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Protect him at this point. jon: you could also say it is pretty weird have the jurors, mainly the u.s. senators giving their opinions before theyve heard the case. john bussey from the "wall street journal." thanks. our country has been through two impeachment trials before, the impending senate proceedings will be unlike anything we have seen assuming we see it. senior capitol hill producer takes a closer look at how it might all play out. >> senate impeachment trial rules are vague. they onl...

Pressure. >> the book is full of truisms. one of them "if you want to do well, prepare. "i was talking at the top of the hour, she was surprised what happened here, not in a negative way, but caught him by surprise that between articles would be held on by speaker pelosi waiting for a senate trial to take place. talk about the importance of preparation to her. and the importance of having figured out her path forward in a circumstance like this. nancy pelosi always told us, proper preparation gi...

The trump administration demanded that a portion of year-end spending legislation that referenced ukraine be removed. "the post" reports it this way. senior trump administration officials in recent days threatened a presidential veto that could have led to a government shutdown if house democrats refused to drop language requiring prompt release of future military aid for ukraine. the report goes on to say, the language ultimately was indeed left out of the spending package that was signed tonig...

Dramatically in the house impeachment articles that the president is continuing to solicit help from the russians. he is continuing to sustain and support these crackpot conspiracies about the ukrainians not the russians attacking our country, and it is a danger to our national security that we must resist and reject. >> well, maybe one of your colleagues, senator mitch mcconnell of utah is going to stand forth and be a profile in courage, mitt romney rather. mitt romney, he could make a differe...

Senate and who mitch mcconnell has said he wont permit to testify has key evidence that the american public should hear. >> right. so thats where this has led us. and the presidents impeachment in the house. daniel, what are you hearing about the president and where he stands on all this? is this driving his crazy? the stalemate between the house and senate regarding the impeachment articles? would he rather an immediate trial? is the white house clamoring for an immediate trial? >> he doesnt wa...

I dont think the senate should make the case the house should have made in their presentation. the charges are pretty thin, i dont see anything impeachable in that. just not the job of the senate so make the case the house should have made in their impeachment articles. >> again, donald trump would not let their witnesses testify so now theyre saying those witnesses did not testify, therefore, there is no case. now theyre saying we demand the trial with none of those witnesses. democrats are nev...

Trial, that needs to happen. and when you look at the obstruction of congress case, there were subpoenas, court decisions and the white house continued to say that certain witnesses would not be allowed to come forward to testify. that is obstruction. that is wrong. and, in fact, the trial should consider the witnesses to make sure that it is a fair trial. and that is what hopefully senator schumer and senator mcconnell are discussing and negotiating. >> one of the things that struck me during t...

That has provided lethal aid to ukraine. the previous administration sent blankets to ukraine. >> yes. there was a delay. theres nothing new in the emails about the timing. there was a lot of emails and back and forth exchanges about the timing. >> an interesting interview from meet the press. joining me now shawna thomas. what are the biggest take aways from the emails and what do you make of the timeline discrepancies? >> i think the biggest take away is it does sort of bolster senator schumer...

Welcome back. lawmakers who will decide the political fate of president trump are back in their home districts for holiday break, leaving washington still at an impasse over how to handle the senate impeachment trial. >> when we see what their process is, we will know who and how many we want to send over, not until then. >> i admit, im not sure what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we do not want. >> all right, so where does the process go from here? joining me cnn anal...

The usmca trade agreement, we havent had one in the last 18 years that ive been in congress. she was able to do that all at the same time. you cant deny her skill. >> lets talk about her strategy, i guess, in this next step. she wont commit to sending over the impeachment articles until shes assured of the process of that chamber. why might she see having some kind of leverage here? >> well, i think, you know, this is playing out kind of technically on capitol hill where as you know and many peo...