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What does that mean? does that mean shell import more impeachment managers if theres witnesses or less if they are or what? >> its tough to know what the math is. this is the leverage she has right now. and she and mcconnell are well-matched opponents. they can be stubborn and counting the votes they have. whether mitch mcconnell has 51 votes in the senate to back him up and the white houses lawyers up. and its better that witnesses arent going through that again. sticking through the discovery ...

Most of them democrats. elliott, you were counsel to the senate judiciary under schumer. he came out later today and said that he could and would push for a vote. how much leverage does he actually have right now? >> yeah. so the minority actually has a tremendous amount of leverage in the senate. 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 senate republicans in tough races. this gets into p...

>> no. i think it was clear on the two articles. there was overwhelming evidence to support them. >> mm-hmm. >> and candidly if you watch what the republicans did in response, they didnt dispute the facts. they were just playing process. one of their arguments is that theres too much hearsay evidence. but ironically its the republican administration that refuses to make the witnesses available who could confirm this. they cant have it both ways. >> you say they cant have it both ways. as were wa...

Around the corner, does this give democrats more leverage? joe thinks yes. >> well the aim of the game for democrats has been corroboration. they want to bring certain elements of the story to light. we did know before that duffey was involved in the decision and he was the name on the order on july 25th and the other government officials had been told a week earlier and some knew that the state department and military funding had be held up before that. but this puts a real hard document, a rea...

A bind here. do you agree in the end what pelosi is going to have to give? >> i agree with steve. hes my best friend in congress. shes going to have to deliver the articles to the senate. shes demanding some natchknowl of what the process is going to look like. if theyre witnesses, they want to call adam schiff, adam schiff is likely one of the managers of the democrats case in the senate. if hes going to be a witness, it would be hard for him to be the manager. so there are practical reasons wh...

Trial. >> i think it was a practical matter and again steve is right. sometimes in mid january shes going to have to deliver those articles. we have all the leverage right now because we can continue to harp on the fact that the administration is withholding witnesses and asking the question what do they have to hide. if they had witnesses that would refute the case in the articles of impeachment, they would present them. the fact they are not is pretty much, theyre accurate. i think we have sev...

The other option is for the senate to appoint impeachment managers, outside counsel. i think that would be more attractive. >> robert, your thoughts on this.e pelosi thought she would squeeze leverage out of this maneuver and compel mitch mcconnell to create a trial to her liking. did she get that? >> i dont think so. i dont think speaker pelosi has any leverage over the u.s. senate. i agree with the general proposition that what the house has done is what it has done. the physical paper that wo...

Up we have to hurry and get this done and now that theyve got the impeachment done, slow down, slow down, we are not sure we will send the articles. i think you can maintain that for a short period of time. i do not think that is a sustainable position over a long period of time. >> i think it is very risky. you know, as mitch mcconnell said, why withholding something i dont want to do, why is that leverage? so theres always going to be a reality points the house voted to impeach, they will cont...

The impeachment done, slow down slow down, we are not sure we will send the articles. i think you can maintain that for a short period of time. i do not think that is a sustainable position over a long period of time. >> i think it is very risky. you know, as mitch mcconnell said, why withholding something i dont want to do, why is that leverage? so theres always going to be ay reality points the house voted to impeach, they will control the process. and essentially they have lost control of the...

Understand, that the stakes here are immense. its not just about the political future of one man donald trump. it is about the future of democracy and democratic process and this is a trend throughout the world. it is about the future of the earth. >> dan: that is real. most americans do not agree. president trump is surging in the polls. pelosi has made an absolute mess of impeachment stunt. many in the main stream media are starting to panic. take a look. >> i cannot figure out what the strate...