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So its a matter of procedure to move the articles from one house to another. so there is actually no playbook here, and speaker pelosi has decided to try and see if she does, indeed, have leverage. well see. >> thank you both. >> out front next, 2020 contender andrew yang with new momentum after his debate performance. >> its both and honor and disappointment to be the lone candidate of color on the stage tonight. plus a cnn exclusive. a tsa with this during one of the heaviest travel days of ...

The usmca trade agreement, we havent had one in the last 18 years that ive been in congress. she was able to do that all at the same time. you cant deny her skill. >> lets talk about her strategy, i guess, in this next step. she wont commit to sending over the impeachment articles until shes assured of the process of that chamber. why might she see having some kind of leverage here? >> well, i think, you know, this is playing out kind of technically on capitol hill where as you know and many peo...

Dealing with this issue is now -- nancy pelosi over in the house, she has maybe one or two cards left to play. they still need to name those house managers, those are the democratic lawmakers that will be selected to act as prosecutors, but they have not done it yet and theyre trying to see if they can work that last angle, get some leverage and have a fair trial. >> if this generally takes a few weeks after an impeachment vote takes place, at what point will the u.s. senate feel like long is to...

Oath, were not going to re-elect him again. >> same question for then house speaker nancy pelosi. mitch mcconnell says he questions her leverage by delaying transmitting these articles. so who holds her to account? oh, i think we just lost our signal with jennifer rogerers who im glad we got as much in as we did. apologize for the abrupt ending. thanks if you can hear me, jennifer. lets shift gears significantly now. he is one of the biggest stars to ever come out of saturday night live, and t...

Moral responsibility to -- to at least have hearings for president obamas nominee. he didnt care. in this case, trump could put pressure on him. >> right. in a sense, youre seeing that. mcconnells i dont care if i ever see those articles so what do you have leverage if youre trying to send me something i dont want? and trumps going i want it now. i want an immediate trial e exclamation point. joe, you can see the problem right there of two roads diverging. but i guess the big question is how muc...

If they do, theyre crazy. the point is that it is political, and you need leverage to get what you want. nancy pelosi has created out of nowhere, some leverage by driving the two republican sides into opposite corners because ultimately she and the democrats want one thing. they want mick mulvaney under oath and theyll negotiate all of that, but those two people they decided have the last two pieces of the puzzle to show just how corrupt this administration is. >> to be clear, if they waited to ...

Going to have the leverage to make that happen. so i think advantage mitch mcconnell, at least for now. >> i do wonder, though, if nancy pelosis leverage could be knowing the president wants vindication, he wants to be acquitted, he wants to be able to say i was exonerated, you know, after impeachment and if holding the articles shes betting on the president implying and creating pressure on mitch mcconnell to make some kind of deal so they can get on with it, so he can be acquitted, what do you...

>> meanwhile, other house democrats seem to be suggesting theyd prefer never to transmit the articles. fine with me. im not sure what leverage there is in refraining from sending us something we do not want. >> but is it pelosi who is bluffing? or mcconnell? because even if mcconnell really doesnt want the articles, the person he pledges fealty to desperately wants a senate trial now thinking he could get off quickly. >> we look forward to getting on to the senate. >> frankly, i want a trial. >>...

Ready to go with naming impeachment managers, that the articles of impeachment could be transmitted to the senate at any point, once house democrats are assured of what theyre calling a fair trial. now, the problem here for pelosi is that we have spent months hearing from democrats that this was a serious and somber constitutional duty, that the democrats were under tag in the impeachment investigation, that they were doing this by the book, that they were not making this a political or partisan...

Yeah, well it appeared that its pelosi who says were going to hold things up until you know on the condition that mcconnell either responds to or gives in to some of the things that, you know, house leaders want to see before transmitting these articles. >> right. in a normal political environment where you had a disciplined president who lets say was as disciplined as leader mcconnell is, nancy pelosi wouldnt have very much leverage. you know, the trial is essentially for the senate republicans...