all this thing broke open following the whistleblower s whistle count. in addition to that, the, there was five hours between that text message from ambassador taylor and the response from sondland and it is now clear from the information that sondland has made available about his testimony on thursday that he had talked to the president in that five hours and they apparently developed the response, which is what i would call the ultimate cya response. congressman, let s show the audience what you re talk iing about. this was an exchange between bill taylor and the eu ambassador. taylor writes as set on the phone, i think it s crazy to withhold security assistance with help for a political political campaign. five hours later, sondland responded saying bill, that s taylor, i believe you re incorrect about president trump s intentions. the president has been critical clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. now as you mentioned, we know