house and leadership with nancy pelosi is fumbling the ball, nancy pelosi and the democrats are making this place less safe by not standing behind the u.s. military, getting appropriation bills passed and making sure the folks, men and women who wear the uniform protecting us around the world, that they're adequately funded. that's a tragedy and needs to stop. maria: all right, senator, thank you very much for joining us this morning, we will continue to watch, more coming up on the death of the world's most wanted terrorist, plus the other big story we are following, democrats impeachment push, ig report is coming out, democratic congressman debbie dingel will join me along with ahnya: i feel like, like her heartbeat is like, same speed as mine. and i think we have this like deep connection. this heart connection, in her heart, that there's room for me, and mom. when i'm holding her, it makes me feel calmer. it's a sensory thing, it's a thing with asperger's. giselle: she's really good with ahnya. i've seen adults react to my daughter when she has meltdowns like she's from a different

nancy pelosi, the once and future speaker of the united states. >> nancy pelosi is the most powerful woman in american political history. >> please don't characterize the spring -- the strength i bring to this meeting. >> she's been speaker of the house not once, but twice. and chief critic of president trump. >> that's the way you clap when your husband finally puts the toilet paper on the roller. >> she showed him up in public, walked out of the west wing, put those sunglasses on and walked away in an image that's become iconic. >> no one ever won betting against nancy pelosi. >> there's no denying our -- her political acumen and success, achieving the highest political office ever held by a woman in this country. >> she's been a champion for lgbt rights. congresswoman pelosi is a strong woman who knows how to get things done. ♪ >> i have so much respect for her. it's a combination of courage and grace. >> i heard the president say i deserve to be a leader. i don't think anybody deserves to be anything. it's not about what you have done, it's what you can do. we didn't have a spe

house and leadership with nancy pelosi is fumbling the ball, nancy pelosi and the democrats are making this place less safe by not standing behind the u.s. military, getting appropriation bills passed and making sure the folks, men and women who wear the uniform protecting us around the world, that they're adequately funded. that's a tragedy and needs to stop. maria: all right, senator, thank you very much for joining us this morning, we will continue to watch, more coming up on the death of the world's most wanted terrorist, plus the other big story we are following, democrats impeachment push, ig report is coming out, democratic congressman debbie dingel will join me along with >> he died like a dog and he died like a coward, he was wimperring screaming and crying, they should see how he died. maria: that was president trump announcing the death of the world's most wanted terrorist, abu bakr al-baghdadi, trey yngst more from jerusalem with the latest, trey. >> many world leaders were waiting until president trump addressed the nation from washington to react to the death of isis lead

the president's lawyers sent a letter to nancy pelosi.

nancy pelosi. one example of nancy pelosi. >> you guys are the ones who get the leaks. you tell me. >> i have no examples. that's why i'm asking you. >> is it because you won't reveal your sources? or because you know it's not nancy pelosi? >> no one has identified an example of nancy pelosi -- >> there have been many examples of democrats leaking information selectively to members of the media. >> chris, part of this just underscores how tense things are right now between the white house and capitol hill. particularly, house democrats. as this impeachment inquiry intensifies and enters yet another day. so the question becomes, will the white house comply with house speaker nancy pelosi, who is demanding that she get briefed? i pressed hogan gidley on that. are there any plans to brief lawmakers at this point in time? he wasn't able to give any specifics, chris. so that, under a microscope. as well as the president's broader foreign policy as it relates to syria. that's one of the things that democrats want to know about. they want to know, for example, how many troops

nancy pelosi needs help fast. there is either something wrong with her upstairs, or she just plain doesn't like our great country. she had a total meltdown in the white house today. it was very sad to watch. pray for her. she is a very sick person. now, what i want you to remember here is that he is already rattled by the very swift expansion of the impeachment inquiry and the continuous march of officials to capitol hill to testify about his controversial phone call with ukraine's president that i just talked about with chris, the one urging him to dig up dirt on joe biden. so he's already seething at the house speaker, and he is likely seething at republicans who voted to rebuke his decision to withdraw u.s. forces, thereby abandoning the kurds and leaving them open to attack by turkey, their mortal enemy. and we know when trump is cornered, he goes on the attack. >> he was insulting, particularly to the speaker. she kept her cool completely, but he called her a third-rate politician. he said that there are comm

