that's what it was about for william taylor. saving ukrainian lives while donald trump and william taylor's view undoubtedly condemned more ukrainians to die as he illegally withheld aid that had been mandated by an act of congress. after william taylor's testimony today, donald trump's impeachable by the house of representatives is even more of a certainty than it was yesterday. and when members of the house are voting to impeach donald trump, followed by the senators who will vote to convict and remove donald trump, many of them will be quoting the elements of the impeachable offenses outlined by william taylor today including the very clear quid pro quo that some republicans until today have claimed was not in evidence and surely as many house members and member senators announce their vote, they will be quoting william taylor saying, "more ukrainians would undoubtedly die." because of donald trump. leading off our discussion tonight, democratic congressman peter welch of vermont, member on the house intelligence committee. h

that's what it was about for william taylor. saving ukrainian lives while donald trump and william taylor's view undoubtedly condemned more ukraiyoukrainiane as he illegally withheld aid that had been mandated by an act of congress. after william taylor's testimony today, donald trump's impeachable by the house of representatives is even more of a certainty than it was yesterday. and when members of the house are voting to impeach donald trump, followed by the senators who will vote to convict and remove donald trump, many of them will be quoting the elements of the impeachable offenses outlined by william taylor today including the very clear quid pro quo that some republicans until today have claimed was not in evidence and surely as many house members and member senators announce their vote, they will be quoting william taylor saying, "more ukrainians would undoubtedly die." because of donald trump. leading off our discussion tonight, democratic congressman peter welsh of vermont, member on st house intelligence committee. he

government he is donald trump's personal lawyer and he the court into william taylor he said that what was clear is that they were not pursuing aims that would really benefit america's long term foreign policy goals in ukraine so this is really quite a damning document and i'm sure it is something that the democrats are going to dig deeper into because there are a lot of names mentioned here and that means a lot more subpoenas and what are the implications allan then for the president and for the white house because i was discussing this with a guest earlier just keeps mounting up more and more people coming out with pretty much the same story. the problem he's got is that if you'd asked me 2 months ago what was the united states population thinking about impeachment of donald trump and i would have told you they're not quite there yet more and more information comes out and those numbers just climb no there are more than 50 percent of the american population who believe that don't not only should be impeached but should removed from office know at the white house is obviously fighting

government here is donald trump's personal lawyer and he's courting to william taylor he said that what was clear is that they were not pursuing him that would really benefit americans or more. foreign policy goals in ukraine so this is really quite a damning document and i'm sure it is something that the democrats are going to dig deeper into because there are a lot of names mentioned here and that means a lot more subpoenas. now u.s. court has begun hearing arguments in a landmark case that accuses the oil giant exxon mobil of climate change fraud climate activists protested outside the new york courthouse as the trial began the company is accused of misleading investors about the cost of climate change regulations on its business exxon has denied the claims it's the 1st of many similar lawsuits against major oil companies to go to court this trial is expected to last 3 weeks. i mean i hope it sets a precedent of holding companies and all major polluters and corporations in general accountable for the information that they given that they hide to the american public and i am sort of t

more from william taylor yesterday in that deposition. lind --s ondland tried to prove to me president trump was a businessman. , top diplomatcker to ukraine used the same term several days later. i argued to both the explanation made no sense. ukrainians did not owe president trump anything and holding up political assistance for domestic political gain was crazy. messages have seen already, or at least some of them have been released by the committee amid this impeachment inquiry. you can see william taylor entering yesterday ahead of a nine hour deposition. we are getting your reaction to what we know about it. republicans, 202-748-8001 is the number. democrats, 202-748-8000. independents, 202-748-8002. want to show you some of the in papers reaction online and around the country. this from the atlantic, david graham, the staff writer citing william taylor delivering the smoking gun. it doesn't matter what president trump wants to call it, of course it was a quid pro quo. this from the new york daily news, president trump -- one of pre

but this claim from william taylor is a very significant one, not least because the clout he has, he has no dog in the fight, if you like, he has retired now. and also the fact that there will be other people coming to give evidence in the next few days behind closed doors who are likely to corroborate his version of events, michael. david willis for us there. let's get some of the day's other news. a second night of violent protests in bolivia, over the hotly—disputed election result. according to the foreign minister, president evo morales wants transparency and the organisation of american states to audit the vote count. 0pposition supporters have also cried foul over the lengthy delay in counting. police and protesters have clashed for a fifth day in a row in the chilean capital, santiago, as demonstrations continue against social inequality and price hikes. the country's president, sebastian pinera, says he has requested meetings with opposition leaders in an attempt to come to a solution. protests erupted last friday, with a state of emergency declared in ten cities. indonesi

