The top American diplomat in Ukraine, William Taylor, described in closed-door testimony to impeachment investigators a quid-pro-quo pressure campaign by President Trump to withhold security aid and a White House meeting unless the Ukrainian President publicly pledged to investigate the Bidens and 2016 election interference. Taylor also Rudy Giuliani as being at the center of an “irregular policy channel” that was at odds with normal foreign policymaking. My producer Victor Wright, joins us for some of the details of William Taylor’s testimony.




Next, a crazy story coming out of Illinois. A 9-year old boy is facing five counts of murder and arson charges stemming from a fire he started back in April. At his arraignment, the judge had to slow things down multiple times to help the boy understand the charges against him. The boy did not know what “alleged” or “arson” meant. The boy is too young to go to jail, but if convicted he could be put on probation for five years and sent to a detention center if that is violated. Phil Luciano, reporter for the Peoria Journal Star, was in the courtroom for the boy’s arraignment and tells us what he saw.

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