this is something republicans worry about but democrats want to keep going at this point. they want to talk to senator chris van hollin. what are republicans afraid of? that's what democrats are intent on letting happen. julie: let's look right to the president. we have heard from rudy giuliani numerous times since he took over as a presence attorney and he's been trying to negotiate from 5 topics to two to narrow the focus to sit down with robert mueller the special counsel and they essentially say they want all the focus to be on russia. republicans are trying to rush this along. they want to get to the truth. >> of course but they also want to get -- they want us this to be over soon as possible. julie: you are in washington and that doesn't happen. i will see you at the bottom of the hour to talk further. thanks for joining us and we will see you in a bit. right now china making the move in the south china sea likely to