Jeffrey epstein for the very first time. Hear what he has to say, coming up. And live from cnn World Headquarters here in atlanta, welcome to our viewers in the United States and all around the world, im michael holmes. Cnn newsroom starts right now. Welcome, everyone. Fridays testimony from two u. S. Diplomats painting a vivid picture of the u. S. President s direct involvement in the ukraine scandal. First up, Marie Yovanovitch literally outlining how she became the target of a Smear Campaign. The president went after her on twitter. Well have more on that in a moment. The other witness, david holmes, a u. S. State Department Aide in kiev. Holmes said he was told the president did not care about ukraine, only about getting political dirt on Democratic Political rival joe biden and bidens son hunter. And the person who told him that was the ambassador to the eu Gordon Sondland. He said, this, quote, i heard ambassador sondland greet the president and explain he was calling from kiev.