Botched raid. A couple killed, several officers wounded. The new storm tonight across several states, from california to michigan. And when it hits the northeast. Rob marciano timing it out. The unfolding scandal rocking Syracuse University. The fbi now involved tonight. A professor reporting a new incident just today amid a series of threatening racist and antisemitic messages. The Wild Police Chase at the airport. A young passenger jumping from a plane onto the tarmac, then onto the roof of a terminal, jumping, trying to escape. And the new promise to American Workers tonight from apples ceo. The we are oneonone with tim cook. The new billion dollar project here in the u. S. And the promise of thousands of new jobs. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. And we begin tonight with the most pivotal witness yet in the impeachment investigation, who today said there was a quid pro quo, and that many in the Trump Administration knew about it. Republicans tonight firing back. The ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, a trump megadonor, handpicked by the president , today testifying on Live Television there was that quid pro quo, pressure on ukraine to open investigations into the president s political opponents in order to get an official white house visit. Sondland saying he believed thats why the 400 million in u. S. Military aid was being withheld, too. Sondland also saying that he was not part of a rogue operation that, quote, everyone was in the loop, including secretary of state pompeo, and saying he talked to Vice President pence, as well. And providing an email he sent to the secretary of state signaling that ukraine was ready to act on the issues important to President Trump. Republicans striking back tonight, asking, did the president ever directly tell sondland why he was withholding the u. S. Aid . Sondland answering, no. Abcs mary bruce leads us off tonight from the hill. Reporter today on capitol hill, a true washington blockbuster. Do you swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, so help you god . Reporter gordon sondland, President Trumps handpicked point person in ukraine, defying the president , telling the nation there was a quid pro quo, on order from the president s personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, acting at the direction of the president. We did not want to work with mr. Giuliani. We followed the president s orders. Reporter sondland said the ukrainian president would only get a coveted meeting at the white house if he agreed to announce an investigation into the president s political rivals. I know that members of this committee have frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question. Was there a quid pro quo . As i testified previously, with regard to the requested white house call and the white house meeting, the answer is yes. Reporter and it wasnt just the white house visit at stake. The president was withholding nearly 400 million in military aid. It became your clear understanding that the military assistance was also being withheld pending zelensky announcing these investigations. Correct . That was my presumption. My personal presumption based on the facts at the time. Nothing was moving. Reporter but sondland acknowledges the president never told him directly. I dont recall President Trump ever talking to me about any security assistance, ever. Is this kind of a two plus two equals four conclusion that you reached . Pretty much. Its the only logical conclusion to you that given all of these factors, that the aid was also apart of this quid pro quo . Yep. Reporter republicans pounced. So, no one told you. Not just the president , giuliani didnt tell you, mulvaney didnt tell you, nobody, pompeo didnt tell you. Nobody else on this planet told you that donald trump was tying aid to these investigations, is that correct . I think i already testified no, answer the question. No one on this planet told you that President Trump was tying aid to investigations, yes or no . Yes. So, you really have no testimony today that ties President Trump to a scheme to withhold aid from ukraine in exchange for these investigations . Other than my own presumptions. Which is nothing. Reporter chairman schiff pushing back. My colleagues seem to think unless the president says the magic words that, i hereby bribe the ukrainians, that theres no evidence of bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. Reporter but ambassador sondland also insisted he wasnt acting alone. He said everyone was in the loop, and he named names. Declaring that everyone from secretary of state mike pompeo to Vice President mike pence knew about the campaign to pressure ukraine. The suggestion that we were engaged in some irregular or rogue diplomacy is absolutely false. Everyone was in the loop. It was no secret. Reporter sondland says the state department refused to let him look over his old emails, but he did bring one, an exchange with pompeo, where sondland said ukraine was ready to move forward publicly and with confidence on those issues of importance to trump, adding, hopefully, that will break the logjam. And when youre talking here about breaking the logjam, youre talking about the logjam over the security assistance, correct . I was talking logjam generically, because nothing was moving. That included the security assistance, did it not . Correct. Reporter sondland says he talked to the Vice President , too. Where you said that we really need to get these investigations from ukraine in order to release the aid, in the premeeting . Thats right. And Vice President pence just nodded . He heard what i said. Reporter sondland testified that the most important thing to trump was that ukrainian president zelensky publicly announce the investigations. He had to announce the