she was replaced by william taylor. william taylor is important because you will remember a couple of weeks ago we got the transcripts of text messages taylor,between william gordon sondland, and kurt volker about trying to create a meeting between -- a public meeting between ukrainian president zelensky and donald trump. it is william taylor, you'll recall in these text messages, that was raising the alarm. "are we withholding $391 million to force these investigations for political gain for the president?" he is the one that was raising the alarm. we had those text messages. what he did on tuesday at the deposition is he said -- he filled in some of the other blanks of what happened with actual phone calls that occurred and meetings that occurred. he painted a picture that it was very much a quid pro quo and not just for the military aid and withust for the meeting donald trump. he painted the picture that the entire relationship with ukraine was on the line over these investigations. and that is really significant be

william taylor is an unfair process. william taylor is the latest in a series of current and former us diplomats to have voiced concern about the trump administration's policy towards ukraine to the impeachment enquiry. the white house continues to insist there was no quid pro quo. in a statement last night, called the impeachment enquiry a smear campaign co—ordinated by far left lawmakers and unelected bureaucrats. david willis, bbc news, los angeles. more than 115,000 officially—registered refugees are currently stuck in libya unable to travel to europe, but unwilling to return home for fear of persecution. some of them were inmates of a centre in the suburb of tajoura that, in july, was hit by an airstrike. more than 50 people were killed. 0rla guerin has been to meet some of the survivors — and heard more about their uncertain fate. a night of horror in tripoli. collecting the dead. victims of an airstrike on a libyan run detention centre in the suburb of tajoura. migrants and refugees who dreamt of a better li

acting ambassador william taylor said he was told that mr trump had made the release of military aid to ukraine contingent on a public declaration from kiev that it would investigate one of mr trump's rivals for the presidency, former democratic vice—president, joe biden. mr taylor said he found the demand politically troubling. mr trump has denied he did anything wrong. for more on this, let's talk to our north america correspondent david willis. this was evidence behind closed doors, but it has been leaked?m has. william taylor is of course a career diplomat, he is somebody who has served both republican and democrat administrations since 1985. he came out of retirement to become america's top diplomat in the ukraine. hejustified america's top diplomat in the ukraine. he justified for more than nine hours on capitol hill today, and very damning evidence saying that very shortly after arriving in kiev to take up that position he became aware there were two channels, if you like, of us policy—making. the official channel of which he was a part, and the other, an unofficial channe

the impact of veteran ambassador william taylor's testimony on tuesday, encapsulated by peter baker in "the new york times," writing, in by far the most damning account yet to become public in the house impeachment inquiry, mr. taylor described a president holding up $391 million in assistance for the clear purpose of forcing ukraine to investigate his political rifles. from dan balz in "the washington post," it's about how the president explains it and how lawmakers choose to respond to it. mr. trump tied directly to events in ukraine in taylor's opening statement, saying, president trump told ambassador sondland that he was not asking for a quid pro quo. but president trump did insist that president zelensky of ukraine go to a make row phoicr say he's opening investigations of biden and 2016 election interference. then he said president trump wanted zelensky in a public box, end quote, by making a public statement ordering such investigations. joining me now is phil rucker from "the washington post" and "the new york times"' michael crowley. welcome, both. the writing of peter baker,

taylor's deposition that republicans want to emphasize or make public and william taylor, at this point, based on what we've been able to glean from what's happened in these depositions, seems to be, by far, the most valuable, most important witness to have testified so far. >> it sure seems that way from what we know so far, lawrence. i don't think william taylor's testimony really changed the contours of this scandal but he did add to the scope and to the scale of this scandal. and i think most importantly connected it directly to the president. there were a lot of damning elements of his testimony and that we read in his prepared remarks. but i think none more so than the fact that president trump himself directed gordon sondland, his ambassador to the european union, to relay these demands to the ukrainians. and there was no subtly in doing this. this was not sort of a, you know, cloak and dagger operation where subtly whisper into the ukrainian ear that maybe they should think about this investigation if maybe they wanted their aid. no. gordon sondland then went to the ukrainian pr

