said, this has reached the threshold for impeachment. we need you to make a statement. we need house democrats to make a formal statement. so politically she was showing solidarity with them while letting the committees in the coming days and weeks still work out the exact process. >> well, in terms of that process, then, alexi, and in terms of democrats' commitment to not just opening an inquiry, but have some kind of a vote on impeachment if it were to come to that, how much now in terms of their political thinking on this, their strategic thinking on this -- how much is going to depend on what happens when that transcript is released tomorrow, apparently what happens when the whistle-blower's complaint is heard, maybe the whistle-blower him or herself is heard from. how much of that is going to dictate whether this is something that leads to democrats having a vote here? >> i think those are the most important things that will dictate whether that happens. the transcript is helpful, but democrats have said that's simply not enough. they want the full