democratic presidential candidate. and former california attorney general. senator harris, a lot to ask. first of all, i guess what do you make of jim acosta's reporting that the president's allies are concerned he doesn't actually understand the gravity of this impeachment fight? >> well, i mean, to be very candid, i don't think he has ever understood the gravity of the job, period. and this is serious. this is a very serious matter. we are talking about the fact, as confessed by the president essentially, with plenty of evidence including a cover-up and including clear evidence of consciousness of guilt, that the president of the united states used american taxpayer dollars to -- and held them hostage with an expectation of favor from the head of a foreign government. he should be concerned, but i don't know that he's ever demonstrated empathy on one end of the scale or consciousness of guilt in any real way on the other end. and so -- but i think he's going