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Counterpart agrees. >> you know, i don't like to speak about politics. my mission and my main role is to protect my land, my country. that's all i want. and it's all i know for myself. >> reporter: do you believe that america is an ally, ukraine can rely on? >> completely is. completely is. >> reporter: privately some ukrainian soldiers admit to feeling uneasy. they fear that the white house's fickle behavior may strengthen russia's position. but all agree that with or without america's help, they have no choice but to continue this fight. when you talk to ukrainian soldiers and also civilians...

A lot of these witnesses are coming in to review their transcripts. fiona hill, a former russia adviser for president trump. she came in and raised serious concerns about the efforts, so-called shadow foreign policy that was being carried out by rudy giuliani and the like to pursue these investigations into the president's rivals. she testified the transcripts of her's and other witnesses who have gone behind closed doors will soon be released. and she is here to review that, the accuracy of those statements despite the president himself calling into question the accuracy, but today we don't e...

Morning. this afternoon, we do expect two other officials to defy subpoenas as well. brian mccormick, rick perry the energy secretary of course has been involved in all these ukraine talks as well. none of these officials coming by. they're sticking with the white house despite being faced with subpoenas and now the democrats are warning those individuals could be held in contempt, guys? >> yeah. it's just what are they actually going to do about it? they have powers they have not exercised yet when they hold individuals in contempt. manu, thanks very much. let's talk about all that manu just ...

Said that isn't enough in his view. of course it was enough when the president himself submitted written answers to questions in the mueller investigation, not to mention lawed designed to protect the identity of whistleblowers. joining us now manu raju from capitol hill. what white house officials were expected to testify today and what does this mean for later in the week? >> reporter: well, there are four that are expected to testify today. we're expected none of them to show. two were scheduled to come at 9:00 a.m. eastern this morning and did not appear. that's john icenburg, national sec...

Significant? >> well, i think what the house wants is to fill in some of these gaps. we know thattizenburg is the one who put the read out into the code word server. why did he do that? based on whose concerns? what did he think about this? what was his justification for putting it in the code word server that it's clearly not classifiable at that level. i think he's important to put color and details into this. obviously we have the main outlines of what happened here because we're talking about them. it's just really a matter of filling in the gaps. he's an important witness. is he critical?...