of a united states are not impeachable, then nothing is impeachable. i cannot imagine when asked directly, my republican colleagues on this committee, do you think it is proper for a president to ask a foreign country to interfere in our elections? i can't imagine that their answer would be yes. so why they're deflecting, while they're talking process, while they're talking about other investigations, why they are mouthing the false narrative that we know it was established, it was putin's, that ukraine was somehow involved in the interference of the 2016 election, i can't imagine an elected official wanting to put forward the narrative that benefits putin and that is utterly untrue. >> congresswoman dean, you had a long day today. you got a long day ahead of you. >> we do. >> get some sleep. we appreciate you joining us. thank you so pumuch. >> thank you for having any. >> let's bring in now phil mattingly. he's on capitol hill. phil, same to you.