process for other things. the republicans have really had a wasted opportunity this morning with their witness and we'll see how they try and recover after this break. >> jason, thank you for that. andrea mitchell, whose hour is normally is, our nbc news chief foreign affairs correspondent, obviously the host of "andrea mitchell reports", is along with us. andrea, i imagine, knowing you as i do, that your attention has been drawn overseas with the president's hasty departure from what is supposed to be a gathering of members of the alliance. >> having just boarded air force one, in fact. i'm torn between this split screen moment, we've had many of these that we've shared, brian, over the years. here you have this impeachment hearing which the president is clearly focused on, repeatedly mentioning it, including not only on the flight over but during lengthy press conferences that have been photo opportunities expanded, canceling the press conference, then having another bilateral meeting today and again calling