>> Bill: LAWMAKERS ARE GETTING
A MINUTE EACH AT THE MICRO
PHONE.
MARK MEADOWS IS WITH ME LIVE
FROM THE HILL.
YOU AREN'T INSIDE THE FLOOR OF
THE HOUSE.
YOU WILL BE SHORTLY.
WILL YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SPEAK TODAY, SIR?
>> WELL, BILL, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE
BEEN VERY INVOLVED IN THIS
WHOLE PROCESS.
I'VE BEEN DOWN IN A DEPOSITION
THIS MORNING.
I WILL BE GOING TO THE HOUSE
FLOOR RIGHT AFTER I GET
FINISHED TALKING TO YOU WHICH
IS JUST A FEW FEET AWAY FROM ME.
I CAN TELL YOU MUCH OF THE
DEMOCRATS TALKING POINTS DOWN
THERE ARE REALLY RINGING HOLLOW
TODAY BECAUSE WHAT WE KNOW IS
THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN A FAIR
PROCESS.
IT HAS BEEN A CLOSED-DOOR
PROCESS.
I'VE BEEN IN ALMOST 70 HOURS OF
TESTIMONY RIGHT NOW AND ALL
THAT IS LEAKED OUT ARE THE
THINGS THAT ARE DAMAGING TO THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
I CAN TELL YOU TODAY'S OPENING
TESTIMONY THEY AREN'T GOING TO
LEAK IT OUT.
SOME OF MY DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUES
LOOK LIKE THEY'RE SUCKING
LEMONS THIS MORNING AS WE START
TO HEAR FROM ANOTHER WITNESS
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
>> Bill: ARE YOU REFERRING TO
TIM MORRISON WHO STARTED HIS
INTERVIEW THIS MORNING?
>> I WAS THERE.
START EVIDENCE WITH TIM
MORRISON THIS MORNING AND
CERTAINLY WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT
THE SPECIFICS OF WHAT ARE GOING
ON IN THERE BUT I CAN TELL --
>> Bill: FRAME IT FOR OUR
AUDIENCE, OKAY?
GIVE US A SENSE IF YOU ARE
GOING TO SAY THEY'RE SUCKING ON
LEMONS WHICH SUGGEST THEY GOT A
SOUR TASTE IN THEIR MOUTH.
HOW COME?
>> I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING IS
WE'RE NOW AT A LITTLE OVER 10
WITNESSES THAT WE'VE HAD COME
IN AND ALL OF A SUDDEN WHAT YOU
ARE STARTING TO SEE IS SOME
CONTRADICTIONS BETWEEN
WITNESSES THAT WE HAD
YESTERDAY, WITNESSES THAT WE'RE
HAVING TODAY.
YOU ARE STARTING TO SEE A
DIFFERENT SIDE OF THE STORY.
WHAT WE ARE FINDING AND WHAT
YOUR VIEWERS NEED TO UNDERSTAND
IS THAT EACH TIME THAT THE
WITNESSES ARE ASKED ABOUT
HOLDING UP AID AND WAS IT HELD
UP FOR IMPROPER PURPOSES, THE
ANSWER IS NO.
SO ANYBODY WHO HAS TALKED TO
THE PRESIDENT IS ABLE TO
ARTICULATE THAT IN A REAL WAY
THAT REALLY THIS AID HOLD-UP
WAS NOTHING MORE THAN A NORMAL
PROCESS THAT YOU WOULD HAVE AND
ULTIMATELY WAS RELEASED WITHOUT
ANY PROMISES BEING MADE BY THE
UKRAINIAN GOVERNMENT.
SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE STORY TODAY.
>> Bill: YOU HAVE SAID FOR
SOMETIME YOU THOUGHT NANCY
PELOSI SHOULD TAKE A VOTE.
WELL, THEY ARE.
IT MAY NOT BE THE VOTE ON
IMPEACHMENT ULTIMATELY.
PERHAPS THAT COMES LATER IN
NOVEMBER.
BUT IT IS A VOTE OF SORTS ON
THE RESOLUTION.
SO IN THAT SENSE AREN'T YOU
GETTING YOUR WAY TODAY?
>> WE'RE NOT GETTING OUR WAY
TODAY BECAUSE IT IS NOT A FAIR
PROCESS.
DESPITE WHAT MY DEMOCRAT
COLLEAGUES ARE TALKING ABOUT,
THIS IS NOT A FAIR PROCESS.
IT ALLOWS ADAM SCHIFF TO ONCE
AGAIN CONTROL EVERYTHING THAT
IS GOING ON.
IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A FAIR,
OPEN, TRANSPARENT PROCESS,
LET'S MAKE SURE THAT WE
ACTUALLY HAVE DUE PROCESS.
LET'S HEAR FROM SOME OF THE
ALLEGATIONS OF THE
WHISTLEBLOWER AND WHY IS THAT
IMPORTANT?
BECAUSE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT
THE WHISTLEBLOWER HAS ALLEGED
IN THEIR COMPLAINT HAS BEEN
DIRECTLY CONTRADICTED BY NOT
ONE, NOT TWO, BUT MULTIPLE
WITNESSES BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
IT IS TIME THAT WE ALLOW THE
TRUTH TO COME OUT.
WHEN WE DO, WE'LL FIND THAT THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
DID NOT -- I WOULD EMPHASIZE
DID NOT COMMIT ANY IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSE.
