stick to the schedule they could vote on articles of impeachment before christmas. cnn's kristen holmes is in west palm beach this morning in florida and where the president has also been celebrating the thanksgiving holiday. good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, martin. that is exactly right. so essentially yesterday, chairman nadler, the chairman of the judiciary committee, sent out a letter extending the deadline for when the white house had to respond whether or not they were actually going to participate in this impeachment hearing. right now, our sources say they are reviewing this proposal, but that they're leaning towards not sending an attorney. here is why that might raise some questions. during the entire beginning of the impeachment proceedings we heard president trump over and over again saying that the entire reason that this wasn't fair was because he didn't have representation. take a listen. >> there was no due process.