gun. what are you hearing? reporter: democrats see this as yet another example of a witness testifying about a quid pro quo. whether it s about linking the military aid to this public statement from ukraine, demanding these investigations into the biden, into the 2016 campaign, also this push by the zelensky administration of ukraine, for this meeting at the white house, having this linked. they are saying this is another example of republicans are contending that sondland s revision to his testimony is only his opinion, that coming from one congressman scott perry, who told reporters that on his way into this closed door deposition today. but one witness was not happy with the testimony from good morning sondland. that s fiona hill, whose attorney put out a statement this morning saying that he had fabricated communications with dr. hill, none of which took over coffee. he says that sondland, what she told lawmakers was a lack of
doors is going to come out for the public to see this transparency, my republican friends say they want this out in the open. i don t think this will help their case. both three of these folks are very credible witnesses. seriously, is there a way to avoid this becoming a complete show? reporter: yeah, i mean, well, i don t know, what do you do to bill taylor? do you attack him? he went to west point. he s got a distinguished service record serving republican presidents. i don t know how you attack him. yeah. reporter: or even ambassador yovanovitch. i m not sure about george kent. i don t see easy attacks on any of these folks. so you ve seen the reaction from your republican colleagues throughout the process and since that big revision from sondland last night. some of their reaction. do you see a universal possibility where what is said publicly changes, changed, sways opinion of your former
will exist on two tracks. it will begin, the public testimony while continuing to try to take deposition or talk with people behind the scenes, but there is a couple things i would flag, number 1, this will be the first big test of whether putting some of these people on camera can permeate american consciousness outside the beltway and make this issue more understandable. freight point. or something of great point. or something across the country. to republicans critical of the democrat s process until now, have been saying, let s have this out in the open. this shouldn t be happening behind closed doors. they will get what they asked for. i m not sure what they want. schiff and pelosi have chosen two of the most prophet ig figures they can to present in this initial rollout. these are people that want to speak publicly. with know efrom bill taylor he was leaving bread crumbs in those text chains knowing it would be a record, flagging it saying this is wrong, is this