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But it does keep for democrats maybe their only big piece of leverage when it comes to the senate majority leader, to try to force him to make a deal on what the rules are going to be for the senate trial. i think that democrats in general and pelosi in particular were alarmed when mitch mcconnell said that he did not see his role as that of an impartial juror but one who would see that the president was acquitted. this lent uncertainty to the process thats ahead. we know that the president want...

Right, so you dont send me the articles of impeachment. so what. ill do more judges. >> the leverage is our hope that four republican senators will stand up. if four republican senators step up, it can make a big difference. ive spoken to a few. they tell me the political circumstances in the republican caucus are extreme in terms of the loyalty to the president in matter what. >> also on the show today, well talk to the editor and chief of a prominent christian magazine calling out trump for th...

So im sure he has decided this is a way to use leverage and to make the president look bad and to pull the president toward his side against people like you and me who are committed and trying to talk about facts. >> theres an interesting story that relates to this in politico that the senate panel that looked into the russian interference and also ukrainian interference, alleged, came up short. some republican senators recently questioned whether kiev tried to sabotage donald trumps campaign in...

Even though lawmakers are in recess, that doesnt mean chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell cant talk to each over about the rules, what they might be. it may be they come to some kind of conclusion that each separate thing will get voted on when it comes to how the trial will be conducted. then it becomes snenator mcconnells issue to keep can his caucus in so he can create the kind of trial that will make his vulnerable senators happy as well as mr. trump happy. overall where we are is that we need...

Make any sense for everything that weve tried to do so far. >> if democrats happen to get their way and witness testimonies are allowed, republicans will also have their pick of witnesses, but congressman adam schiff just said on friday that he wont testify. lets listen to a little bit of sound of that. >> theres no basis to call me as a witness and i think even mcconnell and the republicans have recognized that. you know, the only reason to even put me on a list is because donald trump thinks i...

Kendis. weve moved indo yindoors becau storms. the briefing room while on duty in florida when they have them. were out from the stormy skies. the impasse you talked about at issue throughout the holiday season, likely. because theres a position speaker pelosi wants to know more from the senate what the a senate trial would look like, and senators are saying they have a different view when talking about republicans. they dont believe the democrats have this sort of leverage and in the days in be...

Followers that kim kardashian has. quote, the account pushed anti-impeachment and pro-trump messages while otherwise posing as every day americans. so, yeah, president trump just got impeached for trying to use the power of the u.s. government and the presidency as leverage to force another country to get into the 2020 u.s. election on his side. i mean, whether or not he was just impeached for that thats going to be the 2020 election. can the democratic candidates compete with each other in term...

Mcconnell, the democrats dont have a lot of leverage in the situation when it comes to trying to figure out how the impeachment trial is going to go in the senate. it makes the conversation more fulsome. >> lets talk about the potential leverage the democrats are hoping they have. nancy employeety refusing to send over the articles of impeachment to the snth until theres an impeachment that can be reached on the rules of the trial. heres where we stand with the impeachment right now. senator maj...

Statements were unprecedented. his behavior around the impeachment vote was quite different from that of his predecessor in the 1988, 90 impeachment. weve never had before a divided congress during an impeachment crisis. every one in our had iftry, one of the parties controlled both houses. so what speaker pelosi is doing isse issest testing for the first time in history whether indeed there is any leverage at all, that one house, the impeaching house, has that it can use to shape how the trial ...

This sort of pushing a trial even later into january, you know, democrats see that as some kind of leverage because trump wants a quick trial. but it could be a problem in terms of the presidential primaries that are coming up in early february that theyre trying to separate. >> so tim, 17 witness testimonies, there have been six hours of lawmaker arguments, that just happened on wednesday, and then there was the house vote for impeachment. the two articles have not been transmitted. the constit...