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President now, against these baseless charges, or you will face the wrath of voters tomorrow. and that the "angle." joining me now, congressman devin nunes, ranking member of the house intel committee. congressman lee zeldin of the house foreign affairs committees. and congressman bryne, house armed services committee member. lets start with you, this is obviously in the hands of the senate because you just dont have the majority in the house to stop this. are you concerned that some senate repu...

Face the wrath of voters tomorrow. and that the "angle." joining me now, congressman devin nunes, ranking member of the house intel committee. congressman lee zeldin of the house foreign affairs committees. and, spend bryne, house armed armed service committee member. but start with you, this is obviously in the hands of the senate because you just dont have the majority in the house to stop this. are you concerned that some senate republicans arent with -- most overwhelming majority republicans...

This vote because the cost so much black for doing this kangaroo court in adam schiffs basement, and people not being able to have visibility into who they are calling, what those witnesses are saying, being able to question those witnesses. >> shannon: okay, so the senate, under senator graham, chairman of the senate judiciary committee, has put together a measure of its own, basically disapproving of what is going on over in the house, he has just about everybody to sign off and the g.o.p., bu...

Tonight, after the american bar association told the senate judiciary committee that he is not qualified for the federal bench. in a blistering letter to lawmakers from the american bar association described lawrence vandyke as arrogant, lazy, and ideologue, lking in knowledge of the day-to-day practice, including procedural rules. beyond that, the aba said several of the 60 people interview to prepreviously worked with van dyck raised concerns he wouldnt be fair to members of the lgbt community...

Three more hearings we want to do in secret so take it from there, they are just trying to take this vote because they cant so much flak for doing this kangaroo course in adam schiffs basement and people not being able to have visibility into their calling, what those witnesses are saying being able to question those witnesses. shannon: the senate under senator graham who is chairman of the senate judiciary committee put together this measure disapproving what is going on in the house and he has...

It has something they have mutual fund wimoved with. ive had members of the democratic party told me that after the whistle-blower came out, they were moving ahead. and i said, i cant believe you guys are moving ahead. and he said, chuck schumer said, he doesnt care if its true or false, theyre moving ahead with this. >> okay, so its not just democrats here, who think this is legitimate and there are important questions to ask. its also your fellow republican member of congress from your same st...

Public hearings. i have been urging the house to vote on impeachment inquiry which they havent done. its a big mistake. setting rules up for the minority. its important, its relates to fairness. secondly at some point theyll have public hearings so people can hear witnesses talk about whats happened. and right now its sort of selected leaks and stories here and there. ultimately i really believe its going to require republicans. not just democrats. and some independents. but republicans to say t...

In ukraine. >> garret, lets talk about lindsey graham yesterday. seven republican senators did not back it yet. we are looking at them right now. alexander and collins and murkowski and romney. what do you read into that? >> i see a lot of people here who could not be influenced toz donald trump either because they are retiring. romney whos bullet proof in utah does not need support from donald trump to get reelected. i see a couple of folks facing tough reelection fights, susan collinss a and g...

Against him. it also requests that republicans be able to quote participate fully in all proceedings and have equal authority to issue subpoenas. heres what graham had to say about the measure just yesterday. >> we have president trump, give president trump these rights that every other president has had and be on record authorizing this. this is a rogue action by a single committee of the house, that has never done impeachment inquiries before. and i think its dangerous to the presidency. >> >>...

Were going. at least for some republican senators, romney, murkowski, probably susan collins and some others, theyre going to be going back to founding documents. if theyre going to really weigh seriously whether the president has violated his oath of office, violated his duties under the constitution, theyre going to want to be bulletproof on that. and i think youre going to have people looking at what was spelled out. what sort of the clear lines of law were. and the degree to which the presid...