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U.s. military aid as leverage to do it. and you cant just thumb your nose at the congress and say, im not going to cooperate with any investigation. im not going to turn over any documents. im not going to allow my aides to testify or anybody in my government. some people defied that order. they had to make a stand here regardless of the outcome. how it affects the election, i dont know. but, don, let me tell you one thing that occurred to me today. there were almost three dozen democrats in tha...

Where shes playing games. she also understands that she doesnt have any leverage in the senate process. she has met mitch mcconnell. mitch mcconnell isnt someone that is going to listen to the house democrats in terms of what he thinks the process should be in the senate. so this idea that she thought somehow that she had leverage, i dont think she ever really thought that because she knows how this process works and she wants to sort of honor the traditions of what this process has looked like ...

Of chick kren. she wants to know what the process is going to look like. i dont understand the speculation that there is for some period of time going to be the idea that you hold back the articles of impeachment because for a couple reasons one is the democrats have been saying i think correctly for a long time were in a rush, we got to do this quickly, we cant wait, this person is a recidivist, the president cant be allowed to do this again and now youre going to say hurry up, hurry up, now wa...

Judiciary chairman, graham and the leader mcconnell have been clear theyre not going to be impartial jurors, that they want this over, they dont want to have witnesses and i think shes trying to leverage it. if she holds the articles, that means he remains impeached without his day in court, if you would. yeah, there would be a backlash but its a good strategic move, i think. >> im going to split the difference. >> please. >> i applaud what shes trying to do, which is shes trying to honor the co...

Is unprecedented. we talked about the fact its the third time in our history that has president has been impeached. this is the first time that weve seen the house potentially use its leverage in this process, whatever leverage it has, to try to influence the senates rules for the trial. >> thats what pelosis doing. >> thats what i heard. >> thats what it seemed like. >> mitch mcconnell i would argue set up this situation by the comments he made on fox news. he made it clear that despite the fac...

The idea he says hes not an impartial juror, the idea that hes working hand in glucove wi the white house. they want to underscore they dont do believe what mcconnell has put on the table will lead to a fair trial. they know the united states senate is not on track to remove the president but they at least want to have the discussion about whether or not trial is going to pea fair. and by withholding these articles she believes, a, she has leverage and b, democrats can hammer home mccage wont le...

Perhaps you will get a witness to testify because of that. but it is putting a lot of chips in an uncertain pile, right? i dont gamble so thats not the right -- but it is a curious -- >> close enough. >> it is a curious strategy because you are right. its unclear how this puts any pressure on moderate republicans at all. >> it is also not clear to me that nancy pelosi thinks she has leverage. right? i have read the stories on this and seen her comment on it. it seems like some of the stories hav...

His son, barron, by name during that rally while attacking presidential candidate elizabeth warren. >> crazy pocahontas goes to the middle of central park or -- shes in manhattan. you got me. and, people, i would have barron go into central park and he would get a crowd just as large. >> previously, republicans including first lady melania trump criticized the stanford law professor for invoking barron trump during her testimony. the first lady tweeted, a minor child deserves privacy and should ...

To give you the accusations. >> uh-huh. >> youre supposed to vet them and try them in the senate, but thats been somewhat lost in the dialogue. thats a good mind-set to be coming into it. from your political perspective -- >> i disagree. >> of course. but why would this be a deernt play for them? >> its a smart long-term strategic move for the democrats because like james bond villains, mcconnell and graham have said, this is the plot. were going to be impartial. they have to take a second oath ...

Forth in a trial. hes willing to have the first stage of a trial take place and if members still want witnesses to come, perhaps hold votes on 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. schumer has laid out his proposal, saying he wants witnesses...