In public we would be at a stalemate. I understood a stalemate to mean that ukraine would not receive the muchneeded military assistance. If you are keeping track at home, bill taylor is the fourth person to tell us that there was a quid pro quo. The president did on the phone call with zelensky on july 25th. Mick mulvaney did from the White House Briefing room. Senator ron johnson said it in an interview with the wall street journal. Starting at 10 00 a. M. Today, lawmakers were supposed to hear from Deputy Assistant secretary of defense laura cooper. She was expected to tell them about the decision to withhold military aid from ukraine despite the pentagons urging that it be released. It is 2 00 p. M. Now. She has still not started. Thats because House Republicans led by matt gaetz stormed the scif, or secure room, they refused to leave, and they brought their cell phones, which is a major violation of the rules. And some might argue National Security. Joining me from capitol hill, n