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The whistle-blower case, all of this coming to lawmakers was on september 9th. it was only after that that the aid was turned over. but if sondland does not become the witness the democrats are hoping hes going to be, ron, and say, yep, all of these called happened, as everyone else has testified, including the july 26th call, the president told me to do this and were going to hold aid until it happens, then what happens to the democrats case? because thats their firstper n first-person account....

>> reporter: morrison listened in on the july 25th call, as did jennifer williams, an adviser to vice president pence, who will also appear tuesday and said the call struck her as unusual. lieutenant colonel alexander vindman immediately raised concerns after listening to the july 25th call. he too is slated to appear on tuesday. >> there is no one star witness that this whole case will rise or fall on, not that we know of right now. but i think vindman is sort of another brick in the wall that ...

So this is -- this was a rough one. we were there for ten days. it was -- it was tough going. >> so its used in cell phones. its used in cars. everyday items. major corporations are making billions of dollars off of this. billions. why is none of that money going to them? >> well, they dont have any leverage. i mean, theres no 911 here. katy, look at this one. this is a mother. this is routine. this is a mother crawling into one of those 50-foot pits a her baby strapped to her back. you know, it...

Itself once again at the center of tensions between russia and the west. in february, mass protests forced the pro-moscow president into exile. a month later, are issue that sent special operations troop into crimea and annexed it. to this day, ukraine is still fighting to reclaim its lost land. >> the ability of ukraine to root out corruption, to professionalize its military, to really maintain that independence is really completely conditioned the ongoing assistance from the united states. so ...

Anti-tank missiles that the obama administration wasnt supplying to ukraine. thats a fact. it was a policy call. i think president obamas view was that ukraine could never fight its way out of this situation. and that escalating on behalf of the ukrainians would just lead the russians to escalate more and were we really prepared to go down that route? that was a vigorous debate in the obama administration. there are many people, including vice president biden, who were on the other side of the d...

His testimony to make absolutely clear that, yes, indeed, he did tell the ukrainians that they were not going to get their security aid unless they opened up investigations that the white house was recommending, and we all know that the only two investigations that the president mentioned to president zelensky was the investigation into the bidens and the investigation that would relitigate the 2016 election. now, the ukrainians are always going to try to put a good spin on this. the ukrainians ...

Aid unless they opened up investigations that the white house was recommending. we all know the only two investigations that the president mentioned to president zelensky was the investigation into the bidens and the investigation that would re-litigate the 2016 election. now the ukrainians are going to try to put a spin on this. they wont accuse the president of extortion. they are presently reliant on the good will of trump in order to keep their country safe. they cant take on the president b...

I think president obamas view was that ukraine could never fight its way out of this situation. and that escalating on behalf of the ukrainians would just lead the russians to escalate more and would we be prepared to if down that route? there are people, including vice president biden who were on the other side of that debate but ultimately in that sense, the trump administration provided more direct military support to ukraine. the issue now, however, is whether the trump administration then s...

Tracks. >> quid pro quo. quid pro quo. nice production values. but thats another way of saying light, leverage. we all use it. its the engine of daily function. if i ask my assistant to fetch me a gram of goat tranquilizer i dont have to say fetch me a gram of goat tran if -- tranqur else. the paycheck is leverage. its constant. as we are doing adult foreign policy, trump kept hearing about the anonymous resisters deep inside the white house. they are like rats in the walls. so he had a phone ca...

Supposed to freeze us in our tracks. >> quid pro quo. quid pro quo. nice production values. but thats another way of saying light, leverage. we all use it. its the engine of daily function. if i ask my assistant to fetch me a gram of goat tranquilizer i dont have to say fetch me a gram of goat tran if -- tranqur else. the paycheck is leverage. its constant. as we are doing adult foreign policy, trump kept hearing about the anonymous resisters deep inside the white house. they are like rats in th...