proceed with this contempt of congress charge, and now republicans are saying, house republicans are saying we are going to do a full house vote next week on this. howard: right. but late friday a curveball that surprised a lot of us, hunter biden put out the word that he will do the closed door deposition, exactly what he had been fighting against. andy mccarthy, among others, saying they think he's going to plead the fifth because he's got this criminal case he doesn't want to endanger. so, alec, the white house must be frustrated every time he stages one of these spectacles because it pits the media spot lithe -- puts the media spotlight on his shady business practices and the impeachment inquiry into the president. >> yeah, and he is at the center of this, obviously. howard: yeah. >> looking at the president's potential financial benefits he may have reaped from his son's overseas business dealings. yeah. the white house when they've been asked about this have largely said he's a private citizen, hunter biden. we have no control over what he