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And one highly irregular. >> one of the main players to help carry it out came clean to congress yesterday. and not only pointed fingers at those high up in the white house for their involvement in the scheme -- remember, he said everybody knew about it. but trump donor and ambassador gordon sondland directly implicates the president in the scheme. >> so we followed the presidents orders. was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. everyone was in the loop. >> at the center of this plot along w...

Perfect. one of the questions was, can you get this to the president? was this just rudy freelansing? was that ambassador sondland sort of winging it? ambassador sondland when i first came here, george h. bush. gordon sondland said everybody was. >> everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. everyone was informed via email on july 19th, days before the presidential call. >> by everyone, he meant the vice president of the united states, including the secretary of state, the white house chief of ...

He feels those independence are moving toward his direction and its helping him. if you believe polls, which i always say i never do. >> donna: im one that dont put my finger in the air and look which way the wind is blowing. i dont think the hearing is over. the cycle of hearings. i think the speaker will likely allow the democrats of the congress to hold another round of hearings if necessary to continue to fill in some of the blanks. as you well know, several of the key witnesses the democrat...

Than anything else. everyone was in the loop. >> jason: are you going to believe that, or are you going to believe what gordon sondland said when he spoke with the president and he said he didnt want anything? i think the evidence is probably the most relevant. back to her point, melissa, it was earlier that nancy pelosi said that the only validity for moving forward with impeachment would be if you have bipartisan support. they dont have a single republican at this point. >> melissa: in terms o...

Were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president zelensky. every one was in the loop. it was no secret. >> but it was a secret to every one else. no skreecret within the administration or maybe this was considered business as usual. the secret is out and its damning. if the trump defense is he never asked for a quid pro quo, where does this leave the guy at the center according to people testifying under oath, rudy giuliani? what will he do? today his indicted associate issuin...

>> hill added she and her team felt sondland was keeping them out of the loop. and she said she now realizes he was working under a somewhat different mandate, and then she ever so gently painted this millionaire ambassador who did trumps bidding as a guy running an errand for the boss. >> i was upset with him that he wasnt fully telling us about all the meetings, and he said to me but im briefing the president, mulvaney, secretary pompeo, and bolton. who else do i have to deal with? he was bein...

Everyone was in the loop, defiant sondland says he followed trumps orders. and then usee the supporting stories there down at the bottom below the picture, vice president mike pence. vp was told ukraine military aid appeared tied to investigations. and secretary of state mike pompeo, state chief ensnared in scandal. in kansas city, kansas city star, mike pompeo is from -- this kansas city star is missouri based but kansas city nearby to kansas. mike pompeo is from kansas. hes a big deal in terms...

Based on the public testimony of 12 of trumps own current and former administration officials is that there was, without question, a quid pro quo with ukraine. a pursuit trumps former senior aide fiona hill rebranded this week as, quote, political errands we have also learned that the ukrainians knew full well that their military aid was in jeopardy as early as the day of the july 25th phone call when trump asked zelensky for a favor though. investigations into the bidens and that when it came t...

Dispatch it was no secret. everyone was in the loop. that was this incredibly damning testimony that sondland gave yesterday which undoubtedly i assume will be seen as the apex of at least this round of public hearings in the impeachment inquiry. and substantively today we get this senior expert non-partisan national security official confirming that worst and most damning stuff that was delivered yesterday by goofy gordon sondland. so i mean in terms of the impact here you can choose your messe...

Again. thank you for joining us, sir. >> thank you, ali. >> even with the hours and days of testimony that weve heard in this process so far, there are several key figures in the ukraine story who are not talking to congress. joining me now, glenn kirschner, former federal prosecutor and an msnbc legal analyst. glenn, for all the people weve heard from, who in your opinion is it important that we have not heard from? >> well, ali, the obvious one is bolton. but you know, even beyond bolton, i th...