that a parade of witnesses, most of them career diplomats have come forward and testified on capitol hill and essentially corroborated much of the whistle proceeder's complaints. and i think as this investigation nears its public phase, it's going to be more and more untenable for republicans to simply ignore the allegations against the president or to pretend that these witnesses are not credible. they're trying to move the goal post and suggest that his actions don't amount to a quid pro quo. although, his testimony suggests otherwise. >> to you, kaylin collins has interesting reporting that just crossed. at a meeting call yesterday with republican senators on the hill, the vice president, make pence, his message was, stick with the transcripts. the white house released transcripts of that july 25th call between president trump and president zelensky. >> that is your defense, stick with the transcript. have you dpleend anything from