there are 46 republicans members who are setting in on these committees. and republicans did the same thing when they investigated benghazi or fast and furious or all these other cases. so the ground is collapsing undernaet republican feet and they're trying to distract us from the fact that the case against donald trump is growing and strengthening. >> go ahead, rick. >> yeah. well, first off i don't think it's a distraction at all. i think process actually does matter. >> but does it matter as much as the substance? i'm sorry to interrupt. >> it does. >> every time we talk to a republican, they pivot to process. >> number one, i'm not pivoting to process. you asked me about process. the question you asked me about was them walking in and i gave an answer. i'm not pivoting at all. i am saying having someone who's gone through this process before, i can tell you that having been in those meetings with -- because i was, you know, involved as the sort of go between between the house and senate during the clinton impeachment, process was everything.