right to withhold aid. >> i consider any impeachment in the house that doesn't allow us to know who the whistleblower is to be invalid because without the whistleblower complaint, we wouldn't be talking about any of this. and i also see the need for hunter biden to be called to adequately defend the president. if you don't do those two things, it's a complete joke. >> reporter: republicans on the house side have sent a list of witnesses they would like to see come forward in public phase of this impeachment inquiry, sending this list to house democrats that would have approve the witnesses to come forward. among the individuals, are hunter biden, joe biden's son, as well as the whistleblower, the anonymous intelligence official whose complaints about trump's call sparked the entire impeachment inquiry. but democrats don't seem inclined to accept those requests. the president will have an opportunity to shift the narrative on wednesday, as the first witnesses come forward. the president has a scheduled joint news conference at the