mention, however, is that the chinese were thrown off guard today. i spoebke with the chinese diplomat after the comments were made with friday, and it was quite chaotic. trump wanted the chinese to invest gate joe joe beaden via the report and the chinese had no interest in getting involved in the u.s. political process. we'll see how this plays out. we haven't seen a formal response from the china ease yet. >> thank you very much. significant in light of the request to china to investigate joe biden. i want to go to capitol hill with manu raju with the crucial testimony still unfolding where you are. that text that i was just sharing and you know so much more. what are you learning about what volker has been telling congress today? >> reporter: right. he's been in there for nine and a half hours and we are told that he actually just left. it appears that it finally