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they must stay in jaiail. i hope to have a normal country for my children and justice for my sister and all her stories. amy: and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. nermeen: and i'm nermeen shaikh. welcome to all of our listeners and viewers from around the country and around the world. "we followed the presidedent's orders." those were the words of u.s. ambassador gordon sondland wednesday as he told lawmakers that he helped pressure the ukrainian government to investigate joe biden and his son hunter. sondland acknowledged there was a quid pro quo tying u.s. military aid to ukraine with ukraine's announcement of a probe into the bidens. sondland also said secretary of state mike pompeo and vice president mike pence were aware of the campaign. sondland testified the officials knew that president trump conditioned the release of nearly $400 million in u.s. military aid and an overall office meeting with ukrainian president on a