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The bounds of normal. >> what do you think? >> i think ive never been very happy with any of the ukraine decisions since the russians ip vaded crimea. >> i want to bring in cnn political commentators now. hi to both of you. thanks for being with us. alice, you heard senator blount there not directly answering whether trumps call was appropriate or not. and in 2016, we saw republicans, some of them come out against then-candidate trump. even people like lindsey graham criticizing him. but that cr...

High. people are -- people are themselves lacking character and courage. it has to be said straight up. >> what about this weeks letter from president trump to nancy pelosi in advance of the impeachment vote. it was described as unhinged and crazed by commentators on cable television. >> whats in it? whats new? >> does it speak to the broader question thats been in effect for the past three years about fitness for office? is that what the conversations are about? >> brian, nothing has changed. i...

>> well, yeah. this is a common question that any religion and politics reporter tends to get. if you talk to evangelical christians about this, they often say, look, theyre seen in everyone, so trump doesnt have to be a sunday schoolteacher model to them. what matters is trump has delivered on their priorities. hes staunchly aen lly anti-abo and has appointed conservative judges. they said, look, character flaws are character flaws. we love what hes done for us on our agenda. >> thanks for join...

House speaker nancy pelosi is holding on to the articles of impeachment. this is a surprising move for some thats keeping republican senators and the white house a bit on their toes. but what role does pelosi have when it comes to a senate trial? lets talk now with cnn political commentators, republican strategist alice stewart and democratic strategist maria cardona. ladies, welcome back. >> good morning, victor. >> good morning. >> maria, let me start with you on this and i want to isolate the...

The democratic candidate s squared off on a host of topics. but the discussion of a wine cave got heated. >> billionaires in wine caves should not pick the next president. >> i have never been to a wine cave. ive been to the wind cave in south dakota. >> we dont have to shake the money tree in the wine cave. >> joining us now, we haver t ty mcauliffe and andrew gillom. they are both cnn political commentators. did you want to get -- >> i dont know if we have it. lets go to you, mayor gillom, fir...

So the campaign is going to be an attack on race, on crime, on gender, on our culture, on everything around us. it is going to be the ugliest aspect of politics that we have ever encountered in our lives. and, mika, i dont know about you, but it scares me. >> yeah, absolutely. white house press secretary stephanie grisham told reporters that president trump would be working all day. but his twitter feed offered realtime commentary on the impeachment proceedings yesterday writh an emphasis on fox...

Group, as we always have, as we go along. >> there are witnesses that the president withheld from us. there are documents that the president withheld from us. and we would hope that that information would be available in a trial to go to the next step, because thats another level in terms of conviction, in terms of this. but right now, the president is impeached. >> and the white house press secretary stephanie grisham told reporters that president trump would be working all day, but his twitter...

Affect the way people view investigations not just under this president but future investigations. howie: flip side of the question to you, not many conservative commentators and the president himself playing down and ignoring that doesnt confirm, what critics call conspiracy theories, mccabe, lisa page cooked this up as motivated effort to target trump. >> yeah, over 400 page report, the media has to walk and chew gum at the same time, the top line finding is what you mentioned howard, but unde...

Spoke to msnbc, he took issue with the ig report, we will get to that in a few moments, he said spying did occur and he said this. >> i think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years. i think based on a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by an irresponsible press. howie: what do you make of the attorney general taking the shot at the press and media criticism as hes acting as donald trumps defense lawyer? >> this is an impeachment that is happening because it was f...

Spoke to msnbc, he took issue with the ig report, we will get to that in a few moments, he said spying did occur and he said this. >> i think our nation was turned on its head for 3 years. i think based on a completely bogus narrative that was largely fanned and hyped by an irresponsible press. howie: what do you make of the attorney general taking the shot at the press and media criticism as hes acting as donald trumps defense lawyer? >> this is an impeachment that is happening because it was f...