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In particular. one democratic lawmaker, and they said, they have the president's words, the president's words aren't enough. they don't need someone like john bolt ton confirm what they heard the president say themselves? >> right. the point of view with house democrats that we've talked to extensively with this. they say they have all of the facts that they need to make the case. now the public fact-finding portion of this is now over. house staff committee members have not announced any more hearings. they've not announced any additional closed-door depositions. as the house intelligence com...

Inspector general determines such disclosure is unavoidable. now the legal prohibition on disclosing the whistle-blower's name only applies to inspector general for the intelligence community, michael atkinson, who did not include the name in his report to the acting director of national intelligence. however, this does not keep the president or his allies from trying to identify him. or her. or disclosing his or her name if they find out exactly who it is. >> as house democrats wrap up the private fact-finding portion of the impeachment inquiry, nbc news has learned that most of the witnesses...

Cover up significant pieces of information. >> yeah. this is still the fact finding portion of the process. and i really appreciate you saying that. because sometimes it sounds like, you know, the republicans make it sound as though we're well beyond that. but they're not yet. >> the impeachment hearings were bringing in ken starr to read out loud. it was already a done deal. >> thank you very much for all of that. there's another significant warning sign about the climate crisis. a new troubling report about birds.