think there is any conflict of interest there. you've heard him talk about the phony emoluments clause which prevents foreign leaders from paying the president any sort of way, it is a huge issue when presidents, foreign leaders come here, and stay at the hotel. so we'll see whether or not they actually go through with the sale. if they, did it would likely lose its branding as the trump hotel. guys? >> as we've seen in other properties as well. hans nichols to start us off, thank you. let's discuss with the newsday national politics reporter, amly and jonathan allen, nbc news national political reporter. great to have you this early in the morning. let's start with the deposition in a few hours, the top state department official, philip reeker in a rare testimony on a saturday, you have the daily beast reports key reveal more details about the ousting of a former ambassador of the ukraine here and he is also expected to talk about efforts by the ambassador to the european union, to pressure ukraine to investigate the president's political rivals. so emily, talk about the significance in that. >> coming together on a saturday