as you know, the nose count of who might defect on the impeachment vote is the hottest gossip in town. so far there is one democrat who appears to be defecting to the no side and a republican turned independent is ready to vote to impeach. >> thanks so much. the white house's decision to not send legal counsel like we accelerating the pace of house democrats impeachment probe. let's turn to civil rights attorney and matt gorman. here is what one moderate democrat told cnn, quote, the fact of the matter is this has political consequences and the people who will suffer significant political consequences are moderate members. there is a lot of money being spent in districts. for our leadership not to engage with moderates at all to talk