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Trying to get an advantage during the testimony, my point is, issue the subpoena, conduct the interview and, yes, i agree with the prior representative, let the american people decide, process matters, procedure matters, be fair, thats all im saying. arthel: absolutely, that is -- i agree with you on that. >> we are on the same page. arthel: we are on the same page, listen, this is really a sobering time, nobody wants to see any -- any of our presidents going through an impeachment process, so t...

Theyve concluded that the best defense is a good offense. and they are arguing to the american people that process matters. procedure matters. if the democrats in this prosecution -- make no mistake, this impeachment is a prosecution. if the democrats are going to prevent us from even knowing who the whistleblower is, being able to question the whistleblower, putting him behind some kind of curtain like the wizard of oz were not going to participate in the process. it is unfair. thats their mess...

The republicans, i think, have a legitimate beef when they stand up and say that he should be treated fairly. he should be able to call witnesses. they should be able to cross examine those witnesses. process matters, and i dont know. it just makes it look like this whole thing is more and more political. neil: well, i think youre right about this, guy if youre going to cast this on the president you want to make sure that everyones argument passes the scrutiny test and that applies to those who...

And my fear is as a member of the armed services committee that we are drawing down those troops in a way that will further create dangers. >> but what about the argument that this is precisely the reason the troops should be out? isis doesnt need an excuse to blow things up or kill people. theyve been doing this indiscriminately mostly to iraqis and syrians, we should note. they will continue to do it, and that the risk of american lives is precisely the reason american lives should be withdraw...

Troops in a way that will further create dangers. >> but what about the argument that this is precisely the reason the troops should be out? isis doesnt need an excuse to blow things up or kill people. theyve been doing this indiscriminately mostly to iraqis and syrians, we should note. they will continue to do it, and that the risk of american lives is precisely the reason american lives should be withdrawn. >> and the question is not whether to bring our troops home. everybody wants our troops...

Fact witness, thats a real problem. but the real problem is as well the format. one round apiece of five minutes. you cant ask questions and follow-ups and do a decent job of the democrats as well as the republicans. >> jane, just politically would it be smart for the republicans to say we need an fbi investigation at this point? >> absolutely. this should have happened, it should have been expanded last week and i dont know how long it would take to do it. i mean, it was 35 years ago, memories ...

Trump style and when youre president in the end, i think that there are about two or three moments where youre making critical decisions what will we do in the financial crisis. what are we going to do about the 9/11 terrorist attack and you go to process. process matters. its almost funny if it didnt make you cry that general kelly when he comes in as chief of staff last year. and one of the rules is you cant make decisions on the fly by the seat of your pants and they write out if youre going ...

Care? they can deny it all they want. we know it is not true. we know there is dysfunction, they have problems there. going into each new iteration, where does it get us? >> i dont think it gets us very far. part of this becomes more serious and less abusing when facing a crisis like syria. you are looking at u.s. intervention. process matters. decision making matters. what youve got is this is cycle of a chief of staff who is very is frustrated by the fact that the chief executive is taking con...

Though it is strange he is doing the very thing that he, you know, so often hit president obama on. >> and it cant work. the fund memories of this world is what happened in places like syria, rehe moat parts of afghanistan. the world isnt las vegas. things dont stay there. things come here. we are going to be affected for better and often for worse by developments around the world because of globalization. that affects climate change, trade, terrorism, you name it. so mr. trump has this attentio...

Feel about it. does it bother me? absolutely it bothers me. i think we ought to maintain that moral standard that i believe our party is about. >> taxes. all right, and thank you for fielding those other questions. process matters. when you rush something through that is very important you are asking for trouble. you lived it and criticized it openly and roundly when it came to the aca, but the aca was debated to death comparing that with this big tax bills? >> this is not an unusual process, as...