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But in the broad outlines were seeing the president, his lawyers will be afforded process and appearance in the house. the republicans did afford that to clinton and he engaged it sending his lawyers down to both of you, first to john. given that the white house has thus far tried to stonewall everything, do they ever pivot and send sekulow or giuliani down there the way clinton did to try to move the house? >> we had better counsel from the presidents naufs those days but, yes, they may and the...

Here theyre stonewalling. do they ever pivot? >> well, one of the things we saw when the president made a statement about baghdadi with all of its fictitious details, theres a real question of how connected donald trump is to reality. its hard to make good legal decisions when you wont september truth about your legal jeopardy. one of the differences thats going to come up in this process and it will come up later when this affair goes to the senate. in 1998, 1999, but the time the impeachment g...

Official who is advising ukraine while working inside the white house apparently against the presidents interests -- >> he is incredibly concerned about ukrainian defense. i dont know if hes concerned about american policy. his main mission was to make sure the ukraine got those weapons. >> im not going to question patriotism of any of the people who are coming forward. >> when you have people that are basically willing to put their life on the line for all of us, for us to denigrate in such a m...

Inside donald trumps head, inside his decision cycle. and this is a president who doesnt work so many hours, whos not in such good physical condition. so he is not going to be able to execute. hes not of the temperament to execute and hes not going to be able to execute the clinton strategy of holding it off while trying to remind the american people of whatever it is the american people liked about him. >> john. >> well, i agree basically with that. the thing about the clinton impeachment and t...

Largely having the power because they control the senate to not hold this man accountable. so the democrats will engage in this theater, it is appropriate for them to do so. we will engage in this process. but the fact that we keep on having to reiterate something that we already know gives me real pause. a country that doesnt have a clear understanding and grasp on the truth despite all of these officials coming forward and saying this is a problem is an empire thats dead on arrival. >> well, y...

Were inappropriate. it had nothing to do with national security and i reported my concerns to the nscs council. the other thing that comes through here not the third thing or the first or second, but youve got a lot of people. >> yes. >> hitting the red phone and the lawyers and the warnings, and it still didnt get corrected until it went public. >> this is the thing that im trying to get at by talking about the mountains of evidence, right? part of what i know being an african american in this ...

Would be tearing this town apart. >> martha: heres one of your colleagues asking -- answering the question about what can be done on the senate side and putting some pressure on you without regard. heres this. >> he needs to go and exercise his power. he needs to use his crowd and the only way he can do it -- >> martha: what you say to that senator? >> number one, the whistle-blower complaint was sent to intel paired with all due respect, i think he should think this thing through. im not going ...

Has brought an impeachment vote to the house floor several times already and it failed. my suspicion is, im not sure she has the votes, because a lot of members of her party were elected in districts that supported donald trump in 2016. they are going to have some strong accounting to do if they persist in this charade. >> charles: representative johnson, thank you very much. i appreciate it. now, took a minute the center of the impeachment probe of president bill clinton, rowan wick and trent l...

Behind my resolution and hopefully some democrats can do my condemning what i think is a kangaroo court in the house. what does it matter? if we get enough senators to say we dont believe the process in the house is legitimate, i will move to dismiss any articles of impeachment that come out of this jam process. thats why this is important. >> you pointed out a couple of times today that you are not making a judgment on whether or not the president did or did not do anything wrong. >> i am. im t...

This is an interesting point. adam the cowardly schiff, as a fact witness. his top-secret venezuela style of impeachment coup attempt and republicans can even read whats eagoing on. would you be able to call them beforebl your committee? >> i doubt it. the whole inquiry has been referred to the intel committee. i will get and pretty soon. heres what im going to do tomorrow and i need your help quite frankly. ive got a resolution condemning the house process as being iun-american, basically unfai...