william taylor saying this was highly irregular saying it was crazy. he said this is a rancorous story whistleblowers, mr giuliani, quid pro quo ‘s commerce corruption, interference in election and in saying that on capitol hill this afternoon, he has delivered the most damning testimony yet the impeachment enquiry into donald trump. let's get some of the day's other news. protests in bolivia have turned violent for a second night over the country's hotly disputed election result. bolivia has said it wants transparency has asked the organisation of american states to conduct an audit of the vote count. police and protesters have clashed for a fifth day in a row in the chilean capital, santiago, as demonstrations continue against social inequality and price hikes. the country's president, sebastian pinera, says he has requested meetings with opposition leaders in an attempt to come to a solution. protests erupted last friday, with a state of emergency declared in ten cities. lawyers for shamima begum, the british teenager who went to syria to join the

taylor's deposition that republicans want to emphasize or make public, and william taylor at this point, based on what we've been able to glean from what's happened in these depositions seems to be by far the most valuable, most important witness to have testified so far. >> it sure seems that way from what we know so far, lawrence. look, i don't think william taylor's testimony yesterday really changed the contours of this scandal, but he did add to the scope and to the scale of this scandal. and i think most importantly connected it directly to the president. there were a lot of damning elements of his testimony and that we read in his prepared remarks. but i think none more so than the fact that president trump himself directed gordon sondland, his ambassador to the european union, to relay these demands to the ukrainians. and there was no subtly in doing this. this was not sort of a, you know, cloak and dagger operation where subtly whisper into the ukrainian ear that maybe they should think about this investigation if maybe they wanted their aid. no. gordon sondland then went to th

the way tim morrison fi into this is he was a person who alerted william taylor. he said he went to them twice. the first time adhe said he h a conversation that said, look, i think gordon sond sondland is gg to the ukraine officials to have investigation into the biden to secure millions of dollars in military aid already appropriated by congress. he goes to taylor a second tie and said i have a sinking feeling because gordon sondland said he talked to the president and the president said no quid pro quo and still demanding the ukrainian officials are still opening an investigation into the bidens. so morrison is saying most of what william taylor told you last week is true. >> inside the rooh m, botrties thought he said something that helped them. >them. >> schifrin: how's that? he said he didn't hear anything illegal per se in the call, and yamiche was talking about something also democrats mentioned. >> schifrin: godon sondland, u.s. ambassador to the *e789 u, close to president trump, what is the significance of him in the middle of it the combined stories of

william taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine a career diplomat who served democrats and republican administrations the white house ordered him to ignore the impeachment inquiry he defied that instruction his closed door testimony may be highly damaging to president trump he was what he the white house meeting with ukraine's new president vladimir's alinsky was being held up until he delivered ukrainian help in investigating donald trump's political rival joe biden in his opening statement he said he spoke with ambassador gordon saundra and the u.s. envoy to the european union during that phone call ambassador sunderland told me that president trump had told him that he wants president selenski to state publicly that ukraine will investigate burst and alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election taylor said in the statement joe biden's son hunter had been a board member of a ukrainian gas company killer continued ambassador sunderland also told me that he no recognized he made a mistake by eliot telli

william taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine a career diplomat who has served democrats and republican administrations the white house ordered him to ignore the impeachment inquiry he defied that instruction his close to testimony may be highly damaging to preston trump he was worried a white house meeting with ukraine's new president what amuses lensky was being held up until he delivered ukrainian help in investigating donald trump's political rival joe biden in his opening statement he said he spoke with ambassador gordon some learned the u.s. envoy to the european union during that phone call ambassador solon told me that president trump had told him that he wants president zelinsky to state publicly that ukraine will investigate bris milah and legit ukrainian interference in the $26000.00 election taylor said in a statement joe biden's son hunter had been a board member a ukrainian gas company tailor continued ambassador solo and also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by telling

pero los ojos estaban puestos en william taylor, el actual embajadointrump en ucrania, que no responde a las preguntas de reporteros, pero una vez adentro, en esta zona clasificada en el capitolio y a puertas cerradas y sus declaraciones que dejaron a muchos con la boca abierta. >> fueron explosivas, y que todo el mundo se quedÓ sorprendido en estado de shock, y me >> en su testimonio escrito, taylor sostuvo que el embajador de estados unidos de la uniÓn europea le dijo que el presidente trump querÍa que el mandatario ucraniano pÚblicamente declararÁ que elecciones del 2016. taylor aÑadiÓ que cuando llegó el puesto se alarmÓ a ver las sanciones de funcionarios del gobierno. ayer el presidente se distanciÓ de los embajadores. dijo que no los

taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine his closed door testimony given in defiance of the white house order to ignore the impeachment inquiry make it to the heart of trump's reasoning it was taylor who reminded state department colleagues last month that ukraine did not want to be an instrument in washington domestic reelection politics he texted i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign democrats a tuesday taylor has been connecting the dots of a clear quid pro quo in my 10 short months in congress it's not even noon and this is the my most disturbing day in congress so far polling shows a growing number of americans believe trump should be impeached and removed from office for the 1st time that number has reached 50 percent the white house has struggled to articulate a clear response last week trump's acting chief of staff confessed u.s. security aid to ukraine was in part conditioned on ukraine opening an investigation into democrats then he took back the

