said they hadn't found the time to read the whistle-blower report. they had not gotten into it, but the republican senators who've been coming in and out of this intel committee meeting behind me meeting with the dni and now the inspector general of the intelligence committee have come out with a little bit more of a serious tone here saying there's a lot in this. they want to take it very seriously. while they are getting briefed they are not commenting. some like susan collins have said she won't discuss this at all until the house decides what it's going to do about impeachment. but republican senators including some of those who are more typically allied with president trump and i'm not saying a large number but at least a few are holding back a little bit on this where they continue to be briefed. and again at least on this side of the house the senate side taking things a bit more seriously. let me just ask you about what susan collins said. she said i'm not commenting on this because impeachment i would be a juror which is kind of the way it works, right? because the house prosecutes the senate, you know, deliberates and votes. some might say that felt like a