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Witnesses and documents. he goes so far as to say he will try to force a vote if he has to. >> we, at the very minimum, will require votes from all the senators on each of the witnesses and about each of these sets of documents. and i dont think my colleagues, recommend kra democratic or republican, are going to want to vote for evidence in such an important trial. >> thats a no go for him. sources tell us mcconnell is open to going to the floor without schumers support on a rule that would lay ...

Clinton impeachment. shes making a play for something. do you have any concerns about that? >> i think what shes trying to do is make sure it is a fair trial. senator mcconnell immediately said that he had already made up his mind, not hearing the facts. that is not a fair trialch and that he was going to do what the white house said. that leads anybody to be concerned about are we going to follow what is in the constitution. so i think im going to let her take the lead on this. senator schumer ...

Much in touch with the clinton white house. is it -- >> but they publicly said they made up their mind and were going to do what the white house said. >> so is it okay to be impartial as long as you dont publicly admit it? >> i think quite frankly people were more impartial. and im not going to point fingers. i know i was. i know that i had an enormous -- most political pressure ive had until the impeachment came along and president trump took his shot. but i did what i thought was right. it wou...

Actually senator mcconnell as well, i trust the leaders to know that theyve got to negotiate with each other and they have to get the ground rules set. but once -- and im leaving it to speaker pelosi and senator mcconnell to get this worked out. maybe im naive and have trust, but i dont want to undercut what their negotiations are. >> i want to ask you about freshman members. so many freshman came in by winning in these purple or even reddish districts. and here they are. there is a number of th...

>> mike: why should it be different this time? >> i appreciate his appeal for intellectual consistency but he has been intellectually dishonest about the situation. as i said before, and the bill clinton situation, all the facts were on the table. a ken starr, the special prosecutor had done his homework and all the facts were there and therefore they could agree on certain ground rules. there has been an active cover-up aided and abetted by republicans in congress but spearheaded by the trump a...

But, of course, something to keep an eye on as hes spending these two weeks at mar-a-lago. a lot of critical decisions to be made, brooke. >> kaitlan, thank you. the next step in this impeachment process, so hard to discern. the man in charge of returning the trial is at odds with nearly everyone else involved. talking senate majority leader mitch mcconnell who cant agree to ground rules with minority leader chuck schumer in part because senator schumer wants to call four white house insiders ...

Accept the ground rules accepted unanimously in the bill clinton impeachment trial going forward right now? >> i think this ought to be worked out between majority leader mcconnell and minority leader schumer. bill clintons impeachment followed a many many month-long searching and thorough investigation by judge ken starr who was the independent counsel who developed a huge amount of background and record. the house impeachment here has been relatively brief in comparison. frankly, not knowing a...

Following the breaking news, republican leader mitch mcconnell says we remain at an impasse in the senate. nancy pelosi refuses to send over the articles until she has what she considers a fair proceeding. the house has now adjourned until january 6th. joining us now, sean patrick maloney from new york. thank you for coming in. what do you think of the proposal mitch mcconnell put forward? we saw him on cnn. basically following the ground rules for president clinton. i know you worked at the whi...

Floor. we will just have to wait and find out. for what its worth 20 years ago it went almost immediately straight to the senate. pete: griff, thank you. steve: its a crazy story. thank you very much. pete: nancy pelosi wants to talk about fairness and a fair process? what alternate universe? does she think anyone can listen with a straight faces a she talks about fairness. look at what they did in the house how they rigged the entire says and she is going to yell about fairness. steve: they sta...

Privileged. you can do it all day long. that was andy biggs, republican from arizona moved to adjourn. by voice vote it was repeated. what well have now even before we get to that debate establishing the ground rules for debate on impeachment is a motion to adjourn. right now members are being called to the floor to vote. this will probably might have heard diana degette the democrat from colorado presiding over the debate today say it will be a 15-minute vote. it is like soccer where you have i...