goes on and on. the word now used because aft effort one year of looking endlessly and finding nothing, collusion is dead. this is, in the president s words an american disgrace. several republicans on the committee are des missing the argument that the memo vindicated the president. kellyanne conway, the president s counselor at the white house, defending her boss. take a listen. if the schiff memo is going to come forward, then go ahead. we re for transparency and accountability. you can t argue this, not under uth oath, through the cable tv wars. people are saying things that are simply not true hoping they will come true. more specifically about that memo, a white house official tells me today the white house will treat the democratic memo, again being voted on this afternoon, just as they treated the republican one. stephanie. well, we ll see. i want to bring my panel in on this. phil rutger, washington post white house bureau chief.