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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 outcome? what is the point of having a public trial and accountability for it? >> well, as you know the impeachment process is two-step process. so what we did was essent...

Theres also a issue of mitch mcconnell saying he is lock step with the white house counsel here. some say, well, this is not a good thing to have been said. >> yeah, theres been this division between the white house and the senate over how fast to move through this trial with the white house behind the scenes saying the president actually wanted to be able to have some of these witnesses called, be able to dredge up some of these things like hundredth biden, issues around allegations of the bide...

Does this potentially have an affect on the presidents re-election campaign? >> that is a good question. it does set up a blockbuster ruling really close to the election that does set sort of a once in a generation precedent for the limits of presidential power. and that being said, if this impeachment process is a harbinger for the way that things are going to play out, what it is showing is that when the president does combat republicans, the media, it only intensifies republican support. that...

Lawyers and not disclosing it in public statements. the news has caused a storm in washington. and some of mr. nixons most loyal supporters are calling for his resignation. the president issued a statement about the evidence he kept secret saying this was a serious act of omission for which i take full responsibility and which i deeply regret. the reaction at the capitol to the presidents disclosure that evidence was held back was one of shock and dismay among some of his most hardworking suppor...

Judiciary committee did move forward? if you go back to may 9th of 1974, that is when the house judiciary committee at that moment did begin impeachment proceedings against the president then, richard nixon. it then took them about two months to say, okay, these are the articles that we would like to consider and put forward. in todays impeachment process, we were looking at a matter of weeks. is that appropriate, you believe? >> i do and heres why. if you go back into previous impeachment inqui...

Secret saying this was a serious act of omission for which i take full responsibility and which i deeply regret. the reaction at the capitol to the presidents disclosure evidence was held back was one of shock and dismay among some of his most hardworking supporters. its seen by many as a decisive turning point in the impeachment process. here now is some congressional reaction. >> the effect on the supporters in the judiciary committee was devastating. republican charles wiggins of california s...

Senate. he was very strong on the impeachment process. he was asked whether it was correct for president trump to ask a foreign leader for help investigating another u.s. official. and he said, yes, it was fine to do so because this was a very sensitive matter regarding hunter biden. he said if vice president pences son had been investigating for taking money from a ukrainian gas company then the media would have made a bigger deal of it but because its the trump family this is why this is not b...

Senate will not move to remove him. but that doesnt change what matters here. the president in the oval office today angrily denounced what happened, saying that this is an embarrassment for the country, suggesting that people around the nation were laughing at washington for doing this. also tried to spin it as a political win, echoing what his campaign staff, his senior campaign staff said yesterday at a briefing, two reporters, saying that since this impeachment matter began, theyve seen thei...

>> that is likely the presidents expectation. there is a reason why that he pushed so hard for brett kavanaugh to get through and i think that the way that weve seen this president operate, it is pretty transactional and it is likely that he believes that in return of course he has sort of unlimited support from gorsuch and kavanaugh. but chief justice roberts is an interesting person to watch especially as he will preside over the impeachment inquiry once and if the impeachment process makes to...

Something hes extremely sensitive about so while he does agree and said so out loud in the oval office yesterday that this is politically advantageous to him, his gut feeling about it is still one of outrage and annoyance i guess. >> all right. anne gearan, thank you so much for joining us on this saturday. appreciate it. >> thank you. despite the weeks hearings not much changed in the court of public opinion. the needle did not move with the americans in the entire process but how could that ...