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Perhaps participate in future impeachment proceedings. nadler giving the white house to mount a public defense at this phase of the impeachment inquiry if they so choose. the white house is still weighing whether to do that, but they want more information what those house judiciary proceedings beyond just wednesday will look like. so that door is still open. but wednesday when president trump will be in london for the nato summit, the white house not taking this opportunity to have a lawyer present despite all their complaints about due process so far, alex. >> but, sarah, if we're parsing thi...

Proceedings aren't fair, that they haven't had the chance to have representation when they are passing on the first real serious opportunity that they've had to participate in the public phase of the hearings, alex. >> sarah, is the biggest question that the white house is grappling with the prospect of legitimizing this process by sending a legal team. they're not going to send the president but sending lawyers to these proceedings? >> reporter: well, one of the biggest things they're grappling with at this stage is how and when they're going to mount a robust public defense. that's been a co...

Because this first hearing is expected to be a more academic hearing with scholars, with legal experts about the importance and the history of impeachment. so the white house despite criticizing quite significantly the process in this first letter, they are still very much going to take, it seems, the next few days to at least entertain that next deadline, that invitation which they have to respond to by friday, right? >> that's right, alex. and the white house had really sort of painted themselves into a corner in this situation because on the one hand they spent this entire inquiry criticizi...

Good evening. i'm alex marquart in this evening for an acabrera. the president returned from his holiday weekend at hiss florida estate and he heads back to the white house it's not yet clear if he made a major deadline in the impeachment inquiry. the white house had until 6:00 p.m. eastern so an hour ago to let house democrats know whether or not the president is going to be sending a legal team to wednesday's impeachment hearing. that is the first one under the house judiciary committee. let's get straight to the white house and cnn's sarah westwood. sarah, any word now from officials on wha...