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They demanded the transcripts be released and it was released. >> they demanded there be open hearings. they demanded there was an impeachment vote, then there was an impeachment vote. and they demanded trump and his lawyers get to participate in this impeachment process and then cant take yes for an answer as one of my colleagues put it. in case you were wondering whether any of this was conducted in good faith, obviously the answer is no. >> im wondering is this what you do when you dont have ...

Anderson, is that one thing that is not stated in this letter -- and we have it right here -- it does not specifically state that the white house is not going to participate in these proceedings. so one of the questions i think remains this evening whether or not theyre trying to reserve that right to enter this process somewhere down the road. i did talk to a senior administration official earlier this evening who said, yes, it doesnt state that. but the letter communicates that we dont plan to...

Unfettered access of the secured saudi arabian security sources. and the reason for that is the background of the tension with the united states over the murder of. jamal khashoggi who was murdered in their consulate in istanbul. so, a great amount of diplomatic and military focus on this incident which has not yet been proven even to be an act of terrorism. sam kiley, cnn, abu dhabi. the white house is saying it will not participate in the impeachment process now under way in the u.s. house j...

Foreign policy and the american presidency, including impeachment and american history. welcome to you both, good morning. >> good morning. >> good morning. >> jeffrey, lets start with you. were getting reporting that some democrats, many of them in competitive districts, are starting to feel a bit uneasy about the impeachment vote. just obviously you know a think or two about the past two impeachments that the u.s. presidents have gone through in the past. how valid or not is the concern that t...

>> this was the first ladys response in a tweet. a minor child deserves privacy and should be kept out of politics. pamela karlan you should be ashamed of your very angry and obviously biased public pandering and using a child to do it. so that was the first ladys first public statement about anything related to the impeachment process. what are your thoughts about that statement and more broadly how she has handled this ongoing impeachment inquiry against her husband? >> well, i think she shoul...

His approval rating even with the economy, even with these jobs reports. so that is the struggle on the trump side. first of all, it will take who our nominee is, and what their plan on health care and jobs and the economy are, but that is why you have so many democrats running right now talking about the kitchen table issues that americans are caring about, and let congress and the senate deal with the impeachment process while the presidential candidates continue to make their case to the amer...

Defense in this impeachment inquiry. do you think they just believe if they keep saying this that thats what eventually people will believe? >> yeah. i think trump and guiliani are basically showing their contempt for the impeachment process because they seem to be doing the very same thing now that trump is getting impeached for, which is traig ying to solicit ukrainian interference in our politics. the best summary i saw was in "the washington post" quoting a trump donor who said the fact that...

Better be listening if you want your funds to go to help defend you, i need something from you and that is that they help gain some dirt on joe biden. that, to me, is a clear, convincing and i think overwhelming case i think it would support an article of impeachment. >> i think its important to say theres an outside factor in this and thats public opinion. if public opinion swings towards favoring getting rid of the president then republican senators will reflect on that. its not there at this ...

Their concern about bribery, and i think there will be a few people considering with that. there are other elements that i think will be much more controversial and budget to attack by republicans. including sort of the discussion about standard of evidence, about the roll of criminality, in the impeachment process, and other elements of it. >> so lets go through what could be the sequence. you have the release of this report. there are mock hearings taking place this weekend, monday the hearing...

The impeachment is taking a back seat because people are concerned about their own bank account and checking account with regards to what the democrats are doing with impeachment. >> should they be pushing an economic message for the voters that feel that president trump will and could be the best option for 2020? >> well, you know i think that the democrats will do that and are doing it. i think that the real problem here is that the economy is going strong, and you would think that trumps -- a...