investigations. He didnt actually have to do them, as i understood it. Reporter sondland was in frequent contact with the president. He confirmed the testimony of another diplomat, david holmes, who says he overheard a phone call between sondland and trump in a restaurant in kiev. You confirmed to President Trump that you were in ukraine at the time and that president zelensky, quote, loves your ass, unquote. Do you recall saying that . Sounds like something i would say. Thats how President Trump and i communicate. A lot of fourletter words. In this case, three letters. Holmes then said that he heard President Trump ask, quote, is he, meaning zelensky, going to do the investigation . To which you replied, hes going to do it. Do you recall that . I probably said something to that effect, putting it in trumpspeak, by saying, he loves your ass, hell do whatever you want. Reporter but republicans pointed to a different phone call, one sondland described in a text message to the top american diplomat in ukraine. You testified that in your september 9th call with President Trump, the president said, quote, no quid pro quo. I want nothing. I want nothing. I want president zelensky to do the right thing. Do what he ran on, end quote. Is that correct . Thats correct. Reporter but that call came after the white house learned of the whistleblowers complaint and just as congress was launch ing its investigation. Very busy day. Lets get right to mary bruce, live on the hill tonight. Mary with us all day long. And mary, many were wondering, as this was playing out today, would the president react in realtime as he did during last weeks hearings, to what he was hearing from ambassador sondland today. Sondland actually saying that he spoke with President Trump about 20 times or so on the phone. He was able to call the president up, so, what did the president say about sondland today . Reporter well, david, even though sondland donated 1 million to the president s inauguration, trump today insisted that he does not know sondland well and that he hasnt spoken to him much, and trump even noted that sondland previously supported another candidate. Now, sondland was asked about the president trying to distance himself. His response, david . Easy come, easy go. All right, mary bruce leading us off. Mary, as you know, there was also Something Else the president zeroed in on. Ambassador sondlands testimony today about a phone call he had with President Trump in september. Sondland asking the president , what do you want from ukraine . The president s answer . I want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. I want zelensky to do the right thing, he said. The president coming before the cameras to say today that that phone call clears him, that, quote, its all over. But tonight, democrats point out the day he said, i want no quid pro quo, the president very likely already knew of the whistleblowers complaint and that the congressional investigations were about to break wide open. Heres jon karl. Reporter privately, white house officials acknowledged todays testimony was damaging to the president s case and described the president himself as tense as he watched. But when the president came before the cameras today, he declared victory. I just noticed one thing, and i would say, that means, its all over. Reporter the president seized on one small sliver of ambassador Gordon Sondlands testimony regarding a september phone call in which he says he asked President Trump what he wanted from ukraine. I just said, what do you want from ukraine . And he said, i want nothing. I want no quid pro quo. I just want zelensky to do the right thing. Reporter reading from his own handwritten notes, the president delivered a reenactment of sondlands testimony. So hes going, what do you want . What do you want . I hear all these theories, what do you want . , right . And now, heres my response that he gave, just gave. Ready . You have the cameras rolling . I want nothing. Thats what i want from ukraine. Thats what i said. I want nothing. I said it twice. Reporter but that september phone call between President Trump and sondland came after the white house learned about the whistleblower complaint. The timing is really interesting here. Lets get to our chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl, live at the white house, as this was all playing out today. Jon, republicans also seizing on that call, the president telling sondland, i want no quid pro quo, but as you just reported there, that call with sondland came just as the white house knew of the whistleblowers report and as congress had just started asking questions. Reporter the timing is really important here. As we said, its after the white house is officially told about the whistleblower complaint. But david, its also several days after the Washington Post first reported that the president was trying to pressure ukraine to investigate joe biden. So, the bottom line is, when the president made that denial to ambassador sondland, the white house was fully aware that his actions were under scrutiny. And jon, we were talking about this on the air today, ambassador sondland also said that many were in the loop, among them, secretary pompeo on this and Vice President pence. Any response from either of them tonight . Reporter we have denials from both of them. The Vice President said today that he has no recollection of ambassador sondland ever talking to him about any of this. And the spokesperson for secretary of state pompeo said that any suggestion that military aid was tied to political investigation, quote, is flatout false. That any suggestion that sondland told him about that is flatout false. Jon karl and mary, thanks to you both, and our entire team today. And we hope youll stay with abc news. Live coverage of