the next two or three weeks. you can't be precise about this because we need to interview a few more witnesses before we're in a position to do public hearings. my best guess is in the next two or three weeks there will be public, televised hearings. by the way, with all of the protections that republicans have demanded -- chris: we're going to get to that in a moment. another simple process question. foreign national security -- former national security adviser john bolton is scheduled to testify this week. has the house, has your committee, have the democrats subpoenaed him, and have you gotten a response from bolton or his lawyer? >> well, i believe john bolton has been subpoenaed. i'm not 100% shire about that, but i believe -- sure about that. but remember, john bolton is no longer an employee of the white house. so theoretically, the white house telling people that under their employ you can't show up doesn't apply to john bolton. john bolton is very important because, remember, john bolton -- hardly a friend to the democrats -- john bolton is reported to have said when he