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Ahead. deign 2345? >> dana: it is indeed. john roberts, thank you. we have word that the president has taken some questions and we are going to bring those to you as soon as we have that tape and for the moment. lets go back to this hearing. congressman raskin speaking. >> im still a constitutionalist. i have never denied that the committee -- i said it in the judicial committee that day to mr. goldman. never questioned the committee process. never questioned the subpoena. and also acknowledged ...

The actual consideration will take place thursday. there wont be any shortage of opportunities for republicans to try to make changes and amend the language and try to strip that language in some cases in what will likely be a long and divisive process. the house next week will vote to impeachment president donald trump. the committee process is almost a sure thing. they will move the articles of impeachment through on that majority vote. no republicans expected to deflect setting up the house f...

This process, including into the final vote on impeachment. one thing that has been abundantly clear through the public hearings, behind closed doors, republicans are not breaking. republicans are not jumping ship. republicans are not worried about political implications of this. they are sticking with the president, they will vote against it throughout, democrats will stick together particularly in the committee process, we will have to see on where they are when it gets to the floor. >> i thin...

Proceeds and whether the republicans which is have counterwitnesses. your guest serves on that committee. arizona republican congressman andy biggs, chair of the hughes freedom caucus. >> good to be with you, mike. >> the first line, when president trump is asked to tell fared nadler the head of your committee whether they will participate in the committee process what are the expect tanks on that front? >> i would be hard-pressed to say he would answer by deadline artificially set by mr. nadler...

Changing, and this is why the president is going to twitter and going around them. we have no rights in this sham, and it is horrible, and really horrible. >> and of course, some rights are afforded to the president and his side and the republicans. it is the nature of the congress and the democrats who control the committee process have the power by virtue of the majority, and so when the transcripts come out, there is an opportunity for them to read it in full, and get the whole back and forth...

Same thing because it will involve the same fact pattern and then definitely an obstruction of congress since the administration has chosen not to cooperate to any extent at all. >> so, bribery was a maybe but the other two he believes are definite. do more articles of impeachment make it a stronger case for democrats or is it wise to focus on just one? >> i think thats going to be left up to the committee process, alex. i think its important to take a step back and focus on the facts, which is ...

Democratic member on the intel committee. led by adam schiff on the democratic said, someone who pelosi has a ton of faith in. the republicans have pushed back really hard, saying hes the prosecutor, the judge and the jury thus far. on the republican side, devin nunes is the ranking member, he was in charge of the committee process during the russia investigation that both parties criticized, it got overly partisan. hell be backed up by allies of the president. the intel committee bench is not a...

On the impeachment process. as you know, republicans have been calling for that. nancy pelosi had been reluctant. today its actually going to happen. and as we understand it, what will happen is that then the rules will be set. let me just pull up for our viewers some of the rules that are expected today. it will allow the intel chairman, adam schiff, the ranking member, to question witnesses for up to 90 minutes. this is for the public phase. the republicans may request witnesses and issue subp...

Audio. heidi, as liz says, there are republicans in these hearings or at least they have access to them. there are reports that republicans have been using some of these closed door depositions to try and figure out the identity of the whistle-blower. do we know anything about that? >> there are a number of reports saying that they have been pushing even though the republicans, when they are confronted with their line of questioning, say, no, we dont know who the whistle-blower is so how can we ...

Protecting our country, to the core of presidential power in the abuse of presidential power endangering our 60,000-plus troops in europe. so what i want to see is the facts actually driving that process. and i think thats whats happening right now. were going through a very professional, very deliberate committee process that has republicans and democrats involved. we are interviewing witnesses right now with counsel, with republican counsel, with democratic counsel. there are going to be trans...