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Personally about those investigations that he was pressing ukraine for. well, there's been a quick turnaround in terms running that story to ground. and so now, today, that staffer that was referenced in bill taylor's testimony two days ago, that staffer, has now been brought to capitol hill and today he gave his close-door deposition. and credit to cnn's excellent congressional correspondent who was first to obtain a copy of the opening statement that david holmes gave in that close-door deposition today. you can see it here. it's obviously a photo copy of a folded sheet that contained his --...

I'm sorry. holmes continues i then heard president trump ask so he's going to do the investigation? ambassador sondland replied that he's gonna do it. adding that president zelensky quote, will do anything you ask him to. even though i did not take notes on these statements, i have a clear recollection that these statements were made. i believe that my colleagues were sitting at the table also knew that ambassador sondland was speaking with the president. which would mean there are two more witnesses who can attest to the fact that this happened. david holmes then describes some of the other t...

Candid impression of the president's views on ukraine. in particular, i asked ambassador sondland if it was true that the president did not give a -- that the president did not -- that the president did not give a shoot about ukraine. he didn't say shoot. i asked why not? and ambassador sondland stated that the president only cares about quote, big stuff. i noted that there was big stuff going on in ukraine, like a war with russia. ambassador sondland replied that he meant big stuff that benefits the president, like the biden investigation that mr. giuliani was pushing. the conversation then m...

Him to. holmes continue, quote, after the call ended ambassador sondland remarked that the president was in a bad mood. as the ambassador sondland stated was often the case early in the morning. i then took the opportunity to ask ambassador sondland for his candid impression of the president's views in ukraine. in particular, i asked the ambassador sondland if it was true that the president did not, quote, give a blank about ukraine. ambassador sondland agreed that the president didn't give a blank about ukraine. i asked why not? ambassador sondland stated that the president only cares about, ...

Ambassador sondland was speaking to the president. maybe more witnesses. ambassador sondland stated the president only cares about, quote, big stuff. i noted there was big stuff going on in ukraine. like a war with russia. and ambassador sondland replied that he meant big stuff that benefits the president like the biden investigation that mr. giuliani was pushing. i want to bring in nbc news correspondent who covers congress and also been going through this. wh will you first just setup who is david holmes, the individual who gave his testimony today? >> david holmes is someone who has a caree...