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In any case its expected to be a procedural thing, a pro forma session. but this is an impeachment, so be on your toes. weird things happen. thats tomorrow. thats saturday. sunday -- we believe by midnight sunday night the house judiciary committee is expected to release its full report on the impeachment of president trump. technically, thats supposed to guide the floor vote thats going to happen on wednesday, but we also expect that to be a really substantive report including potentially this ...

Senators are expected to gavel in for a brief pro forma session. the floor of the u.s. senate fairly empty, which was expected to begin at 10:00 this morning. its now 10:12. we are still standing by and waiting about 21 minutes. we are hearing that it could be a while before this pro forma session will take place. >> for the record, c-span is a national treasure and i believe the pro forma session that has not started yet but is supposed to start at 9:30 will be addressed shortly. with importa...

You also reported this shutdown is going to last until 2019. what are you seeing on the hill this morning? >> morgan, i saw one of the shortest sessions of the united states congress that ive ever seen. the senate pro forma session lasted about 15 seconds. the house made them look lazy. their session took a couple minutes. then they were over. one lawmaker in each chamber gaveling in and out. no democrats present today. remember, republicans still control both chambers at least until thursday. a...

Cassidy, republican from louisiana, who appeared just a few hours ago on fox. >> it shouldnt be hard to get to where the president wants to be. democrats voted for $25 billion for border security earlier this year. in 2006, obama voted for border security. its not as if this is a foreign concept. >> okay, were still at the talking point stage here, obviously. senator cassidy is not a member of leadership, hes not directly involved in these negotiations. you mentioned the senate will be in 4:00 i...

Trump did what he is proned to do. he went after him on twitter saying he is retiriing his, quote, poll numbers tanked. you respondedying insult to a colleague, gop senators if they had guts and self-respect should reconvene after christmas. ask ryan to do the same in the house, and override if trump vetoes. explain this solution youre calling for and why. >> the legislative branch is an equal branch of government. senators and government dont have to roll over because the president has a fit. t...

Security. i think we know better. its an issue of his own political insecurity when the right wingers start screaming at him, he just backs off in front of us. >> mike is on capitol hill for day number two. vick, what is being said behind all these closed doors, if anything? and what are the members of congress saying? whats happening in the white house? what are you hearing. >> in its crickets and abandoned ghost town here in the capitol today and likely to be tomorrow on christmas eve. the mem...

Mike mccarra we were reporting and discussing thursday, its the 27th now, was that a surprise on the hill that the majority leader said okay, were going home. were going to go enjoy the holidays and if something happens well get back here. >> right. somewhat of a surprise, and youre right, theres the option that they could come back on the 24th and the 27th. both mitch mcconnell told us as he walked off the senate floor which is now closed tfor the ret of the day and all day sunday. they shut do...

Over what the president wants. >> ive got to tell you, that is some party not to show up at if you consider the price of the tickets. $100,000 to $250,000 for a couple. with the house coming back in at 9:00 a.m. and not until noon, the house was able to pass something. they passed legislation on thursday. by a decent margin. so what will they be doing? doesnt it all have to wait for the senate to get their act together? >> yeah. i wouldnt be on the edge of my seat this morning at 9:00 to watch t...

Have the votes. i think we have that tape here. can we play that? >> the conference committee has come together, and weve delivered for the american people. we remind everyone this is our tax bill. it belongs to the american people. this conference committee reflects these priorities. the committee report is valid. it will be filed in pro forma session at 5:30 this evening. at the same time it will be made public to the american people to look at the new tax code were proposing before the house ...

Paul, what does this mean for the trump white house? >> its an important development, of course, because flynn was the national security adviser to the president for a brief period of time but certainly had close contact with the president and was initially mentioned as the russian link. hes been under investigation by the fbi really going back into last summer and his failure to register. so im not surprised that trail would eventually lead to a subpoena or request for white house documents. >>...