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Well, served in vietnam, won a bronze star, and is finding himself in this awkward position of having to testify when his boss is still the president. what i've seen as someone who works every day with young people, who want to go into the military, want to go in the foreign service, want to serve our country, is a demoralizing of the work, whether it's criticizing the fbi, the cia, the state department, we are putting these agencies that secure our freedom and democracy into terrible positions. >> so when ambassador yovanovitch tch yovanovitch testified, she talked about the personal sacrific...

Trump anything. ho >> reporter: the hearing featuring taylor and george kent was led by questions by lawmakers but also by democratic majority and republican minority. >> now there is one witness that they won't bring in front of us. that's the guy who started it all. the whistleblower. . >> democrats withholding aid from ukraine and the role that rudy giuliani played as a shadow diplomat. >> i did not find this particular engagement normal. >> reporter: the gop focused on the president's conduct and more on the conduct of former vice president justine soe biden and

Business plan is about to sign a check to someone who owes him something and the business man asked that person to pay up before signing the check. the ukrainians did not owe president trump anything and holding up security assistance for domestic political gain was crazy -- >> reporter: the hearing featuring taylor and top official george kent was led by questions from lawmakers but also by the chief counsel for the democratic majority and the republican minority. it was also peppered with partisan squabbling. >> i'll allow the question but -- >> are you asking -- >> are you seriously interru...

>> reporter: taylor and george kent question wag led by democratic minorities and republican minority and peppered with partisan squabbling. >> we will not permit the outing of the whistle-blower and questions along those lines counsel inform their clients not to respond to. >> there is one witness they won't bring in front of us, they won't bring in front of the american people. that's the guy who started it all, the whistle-blower. nope. >> reporter: while democrats focused on the president's allegedly corrupt motive for withholding aid to ukraine and the role rudy guilliani played as a shad...