that mr. swruliany was furthering was in my view impeding our ability to build the relationship. he added interestingly, hanging over everyone's head in the expert community is is there some grand bargain with russia where we throw ukraine under the bus? here was the reaction from the white house press secretary. >> the transcripts that were released today show exactly what the president has been saying all along, and that is that he did nothing wrong and that there was no quid pro quo. so these transcripts are actually, they're good for the president, showing again this entire time he's been telling the truth. >> on capitol hill republicans seem to be honing their strategy to attack the impeachment inquiry. there are now discussions under way to replace ohio congressman jim jordan, a trump defender at all costs on the intelligence committee ahead of public televised hearings, but today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell tried to toss cold