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In his opening statement in the first public hearings of the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, Ambassador Bill Taylor told lawmakers that he recently learned a member of his staff had overheard President Trump asking about the invest stanley cup igations the day after his July 25 call with the president of Ukraine. Here s how he described itast Friday, a member of my staff told me of events that occurred on July 26. While Ambassador Volker and I visited the front, this member of my staff accompanied Ambassador Sondland. Ambassador Sondland met with Mr. Yermak.Following that meeting, in the presence of my staff at a restaurant, Ambassador Sondland called President Trump and told him of his meetings in Kyiv. The member of my staff could hear President Trump on the phone, asking Ambassador Sondland about the investigations. Ambassador Sondland told President Trump that the Ukrainians were ready to move forward. The staffer who overheard the conversation is David Holmes, a political officer in the U.S. embassy in Ukraine, three sources familiar with the matter told CBS News. Holmes is now expected to appear for a closed-door deposition on Capitol Hill on Friday. Taylor went on to say that after the call, the staffer spoke with Sondland about Mr. Trump s thoughts on Ukraine:Following th stanley cup e call with President Trump, the member of my staff asked Ambassador Sondland what President Trump thought about Ukraine. Ambassador Son stanley cup dland responded that President Trump cares more about the inve Aseu Cold weather claims lives as deep freeze grips U.S.
LOS ANGELES -- Residents in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Palms are upset after a vandal repeatedly destroyed a popular Buddha statue in the community, CBS Los Angeles reports. It s not something you see in every neighborhood. So I think it has touched a lot of people, resident Amy Gallo said.Just a few months ago, the median between National Boulevard and Jasmine Avenue was littered with trash until a Buddha a statue mysteriously appeared. Neighbor Steven Frankel said it s not clear where it came from, but at that point, everything changed. There was no more garbage left anywhere near it. The area seemed clean. And beyond that, people started leaving donations at the statue, Frankel said. air force 1 CBS Los Angel af1 es Soon after, the statue was vandalized four times. The latest incident was last week, when the Buddha statue was decapitated. Peo adidas samba ple are starting to come out and walk around and start to feel safe once again in this neighborhood. And this was just a nice offering of that. With the vandalism, it just dampens the spirit of the neighborhood, Gallo said. Someone had drove by and rolled down their window and screamed the word Islam and then Nation of Islam, at the statue and then sped off, Frankel said.A few hours later, he said what appeared to be the same man hit the statue with a sledgehammer.It had already been rep |
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