Two Seattle men in spotlight on President Trump

There were two pictures that went viral after Wednesday's conflict at the White House.

First, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was snapped confronting the president over Syria. Then she walked out when he called her a third- rate politician.

That left Seattle Rep. Adam Smith sitting right across the table from President Donald Trump as the camera captured the look on his face.

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We asked what the congressman was thinking.

"The president says a lot of things that are questionable, let's put it that way. That don't match up with the facts. And when he says things like that, I have to, like, 'Ooh -what, really?'"

Trump is now facing both impeachment-- and condemnation for pulling American troops out of Syria.

"I think it's a very dangerous moment, but I will offer what I think is a piece of positive news," said Smith.

"We did have, after the fireworks there, a pretty substantive chat about what do we do going forward."

Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland went forward with his testimony in the Ukraine scandal despite objections from the White House.

"It's always important to show up when Congress calls," Sondland said as he arrived at the Capitol.

Sondland is a 1975 graduate of Mercer Island High School. He grew up to own Seattle's Hotel Theodore and Hotel Max.

He gave $1 million to the Trump campaign and was appointed ambassador to the European Union.

His text messages link him to the effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate Trump's political adversaries.

His opening statement said: "Withholding foreign aid in order to pressure a foreign government to take such steps would be wrong. I did not and would not ever participate in such undertakings."

Smith says he's focused the nation's business, regardless.

"We're trying to sort of get through the political noise and personal insults and get the job done."

Cox Media Group