almost ready to buy more javelins from the united states for defense purposes and president trump replies, "i would like you to do us a favor, though." >> you just added another word. >> no. it's in the transcript. >> "i'd like you to do a favor, though." >> it's in the white house transcript. >> for more, we have former trump white house lawyer and cnn legal commentator jim schultz, also republican strategiest and cnn political commentator ana navarro. heard the president's allies defending him, casting aspersions on the whistle-blower. do you think this is a dangerous time? i mean, how seriously -- i'm wondering what you make of the president's defenders' reactions to this. >> if it wasn't so serious, it would be funny. what we're seeing is a theater of the absurd. you got the top republican in the house of representatives who goes on "60 minutes" without knowing what the transcript said, without having read it and gets fact checked in reeltialti.