pelosi and her caucus are balking because they know their case is in mcconnell's view deficient and thin. >> looks like the prosecutors you are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second guessing whether they even want to go to trial. they said impeachment was so urgent it could not wait for due process and now content to sit on their hands. >> go to our cnn senior white house correspondent pamela brown there in washington. we know the view on capitol hill. take me behind the scenes at the white house. the president's counting on a speedy trial, exoneration. how worried that may be delayed? >> reporter: there's certainly frustration behind the scenes in the white house. brooke, that this trial, that the president has been looking forward to, where he has been hoping this will be his final chance for vindication and it could be delayed with words nancy pelosi is delaying turning over the articles of impeachment.