good evening. we began the program last night saying that yesterday could prove to be one of the most consequential days in donald trump's presidency. well, today could prove to be one of the weirdest. that's because a day after the diplomat and five decade long public servant william taylor laid out the ukraine quid pro quo to house impeachment committee members, about two dozen conservative republican lawmakers decided to engage in a publicity stunt, storming the secure conference room or scif where a senior pentagon official, laura cooper, was about to testify to both democratic and republican lawmakers. some of them held up their phones to record their storming of a secure room and held up proceedings for about five hours, demanding to witness the closed-door testimony, complaining loudly about due process in the way the hearings are being run. but keeping 'em honest, there are several reasons why their complaints just simply do not add up. for one, it's not like