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Himself or contradicting himself. so the question is where he comes down on this, and i dont think anybody in washington knows. chris: we asked you for questions for the panel, and we got this on twitter from peter. a political party is using trumped the-up reasons to remove a potus, president, they dont like. what will be the long-term impact on the nation, and could this process repeat itself often? marie, how do you answer peter, and how do you answer the argument that some people are making,...

Witnesses. they said what they wanted to say. but the fact is when you talk about impeachment, this is the death penalty for the president. and the fact that she was removed, it wasnt done professionally, i felt badly for her, doesnt rise to the level of impeachment. so maybe next week with sondland and some of these others we hear firsthand accounts, but at this point weve heard three people with important stories to tell, but i think its really, really difficult at this point to think you sway...

Overheard a phone call from the president in a restaurant -- in which, according to this testimony, the president says, so hes going to do the investigation, meaning zelensky of ukraine. sondland replies that he loves your ass, hell do whatever you want. and sondland also said trump only cares about the big stuff, meaning investigating the bidens. the new"the new york times" sayt proves trump is preoccupied with this stuff. it just took me 30 seconds to explain it, but he wasnt even on the call....

She is in the position of being the tough person because she is a real hard-nosed, experienced politician, very active, opposition researcher before she was elected to congress, she knows what shes doing, she can stand on her own two feet, she can defend herself, that is why shes being so outspoken. the republicans want her out front because she is a partisan and a highly competent one, not because she is a woman. >> an unbiased journalist -- shannon: lets give you the final wrap-up. >> talking ...

It didnt actually happen. >> doesnt rise to impeachment. not going to defend the action. >> there was an attempt but it didnt all work out. but i think for the public, what they see here is a career public servant that has been praised by republicans who was victimized and feels victimized by a smear campaign organized by the president of the united states. and that seems like a real wrong in a criminal process. >> i want to get to the president. this is -- obviously, hes his own worst enemy mos...

Defend what is clearly indefensible. it would have been a much better strategy to go with, as you said, where they had said, yes, he did it but it is not impeachable and doesnt rise to the level of an impeachable act pot they weact. they went back to prove what is clearly evident that happened. to act that ambassador miller would have just fabricated that a staff member was in a restaurant and heard what they heard, if youre going lie, you dont need to go through a staff member in a restaurant. ...

Servants, and even some of these witnesses are ones that the minority requested to be called. so we are trying to do our best in the majority to have a fair process and one thats focused really on the witnesses and the substance of their testimony because its so important that the american people see for themselves what these people have to say. >> yeah. listen, the president has said -- they sent out the talking points. jim acosta got a hold of some yesterday. there are others that came out tod...

There are other ones that came out today. but the president is basically saying do not relent. dont say the call wasnt perfect. he did nothing wrong. but some republicans are arguing, congressman, that what the president did was wrong but doesnt rise to the level of impeachment. so explain how the evidence tomorrow adds up to impeachable offenses. >> sure. well, as you know, impeachable offenses are high crimes and misdemeanors among others. and, you know, abusing the office or engaging in what ...

Defense but here they are saying this is all perfect. >> well, it was perfectly awful. the whole call. it was a -- it is a fiasco. i think republicans are going to be making a huge mistake if they do not acknowledge that the presidents conduct was terrible. and then if they make the argument maybe this doesnt rise to the level of impeachment, that is another debate to have. but i dont think there is anything to be gained by trying to pretend that everything is okay, abusing yu power, using your ...

Impeachable. >> for more, president and ceo of the center for american progress, michael steele a republican strategist. it is your home base here to explain this. >> always a pleasure. >> it does seem it is an exercise in creative writing now to come up with how this presidents innocent of what he has clearly been charged with and effectively charged with. >> well, that is the reason that so many republicans are trying to get permission from the president to make the argument that what he did i...