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So we followed the president's orders. >> that kind of language startled some republicans today. there are two final witness thez week, peter hill, david holmes, offer perspectives from a different advantage point. fiona hill said her then-boss john bolton said things she didn't want to be part of. homes said he heard the president discuss the status of investigations. the political and legal team are back. i just found it so fascinating to watch sondland testifying. i'm not sure exactly why other than he just seemed so pleased to be there. >> this rudy giuliani piece is

This quid pro quo that in order to get the white house meeting, there were going to have to be these investigations the president wanted >> correct >> reporter: but on the question of a quid pro quo for military aid that was being withheld at the time, sondland says he presumed the aid was tied to ukraine announcing investigations, but did not know for sure. >> the military assistance was also being withheld pending zelensky announcing these investigations, correct? >> that was my presumption. my personal presumption based on the facts at the time. nothing was moving >> reporter: sondland test...

The president is putting out being consistently undermined. and next week, we'll have sondland testifying. i think what we're seeing in the hearings is an effort to establish the broader context of how zig ukraine has been for u.s. foreign policy. the two key goals of that policy have been rooting out corruption. and assisting ukraine towards a successful democratic transition. and providing for its national security in the context of the 2014 illegal annexation that russia undertook of crimea. so, incredibly important context to establish. and then to drill down on the president's disregard f...

They stopped us, and we're impeaching for that reason. >> it was one of the reasons they held off in taking the mueller report, and move forward on impeachment. where trump was tied into it was on obstruction. >> i think this is a key point, and could be a strategy from the white house, right, the more we confuse the public, the better that works to our, and i wonder if that has to do with sondland testifying, and we want to read the statement, notwithstanding the state department's current direction not to testify, ambassador sondland will honor the committee subpoena and he looks forward to ...

Understands that the republicans are playing a game. again, i have no problem with this vote. i think it should move forward with the news we've learned in the last several weeks and the actions by the administration today. all bets are off. let's move forward. let's take the republicans up on this game because the numbers are moving in the opposite direction. and again, that's why i think the president is starting to panic. >> will this refusal or blocking rather of ambassador sondland testifying, will that end up in a potential article of impeachment for obstruction of justice? >> you know, ...