. >> william taylor described efforts outside diplomatic channels by which the lawyer rudy giuliani by which gordon sondland, rick perry and others sought an arrangement with the ukraine president zelensky. in are the sthort taylor's testimony which wrapped up describes the very thing the president and supporters denied for weeks now. >> there was no quid pro quo. >> this turned. >> a full blown threat of a full blown quid pro quo and i don't see it. >> there was never any quid pro quo. >> there is no quid pro quo. >> no wrirpd. >> no wrirpd. >> no wrirpd. >> there is no pro quo. >> well, keeping him honest, the white house's own transcript of that july 25th conversation which is a rough transcript not word for word between the president and ukrainian president also already makes a mockery out of the denials. today ambassador taylor's account makes it plainer. everything taylor says he was told, everything depended on dlen ski committing to his end of that quid pro quo and doing so publicly. by his account there was nothing subtle about it. in a statement brody taylor describes the sep

and after william taylor testified in direct contradiction of ambassador sondland, let's listen to what congressman welch said about the possibility of perjury charges there. is gordon sondland in danger of perjury charges of his testimony to your committee? >> i think he is. the evidence is coming out now that he, in fact, was a very active instrument to try to essentially assist giuliani in the effort to have this rogue foreign policy. so, yes, i think ambassador sondland has some reason to be worried about how his testimony is going to be evaluated when reviewed by potential prosecutors. >> and today ambassador sondland's criminal defense lawyers relied on the do not recall defense to cover the conflict in his testimony with ambassador taylor's testimony. what is your sense of how much possible perjury charge danger ambassador sondland is in? >> i think a lot of what we're seeing here does reveal a decent amount of testimony that, frankly, just isn't lining up. this is exactly why in the house of representatives we separate all of our witnesses and depose them individually and in pri

william taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine a career diplomat who has served democrats and republican administrations the white house ordered him to ignore the impeachment inquiry he defied that instruction his close to testimony may be highly damaging to preston trump he was worried a white house meeting with ukraine's new president what amuses lensky was being held up until he delivered ukrainian help in investigating donald trump's political rival joe biden in his opening statement he said he spoke with ambassador gordon some learned the u.s. envoy to the european union during that phone call ambassador solon told me that president trump had told him that he wants president zelinsky to state publicly that ukraine will investigate bris milah and legit ukrainian interference in the $26000.00 election taylor said in a statement joe biden's son hunter had been a board member a ukrainian gas company taylor continued ambassador soul and also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by earlier

taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine his closed door testimony given in defiance of a white house order to ignore the impeachment inquiry make it to the heart of trump's reasoning it was taylor who reminded state department colleagues last month that ukraine did not want to be an instrument in washington domestic reelection politics he texted i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign democrats a tuesday taylor has been connecting the dots of a clear quid pro quo in my 10 short months in congress it's not even noon and this is the my most disturbing day in congress so far polling shows a growing number of americans believe trump should be impeached and removed from office for the 1st time that number has reached 50 percent the white house has struggled to articulate a clear response last week trump's acting chief of staff confessed to u.s. security aid to ukraine was in part conditioned on ukraine opening an investigation into democrats then he took back th

. >>> even before ambassador william taylor spoke to congress today, the president was speaking out. listen to what he said yesterday ask yourself did he perhaps know how damaging today's testimony might be? >> they're interviewing ambassadors who i never heard of. i don't know the people. i never heard of them. >> i don't know most of the people. if i do i met them quickly or know them very little. ambassadors and some others. i don't know -- most of them i never heard of their names. >> back now with david gergen. gloria boringen and abbey gill and david axelrod. i don't know this person is a common trope from president trump and michael cohen and and others. come to mind. i want to read something else from the ambassador's statement. quote, ambassador sondland tried to explain that president trump is a businessman. when a businessman is about to sign a check. he asks the businessman asks somebody to pay up before signing the check. unquote. i mean, i'm not sure what that means. sondland himself is a businessman and knows of what he speaks in terms of that. but it seems perfectly a

