bring in the whistle-blower but trying to figure out how to protect his or her identity. >> manu raju on capitol hill. we have the former chairman of the house intelligence committee here and former chairman rodgers. obviously no decision has been made. so this is notes wh -- this is what is happening. but what do you make of it? the idea that house democrats are so weary that some house republicans would leak the identity of the whistle-blower and president trump is demanding to know his identity and they might share his or her identity. that is pretty striking. >> it is. i'm going to throw a red flag here a minute. the very fact that they've released the witness with the whistle-blower statement told me they weren't really thinking about the whistle-blower protection up front. so i think when you engage in the sharp elbowed partisan attacks, nothing benefits. that being said, i do believe the whistle-blower deserves to have his or her identity protected in this particular case. having it leak out that we don't