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An alternative universe that he lives in and were all going to have to move over there. and if we dont, theres something wrong with us. i think that the thing that is most disturbing is when you have the congressman nunes sitting there and he is the one, the cheerleader, the head of the team that is opposing what the chairmanship is doing in the impeachment hearing. now we find out that he, himself, was directly involved in trying to go and see if they could get some dirt on the bidens. and no o...

The needle with the american public and there is no sign that republicans are ready to cross over yet. >> you were going to say something. >> thats the problem. republicans in the house seemed this week and during the hearing process to be more intent on complaining about the process and how unfair the chairman was being, and frankly just obstructing the process than they were on actually getting the facts. as a republican and a former republican elected official, that has surprised me. i would ...

Even have that first step satisfied. they have to get over the hump, is this even criminal because you have to get there really to get to impeachment. so, i think theyre going to run in a lot of problems with that element of proving any sort of crime under the federal statute. neil: and dont things have to-- i know with the richard nixon impeachment started out with 7 out of 10 americans think it was a waste of time, no "there" there, and process of taping system, and cancer on the presidency, t...

Screens perhaps in a few weeks? >> you know, i dont think anyone should be happy that were going down this process, but i am glad its going to an open hearing process where the public can watch the testimony, the republicans will have a chance to ask questions, the president will have a chance to defend himself, and thats what should happen. and then every member of congress can see the depositions, they can participate in this process. eric: were told that there will likely be 45 minute questio...

That theres more information that continues to make itself available to everyone, the facts are continuing to come forwardment as we move forward with an open hearing process for the american people to continue to tune in and continue to share the documents with everyone across america, including members of congress. >> now, you are the speaker of the house democrats. you are the assistant speaker of the house, period. >> yes, sir. >> i should say, assistant to the speaker of the house. and you ...

All of the depositions and im glad that this hearing process has gone from beneath the capital to now in front of the american people so they can hear the evidence and they can come up with the right decision on whether or not this president should be impeached. >> dana: one thing that is different as the technology has changed and now everybody including the commander in chief has the ability to speak directly to the american people and his voters. while the republicans can say the process is n...

Buy-in. they dont and yet they feel like they have no choice but to do this. what do they do next? >> i think the speaker foresaw this because she was looking at the mueller report, the denseness of it, all the things that we know. ukraine changed all of that for democrats because here you had basically an open court, the president of the united states by his own words, both on camera and in a sort of transcript, and that really didnt leave democrats a choice. now, given that, i think its been i...

Youre looking at november with a thanksgiving break, another break for lawmakers and you just start running out of days to get this done. what we know is theres another full week of closed door depositions still to come. there are depositions scheduled through next thursday. after that, we know that democrats want to try to move this into an open hearing process sooner rather than later. they would like to do open hearings in both the committees that are doing the investigating part of this inte...

This comes down to a situation where you remember the oath you took to protect and defend the constitution. if it turns out that the president was soliciting help from foreign nations to put a political hit on his democratic opponent in this presidential election, i dont think we have a choice. if you took that oath and you meant it, i think you have to protect and defend the constitution. >> neil: just to understand, the hearing process. you not say he is guilty or that they are going to charge...

I think its an urgency wanting to get this done so that the president doesnt allow his allies in the court system to stall this past any meaningful analysis. but, look, this has been a concern from the very beginning in terms of if the house ultimately votes to impeach the president, but the senate fails to convict, then those feel its all a failure and waste of time. what would you say to that? >> i think the white house hearings are instructive. the fact of the matter is early in the hearing...