ambassador sondland told president trump the ukrainians were ready to move forward. following the call with president trump the member of my staff asked ambassador sondland when the president thought about ukraine. ambassador sondland responded trump cares more about the investigations of biden which giuliani was pressing for. >> i take the import of that is he cares more about that than he does about ukraine? >> yes, sir. >> that staffer identified as david ho david holmes now set to testify this friday. republicans spent their time trying to poke holes in the testimony and advance the president's counter narrative. but the testimony of taylor and kent offered some troubling details for the president. ambassador taylor affirmed military aid was withheld in an effort to extort ukraine. and both suggested the actions taken in crew crane were