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Directly and thats exactly what happened today. >> also tonight, patrick, we learned that the white house is pulling together a list for possible replacements for mike pompeo after he speculated that he would leave the cabinet to run for cabinet in kansas, mnuchin and deputy secretary of state steve biegun. what do you think is driving this? >> the party and president trumps political needs in terms of keeping the senate. the reality is unlike in 2018 where the house was really in contention, 20...

Great as a witness in the well of the senate. so a little surprising that hes really digging in here and saying hed even defy a senate subpoena. kate. >> it is fascinating. good to see you, lauren. thank you. out front with me now, "washington post" congressional report error and patrick heely, "new york times" politics editor. good to see you guys again. biden has taken this position before. hes said this but i think this is the first time hes kind of made this declaration once again since the ...

Of the gop in the senate not wanting to get into the witness pool at all. the fact that biden has said this now brings this debate back into the fore. gives them something to point at and say wait a second. it potentially creates a little bit of a problem for biden himself when answering questions about how he would conduct himself if he were president in a similar -- similarly partisan time. and what his relationship would be like with congress, especially when congress, potentially, would subp...

Democrats and republicans remain in a standoff over what an impeachment trial will look like as they head home for a two-week holiday break. what are the next steps here? joining me now to discuss, patrick heely cnn analyst and editor for "the new york times" and tim and a half tally, co-author of the book, impeachment, an american history. good to see you both. happy holidays. >> happy holidays. >> hi, fred. >> patrick, what do you expect to happen over this holiday recess? >> well, nancy pelos...

Quote, game changer. out front now, former attorney general ann millgreen, abby philip, politics editor for "the new york times," patrick heely and former gop committee counsel for the impeachment investigation, sofia nelson. abby, the reporting tonight that pompeo wouldnt defend his own ambassador in part because he was afraid of rudy giuliani who is essentially running in the cse of ukraine, certainly a separate state department. what does this tell you? >> it tells you how afraid one of presi...

Defend himself as fvigorously a he has defended president trump. tom foreman, cnn washington. >> and they are back, a cnn senior justice correspondent and the new york times political editor patrick heely. he may exert lawyer-client privilege. but he said it is the u.s. state department giving him directives. >> i think it does under mine what he is saying and the ability to shield some of what he says will be privileged. there is another thing, he released some of these communications and now c...

Pressing the president. house democrats want more documents and they want to hear from bolker who has left the white house. trump was saying can you imagine if these do nothing democrats had a republican party who would have done to obama what the do nothings are doing to me? oh well, maybe next time. the democrats issued a subpoena to secretary of state mike pompeo. they want pompeo to provide the documents they are considering now. >> all right, sarah, at the white house, thank you so much. le...

Somebody who tried to protect this president even though the president is is essentiallying is a account is false. >> with us now is is senior political analyst ron brown steen and political analyst patrick heely. on the news that the trump campaign is firing pollsters, would that happen if the leaked numbers had said trump would win in a landslide? >> thats a really good question. the president is looking at numbers that are quite consistent. its a long way away. and head to head matchup this i...

Republicans came back yesterday with a counteroffer saying wednesday was their preferred date for a hearing. they would like to have outside counsel come in and be able to question christine blazey ford. theres been a lot of back and forth. we dont know if well see a hearing this week. >> all right. thank you so much. i appreciate it. lets talk more about this right now. joining me now patrick heely. arian, you first. 26 minutes to go until this latest deadline now. no word yet from the ford tea...

And president putin. >> you say then senator, now attorney general sessions was enthusiastic about the idea of candidate trump meeting putin, but he said the exact opposite. he says, he testified before congress saying he, quote, pushed back when you raised the possibility of a meeting with russia. thats not true youre saying? >> i dont remember that. >> you dont remember him pushing back? >> no. >> you remember him saying this is a good idea? >> i remember him being enthusiastic about a potenti...