From NBC News, this is a special bonus episode of Article 2 inside impeachment.

I'm Steve Kurnaki. Today is Tuesday, October 29th, and we're breaking our

usual format because it has turned into a very big day on Capitol Hill.

Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman is now testifying behind closed doors.

He is the first witness to testify who was actually on that July 25th phone call between

President Trump and Ukrainian President

Zelinsky. There wasn't much hype around his deposition until late last

night. That is when Vindman's opening statement was leaked to the press.

Vindman says in it that he reported two incidents involving the president's

handling of Ukraine to higher-ups at the National Security Council.

I've got Rebecca Chabad on the line from Capitol Hill.

She's a congressional reporter for NBC News. Hey Rebecca, how are you?

I'm good. How are you, Steve? Well, I'm good, but obviously you're in the center of the storm there.

I mean, we're just up here in New York watching this on television.

We've got the video of Vinman showing up this morning.

He's in a full military uniform as he as he heads into the capital complex obviously

then behind closed doors so just just tell us to start maybe before we get to all

the details here maybe just set the scene up there on Capitol Hill.

What is it like there right now?

In Venman, another one of these names, I think a lot of people, myself included, just didn't

know anything about him, weren't even talking about him

until the last couple days so so who is he who is this person that they were all

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