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When you think of a president about to have a phone call with a president of another country, there's a lot of prep work that goes into it, a lot of low-level communication that the groundwork and the subtle messaging is already put in place for the president to just not specifically have to reference security assistance. >> i think that's right. when you look back at the transcript, the original transcript that was released by the white house, the president had gone on at length about all that the united states does for ukraine. he reminded zelensky over and over again and made his case about...

>> what prep work did you do? >> well, i pretty much -- my house when i bought it it came with shutters. every house here in florida comes with hurricane shutters. so we have the shutters up. everything that can be thrown around by wind and stuff is taken inside. and we got tons of packs of water. and snacks and beer. and we're just -- you know. non-perishables and beans and rice. >> anything making you change your mind? >> no. it's actually not too bad out here. right now. it's i guess there was a couple bands that went passed. it's not too bad right now. >> we wish you the best. maybe checki...

My sense is in talking to sources before they got to this milestone is it's still not 218 and the 218 is the majority of the house and to have a successful impeachment in the house of representatives or to refer it to the senate where the trial would happen, you still need a majority and it is just democrats. it is very, very partisan, which of course mirrors the times that we're in. but it's going to be harder when she gets back if the numbers keep climbing to push back an inquiry. it's not saying impeachment will start, it's about we will begin to inquire about impeachme have tough since you...

And then house intelligence committee will ask about the russian contacts that happened with the trump campaign officials. all that will play out next week as republicans tray to raise questions about the credibility of the mueller team. you'll see two competing narratives emerge from the hearing. we'll see how much the special counsel ultimately reveals -- because as we know he says he is not saying anything beyond the four corners of the report. >> that's right. a lot of prep work next woke. we'll cover it live for you here on cnn. thank you. outfront now one of the members of the house in...

To squeeze in golf this morning. that was a good idea because it feels like it's going to rain. i'm not going to play meteorologist, but when it's this humid this early, you can almost guarantee rain. that's an indication that the military assets at least up in the air could be actually grounded. here's what they have planned. they have all four service. they want to show force across the board. you have the navy, you have the marines and apache helicopters and f-22s and the bombers that do fly overs at football games and a static to play. tanks and abrams and fighting vehicles there on the li...