forward to testify to corroborate aspects of the complaint already known, when it becomes a circus atmosphere as opposed to the substantive defense of the conduct or substantive attack of the conduct. in the event it would not be productive and also undermine why we have the protection act in the first place. >> let's step back and i want to talk about the immediate future. and ron, bringing back memories of the clinton impeachment, what do you expect to see in the next hours as the house judiciary committee does the final edit, called a markup of the articles of impeachment and vote on it tomorrow and the process of editing starts tonight and a final floor vote next week. >> probably next week. a lot of the lines have been engraved. we've seen the republicans on both committees, intelligence and judiciary committee have shown no inclination to grapple with the underlying facts and rather attack the process.