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Donald trump is essentially stomping on ambassador stevens' grave to get across something that he wants to accomplish something that he personally wants as opposed to using the proud tradition of the state department for what it really is, which is to further the interests, the national security interests of the united states. and the dulling of that spear, i think, is beginning to happen. it's already happened, and i think it's going to last for a considerable time into the future. it's going to take some resharpening and it can't happen with donald trump in the white house. >> we've seen the...

Ambassador. in my line of work, perhaps in yours as well, all we have is our reputation. so this has been a very painful period. >> the president has criticized her repeatedly including the july 25th call with president zelensky calling her bad news and saying she would go through some things. >> i was shocked and devastated that i would feature in a phone call between two heads of state in such a manner where president trump said that i was bad news to another world leader. and that i would be going through some things. so i was, it was a terrible moment. >> terrible and threatening. >> sound...

>> basically saying she is responsible for somalia. adam schiff read that tweet live during the hearing and the president was asked about his intention with that tweet. >> i have the right to speak. i have freedom of speech just as other people do. >> with your freedom, were you trying to intimidate ambassador yovanovitch? >> i just want to have a total, i want freedom of speech. that is a political process. the republicans have been treated very badly. >> were you doing it to be intimidating? >> i don't think so at all. >> by no means the president has at least been accused of trying to intim...

And that's really the way it will be for the foreseeable future for ukraine of the it is very important to the united states' national interests because of the russia angle. so it can be complicated for people who aren't familiar with that area of the world. as you saw ambassador yovanovitch today, that's the acknowledgement that it is really critical in pushing u.s. national interests forward. as opposed to donald trump's personal interests. >> a david versus goliath. you have this little country trying to defend itself against russia of the. >> exactly. up until 3:00 in the afternoon eastern...

Now here's a witness who can provide a firsthand account. gordon sondland is a firsthand account as well. so the republicans have to decide, are they going to try to shift gears, to throw some of these folks under the bus? i think a lot of them were surprised by what came out last week. >> so help us set up. he was on the call. he's describing based on david holmes' testimony exactly what is the essence of it against the president. damn of u.s. national security interests in ukraine with regard to russia of get me a biden investigation. >> this is now his third bite at the apple. he went in an...