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I guess theres no rule book for this, and i guess they go along and get along. the bigger question is has joe biden yet been able to convert into electability im the guy that ukraine is about? >> no, i dont think so. i think he missed the original opportunity. when the story first broke there was a moment, right, when he could come out and go on offense. he chose not to do that. and because of that i think thats a missed opportunity that he cant get back. so now were in a moment hes actually lat...

He chose not to do that. and because of that i think thats ae missed opportunity th hese cant get back. so now were in a moment hes actually late coming to the impeachment train. you had elizabeth warren, julian castro and others coming out immediately we needer to impeach this president. in some ways hes playing s catch-up. i think in this moment this is actually good for him, though. this means hes not going to be under the same media scrutiny which is good because he wont have the uncle joe m...

For the proceedings to happen. if that is the case after november 22nd, the government shuts down, how do they compete? >> harris: that is such a fantasy for democrats, though. because then can say, "the president try to stop them," so on and so forth. >> leslie: maybe hes luring them. >> harris: now they can call witnesses and defend him... >> melissa: i dont think he wants this to stop. i think he likes impeachment train. judging by the ruler he gets from the crowd when he talks about it, i th...

Issues americans are concerned with. certainly jobs and the economy. like it or not, the impeachment train is rolling down the tracks no matter what they do about it. >> if they dont have this wrapped up by the end of the year, at what point do the democrats possibly start considering abandoning that and looking at 2020? do they do that? >> i dont think they do, christi. the reality is this. unlike the mueller probe where we had this long period of time where no one knew what was going on, with ...

Truly -- what we suddenly learn about and we dont have any of that. we have a different style of a presidency, a lets make a deal kind of presidency. and thats who we have. and i just dont see any of this rising to the level of impeachability and i wish we could get off the impeachment train. neil: well see what happens. ken starr, thank you very, very much. >> my pleasure. neil: the turkish president erdogan is saying this morning he will indeed put troops into syria if the deal with the united...

>> someone who knows how this works out, the push to impeach is at stake. it might come back to bite the party pushing it. always good to see you. why do you say that? >> i say that because impeachment is doomed to fail given what we know. the facts are flowing in. in the history of the country, obviously presidential efforts to impeach do not work. but guess what, of the 62 impeachment proceedings eight have resulted in convictions. this will result in a conviction, why we on the impeachment tr...

Up to date. >> andrea, the questions you just raised regarding the presidents conversations with vladimir putin are certainly not going to go away. there will be pressure, i imagine, from the democrats in the house who are leading this impeachment inquiry to try to get the transcript of that call as well and to get more information about any possible russia connections here. a couple of things are worth point out. one is that nancy pelosi hes a great deal of experience with this very issue. she ...

Decision by pelosi today, congresswoman abigail spanberger from virginia, one of those seven freshman house democrats in competitive swing districts who could no longer hold out and just joined the impeachment train. she is on the foreign affairs committee. welcome to "primetime." >> thank you for having me. >> to be clear, in reading the letter to people that you put out with your fellow members of congress, youre not saying youre ready to imimpeach, you saying youre ready to look at the facts ...

Theyre already close. they have like 180 something. they only need like 217. theyll probably get there. will they persuade you? then what? is a senate trial a given? were going to go deep on that. you may be surprised. we have a lot of important voices here on both sides of the aisle to war game where were all headed. lets begin with someone who may have helped prompt this major decision by pelosi today, congresswoman abigail span berger from virginia. one of those seven freshmen house democra...

Impeachment proceedings right now. >> julie: is jumping on the impeachment train do you believe a positive strategy for democratic candidates? >> the way to think about impeachment. no one really likes to speak honestly about this topic. impeachment is a political process. do i believe the president has done things that could justify impeachment? absolutely. but impeachment is a political process. nancy pelosi knows more about this decision than all of the 2020 candidates combined. i believe we ...