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Have to tell you the answer was unequivocally no. the members of committee said, hey, we want to use a format best conducive to bringing the facts forward and we think that's through staff led questioning. it's a tribute i think to members of our committee they felt that way without any sense of ego. there is going to be a period for member questioning after these lengthy periods of staff questioning but i think the public will be impressed just how professional the questioning is. i'm just hoping we can avoid some of the circus tactics before the questioning begins. >> can you give us a sense...

There is going to be a period for member questioning after these lengthy periods of staff questioning but i think the public will be impressed just how professional the questioning is. i'm just hoping we can avoid some of the circus tactics before the questioning ginz. >> can you give us a sense when those public hearings will start? >> we'd like to do them soon but there's still any number of witnesses we want to bring in for depositions and we want to do that before witnesses can align their stories. the challenge on timing is obviously some of these wnlss are doing their duty, they're follo...

During the depositions that we have conducted thus far, we've used a format that we believe very conducive to the fact-finding process. those procedures now will be incorporated into the open hearings in which staff counsel will be permitted for lengthy periods of time to do sustained questioning for up to 25 minutes per side followed by member questioning. we've used this, i think, to great success for both parties during the course of the depositions where, in the depositions we have alternated one hour for the majority, one hour for the minority, 45 minutes for the majority, 45 minutes for ...

He absolutely believes that it exonerates them and this is what democrats say is the smoking gun against him. that is where we are right now. >> bret: hears the house chairman adam schiff talking about the procedure going forward. >> during the depositions we have conducted thus far we have used a form that we believe very conducive to the fact-finding process. those procedures that will be incorporated into the open hearings in which staff counsel will be permitted for a lengthy period of time to do sustained questioning for up to 25 minutes per side. followed by member questioning. >> he has...

>> harris: with republicans' fire down my furry words, liz cheney saying the democrats are obsessed with impeachment, turning the intel committee and should be impeachment committee. and in fact, the house until chair, adam schiff, is speaking now. simultaneous events. let's go there life. >> for lengthy periods of time come to do sustained questionin questioning, followed by member questioning. we have used this, i think, to great success for both parties during the course of the depositions. in the depositions we have alternated one hour for the majority and one hour for the minority. 40 min...