this is not an equal bargaining relationship here. ukraine needs this money that we have. we have the upper hand. there's no way the president was going to say i was scared. that's not how things work in reality. the power dynamic and the words used rule here. >> i like this team. thank you, guys, very much. the key witness in the middle of the scandal says he does not believe joe biden did anything wrong and his testimony doesn't stop there. we have the transcript -- part of the transcript that we'll read for you. a former ambassador to ukraine who once praised joe biden for his anti-corruption efforts weighs in on today's fast-moving developments and what he reads in all of these text messages. and a closer look at how this is all being covered on conservative outlets like fox and how that may play into the silence from so many republicans. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin. we'll be right back.