that text message sent after the conversation that sondlin had with president trump sondlin goes on to say: in that same text message sondlin says to taylor: >>> now the source i talked to said contrary to what some people are inferring from that very last text about taking the conversation offline, sondlin was not trying to kill the conversation. in fact he goes to say to taylor if he continues to have concerns that he give lisa kenna the state department executive secretary or secretary of state state mike pompeo a call to discuss it directly. basically sondlin was saying these are serious issues. we should stop texting about them and pick up the phone and have a conversation about it. >> john roberts. house democrats say they're working on their next move. it is a subpoena. to force ambassador sondlin to testify. in addition there is enormous fallout over president trump's decision to pull u.s. troops out of northeastern syria leaving u.s. allies to themselves. now the president has a message from turkey why that country's vice president says turks don't bow down to threats. it's al

sondlin also appears to plan to testify.hey were saying she was a credible witness, moved by what she heard. the republicans took issue with the process and said this should be playing out in public. sar sara murray, cnn. >> with perspective, thomas gift joins us. from university of college london live this hour in our london bureau. good to have you with us. let's start with rudy giuliani. his activities digging up dirt on the bidens. "new york times" reporting giuliani is facing a criminal investigation by federal prosecutors into whether he broke lobbying laws with two of his associates arrested for campaign finance violations. we even see the president of the united states distancing himself from his own attorney. watch this. >> well, i don't know. i haven't spoken to rudy. i spoke to him yesterday briefly. he is a very good attorney, and he has been my attorney. >> we do understand that giuliani is still mr. trump's attorney. for how much longer, who knows? given what we know so far, should giuliani be concerned? >> wel