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During the depositions that weve conducted thus far, weve used a format that we believe is very conducive to the fact-finding process. those-f procedures will be incorporated into thee open hearing in which staff counsel will be s permitted for lengthy periods of time to do sustained questioning, up to 45 minutes per side, followed by member questioning. weve b used this to great succs for both parties during the course of the depositions, where in the depositions we have alternated oneve hour f...

Leading up to this process, particularly in the judiciary committee. the presidents counsel and supporters can cross-examination witnesses and raise objections to testimony that has already been givenha and it also gives e committee chair, who will be adam schiff, the right to take actions if the president unlawfully refuses to cooperate. once the evidence is reviewed by the judiciary committee, if necessary articles of impeachment will be reported to the house for a formal vote on the floor on ...

Legal wrangling, and the stunts pulled by the tdemocrats, the kentucky fried chicken and the rest. what are you doing among yourselves to make sure that you present the best possible posture to the american people given the historic import of all this?mp >> first, recognizing, you know, we have a system of due process in america,st that even the president is entitled to that, despite the way that he judges people without evidence, hes going to be judged with a fair process. but also, e andrea, t...

Whistle-blower, as has already been attempted? >> good afternoon, andrea. today was a solemn day, its one that none of us really looked forward to. but youre d right, we did affo, as we move to this public phase, a process, a process for the president as well as for republicans. i cant controlel how they spen their time. but it is time for them to get serious about what is alleged. of course we have seen efforts in the closed proceedings to out theoc whistle-blower. we saw the stunt of storming ...

The articles of impeachment which will then be forwarded to the house floor for yet another vote before this goes to the senate, if it does become a serious impeachment effort that proceeds to the senate. joiningoc me now, donna edwards former democratic congresswoman and a contributor to "the washington post." charlie sykes, political analyst, and rick tyler, msnbc news political analyst. donna, what are the political risks for democrats going into thisde election year? >> i think clearly the c...

Constitution, was that he didnt want to see impeachment used for political purposes. yet thats what happened today. he predicted it. and itre happened today. its a sham. it shouldnt have happened. its a tainted process that adam schiff has been t conducting, tt nadler might one day conduct. thect house deserves better. theho people of this country deserve better. we should bede tackling real problems. we could have lower prescription drug prices today but pelosi wont bring those bills to the flo...

Garrett, i guess, first, on what we justrs saw, and the white hoe reaction. garrett? >> andrea, you saw an historic vote to move forward with this impeachment inquiry. a number of democrats who had been on the fence about doing so at all said they would be voting to open up this process, that even if theyrehi not willing t vote for impeachment articles yet, of courseor none have been drafted, that it was time to move this process forward. indeed, we could begin to see open hearings t as soon as ...

See publicga hearings, and the public will be engaged in a way they havent so far. witnesses will come h forward a tell their story, and every american can judge whether they believe them or not. at some point republicans who continue to only attack on the process and not engage on the substance when those witnesses are telling a compelling story, do so at their own political peril. and i think that very serious problem the president faces as this moves forward. >> bothov parties, phil rucker, f...

Apparently convenes at 10:00 a.m. after the morning shows have wrapped up their messaging. he will -- it wont matter, because the president is not going to listen to them. and this voteto today is really frankly, remarkable, as charlie wasem saying. its simply a procedural vote. when you get articles of impeachment, they can always get articles of impeachment and go on the record. but what theyve been saying for weeks is, we want a transparent process. they just voted to have a transparent proce...

Process but now it is essentially saying this -- everything that happened today with the vote and the procedures set in place are fruit of the poisoned tree and the entire process remains illegitimate. i dont expect whoever the other witnesses are that come forward, i dont expect that fundamental argumentt to change. >> and when you talk about john bolton for a moment recall we may have more clarity when his attorney, who is representing dr. charles kupperman, his former deputy, is going to be i...