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All and should bar the courthouse door to congress. and the interesting thing about this is if the courts refused to decide these cases the congress would only have one option and thats to arrest the witnesses themselves and imprissen them until they agreed to speak. thats called inherent contempt and people have rightly argued thats an extreme, you know, an extraordinary thing for the congress to even contemplate doing, and they havent yet stated they are comtemplating doing it. and yet if will...

Six weeks until the voting begin, sanders sits on top of the polls in iowa and other voting states. his supporters loyalty has made him a contender with 60% of the democratic iowa caucus-goers saying their support of the vermont senator is locked in. according to the latest des moines register poll. this could result in a strong showing for sanders at the february caucus where candidates must receive at least 15% of support at a caucus site in order to collect the states, or the sites share of d...

Key republican senator lisa murkowski said she was, quote, disturbed, to hear mitch mcconnell say he was working in, quote, total coordination with the white house for the senate trial. so what does her disturbance mean? joining us now, our political analyst sun min kim and michael sheir for "the new york times." great to have both of you here with us. sun min, what does it mean? what do you take away from lisa murkowski saying that out loud in an $view? >> it underscores how mitch mcconnell has...

Hes drawing there. well see what baby dominik goes on to do. that would be -- that would be scary. i mean, having to rush to the hospital and a baby coming early. but we hear it happen all the time, and that was beautiful. john, thanks so much. >> always fun. see you tomorrow. >> ill see you tomorrow. im going to really try to have some chicken soup right now. im going to be a lot better when you see me tomorrow. >> take care. >> all right. that does it for us. "cnn newsroom" begins right now....

Lawmakers return to capitol hill january 6th. but while theyve been on break weve heard senators on both sides deviate from their partys messaging. republican lisa murkowski said shes disturbed by senator mitch mcconnells coordination with the white house and democrat doug jones suggested the dots arent connecting for him yet on a case against the president. with me to talk about this, democratic congressman from tennessee, steve cohen. hes been heavily involved in the impeachment process. congr...

He slammed pelosi. he slammed the impeachment process. i also want to point out here a lot of what he said was not factual. he said there were no witnesses -- that republicans told president trump were not allowed to have any sort of counsel. the white house has blocked witnesses, john bolton, mick mulvaney, for example, from testifying, and that the president was given the choice to have counsel at the senate judiciary hearing and chose not to. but while president trump is behind the scenes, he...

Politically so they have to walk a very fine line here. as i say watch collins and murkowski, those two in particular, have been known to break from the party from time to time. >> ross, lets talk about the battle thats playing out in the court system as it relates to president trump. the d.c. circuit court of appeals set to hear arguments in both the cases related to the houses access to the mueller grand jury details, as well as dmn don mcgahn. how could that alter the cope of the impeachment ...

Basically, were at a point in time, where nothing new is coming up, 67 for a few new documents and the president having time to stew in mar-a-lago. i think what theyre banking on is the fact that this pregnant pause, basically, ups the pressure and maybe gives them a little more to put on the pile. look, we need to actually review this yourselves in the senate. but i think republicans, on the other hand, are just kind of hoping that nothing else comes up so that they can be in the same place as ...

Republicans are when it comes to that issue. >> as impeachment looms over president trumps holiday vacation, one key gop lawmaker is speaking out. >> we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. >> senator lisa murkowskis openly criticizing the way republicans are handling the impeachment process, specifically taking aim at senate majority leader mitch mcconnells close coordination with the white house. >> when i heard that, i was disturbed. >> the moderate republica...

Charade." house democrats say they could pursue more impeachment charges against the president beyond their two they approved just last week. julie? >> julie: thank you very much. i will go to capri first, i want to talk about the president street because he is angry but in his tweet he talks about how she was narrowly voted in as the majority of the house. it still gives the democrats every right, though. according to the constitution to impeach a president, thats why there is a checks and bala...