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Information. i dont know if well get to see it. is there a fact finding process under way? even as the committee decides that its seen enough to advance the articles. >> the document i saw this afternoon. this is frankly a crime in progress. the president is continuing to attempt to cheat in the 2020 election. his lawyer rudy giuliani led this scheme on the presidents behalf. was back in ukraine. thats one of the reasons this sh so urgent. it continues to compromise the national security interes...

To see it, but is there still a sort of fact finding process under way even as your committee decides its seen enough to advance these two articles? >> yes, this is frankly a crime in progress. i mean the president is continuing to attempt to cheat in the 2020 election. his lawyer, rudy giuliani who led this scheme on the presidents behalf was back in ukraine. so thats one of the reasons this is so urgent that it continues to compromise the national security interests of the united states. it co...

President. it allowed substantive participation and participation from the presidents counsel in the fact-finding process. democrats denied us witnesses. democrats voted down subpoenas we sought to issue from both documents and testimony, and i note democrats never brought to a committee vote any of the subpoenas that were issued. they were all tabled. democrats directed witnesses not to answer our questions, and these sorts of action delegitimize the inquiry and do not give the witnesses or the...

President. it allows substantive minority participation from the the presidents council and the fact-finding fact-finding process. neither aspect was present here. democrats denied witnesses, voted down subpoenas we sought to issue for both documents and testimony and although they never brought a vote, they were all tabled. democrats directed witnesses not to answer our questions in these sorts of actions delegitimize the inquiry and did not give the witnesses or the president confidence that t...

Fundamental fairness and due process to the president. it allowed substantive minority participation andin participati from the presidents counsel in there fact finding process. neither aspect was here. democrats never brought to a committee vote any of the subpoenas issued. they were all tabled. democrats directed witnesses not to answer our questions. these sorts of actions delegitimized the inquiry. second the president or any potential witness to this impeachment inquiry should be allowed to...

Where will he be tomorrows hearing? ducking it after claiming he wanted to send lawyers, then declining the opportunity. there has been a lot of bluster. it has been completely wiped out, demolished, exposed when instead of tweets and attacks, theres rule of law. and so a lot of people have gone quiet. i think thats another telling part of this whole fact finding process. >> the giuliani evidence may be evidence by federal prosecutors in the southern district of new york. do you see any avenues ...

Six months ago, it looks like pelosi isnt doing impeachment. that was dead wrong, opposite of what happened. and right now people are trying to predict what the senate will do. i dont know what the senate will do and i dont think our core expertise is predicting that. but to the senators political and substantive point, it matters, if a fact-finding process of a branch of the u.s. government determines that foreign policy is either on sale or being used to extort election cheating. because not o...

California and new york voters react to this mutual agreement is fundamentally different in the voters of the states that are different. in michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania, florida, the states we all know will be the key states, there is a fundamental split, and in those places voters are more skeptical about the legitimacy of this impeachment inquiry and the fairness of how its being conducted, and that is what that process argument is about. if john bolton is compelled through subpoena or th...

On these issues. if all that happens in impeachment is the people who already didnt like the president vote to impeach him and those who like him vote against it, then it hasnt really served its purpose. i think youre going to see that point from republicans and the president today, that at the point the house is authorizing an impeachment inquiry, it was overwhelmingly approved by the house with nixon on a bipartisan basis. with clinton, 31 democrats voted in favor of the impeachment process. b...

There is wide support within the house democratic caucus to continue with impeachment and also significant support in order to -- that could lead to the ultimate impeachment of this president. so if the president -- if the house does move forward, john, with articles of impeachment, you can expect this party will mostly be along party lines. john? >> manu raju, live for us on a big day in capitol hill. we expect reaction from key democrats and key republicans in the hour. to our studio, olivia k...