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LIVE on @MSNBC: Testifying in the Trump impeachment inquiry this morning:

• Fiona Hill, former top Russia expert for the White House

• David Holmes, senior diplomat at the US Embassy in Ukraine

TEXT: Fiona Hill's opening statement in impeachment hearing. nbcnews.to/2XypxUg

Live now on @MSNBC: Rep. Nunes delivers opening statement at impeachment hearing.

David Holmes, senior diplomat at the US Embassy in Ukraine, delivers opening statement.

LIVE BLOG: Latest news and analysis as Fiona Hill and David Holmes testify in impeachment inquiry. nbcnews.to/2OsXqSs

WATCH: Holmes explains that the new Ukrainian president saw a White House meeting with President Trump as critical in order to send a message of US support to Russian President Putin.

Fiona Hill, former top Russia expert for the White House, delivers opening statement.

WATCH: Fiona Hill, former top Russia expert for the White House:

"I have heard some of you on this committee appear to believe that Russia" didn't meddle in the 2016 election "and that perhaps, somehow, for some reason, Ukraine did. This is a fictional narrative..."

Live now on @MSNBC: Analysis of the impeachment hearing.

Fmr. Amb. McFaul says Fiona Hill's testimony is "very damning" for President Trump.
on.msnbc.com/2XBIPZ5

LIVE on @MSNBC: Fiona Hill and David Holmes resume impeachment testimony.

.@GarrettHaake on Democrats' questioning of Fiona Hill at impeachment hearing: "I think they are going to want and going to use her as a proxy for John Bolton in a number of ways – about what his view was about this entire Ukraine scandal." on.msnbc.com/2D3GZ9N

WATCH: Fiona Hill says Sondland wasn't coordinating with her and her staff:

"He was being involved in a domestic political errand, and we were being involved in national security foreign policy."
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"I did say to him, 'I think this is all going to blow up' — and here we are."