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The russians. as for what to expect in the next 36 hours, here's phil mattingly onorter: christine an, lawmakers are arrive back in washington, fully cognizant they will have the biggest hearing in years. two witnesses that are testifying, william taylor, the official top diplomat to ukraine right now, who has given explosive behind-the-door testimony. one democrat i was talking to said this is an individual, straight out of central casting. who you would expect as a diplomat. that's who democrats want on the stand. the strategy is not to unearth things we've not seen in the depositio depositi...

Frozen after it was said in july. it is the argument of trump backers that the aid could not have been used as leverage. we learn that military support to ukraine had been withhold before, by then-budget director mick mulvaney to avoid upsetting the russians. as for what to expect in the next 36 hours, here's phil mattingly on capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, lawmakers are arrive back in washington, fully cognizant they will have one of the biggest hearings that's happened in years, maybe in decades. the first public impeachment hearing related to donald trump. two witnesses that...

Testimony. dlats believe he will be a central piece of the effort to draft articles of impeachment and impeach trump. one democrat said this is ran individual who is straight out of central casting. and democrats want on the stand. the strategy is not to ub earth something we haven't seen in the depositions. we have had thousands of pages. they want to paint the public picture. make clear to the public what they believe they have seen behind the scenes. there's a narrative that threads together. the president and his team operating a rogue policy relating to ukraine. and the real effort led in...

Chris, thank you. >> give us -- talk a little bit about this democratic strategy for opening these hearings, like why start with ambassador taylor? what's the story you think is critical for americans to take away? >> sure. everybody probably has heard of mr. taylor who has been paying attention to what's been going on with the ukraine affair, but ambassador taylor is a west point graduate and vietnam veteran and served this country for 50 years as a career public servant, apolitical, and he came across to me as perhaps one of the most compelling witnesses i've ever seen. he, indeed, was as i ...

Down with bill taylor for a couple of hours when i visited the ukraine as the scandal was unfolding early in september. bill taylor is out of central casting. this is a career public servant, somebody who has served presidents of both parties, served in the defense department, in the state department, he's a patriot through and through. first and foremost i think that's what the american people are going to see, they'll see patriots, people who are simply telling the truth about a massive corruption scheme that tried to trade away the credibility of the united states in order to get a foreign ...