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So there's more evidence that will be directed here. and the white house acting chief of staff played in this matter. so that's some of the things that i think a second whistle-blower may lend some light to. >> you just noted the republican response to this and you brought up the president's comments on the south lawn inviting china to investigate the president. some republicans haven't been silent about it. they say the whole thing is a joke. listen. >> i think again, i think he did it to gig you guys. >> i doubt if the china comment was serious, to tell you the truth. >> you really think he ...

>> reporter: some republicans tried to explain that with deflection, claiming trump was just kidding. >> well i doubt if the -- the china comment was serious to tell you the truth. >> reporter: cnn contacted more than 80 gop congressional offices about the president inviting china to investigate his political rival. barely a handful responded. most notably, mitt romney who said the president's brazen and unprecedented appeal to china and to ukraine to investigate joe biden is wrong and appalling. in response, the president went after romney calling him pompous and a fool. clearly intended as a...

It's all just a joke. you just don't get it. you don't get the president's incredibly savvy sense of sense of humor. >> i think he did it to gig you guys. >> i don't think the china comment was serious, to tell you the truth. >> you really he was serious about thinking china is going to investigate the biden family? >> so jeffrey, how effective is that as an argument? again, when we have the evidence of the president leaning on other world leaders? >> the joke defense is a big part of the trump playbook. the famous speech he gave during the campaign. russia if you're listening, find hillary cl...

>> dana, thank you very much. let's call it what it is, this crisis of conscience in the republican party is on full display regarding trump's request for ukraine and china to help a political rival. mitt romney and others have found themselves under heavy twitter attack from this president. the handful of republicans who are publicly standing up for the president are mounting an unorthodoxed defense, insisting you can't take the president's word seriously, claiming trump was just joking when he spoke on the white house lawn and asked china to investigate joe biden. #. >> i don't think it's a ...

>> i doubt if the china comment was serious, to tell you the truth. >> you think he is serious that china is going to investigate the biden family? >> cnn contacted the offices of 80 lawmakers in the house and senate, but few responded. ♪ we told you of the homeless woman that was singing opera in the subway. >> i'm so glad about that. i could touch you with my voice. thank you so much for all that is happening right now. i really thank you. i'm so overwhelmed. >> since the video of her first wednesday viral, there it is, in the subway, a los angeles city council member has helped her gett...