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Look at this pattern of behavior that hes been engaging in since he took office. >> theres two arguments that the house needs to think about making. one set of questions, one argument is what do they think gives them the best chance of securing a conviction in the senate, if any. and there the answer might be relatively narrow. keep it focused on the strong argument associated with this particular ukraine scandal. but that doesnt stop and the house has an obligation to make a broader argument to...

The 60s throughout the impeachment process, in fact, two days after he was impeached by the house, his numbers went up. president trump has always been best at the mid-40s.mb so he had the advantage that president trump does not have. one thing president trump does have that president clinton had is a pretty good economy.ha that helped president clinton a lot. president trump is counting on that to be important in this process as well. >> indeed, jill. i want to share with you and our audience a...

That wraps up this hour of "msnbc live." "andrea mitchell reports" starts right now. hi, andrea. >> have a great weekend, chris jansing. right now on "andrea mitchell reports," on a mission. speaker nancy pelosi keeping an iron grip on the house impeachment process and the gavel, even, she says, if a democrat wins the white house. >> if a democrat wins in 2020, would you feel free to go home because obamacare would be protected? or not? >> well, ill see. im not on a timetable. im on a mission....

And, look, if they really had a principled objection to, b, if they really thought the impeachment process was so unfair, why city going up until the deadline for them to decide? fairness is you know it when you see it. its a little weird that theyve taken so long. but at the end of the day i think what this means is that there will be an article of impeachment as there should be for obstruction of justice. because, again, if you allow a president like trump or any president to say i unilaterall...

Is. the move to this crucial stage of the impeachment process comes against the backdrop of pelosis tortured history with this president. and on that subject, this morning after she made her remarks, she heard a question from a reporter that she decided to answer on the spot fully and personally. >> do you hate the president, madam speaker? >> i dont hate anybody. i dont -- i dont hate anybody, not anybody in the world. so dont accuse me. >> i did not accuse you. i asked a question. representati...

And so that was the ah-ha moment. >> as i mentioned were going to talk this hour about how the impeachment process is going to move forward now, whos going to be writing these articles of impeachment, the prospect it may be more than one committee, how fast we might go here, how soon we might see the first votes. new reporting suggests that might be very soon. but stepping back a bit from that immediate process stuff, in terms of understanding the meaning of this historic day there are going to ...

Pelosi, leader mcconnell can do the math. leader mcconnell speaks to all his members. he will know if they want to push hunter biden. you saw the president tweet this morning, i want to see biden testify, i want to see pelosi testify, i want to see adam schiff testify. hes going to have to check in with susan collins and cory gardner and mitt romney and the five or six republicans who are at risk of saying, to phils point, no, were not going to turn this into a circus, or in the case of a gardne...

On. >> all of that and anderson we are working on a prescription drug bill. we have to fund the government before december 20. but we will receive the report from the intelligence committee next week. a presentation will be made to the judiciary committee and then we have to make a decision, how do you hold the president accountable for what he has done. >> congressman swalwell thanks very much. >> thank you anderson. >> when we lock at how the republicans on the judiciary spent time condemn the...

Were working on a prescription drug bill. we have to fund the government before december 20. but we will receive the report next week from the intelligence committee, so a presentation will be made to the judiciary committee, and then we have to make a decision. how do you hold the president accountable for what hes done? >> congressman swalwell, thanks very much. >> my pleasure. when we continue, a look at how the republicans on the judiciary committee spent their time condemning the impeachm...

Impeachable, what is? and a fourth academic said maybe its impeachable but democrats are rushing things. lets begin with the breaking news on capitol hill. in three hours were going to hear something from the house speaker. >> reporter: thats right, john. as a matter of fact, we just learned about this at 5:30 this morning. the house speaker nancy pelosis office actually announcing that, yes, its going to be 9:00. she is going to make a statement on the state of the impeachment inquiry. it is go...