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Because she is not sending over the impeachment documents at this point. and i wonder to myself what kind of leverage is she looking for. because, you know, mcconnell might say we dont want a trial anyway. on the other hand i think the president probably wants to be acquitted and probably believes he will be acquitted. so, how would you like to be impeached and then somehow thats all of it and you dont get the acquittal. he wants to go to the american people with an acquittal, i assume. so, ther...

Both houses in that era were republican. both houses during the other trial of andrew johnson were republican. this is the first time weve seen a congress of one party in the house and the other party in the senate facing an impeachment trial. that means were in fresh territory. weve never seen this before. well see how nancy pelosi handles it and what kind of precedent it sets, whether shes able to leverage something with senator mcconnell. remember, very few people have leverage over senator m...

I respect that and again, the speaker is saying we have done the work of the initial investigation, put forward powerful evidence the president allowed no witnesses of the 14 people we asked him to provide to come forward. he sent zero documents. we provided overwhelming evidence he abused his office, but if were going to send these articles over and our managers we o need to know what rules ar and the american people should have who hes blocked in the senate. >> t we understand senator schur is...

Happens in this white house on a daily basis. that letter had been emailed to us the day it was released to the public so we all had plenty of opportunity to read it, im not sure we all needed a hard copy delivered along with the christmas card. it obviously was a side story to a day that is much more solemn and much more serious. >> maybe you can read it to the children in front of the fireplace on christmas eve instead of dickens "a christmas carol." >> maybe next year. >> i wanted to ask you ...

Idea that the senate will get the case and try the case? can they be two separate thoughts indefinitely? >> there is nothing in the constitution that talks about the timing of things. certainly theres a right to a speedy trial. that applies in criminal cases. i suppose one could make an argument by analogy that there is at least some similar concept here, that you cant keep it hanging over the presidents head, say, for the entire duration of his presidency. but nancy pelosi does hold some cards ...

Cards here. the senate cant vote and have a trial and decide whether to convict or acquit until they have the case. and they dont have the case until she presents it to them. so in some ways she can delay it at least for some time. i think at some point if the delay is too excessive the public will clamor for that trial to get a decision one way or the other. but she does have some leverage i think to perhaps force the hand of some witnesses to come testify, and well see how quickly the supreme ...

Handled by the speaker of the house prior to this kind of whats supposed to be the on-passing of the articles of impeachment. >> yeah, exactly. 21 years ago today henry hyde the chairman of the house judiciary committee led a delegation of house republicans immediately from the house chamber over to the senate chamber across the capitol on r the same day as the vote to r deliver the articles of impeachment to the senate.r hm you didnt see that happen today and you may not see it happen tomorrow ...

To you, could take you off the campaign trail, if it doesnt start until later in january in 2020, do you believe speaker pelosi should hold the articles for her to get what she wants if she has leverage out of senator mitch mcconnell on the senate side, even if it affects the 2020 campaign? >> the 2020 campaign should play in no consideration whatsoever. this should be done in a non-political way, non-partisan way and do what is necessary to uphold the ideals of our republic. >> we had the trump...

The president was impeached tonight you joined other leaders from the house democratic caucus and spoke at a press conference in which you made very pointed remarks about what happens next in the senate and raised very pointed questions about whether or not the senate will in fact conduct a fair trial of the president. let me just ask you about the nuts and bolts in that. there was a lot of back and forth involving the speaker as to when and whether the house will actually convey these two artic...

Intense. president trump reeling a bit. just look at his tweet storms. the personal attacks he unleashed at his rally last night, which were going to get to in a moment. house speaker nancy pelosi, meanwhile, is floating what looks like a trial balloon to potentially temporarily withhold the articles of impeachment from the senate. over concerns that senate majority leader mitch mcconnell isnt going to run a fair trial. mcconnell has admitted hes not acting as an impartial juror and that hes wor...