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I want to focus on the law here. okay? what does the constitution say about impeachment? it says the house has -- >> it has the sole power of impeachment. >> and the senate has? >> the sole power to try impeachments. >> what does it say about the transfer of authority from the house to the senate? >> it says nothing explicit about it. it leaves the procedure in the house as it leaves the procedure in the senate to each of those chambers respectively. the house has complete control to decide how ...

Harbor and nobody steps out and says thats too much. nobody says whoa, dont say that about the 16-year-old with aspergers. nobody says dont talk about the deds man that way. >> chris, i cannot get into his crazy. honestly. i think what it demonstrates is cowardess on the part of the people that believe they eegtit have to get in line or theyre going to be thrown out of the tribe. i do think what theyre essentially trying to do is continue to pliticize this impeachment. and say its a tribal thing...

With aspergers. nobody says dont talk about the dead man that way. isnt that proof of his strength, not his undoing? >> chris, i cannot get into his crazy. honestly, like -- >> how about everybody elses? you can leave him out of it. >> i think what it demonstrates is a cowardice on the part of the people who believe that they either have to get in line or theyre going to be thrown out of the tribe. and right now membership means everything when it comes to politics. i do think that what they are...

Witch trials and the crucifixion of jesus. we again with the headline, closing out the decade, president trump impeached. the news across the nation is one of two ways, either a party hell bent on impeaching a president they view as deplorable, or as a speaker of the house just seeing impeachment as a way to make history. either way nancy pelosi has made history and shes bringing president trump with her. as for what happens next, right now its unclear. the impeachment articles would normally ...

A lot of us thought there would be an early trial beginning in early january. doesnt look like thats going to happen now, the speaker refusing to send over those two articles of impeachment. >> reporter: thats right. i think mcconnells words underscore what this is. weve been waiting for this meeting between shyochumer and mcconnell. apparently it did not go well. leader schumer is asking for the same witnesses he asked for sunday and he was not budging during the meeting. it made it very hard f...

Senate. >> this is an administration that does things his way. thats his call, i guess. thanks for joining us at "inside politics." see you back here this time tomorrow. dont go anywhere. brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. im brianna keilar live from cnn washington headquarters. a man who once called the impeachment of a president an embarrassing horror show and president trump is unleashing his anger. now a standoff erupts between speaker pelosi and senate majority lea...

Leader mitch mcconnell to agree to something they consider a fair trial. thats what they hope. they acknowledged privately that almost center is not going to happen. theyre not going to get what they wanted, which is what chuck schumer initially laid out, which was to get four live witnesses to come before the senate, including mick mulvaney, john bolton, but what the democrats are also signalling is that its probably only a matter of time now before they send over those articles of impeachment....

United states and around the world. this is "early start." good morning. >> im dave briggs. its december 19th, 4:00 a.m. in new york. and breaking overnight, a twist on the impeachment. a senate trial now in limbo, put there by a surprise power play by house speaker nancy pelosi. she refused to commit to send the articles of impeachment over to the senate for trial. >> can you guarantee that the impeachment articles will be at some point be sent to the senate? can you guarantee that? >> that wou...

Good evening, chad. >> hey, bret. senate impeachment trial rules are vague. they only say that the senate meets six days a week, including saturday, starting at 1:00 and the senate reads aloud the house impeachment articles. >> the house of representatives is exhibiting to the senate of the united states articles of impeachment against william jefferson clinton, president of the united states. >> and the senate must hear from the houses impeachment matters. >> we the managers of the house are he...

>> it happened with samuel kent, a federal judge was impeached 10 years ago and what happened is they impeached him and then he resigned before they finished the trial so they had to flush the articles but you have to take it up in the senate. the only thing the senate has to do is receive the impeachment articles, read them aloud in the senate and hear from the impeachment managers, prosecutors and nancy pelosi has not appointed them and they have not sent the resolution to the senate. >> every...