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>> went to the white house, palm beach, thanks to several legal battles between the justice department and house democrats doj lawyers told a federal appeals court that requests for grand jury materials from the mueller probe is no longer relevant. house impeachment articles do not involve the russia probe. the information could be used in the senate under the current articles, or leading to different ones in the house, oral arguments are set for january 3rd. you are opening your gifts later thi...

Until the senate announces what kind of trial it has planned. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell called her position absurd, and the president weighed in with a crazy nancy tweet. but given that the impeachment articles do not appear to be leaving the house anytime soon and given that yet more evidence may come out in the weeks ahead, the standoff feels very unpredictable. what should we expect? joining us is congressman raja krishnamoorthi, democrat of illinois and a member of the house i...

Call your witnesses, especially relevant fact witness whose have personal knowledge of the impeachment articles. and so thats why these republican senators, who may ultimately have to vote on this, should be very careful. because if they vote to deny there ability to get this evidence and then it comes out later, theyre going to look complicit in the cover up as well. the american people are on our side with respect to a fair trial and witnesses and getting the documents. >> thank you very much....

Witnesses to testify, and so pelosi is trying to, you know, just exert her -- the last remaining power that she can now that these impeachment articles have been adopted. >> norm, i thought the one piece of e-mail the senator for public integrity, there was a bunch of e-mails, but this one particular e-mail on the day that the call happens was relevant both for what it showed and also for what it sort of suggests about what is incomplete in the factual record. >> absolutely the case, chris, beca...

Drama is heightened by whats playing in the background. the articles of impeachment approved by the house havent been sent to the senate. today was another day of attacks and recriminations on all sides as house speaker nancy pelosi continued to insist that she would hold onto those articles until the senate announces what kind of trial it has planned. senate republican leader mitch mcconnell called her position absurd, and the president weighed in with a crazy nancy tweet. but given that the im...

>> okay, you have a standing invite to come back and talk to us if the president starts that press conference. and we have our guests joining me now including john allen, and julian manchester reporter for the hill. barbara, let me begin with you and ask you legally speaking, can democrats keep adding impeachment articles as long as they want to, is there anything that prohibits them? >> they can add as many as they want. the constitution is spare on the instructions of impeachment. it is not un...

Is whats a fair trial? and you and i know that every american understands that its not a fair trial if you dont get to call your witnesses, especially relevant fact witnesses who have personal knowledge of the impeachment articles, and so thats why these republican senators who, you know, may ultimately have to vote on this should be very careful because if they vote to deny the ability to get this evidence, and then it comes out later, theyre going to look complicit in the coffver-up as well. a...

Impeachment articles have been adopted. >> the one piece of email for the senate integrity -- this one on the day the call happens was relevant both for what it showed and also for what it suggests about what is incomplete in the factual record. >> absolutely the case, chris. because it wasnt just that you-this move to withhold the aid done 90 min ltutes after th call. its within the email it says keep this hush hush. which suggests what omb said, about the real policy difference is a sham to be...

>> that trivializes the constitution as well. >> let me ask you this, for donald trump to be removed in a while the, two-thirds of senators would have to support that 63 senators 53 republicans in the senate. >> that would be a fairly heavy lift. in order to set the rules if which there could be testimony and there could be witnesses and there could be documents provided, you would need a basic majority. in other words, two or three republicans coming over could make all the difference and there...

Some of those cot be kiss covered without witnesses. they want people who know more about the presidents actions and comments to speak before committees and so the idea is that with more truth, troubling for the president, and legally could they keep adding impeachment articles. >> i dont know that we have, canda candace, but when you ask can they continue, can they vote out more articles of impeachment, the answer is yes, there is no legal or constitutional bar. maybe it is like voting in chica...