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Committee, democratic side, two of them, and here on the republican side, presenting their cases. you could see and feel, almost palpable, frustration and partisan tension we know exists and see and hear exists come through in kind of a personal way. with a lot of this questioning. the key thing to remember, this is a formality. they didnt have to do it. this is expected of the judiciary committee to present their case for impeachment and now the real work begins or continues because it has been...

Democratic side, stephen castor, they will make their arguments, on the democrat side in favor of impeachment, the republican side clearly against impeachment. >> 30 minutes is a long time, actually, for a lawyer to present a matter before congress, having testified before congress and prepared five-minute statements, 30 minutes is a long time. they do have at least from the majority perspective, a very lengthy report to base his statements on and so hes really going to want to, barry berke, to ...

Hell bring this historic session to order. go ahead. >> i think thats -- you just hit the nail on the head. were talking about the specifics of what were going to hear but as we wait for them to actually start, it is history. every one of these hearings are a milestone in something few people witness because it doesnt happen that much in history. this is the ultimate of congress using its power to try to put the executive branch, the president of the united states, in check and it is happening i...

Bills that the senate has not taken up. we also expect the president to do his job even as this impeachment investigation takes place. so that means keeping his word on passing background checks. he said he would give us his position on that. we havent yet seen that. that means funding the government so people dont have to worry over the holidays if theyre going to get paid. were going to do our job. he should also do his. >> i dont know if you were judiciously following the presidents twitter f...

Just a lot of coffee. >> a lot of coffee for all of us. lets talk about strategy a little bit. first on the democratic side, adam schiff is a former screen writer while he was an attorney out in california. he knows how to play the narrative game. he starts with 45 minutes of questions for the witnesses. what do you think hes learned from, say, corey lewandowski and from the mueller hearings, where bob mueller refused to read his own report out loud. >> big difference. those were hostile witness...

Along with the two others that have been leading this investigation put together their public report and provide it to the house judiciary committee which would start to move forward on articles of impeachment assuming democrats are going down that road. and by all indication dollars they most certainly are. watch for two people in particular to do the questioning, the democratic attorney and the republican attorney dan goldman on the house democratic side, steve castor on the house republican s...

2016. we focus on republicans that dominated the feel and won in the end.ha the democratic side, and an enormously bitter contest where the popular candidate bernie sanders lost, thanks to rigging by the democratic establishment. that wound never really did heal. so you are telling me that that party is going to do the same thing again replacing hillary withel joe biden and elizabeth warren and bernie will stand there and take it? do you really think that will happen? >> well, i think they were ...

Congressional authorities available to us including power of impeachment hearings to address the new allegations, find the truth and protect our national security. so as ive been talking to you, more democrats have come out in support on the house democratic side, you have hakim jeffries, you have congresswoman rosa delau delauro. and the thinking was that the two of them would not jump if nancy pelosi were not too far behind. but we do expect to get more clarity later this afternoon. >> and tho...

Understand that all of the democrats in the caucus have different considerations with their districts, coming up on what would be a very big election year. a lot of folks are in swing districts. their constituency is a lot more moderate, and may not have an appetite for impeachment while others do. and nancy pelosi is trying to stay that course, and walk that line, and say, hey, we are working. we are doing something. but behind the scenes, i dont think that she is moved by this. i think absent ...

Has been much more successful in crafting a message to the american people which while its not truthful is very simple and easy to understand, no collusion, no obstruction, total exoneration. muellers six hours of testimony in the house on wednesday refuted that line but it was very sort of complicated and nuanced and difficult to remember. its not a bumper sticker, for example, and so the challenge democrats have had in the congress is how to communicate to the american people the urgency behin...