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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...

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,...

President trumps conduct here. the sense behind this is that that will rally and keep republicans in line throughout this impeachment process. >> whats your reaction to that? >>t? its grievance politics, h republicans have managed to capture the white house and keep it in 2020. the idea that the system is unfair, built against us and everyone is against us. well see if it works. but i think theres a lot of consternation and people are tired of it. >> interesting point. michael star hopkins, grea...

Hate. i dont see it as having a good path. i hope -- i keep hoping there is an awakening. i dont see any evidence of it. thats where were at. >> taking that, the layers that sally describing and sort of the broader cultural fronts were seeing in this country, how is the white house looking at that? >> one thing that the white house and trump campaign officials have seen as impeachment process has played out is a significant spike in small dollar donors. they see that within the cohort of america...

Something that is not lost whatsoever on house democratic leadership. private conversations i have had communicated that they believe its very unlikely impeachment is going to get support that is above 55%. several months ago mshgs democra, many democrats hoped they could reach 60% or 70% of the american elect tlat would support the impeachment process. now as theyve seen the way its played out, they basically made peace with the fact or accepted that 55% is probably the cap of support theyre go...

Important responsibilities as a united states senator. they know that. im very confident that they will devote their full attention to the impeachment process and that once the house is acted, they recognize their responsibilities to be in the united states senate. >> have you in conversations with some of the republicans in the senate, do you get a sense from any of them that they may, in fact, be open and could possibly vote against the drive of the majority leader and the wishes of the presid...

Emboldened, apparently, not chastened by the impeachment process. the core of the impeachment is a cooperation with a foreign government, invitation to a foreign government to dig up -- well, pressure, in fact, on a foreign government to dig up dirt on a political opponent, driven by his personal attorney outside the normal policy process, including people appointed by this president. thats the essential claim here, and weve seen loads of sworn testimony to that effect during the public hearings...

Know, frustration and fury. this is just -- look. there was no part of this impeachment process that isnt -- you couldnt have guessed before it started, at least in this phase of it, right? you knew the democrats were going to back the arls. you knew the republicans were going to object. the question was, how dramatic and how intense was it going to get? and how many barbs would be lobbed from either side of the party line? and people expected -- there was decorum but people expected c e camarad...

This ukrainian military assistance. why isnt our ally getting this aid in the middle of a war? the questions about this behavior, frankly, were bipartisan. now, the result is not, but democrats and republicans who said, whats going on? why? and remember the words of say, a lindsey graham early on in this process? if you were to establish a quid pro quo, that would then be a problem. the presidents eu ambassador said this was a quid pro quo and everybody was aware of it, everybody was in on it, p...

It seems 14 long hour of almost continual arguing and feigned outrage wasnt enough. just after 11:00 p.m., the democratic chairman of the committee adjourned and delayed the vote until friday morning. after that, the articles move to the full house for approval. the debate on thursday was the last public hearing in the impeachment process and the last chance for lawmakers both republican and democrat to grab attention on prime time television. they ranted, pounded the table, and traded insults r...