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Elements of the push back against russia that were left for him to take a go at, right? for him to try to dismantle. but those things, him trying to block the aid to ukraine, that stuff didnt come out of the blue. it wasnt like he invented that idea of hurting ukraine that way just to give himself some leverage to try to get these investigations against biden or to try to get investigations that helped russia exonerate itself in terms of hurting our election in 2016. i mean, all of the stuff tha...

Through the state department and the military aid directed to them through the defense department. those were really the last elements of the push back against russia that were left for him to take a go at, right? for him to try to dismantle. but those things, him trying to block the aid to ukraine, that stuff didnt come out of the blue. it wasnt like he invented that idea of hurting ukraine that way just to give himself some leverage to try to get these investigations against biden or to try to...

Vote. >> yeah. >> and then they would raise their hand and demand that it would be counted and youd have to go through all 40 people and counted and delayed and delayed and the whole goal was to sort of slow the process down and demean and. >> i want rick to call the roll on that. i dont think -- i think maybe their success was in losing some viewership, but they showed their hand early on which is they dont believe this is a serious process. they dont believe that what the president did on that...

So when they sit down to do the rules, they have some leverage in that conversation. remember in 1998, trent lot and tom daschle worked it out and sold it to them. >> that meeting hasnt happened yet. >> it has not. >> schumer and mcconnell. but both sides believe it will and probably within the next few weeks. thank you. now to this story. a murder/suicide at the pearl harbor navy shipyard just days before ceremonies to commemorate the 1941 attack. we have a live report on what happened next. ...

President trump. thats what rudy giuliani is doing. thats what the president thinks is appropriate. and thats what in significant ways this impeachment is all about. whether the president is allowed to use $390 million of taxpayer money as leverage to get information not that helps the country but that helps the president. that is the core of this dispute and, you know, as the president says, well see what happens. >> all right. jeffrey, dana, john, thank you all very much. now to this. hillar...

Support for the candidate as he struggles to win over black voters. you was secretary of state mike pompeo met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. vowing to boost defense efforts against iran. >> iran is increasing its aggression as we speak. they are trying to staging grounds against us and the region. we are actively engaged in countering that aggression. and i think that the israeli-american cooperation is key to that effort. jillian: netanyahu praised president trump for increasi...

Brian: all right. some in the media claiming democrats are full steam ahead on impeachment. is president trump leveraging their push to get a trade deal done for the american people? >> looking at the big deal is the usmca canada, mexico. and nancy pelosi has to get that approved. she has to put it out for a vote. she doesnt have to talk to anybody. she doesnt have to talk to any of her democrats because they will approve it. and their constituents want it approved very badly. brian: react the h...

Crimes and misdemeanors. a lot of the history of the articles of impeachment included in the constitution, interestingly our founding fathers were worried about foreign interference. george washington warned of it. james madison said this is the gravest danger to the public. the idea there would be foreign interference in our election is a direct attack on the right of the american people to elect their own political leaders and decide their own future. the idea a president of the united states ...

Interestingly our founding fathers were worried about interference. james madison said this is the gravest danger to the republic, the idea there would be foreign interference in our election is a direct afack on the right of the american people to elect their own political leaders and decide their own future. the idea a president of the united states to help him and use taxpayer funded military aid as leverage to try to make that happen is shocking, and it really does undermine our national sec...

This could be a very lively session given the nature of some of the democrats and the republicans who will be asking questions or maybe in their respective capacities making statements as opposed to asking questions when they each have five minutes to do so. but the committee lawyers will start off the process with 45 minutes. presumably serious constitutional questions about this process. >> and the challenge is going to be explaining it in a way the public can understand. its interesting, im s...