question. if ambassador taylor didn't actually hear the president say these things then does factor into how much weight to give his testimony? it would obviously be more useful to the democrats to hear it from somebody like john bolton or mick mulvaney who actually are in the oval office or was in the case of john bolton before he was pushed out. or left of his own accord depending on who you believe but think haven't been able to get them there refusing to testify. doesn't look like the democrats are waiting for any court action to compel them and think they have enough to go with what they've got and may be right for a party line vote but probably won't change any republicans' minds. >> the corollary, peter, the argument for hearsay probably has a time limit, a timer on it before that runs out. our thanks to our big three returning veterans for starting us off, phippen rucker, tamara keith, peter baker, greatly appreciated. gang, coming up for us, speaker pelosi uses that word bribery against the president. we'll ask a former prosecutor