private interests were able to undermine u.s. interests in this way. >> however we came to see that the so-called irregular channel was actually the trump channel, sanctioned by the president and his entire administration. here's ambassador sondland on that point. >> i'm not sure how someone could characterize something as an irregular channel when you're talking to the president of the united states, the secretary of state, the national security advisor, the chief of staff for the white house, the secretary of energy. i don't know how that's irregular. >> well said. anyway, dr. fiona hill was on yesterday. she says she now realizes that ambassador sondland had been empowered to pursue trump's agenda by trump. >> ambassador sondland is not wrong that he had been given a different remit. he was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were being involved in national security foreign policy. >> one of the i think delightful