>> as i've said from the beginning, i think this is not okay. the president of the united states shouldn't even in the original phone call be on the phone with a president of another country and raise his political opponent. but if you look at sondland's testimony which is also public, he says that the direction he received from the president of the united states was no quid pro quo. >> president trump again lashing out at another witness in a tweet. in a transcript released this weekend, jennifer williams, a state department employee who listened to the july 25th phone call between president trump and the ukrainian president. she told impeachment investigators president trump's request struck her as, quote, unusual and inroept. mike pence's office is making a concerted effort to distance itself from williams who is slated to testify tomorrow. releasing a statement emphasizing, quote, jennifer is a state department employee. and this jam packed week on