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Expectations ahead of wednesdays hearing. jim himes for one told me dont expect much news of the hearing. others believe it could reshape the impeachment debate going forward. nancy pelosi behind closed doors said something different. approach this calmly, im told. she told that to her democratic colleagues. approach this seriously. dont raise expectation. dont lower expectations. but ultimately the question could be whether or not pelosi shifts off her position to moving forward with an impeach...

University of birmingham and founder and editor of "ea world view." always good to see you, scott. it looks like the gloves are off. president trump still doing what he likes to do to elizabeth warren, she has taken some hits for the native american situation, but she certainly did come out running and was quite feisty and articulate in her launch. what do you make of it? >> natalie, lets contrast what happened yesterday. that is elizabeth warren staked her candidacy for president by talking abo...

Kaylee hartung, cnn. >> kaylee, thank you. lets get context now with scott lucas, professor at university of birmingham in england and founder and editor of ea world view via skype. pleasure to have you. >> thank you, george. >> scott, weve seen the president blame democrats for the deaths of two migrant children due to immigration policy, also blaming nancy pelosi as the reason for this impasse, but as we keep our eye on the ball of this blame game, it is important to recall the presidents ow...

Hes a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england and hes the founder and editor of "ea world view." scott, if the reporting is right, mr. trump fired comey because he wouldnt say publicly that the president wasnt himself under investigation. >> well, the broader point is that comey was not fired as the white house officially said days later because of his mishandling of the hillary clinton e-mails. in fact, as trump then said, it was always about the russia in...

So another interesting tidbit. one thing i should mention in all of this is that were getting some pushback on this, this narrative, from some former trump transition officials who have said this is revisionist history and, "im sure everybody is telling the fbi they warned against it," meaning that they warned flynn against talking to kislyak. so, interesting details emerging in this story. back to you. >> athena jones, thanks for the reporting. scott lucas now joining us from birmingham, englan...