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Impeachment on track for a trial in the senate trump aide down playing reports that white house counsel pat cipollone will lead the presidents senate defense. >> the president may have a number of attorneys helping him. >> reporter: as the presidents senate allies advocate for a short trial without calling the bidens to testify. >> i want to end it. i dont want to legitimize it. i hate what theyre doing. >> reporter: and graham is also hoping to hearing directly from rudy giuliani, who met with ...

Him. but that doesnt change what matters here. the president in the oval office today angrily denounced what happened, saying its an embarrassment for the country, suggesting the nation was laughing at washington for doing this. also tried to spin a political win, echoing what his campaign staff said yesterday in a briefing to reporters, that state of play of the 2020 race, saying since this impeachment matter began, theyve seen their fundraising numbers go up, their attendance at rallies go up,...

Particular impeachment process that were writing about and witnessing right now is that the votes are there to impeach him in the house and the votes are not there in the senate to convict him. so its very unlikely that this process is going to lead to his removal. but even so, it is a very significant thing for a president to be impeached. president trump knows that. he has dismissed the impeachment as a witch hunt and dismissed it as a hoax, but he is not happy about joining the ranks of the f...

The judiciary committee where clearly the president felt emboldened that he could take it a step further and interfere in the next election. and that is something that is unacceptable. so if we had done nothing i think it really would have been a tragedy to our democracy, and we just could not sit on your hands. >> when you look towards the senate trial assuming that the house does vote on it next week, what do americans take from it apart from the predictions and expectations about the ultimate...

Does. the day before, ukraines president zelensky was meeting with russian president vladimir putin in paris to talk about the ongoing war in eastern ukraine. as "the washington post" illustrated today, since april president trump found time to meet with over a dozen foreign leaders not named zelensky. the "times" says the ukrainian president is eager to repair his nations relationship with washington, reporting, quote, mr. zelenskys still deeply dependent on american assistance has been signali...

Election. the voters say they have following along fairly carefully of the process in washington, d.c., but its not going it affect who they ultimately want to support in the 2020 election. i spoke with independent and undecide the voters this weekend. here is what they told me. do you feel the impeachment process will impact who you support? >> me personally, no. >> do you feel that the process is going to affect who you support in 2020? >> no. >> reporter: how come? >> i think the economy is d...

Over the past week, i have heard from three seasoned republicans who fear that president trump and the west wing are underestimating the potential danger of a senate trial. its important for the white house to understand that the weight of history is settling upon the shoulders of the senators. some of them quite weak. and because of that pressure, private conversations taking place and a trap may be sprung for the president in that trial. we have to note, this is written by somebody who worked ...

Fact of the matter is the president being impeached will be the first thing in his political obituary, if you will, and that is going to define him, its going to hurt him during the reelection campaign. being impeached, there is nothing good about it. he will say assuming that the senate holds and that they will not convict him with the requisite 67 votes he will say ive been acquitted but thats not enough. the president is being impeached and that will follow him through this campaign. >> okay....

I dont feel theres a solid basis for the articles of impeachment. im disappointed that were doing this. it does appear since beginning of the trump presidency that its been very, very one-sided with the democrats wanting to impeach the president. so i dont really have a lot of faith in what theyre doing. >> so keir, as you can hear, the voters think the process is going to play out a bit separately. if anything bolsters his base. by way of the voters leaning democratic, its not going to affect w...

Defense. >> the president may have a number of attorneys helping him. >> as the president senate allies advocate for a short trial without calling the bidens to testify. >> i want to end it. i hate what theyre doing. >> graham is open to hearing directly from rudy giuliani. who met with the president after returning from ukraine. but outside the impeachment process. >> rudy, if you want to tell us what you found, id be glad to talk to you. >> each if some of his congressional allies question his...