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Peter alexander has details. >> reporter: today house democrats for the first time calling witnesses who were listening in on that july phone call between president trump and ukraine's leader at the heart of their impeachment inquiry. where president trump asked for investigations into the bidens and the 2016 election. >> i found the july 25th phone call unusual because in contrast to other presidential calls i had observed, it involved discussion of what appeared to be a domestic political matter >> reporter: jennifer williams, a state department employee assigned to the vice president's offi...

World feel they have to make with this president because they have their national interest at stake, even if our president does not have our national interest in his mind. >> let's lhear what colonel vindman said. >> i want to take a moment to recognize the courage of my colleagues to appearer before this committee. i want to say these character attacks on these public servants is reprehensible. t this is the custom of our country since the time of the founding fathers but we are better than personal attacks. >> and the personal attack was coming from the white house twitter account while he w...

Republicans keep saying that zelensky never said that he was under pressure. of course he didn't. he needs the united states. he needs donald trump no matter how awful the president is. no matter how corrupt or how much of a bribe this is. and if he admitted he was under pressure he weakens himself as a president. so we're never going to hear him say he was pressured. it was a misunderstanding of the bargain that leaders around the world feel they have to make with this president because they have their national interests at stake even if our president doesn't have our national interests in hi...

Testimony and service. colonel vindman, wasn't it the case that mr. eisenberg, the attorney, had said to you after the july 5th meeting that you should come to him if you have any other concerns? >> after the july 10 meeting, yes, ma'am, t going outside the chain of command to speak to a lawyer within the institution, is that correct? >> no, he's there, certainly. >> both of our witnesses speak in secondhand information, but you both can answer in firsthand information because you were both in on the phone call, is that correct? >> that's correct. >> that's correct. >> you say, i want to state...

American public about my actions. when i reported my concerns my only thought was to act properly and carry out my duty. following each of my reports to mr. eisenberg i immediately returned to work to advance the president's and our country's foreign policy objectives. i focused on what i have done throughout my military career, promoting america's national security interests. i want to take a moment to recognize the courage of my colleagues who have appeared and scheduled to appear before this committee. i want to state that the character attacks on these honorable public servants is reprehen...