person from the whistle-blower, but rather just get written answers to questions. we'll have to see how this all plays out. but president trump digging in and lashing out on this columbus day, hallie. >> the great irony to the president calling on the whistle-blower's identity be revealed, is that congressman schiff doesn't want the whistle-blower to testify publicly for that exact reason, to protect this person's identity. stay where you are. i appreciate that. i want to bring in josh lederman. you have been reporting more on another diplomat in the spotlight, house democrats are really accelerating their push now. lots of depositions. one of them will be with the eu ambassador, a guy named gordon sondland. you have more reporting on this. he's the guy who was texting back and forth with the state department staffer, the top diplomat in ukraine. bill taylor said i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign, this ambassador sondland wrote back the president has been crystal clear, no quid pro quo of any kind. i suggest we stop the back and