pero los ojos estaban puestos en william taylor, el actual embajadointrump en ucrania, que no responde a las preguntas de reporteros, pero una vez adentro, en esta zona clasificada en el capitolio y a puertas cerradas y sus declaraciones que dejaron a muchos con la boca abierta. >> fueron explosivas, y que todo el mundo se quedÓ sorprendido en estado de shock, y me >> en su testimonio escrito, taylor sostuvo que el embajador de estados unidos de la uniÓn europea le dijo que el presidente trump querÍa que el mandatario ucraniano pÚblicamente declararÁ que elecciones del 2016. taylor aÑadiÓ que cuando llegó el puesto se alarmÓ a ver las sanciones de funcionarios del gobierno. ayer el presidente se distanciÓ de los embajadores. dijo que no los el testimonio de una alta funcionaria del pentÁgono y ot patricia: la portavoz de la casa blanca dijo que el presidente trump no hizo nada malo y acusÓ a quienes llamó demÓcratas de extrema izquierda de realizar una campaÑa llena de ataques a la constituciÓn. jorge: una audiencia oÍr sobre el colapso del puente peatonal de la univer

here me i seem to have lost your audio but william taylor is a very important witness to democrats in this impeachment inquiry because he may get to the heart of this question of whether or not there was corrupt intent in trump's ask of the ukrainian president to offer an investigation into trump's political opponents here in the united states you may recall taylor's name coming out in these text messages that were previously given to congressional investigators in which he conversing with other u.s. diplomats he said i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign that seemingly incredulous response the question is what led to him saying that the attacks did he have conversations with members of the white house or the state department or any other agency in the u.s. that may shed more light on exactly what was the president's thinking when he made that phone call with the president of ukraine in july asking for the favor in an opening investigation into joe biden trump's political rival here at home. caster there for us in washington d.c. thank y

to investigate a political rival democrats say william taylor has provided the clearest account yet that trump pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden in exchange for military aid well let's get more on this now we're joined by richard pildes as legal expert and co-author of the law of democracy and he's joining us live from new york very good to have you with us on al-jazeera so from a legal pest specter of how damaging do you think william taylor's testimony is to president trump. well i think this is among the most damaging pieces of testimony that has been developed so far just from what we know 2 about his opening statement which was released in public which is a very long detailed document and if his testimony is correct and accurate and it's corroborated it very strongly suggests that president trump was withholding u.s. support whether military aid or there's a to the white house to the president of ukraine in return or the president committing in public to investigate joe biden and the company his son served on the board of so this testimony really comes closer than anyth

ambassador ukraine, william taylor, delivered one of the most damning pieces of evidence in the impeachment inquiry against president trump. the testimony lasted almost 10 hours. it david smith reporting. >> the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine now at the center of the impeachment inquiry into president donald trump. tuesday, william taylor told the investigating committees trump set up a parallel foreign policy usaidraine, one that made contingege on helpining the american president politically. several u.s. media outlets obtained a copy of taylor's estimate. >> to what has been printed, that describes more evidence of a direct connection between thatdent trump's wishes ukraine invevestigatee the 2016 election, essentially exonerating the russians and his potential 2020 opponent in lenskyange for president ze to get a white house meeting and security assistance. >> taylor served republican and democratic presidents since 1985 and became acting ambassador to ukraraine in june after the fofr ambassador was pushed out of her job. it taylor --taylor's behind closed doors estimate he levels serious

william taylor saying this was highly irregular, saying it was crazy. he said, "this is a rancorous story about whistle—blowers, mr giuliani, side channels, quid pro quos, corruption, interference in election." and in saying that on capitol hill this afternoon, he has delivered the most damning testimony yet in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. in the last few hours, russia and turkey have agreed a deal to extend the current shaky ceasefire in north eastern syria for at least another six days. last week, under pressure from the us, turkey agreed to halt its offensive against kurdish forces in the region, until today. now, russian soldiers and syrian border guards will help turkey secure a 20 mile "safe zone" along the border, ensuring kurdish fighters withdraw. our correspondent, jiyar gol, reports from the syrian town of kamish—li, close to the turkish border, on the human toll, of the current fighting. as we crossed the tigris river from iran into syria, it's not long before we bump into dozens of military vehicles heading the opposite wa

