politically, the reality is that they know it could very much hurt anybody who is on the ticket, up against donald trump, if it goes from an investigation and inquiry, further down the road. >> important point, indeed. laura coates, from a legal perspective, how does a vote in the judiciary committee today, what does it accomplish? does it give, for example, the congress more authority to get specific detailed information? >> well, it actually lays out a scenario of how they're able to actually conduct the investigation that they want to use that word. it's one of those just so we're clear, how this is going to work as it follows. first of all, jerry nadler now has the authority to convert committee hearings into impeachment hearings. that's a heck of a magic wand to be able to wave, if and when they do, certainly wrestle with and do away with the semantics argument. also they've outlined how specifically they're going to be answering questions.