evening, president trump refused to answer questions about impeachment. he's portrayed himself as a one- man war room as he battles democrats trying to oust him from office. >> i'm the team. >> reporter: but now cbs news has learned that former florida attorney general pam bondi and former treasury spokesman tony sayegh are expected to join the white house and help the president with impeachment messaging. >> america's for trump and so am i. >> reporter: bondi is a longtime political ally of president trump, who has even appeared alongside him at white house events. sources tell cbs news the white house is also decided to have government lawyers handle the president's legal defense. during the special council investigation, the president relied on the team of outside personal attorneys, including rudy giuliani, to represent him in the criminal investigation and on television. today the president praised the attorney who will be leading the impeachment defense effort, white house counsel pat cipollone.