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To rely on, rely on documents and see transcripts and look if they wanted to and i believe they did look at video of the testimony. so there had already been major foundation of evidence whereas the house was stymied in all of the attempts to get that. so i think that senator schumer is right, this time is very different. >> when we look at, too, there is so much anticipation and as phil pointed out we have to keep waiting which is not entirely surprising, philip, but we dont have the house mana...

Outside the lines yet in terms of recent history. i think that she is waiting to see exactly what the ground rules will be, because as before in 1998, the articles of impeachment were transmitted simultaneously with the floor managers. and its hard to understand or determine what kind of floor managers you want to send into this impeachment trial if you dont know what the groundrules are. let me give some color to that. so if they do allow witness, which i think is the most outstanding question ...

The deadlock over president trumps snoot impeachment trial is showing no signs of breaking this morning. partisan sparring continues. live in west palm beach florida where the president is vacationing. >> good morning, john. that deadlock showing no sign of breaking and president trump showing no sign of cooling off despite spending the day on his government course yesterday, president trump remained ranting on twitter. he slammed nancy pelosi, democrats and called his impeachment a scam. lawmak...

The most recent precedent, erica. back in 1998, the articles of impeachment were actually passed on december 19th, but not transmitted to the senate until january 6. so were not actually coloring outside the lines yet in terms of recent history. i think that she is waiting to see exactly what the ground rules will be, because as before in 1998, the articles of impeachment were transmitted simultaneously with the floor managers. and its hard to understand or determine what kind of floor managers ...

Have ground rules for the trial that both leaders can agree with. senator lisa murkowski, who is pivotal in shaping the trial, said she is disturbed over president trumps attitude toward the white house. how significant is lisa murkowski saying this to the bigger picture? >> its something. i dont mean to be glib, but when you talk to republicans in the house, you never saw any cracks at all. when you talk to republicans in the senate, they believe mitch mcconnell is paired up with the president....

Anyone who voted for president trump and that she was doing a disservice to the country. but he did have some nice words, as well. those words reserved for leader mitch mcconnell essentially asked about the senate impasse, democrats an republicans not able to agree on what exactly an impeachment trial to look like, president trump said he stands behind mcconnell 100%. >> were in a very good position. ultimately, that decisions going to be made by mitch mcconnell and he has the right to do whatev...

Process. so, essentially what she is saying here, that the senators are supposed to serve as unbiased jurors. we have heard mcconnell say he is on president trumps team. we also heard other senators so i that like lindsey graham, prince. but this is an important thing, it shows a brake here. murkowski said she wanted a fared and clear trial here. i will definitely be watching her closely as we get closer and closer to try to figure out where her mind is at. >> lets talk about senator mcconnell. ...

Mar-a-lago. we have heard quite a bit from the president particularly on twitter. he has slammed impeachment, democrats, nancy pelosi, and he continued that when talking to reporters yesterday. he said that pelosi hated republicans. thap she hated anyone who voted for president trump. and that she was doing a disservice to the country. but with all of the slamming of impeachment, he did have praise for one person. that was senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. when asked about the impasse that...

The fact we are family first. honestly for some families just setting ground rules when you walk in. okay, can we agree we love each other and everything else can be subservient to that? >> i think thats a nice one. just go in and agree that youre not going to have a political fight that day. >> right. >> i think that works. >> some families may have to say, okay. this is off the table. literally that table. when were at the table, these topics, no. then after awhile, then we can go at it. >> bu...

Most important or a source of stress. >> ive heard this. >> especially given how divided the country is right now. for more on what to keep in mind as many americans celebrate christmas, we are joined by father dave dwyer and cnn political analyst david gregory. so, father, this is one of those questions we face heading into the holidays. how do you deal with politics or how do you tack about politics in a family where you might have divided views? to me, forgive me for being cynical here, eithe...