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nancy pelosi, chris wallace, nancy pelosi did cast a vote. we are not sure whether she would or not. she voted in the affirmative. a question whether or not she would sit this one out. my guess is had she done that she would have been the target of a lot of criticism right now. >> traditionally speakers do not vote unless their vote is needed. they don't go down to the floor and vote. her vote wasn't needed. she wasn't the 217th vote to put it over the top. i think ultimately she decided she wanted to. i don't know she would have gotten criticism for not voting but i think her feelings about donald trump are so strong rightly or wrongly she probably couldn't resist voting to continue this impeachment inquiry. >> bill: how did her calculation change in the past 10 days do you think? >> i think a lot of it to have this vote? >> bill: yes. >> i think a lot of it had to do with those 31 members. the 31 house democrats who won in 2018 in districts that donald trump won. some of them by wide margins in 2016. a month ago they didn't want this vote b

calling aught knap nancy pelosi and congress for intimidating witnesses. they are threatening that if they push back on the subpoenas, that will be considered obstruction of justice. people will be judged guilty if they try to assert their constitutional -- their constitutional rights. if republicans back the white house, i think there will be a standoff and they won't be allowed to proceed. lou: who won't be allow to proceed. lou: issuing an impersonal noun. >> congress, nancy pelosi, schiff, nadler, those folks won't be able to complete their impeachment effort without evidence, witnesses and the political will behind them. lou: it's fair to say it's past due the legal team of this president. the justice department, we are now being told, big doings in the swamp. there will be bombshells in the horowitz report. your reaction? this is almost too good to be true, thinking about how disappointing his previous report was to just about everyone who supports this president. >> well, i agree. i think republicans have gone the their hopes up and ordinary america

closechiff obviously is a trusted ally of nancy pelosi. she is putting this in his hands. host: the criticism by republicans hasn't let up. in a briefing today, late afternoon statement from the white house press secretary calling the impeachment and illegitimate sham. think the house rules committee meeting looks like wednesday? scott: i don't think much will change. the white house has been critical of the process, highly critical of the resolution and process going forward. the president himself called this a witchhunt, illegitimate sham of an investigation. we are seeing similar language from capitol hill including kevin mccarthy and steve scalise, who has referred to it as a soviet style interrogation process, so i don't expect the criticism to let. the democrats are -- let up. democrats are pointing to revisions in the resolution that will allow the president and his attorneys to defend himself in this process in the public setting. they will be interesting to see how that will all take shape. mostly inwe have been the dark aside from a few selective leaks, it will b

what do you look at when you see those roads that nancy pelosi was talking about? >> well, lawrence, the intelligence community's assessment on russian interference in our election that was done in january of 2017, there's a reference in there to a russian who was saying that the champagne corks were going to be popping in moscow because russia would be able to have its way in ukraine and syria with donald trump's election. unfortunately, that was a very prescient comment. but it's clear that trump's ignorance of u.s. national security interests as well as global affairs is just handing over to vladimir putin the opportunity to increase russia's influence and ability to shape our world events as the u.s. recedes from its traditional responsibilities and obligations, particularly to our allies. and the removal of u.s. troops from that syrian area with the kurds is just the latest example of donald trump continuing to ignore what our responsibilities have been. it's quite interesting that trump continues to tout what he has done for the u.s. military, but i think he

let's hear what nancy pelosi said at a news conference. hear what nancy pelosi said at a news conference . we hear what nancy pelosi said at a news conference. we will not be having a vote. in terms of being supportive of the path that we are on in terms of fairness, in terms of seeking the truth, in terms of upholding the constitution of the united states. where does all this stand and where do you think it is heading? we heard therefrom nancy pelosi that there is no constitutional requirement for a vote on impeachment. nonetheless, president trump and members of his administration believe that without such a vote the whole impeachment enquiry is illegitimate. nancy pelosi and congress resume today, returned to capitol hill after a two—week recess and she assembled a meeting of her caucus to ask whether that the time had come for such a vote on impeachment and then there isa vote on impeachment and then there is a feeling that some democrats in republican leaning seat anyway don't wa nt republican leaning seat anyway don't want such a rollcall type vote at this particular time. nancy

