Sheryl, you watched the Republicans storm the SCIF (Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility) where witnesses are being interviewed. What was it like?

SHERYL: I was in the bowels of the Capitol complex, where a few dozen Republicans had come down en masse to a podium to denounce the Democrats’ inquiry as a Soviet-style process. Then, all of a sudden, they just turned around, their backs to us, and stormed this secure office suite where their colleagues were preparing to interview another witness. They marched forward, shouting, some holding their cellphones up — a breach of policy in this classified area — as they barged past the closed doors.

Soon after, Republicans and Democrats started coming out and giving us these very similar accounts, basically describing a sit-in — although some were actually standing. The sergeant-at-arms, the chief law enforcement officer in the Capitol, showed up. It was wild.

Carl, it was much calmer on the Senate side, where we heard a different take from a top Republican: The No. 2 Senate Republican, John Thune, was asked about Bill Taylor’s explosive testimony and said, “The picture coming out of it, based on the reporting we’ve seen, is — yeah, I would say is not a good one.”

CARL: Mr. Thune’s comments show you that there’s at least a certain segment of Senate Republicans alarmed by this. He’s an independent guy. But the caucus is divided, and without a cohesive strategy. You have some senators who won’t break with President Trump no matter what, some who are keeping an eye on it, and then some embattled 2020 incumbents who have to play it safe. Mitch McConnell wants to let the senators do their own thing.