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The outcome and create the processes that create that outcome in the end and that is what i understand mitch mcconnell is saying that hes going to do. >> scott, lawmakers are home now and hopefully hearing a lot from constituents, right. it is their job. that is their bosses. they should talk and hear from people. how much do you think what they hear from their constituents is going to make its way back to washington with them? >> oh, quite a lot. i think youre exactly right. when mitch mcconnel...

What i understand mitch mcconnell is saying that hes going to do. >> scott, lawmakers are home now and hopefully hearing a lot from constituents, right. it is their job. that is their bosses. they should talk and hear from people. how much do you think what they hear from their constituents is going to make its way back to washington with them? >> oh, quite a lot. i think youre exactly right. when mitch mcconnell or any other senator goes places, im sure theyre getting a lot of opinions and when...

Is like to have the president of the united states attack his mother like he has. but we begin with the standoff and how the president is coping with it all. and boris sanchez joins us from outside of mar-a-lago. what are you learning about the presidents state of mind tonight. >> reporter: sources are telling cnn that trump is growing frustrated with the state of the impeachment process and venting to aides that hes angry over the uncertainty about how exactly this process is going to move forw...

You think? >> well, the one thing about president trumps mindset is we can pretty much always tell what it is by the twitter account, as you say. he is certainly frustrated with speaker pelosi. hes been frustrated with her throughout most of this process. i remember a time earlier in his presidency, perhaps even earlier this year, when he was a little more careful about his criticism directed at the house speaker. a little more respectful. that has certainly changed since this impeachment proces...

And a lot of the other candidates need to be doing more. because in 2020, the latino electorate will be the biggest ethnic voting bloc that we have seen in this country today. they could really swing the elections. even in pennsylvania, wisconsin, michig michigan. so it will be a very important voting bloc. they need to get them out there to vote and if they get them out there to vote in the numbers that latinos represent, it could be gameoff for t game over for the republicans. >> and ive been ...

Sanchez. >> reporter: sources tell cnn that behind the scenes at mar-a-lago, president trump is increasingly frustrated with the standstill in the impeachment process. he is effectively in limbo. and sources are telling us he has expressed and vented his frustration to aides. all of this is coming as the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell has shown ambivalence to what a senate trial should look like. the president wants live witnesses and he wants to, in his eyes, be vindicated by bashing de...

President is supposed to be presided over by the chief justice, its supposed to be judicial, quasijudicial in nature. theres criteria in the constitution that apply to democrats and republicans alike. but its turned into a partisan effort. and the rules of engagement are established by the house. and thats why they have to bear primary responsibility for politicizing this whole impeachment process. >> guy lewis, whats your take on what this history professor at yale is saying. >> congressman, i ...

Decide the shape of the senate impeachment trial. so, professor d everybodying rshowitz perspective. >> i went to yale law school. i had a scholarship. i didnt spend a lot of money. and i think professor schnyder is a brilliant historian. i loved his work on the holocaust. i dont know where he gets this idea, the constitution only says that the senate shall be the sole judge in a trial of impeachment. and that means that the senate rules prevail. and the senate rules are generally established by...

Impeachment trial. so, professor d everybodying rshowitz perspective. >> i went to yale law school. i had a scholarship. i didnt spend a lot of money. and i think professor schnyder is a brilliant historian. i loved his work on the holocaust. i dont know where he gets this idea, the constitution only says that the senate shall be the sole judge in a trial of impeachment. and that means that the senate rules prevail. and theai senate rules are generally established by a majority of the senate. lo...

President is supposed to be presided over by the chief justice, its supposed to be judicial, quasijudicial c in nature. theres criteria in the constitution that apply to democrats and republicans alike. but its turned into a partisan effort. and the rules of engagement are established by thehe house. and thats why they have to bear primary responsibility for politicizing this whole impeachment process. >> guy lewis, whats your take on what this history professor at yaler is saying. >> congressma...