least my incoming is republicans understand the potential damage here. >> reporter: let me give you some context. the public message right now is process. that's it. you have a couple of the president's most ardent defenders trying to point to what other people said as perhaps carrying precedent over what taylor testified last night. i was talking to a republican lawmaker, a very close defender of the president who was laying out why he thought there were problems with taylor's testimony. then he paused and said, i'm going to be honest with you, today wasn't a great day for us. bill taylor, based on his career and based on how detailed his testimonyntation, there is a recognition this is a potential issue. that said, republicansss is the fight that they want to have right now. that's how they feel they can get their message across. resol senate condemning the democratic process saying it has no