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Impeachment to the senate until she says that she and the caucus are assured of a fair trial. so what does that exactly mean? well laearn more when she speas live next hour. lets get to manu raju. it was your exchange with her just after 9:00 last night that made all of this news. it seemed like watching it in the moment, you couldnt believe what she was saying, but she said it. >> yeah it was surprising because there had been some pressure behind the scenes from some members, including a democr...

The senate. now, between these two events, theres been an unknown injected. nancy pelosi, speaker of the house, saying, weve done our job, and shes asked about handing over those articles to the senate to allow it to be their chance. and she said, well see what happens. we want to see what shape it takes. whats going on with timing? what does that mean for what comes next? impeachment cant be undone. but the president cant get his acquittal until that trial happens in whatever form it takes. wel...

So hopefully it will be fair and when we see what that is, well send our manages. >> your take of this as a political maneuver? >> this is the only leverage she has and schumer has. i think theyre working together. he signalled this i think when he put out his letter about the four witnesses. this all comes down to a last effort to get bolton and mulvaney to raise their right hand and tell the american public what they know under oath. the leverage comes from the fact that trump wants to be acqu...

Period of time. let me give you the context here of whats been going on this week on this side of the capitol. im over in the senate right now. there is a standoff right now between chuck schumer, the democratic leader, and mitch mcconnell about the structure of the senate trial. schumer has put a proposal on the table asking for witnesses. mcconnell has made clear that is not something hes amenable to right now. so you and chris were talking about the idea of leverage and theres a lot of differ...

To refuse to transmit those articles? >> well, i am not going to anticipate possibilities here. i think speaker pelosi has followed the constitution carefully. and had a very thoughtful proceeding that led us to this point. im sure shes going to continue in that vain. >> i want to tell you what one gop senator told cnn. if the speaker thinks this magically gives democrats leverage in the senate, she hasnt been paying attention to how mcconnell operates the last few decades. you spent a lot of ti...

Counterpoint to that, and i totally agree with you about his supporters. i think one of the things that can vote donald trump out of office is his own behavior. the problem with this impeachment is its about his conduct. so the more he does things that reinforce the pects of his conduct that voters are tired of or never liked in the first place and arent willing to tolerate any more for whatever reason, im not sure that -- >> i guess my response would be i dont understand why this, even though i...

The nations history to be impeached. and in a surprise move the house speaker nancy pelosi says she wont send the articles of impeachment to the senate or name impeachment managers yet. here to discuss, mark mckinnon, catherine rampell, andrew gillum and elie honig. not a lot to discuss, right? >> just a little bit today. >> this was a very big day. only the third president in u.s. history to be impeached. welcome one and all. catherine, im going to start with you. the house speaker says shes no...

And then what? now what? >> yeah. now what is the question. i think it is axiomatic that he is not going to be convicted by the senate. i think thats been true from the beginning but it was important for the house to do what it did today. otherwise youd be normalizing that which is clearly beyond the pale. you cant shake down an ally, another government for political favors to try and advantage yourself in the election and use u.s. military aid as leverage to do it. and you cant just thumb your ...

Anything going on. i didnt accept the main one. but i didnt do this for foreign interference. i dont need any help to beat biden. i understand why you think it was. im trying to get my trust up, but you guys keep coming after me. i wasnt trying to get any advantage. i dont need one. that alone would have made the democrats unable to argue he was a continuing threat. but, my brother, pride comes before the fall. and when you refuse to admit you did anything wrong and you blame everybody else arou...

Concern which is the -- which is why the timeline has been what it is. hard to really see what the benefits necessarily are. sort of dragging it out a bit here. it doesnt appear that she has any real leverage with mitch mcconnell. has mitch -- have you met mitch mcconnell? hes someone who clearly has said that hes not going to be an impartial juror here and hes also working with the president very closely. so its hard to know. i do think there are folks in her caucus who want something of a dela...