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Access to the transcripts. they had access to about the seven who could ask questions. >> marie: there were dozens of republicans who have been part of this process we have seen this information. the democrats -- >> steve: theyve seen the information. >> marie: we can talk about the political reasons why they did that but the bottom line is all the transcript will be out in the public and we are going to start having public hearings about all these questions. the process argument in two days or ...

Eight people in the administration that were concerned about the presidents phone call with zelensky. and so now theyre trying to figure out who were those eight people and did they speak out of the order to people that they really shouldnt? and can they go after them? so republicans are really kind of getting off of the process argument and finding what they can do next as democrats are nearing their next phase of impeachment. >> olivia, lets talk about some of these polls that we were ticking ...

Not done to give equal rights to the minority and so on, is that enough, though, to defend the president? ultimately, theyre going to come forward with articles of impeachment that claim a a, b, c. >> right. absolutely its not enough. but its essential not to move off of the process argument too quickly. people inside washington think that weve talked about this for a week or two so therefore its over. the points particularly that kim made that the presidents not allowed to be present in the pro...

The more theyre going to say, wait a second, what are you doing? often times people cant even cite what the reasons and justifications are for this impeachment. i dont know, something about joe biden? and then they shift back to issues. [laughter] its true though. so much has happened behind closed doors though. ed: look at this other number, to your point about the behind closed doors aspect, 65% say it should be held out in the public, 33% say its okay to be held in private. thats a low number...

President george w. bush. i want to get to this ad in a bit. first, how does the partisan nature of the house vote for an inquiry affect the politics of impeachment and the ability the to persuade the country? >> well, look, one of the three big considerations that i think voters are going to have when they ultimately judge members of the house and senate for voting on this was do they believe the process was bipartisan in nature. that was the critical nature in the nixon impeachment and because...

Gardner and joannie erntz its not going to sustain them. i think theyre trapped. the process argument has fallen apart as you say, and they dont have a good substantive argument. the presidents defense is i did it and it doesnt matter, i dont care, everything i do is fine. article ii of the constitution allows me to do whatever the heck i want. so i dont know how senators in particular who i think have a higher level of probity are going to deal with this. essentially we have a confession. were ...

Job of convincing republican voters that the process has not been fair. but they realize as this moves to a more public hearing that theyre going to run out of steam on process. what theyre doing is what i believe i heard this morning talking about how there was no quid pro quo and making the argument that because the money flowed or because there was actually no investigation into joe biden, that theres nothing to see here. and i think thats where youre going to start seeing members go as this ...

Opportunity first to make the case in private instead of in the glare of the television. so i think that this is the way almost all investigations have taken place. and the republicans are making a process argument for one simple reason, they know they cant defend the facts. i mean, the facts are so simple. the president pressured zelensky to investigate his political rival and withheld military aid. >> barbara mcquade, we now know through the course of testimony there were lawyers involved. "th...

Investigations. and whats really, to me, damning is the fact that over 40 republicans get to participate in the scif, like i do. over 40 of them get to participate in this. so i think that the vote last week was to remove the process argument. and really focus on the truth. we should be able to present the truth in a way that the american people can understand it, and i think that i hope that the american people will understand that this is about abuse of power. you know, my district, the alabam...

Level of impeachment. and if he used abuse of power, does it matter how much the level is? isnt the abuse of power in and of itself something that is impeachable? adrienne? >> yeah, i mean, rev, this is what theyre left w right? they try to focus on the process argument and that failed, and so now theyre basically hanging on to the last bread crumb they can get their hands on. which is, oh, in the end, ukraine got the money, they got the funding that they needed, so it doesnt matter what convers...