of state mike pompeo. sondland is asking for $1.8 million in legal fees he accrued during the first impeachment of president trump. pompeo failed to follow through on a legally binding promise in which the federal government would reimburse sondland for the legal fees he incurred during the 2019 house impeachment investigation against trump. but as the suit alleged, once pompeo learned of sondland's testimony, which the former ambassador's lawyers described as entirely candid and truthful about trump's quid pro quo, the ukrainian leader, pompeo reanythinged on his promise. a spokesman for pompeo called the lawsuit ludicrous and confident the court will agree. we'll see. still ahead here. we'll take a look at where things stand after two republicans express possible support for the legislation. but, before we go to break, we want to know why are you