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The eu gordon sondland. he's going to talk with me about his -- how often he visits kiev, what he likes to do here, and who he spoke with today. thank you so much for joining us. >> hi, carrie. how you? >> i'm good. thank you. >> starts out nice enough there sondland also confirms that he has insights into the trump/zelensky relationship. >> i had a wonderful hour-long meeting with president zelensky that followed on the heels of his telephone call yesterday with president trump. >> did he give you insight in what they spoke about? >> absolutely. >> absolutely. and now it gets really interesti...

Any of those extra details about the request for a biden probe. >> i actually spoke with president trump just a few minutes before he placed the call, and not only did the president call to congratulate president zelensky, but also to begin the collaboration of charting the pathway forward with the u.s.'s support of ukraine. >> the pathway forward, though, did not involve him publicly disclosing what we now know, that it was based on getting the investigations trump wanted, that sondland kept the trump aides in the loop about ukraine, getting political probes going. that pathway in public didn...

Usually, and i think the house is taking this seriously with kaufman and schiff is to close off those holes. because this is an important undertaking. we're talking about perhaps removing a president of the united states. a rare occasion and historic occasion with unprecedented misconduct. and so the fact that not only do we have rudy starting this in 2018, but we have sondland and this embarrassing situation of having text messages and emails and communications that show that he had this deal he thought hammered out before the telephone conversation on july 25th between the president and zele...

Know, receive certain federal money for very specific projects. there was always a quid pro quo. the governor would help the president with something and the president would help the governor with something. and it was very transactional. >> there was always a quid pro quo. sondland in 2016 also said he saw less of that approach to politics than he as a millionaire donor thought that was a shame. >> there is less ability to understand what someone else needs and figure out what you need and make a deal. and it's unfortunate because i think everyone loses in the process. >> does everyone lose i...