all of the work the democrats have been doing is playing defense to donald trump's litigation challenges, and we will not prevail on this by just taking the defense. i believe in chairman nadler and what he's doing and i think he's begun an investigation that could lead to impeachment, it may not lead to impeachment. it is an appropriate inquiry. >> you keep talking straight to the american people about it. when up had your reservations, said what they were. when you had convictions, you said what they were. i believe that's what the people are going to expect here. to the extent there's a hesitation, what you see in the polls is they don't want more sneaky stuff going on. so straight talk is the currency. >> i couldn't agree with you more. and, chris, i think we also have a responsibility to lead with that straight talk. to just hold our finger up to the wind to see what the polls show doesn't take care of it. we have a responsibility under the constitution to go out and