and collins stepped forward to say in the one case they were dismayed by mitch mcconnell's statements he would not be impartial, he would

so that was fiona hill. there was also the evidence in the record from "politico" article in 2017 that listed a whole bunch of ukrainian officials who had done things to try to help the clinton campaign and the dnc and to harm the trump campaign. in addition, two news organization, both "politico" and the financial times did their own investigative reporting and the financial times concluded that the opposition to president trump led kiev's wider political leadership to do something they would have never attempted before, to intervene however indirectly in a u.s. election. that's the financial times. so the idea that there is no evidence whatsoever of ukraini n ukrainians doing anything to interfere in any way is just not true. they come up here and say it again and again. it's just not true. the other thing i'd like to point out, manager schiff keeps suggesting that somehow we're coming here and saying one thing and the department of justice is saying something else in court without litigation. that's also

i think we know certainly -- fiona hill is a good example. the boltons of the world and others in that arena, in that area of the national security council and the white house did not approve of how things were going with ukraine, that particular call and rudy giuliani's role. >> okay. jeff mason, we always approve of you. thank you. >>> bernie sanders calling elizabeth warren the candidate of the elite, the 2020 campaign grows more fierce three weeks before the first votes are cast. t for $14.99. choose soup or salad. one of seven delicious entrées - like new hawaiian-style garlic shrimp. and, get a sweet dessert. three courses. one amazing price. so come in today. i need all the breaks, that i can get. at liberty butchumal- cut. liberty biberty- cut. we'll dub it. liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ want to freshen your home ♪ without using heavy, overwhelming scents? try febreze one; it eliminates odors with no heavy perfu