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Most of them democrats. elliott, you were counsel to the senate judiciary under schumer. he came out later today and said that he could and would push for a vote. how much leverage does he actually have right now? >> yeah. so the minority actually has a tremendous amount of leverage in the senate. this gets back to danas point. what this all comes down to is how much pain can senator schumer and the democrats cause for those four or five or six senate republicans in tough races. this gets into p...

Vulnerable republican senators up for re-election this year and since schumer interest is to put them in a position of having to vote on this question of whether the president and his allies have obstructed this process. and certainly a vote could come up and far more easily than it could have in the house in the prior proceeding. >> and as this does play out differently because it is a trial in the senate with the chief justice john roberts presiding over the trial. could he compel witnesses to...

Procedure in place with chuck schumer but ultimately mcconnell has the support among republicans to create rules without schumers assistance. all he needs is 51 votes and effectively just waiting until the session kicks back in in january, and nancy pelosi to hand over the articles of impeachment to go ahead and start that process. thats part of the reason you hear the confidence from president trump that mcconnells going to get this done for him. ultimately, there are disagreements about exactl...

Mcconnell and schumer could come up with any agreement first before we get to that next part. elliott, good to see you, happy holidays. the presidents lawyer certainly has a lot to say. rudy giulianis blunt message for those who wonder about the legacy hes leaving. [farmers bell] ♪ (burke) a "rock and wreck." seen it. covered it. at farmers insurance, we know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. ♪ we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum ♪

That mitch mcconnell has been talking about for a couple weeks. essentially you give the democrats an opportunity to make their case from the house managers, then the white house would have an opportunity to respond and support the president. after that, there would be a vote, essentially, to have the articles of impeachment before them. then you would vote on whether or not to remove the president. and i will tell you that a lot of republicans that were talking to are saying they could come aro...

Its really given trump some confidence here that mitch mcconnell is going to do what the president wants and hes going to hold firm against what chuck schumer is asking. >> before weve sort of seen this discussion thats going to happen between schumer and mcconnell, and everybody was waiting on the democratic side for those two leaders to meet. after he started going on fox news, he said, its not my job to be an impartial juror here. all of a sudden you saw schumer making that letter request for...

Off those issues until a later date and republicans are in line with what mcconnell is seeking here. do you sense there is any chance that mcconnell and schumer could come to a deal here? >> i dont know. i think its too early to tell. i think mcconnell has to see how this plays. he wants to use the clinton model as how the senate proceeds on this impeachment trial, and what hes saying is in 1999 there was no deal for witnesses when they came to the floor. you have to remember in 1999, then senat...

If he calls witnesses then the presidents case is going to be severely damaged. i think he really makes the calculation right now that at least hes safer to have a basically a non-trial trial. >> potentially. right now it remains a staring contest between speaker pelosi and schumer and mitch mcconnell. something we have to give if there is going to be a trial which there is going to be one at some point. i had him on yesterday. he acknowledged to me that in the end pelosi is going to have to sen...

Re-election in blueish or purple states and force them to take a vote on this michael duffy question. its quite damning. make them go on the record and say they dont want this individual to testify. senator schumer can push it. dana, when you spoke with dick durbin on "state of the union," he made it clear nobody should say how they want to vote. that ship has sailed. aside from a small handful of senators, there he is a pretty good sense of where everyone stands. >> there is. thats why what e...

A deep sigh when they hear the possibility of more articles of impeachment. tell us just how realistic this might be. >> thats right. and, remember, those 31 democrats who are in trump districts in the house are the ones that are going to be sighing the loudest about more articles of impeachment. this is likely just an argument that was being made by the house counsel in court as a way to emphasize why they still need to get testimony from don mcgahn. the justice department is arguing, look, if ...