of the activities described yesterday is important to the republican case. that staffer by the way will be deposed on friday. so we could hear his side of the story and move this ball forward a little bit further. maybe as early as next week. >> and we are watching, garrett, a couple things here in this impeachment inquiry. the fallout and framing, which you have talked through here, from both democrats and republicans, number two critically, what will gordon sondland say. he is on the other end of the call on july 26th between president trump and him according to bill taylor. number three, will there be a shift in sentiment? it seems like that is what white house allies we have been talking to are looking for not just to public opinion but republican opinion as well. i want to bring in peter on that because you've been talking with your white house sources. >> speaking of white house sources and those outside the white house close to the president who as you described earlier in the setup of this conversation described yesterday as a nothing burger, not surprisingly, they also said as