the impeachment hearings continues tomorrow morning. That begins at 9 00 a. M. Eastern once again. In the meantime, we move on tonight to the other major news this wednesday. New fallout at this hour for Prince Andrew in britain, after his very controversial interview about his friendship with jeffrey epstein. The prince announcing he is now stepping away from his royal duties for the foreseeable future. Heres abcs eva pilgrim tonight on the fallout. Reporter tonight, in what some are calling an unavoidable move, Prince Andrew taking a break from his royal duties after scrutiny over the interview about his relationship with jeffrey epstein. But you were staying at the house yes. Of a convicted sex offender. It was a convenient place to stay. Reporter the prince claiming he last visited epstein to cut off contact with him, but stayed at his home for several days. That interview sparking intense backlash. Multiple sponsors ending their relationship with the royal. The prince acknowledging in a statement that association has become a, quote, major disruption to my familys work, writing, therefore, i have asked her majesty if i may step back from public duties for the foreseeable future and she has given her permission. I continue to unequivocally regret my illjudged association with jeffrey epstein. In that interview, Prince Andrew categorically denying any sexual contact with an underage accuser. I am not one to, as it were, hug. And public displays of affection are not something that i do. Reporter but several british outlets publishing pictures like these of the prince seeming to contradict his comments that he was not a partier. The 59yearold maintains that despite multiple visits to several of epsteins homes, he never saw any indication of unlawful conduct involving underage girls. And david, a member of the royal family stepping aside from their official role due to controversy is unprecedented in the modern era. Since Prince Andrew is no longer working for the palace, he will no longer receive public funds. He does, however, still have access to the queens private funds, if she so chooses, david. But as you said, an unprecedented move. All right, eva, thank you. To other news, and two former Houston Police officers under arrest tonight for an alleged drug raid that left two people dead and five officers injured. Former officers Gerald Goines and Steven Bryant now facing federal charges, including falsifying records. Search warrants claimed the occupants of a home were selling heroin. The two people who lived there were killed in the raid. There was no heroin found. And the fbi joining the investigation tonight at Syracuse University into a disturbing surge in hate crimes. A new incident reported today. A professor saying she was sent anonymous antisemitic email. Four students have been arrested for one incident, a verbal assault on a black woman, last month. Next tonight, we are oneonone with apples tim cook. The Company Breaking ground on a 1 billion facility in austin, texas, and promising thousands of american jobs. Abcs chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis oneonone with tim cook. Reporter tonight, apples big bet in austin. Investing 1 billion, creating 15,000 new jobs. And what is it about austin . The talent. Invariably, its always about people. Reporter apples ceo joined today by President Trump in the austin factory where the companys most powerful computer, the mac pro, is made. Were really proud to make the mac pro here. Reporter but on the horizon, without a trade deal with china, the threat of new tariffs, as early as december. You could be paying an additional 10 for those phones coming here from china. Would that mean you raise the price of an iphone for consumers . I dont even want to speculate, because im hoping that that doesnt happen. Reporter but after 16 months of negotiations, a deal with china still uncertain. So, we asked the president about it. Will there be a trade deal in place before the end of the year . So, i can tell you this, china would much rather make a trade deal than i would. Reporter then why havent they . Because i havent wanted to do it yet. Reporter why is china is also one of apples most important markets, with the world watching the prodemocracy protests in hopg congress. At what point does apple reevaluate its presence in china . I dont envision apple pulling out of markets. I mean, that doesnt seem to serve anybody, particularly the users that are there, that are counting on us. Reporter is there a line in the sand in your mind where you will not go, as a company, if china pressures you . You know, china really hasnt pressured us. And so, i dont envision that. Reporter david, tim cook also told me today he believes the u. S. Economy is the strongest economy in the world, but in order for that to continue, the trade situation with china must stabilize and today, the president said hes looking into exemptions for apple if there are additional tariffs on china. David . All right, rebecca, thank you. But in the meantime, that promise of american jobs right here at home. Thank you, rebecca. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. The new storm across several states. From california to michigan. And when it hits the northeast. Rob marciano standing by to time this out. Also ahead tonight, the Wild Police Chase at the airport. The young passenger jumping from a plane onto the tarmac, trying to escape. We also have news tonight about the death of a University Student following a fraternity party. Police now say he was dead for several hours before they even called 911. And the stunning images tonight. The driver behind the wheel, his car suddenly sparking there and then exploding into flames. And then the race to get him out. Well have much more on this. A lot more news ahead here