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>> what are the pros and cons for democrats when it comes to holding that vote? >> its a repeat distraction tactic by donald trump. im old enough to remember what happened when republicans had control of the house of representatives. and how they ran the committee process. and some of the things they did while they were in power. so we have to ignore it. look, pelosi, clyburn have done a magnificent job of being methodical in how we deal with this. highlighting the corruption that continues to o...

The main event, which is the presidents phone call. there are a tendency for the democrats to go down these nooks and crannies. president trump can recall for any reason he wishes. democrats impeach donald trump, its going to be about the phone call and whistle-blower complaint, not about the ambassador. >> i disagree with you a little bit. the democrats are trying to build a case of the president is corrupt and hiding it. trying to hide it through obstruction. >> strictly on ukraine though? the...

Time to speak out. they are seeing whatever the outcome is and whether -- they are seeing that this is sticking. we are seeing a laser focus. they feel this is the time to stick their neck out. this work that is happening here. how much is that baked into this progress? the intelligence community is behaving in an unprecedented fashion. it is a miracle that theyve even come forward. since trumps election because they believe that president is a

Protected if a whistle-blower is legitimate. and being described as reporters in the room as feisty and combative. >> melissa: i mean, come on. >> harris: lets say we should watch it while it happens and keep all of that out, and you can make your own determination about that sort of thing. im giving you the words. as we can show you that inside the white house we will bring it to you. meanwhile, this as we are learning, some red states and the democrats. the impeachment process may spin out of ...

Ukraine with a laser focus. just to wrap up the australia part after the president said he wanted the ag to look into australia and ukraine in italy, the australian ambassador to the u.s. and a ledger to the ag saying the president referred to australia and the u.k. and ukraine as gentle stakeholders. we stand ready to provide you with all the relevant information to support your inquiries. so i mean its kind of out there at that point. >> the question critics raise is has bill barr acted as the...

Great length as to why she now endorses this formal impeachment inquiry into trump. the house speaker potentially introducing articles of impeachment to the house floor to remove a sitting president. and she says she didnt change her mind on impeachment, she says what changed are the facts on the ground. the credible accounts, the credible evidence she says that was presented to her and her caucus. heres the house speaker in her own words earlier today on "morning joe." >> the clarity of the pre...

>> how are you and your senate colleagues viewing this in the last 48 hours? theres been debates, discussion on what their strategy is and lots of internal debates about impeachment. im curious what it looks like on your side. >> look, i havent had any in-depth conversation with anybody in my caucus about this. i think tell you what my belief is. my belief is that now the speaker has decided to impeach, they need to make sure it is very, very focused. they need to get to the bottom of the inform...

I think tell you what my belief is. my belief is that now the speaker has decided to impeach, they need to make sure it is very, very focused. they need to get to the bottom of the information as promptly as they can. and they need to move. look, were dealing with a president whos the king of pivoting out of situations. and we saw it in some of the stuff he did today trying to bring in vice president pence. take a look at him, dont take a look at me. he does this stuff all the time. and so i thi...

>> what did nancy pelosi say when you told her you were going to do this? >> i think she understood where we were coming from, that she appreciated our experience in national security and what it meant to us, our understanding of foreign affairs and how it would impact the nation. i think she appreciated the call. >> congressman, is it your impression nancy pelosi herself has moved closer to an impeachment process and inquiry in part because you all have gotten more comfortable with it? >> i can...

On ukraine? is it on obstruction of justice in the mueller report? is it on sdni? those will be tough decisions that get made out in the open, and those optics, the president will be having to catch up to. he cant control those decisions as theyre being made. he will be charged with articles of impeachment and i think its investable this president will be impeached. >> you know -- im sorry. >> this is where my brethren lawyers can make a mistake. the lawyers tendency, writing an article, like an...