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>> now, it bears noting that even before sondland had finished his testimony today the president used a time-honored technique of his and started distancing himself from his own political appointee, a man who gave his inauguration effort $1 million, gordon sondland. saying he, quote, hardly knows the gentleman. it's a talking point the president first used about a week ago. and sondland was just the first half of this marathon day. just this evening we heard testimony from senior pentagon official laura cooper, and the number three official at state, david hale. in something of a surprise ms. ...

Told her, make sure we're paying fair market rate. they still paid the family business $1.5 million for the use of a ballroom for i believe one event. >> also i see in your article the name tom barrick, he has potentially a lot to lose here. he's a hedge fund type guy from los angeles, for a while during trump's rise and after the election, he was kind of the dennis hopper role in "apocalypse" explaining to cable audiences, here's what the president's like, when he says this, he really means that. tom has a pre-existing business life. a successful one. he was chairman of the inauguration effor...

Use of a ballroom for i believe one event. >> also i see in your article, the name tom barrick, he has potentially a lot to lose here. he's a hedge fund type guy from los angeles, for a while, during trump's rise and after the election, he was kind of the dennis hopper role in apocalypse, explaining to cable audiences, here's what the president's like, when he says this, he really means that. tom has a pre-existing business life. a successful one. he was chairman of the inauguration effort. and a lot of people have wondered why we weren't seeing his name heretofore. >> he was the chairman of t...

They still paid the family business $1.5 million for the use of a ballroom for i believe one event. >> also i see in your article, the name tom barrick, he has potentially a lot to lose here. he's a hedge fund type guy from los angeles, for a while, during trump's rise and after the election, he was kind of the dennis hopper role in apocalypse, explaining to cable audiences, here's what the president's like, when he says this, he really means that. tom has a pre-existing business life. a successful one. he was chairman of the inauguration effort. and a lot of people have wondered why we weren'...

The conversations, if they did occur, and accordi inin ining t information we've talked to sources about, some of the conversations have to do with the information that russians possess that could help the trump campaign. >> ties back to the russian campaign. manafort was the campaign chairman. >> the campaign manager and chairman. >> chairman, right. >> reporting directly to the ten camp. >> correct. if there was collusion with the russian government, he would know about it. that's why he's such an important witness. >> keep in mind that gates, even after manafort is chairman, rick gates stay...