>> good evening once again on our nbc news here in new york. day 1,051 of this trump administration. the trump's white house is taking a pass on taking part the next portion, the next phase of the impeachment process. as you may know on monday, the house judiciary led by jerry nadler will hold a public hearing, this time on the evidence against president trump. at 5:00 p.m. eastern time today, to the surprise of no one really, the white house signalled it will not be taking part in monday's session or any proceedings of the house. the in query is baseless and adding you should end this in query and not wasting more time on additional hearings. the white house signalled it is gearing up for the longer fight ahead. >> if they're going to do this,