>> reporter: and the president appearing to change his tune as more republican lawmakers are saying that the phone call did raise concerns for them. it is not something they would have done but that is it is not impeachable, jake. we'll wait and see what the president has to say at the matter at the rally tonight and whether he continues to change his tune on that matter. jake. >> pamela, thank you. let's chew over this. mike rodgers, as the former chairman of the house intelligence committee, do you think that the republicans should take the whistle-blower's attorney mark zaid up on his offer and if they have questions for the whistle-blower, who it looks like he might not actually testify, submit them to him and they don't have to go through the democratic chairman and he'll do his best to get them answered? what do you think. >> they should take advantage of it. ly say in the sense of fairness, everything they do in this process that doesn't have appearance of fairness is going to haunt them. it is further divides the country. i don't like any of it. i do think if you're going to do an investigation which is an