this couldn't be worse for the president to have the stakes of the conflict that he has with the gop over turkey/syria issues happen in the midst of this itch peoplement. it can make the gop lose the patience across the board. if they vote on sanctions, that's a signal they need to let some of the presentation out. >> great story. >> i have my eye on the calendar for the other event. impeachment and how problematic it's becoming and complicated for both democrats and republicans, actually. there was talk about having an impeachment vote in the house before christmas. i think that's still a hope among house democratic leaders. but theimpeachment is not over. we have the a witness depositived at the end of last week. david holmes may be called for a public session. we have eight witnesses coming up this week. one of whom gordon sondland may have to slip given the information they're hearing. the idea a vote before christmas