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Mr. collins and see if you agree with mr. raskin's or if there's anything you would disagree with their home what's been impact of this process from a domestic politics since it has been partisan in nature? >> i will cut some slack that he was trying to answer for the chairman's own words and i get that, but i think there are several things, let's just talk for a minute, let's unpack what has happened here because the only thing i appreciate out of the last few minutes as the chairman trying to bring that in about impeachment. i agree this is about impeachment here to what i disagree is that i...

>> that wasn't exactly the question i asked. but let me turn to mr. collins and see if you agree with mr. raskin or if there is anything you would disagree with there and what's been the impact of this process on domestic politics of the country since it has been essentially partisan in nature. >> look, i'm not trying to -- and again, i'll cut some slack that he was trying to answer for the chairman's own words and i get that. but i think several things, let's just talk here for just a minute, let's unpack what has happened here, because the only thing i appreciate really out of the last few m...

But now we have new indications that president trump was aware in realtime that members of his own administration and his own diplomats were raising red flags about this. he mentioned in that call that he just heard from bill taylor that he was concerned that this was "crazy." and the president proceeded with all of this none the less and sondland after this phone call essentially tried to shut down bill taylor telling him look, president trump says there is crystal clear, no kwid pquid pr and let's not text about it any more. cognizant that they were making a written record. >> but chairman s...

Prosecutor hat on -- >> all right. >> -- in the text messages and the transcript and what president trump has said publicly in the whistle-blower complaint, would you think as a prosecutor that you have enough to make the case that there was a quid pro quo, an exchange of x for y? >> yes. i've been saying all week and i posted this on twitter i think last night saying it is very rare and almost never the case that you have a written record in support of quid pro quo. i prosecuted and oversaw prosecutions of more public corruption cases during my time as u.s. attorney as -- than any other offic...

Specifically, i was intrigued by some other "washington post" reporting from late last night that when it comes to that super secret server that's disconnected from all networks that's a stand-alone unit that's supposed to be set aside for the most sort of secret information in the government intelligence programs that are covert action stuff, stuff that really has to be protected, when it comes to putting stuff onto that server a senior white house official making a decision to do that, a, would have needed access to be able to do it, would have had to be the kind of person allowed to access ...