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First the broader context. democrats have been outraged over the course of the last week of the comments of mitch mcconnell. that he says hes not an impartial juror. hes working the white house counsels office hand in glove. and they want to underscore the fact that they dont believe what mcconnell has put on the table up to this point will lead to a fair trial. look, anderson, democrats, they know that the united states senate is not on track to remove president trump from office based on these...

This impeachment process and now theyre not even sending over the articles of impeachment. so i dont know that this really carries the kind of leverage that i think people on the left are hoping for if they want anything more than a show trial f they want real witnesses called, but maybe im wrong. >> i think mitch mcconnell will say, well just drag this out as long as you want to. fine. on the other hand, i think john dean is right about president trumps psyche. he wants to be exonerated now. i ...

Then at that point, the clock is ticking in the senate. as to when those house managers go over, thats up to the house. >> so the senate rules stipulate that it doesnt begin -- the clock doesnt start ticking until they get the articles of impeachment and the house managers. that is what nancy pelosi is holding up. so with all the history and explanation, what now? >> well, were seeing the constitution at work now as well as the rules of each of those different chambers in operation. that at leas...

Send the articles over. theyve yet to have the vote to name the impeachment manager. well say if and when we decide to send the articles over. shes not being clear but shes using it as a clear point of leverage here. >> i want to go over to wolf and to jake, some really fascinating developments here. >> and theres more fascinating developments here. the president of the united states who has just been impeached is now reacting. jim acosta, our chief white house correspondent, is about to tell us...

Will actually be the case, don. >> so what happens next? whats the senate reaction to this? do you know? >> reporter: yeah, so here are the things youre going to need to watch. tomorrow morning at 9:30 a.m., senate majority leader mitch mcconnell will come to the senate floor and give a speech. its going to be a very important speech where he lays out his views of the next steps. were obviously still waiting for that long-standing meeting between schumer and mcconnell to say if they can reach so...

We just got a little add on to that big news is nancy pelosi suggesting shes going to wait to transmit the articles of impeachment to the senate which could have the effect of delaying that trial. >> is this the big news -- >> also the big news the president was impeached. 800-point font. but the house majority whip, i was asking him how long will you be willing to wait? he said hed be willing to wait forever. >> that was a fascinating interview. congressional leadership. and he did not say that...

You conduct a fair trial. i have some leverage and y long term. play for 2020. go after the vulnerable republican senators running. hang hank kunl and trump. and the same one repluved. hey, guys. they want all in, defend the constitution sfw foil and why with mccarthy? >> youre saved by the watch right there. when we come back, well be in heated arguments. transmittal of the parsicals of impeachment will be umfor them.

Resolution whatsoever. so, as i said, we remain at an impasse on these logistics. for myself, i continue to believe that the unanimous bipartisan precedent that was good enough for president clinton ought to be good enough for president trump. fair is fair. of course, there is this matter of articles of impeachment themselves. highly unusual step, speaker of the house continues to hem and haw about whether and when she intends to take the normal next step and transmit the houses accusations over...

Chuck schumer a little bit of leverage when he speaks with mitch mcconnell. 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 whether mcconnell and schumer meet. and pay attention whether the articles of impeachment are sent to the united states senate. >> thank for that. democratic lawmakers lining up to support speaker pelosis vision. >> senator mcconnell said he is, in effect, the foreman o...

Managers that we may have to go forward. our founders, when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. i dont think they suspected that we could have a rogue president and a rogue leader in the senate at the same time. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says democrats are not really calculating here. actually, theyre scared. >> it looks like the prosecutors are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second-guessing whether they even wa...