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Situation where that long shot happened where he would be freed. >> jury brian kristiansen said he and his fellow jurors had no choice but to set conrad free. >> i believe that we all pretty much felt that he probably did it. >> but you voted to acquit. >> we voted to acquit. >> because? you had reasonable doubt? >> we had reasonable doubt. >> those measurements either put an innocent man in prison or let a guilty man go free. >> well, so youre right. my opinion hasnt changed. do i think he got ...

>> dana: its pretty interesting, actually. pretty much, if you are a senator, you can choose not to go, but then you just increase the chances that the republicans are able to acquit, because of the vote. think of kamala harris, senator booker, warren. >> jesse: bernie. amy klobuchar. >> dana: you can imagine that mitch mcconnell would be like, ill just sit here for two months. january, february. new hampshire the second week. super tuesday right after that. also, if you are a juror and senator,...

At the president didnt know what he was doing." on cbs sunday morning she said that she was offended not only that they were trying to get her to join them but also what they were doing it all. >> instead of saying that to me they should have been in saying that to the president, not asking me to join them on their sidebar plan. it should have been go tell the president what your differences are and acquit if you dont like what hes doing. but to undermine a president isnt really a very dangerous...

Nixon 177 republicans supported the impeachment investigation. clinton days, 31 democrats broke with the president to support the impeachment investigation. you look at the fact that not even one of those 194 republicans. what does that tell you about the precedent and the historical press tent that were seeing for this? >> as a trial lawyer, as a former prosecutor, that tells me that facts matter. facts matter. if i dont have the facts on my side as a prosecutor, i didnt go forward. if i knew a...

Inquiry. and its a lot easier to vote for an inquiry if youre a republican than to vote for an actual impeachment article if thats what it comes to in a couple weeks time. he set the standard for which its going to be harder for the republicans to switch sides. thats a good thing for him if it stays partisan because it means he will have a better chance of winning acquit until the senate. it does suggest there is likely to be a party line vote in the house in the near future. >> so annie karni, ...

Of those democrats who were from swing districts where trump won in 2016 and voting against it didnt work, for the most part the democrats stuck together. it was pretty unified caucus. i think a good day for the president in the sense that the republicans also stuck by him. in fact, not a single republican went along with this idea of an inquiry. and its a lot easier to vote for an inquiry if youre a republican than to vote for an actual impeachment article if thats what it comes to in a couple ...

Democratic field is sufficient. if you look at the top three candidates on the democratic side, theyre all over 70 years old. the president is over 70 years old. i think that there is a large segment of the population thats is not represented in the top candidates on either side of the aisle, and thats something i think about. >> are you concerned of what would happen if the president survived impeachment? meaning the house impeaches him and the senate acquits? >> im more concerned forward with ...

Record. so its literally like peering into a black bag of black cats. we dont know whats going on. all we do, we get hints and sbim mak intimations. >> if he were to get impeached, you need a super majority for that, what would the process look like? >> well, its the standard impeachment process that we talk about in the trump impeachment. the house votes on articles of impeachment, they do the inquiry, and they decide to acquit or convict. or they decide to move the articles of impeachment forw...

I couldnt believe there was a situation where that long shot happened, where he would be freed. >> reporter: juror brian christenson said he and his fellow jurors had no choice but to set conrad free. >> i believe that we all pretty much felt that he probably did it. >> reporter: but you voted to acquit. >> we voted to acquit. >> reporter: because you had reasonable doubt? >> we had reasonable doubt. >> reporter: whether you believe mr. truman is innocent or not, those measurements either put an...

With the number of democrats not on board with this, its actually growing. >> katie: thats true. on the list of issues people are concerned about, russia barely makes a mark at the bottom of the list of things. and yet democrats are trying to continue this narrative of impeachment on russia, which is an issue that -- people dont believe in the narrative and they feel it dont dumb i cant affect them. >> leslie: thats why speaker pelosis is talking up putting it on the back burner, because youre n...