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This the beginning of what is going to be a muddled investigation as democrats get their ducks in a row. >> i think muddled is a great word here because speaker pelosi is trying to edge them away from the impeachment cliff. she got very frustrate with the press when they kept asking about it the other day. she said im done talking about this. she wants to talk about the economy, healthcare, things that are really important. wage inequality, things that -- agenda thats important to democrats but ...

The decision to call it impeachment. once considered impeachment it is definitely a judicial proceeding and that alos the courts to enforce these subpoenas without a question. i think there are a lot of options that can follow that even if we cant get a vote in the senate. number one, the impeachment could happen at the house side. and then theres at least some accountability, and when people go to vote they will know that the president has been held accountable, that hes done certain things tha...

It. >> i support what happens with the judiciary committee because that enables them to do their process of interrogation and their investigation. >> how can the american people understand -- >> the american people will understand when -- youre the only ones who are so into this. they understand that impeachment is a very divisive measure. but if we have to go there, well have to go there. but we cant go there unless we have the facts. >> cnn legal analyst and former counsel to the u.s. assistan...

Fire. sienna and saint are already botching the impeachment fight. its late. democrats cant figure out if theyre trying to impeach trump or not. mo, what about this? >> are they doing? >> yeah. >> heres what we know. democrats -- that the house has an oversight responsibility which democrats in the house have chosen to exercise and they are holding investigations. the problem is not in what they are doing. the problem is and what theyre calling it. if this is like a quintessential messaging prob...

>> well, theres a lot to unpack here. so lets start from the top. top. he is saying they are investigating whether they should impeach the president. that is true. now, he is balancing that by saying some call it impeachment. the reason hes doing that, it would seem to me, is because almost his entire committee wants to impeach the president and is out saying they want to impeach the president. now what pelosi is saying is we are investigating, well see where it leads us. not different from what...

Thats just a false notion people have that you must have s vote first in the house. we actually have thethe job, w have the jurisdiction in judiciary to investigate the wrongdoing of this president. >> i agree with that.gr there was a lot of investigation leading to nixons impeachment or almost impeachment when he left office. but you get into this detail and it was started by senator kenny and he did all the laying out and the whole thing, sure.th but the problem youre facing m here is how do y...

Said we are legislating, which we are doing and i would love to talk to you about the important legislation we passed this weekp regarding guns and the environment. we are litigating. youve seen we have been in court up holding the rule of law, but we are also so investigating. she says those three things every single time. and what she has said is bring the case to the american people and we will go where those facts take us. >> thank you. i agree with everything youre doing except calling it i...

Possibility of voting articles of impeachment against the president. >> for anyone that was confused, we are in the midst of an investigation. >> people can call this whatever they want to call it. >> really? [ laughter ] okay. so, is it impeachment or not? welcome to the club if youre confused. democrats have been asked for weeks exactly what theyre doing without much clarity emerging. while most of them insist that somethings happening, an investigation, inching toward impeachment, their answe...

You know, it might be one thing, maybe impeachment could have been avoided if the administration actually did what prior administrations did and make witnesses available, but this administration has asserted executive privilege over all sorts of witnesses including kellyanne conway and don mcgahn, the presidents white house counsel. and i think the one thing id like to see right now, the democrats do, is call mcgahn up to the congress. call it impeachment. i dont care what you call it. you have ...

Administration actually did what prior administrations did and make witnesses available, but this administration has asserted executive privilege over all sorts of witnesses including kellyanne conway and don mcgahn, the presidents white house counsel. and i think the one thing id like to see right now, the democrats do, is call mcgahn up to the congress. call it impeachment. i dont care what you call it. you have to ask him a simple question. mr. mcgahn, you told robert mueller that you -- that...