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>> some folks existentialism there. how do you react to that, the role he will have and his colleagues will have in the trial? >> well, i think the senator, by pointing out that the constitution with respect to the process and rules regarding a trial, that doesnt mean its not really a trial. that doesnt mean theyre not really jurors, as well as ultimate deciders. and what he fails to mention in that interview is he takes an oath, a second oath. its the only time when you are a senator you ever t...

>> are being a drill like this, you heard the remarkable exchange about this christmas gift from north korea. to what degree is congress able to do anything about it. >> here you have two leaders that the president has tried very hard to improve his own personal relationships with in xi and putin. working with the regime that the president has been a traditional foreign policy policy hawk on iran. it may come from john bolton, other places. how does he respond to this and how do republicans in t...

Outlier, how states vote on presidential races and senate races. four people who may be in purple-y states theres less of a risk in imposing impeachment because the parties are so strident in how they look at impeachment. republicans are strong on one side. independents lean against it. if i were the democrats i would be more worried about the democratic side than the republican side. simply by virtue of the fact that things are so partisan already and this is such a partisan issue. >> what are ...

Clearly that was done with the hopes that some republicans would say this is interfering with our power as a body. >> lastly, phillip, i asked if the investigations continue. they have to keep doing that in effect because this has to play out, to michaels point, in order for courts to weigh in on all of this. >> that is exactly right. there are boundless reasons to move forward. one of the fascinating things, this doesnt really answer your questions. i have to say it is fascinating to say these ...

Lines. theres no way they can do it objectively and without a political goal in mind. each side -- its only getting worse, right? one side will do it worse. the other side will feel when i get in there, im going to finally draw in my favor, in the favor of my party or in the favor of my community. it doesnt do anyone justice. im of a similar mind to you. an ideal system is where you have an equal group. i think a multiparty system would be better, but we dont have to go into that right now. >> t...

Host of trial experience. maybe jay sekulow or rudy giuliani. its important to have good people on this. as you mentioned, this is something that is so novel in our history. it is a big deal. just getting somebody to represent him as a personal attorney. >> well, it is a big deal. pres. the last time william rehnquist had the stripes, they all have to sit there even in the short version of a trial. it is still at least two weeks or more. bill clinton had a bunch very experienced prosecutors and ...

Going to get off the hook for this? that is something they will be hammered on. >> they have the luxury of waiting to see how it goes. i think voters, its not purely a political matter. its not even purely a legal matter. public opinion plays a big role. sure, people are divided along party lines right now. it is a high number of people saying even at this point he should be removed we. its not the whole country. but some are saying we need to hear witnesses. we need to hear john bolton and mick...

Themselves determined in terms member us off of the nature of the case and how they would vote. it makes a mockery of the second oath every senator must take before the impeachment trial. >> i spoke with john yarmuth who said he was surprised by what house speaker pelosi has done here. hes not behind what she was doing here but it was a surprising move. how surprised are you by it? how long do you think this will last? >> i dont know that i was surprised. i dont know that i fully anticipated it....

Persons name. i cant. its wrong. and i know that sounds crazy. im out of government now. but thats our training. its not right. its not fair. honestly, it makes him look bad. but it doesnt make him look bad in front of his base. this gets me to speaker pelosi, that plays into list base. biden is right to say i dont have anything to offer to this. im not the right witness. it will be nothing more than a political distraction for his campaign certainly. but at the same time they -- speaker pelosi ...

Concert. the statement doesnt mention russia or china. what do you do when your allies are in bed with your enemies? >> lastly, about this access between iran and russia, they note after this concludes on monday, zarif will meet with sergey lavrov, his counterpart, there. >> the russian partnership doesnt concern me as much. they obviously have some coordination there. the military inclement to the iranians. i had the same idea of the axis of evil. when i was in government working, one of the th...