level of impeachable high crimes and misdemeanors. third, what are the consequences for our national security, for the integrity of our elections and for our country, if we fail to act? >> this is not about ukraine. the facts are on the president's side. zelensky said he wasn't pressured. ukrainians didn't know aid was held at the time of the call and more importantly, they did nothing to get the aid released. this is about one basic fact -- the democrats have never accepted the will of the american people. three weeks ago, nancy pelosi called the president of the united states an imposter and the attacks on the president started before the election. >> reporter: if wednesday is the opening statement, thursday is going to be the legislative action. there's going to be a lot of back and forth. it will be very long. it will probably be very dense in terms of what they are doing. but bottom line is this -- you're going to see republicans draft and try to propose a number of amendments to change the two articles of impeachment that have been presented by house democrats. they will not be looking to