is paying attention and will be for days to come, but we at axios got exclusive data that showed that actually a lot of the debate topics didn t breakthrough the online noise. the stories with the most engagement online last week according to this data had to do with tulsi gabbard and her feud with hillary clinton, aoc endorsing bernie sanders and warren taking on the billiona e billionair billionaires. while tulsi gabbard and elizabeth warren are running for president, that engagement and online attention wasn t necessarily tied to the debates. i want to touch on the impeachment inquiry, house intel chair adam schiff taking on a very prominent role amidst the trump impeachment inquiry. why is that so significant? if we think back to president bill clinton s impeachment trial, ken starr, the independent special counsel and investigator was sort of the face of that inquiry and trial. democrats haven t ruled out the fact of having an outside special counsel come to oversee this pro