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About leverage. >> she has no leverage. she has lost this battle. i dont think she understands how to let it go now. she thought of going to turn out differently. it worked against her. you look at whats happening in every swing stage across the country. they are saying why did you spend a majority of this year loring drug prices. she didnt do any of it. she was so obsessed with impeachment to carry out a political agenda. dana: saying that fear is never a word used with me. im never afraid an...

Offenses but you are concerned about how the president is conducting himself in office? >> donald trump is different. he likes to tweet. if you attack him, he will not let you off of the hook. but remember, hit impeachment is high crimes and misdemeanors. there was no high crimes and misdemeanors here. you know, we are not like the british system where they get to have a vote of no confidence. we are not like that. our president is elected for years. this president has been elected four years pe...

Impeachment are to be transferred to the senate. she is using that point as you describe it as leverage. and what we heard last night from lindsey graham was he came on and said the president is upset. i dont know if he is upset and he is going to say to mitch mcconnell the senate majority leader i want this thing now. i dont want the sword hanging over my head or want the democrats talking about we have this impeached president and unfair majority in the senate. >> as andy mccarthy just told yo...

Primary battle, state of the union, president trump, february is already shaping up. it gives us leverage to have the articles handed over to the senate in mid-january. what kind of leverage does that give democrats? >> nun, this is the dumbest thing ive ever heard. lets start this trial during the iowa caucuses, keep the senators out of iowa come up with them in washington and let it go through the new hampshire primary. if you want to start playing political games, timing the transmission of d...

The next day dont clamp, dont applaud. the next day, raw politics. lets get some leverage. >> dana: we know her to be very strategic, shrewd. does she see something we dont? >> i think people are struggling to find what she is saying. from the theo the presidents advisors, they think whats really going on is a little bit of a do over. didnt really prove the case in the house. never went forward with bribery, quid pro quo. instead went with obstruction of commerce and abuse of power. now they wan...

Impeachment to the senate until mcconnell provides more details about how he intends to run the trial. democrats want new witnesses while mcconnell does not. >> democrats want a fair trial that examines relevant facts, the message from leader mcconnell at the moment is he has no intention of conducting a fair trial, no intention of acting impartially, no intention of getting the facts. >> there are a few reasons why pelosi might be withholding these articles of impeachment, she could be using th...

>> i think they should give the house leverage to ensure that its not going to be paid a quarter there. >> pelosi is not holding anything. this is not a strategy to try and leverage and get something from the senate. >> are you suggesting its possible you may never transmit the articles of impeachment? >> if it were me, yes, thats what im saying. >> laura: they are all going -- its like the scarecrow in "the wizard of oz"! which way arein they going? just yesterday, pelosis colleagues the member...

Washington welcome to a brand-new hour of "americas newsroom." friday morning here im sandra smith. >> jon: im jon scott for bill hemmer. house speaker nancy pelosi refuses to commit to a date to send articles of impeachment to the senate. her decision sparking a new round of heated debate on all sides. >> the question is how long nancy pelosi can take being sort of ridiculed and looking silly. she cant negotiate with mcconnell. she has no leverage over him at all. >> this is a very strategic mo...

The senate impeachment trial bleeding over the holidays as senate lawmakers depart washington with no signs of compromise between nancy pelosi and senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. this is "outnumbered overtime," im harris faulkner. president trump and his are public and allies are criticizing speaker pelosi who has refused to send over those articles of impeachment for the senate. democrats are demanding current and former white house aides take the witness stand during a senate trial. mc...

>> jon: some observers are saying nancy pelosi has leverage over mitch mcconnell as long as she is dangling these articles of impeachment that the house passed on a pretty much partisan vote. what leverage do you see her as having here? >> she has no leverage. look, she has lost this battle. i dont think she understands how to let it go now. because she thought it was going to turn out differently. it worked against her. whats happening in every swing state why didnt you spend your majority work...