fought next to the u.s. forces figure in this inquiry because she's the first defense essentially so vulnerable to the department official to do so. turks and now to the russians. everyone weave heard from so far has either come from the i think that is why you're seeing that strong bipartisan department of state or has been a former administration pushback. there seemed to be a hope official. remember the administration has been trying to stonewall this earlier this week and the inquiry completely. so just by the very fact that weekend that the president would leave a residual force in the cooper showed up shows that perhaps at least the department area. when he was asked about this, he of defense will in some way be sort of disputed those claims. cooperating as well. i'll be curious to see, craig, frankly, democrats may not need if, in fact, he determines a ton more from any of these witnesses after what they got ultimately that it is necessary to leave a small group of u.s. troops in the region at the yesterday from ambassador bill taylor. remember he's the acting border, for example, just to ambassador in ukraine, formerly help police the region which is so volatile. so i think you're absolutely an ambassador to that country. right, the white house not he drew, sources have conceded, prepared for the level of the most direct line yet between pushback. likely, craig, that's part of the aid being held up and the why president trump feels as though it's necessary to come president of the united out and make this statement states -- one portion of his prepared remarks which we today. it's worth noting, it comes on obtained reads in part, by mid july, it was becoming clear to the heels of that day, that me that the meeting president bombshell testimony yesterday on capitol hill in which the top diplomat to ukraine essentially zelensky wanted was conditioned on the investigations of burris connected the dots of what he