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Has his number and knows this will drive him crazy and one of the ways you deal with donald trump, its a sad state of affairs but it is what it is, but its you that deal with psychology. >> right. i dont think its petty because theyre not talking about holding them indefinitely, right? i mean, if we werent going into this break it would probably be just a few more days. its just kind of a check of the calendar that has led it to be this long stretch of time. although it does matter donald trump ...

Its a very weak position and i think it hurts her politically and not really printable in a long-term to not send it over. >> one other one, one of the purpose of doing is supposed to be to pressure for vulnerable senate republicans, i think because the way the thing has become so politicized turning into something of the fiasco that pelosi has taken those for off the hook, i think their vote to acquit president trump is going to be a pretty easy one in the teller can situate this was a mess and...

There will be a fair impartial trial. with me now is jerry connelly of virginia. he sits on both the foreign affairs and oversight committees. i dont know. i mean, schumer and mcconnell say theres an impasse. pelosi is not showing her cards in terms of what would prompt her to send the articles to the senate. are you comfortable with an indefinite hold on the constitutional process? >> it would be my hope its not indefinite. i think what speaker pelosi is trying to do is have some sense of what ...

This money. mcconnells not budging on that. mcconnell wants a structure more like they saw during the clinton impeachment where the only thick thats guaranteed is the managers will get a chance to present their case and the white house will get a chance to present their defense and then they might open things up for motions either to dismiss the trial, acquit the president, or if senators want it to hear more witnesses. they are stuck there. in terms of the politics of it, the next two weeks are...

Mcconnell is a man driven by mcconnell. he is sitting in a state where trump won by 30 points. he will do whatever is in the best interest of mcconnell. i dont see any block. he doesnt want to have a trial. because a trial in the american system has witnesses, he doesnt want any witnesses, a trial in the american system does not allow the defendant to control who the witnesses are, and that is exactly what he wants to do. he wants to control the witnesses and a trial in the american system is co...

The white house. and that may persuade moderates in the senate and it may persuade moderate voters who are still watching this thing and theres still a group of people undecided on this. what schumer is trying to do, we may not -- he may not -- the senate may exonerate or acquit the president. but what schumer is doing is playing to a different court. the court of public opinion right now. >> if i could add, public polling shows about 67% of the country overall wants a fair trial. they dont want...

Thwart mitch mcconnells plans when it comes to the structure of the senate trial and get them to support something that is lengthier and has meat to it, than what mitch mcdonneconnell thrown out there, which is a trial that has no witnesses that has a presentation from the house managers and a presentation from president trumps defense team. and perhaps a vote to acquit. so, chuck schumer seems to be trying to pick off the moderate senators to have more leverage when it comes to voting for proce...

These polling, but when you look at the electoral process, its hurt donald trump in the last couple weeks into in these off-year elections. so the democrats, yes, has to go into it with a clear message. but we have seen some signs electorally how this has hurt donald trump has hes gone out there and put it on the ballot. >> you know, were still, willie, a year away from the election. 11 months away from the election so im thinking 11 months from now people arent going to be talking about impeach...

And then theres the 54% who were in favor of just impeachment and not removal. whats so interesting about that is those people recognizing there is a difference, that these are two different decision levels with different thresholds of proof. >> and, in fact, in american history there has never, ever been a president who was impeached in the house and removed by the senate. it has never happened. and so to know that -- people are talking about this will be a failed impeachment effort if the sena...

>> which i want to talk about in a minute. >> and well get to that. but i think here, this has been an orchestrated event from day one. and i know that president trump, you know, due to his style and so forth, never did suit well. and when it comes to making the case, when you eliminate somebody from office, i think the intent was so intense from the get-go, were now seeing it play out, as almost a foregone conclusion. and thats why everybody is still camped out on each side. i think that tainte...