there was no involvement from the white house in this event and, of course, beyond that they had no comment on the situation that was developing on capitol hill. >> what about also manu talked about bill taylor's testimony from yesterday and just in, hearing for the first time president trump responded eed tweet. tweeted never trumper republican john ballinger represents never trumper pshgs bill taylor, pr n parentheses who i don't know, in testimony before congress. do nothing democrats allow republicans zero representation. zero due process. and zero transparency. the testimony shows, francesca, quid pro quo without a doubt. >> reporter: also he says they need to stop hiring "never trumpers." sound like he might need to put in a call to his secretary of state mike pompeo. the reason bill taylor was even