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Caster to come testify and lay out the views on the house republican committee that was detailed in the report. the democratic report detailed everything that came to ukraine. republicans, on the other hand, are going to lay out a pretty vigorous defense, point-by-point rebuttal. they're going to say the president did nothing wrong, paint everything in the most favorable light to the president saying it was a perfectly good explanation on how he handled relations with ukraine. that's how steve caster, the republican counsel, is going to detail this in a 45-minute presentation. after that is wh...

>> communal experience. >> and in politics, i mean, each party every four years has its own convention and for three nights each side watches their convention. but this is networks today covering the same live event. i think it's unknowable what people will experience when they watch it. how do you counsel your former colleagues on how to navigate sort of the unknowable variable of live tv? >> well, i think, first of all, they all think they're great at it. so we're familiar with that. but i do think they had a meeting last night, the democrats on this committee, and i think with this professi...

The public hearings. the question is how are the republicans going to respond? are they going to act as clowns, be disruptive as we've seen or are they going to act in a serious, sober, responsible way? i'm losing confidence they're going to do that. so the question is how are democrats going to respond to that. >> one interesting point in the resolution talked about allowing for staff questioning which strikes me as important. do you think that's an important aspect here? >> i am so glad you raised that because i haven't heard enough about it today. i think it's one of the most significant fe...

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...

Are they going to act in a serious, sober, responsible way? i'm losing confidence they're going to do that. so the question is how are democrats going to respond to that. >> one interesting point in the resolution talked about allowing for staff questioning which strikes me as important. do you think that's an important aspect here? >> i am so glad you raised that because i haven't heard enough about it today. i think it's one of the most significant features, the five-minute rule that said democrats get five minutes, republicans get five and you change the topic every time. that is not an eti...