beyond the white house response and the politics in the senate, what does it mean if u.s. presidents are allowed, with no punishment -- >> right. >> -- to ask, pressure, whatever, other countries to investigate domestic political rivals. what does that mean for american democracy? let's take the democrats argument here at face vaul value. what does it mean. >> it means an american president can cast about for dirt be is it real or unreal to any foreign power they wanted to and possibly use the levers of his government and taxpayers' money as this document alleges the president did. this would be a terrible precedent for a american president to do this and to have foreign powers interfere in american elections and that is what you hear schiff saying over and over again. they have to draw the line here. listen, democrats didn't want to be here. pelosi was dragged here and schiff was dragged here and they hear the call of history and the call of precedent that said,