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Of them. what is the advice you would give for the lessons you learned from that that democrats are to remember? as they proceed on their own impeachment path. >> its very interesting, i look back on mistakes we made during that period. i remember jimmy breslin wrote a book called how the good guys finally won, it was about tip oneill and the watergate crisi crisis. oneill was smarter than either nancy pelosi or newt gingrich because oneill said im not going to be out front, i dont want it to be...

Debate among democrats about impeachment, whether to proceed or not, has essentially kicked into overdrive almost to the point of a boiling point and several significant that sources tell cnn that potentially more house democrats will come out in support of impeachment proceedings due to all of this and this special ifk controversy. it was significant over the weekend that house speaker nancy pelosi came out with a notable letter. she has been reluctant to go down the impeachment path. she is sa...

>> if this story goes on or they try to go down the impeachment path, theres this continuing subplot of the president and rudy giuliani alleged that joe biden did something nefarious in the ukraine. it just muddies the water, and even if people dont believe that, it still can create the sort of subconscious perception that while he was vice president there was something shady about his past. it gets into the subconscious narrative that can taint a narrative going forward. thats the risk the demo...

Senate. >> a depressingly perfect point. on here yesterday, do you get a sense that democrats know what their next step is on this impeachment path? i do not get the sense from folks that i am speaking to that there is one. >> reporter: no, there isnt. look, yesterday was really a crystallizing moment in so many ways. one is what we were just talking about is truthiness or lack thereof. but more importantly, it is the democrats on the house judiciary committee especially reaching for something a...

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Money over the years. johns been a loser a long time. we know that. he was disbarred and he went to prison. >> let me ask you a bigger question now, robert. probably the biggest question i can come up with right here in new york. does trump think hes beaten this rap? >> he knows in terms of the mueller report -- >> yeah. >> hes not going to face immediate charges or any kind of federal prosecution. but he does not believe that hes totally beaten the rap politically because he looks at what happe...

Like jerry nadler have said recently, they support impeachment inquiry, which is not launching impeachment proceedings but an inquiry that could lead to impeachment. >> what can be gained from that? >> it comes down to a lot of the distinction between the political considerations like daniel noted. the reality that a lot of the country doesnt support impeachment and doing legitimate congressional oversight. what nancy pelosi brought up this week, which is interesting because i dont think shes me...

For investigation is impeachment. and so you can say and the courts would respect if you said we need this information to carry out our oversight responsibilities. and among them, as impeachment, it doesnt mean youre going on an impeachment path. but it means if you had the information, you might. >> and is that an argument youre prepared to make before the courts, to say to the courts we may impeach, therefore this is what we need? >> well, no, we hope we dont have to do that. we hope that they...

Get respectfully. first, we ask. first, we ask. then, we subpoena friendly. then, we subpoena otherwise. it doesnt mean were going in the impeachment path but you might. >> the speaker is because 31 democratic candidates in 2018 won districts. speaker pelosi argues that impeachment is devicive. the president dismissed talk of impeachment earlier this year. >> well, you cant impeach somethi somebody that is doing a great job. i said, why dont you use that for impeachment? and nancy said, were not...

Is correct that the democrats want to impeach this president. >> theres no doubt they want to do it, but they dont want to -- >> -- theyre trying to find some way to impeach him. their constrained by what they find and theyre also constrained by the calendar. because were already engaged in a presidential election. if youd begin the impeachment process in the middle of a presidential election, i think there are going to be many american voters including many independents who are going to say, le...