Sorry, i failed to report once my problem was solved. Thanks to this forum, heres the process.
i have the following cap requests enabled
/CAP REQ :twitch.tv/membership
/CAP REQ :twitch.tv/tags
/CAP REQ :twitch.tv/commands
then, this command opens a new debug window that the whispers will come through on.
/debug @raw
i have yet to try to analyze the information that comes through in this window.