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Speaker of the house nancy pelosi, do democrats have any leverage that could change that dynamic? ? >> new information can always change dynamics, but i think part of what is going on here is the democrats want to put republicans on record. this is a pretty weight any moment, the charges against the president are extremely seergs and sort of, you know, actual treason, what he has been accused of is as serious as it gets. so i think they want to make sure there is a vote on this at some point. th...

Already saying listen b, its the house speaker who has all the leverage, who has some negotiating power as shes holding off on sending the articles of impeachment to the senate, triggering essentially the next step in the process. why? because pelosi wants assurances that the senate trial will be fair. she wants to know what it will look like. the longer the senate trial waits to begin, the longer the president has to wait to be able to say hes been acquitted by the senate since thats the direct...

Legal standpoint in the history of the united states. so now they get to the senate and how we have the majority. and its up to mitch mcconnell. and we have the majority and now they want mcconnell to do wonderful things for them. i mean, hes going to do what he wants to do, hes a smart guy, very good guy, and a very fair guy. but they treated us very unfairly and now they want fairness in the senate. >> so brendan, do you buy the presidents sort of public deference here to mitch mcconnell? >> i...

Nothing is going to happen in the next couple of weeks. >> its sort of a weird position. were all here talking about it and we know that until we get past the new year theres not going to be a ton of movement on it. i get that you have two perspectives on nancy pelosis leverage. im wondering about rudy giuliani, the presidents personal attorney. new york magazine did an extensive interview with giuliani. really worth a read. and he talked about whether he thought he was in legal jeopardy with al...

Senate process. were a part of the senate trial. we appoint managers to prosecute the case. so we have a stake in how that process will move forward. and we have to know how that process is framed in order to properly prepare the case that well put forward and the managers that well submit to present the case. so we have a clear stake in this. but it does beg the question, what is mitch mcconnell afraid of? >> what leverage -- >> is he afraid that -- >> what records do you have? if you say the a...

Could call witnesses and documents, and mcconnell told him straight up no. it seems pelosi is going to sit on the impeachment articles until that changes. do you think thats the right call? whats the leverage? >> well, first of all nancy pelosi has been a light worker in dark times then way shes handled this whole process, pulling together almost the entiry of the democratic caucus. i have a lot of respect for her. i think a lot of americans shes earned more and more respect. those articles are ...

Impeachment. she tweeted earlier this morning, arguing she will not send them over until she sees what kind of structure the senate impeachment trial will have, brianna. >> and shes still holding off on that so is this something helping democrats? >> well republicans will tell you theyre not in any hurry to have a senate impeachment trial to begin with. therefore if nancy pelosi thinks shell get leverage out of this, their argument is that is simply not the case. but still, you are seeing today ...

The pressure that nancy pelosi is putting on him. but he ought to be more concerned about whether or not hes going to uphold the oath to office that he swore. the leverage ought to be, the long view of history and whether or not hes going to be seen as a person who put on a joke of a trial or somebody who did his job, listened to the evidence, fully vetted the facts, even though he said hes not bias, that doesnt mean he should prevent those facts from being presented to the senate even if they c...

Guarantee from mitch mcconnell and new witnesses will be called and why do you think hell actually comply with that? >> well, because we dont want to -- first of all, in terms of the house, and i think where the speaker is, she doesnt want to submit the articles to a sham process. and if he doesnt feel any pressure to do the job in a way that the constitution required him to do, there is nothing we can do about that. and but i do accept the point. there is limited leverage that we have as long a...

Make that announcement and what leverage do you think she actually has? >> i think that pelosi saying that was a reaction to mcconnells unwillingness to work with schumer in a very bipartisan way. the bottom line is those articles will be moving over to the senate like i said, we have a couple weeks before they come back, so the bottom line is, shes doing her job, shes making sure shes being methodical and careful as nancy pelosi always is. >> and were you aware she was going to make this announ...