whistleblower, appea thto hisave followed the whi assl never named theought to bed president, but he seemed to bebo pushing back a the president and democrats and say, i think this whistleblowers credible. and that's very significant. talking to republicans behind ohe scenes, they're not comfortable withhe's handling the whistleblower. rso, you easy, separately, getting down thad, if we have a senate trial on the impeachment, that could put som blics,se de rebls whar feo reelection nt year new york a very uncomfortable position. they are ap,eady reading getting background material, preparing for if they have the take that volt. >> woodruff: so yamiche, that can't make the white hkuse happy that there are some republicans who are hesitanand more abo all this. thw is the white house dealing llam as hi r adomnginisation doing about this ongoing inquiry? >> the white house po ints to the president's poll numbers, first off, and says he still has record high numbers or at least ry repu hblican votgers. they tell me even if the president -- even if there are some republican lawmakers who are criticizing