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Better understand. >> and mimi, one of the things about these congressional hearings is its extremely hard to anticipate the kind of interference that the republicans launch, because they are violating every norm of committee process that existed in the institution and so when im watching this, i dont have suggestions for chairman nadler about heres how to fight these guys, because ive never seen any conduct like this before in these hearings. and what they dont have are the rules that you have ...

The limits of what we thought were the powers of chairmen in this process, because they are abusing this hearing process and there really isnt a way to get them to behave the way theyre supposed to in these hearings. >> well, i think to the extent possible, and i realize under the procedural rules you cant completely do this, they have to not engage right? they have to try to shut it down as quickly and as early as possible there seemed to be a lot of debate going on about -- right there in the ...

New concerns this morning about who is serving in the presidents cabinet. and frankly how they got there. patrick shanahan has withdrawn his name from the nomination process. "the washington post" and others have unearthed nearly decade-old information of domestic violence within his family. should the white house have caught this issue? should the fbi have caught this issue? should the senate have caught this issue when they confirmed him as deputy defense secretary? joining me now is angus kin...

Republicans and what the range of opinion is, how much republican support or at least agreement might there be if the house democrats were to impeach? >> well, i think if the house democrats were to impeach, they would have to go through the entire hearing process, television coverage gavel to gavel just like watergate. we both lived through that lawrence and we know that public opinion can change. the polls are not that far apart right now but something as serious as this, you cannot blindly fo...

House democrats were to impeach? >> well, i think if the house democrats were to impeach, they would have to go through the entire hearing process, television coverage gavel to gavel just like watergate. we both lived through that lawrence and we know that public opinion can change. the polls are not that far apart right now but something as serious as this, you cannot blindly follow polls. what you need to do is follow the evidence and if youre a member of congress, your conscience. i think onc...

I think it does. for all the reasons that she said. but in addition to your point, donald trump is using the tools available to him as president. as the worlds most powerful person for his own personal gain. thats essentially what hes asked william barr to do. in giving him this unprecedented power in terms of declassifying national security. and you know, if you go back to what impeachment represents, at least the process for congress to try to determine whether or what articles of impeachment ...

An impeachment inquiry at this time, what is the argument against an impeachment inquiry? >> right. >> because, look, i do think they should hear from mueller. i do think they should hear from don mcgahn and all the witnesses to make a decision because i think the evidence the -- shes right that you can build political will for impeachment if we have a full hearing process that seems fair to the american people. >> but, john, the justin amash tweets say there is enough information in the mueller...

I think that is incredibly frustrating to moderates, liberals, and very liberal members of the house. so i think the question in front of nancy pelosi and she will actually be at the cap ideas conference, ill happen to be interviewing her tomorrow. >> what time, neera? what time? we got to be taking notes. >> its -- might be around 1:00. >> okay. >> after she meets -- after infrastructure, the infrastructure meeting at the white house. i think the central question is an impeachment inquiry at th...

Yeah, historical parallel, we have never been here before. and this is beyond the pale for what we would expect from any administration. theres no doubt about that. but i still think at the end of the day, you just had the discussion about how this is being fed and read by the american people. theres more confusion then there is understanding. and one of the things a hearing process can do aside from impeachment, which becomes a highly contested political drama. you think jim jordans going to sh...

Hearing process take? a long time. a typical case like this takes 8 to 12 months before a final decision is made. but this could end up taking even longer, and thats because of the partial government shutdown. right now, many immigration courts are closed and any case that involves a migrant who is not being detained, like cindy or allison, theyre cases have been postponed right now, so, we dont know if cindy and allisons case will start on the day its supposed to. don? >> thanks, gary. and than...