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Their mind with regards to impeachment ahead of the senate trial? i remember back to susan collins, i believe it was, months ago or so, who said she didnt even want to comment on what was happening with regards to the impeachment inquiry because she feasibly be a juror in the senate trial. >> senators are jurors in the loosest sense of the word. while we would like them to be impartial, a jury in our judicial system is vetted and scrutinized for impartiality. and i can get a to cause removal of ...

It becomes remarkably important. we have talked about it before. you are at the center of the impeachment process. give us a preview of what tomorrow meaning is going to look like, what does the debate of rules look like coming up? the rules can be a little tomorrow and put forward the process so the articles of impeachment can be brought to the floor and hopefully on wednesday to be debated in a respectful fashion. this is a big deal. and we are going to remind people as well what this is all a...

>> secondly, secondly, on obstruction of congress, if you go back to the u.s. constitution, it gives the house of representatives the soul power of impeachment. our founding fathers put that into the constitution. and no one can change what our founding fathers have done. the president did something different than what president nixon did and president clinton did and president johnson many, many, many years ago did. and he gave the word to his administration to not produce any documents, to not...

Youre a south carolina guy. im used to talking to you about whats happening in south carolina, so as a jersey guy, im glad we get to flip the script and talk about what is really an interesting political part of this state. south jersey, this is a very purple part of the state. this congressional district that van drew represents, its not just a trump district from 2016, but it was also an obama district from 2012. and van drew has been successful for two decades running as a conservative democr...

An endless ongoing impeachment process. he laid down the time down to the hours as to how long testimony will be. and that its all hearsay. hes saying bring in these specific people. it might very well reach a point where, as you mentioned, theyre trying to negotiate well bring in the whistle-blower in exchange for this person. that is a huge risk even for the trump administration that may want that. the other thing i cant ignore is that when mcconnell makes these statements about having predete...

Chief and he likes social media. i think he very much likes being able to reach the people he considers to be his supporters directly without the filter of the press or even interference from the messengers or messaging experts in the white house. but i think hes -- ive heard from very good sources that hes spending a lot of time dialing up old friends and even members of the cabinet into the wee hours of the morning trying to console himself seeking consolation from them, not so much strategizi...

And we havent gotten -- we are still -- we are still trying to cope with it and trying to figure it out. for instance, cable television news including cnn but also fox and msnbc, this is good for their business. this is good for your business. because division is the story in the country right now. impeach the impeachment process is the most dramatic manifestation of this, and the more the impeachment story is covered, and each one of the cable networks covers it and of course mainstream beyond ...

York times" is reporting he may switch parties during a public event with the president at the white house. we should note there is a republican who also switched parties or at least became an independent over his dissatisfaction with the president and that is congressman justin amash who is supportive of the impeachment process. ana? >> jeremy diamond at the whieshgs thank y white house, thank you. lets bring in former assistant to president bush, scott jennings. everyone expects the president ...

More content to continue flinging allegations on twitter. this morning already he was continuing to attack this impeachment process as a hoax, and i think well be continuing to see more of the same as this process moves forward. martin? >> jeremy diamond, thanks very much. and we have new jerseys democratic governor on later in this hour. hell be talking about the case of jeff van drew. he is the democratic congressman who is now upset about the impeachment process and says so much so he may cha...

Class icic sense, b but should the public be worried that many senators, especially those on the republican side and the leadership side, seem to have made a judgment call here? >> i think its a concern with the impeachment process in general. ive represents clients in four impeachment proceedings and thats always a concern. on the one hand, its a political process. on the on the other, the public has to have confidence in the results. fz and the more they see partisanship come into play, the mo...