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Who are knowledgeable about what the issue was in the first place which is potential corruption and any sort of wrongdoing by the president on a phone transcript that he voluntarily released himself, by the way. >> bill: they would fight that request and what would you do in turn? >> listen, i'll tell you what we'll do. we're ready. if the democrats are foolish enough to actually pass these frivolous articles of impeachment of which they have no evidence and factual basis, we want a trial in the senate. we're ready for a trial in the senate. the president tweeted today. if they want to impeach...

Underscore that message. that was sarah sanders overall message in that answer. >> what do you think? >> i think that -- i agree. first of all, ai gragree with kimberly. there are moments where you see admissions, sondland certainly the admissions of what's happened. you've seen in the past rudy giuliani admit to different things. i mean, over the last few years, right, he'll say, yeah, of course the president did this. there is this lack of appreciation and understanding that what happened was wrong. that's why -- i mean, if sarah sanders says, right, oh, yeah. sure. he'll let everybody testi...

Controversial and unwise policy by the president. >> adam schiff the chairman has sat down. the hearing will be underway moments from now. >> martha, part of what jennifer williams was a party to was not just a phone call in july but with mike pence in warsaw on the first of september. apparently zelensky in that meeting in warsaw opened up their entire conversation with the request about the aid and where it is and security assistance. apparently the vice president said he wanted an update on corruption reform efforts that he could quote then convey back to the president. and he also wanted t...

Welcome back to our special coverage of the impeachment hearings. today on capitol hill, there will be closed door testimony and it could be pivotal. lawmakers will hear from that key state department official who says he overheard president trump discussing investigations of the bidens on a phone call with ambassador gordon sondland in the middle of a restaurant in kiev. back with us we have joe lockhart and charlie dent. so david holmes is going to be testifying behind closed doors. he's interesting, he's one of these state department career diplomats. well thought of, competent. the idea he...

>> reporter: good morning, alisyn. it was going to be a busy day, but not. these are the four white house witnesses that were going to be testifying, all of them, citing reasons, executive privilege, defying subpoenas, saying they want their own white house attorneys. those individuals, robert blair, senior adviser to the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, john eisenberg, nsc top legal adviser, michael ellis, deputy legal adviser, and brian mccormack, the director of the office of management and budget. what is most significant is john eisenberg. he is the one that fiona hill, trump's top r...