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Impeachment inquiry. she says the constitution doesn't make that clear. there was a question why she doesn't call republican's bluff on it and make a vote. she says this isn't about calming a blue. this isn't a game here. this is deadly serious work. when is this going to break out into the open? i put that question to adam schiff yesterday. we have some of his response which we can hear now. >> maybe we don't have it. we do anticipate a time when we will be releasing transcripts and we do anticipate there will be a time when we may call b win session and we may call witnesses in open session ...

Discussed. and journalists like yourself know where those are on the hill. >> and how do you -- is there anything unique about how you prep a whistle blower for testimony? >> there is. >> i'm going to go through some of the questions they may receive. in this case, some of the questions they may receive from republican defenders, might be particularly extreme. that are going to harkin back to the defenses that they are using to say that this is not a big deal, this is hearsay, et cetera. i'm sure the attorneys are prepping the whistle blower to handle tough questions just like that one. this i...

Relationship with president putin and they are trying to look at his tax returns. as robert mueller noted throughout his testimony, robert stone will be in court later this year. let's ask about what happened yesterday with jerry nadler going to court to say he wants to see those documents from the grand jury that underpin mueller's report. how significant is that? what does that say to you about where we are in this fact finding process, this move towards impeachment by some democrats? >> that was a big deal and a big moment yesterday when jerry nadler filed in federal court something that sa...

Nadler to change the rhetorical difference? >> i think this is really interesting, particularly as you note the timing coming on the heels of nancy pelosi saying as she has been saying for weeks and weeks now that she's going down this fact pattern that she's going to continue to do this fact finding process and investigate. i think that that's a little bit of throwing some catnip to the impeachment hungry folks. when i travel the country talking to these democrat candidates, i am struck by the number of people who want to know why congress isn't taking this step yet. i think nadler is hoping ...

>> there's some discussion about how swift that was. >> martha: without a nap before we go? >> i think they are not anymore entitled to the benefit of every doubt than what the democrats are willing to accord to the president. this has to be investigated. it's part of the fact-finding process to determine how it was that they acquired the evidence and what we are to make of it, how we are to weigh it. this is where this investigation goes now. it's the investigation of the investigators. >> martha: final thoughts? >> i agree with andy. we need a department of justice that everyone has respect ...