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It was no secret. >> reporter: sondland telling investigators, that president trump directed him to work with rudy giuliani, who orchestrated the deal. conditioning ukraine's nearly $14 million in military aid and a possible meeting at the white house, with announcing investigations into his political rivals. >> we did not want to work with mr. giuliani. simply put, we were playing the hand we were dealt. mr. giuliani's requests were a quid pro quo for arranging a white house visit for president zelensky. >> reporter: democrats say the abuse of power is clear. >> it goes right to the heart of ...

Else, the president's own words are damning to him. >> reporter: in four hours, two key witnesses. dr. fiona hill. she's the top russian adviser to the president. she will debunk it was ukraine, not rush sharsia that interview the 2016 election. she will make the case that trump and giuliani's case to push that investigation is illegitimate. and david holmes. he is the official that overheard that trump phone call with sondland, where he heard trump say he did not care about ukraine, but rather the so-called big stuff like investigating the bidens. >> he specifically remembered that the bidens...

Withhold aid from ukraine in exchange from these investigations. >> other than my own presumption. >> which is nothing. >> reporter: in the second hearing of the day, top pentagon official laura cooper, debunking a republican defense of the president, testifying ukrainian officials knew there were problems with their military aid on july 25th, the same day as trump's phone call with ukraine's president. >> i would say that specifically, the ukrainian embassy staff asked, what is going on with ukrainian security assistance? >> reporter: president trump emerging from the white house, fighting ba...

Security adviser, john bolton, told her, he did not want to be involved in rudy giuliani's drug deal over ukraine. >> let's talk gordon sondland, shall we? sources say his opening statement blind sided the white house and republican lawmakers. he unequivocally stated there was a quid pro quo to pressure ukraine to launch investigations that would help the president's campaign. he unequivocally stated that his actions were at the direction of the president. he stated that everyone was in the loop. everyone. the president, vice president, everyone. there is less of a question about what happened...