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I think we have a graphic for this. its interesting. >> were you up all night designing this in. >> i was counting on my fingers and toes. they lost five republicans on one of the articles that passed. they lost 12 republicans on one of the articles that passed. they lost 28 and 81 on a couple of the articles that did not pass. there were articles that failed. democrats lost five votes every time, basically. >> look. a couple of things to remember. the politics of impeachment and polling, public...

Look, i think first of all the reference to the deep state, what we saw a few weeks ago is that the deep state he has been referring to are decades long public servants who have been trying to work on the national interests of the united states which the context which the trump administration wants. >> ill fight you on that one because i do believe just because a bunch of smart people are over at the state department doing what they think is the best thing for the country isnt maybe what the pre...

Seeking out businesses in ukraine. he tried to get a contract for security things in the capital. >> all over eastern europe and all sorts of places. look, i think first of all the reference to the deep state, what we saw a few weeks ago is that the deep state he has been referring to are decades long public servants who have been trying to work on the national interests of the united states which the context which the trump administration wants. >> ill fight you on that one because i do believe...

The time line, republicans think get this over and done with, already, but as garrett just pointed out, this thing is moving fast. >> it is but the clinton impeachment took five weeks. it takes time and the timing is very, very tricky for everybody. the house moderates want it off of their plate. they have to be in their seats and not speaking in the trial and they dont want to do that in the run up to iowa. so there is all kinds of cross currents about timing. yes, it is always just a political...

Push them around. and thats palpable like force fields around them. i think that really helped. i will also say, brian, and i know you appreciate these kind of things, that the technical staffing of this debate and the technical production of this debate was flawless. sometimes at big events like this, big boisterous events like this with lots of cross-currents, lots of different voices, some of the things that go -- sometimes what goes wrong is that people cant necessarily hear whats happening ...

That comes from both whats going on, on the him and also whats going on in the court. impeachment is a process for the two chambers. for the house to actually impeach and the senate to hold the trial, but there are just so many crosscurrents out there already. finally, having to do with the clinton impeachment. thats our most recent trial. weve only had two senate trials of presidents in our history, and that lesson there is that once impeachment gets rolling in the house and a president is actu...

That rudy giuliani was doing at the same time. and i was at the arraignment for those two fellows in new york earlier this week. one of the defense lawyers said, look, this is a very complicated case and one of the reasons its so complicated is at least with respect to mr. parnas whos one of the associates of giuliani, he says giuliani was working for him and that he was working for giuliani and also he was working for giuliani as giuliani was working for the president of the united states. and ...

And suddenly clinton was my best friend and i was, like, leave bill clinton alone and you get crosscurrents in this thing and at the same time the democrats are in a lose-lose situation and if they dont do something their base will feel like trump get away too much and you divide the country further and you still dont stop the problem of interference. its a big mess. >> its a big mess. its possible that just everybody comes out of the works for wear. one point over the ukraine business. its clea...

Call today and find out more. im proud to be a part of aag, i trust em, i think you can too. >> we just got news that the press pool has been gathered. the president just said they were told to gather and how the markets are digesting these cross currents. this could move based on the progress of what is happening to the president, whether its looking like he could be in some

On the election. now, if something happened, i think that would probably be a positive for the election, but thats okay. i do think signing usmca on a bipartisan basis with nancy pelosi and chuck schumer and everybody else, very bipartisan, i think thats good for our country, and i would be willing to say its a bipartisan deal. but i think its important for our manufacturers, for our farmers. even our unions want that deal done. so hopefully thats going to be put up to a vote very soon. there wi...