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nancy pelosi defending adam schiff's lies and emails confirming rod rosenstein's role in that previous edition of what is another witch hunt, so says the president. we take it all up here tonight with two of the country's leading attorneys victoria toensing and joe digenova. another bust for the radical dems who expected corroboration for their illegal efforts to impeach the president. former envoy to ukraine speaking behind closed doors. one republican said volcker quote blew a massive hole in the dem's sporey. catherine: former special envoy to ukraine kurt volker navigated national security. he resigned after the whistleblower complaint alleged he tried to contain the damage from the investigation into joe and hunter biden. and navigate demands the president made to president zelensky. during the break, the republicans said volcker *'s testimony was a bust. while releasing his text message. vohker said he gave the state department his bind research and on the july 25 phone call that sparked the whistleblower complaint. voker texted giuliani. in another series of encrypted text messa

so it may be that nancy pelosi doesn't need to hold that vote. by the way, today was the deadline for secretary of state mike pompeo to respond to a subpoena for documents to three house committees. we have not heard from the state department how they will respond. i was told by a white house official that they would be surprised if the state department complies with that subpoena today, shep. >> shepard: john roberts live at the white house. thank you. in terms of testimony, next week we're expecting the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine on capitol hill. the "wall street journal" reports that the president booted her from the job after hearing that she was keeping kiev from investigating the bidens. the journal's parent company and the fox news parent company share common ownership. in any case, it will be interesting to see what the former ambassador has to say when she comes to capitol hill. later, i'll ask chris wallace about what to expect in the impeachment inquiry in the days ahead. intel agencies warned it would happen. now we know it's n

nancy pelosi is there. let's listen to the speaker of the house. >> i had the -- just coincidental opportunity to be at breakfast with someone who served with him in the state ledge lay in maryland, and they said when elijah cummings would stand up in the state legislature, the house of delegates as it's called there, the room would fall silent. everyone wanted to hear what elijah has to say, and that is, of course, what was the case in congre congress, in his committee and in the country. he used to always say our children are our living messengers to a future we will never see. he wanted to be sure that that future was going to be better for them and that they would bring with them our values. in that regard, in terms of a better future, i'm so proud that this morning richie neal announced in the hearing they were having on hr3, lowering the cost of prescription drugs, that he was suggesting to name the bill for elijah cummings. so appropriate, because elijah was a fighter for lowering the cost of prescri

when nancy pelosi who worked a day early, nancy pelosi called for essentially impeachment, let's impeach the president before she saw the transcript, and this is a word for word transcript of the conversation taken by talented stenographers. when she saw that, i heard, she went crazy. she said, we can't impeach him with this conversation, that's a great conversation. she went by the whistle-blower, and the whistle-blower was so bad, i would even think about it. but here's what happened, the whistle-blower was wrong. the only thing that matters is the transcript of the actual conversation that i had with the president of ukraine, it was perfect. we are looking at congratulations, we are looking at doing things together. and what are we looking at? we are looking at corruption. and, i believe in 1999, there was a corruption act, bill passed beside both countries where i have a duty to report corruption. let me tell you something, biden's son is corrupt, and biden is corrupt. and i would rather run against biden then almost any other candidates, and i think that they are all week, but i thi

>> i think this is a very smart move by nancy pelosi. what she is essentially doing is she's calling donald trump's bluff, right? and republicans' bluff, which is as you were all discussing, republicans have been talking about process and process, look what they did last week. it was just all very, very insane. and she's like, okay. i'm going to take away that talking point. now, let's see if you guys can defend the actual substance. and i think that's the direction that we're headed here, which is a smart strategy, which is a good strategy for democrats to do. and we've always known that democrats were going to make this public. was going to have public hearings. and now, she's saying, okay, here's the next step. like, we have to see the language of the resolution, which we'll probably see in the next day or so. but this is what it seems like is happening. she's taking control. she's saying, this is where we're going. and here's the thing, katy, the public opinion is on their side right now. and so they can move forward in this way. the

