State department official: Giuliani waged a "campaign of lies" to smear the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine; Trump to pay $2 million for charity foundation abuses; Senator Graham asks if ambassador who was Trump donor is connected to "Democratic operatives"

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🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Kent testified that Volker reached out to Giuliani because he "had influence" on Trump's Ukraine stance; House Democrats on track to impeach Trump by Christmas; Source: Pence aide testified that Trump's Ukraine call was political, not a normal diplomatic call; Source: Trump wanted Barr to announce he did nothing illegal on Ukraine call; Trump allies attacking witnesses, whistleblower; Sources: "Anonymous" book claims senior White House officials certain Vice President Pence would support use of 25th Amendment; Kent testified Giuliani carried out a "campaign of lies" to smear Yovanovitch; Trump ordered to pay $2 million to settle lawsuit over his charity's illegal activity; Spokesman: Michael Bloomberg expected to file for Alabama Democratic presidential primaryTo learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Happening now breaking news full of lies. Just released transcripts show State
0:06.2	Department official George Kent told impeachment investigators that
0:09.6	Rudy Giuliani was spreading falsehoods in Ukraine in an effort to smear the US ambassador
0:16.3	there and that Kent was told the former mayor was influencing President Trump's
0:20.6	Ukraine policy. Impeachment by Christmas with televised hearings
0:25.0	less than a week away. House Democrats investigation of President Trump is
0:28.9	accelerating right now at a rapid pace with a vote on articles of impeachment now on track
0:34.0	to happen next month. One-on-one with Yang. Democratic presidential candidate
0:39.2	Andrew Yang joins us live this hour to talk about his campaign, the battle for Iowa and New Hampshire,
0:45.6	and the impeachment probe into President Trump.
0:48.6	And brain death.
0:50.1	As Mr. Trump continues to attack NATO, French President Emmanuel Macron
0:54.4	warns the alliances in crisis right now
0:57.1	and says America is showing signs of turning its back
1:00.5	on its allies.
1:02.4	I'm Wolflitzer, you're in the situation room. This is CNN Breaking News. We're following Breaking News, including a new transcript of impeachment inquiry testimony
1:18.5	this time by the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent will testify publicly next week.
1:24.7	He told lawmakers behind closed doors that Rudy Giuliani carried out what he called, and I'm
1:29.7	quoting now, a campaign of lies to spear then U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine,
1:34.7	Marie Ivanovich.
1:35.8	And he testified that the President's special envoy to Ukraine,
1:39.1	Kurt Volker, told him he would reach out to Giuliani because he had influence on the president's stance on Ukraine.
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