this is "nightline." tonight, bombshell testimony. >> everyone was in the loop. >> the u.s. ambassador, detailing what he called a quid pro quo. >> was there a quid pro quo? >> the answer is yes. >> president trump firing back. >> you have the cameras rolling? i want nothing. that's what i want from ukraine. that's what i said. >> the democrats, digging in as the presidential hopefuls eyeing the white house take center stage. plus -- "frozen 2", letting it go and making way for the global phenomenon, the beloved sisters starting a new snowy adventure. >> i did it all without powers

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. good evening. i'm whit johnson, thanks for joining us. he was the most-highly-anticipated witness so far in the impeachment inquiry. president trump's hand-picked ambassador in the hot seat and using simple math for what the president has long denied. here's david wright. >> reporter: ever since the impeachment inquiry began. >> no quid pro quo. >> no quid pro quo. >> reporter: president trump has repeated the same phrase like a mantra. but today on capitol hill. >> was there a quid pro quo? the answer is yes. >> reporter: a different story from the man the president tapped to work alongside his attorney, rudy giuliani. >> we did not want to work with mr. giuliani. simply put, we were playing the hand we were dealt. >> reporter: overseaing trutrutm

trump's policy. >> for a white house visit for mr. zelinsky, mr. giuliani demanded ukraine make a public statement announcing the investigations of the 2016 election dnc server and burisma. mr. giuliani was expressing the desires of the president of the united states. >> what gordon sondland is for the first time bring the impeachment inquiry directly into the white house with a witness who can testify to what president trump said and did, and it was riveting. >> reporter: ambassador sondland not only admitted there was a quid pro quo. >> everyone was in the loop. it was no secret. >> reporter: he named names. >> many people. >> secretary pompeo? >> yes. >> and acting chief of staff mulvaney? >> yes. >> reporter: sondland said he was concerned military aid and a coveted white house visit were being held up until ukraine publicly announced an

investigation into the bidens and the 2016 election. he said he reported his concerns about the aid personally to vice president mike pence. >> and vice president pence nodded his head? >> i don't recall any exchange. i think he, it was a duly noted. >> he didn't say gordon, what are you talking about? >> no, he didn't. >> he didn't say what investigations? >> he did not. >> reporter: that brought swift denials today from the vice president's office, the secretary of state and the white house. sondland cannot be dismissed as a never trumper. he's a life-long republican who donated about a million dollars to president trump's inaugural committee. >> he is a hard-edged business guy in the hotel business. very successful. very smart. but not somebody who's spent his life in diplomacy, and certainly not somebody who spent his life as a witness. >> i was surprised by kind of how comfortable and nonplussed he appeared while delivering what a lot of people are seeing

as bombshell after bombshell. what i would think is kind of surprising is that he didn't sweat more. >> the suggestion that we were engaged in some irregular or rogue diplomacy is absolutely false. >> reporter: sondland says it was clear to him who was calling the shots. >> ambassador volker and i worked with mr. rudy giuliani on ukraine matters at the express direction of the president of the united states. i followed the directions of the president. when the president says, talk to my personal lawyer, mr. giuliani, wei followed his direction. >> reporter: but he was fuzzy on some of the details. >> i don't recall. >> i don't recall. >> i don't recall. >> i honestly, honestly don't remember. >> reporter: he blamed it on two things. one personal. >> i'm not a note taker or memo writer, never have been. >> reporter: the other thing he blamed was the trump administration's decision to stone wall the investigation. as a result, sondland said he

couldn't refer back to his e-mails, schedule and other items. >> my lawyers and i have made multiple requests to the state department and the white house for these materials. in the absence of these materials, my memory, admittedly, has not been perfect. >> reporter: there was one interaction about which sondland was crystal clear. the phone call he with the president on or about september 9th. that's after the white house was already well aware of the whistle-blower complaint. >> whether it was the 9th or the 8th, hundryou had this call. it was extremely memorable, right? >> it was. >> reporter: in that call, he was following up on concerns raised by bill taylor. >> i said on the phone, i think it's crazy to withhold security assistance for help with a political campaign. >> reporter: sondland testified today that he did reach out to the president. >> i believe i just asked him an open-ended question, mr. chairman, what do you want from ukraine? i keep hearing all these

