states is essentially setting up a shadow foreign policy apparatus. for the people who will carry out his personal agenda, not the national agenda. and that's really at the heart of this whole thing, chris. not only is it abuse of power but urgently raises the question whether we have a government acting in the national interest or the personal political interest of the president. and the republicans give this a pass. and we as americans can't have confidence the president won't solicit further interference in the 2020 election. >> well, the committee cites that, the intelligence committee in this report today cites the president's defiance of lawful subpoenas and his threats to witnesses to make the case that the president has obstructed congress. to that point the report says the damage to our system of checks and balances and to the balance of power within our three branches of government will be long lasting and potential irrevocable if the president's ability to stone