>> Bill: YOU ARE MAKING THE
CASE THE THREAD OF CONNECTION
THROUGH ALL THESE STORIES IS
NOT THERE.
>> WE DO KNOW ONE FACT.
THE AID WAS HELD UP.
WE ALSO KNOW THE AID WAS
RELEASED AND WHEN IT WAS
RELEASED IT WAS NOT RELEASED AS
A CONDITION OF ANYTHING THAT
THE UKRAINIANS HAD TO DELIVER.
SO YOU CAN'T HAVE A LEVERAGE
POINT IF THERE WAS NOT A
DELIVERABLE ON THE BACK SIDE.
SO THE PRESIDENT IS INNOCENT OF
THAT REGARDLESS OF ALL THE
RHETORIC THAT YOU ARE HEARING
FROM CAPITOL HILL.
>> Bill: MIKE MCCAUL WAS WITH
US YESTERDAY AND SAID THE
FOLLOWING.
HE SAYS I THINK THEY, MEANING
ADAM SCHIFF AND THE
WHISTLEBLOWER, WERE COMPLICIT
IN WORKING TOGETHER TO COME
FORWARD WITH THIS COMPLAINT AND
START THE ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT
INQUIRY.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN BY THAT?
CAN THAT BE PROVEN?
>> WELL, CERTAINLY WE CAN TELL
BY SOME OF THE DEFENSIVE
POSTURES WE GET IN THE
DEPOSITION WHEN WE ASK
QUESTIONS BEYOND WHAT IS LEAKED
OUT ADAM SCHIFF STARTS TO
OBJECT VIOLENTLY IN TERMS OF
NOT ALLOWING THE WITNESS TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS.
AND SO IT WOULD INDICATE, AS
CHAIRMAN MCCAUL WAS TALKING
ABOUT, IT WOULD INDICATE THERE
WAS A COORDINATION BETWEEN THE
WHISTLEBLOWER AND OTHERS AS
THEY PUT FORTH THIS NARRATIVE.
AND SO DO I SUBSCRIBE TO THAT?
ADAM SCHIFF I BELIEVE AND HIS
TEAM ARE THE ONLY ONES WHO KNEW
WHO CURRENTLY KNOW WHO THE
WHISTLEBLOWER IS AND CERTAINLY
ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT HAVE HAD
DISCUSSIONS WITH THEM.
>> Bill: IS THERE A CHANCE JOHN
BOLTON IS A WITNESS NEXT WEEK?
WOULD YOU EXPECT THAT?
>> THERE IS A CHANCE.
AMBASSADOR BOLTON WOULD HAVE TO
SPEAK FOR HIMSELF.
I CAN'T IMAGINE AS A CLOSE
ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT THAT
HE WOULD DO THAT OR THAT THE
WHITE HOUSE WOULD ENCOURAGE
THAT TO BE DONE.
WHETHER IT'S THIS
ADMINISTRATION OR A PREVIOUS
ADMINISTRATION, WHEN YOU GET
THAT CLOSE TO THE PRESIDENT I
DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S A
PRECEDENT WE WANT TO START.
AT THE SAME TIME, WE ARE
TALKING TO A NUMBER OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ACTUALLY HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH AMBASSADOR
BOLTON AND GETTING A PRETTY
GOOD VIEW WITHOUT HIS TESTIMONY.
BUT CERTAINLY THAT WILL BE UP
TO HIM AND HIS LEGAL COUNSEL.
>> Bill: HOW CLOSE ARE YOU WITH
THE 31 DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES
WHO WON IN DISTRICTS THAT WERE
ALSO WON BY PRESIDENT TRUMP?
WHAT WOULD YOU CHARACTERIZE
YOUR RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM?
>> WITH SOME OF THEM.
MOST OF THEM ARE NEWER AND SO
I'M JUST DEVELOPING
RELATIONSHIPS WITH SOME OF
THOSE.
BUT WE HAVE A VERY FINE AND
CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP.
>> Bill: WITH THOSE WHEN YOU
TALK TO THEM ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR VOTE, WHAT DO THEY
EXPRESS TO YOU?
DO THEY HAVE RESERVATIONS OR DO
THEY ALL SEEM FORWARD AHEAD?
>> EVERYBODY IS TRYING TO PUSH
THEM INTO A CORRAL SO THEY VOTE
ONE WAY.
I CAN TELL YOU THERE IS REAL
NERVOUSNESS A FEW FEET FROM US
FROM THOSE DEMOCRATS BECAUSE
AMERICA IS GOING TO SEE THIS AS
AN IMPEACHMENT VOTE.
THEY'LL SEE IT AS AN UNFAIR
IMPEACHMENT VOTE AND ULTIMATELY
THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES AT
THE BALLOT BOX.
>> Bill: HAVE YOU SPOKEN WITH
THE PRESIDENT IN THE PAST 24 OR
48 HOURS?
>> YOU KNOW, BILL, I DON'T
NORMALLY COMMENT ON MY
CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PRESIDENT AND THAT'S WHY I GET
TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH THE
PRESIDENT.
>> Bill: MARK MEADOWS, THANK
YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND WE'LL
WAIT TO SEE YOU GET YOUR MINUTE
AT THE MICROPHONE.
THANK YOU FOR COMING ON HERE.
WE'LL WATCH IT AS IT UNFOLDS.
WE BELIEVE THE DEBATE PORTION
WILL LAST AN HOUR, HOUR AND A
HALF.
WHICH MAY GIVE US A VOTE ON THE