doors is going to come out for the public to see this transparency, my republican friends say they want this out in the open. i don t think this will help their case. both three of these folks are very credible witnesses. seriously, is there a way to avoid this becoming a complete show? reporter: yeah, i mean, well, i don t know, what do you do to bill taylor? do you attack him? he went to west point. he s got a distinguished service record serving republican presidents. i don t know how you attack him. yeah. reporter: or even ambassador yovanovitch. i m not sure about george kent. i don t see easy attacks on any of these folks. so you ve seen the reaction from your republican colleagues throughout the process and since that big revision from sondland last night. some of their reaction. do you see a universal possibility where what is said publicly changes, changed, sways opinion of your former