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Judge brown jacksons ruling on november 25th, basically wanted an expedited appeal process with the d.c. u.s. court of appeals. theyre now saying that we dont want you to rule, so as you said in your prologue here on your show, theres a little inconsistency in the department of justices position. they have a tiny point, but its overridden by the practice and procedures that they followed the last 150 years. >> and also, this, of course, comes against the backdrop of how republicans have been tre...

>> you think that shell eventually -- >> she will yield. theres no way she can hold this position. >> assuming the senate does get the case, one moderate democrat is raising concerns. senator doug jones of alabama, says hes keeping an open mind to, quote, see if the dots get conne connected. >> what i really want to see, though, is fill in the gaps. people can make up their mind with gaps in testimony. but i would like to see a full and complete picture. >> jones is a key moderate, as democrats ...

Leverage is. were getting word mitch mcconnell is on fox saying the american people should decide this in an election not through an impeachment process. this is obviously a real game of negotiation going on. what leverage does nancy pelosi really have? >> what does she have to lose right now? we have a christmas break and then she can kind of let the game play out a little bit i think for the next few weeks. its not at all clear legally that mcconnell can start this without her. theres legal de...

In less than six weeks, the first major contest of the u.s. presidential election will begin. it is the iowa caucus, and its considered a big indicator of where voters stand. several democratic presidential candidates toured the state this weekend, making their pitches to voters. among them, former vice president joe biden, who spoke about the impeachment process. >> the fact is that its really hard in the country, impeachment. theres nothing to celebrate about it. theres nothing to celebrate ab...

Against, and nancy pelosi is picking this fight now where he has two weeks of a bully pulpit with twitter and not much else going on. who does this favor over the next two weeks going back home? >> look, i think we are at a point here where, we have seen this throughout the impeachment process, people are so deeply into their partisan bunkers, the numbers just never move. my job is to tell you what the political consequence is of these actions are going to be. as far as i can tell, to this point...

If, as you say, the impeachment process has been anti- constitutional, what are the actual obligations under the constitution of the united states senate. most men hold the trial? can they dismiss it? what are the options. >> the senate has the sole power to try impeachments and the beauty of that wonderfully olympian general languages, all right, were going to set the rules for trial, that can include a motion to dismiss, but then the principal of non- constitution attitude of well, we disagree...

Series of constitutional train relics orchestrated by nancy pelosi. during the impeachment process, the president was not allowed to have counsel present during the intel committee. the president is invoking executive privilege around mulvaney and john bolton and others. they impeached at this president because he chose to go to court. >> i think that there will be an agreement and this trial will go forward. i think what is shocking to me is right now, despite the president claiming he is innoc...

In new york. mitch mcconnell said it was up to the house, not the senate, to investigate and he doesnt see himself as an many impartial juror in the case. >> this is a political process. theres not anything judicial about it. the house made a partisan decision to impeach. i would anticipate we will have a largely partisan outcome in the senate. >> reporter: both senate leaders met face-to-face last week to discuss options for the trial but no final decisions have been made. well look to see if p...

If, as you say, the impeachment process has been anti- constitutional, what are the actual obligations under the constitution of the united states senate. most men hold the trial? can they dismiss it? what are the options. >> the senate has the sole power to try impeachments and the beauty of that wonderfully olympian general languages, all right, were going to set the rules for trial, that can include a motion to dismiss, but then the principal of non- constitution attitude of well, we disagree...

Obstruction of congress. well get to the other one in just a minute. it seems like thats just as nonexistent b-uppercase-letter. >> absolutely. it is nonexistent. but remember what theyve done here is they have weaponize the impeachment process. this is just about taking out a duly elected president, someone they dont want in office and thats why the american people are seeing right through this. thats why we dont see the polls shifting. they realize there is absolutely no evidence of any crime ...