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Wrongdoing, and the process itself is politically motivated. its more proof that the country is listening to two different narratives of the same presidency. >> joining me now is congressman tom cole of oklahoma, the top republican on the house rules committee. you saw him a lot during the impeachment vote. >> good to be with you. >> let me start with a simple question here. do you believe there was a quid pro quo? >> no. >> not at all, because there is some question, some people believe there w...

>> i think the big drama is going to be when we switch from closed hearings to public hearings, what happens then. we have seen the phenomenon in our poll going from 11% support impeachment down to 6% as the partisan temperature has been raised by republicans with this process behind closed doors. fox newal poz showed the same thing. now its down to 8%. i should say "the washington post" had 18% of republicans in a poll this week, so theres a little question there. but when it becomes public, ca...

Any of that a concern to you? >> well, concern is different than rising to the level of impeachment. but again, i look at it this way. the aid is there. and the investigations didnt happen. so if there was a quid pro quo, it certainly wasnt a very effective one. >> so why shouldnt the president be held accountable for this? >> you can hold any president accountable. you should probably do it through an oversight hearing to make your point. instead, were going willy-nilly into impeachment. were d...

Landslide in 1972. 40% of democrats in america voted for nixon. and baker who asked the question of the president what did he know and when did he know it, it gave the process more legitimacy. the clinton process was ferociously partisan. dont think this one feels that way. i know the president wants us to have that conversation. i know he wants to muddy everything up. and that is one of the reasons they think rudy juliagiuliani i going along the country side and swerving his car to hit people o...

Then an independent council report by ken starr that stayed that clinton was guilty on 7 different counts, including committing felons such as perjury and a sexual harassment lawsuit by a employee. he was not convicted. it has been used more frequently with nixon, clinton, now the talk about president president trump. >> you were at helm of the clinton process, his impeachment process, what differences do you see from then to now with trump. >> i try draw for the press comparison, we had an inde...

That was first big example with impeachment mattered. then an independent council report by ken starr that stayed that clinton was guilty on 7 different counts, including committing felons such as perjury and a sexual harassment lawsuit by a employee. he was not convicted. it has been used more frequently with nixon, clinton, now the talk about president president trump. >> you were at helm of the clinton process, his impeachment process, what differences do you see from then to now with trump. ...

The past that have advanced the courses of peace. we had it under president clinton with the agreed framework, we had it a little bit under president george w. bush after dismissing the clinton process and then started his own and there was a moment where it looked like kim jung-uns father kim jong-il would continue denuclearizing and that was a process. he died and that was a big reason why it came a cropper. and now well wait to see if kim jung-un as he says wants to turn his sights to the eco...

I presented it as if it were a binary choice. he can certainly participate in an interview or give formal, sworn testimony and invoke his fifth amendment right, but i think you go what i was aiming for. what percentage of us think he will invoke a fifth amendment right? that answer is 55%. greg was here at the outside of the program with interesting thoughts on that and both of them skilled by virtue of the involvement in the clinton process. anyway, keep your votes coming. what other social med...

But 55% saying hell invoke his fifth amendment right. 45% say he will be interviewed. can i be critical of my own poll question, and by the way, i wrote it. i think i presented it in writing as if it were a binary choice. i want to state the obvious which is to say he can participate in an interview or given sworn testimony and invoke his fifth amendment right, but i think you got what i was really aiming for, which is what percentage of us think at some point in this process hell be invoking a ...

Personally. and some of those people are concerned about what hes doing. >> in terms of the pace of things, its got to be brutal. >> i feel really terrible for most of the people working at the white house. >> the hours alone, the days must blend one day into the other. >> i keep thinking about the clinton process of the special prosecutor and bill clinton did hire a personal attorney in the summer of 1993, he hired david kendall. but that white house was basically set up almost like it was wall...