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Do they lose some kind of leverage that they have in this standoff with the articles? >> mcconnell is right and brett is right that she has no leverage to force mcconnell to do a trial the way she wants him to do it. but nancy pelosi is also a tactician and she doesnt usually do things without purpose and theres a growing sense shes holding onto these impeachment articles because it denies the president the ability to have an acquittal. it potentially gives democrats more time to dig things up. ...

Morning. details are still coming in from overseas as the pentagon works to notify the service members families. griff, brian, lisa, back to you. brian: 24 killed ishouldnt woue in the middle of talks first? why pull troops out and then start talking to the taliban. we lose some leverage. lisa: kind of hard to talk to the taliban when they conduct themselves in this manner. its almost impossible to negotiate when they demonstrate themselves to be the savages that we know theyre. brian: till wait...

Trying if this missile test takes place is using it as leverage to try to get some sanction relief. i dont believe for a minute that the trump administration will grant them that. >> molly: it seems to be kind of a standoff on that particular issue. early last week, mark esper was asked about the christmas surprise, heres what he had to say. >> i have been watching the korean peninsula for may be a quarter of a century now and if so i am familiar with their tactics, with their bluster, i think w...

Why is the house holding the articles? they must not like the case that they have. they dont have leverage. i think he muddies pelosis tactic pretty well. i think he is confused about all the talk about witnesses and documents in the president, its true, he formed a blockade, but they did not take a chance to adjudicate this to hear out the process on some of this bid the public is confused, apathetic about this by and large. there is political pressure to exert on senate republicans during the ...

Than she does. but ultimately, the leverage may not be there. what they need to find is they need four members of the senate who are republicans who will demand a fair trial so to speak for the american people. they need to be looking at folks like mitt romney and susan collins. >> see if they can get -- >> to see if they can really get them to pull some leverage here. but ultimately, everything is about the election, which is less than a year away, and thats going to be the ultimate check on th...

[ cheering ]. >> this is a campaign of the working class of this country by the working class and for the working class. >> since the photo surfaced before thursdays debate, top surrogates for sanders and his campaign have criticized buttigieg for the event. campaign members even wore t-shirts referencing the wine cave in the spin room after the debate. this marks the most direct attack launched by the sanders campaign against a democratic candidate in the race. so, my question for you, nick con...

Being here. nick, let me just pick up right there. i mean, how do we get to a trial in the senate when you basically have these two sides that are digging in? >> slowly is the answer. and i think that president trump has already lost all of his leverage when he tweeted last week that he wants a trial as soon as possible. that gave nancy pelosi permission, so to speak politically, to say hold on a second now. so senator mcconnell was out there saying, look, im not concerned about the timing here....

>> susan, let me just read some of what were hearing from leadership. pelosi tweeting today on a senate impeachment trial, quote, the house cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what sort of a trial the senate will conduct. president trump blocked his own witnesses and documents from the house and from the american people on phony complaints about the house process. what is his excuse now? this was the response from lindsey graham. trump ally. he says stop playing games with the c...

Intelligence and the judiciary committees. both committees that were instrumental in the impeachment activities. lets talk a little about what -- what is -- what the goal is here. nancy pelosi has been accused of being scared. being in over her head by republicans. but shes actually using some leverage here by not sending this over to the senate. >> well, first of all, good to be with you. and let me just say this. when i heard the comments about speaker pelosi being afraid, i was almost laughab...

At least be deposed, if not become witnesses. additional documents. thats what this leads to, hallie. >> john, i want to ask you about what you are seeing here from president trump, from rudy giuliani. you heard the reporting, and specifically from mitch mcconnell and nancy pelosi this morning, because heres how im reading the news of the day when it comes to impeachment. both sides are making very clear today they are entrenched in their corners. what brings them out? >> i dont know. i think wh...