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Have been initially been more favorable to him. >> but not the republicans, and they are probably the key since they control the senate. >> but youre talking about the public, and youre saying out in the public this is working. and im pointing to you the evidence that its not, that the impeachment process has increased support for impeachment to include people who used to be more supportive of donald trump. >> but not -- not among the republicans. those same polls show that by a large margin the...

Somethingam resembling closing arguments from each side. a study in contrast. just now the counsel for the democrats, whoou is a democrati witness, house intel committee counsel, daniel goldman laying out meticulous fact pattern gasolined from that testimony that many of you watched with us from the 17 witnesses detailing donald trumps abuse of power. the attorney for the republicans trying theth to paint the proceedings in a much broader context widening the lens and disparaging the impeachment...

The union." the white house is not participating in the houses impeachment process, so the job of defending president trump is falling to his republican allies, perhaps none is closer to the president than congressman mark memeadows. and the congressman joins me now. congressman mark meadows, thank you very much for coming in. i appreciate it. you, of course, are from north carolina. youre one of the presidents closest confidants in congress and in general. and i want to talk about the substance...

See is in the united states senate. theyll show up for those proceedings. >> why would they do that instead of this? >> this is similar to a grand jury. when the prosecutor wants to get an indictment before a grand jury, the prosecutor always gets the indictment. they have the votes in the house already to impeach and the white house knows that. youll see an aggressive defense offered by trump in the senate. >> theres still so much to come in this impeachment process. thank you very much. great ...

Hearings in the house begin monday, but the without counsel is refusing to take part, and after all complaining about not getting due process, this is his chance and hes not taking it. why? >> because they dont want to legitimize the impeachment process. they from day one called it a sham, a circus, to show up -- where it wouldnt matter, by the way. nobody from the white house is going to change the conferences mind about impeaching the president, would simply serve to legitimize it. i think the...

Constitution. >> i think it is important they use the constitution to make their case that what trump has done would constitute an impeachable offense. if they do down the lines at how history will judge the democrats, if they did not impeach, the democrats would look very, very weak. as one of the academics that testified on wednesday made very clear, if this is not an impeachable offense, soliciting support from a foreign actor to undermine the election, what is an impeachable offense. this is...

Thats carl bernstein. i want to start the conversation by bringing him in and getting his sense of how the impeachment process is unfolding. carl, what do you think is the current dynamic in the congress? >> i think the dynamic in the congress is that he is going to be impeached by an almost unanimous vote carrying the democrats, and no republicans in favor. i think we know this much. we also know its probably a given that in a senate trial, the president is going to be acquitted. but this is a ...

And get republicans on all these issues? >> they are talking about the plan at the white house right now is to turn the senate trial into the trap of the democrats of the impeachment process and joe and hunter biden. theyre talking about subpoenaing adam shift and having democrats on the stand to explain how to proceed. it will depend on the judge of the case. they will find a big role on how this proceeded because he will ultimately decide how this plays out. >> ted cruz today was on programs a...

Adam schiff will muddy the waters and try to declare the entire entire impeachment process. it depends on john roberts, hes never been a trial judge. >> a trial judge in your first trial. impeachment of the president of the u.s. >> he did in 1998. >> i want to establish this first trial. always good to have you. thank you so much. >> florida police are asking questions about their response to ups truck hijacking the left for dead including two innocent civilians i gunfire erupted at a busy inter...

[applause] alright, joe should trump be concerned about other world leaders mocking him? >> not at all. those chattering magpies are wasting time in study hall. [laughter] he does not care what they think at all. and i think its so funny when he calls trudeau two-faced he mustve thought what pictures did they find out? [laughter] hes like cheney the man of a thousand faces. its amazing to see trump was even more bored than we were. [laughter] imagine having to listen to stats about canada. [laug...