constantly hobble a democratic president, duly elected. >> michael zeldin, unchecked authority? is that what the president has? >> he has broad authority, but that authority is checked by his obligation to act on behalf of the united states and not on behalf of himself. and the allegations here, the facts of which we don't know, all seem to imply that the president may have been acting on behalf of his own interests, his own campaign interests. and not the interests of the united states. so were it the case that he was only acting on behalf of the united states, then matt's argume argument, but it's not known yet how the president was acting and what gave rise to the complaint. >> rachael, it strikes me listening to rudy giuliani last night that in a moment, even, his position moved from defending and denying to justifying, frankly. what he did here, which was, you know, go there and try to pursue, pressure the ukrainian