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Detectives had already learned about frank. >> he had a fetish for watches and living the lifestyle of the rich and famous. and he really didnt have a fulltime job. >> reporter: but if frank thought he was taking advantage of fred, the detectives believed it was just the opposite. >> i think fred schockner wanted to own frank jaramillo in some way. >> so frank already had the $100,000. now hes on the hook, bigtime, to fred. and fred says, "to get off the hook, youve gotta make this happen." >> c...

Were counsel to the senate judiciary committee under senator schumer. now, we saw the letter from him today. he also came out later today and said that he could and would push for a vote. how much leverage does he actually have right now? >> so the minority actually has a tremendous amount of leverage in the senate. so he does have some leverage. this gets back to danas point. what this all comes down to is how much pain can senator schumer and the democrats cause for those four or five or six s...

Is it going to land her with egg on her face? >> i like the strategy. yeah, you know, it could. theres going to be a battle of wills and of american public opinion. but already 70% of people are saying there should be more witnesses. there should be documents like the email that was released a couple days ago. and this is the only way to get them. she knows very well that mcconnell is like lucy with the football and charlie brown here as far as schumers concerned. he will stop at nothing once he...

On the night that the house actually impeached him. on the one hand, speaker pelosi, chuck schumer, the senate minority leader are saying were holding these back as leverage until we can see what kind of a senate trial mitch mcconnell and president trump and senate republicans will put up. speaker pelosi, i had a tweet yesterday saying she doesnt want to name house impeachment managers until she sees what kind of defense and what kind of a trial that republicans will set up over in the senate. a...

If they can hold to that line, i think its winnable. and moreover, as john recognized back in november, once its in the senate, you know, their chances and leverage go way down. >> i mean shes no longer in control at that point, john. how significant for you is this newly revealed email that is showing that that phrase -- excuse me -- the freeze on the ukrainian aid that has launched the thousand ships of impeachment, it began 90 minutes after trump spoke to zelensky. and schumer is now saying t...

>> is it a good plan, though, harry? i know that john is the person you want to go to now to read the tea leaves, get your gambling numbers, pick the next winner given his track record now. but i got to ask you, harry, what do you think about this strategy of kind of holding these articles of impeachment? is it going to land her with egg on her face? >> i like the strategy. yeah, you know, it could. theres going to be a battle of wills and of american public opinion. but already 70% of people ar...

Back in november, once its in the senate, you know, their chances and leverage go way down. >> i mean shes no longer in control at that point, john. how significant for you is this newly revealed email that is showing that that phrase -- excuse me -- the freeze on the ukrainian aid that has launched the thousand ships of impeachment, it began 90 minutes after trump spoke to zelensky. and schumer is now saying that the white house budget official who sent the email, michael duffey, that he should...

Articles forever and defend the impeachment she did. they are using the two weeks to get back and find the leverage basically, through new evidence that comes forward, by the pressure that puts on through republican senators and hope that shifts the pendulum in their favor. what the democrats define is fair. >> we see them trying to get democrat from don mcgahn and trying to impeach president trump a second time. what do you see is the upside to impeach him again during an election year. >> the ...

Peoples equities are not aligned here. and trump can deliver as many votes as he needs in the senate. if pelosi and schumer can find a way to get the president involved, their leverage goes way up. >> i see chinese food and ice cream in the future, joe. >> what? >> chinese food and ice cream. i see it in the future. >> new years prediction. >> lets move on to rudy giuliani. hes given this eyebrow raising, interesting interview to "new york" magazine. the reporter olivia newtsy. they went and dra...

More incriminating evidence in here and that is why theyre holding it back. >> i think an important note in this is that this is all happening as congress is away. they are away for -- for two weeks. you cant say this happens in a vacuum because it is happening in reality. though they are not in the capitol. does that change -- does that change how this impacts things going forward because i thought this was very interesting seeing mcconnell speak out this morning and chuck schumer speak out aga...