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Sure we had seen it and i wanted to know if that was a glitch. >> we dont know what took place there. >> exactly. >> let me ask you quickly about the tactic by piecer pelosi to not, speaker pelosi to transmit the article, the official language, to the senate, for the trial to begin, what do you make of that move and how might it play out among the senators. >> it is a clever strategy for democrats because the house has the sole power to impeach but once they impeach, when that ends, they lose al...

Standoff with senamajority lead mitch mcconnell, she will not send over the articles of impeachmentth until mcconnell agrees to democratic witness requests. who has more leverage, joining me from capitol hill, congressman eric swalwell on the intelligence and judiciary committees. congressman, what is the play here? would nancy pelosi hold up the articles of impeachment and naming managers indefinitely if mitch mcconnell doesnt cave in? >> good afternoon. the play so to speak, the americanto peo...

Out of the trial, the senate trial, and she is doing that by withholding the articles of impeachment, to take a step back here, the house passed the articles of impeachment, but they have to be physically transferred over to the senate, so until that happens, the senate cannot proceed with this trial, which is what everyone was expecting. so pelosi really kind of exploded this process last night, saying that she is not pleased with what the senators, especially the republicans are talking about,...

Does have some precedent here in terms of modern history, since we didnt have a senate trial in the nixon case, he resigned before he was actually impeached. there is senate history here for them working together and establishing the procedures so she would know, geoff bennett, who to appoint. >> youre right, and she spoke about that precedent in the press conference today. i think the thing that democrats realize is that such that they have any leverage in a senate trial, it really is at the be...

Does happen next. the impeachment fight should eventually head to the senate where a trial begins. members of the house will be chosen as managers to present t the case. they will serve as the prosecution. the presidents legal team will serve as the defense and the supreme court chief justice john roberts would preside over the trial as the judge. its unclear when well see the trial take place because house democrats have yet to send the articles of impeachment to the senate. house speaker pelos...

Hand-off is really among democrats, theyre trying to extract rules of the road and witnesses from the republican side, and mitch mcconnell, the master at this allegedly? >> absolutely. i think the democrats see the impeachment of president trump, as mar as was saying, as something that they really needed to show to the electorate ahead of 2020 that they were taking action on this and investigating him. and i do think that theyre going to take it seriously by trying to shape the senate trial as m...

Four to six republican senators voting to hear from first hand witnesses. >> you only need four republicans to basically say we want this to be a full and fair trial. when they step forward, again, the politics is this is an easy vote for them for cory gardner to say i wanted to get to the truth, i wanted to get to the facts, i may not vote to remove the president. its the political hardball thats routine among republicans. but its also i think smart and reasonable because she needs to have a li...

Reelection bid? >> i think if i had to guess, he did not -- we did not talk about this, but i think he would like go to the go into the administration for part of the time. he sees himself as a political director. >> i think you hit the nail on the head for why it matters. if the republicans thought they were going to win back the majority, meadows wouldnt be somebody resigning mid terp. i want to get your take on something else. the withholding of articles of impeachment. we went through it all...

Andrew weissman and former senior council for the clinton impeachment investigation, paul rosenstein. im trying to get behind the strategy of democrats. i get they dont have a lot of leverage. the senate is controlled by republicans and mitch mccovernn announced hes going to work with the president. are they opening themselves up for the obvious attack from republicans and the president that theyre not confident in their own articles of impeachment and they dont want to let the senate make it fa...

Fawning over pelosi has got garrett jumping out of his skin. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell whos used to controlling the senate with an iron fist has the most leverage in this process up till the moment that the trial starts. thats why hes playing hardball a little bit now too and pushing back so aggressively. once the trial starts, its a little bit more of a free for all. hes got to deal with the chief justice who may have a bigger or smaller role. motions can be made by other senators. its not t...