happening at 4:00 on the east coast donald trump calling nancy pelosi and the democrats bluff forcing their hand with the potential house vote on their aimless impeachment inquiry. we are live in washington after a marathon testimony from the former ukrainian envoy. sounding the alarm, more than 1000 confirmed cases of vaping related illness, a new warning from the cdc as more lives are lost. and the touching moment of texas judge urges a convicted ex-cop to find her faith, now being slammed by an atheist group who says she went too far. "fox and friends first" starts right now. ♪ >> a little beach music in the heart of new york city, live shot from midtown new york, a rainy start to the weekend, you are watching "fox and friends first" on this friday and thank you for joining us wherever you are, donald trump calling democrats bluff on impeachment, the white house expected to send a letter saying it will not cooperate with the inquiry until nancy pelosi holds a formal vote. griff jenkins live in washington to explain how the democrats claims against the president may have gotten we

nancy pelosi has the right to do this. if you look at the constitution there is wide latitude for them to decide how they want to do this. the question is why would she do this? if you look at prior impeachment proceedings they all happen the same way where you've done in public, given the white house the ability to call their own witnesses, cross-examine witnesses. the goal of this was to show that things were done transparently and to convince the public of your cause because this is a political exercise. nancy pelosi's risk is that paul is mostly what you are seeing in those numbers, democrats tightening their stance on impeachment. nancy pelosi needs republicans and independentss to come over in big numbers, this is not going to do it because it will look like an inside job. >> this is what richland i had to say about that is on the same page with you. >> shortly after trump was elected, the washington post created a new motto type slogan. everybody laughed at it. democracy dies in darkness. yes it does and if you ask

house speaker nancy pelosi says a meeting with trump on syria was cut short today can you tell us more about what happened. rides on his cell there must have been bizarre moments here in the cabinet room of the white house where president trump and the speaker of the house of the democratic led house of representatives nancy pelosi met for the 1st time since the impeachment inquiry was launched then signals he then reportedly stormed out of the meeting room after president trump called her a 3rd rate politician later and nancy pelosi explained and reported that president trump seemed to have a meltdown that will shaken by a bipartisan vote earlier today in congress for both parties both democrats and republicans in a very rare move calling them president trump's decision to pull out all of north and syria and letting behind former allies the kurds in the fight against isis later nancy pelosi and senate minority leader chuck schumer talked about their meeting with president trump let's listen in what they had to say. the safety of america the safety of the kurds are in the hands of one

nancy pelosi just has to show some good faith. put mexico canada on the floor, that may break this log jam that the impeached crisis or political circus is causing in regards to getting things done for people back home. >> congressman i agree with you that this is one of the most important things we could do to help this economy right now, is pass u.s. mca. two questions for you on that. number one, where would you put the odds right now i get asked this question every day from investors, what are the chances that nancy pelosi some time in the next six months brings that to a vote and the second question is how many republicans in your caucus do you think would vote for the u.s. mca? >> well yeah, the odds of her bringing it, obviously, there's going to be pressure on her now with the impeachment political circus clogging up the pipes, so maybe that pressure will build and the odds increase, but you know, this is something that shouldn't be this complicated. the votes are there both overwhelming number of votes in the republican c

we have to go back to building our country. 99% of nancy pelosi's time is spent on this. she should worry about lowering, the price of drugs which i have done. it is hard to do without the help of congress. border security. we have hundreds of miles of wall under construction on the southern border. she should worry about infrastructure. she should worry about the usmca. she is not doing it. i saw part of her press conference. i'm sorry to bother you with this, mr. president, because we have other things to talk about. she said drug prices. she has been trying to get drug prices down for -- how long has she been in congress? are you see was happening to her district? it is called tent city. we sent a violation to the city of san francisco, unsafe water, unsafe conditions, environmental. our epa is sending nancy pelosi, with all the talk about epa, there are needles and drugs all over the street. there are tents. there are people dying in squalor in the best location, san francisco. you have to see what's happening to san francisco. you have to see what the democrats have

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here is what i hear nancy pelosi and chairman shift saying to the american people. you are stupid and we are smart. i hear them saying to the american people you are so stupid you can't govern yourselves. i hear them saying you are so stupid that you chose donald trump over secretary clinton and we've got to fix it for you. i hear them saying you are so stupid we are not going to show you the evidence, you can't handle it. we are going to do all of this behind closed doors and tell you what we are going to do. i find that appalling. i find it perplexing because i read these stories about nancy pelosi and what a talented politician she is and she is a strategic thinker and major tactician and i think to myself does she really believe the american people are going to fall for this?