william taylor saying this was highly irregular, saying it was crazy. he said this is a rancorous story about whistle—blowers, rudy giuliani, side channels, quid pro quo, corruption, interference in elections, and in saying that, on capitol hill this afternoon he has delivered the most damning testimony yet in the impeachment inquiry into donald trump. nick, thanks forjoining us. in the last few hours, russia and turkey have agreed a deal, to extend the current shaky ceasefire in north eastern syria, for at least another six days. last week under pressure from the us, turkey agreed to halt its offensive against kurdish forces in the region, until today. now, russian soldiers and syrian border guards will help turkey secure a 20 mile "safe zone" along the border, ensuring kurdish fighters withdraw. 0ur correspondent, jiyar gol, reports from the syrian town of qamishli, close to the turkish border. as we crossed the tigris river from iran into syria, it's not long before we bump into dozens of military vehicles heading the opposite way. this is an ameri

i want to start with william taylor today. two channels he said for policy make with ukraine. one regular, one irregular. what's the big deal? >> i don't think there is a big deal except democrats try to make things sound bad when nothing is wrong. the president, use whatever means to get things done in ukraine as long as it's lawful. lou: don't you find it a bit shocking that the irregular channel was referring to is the european ambassador gordon sondland, and kirk volcker and the president's attorney rudy giuliani. and we see that, you know, the suggestion that -- let's putting this full screen up. two headlines to consider. "the washington post" saying this, the putin and hungary helped sour trump on ukraine. my goodness. the "new york times." hungary's orban gave trump harsh analysis of ukraine before key meeting. >> it's just terrible. i can't imagine how we function every day. lou: this from john solomon. ukrainian embassy confirms dnc contractor solicited trump dirt in 2016. we can go further. alex vogel in "politico," january 11, 2017. ukrainian government officials t

taylor provided the clearest account yet that trump pressured ukraine to investigate political rival joe biden in exchange for military aid and roads across lebanon are being blocked by anti-government protesters who are calling for political change the protests are now into their 7th day and the army is attempting to reopen the roads. as are the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera this is europe sat next. didn't the u.s. treasury or the port story let's go say that my chinese muslims and let me bring you the stories and developments that are make believe changing the world they live in what's behind the rise of piracy news counting the cost on al-jazeera news. they are so gentle and she is on the polish i mistook the disability the other things are going to go on tough on crime or die on the i pod and should play sports and also not. buy homespun twine. don't bomb outside the store the long long months unless fonts are such. under some of the medium to be about to put it mildly dog you have to do it how many did clean up in the agencies on monday in the stores. cynthia the number c

ambassador to ukraine william taylor testified that troubled as a condition that ukraine investigate his rival joe biden before releasing the republican politicians have tried to stop the impeachment inquiry into president trump more than 2 dozen members assembled outside the secure room where cooper is testifying to hold a short news conference attacking the hearing before pushing it to the committee room bringing the session to a halt. castro is live for us in washington d.c. and testimony of course comes after ambassador tieless testimony which is being described as potentially the most damaging yet to president. that's exactly how democrats are describing yesterday's explosive testimony from william cooper stan and in fact he did lay out a detailed and compelling case that appears to connect the dots on what is an explicit quid pro quo that the us president demanded of ukraine to investigate his political adversaries in exchange for a visit to the white house and for the $400000000.00 worth of security aid that have already been promised to ukraine and william taylor lay this out

president will trump william taylor will be asked about military aid and the role of donald trump's personal attorney rudolph giuliani in the ukraine policy investigation was launched after a whistleblower alleged mr trump pressured ukraine to investigate democrats whilst he was withholding military assistance the iraqi government's released a report on an initial investigation into the killing of protesters the report found that security forces used excessive force at least 17857 people were killed up next is rewind also you have more news after that. and i welcome again to rebuy and i'm elizabeth purana our task here on the wind is to dig out some of the best and most influential films from the past decade and to find out how the story has moved on since one of the earliest series launched here on al-jazeera was earthrise a show which tackles increasingly important issues of climate change but also tries to find good news.

