it was a dumb thing to do. and it was in addition, quite seriously, abusive, clearly intended to intimidate the witness. i've been on the receiving end of presidential tweets about me and they have an impact on you. they are intimidating and they have an effect in the real world on your life. so that's my assessment of that, but with respect to the republicans defense as others were saying has been that nobody spoke to the president about what happened and so this, the statement apparently under oath by mr. holmes is a significant development and it does not help the president whatsoever. >> does not. and we're going to be sure to hear iraqs, a transcript of that deposition at some point as well. be hearing from the ambassador, he'll be testifying publicly on wednesday. everybody stand by. we're going to have a lot more on the democrat makt developments. we're also following a really major breaking story here in washington. president trump's associate and