a meltdown strong was from nancy pelosi now earlier on wednesday president trump claimed that turkey's incursion into syria actually has nothing to do with the u.s. and the full many u.s. allies the kurds on no angels how have comments like that been going down. rudd well those comments of course are considered deeply problematic and again not only within the democratic party but now also within the republican party and that really shows that something is unraveling in the republican party you see prominent figures that have backed president trump of the impeachment inquiry now really turning their back against the president and on the president criticizing him now on a daily basis simply because many republicans believe that the decision to let the kurds behind they are exposing them to this turkish offensive is a betrayal betrayal of this one's partner for the united states in the fight against isis and that means a big damage of course for american foreign policy also internationally because mary many leaders worldwide do consider the united states under president trump now a reliab

rob: donald trump calling nancy pelosi's bluff saying he won't cooperate with the impeachment inquiry until she does it the right way. jillian: republican say it is unraveling the democrats not giving up resorting to a late-night text message release they say contains a smoking gun. >> right here. >> a moment rarely seen after such a high profile trial. >> an atheist group throwing the book over the courtroom bible exchange. >> how dare you disrespect me, how much you did. you've got to be kidding me, you spoiled brat. >> the profanity laced voicemail and multimillion dollar lawsuit he is facing. "fox and friends first" continues right now. jillian: good morning, you are watching "fox and friends first". rob: donald trump calling the democrats bluff on impeachment, they are expected to send a letter saying the president won't cooperate with this inquiry until nancy pelosi holds a formal vote. jillian: griff jenkins explains how the claims against the president may have gotten weaker. >> reporter: today is the deadline they gave mike pompeo to turn over documents related to the impeach

heather: holy did say low-level -- >> she called into question nancy pelosi's -- heather: holy, your comment on the washington post and the media tangling with this and we have to go. >> when november gets here in 2020 and washington post endorses bernie sanders or elizabeth warren, the american people will remember how they characterized this murderer and this terrorist from -- it's just -- it's unbelievable and i think the american people are going to remember this. heather: yeah, end this by thanking all of our troops and special ops who went out -- >> amen, amen, heather. incredible operation. thanks, rather. heather: time now 20 minutes until the top of the hour, big win to houston astros, they pushed game to at least one more game. gillian mele live in dc. jillian: good morning to you, heather, astros take all games to washington, "fox & friends first" returns she wanted a roommate to help with the cooking. but she wanted someone who loves cats. so, we got griswalda. dinner's almost ready. but one thing we could both agree on was getting geico to help with our renters insurance

nancy pelosi d'alesandro. she would say nancy d'alesandro pelosi, i understand that. but we are so proud of our speaker. madam speaker. the speaker: thank you very much . very disconcerting day for so many of us here. thank you, mr. hoyer, for bringing us together to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, elijah cummings. thank you for your beautiful statement calling forth so many of the beautiful attributes of elijah cummings. as you spoke i was reminded of how he always was a calmer, calming of the waters. no matter how rough and tumble things would be, he would always just calm the waters. reach out across the aisle or across the issue, across the capitol, down pennsylvania avenue. i know that the people of baltimore, congress, and america have lost a voice. a clarity and truth, beloved mr. chairman, elijah cummings. personally devastated by his passing as i know many of us are. we have the flowers in his place where he sat, where we all sought counsel, learned more, calmed down by the wisdom and the graciousness and the goodness of elijah cummings. in t

mitch mcconnell is not a fan of this nancy pelosi bill. nancy pelosi had to strengthen the bill to get progressives on board, as far as how many drugs can be negotiated and to bring down drug prices at the same time. it is unclear when it will go to the floor. there is going to be a hearing in the ways and means committee, and a number of committees have jurisdiction in the house, energy and commerce as well. so i think you are going to have the hearings, which are going to be very partisan and then i , would think you will have markups, moving through committee, then going to the floor sometime in 2019. host: a quick yes-no question. bob kusac -- will the house and senate take up the u.s.-mexico-canada trade agreement before the end of the year? bob: it is on a knife's edge. the short answer if i had to pick would be yes. , but impeachment creates a problem because of the politics of it. but nancy pelosi wants to get to yes, and republicans want yes, so there is a little over a 50% chance this is going to pass congress this year. but don'

