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So we followed the presidents orders. >> that kind of language startled some republicans today. there are two final witness thez week, peter hill, david holmes, offer perspectives from a different advantage point. fiona hill said her then-boss john bolton said things she didnt want to be part of. homes said he heard the president discuss the status of investigations. the political and legal team are back. i just found it so fascinating to watch sondland testifying. im not sure exactly why other ...

This quid pro quo that in order to get the white house meeting, there were going to have to be these investigations the president wanted >> correct >> reporter: but on the question of a quid pro quo for military aid that was being withheld at the time, sondland says he presumed the aid was tied to ukraine announcing investigations, but did not know for sure. >> the military assistance was also being withheld pending zelensky announcing these investigations, correct? >> that was my presumption. m...

The president is putting out being consistently undermined. and next week, well have sondland testifying. i think what were seeing in the hearings is an effort to establish the broader context of how zig ukraine has been for u.s. foreign policy. the two key goals of that policy have been rooting out corruption. and assisting ukraine towards a successful democratic transition. and providing for its national security in the context of the 2014 illegal annexation that russia undertook of crimea. so...

They stopped us, and were impeaching for that reason. >> it was one of the reasons they held off in taking the mueller report, and move forward on impeachment. where trump was tied into it was on obstruction. >> i think this is a key point, and could be a strategy from the white house, right, the more we confuse the public, the better that works to our, and i wonder if that has to do with sondland testifying, and we want to read the statement, notwithstanding the state departments current direct...

Understands that the republicans are playing a game. again, i have no problem with this vote. i think it should move forward with the news weve learned in the last several weeks and the actions by the administration today. all bets are off. lets move forward. lets take the republicans up on this game because the numbers are moving in the opposite direction. and again, thats why i think the president is starting to panic. >> will this refusal or blocking rather of ambassador sondland testifying, ...