afraid this could be used to hurt them come november 2022 given donald trump s role in this as well as the role of some republicans. so, they would rather move on and not focus on this investigation, which is one big reason why mitch mcconnell has been saying publicly and privately why republicans should not go along with this and why we re expecting tomorrow s vote to veil. they would need ten republican senators to break ranks. only a handful are suggesting they may actually vote for this. not even the ones who voted to convict donald trump are on board with this at the moment. one republican senator planning to vote yes and did vote to convict trump twice told me it would reflect, quote, not well on the republican party if they were to block this. he said the perception would be that they are trying to cover up the truth. he says he doesn t agree with that perception, but he says that s how the public will ultimately view it. manu raju on capitol hill. we ll see what comes out of
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them on this is a russia propaganda theory they re spreading and president trump should have been briefed with the same information. rather than rely on the intelligence committee the president and members of the republican party are relying on putin,s that is undercutting confidence in the american security and compromising fiona hill. right. she was the president s senior director, before this, on russian affairs. and she said it is russia, not ukraine and they will do it again. interesting. boris senate leaders from each party, mitch mcconnell, chuck schumer, trying to hash out what the senate impeachment trial would look like. you re hearing mcconnell s wing and option that involves needing no support from schumer, rather forging forward. right? yes. according to our colleague, manu raju on capitol hill that learned mcconnell would prefer to have a bipartisan rulemaking
ahead, particularly in january when we get into the trial, if members decide to hear from witnesses, perhaps that could change the dynamic. democrats, meanwhile, are fighting for details from mueller s russian investigation ahead of the impeachment trial. what s the latest on that front? reporter: the house filed a briefing in the federal appeals court demanding information, grand jury information related to the mueller probe. the argument from democrats is it could help with the impeachment inquiry. they re saying there s information relevant to the ukraine case, trump campaign member had some discussions involved with some ukrainians that could be helpful potentially to the overall case they re building against the president. the argument is they need secret grand jury information to form thinking on impeachment. we are unclear how the court will respond. plan to hear arguments next month. thank you. manu raju on capitol hill. at the same time, the white house is responding t
they confident that the votes are there to impeach president trump among the democratic gu caucus. reporter: there is confidence. they need a majority of votes, the threshold, 216 votes on the floor because of vacancies, it s now 216 votes and they expect they ll are able to meet that threshold. they expect those defections as i mentioned. could be two, to be four, five or six. a lot depends on some members from trump districts going back home this weekend starting today, done voting after today. until next week. what do they hear from constituents? decide to vote against those articles of impeachment? a key test for some of those members particularly freshmen from those swing districts, jake. manu raju on capitol hill. you heard that. and the big headline, jeff toobin, there, is democrats have the votes to impeach president trump. that is monumental. this seis only the fourth time the histories of this nation that will happen. and that in and of itself is,