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Over the weekend senator chuck schumer september a leader to mitch mcconnell calling on him to establish ground rules for the upcoming impeachment trial in the senate including calling witnesses the house was unable to compel to testify. people like mick mulvaney, john bolton. schumer is confident he will have the votes to be able to push some of this forward. >> i expect to have the support from democrats and republicans because the argument is so strong. and many republicans have voiced to pea...

Bolton. the witnesses schumer is asking to hear from were asked to appear before the house but did not. >> two weeks ago i went to mcconnell and said im willing to start talking about it. he didnt talk to me or ask to talk to me. he starts spinning out his own theories talking to the republican caucus and then saying he will do just what the president wants. so we put this out so we could set up the ground rules for a fair discussion. i hope we can come to an agreement about a fair trial. >> com...

>> so i assume this week youre going to start negotiations with mcconnell on the shape of the trial? >> two weeks ago i went to be mcconnell and said im willing to start talk about it. he didnt talk to me. he didnt ask to talk to me. then he starts spinning out his own theories talking to the republican caucus and saying hes going to do just what the president wants. so we put this out so we could set up the ground rules for a fair discussion. i hope now he will talk to me. he said that yesterda...

He has more information to present that is material, that is relevant to this case. so before we can get to a senate trial, the house of course has to finish its work and we are now in the final stretch. so late last night you had the house judiciary committee issuing a report that sflaexpla articles of impeachment and it says president trump has realized the framers worst nightmare, he has abused his power in soliciting and pressurering a foreign nation by sabotaging a political opponent and en...

Fair than he normally could otherwise because of mitt romney or susan collins. >> exactly. he needs 51 votes to decide upon the rules governing the process and we have at least two or three moderate republicans who are interested in actually having a trial it would seem. so he needs them to come on board with the process. >> let me read to you something from larry tribe. hes citing schumers proposal to mcconnell and tribe argues that if mcconnell rejects these reasonable ground rules and insists...

Looking to make the same changing for beef processing and that is very serious. >> morgan, thank you very much for that report that does it for us this morning, stephanie ruhle picks up the coverage right now. >> hi there, it is monday, december 16th and there is a lot happening this morning. while you were sleeping house democrats dropped their massive 658 page impeachment report. the report that came out just after midnight argues that the president must be impeached "to protect the nation and...

Followed. i went to the "daily rundowambae country. i and wanted to know what is this about, what are the ground rules? is this going to be a criminal case, are you going to do a public report? they wanted to understand the ground rules before they met with durham and i met with them and i set up appropriate channels. this was perfectly appropriate. >> speaking of whether or not something was appropriate or not, was it appropriate for john durham to issue his statement yesterday? given that hes ...

But we should be setting fair and serious ground rules for us to conduct this important constitutional role for the senate. >> senator chris coons, thanks for sharing your perspective this morning. >> so the american people, where do they stand this morning on impeachment after weeks of public hearings? a closer look at whats going on inside the polling, next. say h a new brain supplement with clinically proven ingredients that fuel five indicators of brain performance: focus, accuracy, memory, ...

Not. >> sandra: jonathan turley said if democrats proceed need to build their case. they need to call more witnesses. the president has suggested it is time to hear from mick mulvaney, john bolton and others, i spoke to dan kildee who said the president and his team have blocked them from testifying in the house intelligence committee and others. would the white house work out or negotiate some way if nancy pelosi and jerry nadler engaged in this, work out a way to have them testify in the judic...

Members of the opposing heart changed sides. democrats voted along with a majority of republicans to impeach even for some of the articles of impeachment. and based at least on public statements, this if it does come to a vote in the house, is going to be a purely party line vote. you may very well as you did on the first vote laying out the ground rules for the impeachment hearing, lose some democrats. how concerning is that to you? >> well, i think it would be most important that it is biparti...