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And cutting out the minority party and that is why it is an appropriate for him to not follow the rules set in 1999. secondarily when we were addressing the question of coordination the senate majority leader has to take m an oath toe impartial and also article 6 duty which is to support and defend the constitution of the united states. mitch mcconnell and lindsey graham and others made it clear they have no intention to carry out their constitutional duties of the concept of a political process...

And i dont think she will get the leverage. mike: see you back in the new year, thank you. house republicans claiming the impeachment of donald trump bolsters their chances in 2020 getting a source from an unlikely source, michael moore. bernie sanders backers say the president is poised to win reelection at this point thanks to support in the midwest. >> he would win the electoral states that he would need. living out there i will tell you his level of support has not gone down 1 inch in fact i...

We saw consumer confidence, for instance, at numbers we bundled our home and auto with progressive, saved a bunch. like this was the last time a president was impeached. oh, we got a wobbler. isnt that amazing? progressive cant protect you from becoming your parents, bill clinton in 1999. but we can protect your home and auto when you bundle with us. pete: interesting. thats what the extra menus for. another thing that effects the economy is the china trade deal. headlines that talked about pred...

Trafficking, places like ohio in the middle of the country with a lot of interstates and connectivity. one of the things i am glad to see that federal law enforcement is looking at this, part of grooming behavior, obviously engaging in a pattern of criminal activity but if there are states like ohio that she is somehow engaged in activity, whether or not they are american or not might actually be able to expedite this process for her. they have stronger laws of the state level that they can expe...

The indian ocean. all of its trade with europe and africa. china presently doesnt have the military wherewithal to project force to protect those sea lanes. thats the soft underbelly of chinas. they are trying to have some naval presence in the region to give them some political leverage. laura: president trump thirdo -- -- authorized an attack only to call it off at the last minute against iran after the drone was shot down. >> i think thats a discrete event and separate. its a move to stick it...

Mike: your response? >> i guess he can say what he wants but donald trump has done a masterful job going over the left stream media and fighting the battle that nancy pelosi has been trying to wage. donald trump, has done a masterful job getting through the beat down, announced he was running. i dont think the president is afraid of nancy pelosi. mike: nancy pelosi held onto those articles of impeachment. you expect to wrap it up, to january 6th. >> there is no real predicting. she is politicall...

Trial at all. nancy pelosi has that in terms of leverage and see knows there is one person that really, really wants a trial right now to try to clear his name and get himself acquitted, that person is donald trump. >> let me ask you about another person who has become a principal, senator lisa murkowski of alaska. she sat down with our affiliate for an interview. lets listen to remarks about how the majority leaders mind has been made up already. >> in fairness when i heard that, i was disturbe...

Significant sign that at least theres a possibility of some sort of a combination that would be forced by dissident republicans siding with schumer. >> but you know, as the articles of impeachment are withheld from the senate, does it buy time for the democrats to get what they want? nancy pelosi, you know, wanting to shape the parameters of this senate trial and calling witness, or does it get to a point where theres diminishing returns for democrats? >> no, i think it buys her some time to get...

We can help use this as leverage to make the senate do the right thing. mitch mcconnell already said that hes working hand in hand with the white house on this. hes not impartial juror. thats, again, breaking the rules that exist. >> and impeachment trial would get under way just as trump escalates his fight for a second term. hes set to launch an evangelicals for trump coalition in miami one week from tonight. thats on january 3rd. then hold a rally six days later in toledo, ohio. while weve he...

So no, i dont think that anybody is -- shes going to get any leverage, any movement at all to get witnesses agreed to up front because she has no cards to play. mitch mcconnell will just laugh at her until she sends them over. i expect she will send them over very shortly after congress gets back in early january. >> but dean, at the same time, when you hear brendan refer to the clinton impeachment trial, the majority leader and the minority leader, democrat and republican, were meeting, were ta...