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Friday's testimony from two u.s. diplomates paints a vivid picture of the u.s. president's direct involvement in the ukraine scandal. first up was former u.s. ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch. while she was testifying, the president went after her on twitter. the other witness was david holmes. holmes said he was told the president did not care about ukraine, only in getting dirt on democratic rival joe biden and biden's son, hunter. he said the person who told him, that was the u.s. ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland. holmes said he was with sondland in a restaurant as sondland

Jeffrey epstein for the very first time. hear what he has to say, coming up. and live from cnn world headquarters here in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the united states and all around the world, i'm michael holmes. "cnn newsroom" starts right now. welcome, everyone. friday's testimony from two u.s. diplomats painting a vivid picture of the u.s. president's direct involvement in the ukraine scandal. first up, marie yovanovitch literally outlining how she became the target of a smear campaign. the president went after her on twitter. we'll have more on that in a moment. the other witne...

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Morning? >> it certainly is. look, it goes without saying. the stakes couldn't be higher for both democrats and republicans. there is just one goal of these public hearings. and it's to convince the american people either to impeach or in the case of republicans, not to impeach. so let's talk about the witnesses. first up, bill taylor. he is a top u.s. diplomat to ukraine. we also have george kent. he is a former state department official. a senior official. now the first witnesses will certainly set the tone for these public hearings. let's talk about their testimony and what we're expecting....

Insight into the probe. in 48 hour that's will change. first up, bill taylor, the top u.s. diplomat in ukraine that said the president of the united states directed officials to tie foreign aid to an investigation into vice president joe biden and his family. on wednesday we will hear from george kent, a senior state department official that oversaw ukraine policy. he i did taildetailed how the p dangled a meeting to push an investigation into the 2016 election and the pibiden family. and marie yovanovitch will be taking the stand. we have all of the latest as we kick off this very big week. j...