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Paramount here, so harry litman, you jump in. what do you think? >> okay. good advice by doug, but good luck as he suggests. in terms of it is really important and a normal feature of impeachments at any trial to have witnesses and this is the last moment of leverage, i think mcconnell came out of the blocks a little early, proclaiming his lack of impartiality while pelosi has a measure of leverage because we know once it goes to the senate he is a tyrant who will give them no quarter. so i do t...

It feels like maybe is president is not going to win this battle. >> i agree. everyone knows that the longer that mcconnell waits, the more that he forces the hand where he doesnt have to give up much ground and nancy pelosi is going to be forced to go because she has a lot of moderate democrats that she needs to protect that won in swing districts and they dont need to be out there talking about impeachment indefinitely. they need to be going back to kitchen table issues and moving away from th...

The same witnesses as democrats. he wants hunter and joe biden. >> how can you not have john bolton there who called the ukraine action a drug deal, giulianis drug deal and told his staff you better talk to some lawyers. so john bolton should be there. the leverage here is really what are some of these moderate republican senators and senators up for re-election, susan collins, corey gored ny gardner really want to go back and say i want something where theres going to be no witnesses. i dont kn...

Acquittal or them not sending the impeachment over is kind of a messaging win. >> you talked about this line that chuck schumer likes to use, sunlight is the best disinfectant. he has called for several witnesses, including former national security adviser john bolton. in a rare on the record comment about this, john bolton was on npr. he used a lot of words to not say much. >> i think although i have a lot to say on the subject, the prudent course for me is just to decline to comment at this po...

Schumer has laid out his proposal, saying he wants witnesses. what pelosi is doing, saying she will not send over the articles of impeachment until she has an understanding of what the process will be, whether that process will be fair, is giving chuck schumer a little bit of leverage when he speaks with mitch mcconnell. now, keep in mind, mitch mcconnell will speak in a couple of hours, laying out his view of the next steps forward. pay close attention to that. and pay close attention to whethe...

Whether they want to hear from the witnesses. those votes will be on a threshold. republicans have 53 seats in the senate. if mcconnell gets his way. however, mcconnell and democratic leader, chuck schumer, still need to meet. they have a sitdown to agree with what the rules of the road will be. what pelosi is doing, saying she will not send over the articles of impeachment until she has an understanding of whether that process will be fair, is giving chuck schumer a little bit of leverage when ...

On capitol hill. talk to me about what we just heard. >> reporter: what the speak ser doi -- speaker is withholding the articles as leverage into moving forward in a trial that they want. what is a fair trial for the speaker? she has not detailed in any way. i tried to push her on that. other reporters tried to push her on that. is there a possibility she may never send over the articles because the republicans may never get to what she wants. shes essentially dangling the articles over the sena...

Managers to be sending over. i just wonder from your position, would you support the speaker? im not saying shes suggesting this anymore. were kind of in this strange moment of not really knowing but would you support the speaker kind of holding on to articles of impeachment, effectively stopping the process until what she had asked for which was a, quote unquote, fair process and what she would deem a fair process? >> first of all, nancy pelosi has handled this whole process in an extraordinary...

Biden? hes still the frontrunner in this race. he has been through the entirety of it. but when other candidates have tried to take him down a peg, it hasnt always worked to their benefit. does someone try to do that? the other thing is elizabeth warren has been more aggressive on the trail about taking on biden and buttigieg, specifically, bloomberg as well. does she take that to the debate stage or leave that to the campaign trail? does she want to do that in front of millions of campaign vote...

So, john -- guys, welcome to the show. speaker pelosi said tonight that she is holding the articles of impeachment until we know more about the senate trial. this is just what you have been recommending, right? you recommended that on this show last week. give me your reaction, john. >> well, i was delighted with what she said. contemporary to some of the talk thats out there, she does have leverage. she has a lot of leverage. she doesnt -- i cant find anything in the rules that requires her to ...