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>> yeah, and i think -- im from california, and one of the things i realize is that a failure is really only a failure if it doesnt compel learning. and i think in this case, even though weve seen a series of failures in international processes to deliver the scale of ambition and action thats needed, i think that this experience really can and should spur learning, innovation, bringing together a multitude of ecosystem of actors from the finance sector, from innovation and from government to re...

His vision of how he wants this trial to go. but at the same time, senators took an oath to be impartial jurors in an impeachment trial. so does this make any sense? >> no. i mean it is violating his oath that he took, that judicial processes do need to be unbiased or impartial. but were in a really new era here where partisan politics seems to trump everything, and its really more about saving the tribe here. its a very dangerous era for democracy because it really is eroding at our judicial pr...

Reached in 1999 with regards to not agreeing on witnesses right away, but having votes on those later. those are two very different processes. and schumer is bucking the 1999 process. >> dana: so people who were there on capitol hill whether you are a staffer or i was there in 98, but if you were paying attention then, you could basically take the memory is no man put it on the other side of each other, and they were saying different things back then then they are now, what do you think about th...

Responsibilities it was nice to hear somebody say they were wrong. that being said when you juxtapose this to the testimony he gave to congress. he felt extremely confident in the process and defended it and never pause during the entire process to look back and figure out what had been going on the fisa warrants and what evidence was being put forward and what wasnt being shown to the judge in terms of who paid for the dossier. the problem that i have it is not just about saying you are sorry a...

And with the "washington post" and cnn legal analyst. good to see you both. ronano, let me start with you. can republican senators in the senate decide to call no witnesses and introduce no documents in the impeachment trial? is that their legal, and i guess political, prerogative here? >> well, certainly the constitution has nothing to say about the procedures that a senate trial would look like in an impeachment. really, the senator can make those rules. if the majority of the senate wants to ...

You really have a choice now of whether to go ahead and go through this. but im telling you, i cannot acquit you and then he resigns. >> we have many examples of that from both parties, right, throughout our history. where people have put their country over -- their country before their party. but what is happening right now, its quite alarming and it is disheartening and for people like myself and jayapal as she held that constitution, there are people around the world who look up to our countr...

Senators have. and i just want the american public to recognize that. this is the republican party that constantly talks about the importance of the constitution. and they are choosing party over the constitution. they are choosing a lawless president over our constitution. and they are setting up our country to be one that is not going to be the beacon of democratic processes in the world, as it has been for generations. >> i think about in the case of richard nixon when members of his own part...

>> jesse: how old are you? >> greg: this was last month. when you commit to a dumb idea, you have to be brave enough to admit its a dumb idea and step back. we ended up turning around and getting a hotel and go back to bed. >> jesse: that couldve been a really good story. >> greg: no, we are old men. but how delusional is that they want a wider tv audience for this? basically the solution for their idiocy is to get more people to watch their idiocy? >> greg: right, as these processes have gone o...

Accompanies other republicans. >> will that sachb him, shamelessness? >> no, i dont think it is going to save him. he could have had this done in a minute if hed acted like ronald reagan who had his own investigation and then buried it. there are lots of ways you can handle these scandals and he has relished the fact he is going to put his thumb in the nose of all our democratic processes. there are rule of law republicans out there who understand this is about our election system and this is ab...

Needed to go to bed. we had already committed. >> jesse: how old are you? >> greg: this was last month. when you commit to a dumb idea, you have to be brave enough to admit its a dumb idea and step back. we ended up turning around and getting a hotel and go back to bed. >> jesse: that couldve been a really good story. >> greg: no, we are old men. but how delusional is that they want a wider tv audience for this? basically the solution for their idiocy is to get more people to watch their idiocy?...