they included gordon sondland, the u.s. ambassador to the european union. expert with the u.n. security council, before she stepped down. >> she laid out how the president was being driven by conspiracy theories. >> these are harmful, even if deployed for purely domestic purposes. former national security advisor, john bolton. the question was are there enough visitors? >> the week before christmas, the house impeached him on both articles. it was a historic step. donald trump became the third u.s. president to suffer the same fate. after andrew johnson and bill clinton. >> the senate's fair process will continue an inquiry. >> they were ready to end it almost as soon as it began. >> the senate impeachment trial began january 16th, 2020, lasting two weeks. >> donald trump's legal team was very effective. >> you are being asked to remove a dually elected president of the united states and you're being asked to do it in an election year. in an election year? >> all but two blocked a dramatic vote to call witnesses. it helped pave the way for an acquittal. for

>> they included gordon sondland, ambassador to the european union. >> the answer is yes. >> she wasepped down. >> she laid out how the president was being driven by conspiracy theories. >> these are harmful even if they're for purely domestic purposes. >> democrats had solid witnesses, but they failed to land the testimony on the quid pro quo question from fiona hill's boss, former national security adviser john bolton. >> that was a big thing. the question was are there enough firsthand witnesses to the president's behavior. >> the yeas are 230. >> a week before christmas, the house impeached president trump on both articles. >> article 1 is adopted. >> it was an historic step. donald trump became the third u.s. president to suffer the same fate after andrew johnson and bill clinton. >> the senate's fair process will draw a sharp contrast with the unfair inquiry that was carried out. >> the senate majority went into this ready to end it almost as soon as it began. >> hear ye, hear ye, hear ye. >> it lasted two weeks. >> donald trump's legal team was very effective. >> you are being

. >> most of us understood for quite some time there was a quid pro quo when gordon sondland testifiedthe loop. >> i think that's right. some of us were in the loop trying to stop it, however. and mark esper, the defense secretary, mike pompeo, secretary of state and i were all trying to get trump to release the security assistance to ukraine. we probably tried eight or ten different meetings with the president to do that. one such conversation i had with him, and that was the point where he made the clearest statement that i heard that describes a quid pro quo. and you've said if you were a republican senator you would have voted to convict? >> on that basis, yes. >> the cnn special report airs this monday at 10:00 p.m. following the documentary on joe biden's political journey. that's at 8:00 p.m. eastern. coming up, these are live pictures you're looking at of louisville, kentucky, where protesters are marching towards the site of kentucky derby, demanding justice for breonna taylor. >> weather consultants do not want us to talk silence on air. they think you do not understand those