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President of ukraine, engage in what is then illegal action that is interfering in the american -- foreign government interfering in the american election. >> yeah. i just wanted to make sure on the audio thing because that is the first time ive heard something of that. i wanted to know if there was a concrete reason to believe that. >> i would think there could be. >> we do not know. and it sounds like youre not sure that there is. i just want to be very clear with our viewers. it is a question...

Majority leader and that is leaving questions whether or not this trial will start the first week of january or perhaps even later. now majority leader mcconnell is prepared to go to the floor and start the trial even if he cant get an agreement with schumer. but he has to get the articles of impeachment first from pelosi. >> how many leverage does the speaker have in holding these? >> republicans have argued none. because this is not something theyre anxious to get started on. you heard from fr...

Slouch. what worries you about the republican tactic in this? how does this go wrong for republicans? >> i read that piece and i agree with it. this is much more than bluster with her. the constitution is clear, the house cannot dictate process for the sun and the senate cannot dictate a house process. what they are trying to do, she and schumer are trying to set the stage to convince the american people once there is a trial that it was illegitimate in the verdict, which we all know is going to...

Trumps obstruction. it was obstruction. weve seen no previous president assert this even in the breaking news a week after schumer asked for witnesses. one of the witnesses he asked for turns out had an email exchange 90 minutes after that july 25th phone call saying president wants to freeze this aid to ukraine, and dont tell anybody. i mean, thats exactly the kind of thing that theyve kept from congress and theyve kept, more importantly, from the american people. and that is what this fight is...

The accountability narrative is having people come in and talk about what they heard. >> matt, i think you had something to say about this. >> i think in terms of putting pressure on the vulnerable senators, murkowski and collins, that only happens if the articles of impeachment actually go to the senate. lets be clear here. nancy pelosi has zero leverage here. mitch mcconnell will still confirm judges and go about the business of the senate. there is zero leverage if not bringing to the senate ...

Until they could find them to testify in a house impeachment proceeding. thats where schumers argument i believe gets a bit disen-jen wis and off the rails. >> from my conversations, they have kind of described this as a game of chicken. pelosi is waiting to see if trump puts enough pressure on mcconnell to move forward. so she might have leverage there. but she also, when she made the announcement that she was going to be withholding the articles of impeachment, publicly you had members all on ...

Administration blocked from testifying in the house investigation. here now is democratic congressman jerry connolly of virginia. he serves on the oversight and foreign affairs committees. so when congress comes back this first full week of january, what are the next steps in this impeachment process? >> well, depending on what happens in the senate, the house will transmit articles of impeachment and name impeachment managers. >> that first week you think? >> well, if -- if certain conditions, ...

The white house. but she also slammed the house democrats investigation as rushed and incomplete. as democrats try to convince republicans to turn on the president, some gop senators think it will be senate democrats who break from their party. lets start with cnn congressional reporter lauren fox up on probably a very quiet capitol hill this morning. lauren, this one senator were keeping an eye on is the moderate maine republican susan collins. the president, though, expressing support for her ...

But someone to watch, meanwhile, we still dont know when the senate trial is going to begin or how its going to be structured, ryan. thats because nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house has yet to send over the two articles of impeachment. theres still not a deal for mcconnell and schumer for how to structure the senate trial. >> lauren fox. thank you for that report. lets go south now, president trump has spent much of this morning sounding off on twitter on impeachment. kristin holmes is in ...

This idea that he wants an agreement to have at least four witnesses, either country or former administration officials involved inned ukraine allegations as women as reams of documents to be subpoenaed as well as part of the initial agreement what a bipartisan senate trial would actually look like going forward. the reality, senate majority mitch mcconnell is clear he is not in favor of that. doesnt want that dealt with until after the initial trial presentations and the leader -- mcconnell, ma...