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Slide by. lauren, what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, what we know is the democrats are actually digging in on their requests for not only witnesses but also documents. senator chuck schumer said a letter to senate colleagues a few moments ago, essentially arguing that this is just more evidence, these emails more evidence for why they need get those underlying documents from omb, from the state department, from the white house, and, of course, they want to hear from witnesses. heres what s...

Witnesses. mcconnells arguing right now he and schumer are at an impasse, but not a lot is going to change. heres what mcconnell said. >> look, were at an impasse and we cant do anything until the speaker sends the papers over. so everybody enjoy the holidays. >> and nancy pelosi just a few minutes taking -- a few minutes ago taking to twitter arguing that she is not prepared to send those articles over until she sees exactly how a senate trial is going to be taken apart. ryan? >> all right. lau...

The testified during a senate trial. this morning, mitch mcconnell said negotiations are at an impasse, said this about the democrats witness wish list. >> all im asking of schumer, is that we treat trump the same way we treated clinton. we had a procedure that was approved 100-0, to go through the opening arguments, have a written question period. and then based on that deciding what witnesses to call. we havent ruled out witnesses, we said, lets handle this case just like we did with president...

Dems for his words a thin and deficient case for impeachment spoke out on a key sticking point. witnesses. what did he say? >> mcconnell has been arguing for some time he does not think a decision about witnesses should be at the beginning of the trial. instead what he has been arguing is that nancy pelosi needs to send over those articles of impeachment. once she does that, then there can be a discussion about getting this trial started. so that was the key sticking point between the top democr...

Tax cuts, a booming economy for everyone. on and on it goes. good news for america but bad news for democrats. if you cant beat them, join them they say. well for pelosi and schumer and schiff and nadler, maxine and all the rest of the rotten corrupt crew theres a new version. if you cant beat him, impeach him. thats the historical context. thats why theres no shame in the impeachment except for the sick hateful democrats who couldnt care less about the real world or real peoples problems, who a...

Clintons 1998 or will it backfire and on whom? the dems or the president? >> i think that process to date has hurt the democrats more than its worth the president. if you think about his approval ratings, they have been unchanged. they have even gone up a bit as the process has unfolded. its definitely hurt the democrats so far and i dont see anything emerging from the trial that would hurt the president more. i think thats one reason why schumer wants to reopen the case and what hes demanding i...

Testify in a senate trial. listen to what the senate minority trial had to say sund sunday. >> i would exonerate president trump or, they might further incriminate him. but the truth should come out on something as important as impeachment. >> a lot of what happens next depends on whats decided between senator schumer and majority leader mitch mcconnell. we heard from mcconnell within the last hour. >> all i am asking of schumer is that we treat trump at the same way we treated clinton. we haven...

Inaugurated. in terms of an impartial jury, we are long, long way away. >> julie: as far as nancy pelosi holding the impeachment articles to be sent off to the senate, the delay tactic. there were a lot of delay tactics on behalf of republicans the day they went to vote and now the democrats are doing it. is it going to work? will it bend to mcconnells well? >> it wont. schumer is playing the media game, leaking letters to the media. at the end of the day, mcconnell runs the senate. he knows the...

Possibility president trump could be impeached again. a fight over testimony for the white house counsel, i like the dead cat analogy. >> dana: nobody wants to play with a dead cat. nobody wants to have a dead cat. >> jesse: may be you, you dont like have spirits before i like cats. my sister has four rescue cats. but yes, impeachment went so well the first time we are planning to do it again and telegraphing over at don mccanns testimony, that seems a little far-fetched. but this reminds me of ...

Speaker nancy pelosi tweeting around the same time, the president cannot choose our impeachment managers until we know what kind of conduct he will conduct. what is his excuse now?" democrats are calling for a fair process, they want witnesses and documents. for criticism of the senate majority mitch mcconnell dismissed this morning. >> first on the impartiality, do you think chuck schumer is impartial? do you think elizabeth warren is impartial? bernie sanders is impartial? so lets quit the cha...