and, from raleigh, north carolina, walter dellinger, former acting solicitor general and head of theou. so much to consider. we've had hours and hours of testimony today. boyden gray, i'm going to start the white house an we said,d in you served as ambassador to the european union. what did you primarily take away from all this testimony? what i primarily took away from it is the two witnesses who appeared are very solid citizens, the best, you know, in the foreign service, although, s taylor's not a foreign service officer. i took away that they're they're solid people, but they didn't break throug the big problems the democrats have which is the aid went through and no request was made for an investigatio so what is the transaion that is under investigation? what is the so-called high crime? >> woodruff: walter dellinger,a what about thasomeone who's watched the american legal process for as long as you have, did they make the case? did they not make the case? what did you hear? >> well, i still think they made the case, and in response to boyden gray's point that the aid tually we

assistant watergate special prosecutor and author of the upcoming book "watergate girl" and walter dellinger, law professor at duke. mr. dellinger, the republican strategy here, you could think would be to try to counter the underlying facts on the table which yesterday professor laurence tribe tweeted out are bribery and extortion. the idea that the president said to ukraine if you want this money that congress has appropriated, do this and do that that help me personal -- my personal gain. but instead what you're seeing is republicans making kind of weird process arguments saying they want the whistle-blower to come forward. saying they want hunter biden to be on the list -- witness list. what do you make of that strategy on the republican side? >> what i make of it is, while this should be a very somber and serious undertaking on all sides, it's a very, very serious step to be taking, i think the republican dream headline would be a curse on both your houses reaction that said something like chaotic hearings descend into partisan bickering. so if there's a chance they will try disruptive

and from reigh, north carolina, walter dellinger, former acting u.s.olicitor geral and head of the offi of legal counsel under president clinton. hello to all of you. so much to consider. we had hours and hours of testimony. wi start with you, you served as ambassador to the eu. what did you primarily take away from this? boyden: the two witnesses who appeared are solid citizens, the best at four and serviceable i guess -- service although i guess taylor is, i took awayat hey are solid people. but they didn't break through the big problems we d which is , the aid went through and no request was made for investigation. what is the transaction that is under investigation? what is the so-called high crime? judy: walter, what about that? as someone who has watched american, got to get you in the right camera, as someone who has watched the american legal process as long as you havth did they mak case did they not make the kc ecowas did you. go -- did they not make the case?what did you hear? walter: to his point that the aide didn't go, they'd went because