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Assertions? and what explanations did chairman schiff provide when asked why hearsay was incorrectly presented as evidence? >> despite its his own making up the phone call to start with but also he has not really provided it because he didnt come testify in my committee. >> did you ask chairman nadler to invite chairman schiff to come testify? >> i did. >> just to be clear, you are asked to vote on articles of impeachment against our commander in chief based on a report full of unsubstantiated a...

>> im not going to yield my time. >> there was testimony. >> you will have your time shortly. >> yeah. the testimony was, im not going to tell you. >> how many times, mr. collins, the schiff report or hearsay statements used as evidence? >> hundreds. >> actually only 54. it may seem -- >> when you take off one person talking off another person it goes up. >> how many times in the schiff report or news reports the only evidence supporting factual assertions? >> im sorry. repeat the question. >> h...

Horowitz couldnt get himself to say it. big credible loss. obama knew everything. in fact, horowitz found the opposite of that. didnt he, jim? >> well, michael horowitz is a dedicated professional. hes doing his level best to make sure that he gets to the bottom of all of the matters that he investigates as is his team. i dont agree with the i.g. on every conclusion he makes. i dont agree with the team on everything they do, but they are professionals. they are impartial. and these kinds of asse...

Hear from everybody, how difficult it can be for candidates to get their message out. joe biden talked a little bit about that back in september. heres what he had to say. >> theres still ten people. theres still one minute. tell me your life story in a minute. >> im here talking to you. >> im being facetious. i think everybody knows these arent debates, these are one-minute assertions. >> is there a better way to do this so you continue to hear from the candidates, but its more substantive? >> ...

Weekend that he has already made up his mind about impeachment. and that he does not see the need for a formal trial in the senate. watch this. >> this thing will come to the senate, and it will die quickly, and i will do everything i can to make it die quickly. i am trying to give a pretty clear signal i have made up my mind. >> there wasnt any doubt at this point. >> is it appropriate to be voicing your opinion even before this gets to the senate as a trial? >> well, i must think, so because i...

Clear signal i have made up my mind. im not trying to pretend -- >> there wasnt any doubt toipt. >> is it appropriate to be voicing your opinion eventual before this gets to the senate as a trial? >> well, i must think so because im doing it. i have clearly made up my mind. im not trying to hide the fact that i have disdain for the accusations and the process, so i dont need any witnesses. >> republican senator ted cruz told abc just yesterday that he intends to be an impartial juror, but in the...

Politico reports in detail. >> its no wonder why trump harbored a grudge against ukraine, one of his best friends in the media was harping on it. enter john solman. he worked with rudy giuliani to light the fuse of the ukraine scandal. there was a key moment in march when he was on the show with trumps pals and hannity and pushing out anti-biden assertions and backing up the anti-ukraine theories. during this segment right here, trumps pals also trashed yovanovitch which was foreshadowing her re...

What we were not applying tariffs to before. so i dont know that we really took china on. we kind of threatened them. they said no, we wont change our behavior. now we backed up a little bit. ed: we may have sent them a message but really didnt change much in the long run. well have to see details as you suggest. what about peter navarros assertions about the economy writ large? he says the president has a good case this christmas is good for the american worker, there is evidence i would sugges...

Be an impeachable offense, and the articles set forth in abuse of the powers of the office, the president of ukraine to investigate the united states delirium tremens. it is a strong, but i think that the presidents response it s not really an articulated basis for privileged assertions on a witness by wince or document by document basis, speaks to the behavior of the president. >> the republicans, some, suggested that news are not real trims that the president is being charged with here, would ...

>> it was worse than i thought. i didnt think there would be 17 different instances of embellishment, omissions, errors, unsupported assertions, and for background, fisa is the most intrusive thing you can do to a us citizen in terms of surveillance, listen in on phone calls, intercept texts an emails, install microphones, put a camera in somewhats house and look at their computer. knowing that 17 different violations were associated with that application is terrifying but i want to point out th...