different ideas and theories and this and that. what do you want? and it was a very short, abrupt conversation. he was not in a good mood. and he just said "i want nothing, i want nothing. i want no quid pro quo." tell zelinsky to do the right thing. something to that effect. >> reporter: president trump seized on that one sound bite. >> i just noticed one thing, and i would say that means it's all over. >> reporter: trump scrawled it out with a sharpy to make sure he got it just right. >> and now, here's my response. that he gave. just gave. ready? you have the cameras rolling? i want nothing. that's what i want from ukraine. that's what i said. i want nothing. i said it twice. >> that's a big point for the president. now, it came after the white house knew there was a whistle-blower complaint about that july 25th call with the president of ukraine. so donald trump might have been

covering his tracks in that phone call, since he already knew there were people who were blowing the whistle. >> reporter: privately, white house officials acknowledge that sondland's testimony raised problems for the president. he was tense as he watched. >> from a substantive point of view, the winner today were the democrats. but they were also the losers today, because the republicans poked holes in sondland's testimony that may blunt some of the power of his words. >> reporter: one significant issue where republicans raised doubts was whether the $400 million in military aid was part of the quid pro quo. >> it became your clear understanding that the military assistance was also being withheld, pending salienski announcing these investigations. >> correct. that was my presumption. >> reporter: sondland admitted the president never said so explicitly. >> i don't recall president trump ever talking to me about any security assistance, ever.

>> so is this kind of a two plus two sequals four conclusion tha you reached? >> pretty much. >> reporter: republicans pounced. >> no one told you president trump was tying aid to investigations. yes or no? >> yes. >> so you really have no testimony today that ties president trump to a scheme to withhold aid from ukraine in exchange for these investigations. >> other than my own presumption. >> which is nothing. now my colleagues seem to think unless the president says the magic words that i hereby bribe the ukrainians, that there's no evidence of bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. >> reporter: today's impeachment drama easily overshadowed what would otherwise be a big political story. the democratic presidential contenders' deebd ibate in georn >> i have made it very clear this is impeachable conduct.

>> we have a criminal living in the white house. >> in is not a man who had any qualifications, except one. he wrote a check for a million dollars. >> reporter: former vice president biden. >> he doesn't want me to thbe t nominee. >> we can deal with trump's corruption but we also have to stand up for the working families of this country. >> reporter: some georgia voters said that's as it should be. >> my interest is student loan debt, police brutality. >> as a student, loan forgiveness. >> reporter: in atlanta, where the population is more than 50% african-american, we went to a watch party with voters. sponsored by two predominantly black voters' rights groups. some voters do care about those impeachment hearings. >> think about it. if you have no respect for the

law, that's the constitution, you have no respect for the law period. >> reporter: tomorrow in washington, one more day of public hearings before the committee begins to move this process along. >> have they proved quid pro quo at this point? >> i think the democrats have made a very powerful case. but should this be grounds to remove the president from office? that's a separate question. >> and be sure to tune in to continuing coverage of the impeachment hearings tomorrow morning right here on abc. up next, do you want to build a snowman again? because elsa and anna are frozen with excitement for their new adventure. , ho, ho! you... you got me. uh, what do you want? i've got uh, ai robots, i've got vr goggles. i want your sled, please. no. [ chuckles ] timmy. it'd be a shame if this went viral. for those who never compromise. the mercedes-benz winter event. whoa.

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elsa and ana are back, and the sisters are off on another adventure in the upcoming disney movie "frozen 2", forging a fresh path and meeting new friends. so how are they planning to top the original blockbuster? here's abbie boudreau with a look behind the magic. ♪ do you want to build a snowman ♪ >> reporter: it was the princess movie that became the cultural phenomenon. "frozen", the second-highest grossing animated film of all time. now back in theaters with a sequel for legions of fans who aren't ready to let it go. ♪ let it go ♪ >> reporter: that iconic song celebrating girl power and sisterhood, inspired millions of mini anas and elsas worldwide.