what is nancy pelosi's strategy from here? she had been opposed to this and suddenly she did a 180 and is going full steam ahead. she does not want to lose this, does she? kevin: so much of the focus has been on republicans and how they are navigating this. you are correct to point out the significant political challenges that the democratic controlled speaker of the house faces. she has to hold together to from the democratic party democratic-socialist's like alex -- alexandria ocasio-cortez. impeachment with something -- was something the base of the party has wanted, but it was not until the moderates got on board that she jumped in here on this. for the speaker of the house, she has to make sure this is something she can sell not only to the base but also to moderate members. guy: what does this mean for the rest of the agenda, the bread-and-butter business that congress would normally be enacting? what is a mean for usmca? what does it mean for the bread-and-butter issues? kevin: i have been told repeatedly by lawmakers,

ainsley: the president is saying is he sending that letter to nancy pelosi. have a vote. >> i sent a letter last week 10 points that it's about fairness. clinton was tweeted that way. every time we have gone this way. she has denied it. and the reason she is denying it would be unfair process. it's pure political. they have no facts and they just want to impeach this president. brian: jim jordan saying i want president to investigate biden. like marco rubio, he was just controllintrolling china. having fun. do do you believe he said like jim jordan said hey china i want you to investigate china. >> watch what he said he is not saying china investigate. get to the point. if i'm a member of congress. and i break the law, and there should be an investigation and i run for another office. you still investigate me. more people in america want to investigate investigate son than impeach this president. somehow the democrats want to deny that? ainsley: when you watch the sunday show and see some of these republican politicians going on shows and you know the anchor

democrats, nancy pelosi. should she hold a house vote? which give republicans a chance to subpoena and be part of the process. >> two things -- there are no fixed sets of rules because you've gone through this a few times in our nation's history. we recommend they go back and see how the republicans handle it when bill clinton was impeached. if there was a vote then, only vote now. that way it's being equal hande handed. >> harris: does that equal handed, or looking back and equaling scores? evening that out? no rules today, is there room for fairness? >> i hope so. that's what we are striving for. look, if he's demanding a vote and there is a vote held before, go ahead and do it. that's not that big a deal. find out what the facts are and they could have the ultimate vote, which matters. which is whether to go forward with the impeachment itself. >> harris: so you are leaning heavily on precedents, and you know the charges against joe biden's son, hunter biden, and the allegations of access. special treatment, because biden was vice pres

nancy pelosi is there. let's listen to the speaker of the house. >> i had the -- just coincidental opportunity to be at breakfast with someone who served with him in the state ledge lay in maryland, and they said when elijah cummings would stand up in the state legislature, the house of delegates as it's called there, the room would fall silent. everyone wanted to hear what elijah has to say, and that is, of course, what was the case in congre congress, in his committee and in the country. he used to always say our children are our living messengers to a future we will ne

nancy pelosi is not afraid of them. what the president is trying to do there is keep republicans in their corner to make this partisan. especially on a day when the documentary evidence before you is pretty damning for the white house. this is a get everybody in the republican/democrat travel corners before they read all this stuff and maybe think, oh, we might have a problem here. >> look, it is true that the custom has been, as much as you can call it a custom since impeachment is so rare, but in recent history, there have been votes to formally start an impeachment inquiry. but as you mentioned, it is absolutely not necessary. what he's trying to do is very obvious, which is to try to put the democrats who are maybe in trump one districts and others who maybe are not that comfortable with this on the record to support the impeachment inquiry so they can run more effective ads against the democrats. but it does go both ways. they are retiring almost 20 retired republicans right now who don't have any political reason

a portion of it to nancy pelosi. your highly partisan threatens grave and lasting damage to our democratic institutions, our system of free elections and the american people. i hear you backing that letter up, congressman saying the white house made good points. nancy pelosi responded to the white house with this. this letter is manifestly wrong and simply another unlawful attempt to hide the facts of the trump administration's brazen efforts to pressure foreign powers to intervene in the 2020 elections. democrats say they can make the case there is obstruction and this is further evidence of that. >> why is she obstructing a vote on an impeachment inquiry and why can't we hear from adam schiff? that to me is obstruction what he knew and when about the whole whistleblower complaints. it can go back and forth. there is a precedent and process taken place with imeachment before and very democratic in nature. that's not being followed right now. this is people with some authority sitting in authority just deciding they