taylor has provided the clearest account that the u.s. president pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid. chile's president sebastian pinera has announced social reforms in the hope of ending protests that have now left 15 people dead he's promised to increase tensions as well as to reduce electricity and medical anti-government protests there are being described as the worst to hit the country in the early that he is the unrest started in the capital of santiago over an increase in the cost of train tickets that since been scrapped. and protests to broken out in bolivia after the main opposition candidate rejected the provisional results from sunday's elections incumbent president evo morales is facing accusations that he manipulated the results appears to have a 9 percent lead over his main rival last message and polls are now even in votes won a presidential election wednesday's vote has the potential to be one of the tightest races in the country's history well those are the headlines the news c

taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine his closed door testimony given in defiance of the white house order to ignore the impeachment inquiry make it to the heart of trump's reasoning it was taylor who reminded state department colleagues last month that ukraine did not want to be an instrument in washington domestic reelection politics he texted i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign democrats said tuesday taylor has been connecting the dots of a clear quid pro quo in my 10 short months in congress it's not even noon and this is the most disturbing day in congress so far. polling shows a growing number of americans believe trump should be impeached and removed from office for the 1st time that number has reached 50 percent the white house has struggled to articulate a clear response last week trump's acting chief of staff confessed u.s. security aid to ukraine was in part conditioned on ukraine opening an investigation into democrats then he took back th

after the democrat of the top diplomat in ukraine, william taylor, making clear in, very, very detailed way, he believed there had been a quid pro quo related to that ukrainian aid, something the president has denied. democrats believe their case is as strong as ever. this point in time, house republicans, at least, making clear they're going to be fighting for the president, even if it's in a public manner in a secure conference room. guys? >> phil mattingly. glad you're becoack, phil. >>> republicans are demanding that adam schiff wing the whistleblower to testify in public. gop lawmakers focusing their rage not on the substance of the impeachment inquiry but the process. >> it should be the people of this country, who decide should be the president, not nancy pelosi and adam schiff behind closed doors. >> the opening statement is very clear. >> it doesn't make any difference. >> you should not be relying on it. >> in if you're in a court of law, would you rely on the opening statement of an attorney? would you allow reputbuttal witnesses to explore? >> i'm saying the substance of wha

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william taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine a career diplomat who served democrats and republican administrations the white house ordered him to ignore the impeachment inquiry he defied that instruction his closed door testimony may be highly damaging to president trump he was what he the white house meeting with ukraine's new president vladimir selenski was being held up until he delivered ukrainian help in investigating donald trump's political rival joe biden in his opening statement he said he spoke with ambassador gordon saundra and the u.s. envoy to the european union during that phone call ambassador sunderland told me that president trump had told him that he wants president selenski to state publicly that ukraine will investigate burst and alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 election taylor said in the statement joe biden's son hunter had been a board member of a ukrainian gas company killer continued ambassador sunderland also told me that he no recognized he made a mistake by eliot tellin

william taylor — career diplomat, man of the establishment — his testimony the most explosive yet of donald trump's impeachment enquiry. called from retirement to serve as america's top diplomat in ukraine, he said he arrived to find two separate channels of us policy making, the official channel, of which he was a part, and an unofficial one made up of the president's personal lawyer rudy giuliani and others. their goal — to leverage millions of dollars in us aid money on an investigation by ukraine into president trump's political rivaljoe biden, whose son was doing business there. it amounted, mr taylor said in his opening statement, to "a rancorous story about whistleblowers, mr giuliani, side—channels, quid pro quos, corruption, and interference in elections". some see his testimony as a potential turning point. ambassador taylor — highly detailed credible account. that came across that he has a very steep recall of what has happened. and, remember, we're not asking people to recall something that three, four, five years ago, four, five years ago — we're talking about ev

diplomat in ukraine has begun his testimony as part of the impeachment inquiry from william taylor is expected to give evidence indicating trump pressured ukraine to investigate a political mine. iraq's government has released a report on a preliminary investigation into the killings of protesters the report found that security forces used excessive force and life fire against demonstrators standard 57 people mainly civilians were killed 3 weeks of anti-government protests the violence pose the biggest challenge the government since the defeat of lysol in 20 . con is in baghdad. the report hasn't actually been released to the public there was a statement read out on a rocky state t.v. from the promises office the key points of the reports the government has admitted to life being used against the protesters also admitted to excessive force but it's also put some of the blame on the protesters saying that the protesters used petrol bombs that they threw at the iraqi security forces and therefore the iraqi security forces had to defend themselves however a number of very senior military

william taylor is the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine a career diplomat who has served democrats and republican administrations the white house ordered him to ignore the impeachment inquiry he defied that instruction his close to testimony may be highly damaging to preston trump he was worried a white house meeting with ukraine's new president what amuses lensky was being held up until he delivered ukrainian help in investigating donald trump's political rival joe biden in his opening statement he said he spoke with ambassador gordon some learned the u.s. envoy to the european union during that phone call ambassador solon told me that president trump had told him that he wants president zelinsky to state publicly that ukraine will investigate brisk and legit ukrainian interference in the $26000.00 election taylor said in a statement joe biden's son hunter had been a board member a ukrainian gas company taylor continued ambassador solo and also told me that he now recognized that he had made a mistake by telling the

