hypothetical. if someone walks through those two doors wearing rain boots, a raincoat, and holding an umbrella with raindrops falling off of them, do you have to see outside that it is raining to presume or conclude that it might be raining as i? >> i understand or hypothetical. >> what this says to me is that ambassador sondland didn't see anything. he didn't see an umbrella, rain boots, anything. it wasn't there. i agree with representative scalise. what i take away at the end of the day is who knows what this guy thinks. but you certainly can't base and impeachment on anything he said because he talks out of all sides of his mouth, and he has these convenient memory lapses, and he is not the most articulate guy i've ever heard or has the best memory. >> laura: the rain boots, the