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You guys changed the rules. >> again, that wasnt for impeachment. that doesnt matter. >> you changed the rules, period. you didnt say not for impeachment. >> not for impeachment. >> you said period. >> the impeachment rules are changed so dramatically -- >> there are no rules for impeachment. >> there are rules for impeachment. they were set in 74 and 98. >> but each one was different. >> they give equal access to the minority for subpoena, for cross-examination -- >> in the hearing phase. >> th...

This, fred. the idea of majority and minority right now, that balance is out of whack. why? 2015. you guys changed the rules. >> again, that wasnt for impeachment. that doesnt matter. >> you changed the rules, period. you didnt say not for impeachment. >> not for impeachment. >> you said period. >> the impeachment rules are changed so dramatically -- >> there are no rules for impeachment. >> there are rules for impeachment. they were set in 74 and 98. >> but each one was different. >> they give ...

Different remedies potentially including contempt as well as other potential avenues but i have to say that rudy giuliani when he talks about attorney/client privilege doesnt mind breaking attorney/client privilege whenever he talks about his conversation with the president especially about ukraine. >> president trump would like to know the whistleblowers identity. democrats say its deeply disturbing and using language about spies and treason and what we used to do in the old days troubling. >> ...

Boats and military divers searched for those trapped. at least 10 people were killed. >> they say senate impeachment rules are very clear. the senate would have to take up an impeachment resolution if it came over from the house. >> bill: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell where 2/3 of the republican chamber would be required to remove the president from office if it were to come to that. guy benson political editor, fox news contributor. good morning. your reaction first of all to what mitc...

Today mitch mcconnell left no doubt that there will be an impeachment trial in the senate if president trump is impeached by the house of representatives. >> the senate impeachment rules are very clear. the senate would have to take up an impeachment resolution if it came over from the house. >> democratic senator cory booker would be one of the jurors in that senate impeachment trial of donald trump. senator booker joins us next. ♪ (dramatic orchestra) performance comes in lots of flavors. th...

The editorial board of "the st. louis post-dispatch" issued a similar call to republicans. how far must a president go in betraying his country before republicans finally declare that he no longer represents their values? how much crisis, chaos, and scandal can republicans, exhausted from constantly defending him, tolerate before they decide enoughs enough? the time has come for republicans to stand up for the constitution, stand up for america, and tell trump to step down. today mitch mcconnell...

Ammunition for democrats to go forward with an article of impeachment. >> dana: up there on the hill, the action right now, the ball is squarely in the houses court. but looking ahead, if the house were to go through with this, how does the senate play into this? >> mitch mcconnell said he would, quote, take it up. i want you to listen to the sound byte and ill explain it on the other side. >> the senate impeachment rules are very clear. the senate would have to take an impeachment resolution if...

Thats key because "shall" is simply a legal command requiring action, meaning the senate must hold trials after impeachments. and thats whats happened in the two times in the whole history of our country when the house has ever gone down that road and solemnly impeached the president. in the cases of clinton and johnson, the senate did hold trials for them, and both cases involved them being acquitted. as for mcconnells reference for the rules, the senate maintain asset of rules for these type o...