taylor has provided the clearest account that the u.s. president pressured ukraine to investigate a political rival in exchange for military aid chile's president sebastian pinera has announced social reforms in the hope of ending protests that have now left 15 dead he's promised to increase pensions as well as to reduce electricity and medical costs the unrest started in the capital santiago over an increase in the cost of train tickets that's now since been scrapped and protests have broken out in bolivia after the main opposition candidate there rejected the provisional results from sunday's elections incumbent president evo morales is facing accusations that he manipulated the results as appears to have a 9 percent lead over his main rival carlos messa and polls are now open in botswana as presidential election wednesday's very tells the potential to be one of the tightest races in the country's history president. says he's confident his botswana democratic party will win another term in office but the united opposition is posing the

taylor, one of the three individuals on a series of text messages that have become public that made it clear that u.s. security assistance to ukraine was, in fact, being withheld for political reasons, something the president himself has denied was actually the case. well, he testified behind closed doors more than eight hours in that room. testimony that at least based on a 15-page statement prepared by cnn led one lawmaker to gasp in the room as he laid out in detail, meticulous detail as the top diplomat, making very clear that gordon sondland, the ambassador to the eu that there was, next, a q. the president informed sondland while there wasn't a quid pro quo in terms of words, the president expected something in terms of assistance. he wanted an investigation into bur is ma and hunter biden. in all, the statement was detailed throughout the process and made very clear that at least in taylor's mind from taylor's perspective that there had, in fact, been some type of restrictions put in place because of political reasons. again, that runs contrary to what the white house hand th

taylor ante tres comitÉs del congreso. su testimonio serÍa decisivo luego de que a principios de mes los demÓcratas publicaron mensajes en los que taylor calificaba los presuntos planes de trump como una locura. borja: hay mucho interÉs en conocer quiÉn es taylor. es un ex embajador de estados unidos en ucrania quien estÁ jubilado pero regreso a ejercer la diplomacia tras la salida de la embajadora. carolina: como pudo ver en la ediciÓn digital, Él expresÓ su presmplir con las demandas. tambiÉn se degiulian que intentaba ejecutar en la unimportante mencionar que y aunque la casa blanca le sugiriÓ que deberÍa evitar comparecer ante el comitÉ él prefiriÓ comparecer y explicarlo y todo esto fue a puerta cerrada. borja: como sabemos las comparecencias son a puerta cerradas y sÓlo por las filtraciones de medios de comunicaciones es que nos estamos enterando de la informaciÓn que estÁ acaparando mucho la atenciÓn no sólo en la prensa sino tambiÉn en el exterior. carolina: sÓlo los miembros del comitÉ de int

this is the explosive opening statement from william taylor, and this is a quote. he said, by mid-july it was becoming clear to me that the meeting president zelensky wanted was conditioned on the investigations of burisma and the alleged ukrainian interference in the 2016 elections. it was also clear that this condition was driven by a regular policy and a regular policy channel i had come to understand was guided by mr. giuliani. so just a week or two before the president's infamous ukraine call, the top american diplomat in ukraine knew that the white house meeting was not going to happen unless there was an investigation of both the energy company that had hunter biden on its board and conspiracy theories that alleged ukraine was behind 2016 election interference, not russia. mid-july. just before the july 25th phone call between president trump and president zelensky. here it is. it says, when president trump said i would like you to do us a favor though because our country has been through a lot and ukraine knows a lot about it, i would like you to find out w

you know william taylor. is it realistic a man who had been an ambassador to ukraine would misunderstand? >> no. i know him. he is, again, dedicated to american interests and dedicated to diplomacy. and he is as bright as they come. he's not going to misunderstand what's going on. his position is extremely revealing to me that he understands that the united states is now trying to make military assistance to ukraine contingent upon the new president saying ta he will investigate an investigation that benefits president trump politically. i'm astounded. >> real quickly before i let you go, we've heard speaker pelosi, even representative jacky spears, refer to rudy giuliani as running a, quote, shadow state department. first of all, do you believe it to be accurate, and secondly, is it uncommon for a president to have a personal attorney be involved in foreign relations as we see rudy giuliani to have been? >> i've never seen anything like this. i confess i do not quite understand rudy giuliani's role with the