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Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, said "no" when asked by the Republican counsel whether he heard anything that concerned him during President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky. He also said he viewed the summary of the call, later released by the White House, as complete and accurate.
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, testified that there was nothing unusual about the administration placing a hold on providing assistance to Ukraine. He said he'd seen holds during previous administrations, and that he thought it might be related to fears that President Zelensky wouldn't be a reformer.
In his opening remarks before the testimony of Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison, Congressman Devin Nunes, the ranking Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, slammed the Democrats' impeachment strategy as a "drug deal." He also claimed that TV viewing was "way down" for the hearing.
Tim Morrison, the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, said NSC legal counsel John Eisenberg told him the summary of the president's July 25 call had been placed in a highly secure server. Morrison said Eisenberg told him that the placement was an "administrative error" and a "mistake."
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, said he would have "objected" to Ukraine opening an investigation into former Vice President Joe Biden. He added that he considers the allegations about Biden to be "not credible," and said he did not realize Mr. Trump saw the request to investigate Burisma as the same as investigating Biden until the July 25 call.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff and Daniel Goldman, senior adviser and director of investigations on the committee, questioned Kurt Volker and Tim Morrison on Tuesday in the third day of public impeachment hearings. Volker is the former special envoy to Ukraine and Morrison is the outgoing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council and a deputy assistant to the president.
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, strongly defended himself in his prepared opening statement, denying that he along with U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and Energy Secretary Rick Perry formed a separate "irregular" channel informing Ukraine policy - an effort for which they became known as the "three amigos."
In his closed-door testimony, Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, said "investigations" weren't discussed at a contentious July 10 meeting between U.S. and Ukrainian officials, replying "no" to a question about whether they came up. But his opening statement at public hearings Tuesday, Volker revised that account, and said they had been raised, corroborating the accounts of other participants.
Kurt Volker, the former special envoy to Ukraine, strongly defended himself Tuesday, denying that he along with U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland and Energy Secretary Rick Perry formed a separate "irregular" channel informing Ukraine policy. Watch his opening statement in the third day of public impeachment hearings.
Tim Morrison, the departing senior director of European and Russian affairs at the National Security Council, urged lawmakers not to lose sight of the ongoing military conflict in eastern Ukraine. He also said he does not know who the whistleblower is. Watch his opening statement in the third day of public impeachment hearings.
The third day of public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry included five-minute rounds of questioning by Intelligence Committee members, which they could yield to colleagues. Watch this portion of Jennifer Williams' and Alexander Vindman's testimony.
Republican Representative Chris Stewart asked Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman on Tuesday about a moment earlier in the hearing in which he reminded Devin Nunes to call him "lieutenant colonel" rather than "mister," and asked if he always insists civilians call him by his rank.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman was asked Tuesday by Congressman Jim Himes why he was wearing a Purple Heart. He described how, in 2014, his vehicle in Iraq was hit by an IED and he was injured. "I, sir, thank you for your service," Himes said.
During the public impeachment inquiry hearing Tuesday, Democratic Representative Jim Himes asked White House aide Jennifer Williams if she considers herself a "never-Trumper." She said she would not describe herself that way. Himes posed the same question to Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who said: "I'd call myself never-partisan."
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman said Tuesday during a public impeachment hearing that a Ukrainian official offered him the position of defense minister three times. He said he dismissed the offers and notified his chain of command. "The whole notion is rather comical," he said.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the top expert on Ukraine on the National Security Council, discussed Tuesday how the summary of the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukraine's President was handled.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who is an expert on Ukraine on the National Security Council, said in his opening statement Tuesday in the third day of public impeachment hearings that he found the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky "improper." Watch his opening statement.
Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, the top expert on Ukraine on the National Security Council, said U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland said the Ukrainians would have to provide a "deliverable" in order to get a White House meeting, "which is investigations, specific investigations."
Jennifer Williams, Vice President Mike Pence's special adviser for Europe and Russia, detailed her career Tuesday in her opening statement during the third day of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. She also explained why she found the July 25 call between President Trump and Ukraine's president "unusual." Watch her opening statement.
California Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, slammed the media Tuesday during the third day of public hearings in the House impeachment inquiry. He criticized press coverage of last week's hearings and of the Russia investigation. Watch his opening statement.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff said Tuesday during the third day of public impeachment hearings that President Trump "put his own personal and political interests above those of the nation" by pressing a foreign leader to announce an investigation into Mr. Trump's political rival. He also introduced the two witnesses appearing Tuesday before lawmakers. Watch his opening statement.
California Congressman Devin Nunes, the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, said little about Tuesday's witnesses in his opening statement, and instead began by criticizing the media and its coverage of last week's hearings. Nunes compared media coverage of the impeachment inquiry to coverage of the Russia investigation.
President Trump tweeted he would "strongly consider" offering a written testimony to the House impeachment investigators. Chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett joins "CBS This Morning" from Washington to discuss the latest on the impeachment hearings.
Four officials are testifying Tuesday in the public impeachment hearings, including three who have first-hand knowledge of the call at the center of the proceedings between President Trump and the president of Ukraine. But it's what State Department official David Holmes said in his closed-door testimony that is poking holes in Republicans’ defense. Nancy Cordes reports.
Alexander Vindman and Jennifer Williams testified about their work on Ukraine in the first of two hearings on Tuesday
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A resident named Esther Keim has been flying low and slow in a small plane over rural parts of south-central Alaska, dropping frozen turkeys to those who can't simply run out to the grocery store.
Consumers are urged to destroy the recalled cucumbers, which were distributed in 26 states around the U.S.
Experts warn of fabricated websites posing as retailers to scam shoppers looking for Black Friday deals.
Consumers are urged to destroy the recalled cucumbers, which were distributed in 26 states around the U.S.
As the holiday shopping season kicks off, here are five ways retailers try to get consumers to spend.
Taylor Swift's Eras Tour book goes on sale Friday. Here's the only place to buy it, how much it costs and what you'll get.
A full-blown trade war between the U.S. and Canada could lead to a recession in both countries, economist says.
The history of White House Thanksgiving traditions date back more than 160 years to President Abraham Lincoln, who established the national holiday.
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Then-candidate Donald Trump in September promised that he would sign legislation to grant federal recognition to the Lumbee Tribe.
"Whatever bumps and bruises we were suffering, we put it all aside and celebrated Thanksgiving in Nantucket," President Biden wrote in his 2017 book "Promise Me, Dad."
Trump's claims President Claudia Sheinbaum "agreed to stop migration through Mexico." She says she "explained" what Mexico was already doing.
The man's attorneys said the punitive and compensatory damages total the largest amount to ever be awarded by a jury in a medical malpractice case in the U.S.
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A missing hiker was found alive this week in the remote Canadian wilderness, where he had been missing since October.
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