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To make on jims question. first of all, i think jim is exactly right. the process for congressional accountability, holding executive accountable is broken. and every single candidate for president right now ought to be asked the question, what are you going to do about accountability reform. if you were elected, where the executive can be held accountable through a subpoena with an expedited process of 30 or 45 days. your reporters should be asking every single presidential candidate, democrat ...

Make their own determination about how they approach this process. this is going to be a trial and we are serving as jurors. so weve got some work to do prior to that. but then as were sitting there, and i think maybe a lot of americans may not realize how different this will be than the house process. we will be silent. >> you cant talk. you have to write your questions for witnesses. >> correct. thats correct. >> so it will be a different process. what folks will see on the senate floor for th...

United states senate has to discharge its duty to fairly evaluate this information. i think it was a step in the right direction when our democratic leader senator schumer proposed not just a process but asking for four witnesses who have direct knowledge of the withholding of the aid. a very -- a limited but important, relevant purpose. so were going to debate that, but i think the key in the end is this is not going to be a process driven by polls. every senator has to make their own determina...

Cetera, it seems a reasonable person at home can take from this that obstruction works, right? if you say no aggressively and often enough, you can hamper an investigation. is that a reasonable takeaway? >> but you said a key word. reasonable. there is no reason in this process right now. this is a partisan process and by that i mean the republicans have dug in, in a way that i never thought id see in my lifetime as a well. they refuse to acknowledge facts. its fair to debate whether the preside...

I wonder as we look forward here because you and many of your colleagues have talked about impeachment being such a solemn process. sort of an emergency tool you use only in the most unique circumstances here. i just wonder, what do you think the lesson here for future democratic or republican presidents is in response to impeachment as they saw president trump refuse to cooperate, refuse house subpoenas? do you think thats a dangerous precedent going forward? >> well, i think both ways are a da...

Havent seen enough evidence to make a decision. thats one of the reasons ive proposed subpoenas for these witnesses and documents all directly relevant from officials who have yet to testify under oath during any stage of the house process. senators who oppose this plan will have to explain why less evidence is better than more evidence. again, let me say that. to every senator in this room, democrat and republican, senators who oppose this plan will have to explain why less evidence is better t...

Enough evidence to make a decision. thats one of the reasons i propose subpoenas for these witnesses and documents all directly relevant from officials who have yet to testify under oath during any stage of the house process. senators who oppose this plan will have to explain why less evidence is better than more evidence. again, let me say that. to every senator in this room, democrat and republican, senators who oppose this plan will have to explain why less evidence is better than more eviden...

Some republican senators have said that, while the charges are serious, they havent seen enough evidence to make a decision. thats one of the reasons i propose subpoenas for these witnesses for these documents, all directly relevant, from officials who have yesterday to testify during any stage of the house process. senators who oppose this plan will have to explain why less evidence is better than more evidence. again, let me say that to every senator in this room, democratic and republican. se...

Decision. thats one of the reasons i propose subpoenas for these witnesses and documents, all directly relevant, from officials who have yet to testify under oath during any stage of the house process. senators who oppose this plan will have to explain why less evidence is better than more evidence. >> thats where we start today with some of our favorite reporters and friends. former senior fbi official chuck rosenberg, msnbc legal analyst who worked at the southern district of new york, maya wi...

And showcased their bias. like at the point about the timing of remarks and if someone says something it doesnt. it looks a little too cozy like a foregone conclusion, which it might very well be. >> they have to be careful about that. like i said to come out this process has been a sham, unfair, i think for the process and the house of representatives. on the one hand, i understand the senators saying that i dont want to give any credence to the house process at the house impeachment, because i...