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Stay out of the primary because at the time, obviously, there were lots of talk and considerations that hillary clinton would also run, and reid said, im going to stay neutral throughout this process, but you know, if youre worried that you dont have enough experience to run, the lack of experience for you could actually be an asset. and so, imagine being barack obama at the time, getting that sort of green light from someone like harry reid. they werent particularly close. they were cordial, bu...

Mitch mcconnell had said the same thing that he had said back in 2010 when he failed to make president barack obama a one-term president, said hes going to do the same thing with joe biden. do you think chuck schumer, who, by the way, will be speaking shortly, everybody, at this memorial service, can he pull off for biden what harry reid did for barack obama? what do you think? >> i mean, i think that is what hes attempting to do, right? you see how hes working to shepherd through the build back...

Preponderance of the evidence. that means that its more likely than not that their allegations are true, and of course, its a sharp contrast to the high burden in criminal cases of proof beyond a reasonable doubt. and then, alex, to get to your question about whether these cases will make it to a jury, that largely depends upon what evidence comes out in the discovery process, because in civil cases, again, unlike criminal, theres robust discovery, and so the plaintiff is able to propound questi...

Or no witnesses at all. >> which is why pelosi maintaining her power and making sure that trump doesnt get the acquittal in january or february hes been holding for. >> reality is 50% support impeachment but 50% dont and the house process has not really moved the needle whatsoever. and there have been some polls out that after this house inquiry and the investigation, the support for impeachment has gone down and the presidents approval rating has gone up. that is something that nancy pelosi can...

Anyway. and so, this potentially could be creating some pressure on mitch mcconnell. not every gop senator actually agrees with mcconnell that there shouldnt be witnesses. some feel the president should be able to call who they want. he is probably never going to be able to convince -- there are probably not enough gop senators in the senate, that says you can have just the witnesses. that creates a deal-making situation for the democrats, where they pull in mick mulvaney, who resisted, the subp...

On the human infrastructure bill, that big $1.75 trillion bill, it will go to the senate. but theyre out next week. the senate wont even begin bringing that bill to the floor until the week of the 15th. then, of course, its got to go through joe manchins gauntlet of what he wants to see in it. he told "morning joe" yesterday, hes not even watching this house process. he wants to make sure that this bill looks like what he negotiated with the white house. and theres still the parliamentarian, the...

Might pelosi and chuck schumer try to put on mitch mcconnell to have broader latitude, to bring in witnesses they want to hear from. the argument youll hear from republicans is its the houses responsibility and not the senates to do the fact-finding mission of the impeachment process. and that if house democrats or senate democrats had wanted to hear from people in trumps inner circle including john bolton and mike pompeo, that they should have brought those witnesses in during the house process...

Concerned by the very small some theoretical exercise, its crack in the republican wall because those of us running for office and believe in the cause with senator murkowski which need your help to drive home the well see if that crack grows message that we are fighting for but also comforted by comments you, not the other side. >> let me give jyosi the last of mitch mcconnell or lindsey word, because there is a guy graham that they are going to be named adam jefferson, who id love to have on t...

And his party? great debate to be had. two former republican congress men, charlie dent and sean duffy. first, merry christmas to you and your families, thank you for being on the show. >> merry christmas. >> charlie, push back on the idea that it means nothing, of course he made a mistake to say he was partial, its easy to say this process should be fair. but your party is locked in. where is there any proof that thats false? >> i think we should take lisa murkowski at her word. i think shes se...

Oel oath. but for you guys, when hes acquitted, what do you say? why was this worth it for the country? >> because we did our job. because in fact the president did obstruct, as a talked about before. and he had the opportunity to present witnesses that could exonerate him. he chose not to. there is a reason. >> will this affect the campaign? >> no. >> how do you know? >> because if you look at right now, and i dont go by polling, but i think that what individuals look at and most americans, the...