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Convictions for longer than others have earn her and she and mcconnell are alike in that way, theyre strong willed and good at counting their votes based on that. it does seem like its a little bit politically difficult for the democrats to sit on those articles of impeachment in perpetuity. they went through this process, it was a politically -- some potential benefits, lot of risks involved, and to not let it go forward into the trial there are too many republicans accusing them of being afrai...

Arguments theyre trying to make, and democrats trying to make this a real trial with real witnesses that they think are important, theyre also potentially undercutting themselves. >> the question of leverage is an interesting one because mcconnell says hes in no rush, he would rather not have the trial at all, he wants to move on to other issues. the president last week tweeted he wanted an immediate trial. he said, so after democrats gave me no due process in the house, no wntitnesses, no lawye...

-- that would have had the same effect as a line item veto which the courts have -- have ruled against over the years. this is a very big problem. >> margaret, do you think that -- that this issue, these emails, does it somehow give democrats any leverage in terms of the desire to call witnesses? mitch mcconnell seems to be indicating he is no more inclined to do so than he was yesterday or the day before. >> certainly the broad strokes of this negotiation have not changed as a result of these e...

About the division in this country but became very clear there was danger to our national security. there was a danger to our democracy. and that is why, our aware of what is happening, have to protect it as we go into the next years election. chris: you certainly would agree, there is always delay between christmas an new years, nancy pelosi made it clear hoping to hold it up it is creating leverage to allow chuck schumer to make a deal with mitch mcconnell on the ground rules for the trial. th...

Analyst, juan williams. former dnc chair, donna brazile. and jason riley. your views on house speaker pelosis decision and turns over the articles of impeachment over to the senate. does she have any leverage. >> shy is one of the smartest leaders in the country. she was boxed in. i think she made a huge error the way she dealt with the immediate post impeachment reality. this this is extending this out is not in the interest of democrats make up house of representatives. democrats from trump fr...

Analyst, juan williams. former dnc chair, donna brazile. and jason riley. your views on house speaker pelosis decision and turns over the articles of impeachment over to the senate. does she have any leverage. >> shy is one of the smartest leaders in the country. she was boxed in. i think she made a huge error the way she dealt with the immediate post impeachment reality. this this is extending this out is not in the interest of democrats make up house of representatives. democrats from trump fr...

Moveon.org because i was worried about the division in this country but became very clear there was danger to our national security. there was a danger to our democracy. and that is why, our aware of what is happening, have to protect it as we go into the next years election. chris: you certainly would agree, there is always delay between christmas an new years, nancy pelosi made it clear hoping to hold it up it is creating leverage to allow chuck schumer to make a deal with mitch mcconnell on t...

Government -- it appears that president donnelly has won the election and if that turns out to be the case, the negotiation should be without government. that negotiation of the united states, we are on the sidelines here. taliban is trying to overthrow the afghan government. there are issues with that government. we have to have those kind of negotiations. they provide a safe haven for taliban inside of pakistan and as much as they can do to put pressure on taliban as well. those are the things...

>> that would be such a wild "newsweek." weve seen a lot of wild news weeks, but that would be truly memorable. >> absolutely. thats a real possibility because if the trial starts after that time it would certainly cover those events. i think were going to see something pretty crazy in any event, but before that, we are going to see this wrangling about the senate trial and nancy pelosi trying to exercise it some leverage over it. remember, mitch mcconnell, who would be happy enough to never hav...

Leverage over him and the constitution doesnt give her and the and the only way to make this work is public pressure to demand witnesses. mcconnell has the votes. he could run this trial anyway he wants to. >> bret: brit, do you get the sense on the ukraine issue but with his new talk about possibly looking back at the mueller report and the documents that the house was trying to get from the mueller investigation that democrats are trying to find something even with more time to maybe even stic...