>> she is such an inspiration to me, not just a little girl in a blue dress. i'm reminded how important i am and the things i have. >> reporter: idina menzel returning as elsa with all of the original cast. josh gad, jonathan groth and kirsten bell. >> elsa! >> when this project was introduced to you guys, were you sort of like, oh, my gosh, we've already done the best, most successful animated movie ever done. do we take it to the next level? >> we eager, because we just miss each other. it was exciting to get back in there. >> coming to work opposite these three is literally the greatest thing i could possibly ever imagine. >> we do have a lot of fun together. because idina feels like my sister, he feels lie ke my

boyfriend and josh feels like my son. >> reporter: she's on an incredible journey e. >> i saved from you my ex-boyfriend and did it all without powers. so, you know, i'm coming. >> the first movie, she was always a little more fearful of this power she had. this one she's more enthusiastic and optimistic. >> there's a lot of messaging in this movie. i feel like we did that in the first one, and the second one lives up to that. how do the learn from the past and help people around you. >> it takes complex themes and simp simplifies th simplifies them. >> reporter: the cast is confident they have struck a new chord. >> she journaled as ana, journaled as elsa to figure out what the next pivotal moment was. >> i had a lot of reservations. how do you match or top not only one of the biggest animated movies of all time but one of

the greatest animated musicals of all time. doing the sequel to a musical is not a thing. like people don't do them for a reason. it's very hard to make people forget about the songs that these songs have to live up to. and very early on, i think the first song i ever heard was "into the unknown", and i immediately was like, oh, right, like we are in the hands of the most gifted, creative team. >> they can't really write a bad song. ♪ let it go >> reporter: that creative team, husband and wife song writing duo, kristin and bobby who won the best oscar for l"let it go." this time around, each character has their own musical number. >> oh, my gosh, we have to come up with another "let it go." >> we never had that conversation at the dinner table. we wouldn't talk about that, because that would lock us into

a place of fear. and you can't write from a place of fear. true creative place in your mind comes from great stories and saying, oh, please, please let me take that moment when this character is feeling something so strongly that they can't even talk anymore and makes a big decision. it makes us go, literally want to steal the paper and say let me take this, give me an hour and i'll get it. >> we see a lot of excitement in each other's eyes. we would have done their without a movie coming out. it was fun to do. >> reporter: is it ever difficult to work together, husband and wife? >> it can be, of course. >> yes, it's a ton of give-and-take, and inspiring and making each other laugh. >> reporter: "frozen 2" has a couple new faces. sterling k brown and rachel wood. what's it like to be part of the family? >> a dream to come true. a, to be part of the disney family, but to be welcomed into

an already-established disney phenomenon was incredible. >> it has these wonderful light moments and these really probing questions about identity, where i come from, what is the next step in my life. >> reporter: i heard you on jimmy kim. a and they kind of joked about diversity. >> i don't care if it's based on a nordic myth or not, but everyone should be included in this one. and now we should get a chance to see ourselves in everything, especially when we're coming from our imaginations, right? that's really important. ♪ because for the first time >> reporter: the "frozen" franchise which is owned by disney, the parent company of abc news, expanded the limits of what we've come to imagine for princess films. >> the first one gave you these two heroins, but i like how christoph was represented. you have great lines. there's one point where he

rescues ana in the midst of a battle and doesn't say i'll take over, he says "i'm here, what do you need"? and i thought that was a beautiful thing to say to your partner. so egoless. a beautiful example for kids. >> reporter: a beautiful example for a new generation of "frozen" fans. i'm abbie >> "frozen" comes out soon. >> i can explain every natural phenomenon. the grass. anaction.k we started a non-profit community bank with a simple theory - give people a fair deal and real economic power. invest in the community, in businesses owned by women and people of color, in affordable housing. the difference between words and actions matters. that's a lesson politicians in washington could use right now. i'm tom steyer, and i approve this message.

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