congress is back. so fiona hill, who is the connection between russia and the u.s., she's today. >> and what's striking about fiona hill, this is someone who's a prominent and widely respected putin skeptic who ran russia out of a national security counsel. for some folks, it was a surprise pick for the trump administration, brought in, i believe, under general mcmaster, when he was running the national security counsel. she has been on her way out for some time, but she, of course, the point person on all things russia. and therefore will have a lot of insight into the president's posture to russia and this issue around ukraine, which is the heart of the impeachment inquiry. >> and then, of course, people are very interested in what ambassador gordon sondland has to say on thursday, because his appearance, his previously scheduled appearance was canceled at the last minute by the state department. he was blocked, because, you know, he was instrumental in all of those texts that you see between other diplomats about why the aide to ukraine, the