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>> well, ali, i think its a pretty remarkable opinion not for its ultimate conclusion but the way in which the judge got to her conclusion and what she said in the course of that. first of all as you were discussing with the congressman, she really does knock down this talking point, basically, the process argument the republicans have been making. and she did want do that in a political way. she just said, you know, look at the constitution, look at the rules of the house. theres no requirement...

His own justice department. because the only check on him is congressional, and the only real check, the only serious check is impeachment. so if you say, you know, the bar is so high it can never be reached, what youre saying is the president is essentially unaccountable and the founders did not mean that. >> what about the process argument that republicans seemingly have been trying to make? they are saying this is not what happened in the clinton impeachment or watergate. and theyre hanging t...

Tim morrison set to testify and corroborate parts of bill taylors testimony. >> once you pierce that white house, you might find more people willing to testify and cooperate. >> i think the process argument is a distraction and is phony. >> a lot of the interactions and statements to be made were based on secondhand information. those are points that could be disputed. >> there are a lot of thoughtful republicans in the house that have to be offended by this. we want to welcome our viewers in ...

Saying that her boss, mr. bolton, called mr. rudy giuliani, quote, a hand grenade and compared his foreign policy to, quote, a drug deal. bolton would be a powerful add to a list that already includes current officials. those inside accounts so far have been damning and they are urging efforts at the white house now to put together a better defense strategy. their strategy is telling. senator lindsey graham, for example, sponsoring a resolution that calls the house inquiry unfair, a process argu...

Make of this timing? it certainly gives the president a chance to find a snnews storyo go on the offensive. >> it is certainly welcome by republicans. as we have seen they have struggled to make this process argument and at the top it will be removed soon once these hearings happen in government. this is another prong of their ability to say look over here, there is a problem, there is mal feasance. i superintendent you will see them use it as a talking point. >> are we looking at the possibilit...

Taylors testimony is extraordinarily damaging to them. >> karine, this has all been a week of tells about how damning that testimony from taylor has been when you put together the pizza party, and lindsey graham yesterday with his resolution condemning the entire inquiry, and then the justice department now looking into the 2016 investigation itself. these three pieces coming together to sort of change the conversation. >> thats exactly which right, willie. look, the evidence is overwhelming in ...

So many comparisons to do of, like, they said this during benghazi, now theyre saying this. it gets old. you can play the clips of lindsey graham speaking at the clinton impeachment and now saying the exact opposite thing. i also think thats sort of what politicians do. that doesnt really knock my socks off. mostly im surprised at how much republicans are steering clear of any substantive defense of the president on the facts of this -- of the impeachment probe and how all theyre left with is a ...

Released pie the white house that he asked a foreign government to interfere and investigate a political rival in a u.s. election. that pie itself is abuse of power. >> donald trump has been complaining -- i want to tow show you an article from the daily beast on tuesday night -- trump whines that senate republicans are failing him on impeachment and not owning nearly enough libs. the white house and president has put a message out there to republicans, youre not defending enough. yesterday you ...

Read that the transcript that was released by the white house. he asked a foreign government to interfere and investigate a political rival and u.s. election. that is a abuse of power. >> trump has been complaining want i want to show you an article on tuesday night. trump wind the is that the republicans are failing him on impeachment and not owning nearly enough libs. the president and white house put a mess and out to republicans. youre not defending me enough. today you saw the house and lin...

I, you know, wish that there was another argument for it but there really isnt. look, the process argument for republicans now really comes down to how much longer they can sort of sustain this given that public hearings are going to begin. the reporting out there is that were going to see public hearings on impeachment in mid-november. i do think there is a prudential argument. there is a reason why democrats might want to open some of this up because it creates more of a nonpartisan feel to al...