>>> IN SUPPORTING UKRAINE’S BRAVE RESISTANCE TO RUSSIAN
AGGRESSION WE HAVE A FRONT ROW
SEAT TO THE RUSSIAN WAY OF WAR
IN THE 21st CENTURY GAINING
PRICELESS INSIGHTS THAT
CONTRIBUTE TO OUR OWN SECURITY.
>> YEAH, DONALD TRUMP DOESN’T
CARE ABOUT THAT.
ACCORDING TO HIS FRIEND GOURDPEN
SONDLAND AFTER HE HUNG UP HIS
CELLPHONE IN A UKRAINE
RESTAURANT JUST AFTER SPEAKING
WITH DONALD TRUMP, GORDON
SONDLAND SAYS DONALD TRUMP CARES
MORE ABOUT INVESTIGATING JOE
BIDEN THAN HE CARES ABOUT
UKRAINE.
UKRAINE. WE TURN NOW TO FORMER CIA
DIRECTOR JOHN BREN MCHBNEN.
I WANT TO GET YOUR REACTION TO
THAT PHONE CALL IN THAT
RESTAURANT WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A
VERY, VERY HIGH LEVEL SECURITY
RISK.
RISK. >> WELL, IT SUGGESTS A NUMBER OF
THINGS.
THINGS. ONE IS THAT I THINK AS NEAL
MENTIONED, AMBASSADOR SONDLAND
HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF EXPLAINING
TO DO AND DONALD TRUMP WAS
FOCUSED ON UCRIN’S WILLINGNESS
TO MAKE A PUBLIC STATEMENT ABOUT
INVESTIGATING THE BIDENS.
AND THREE, IT SHOWS DONALD TRUMP
WILL HAVE THESE OPEN
CONVERSATIONS INCLUDING TO
UKRAINE WHERE THE RUSSIANS HAVE
TREMENDOUS TECHNICAL
TREMENDOUS TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES TO TAP INTO THOSE
CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATIONS. SO I THINK IT JUST, AGAIN,
UNDERSCORES MR. TRUMP’S FAILINGS
AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.
STATES. >> WHAT DO -- WHAT DO OTHER
COUNTRIES WATCHING THIS TODAY --
I WAS THINKING OBVIOUSLY THERE
WAS INTENSE INTEREST IN THIS
HEARING.
HEARING. INTENSE INTEREST IN RUSSIA AND
INTENSE INTEREST HERE.
WHAT IS THE REST OF THE WORLD,
WHAT ARE OTHER GOVERNMENTS
SEEING WHEN THEY WATCH THIS
TODAY?
TODAY? >> I THINK OTHER GOVERNMENT
OFFICIALS LIKE THE REST OF US
HAVE WITNESSED OVER THE LAST 2
1/2 YEARS MR. TRUMP’S
INCOMPETENCE, HIS IGNORANCE IN
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND HIS
INABILITY TO CARRY OUT THE
OFFICE ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY
FRONT.
FRONT. BUT I THINK IT REALLY REVEALS
MR. TRUMP’S MALFEASANCE AND HIS
INTEREST IN GETTING POLITICAL
DIRT ON HIS OPPONENTS IN THE
UPCOMING ELECTION.
UPCOMING ELECTION. AND SO I THINK IT SENDS A SIGNAL
IF YOU’RE A FOREIGN LEADER AND I
DON’T THINK MR. TRUMP HAS TO ASK
FOR THAT INFORMATION NOW, AND I
THINK HE KNOWS HE’S KEENLY
INTERESTED IN IT, HE WILL ACCEPT
IT, AND HE WILL GIVE THEM THE
APPROPRIATE PRAISE AS WELL AS
MAYBE COMPENSATION AS A RESULT.
SO I THINK IT SENDS A VERY BAD
SIGNAL THAT UNLIKE ANY OTHER
PRESIDENT CERTAINLY IN MY MEMORY
THIS MR. TRUMP IS WILLING TO
ENGAGE IN THESE CORRUPT
POLITICAL PRACTICES, THE TYPE OF
PRACTICES FOREIGN SERVICE
OFFICERS LIKE CENT AND
AMBASSADOR TAYLOR HAVE TRIED TO
RID COUNTRIES OF.
AND HERE WE ARE PRACTICING
OURSELVES.
OURSELVES. >> WE’RE GOING TO SQUEEZE IN A
COMMERCIAL BREAK AND THAT IS THE
OTHER THING FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
ARE LEARNING OF TODAY IS IF THEY
DID ENGAGE IN THAT KIND OF
POLITICAL HELP TO DONALD TRUMP,
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS WOULD
PROTECT THEM AND WOULD PROTECT
DONALD TRUMP EVEN IF CAUGHT IN
>>> WE’RE BACK WITH FORMER CIA DIRECTOR JOHN BRENNEN, AND I
WANT TO JUST PUT ON THE SCREEN
FOR THE AUDIENCE A TWEET YOU PUT
OUT TODAY SAYING THE IMPEACHMENT
PROCESS WILL REVEAL WHETHER
REPUBLICANS WILL TOLERATE
CORRUPTION, DISHONESTY AND
AVARICE IN OUR NATION’S HIGHEST
OFFICE.
OFFICE. IF SO AMERICAN’S HIGHEST OFFICE
AND GLOBAL STANDING WILL BE
INDELIBLY SULLIED AND DONALD
TRUMP WILL HAVE DESTROYED THE
HEART OF THE GOP.
WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THAT
TODAY?
TODAY? >> WELL, I GUESS I’VE BEEN
HOLDING OUT HOPE THERE WILL BE
REPUBLICANS OF CONSCIENCE WHO
WILL DO THE RIGHT THING.
BUT I WAS VERY PROUD OF HOW OUR
DIPLOMATS CARRIED OUT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITIES, TESTIFYING TO
CONGRESS TODAY.
CONGRESS TODAY. I WAS EMBARRASSED BY THE
SHAMEFUL, SHAMEFUL PERFORMANCE
OF REPUBLICANS WHO SEEM TO HAVE
NO INTEREST IN UNCOVERING THE
TRUTH AND DOING WHAT IS RIGHT
AND CONSISTENT WITH AMERICAN
VALUES AND PRINCIPLES.
AND SO IT SEEMS AS THOUGH
THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
CIRCLE THE WAGONS, AND THEY’RE
GOING TO DEFEND MR. TRUMP AT ALL
COSTS.
COSTS. AND THEY HAVE DECIDED TO JUMP
INTO THE CESSPOOL OF POLITICS
WITH HIM WITH THEIR DISHONESTY.
AND IT’S REALLY QUITE
UNFORTUNATE THEY’VE DECIDED TO
GO DOWN THIS ROAD.
I REALLY BELIEVE IF THESE
REPUBLICAN MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
WERE IN OFFICE IN 1974 RICHARD
NIXON NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN
REMOVED FROM OFFICE.
HE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOWN
THE DOOR BASICALLY BY THE
REPUBLICANS.
REPUBLICANS. I’M STILL HOPING THAT
REPUBLICANS IN CONGRESS, IN THE
SENATE AND THE HOUSE, ARE GOING
TO RISE TO THE OCCASION.
BUT I’M LOSING HOPE AND FAITH IN