and galvanize their base so as to hold republicans in place. you saw your poll yesterday, 90% of republicans still approve of the president. as long as these republican representatives and senators feel that the base is in the throttle of the president, i think thaw feel they can dodge this process. >> i think it's very interesting to hear the talking points from the republican side. when you hear them repeated over and over as we heard from sean duffy it means there's some coordinated effort. it seems today the coordinated effort is he deserves -- the president deserves due process. this is to happen out in the open. that's what happens to americans. why is this happening behind closed doors. was all ken starr's investigation done out in the open for bill clinton? >> no it wasn't. but i think sean duffy and company are right about some of these process issues. i don't understand why these are behind closed doors. >> one of the arguments is that -- >> line up their testimony.