appropriate. but a lot of questions swirling around whether or not he is going to cooperate with the demands by house democrats for documents and likely for him to come and testify, as this impeachment inquiry gets under way, and given that he is going to be out by the end of the year. >> and jeff bennett, obviously a lot of conversation has been had since mm mick mulvaney's news conference. what are you hearing on capitol hill? >> caller: chris, i can tell you that minutes after that remarkable press briefing wrapped up yesterday, we caught up with adam schiff and he told me in his view that things have gone very, very bad to much, much worse for the trump administration. we should be clear about one thing, though. the law makes plain that it is illegal for any person to accept anything of value from a foreign national in connection with a u.s. election. you do not need a quid pro quo for a violation to occur. and that is regardless of whatever mick mulvaney said that he's now trying to unsay.