military assistance to ukraine. >> in both the nixon and the clinton cases the house passed a formal resolution to set up the inquiry. why not take that step? >> we could. we don't have to, but we could. you know who is most afraid of that command? the republicans because they'll have to decide. >> wouldn't that make the process even more airtight? >> no, it's not necessary. we feel that we're on very firm ground as we go forward and we may go to that place just because it's a republican talking point but it's not

been reluctant for some time. i asked her about her concern and next year's election. >> you were so clearly reluctant to take that step earlier all through the mueller inquiry with the two conditions, you'd want to have republicans on board and the public on board. if this is -- ends up being a party line impeachment, is that something that is good for the country? >> let me just say this. i never said it would be required that we had -- i just hoped that they would follow the facts and see the truth. we don't have a choice. we'll either support and defend the constitution of the united states or we won't, and that's where we are. i think my holding back on it only argues further for how drastic this change was with this additional set of facts. >> you've said you -- you feel you had no choice but going forward on the impeachment inquiry and i know no one has a crystal ball but, you know, some democrats had been concerned if you go forward with impeachment, the president gets...

president was unleashing that series of attacks on her from the white house. madam speaker, thank you for doing this. >> my pleasure. thank you. >> it may not surprise you the president was watching your press conference and heard you talk about wanting to do prescription drugs and now he's calling you the do nothing democrats. says you can't do it. >> why can't we do it? it's up to him. that was our pledge during the campaign for the people. we would lower the cost of prescription drugs. i think that the president wants to do that. so i hope that he would cooperate. he doesn't -- does want the u.s./mexico/canada free trade agreement, so do we. we're on a path to yes. i think he knows the argument that can be made against him and he's scared, and he's trying to divert attention from that, to where it's standing. >> you say he's scared. he had another tweet right after the one i just talked to you about where he used a word i'm not going to repeat right here. did you hear the fear in...

listening in on that fateful july phone call now at the center of the impeachment inquiry. a spokeswoman for the vice president telling abc news, pence directly and effectively delivered the president's anti-corruption and european burden-sharing messages overseas and upon his return the financial aid to ukraine was released.