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But the bar in removing the president is very, very high. its 2/3 of the senate. >> right. >> so at this point, why does mitch mcconnell go on fox news? why does he come out and say im aligned with the white house, im working lock step with the white house, i dont need to hear witnesses and i dont need to see testimony? the appearance of a fair trial in america, in democracy, is as important as a fair trial. >> yeah, i dont understand what hes doing, and i dont understand why he would have said ...

But mitch mcconnell, he dismissed any argument about impartiality in the senate impeachment trial on what else but fox news just this morning. >> do you think chuck schumers impartial? do you think elizabeth warrens impartial? >> no. >> bernie sanders is impartial? so lets quit the charade. this is a political exercise. if we havent ruled out witnesses, weve said lets handle this case just like we did with president clinton. fair is fair. >> but house speaker nancy pelosi is not budging on sendi...

That role because were in an unprecedented time where the norms of impartiality, where the senate majority leader has basically vowed to violate or to not abide by his oath to be an impartial juror. and i think at this moment we need to implore the chief justice to play a stronger role. >> this, jonathan, is as much of a test for the united states senate and how they perform their role in this constitutional obligation they have as much as anything else. and what is your assessment on how and wh...

Documents and witnesses in a letter to his senate colleagues today, writing, "to oppose the admission of this evidence would be to turn a willfully blind eye to the facts and would clearly be at odds with the obligation of senators to do impartial justice according to the oath we will all take in the impeachment trial." but mitch mcconnell, he dismissed any argument about impartiality in the senate impeachment trial on what else but fox news just this morning. >> do you think chuck schumers impa...

Controls their caucus in the senate, in this case, its mitch mcconnell, will have significant sway if he can keep all of his people. mitch is a pretty ruthless guy. look what he did to merrick garland. so hes going to try everything he can to prevent eerosions from his caucus. >> heres a question. nothing is a foregone conclusion but the bar in removing a president is very, very high. its 2/3 of the senate. >> right. >> so at this point, why does mitch mcconnell go on fox news? why does he come ...

Witnesses, there were deposition there was all kinds of testimony going into the impeachment trial of clinton. what is your reaction to him making that statement this is an entire political process. it has nothing to do with impartiality. >> look, these people need to be voted out of office. there are public officials serving in both parties across this nation at local levels and in state houses who actually truly serve the people that voted for them, and they put their duty to their constituent...

Now the only thing she can do is threaten to withhold the documents, i think were coming to the end of the road on that, and the impeachment articles will have to be formally submitted. frankly, i think they could be tried if they werent submitted. we know exactly what was voted. but well see how this plays out. and in the end, mitch mcconnell gets to call the shots, just aspell osei kuehled the shots on the house side. in the end, this is a political process, its not a court of law, its a polit...

That we treat trump the same way we treated clinton. >> dana: one of the problems in all of this is the language is the same. youve tried cases in courtrooms where the trial looks very different from what a senate trial would look like. >> i wish this were a judicial proceeding but keep in mind if it were, adam schiff would not of been leading the investigation. 60 house democrats wouldnt have made up their minds for the first syllable of the mueller report. eric swalwell investigating the presi...

Speaker nancy pelosi tweeting around the same time, the president cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what kind of conduct he will conduct. what is his excuse now?" democrats are calling for a fair process, they want witnesses and documents. for criticism of the senate majority mitch mcconnell dismissed this morning. >> first on the impartiality, do you think chuck schumer is impartial? do you think elizabeth warren is impartial? bernie sanders is impartial? so lets quit the cha...

Coming on and sharing your views. hope you and your family have a merry christmas. >> joining me now from urbandale, iowa, is democratic senator and presidential candidate cory booker. welcome back to "meet the press". >> its great to be on, good morning. >> so you are to be a juror while a kacandidate. let me ask you about your juror role here first. i almost want you to respond to something one of your colleagues, bill cassidy sort of implied in our set up piece which is this idea of a fair tr...