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Mid-january. i dont read all that much into the lack of communication between mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer. those are both professional politicians who when the time is right will come to some sort of an agreement. nancy pelosi is trying to add a little bit of leverage on behalf of schumer so that democrats can try to obtain the right to call some witnesses whose testimony would be further embarrassing to president trump. and you know, president trump initially said, well, you know, i want ...

Witnesses and not demand some of the documents that the white house would not give the house? would it be better for them to allow the witnesses or at least some, add some of the documents and then go forward and do whatever it is that they intend to do assuming they want to acquit, and at least appear like they had a fair trial? >> i agree with dean that nancy pelosi is clearly in donald trumps head. but at the same time, she has absolutely no leverage here. she has no cards to play. i understa...

Enough republicans that could force mitch mcconnell to at least call witnesses? >> the leverage between moderate and vulnerable republicans is stronger than i think a lot of people are assuming. but mcconnell has been very firm in his public statements, that he wants this to be done and dusted, nothing to see here, folks, this is all a big, you know, ridiculous he cannercize that we have to go through, lets get it done in the most brisk manner possible to emphasis it at least in his public messa...

Leverage, because you see how annoyed and unnerved this delay and uncertainty appears to be making the president. it hasnt appeared to change the basic outline of what we expect to see here in terms of changing the level of support among republicans or in any way weakening democrats resolve to go forward. but it does at the moment gain her a little bit more leverage. the danger then is that it starts to seem like shes prolonging this for political gain, which could backfire. >> we did hear trump...

Is bone and muscle ache. ask your doctor... had to do something. ...about neulasta onpro. again, i would have liked to see pay no more than $5 per dose with copay card. much more coordination between the state department and the ambassador. i mean, generally speaking, an ambassador is there to keep the door open so that the ambassador can go in, tell the host government, look, i told you that decision you took last week was going to cause a problem in washington, and it has, and, todays senior l...

If they do, they will get in trouble. its pretty obvious whats happening. if we can help use this as leverage to get the senate to do the right thing, mitch mcconnell said he is working hand in hand with the would you say on this, that is, again, breaking the rules that exist. she is sphraoeg trying to get the senate to follow the rules. that means allowing some of the key people from the administration to be able to testify. >> so i know that you want to see some of these key people. mick mulva...

So i think both sides are going to wait and see how thats going. and were going to find out, you know, sometime probably the second week in january, that pelosis gam bit has worked and theyre feeling pressure to have a trial that has witnesses, a real trial, or that they dont feel the pressure, theyre going to stick with mcconnell, do a show trial, and see the articles sent over. fairly early in january by the 15th, youll see the articles sent over, because the leverage will have worked for one ...

24 hours to these developments, to where things stand, do democrats feel theyre getting what they wanted at all or is this par for the course as presidential tweets go? >> well with, i think that what nancy pelosi is doing is giving the democrats some extra time to establish some favorable parameters to a senate trial. senate majority leader mcconnell has dug in and has said no witnesses and no documents. and with public opinion being at a complete standstill, democrats realize theyre going to n...

Suggesting she is being disloyal. president trump knows he needs every vote he can get in the senate, to maintain control over an impeachment trial through mitch mcconnell. the president has been aggressively courting republicans, inviting them for weekly lunches at the white house and writing glowing reviews of their work on twitter. boris sanchez, cnn, west palm beach, florida. ron, thanks for coming on. the president is there saying how can he deal with foreign leaders that is leading to th...

Trumps rules and she had a power within the system and shesu -- shes using that power now and in the fact that president trump is tweeting about it and supposed to be spending time with his friends and family and surrounded by his accolades and hes not in a comfortable position and shes using this to dangle over him as long as this plays out and the president is angered by the fact that he doesnt have control over this, that she has some level of leverage and will try to use it to get something ...