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Repeatedly denigrated the intelligence professionals are serving as americans, not as republicans and not as democrats. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. when we return, more revelations from the first impeachment inquiry transcripts released today. some concerns. rudolph giuliani shad owing in ukraine.
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Or as ambassador mckinley put it in his testimony, in 37 years in the foreign service in different parts of the globe and working on many controversial issues, i had never seen that. four administration officials were supposed to testify today. none of them showed up. more transcripts are due out tomorrow. i want to talk about all of this. joining me now is david gergen, carrie cordero, and john dean. david, i'm wondering what you make of the transcripts that have been released today. >> i'm very -- we should be very glad they've been released. it gives the granular view is much more sobering ...
As for the white house reaction, cnn's jim acosta is there for us tonight. has the president said anything so far about the transcripts? >> reporter: not a whole lot, anderson. we should point out he's having a rally in kentucky right now. standing behind him onstage are some supporters wearing t-shirts that say "read the transcript." i think the president and his supporters are referring to the transcript of his phone call with the leader of ukraine, not these transcripts that are being released up on capitol hill. but as the president was leaving the white house earlier in the evening, ander...
Republicans probably did attend these sessions. we don't know because in these editions at least, that information is not revealed. so the redaction actually favors the republicans for their no-show. you're not going to be able to mess with these transcripts. the witnesses know what they said. they would be outspoken if there was something that was not properly included in there. and they're pretty haunting documents, and they're going to be even worse when they're played out live. >> carrie, do you think it's a mistake for democrats to not try to compel rudy giuliani to testify given how cent...