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The end education. >> laura: chris, you been around the block, you know this inside out. adam schiff is in control of the transcript. really, and control of this process. not knowing who this person is and maybe another whistle-blower, i don't even know if if they would be counting as it was but they're called whistle-blowers. what about a? >> we have to acknowledge why we are here. of the criminal justice system under bill barr has been removed as a political weapon. so no longer can the criminal justice system be used for political gain here. so, now, while they are left with is the impeachm...

Charge of all the messaging. one more point i'll make. lot of questions that will be swirling on when they're going to send a letter to nancy pelosi, basically saying we're not going to cooperate until you hold a full vote in the house. i'm told that letter will come some time this week but so far hasn't been set out. >> what's the goal with that letter, kristen? >> reporter: the goal is to delay, katy, to not have to turn over the documents. there's nothing in the constitution that requires the house to hold a vote in order to start an official impeachment inquiry, although historically, we h...

Mitch mcconnell because in the dust heap in mitch mcconnell's office, there's a background check bill sitting waiting to be acted on that came over from the house of representatives. so i think it is -- if the example is the clinton impeachment and the nixon impeachment, during both of those impeachment processes, the presidents continued to work on important legislation. and it actually would do the president well to do something that's for the benefit of the american people during this process. do i have hope that he will? not really. >> you mention that meeting between the president and way...

What some people are saying within the legal community in the united states, is congress needs to nurture witnesses. not just the whistle-blower but witnesses who are willing to collaborate with congress to try to bring more information to bear. that may be the way to break the deadlock. because this administration has shown they are not too concerned with constitutional process or procedure. they don't want to really give up any information which may be damaging. and they are controlling it when they do release it in a drip-drip fashion. this i think is going to carry on. congress has to play...

>> i know congresswoman, hard to hear, he's with vladimir putin, he makes a joke, he says, of course i will, then he says, "don't meddle in the election." it's a video we've all season. what was your reaction when you saw that? >> well, again, very alarming. you know, when i talk to people in my community, we've had -- we're in the middle of a week's worth of town halls here in the 14th district. they come to me expressing concern that this could happen again. they're uncertain about what's really going on in these impeachment processes. and folks in my community didn't quite realize that the ...