hill reports. >> reporter: three days, eight witnesses. >> this is an intense period for the house intelligence committee and this coming week could be the final act. >> reporter: at an increasing focus on one man. gordon sondland. >> he's the one who seemed to have an awful lot of access to the president. >> reporter: sondland the eu ambassador and a million dollar trump donor is scheduled to testify on wednesday amid new questions about his role. >> in the presence of my staff, at a restaurant, ambassador sondland called president trump and told him of his meetings in kiev. >> reporter: on that call just one day after the now infamous july 25th exchange that led to the whistle-blower's complaint. >> i made a perfect call. >> reporter: ambassador sondland told president trump president zelensky would do anything trump asked including launch an investigation into the bidens. >> manu, i understand you have new information. >> reporter: a bombshell