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Why is his testimony considered to be so key right now? >> reporter: kendis, hes a career official at the budget office. the way one democrat explained, nos providing sexy testimony but the person that can take a political plot by donald trump to withhold this money from ukraine and translate it through the bureaucracy in actual action. someone whose desk the paperwork would have had to pass to send the $400 million, a portion of it to ukraine or stop it. explaining the government machinery behi...

The stylistic approach of the former ressler wrestler would not be a good look. the goal is not to change the minds of people. its to get them to change their channels. if you get bored of this, it grosses you out and reminds you of the worst stuff of 2016 and you turn it off, thats the win for the republicans. thats if framework in how they have defended the president in these public hearings. >> garrett, its great to see you on capitol hill on a saturday morning its rare thing. walk us through...

Welcome back, maam, to the broadcast. >> thank you. >> im curious what your colleagues are looking for in this closed-door testimony under way right now from mark sandy. what are the blanks do you think he can help fill in about the trump/ukraine situation? >> well, i would assume it has to do with the withholding of aid. you know that it was, we believe mick mulvaney who was part of the blocking of the aid. he comes from the office of management and budget. and so, i have not heard the line of ...

>> reporter: this has become commonplace here even for witnesses who probably would have come without them, but, yes. sandy received a subpoena overnight. remember, the administration put up a firewall around all members saying no one has to come and testify. weve seen that broken by state department officials. one d.o.d. official broken by folks connected to the national security council. up to now the office of management and budget, three officials subpoenaed. none had shown. at least been in...

People who signed the withhold on the assistance to ukraine and that lies at the center of the case against the president. sandy may be equipped to testify to that. hell testify behind closed doors on saturday. tomorrow it will be the ousted ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, who president trump told ukraines president was bad news. the most important witness may turn out to be david holmes on the phone call he allegedly overheard. that came to light in surprise testimony yesterday from h...

They are also co-authors of "tragedy in aurora: the culture of mass shootings in america." the book out just now. sandy, again, i talked to you obviously in always in the worst of circumstances, but i hope something good can be learned tonight for folks out there. you were just in santa clarita, werent you? >> yes. we were there for the borderline tragiversary, the anniversary date to support the community and to the survivors out there, and left there to fly to parkland to help some of the surv...

Point in time. hes obviously distracted from his duties having to prepare direct testimony and traveling to and from washington. so, i would imagine its becoming a little difficult for him to accomplish our goals. >> margaret we have holmes tomorrow and testimony. you have sandy who works directly for the white house and is i think the only white house official who is defying the ban on speaking to the investigations here key because omb controls the purse strings and would be involved in holdin...

During a mass shooting, alani, the husband, seven years ago at a movie theater in aurora, colorado, they used that experience to help others in the aftermath of their loss as well. im pleased sandy phillips could join me. they are also co-authors of "tragedy in aurora: the culture of mass shootings in america." the book out just now. sandy, again, i talked to you obviously in always in the worst of circumstances, but i hope something good can be learned tonight for folks out there. you were just...

Military assistance to ukraine. and of course it is the withholding of that aid that lies at the center of the case against the president. sandy may be equipped to speak to that. hell testify behind closed doors on saturday. tomorrow it will be the ousted ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, who president trump told ukraines president was, quote, bad news. the most important witness may turn out to be david holmes on the phone call he allegedly overheard. that came to light in surprise test...

Now mark sandy, this guy youve never heard of in conjunction with the impeachment or anything else, mark sandy is saying hes going to testify. and he given his job would appear to be super important to the story because he appears to be the nonpartisan technocratic expert career official who did initially sign-off on holding up this aid to ukraine on the presidents orders and we believe expressing what the president orders was illegal, he appears to be the guy they had to push out, who they had ...