accused here and, again, politics be damned, i just want to get to the truth, i want to do my job, and i think the time is right to do wha t is right in this se, and it's right to investigate this president, t just to wipe your hands and say, well, we'll see what happens in the next election. this is too serious, too grave. >> woodruff: it's a hypothetical now but if president trump were impeached, if he consider convicted from senate and impeached from office would the democrats have a more difficult time running against vice president pence who would then be president? >> hi caption democrats as well as republicans to not let the elections 13 months from now enter into your calculations. this is a procs that needs to be done in a sober way. it is a sad thing to have a president of the united states have impeachment proceedings begin. we need to deal with this in a sober, objective, nonpartisan way. i plead to folks to approach it that way. let the politics and the campaigning and --...