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That differ from what he and lindsey graham called for 20 years ago? im not sure of that. the house is about to adjourn today i believe later this afternoon without having voted on the managers, which means that, in effect, shes holding the articles in the house for the next two weeks till they all come back. that puts pressure on -- trump wants to be exonerated in the senate. if hes so confident if this impeachment thing doesnt matter at all, well, fine. let it just die. the -- the -- the dont ...

To believe its going to be a straight up acquittal. he hears his friends lindsey graham and mcconnell bragging about acquittal, bragging theyre not going to be impartial jurors, quite the opposite. so hes been led to expect that. why would the president go out tonight at that rally and brag about having bossed schumer around back when trump was a donor and schumer was the recipient? whats the up side? i know you dont speak for him. >> no, i tend not to. i think its just an attempt to exert some ...

Think, oh, shes got to submit it before congress breaks. no. nancy is going to hold it in her pocket, wait to see what mcconnell puts on the table and shes going to force the negotiation between schumer and mcconnell on her terms. watch it and see what happens. >> michael conway, you were part of history, having helped draft the judiciary committees final draft to the house on the articles of impeachment against president nixon. you wrote a think piece, impeachment requires a new senate trial, y...

Washington, with president trump now waking up officially impeached and this new twist in congress, both chambers really locked in a battle here over how these articles of impeachment will be transmitsded from the house side over to the senate side. it is significant and clearly there is a lot of daylight between the two key leaders you heard from, mcconnell and schumer. senator schumer says he and senator mcconnell will meet soon to hash out how a senate impeachment trial would look, but given ...

Historic night so far of the trump presidency. really appreciate it. >> my pleasure. as rachel and i were talking about at the beginning of the show, congressman earl blumenauer on the house floor today said this. >> id vote proudly for those two articles of impeachment, and then i hope the house retains control of the articles until the speaker and leader schumer can negotiate agreement on process and witnesses from mcconnell so that the next stage will be open and fair, so that donald trump ...

That hes going to oppose efforts to get fact witnesses who have direct knowledge. so, obviously thats not a fair trial. every american know that is that does not constitute a fair trial. so, were going to keep pushing to get those assurances from mcconnell before we proceed. >> do you and senator schumer have a plan to try to bring over any of the moderate senators? it would seem on the math here you just need to get to 51 on any individual witness, its more about them than mcconnell per se. >> ...

>> well, two separate and important questions. i dont think they overplayed their hand today. i think they walked into that chamber and they were not smiling, they were not laughing, they were not having a good time. they came to do their duty and it was something they were pushed to do by a president that gave them no choice. and that was the way they approached it. i think tomorrow night were going see something potentially very different because the democratic -- the democratic voters want so...

About acquittal, bragging theyre not going to be impartial jurors, quite the opposite. so hes been led to expect that. why would the president go out tonight at that rally and brag about having bossed schumer around back when trump was a donor and schumer was the recipient? whats the up side? i know you dont speak for him. >> no, i tend not to. i think its just an attempt to exert some sort of power, control, try to paint the opposition as sort of a cheap politician, where im a businessman who c...

Thats exactly what happened when a member of the majority actually said they are complaining to battered, that is below the dignity of this body. to take a world leader and belittle him. especially when they are in the middle of a hot war with russia. you see, president trump did give them offensive weapons, president trump did nothing wrong. we will talk about that all day long today. we went on process and we went on facts because the american people see through this. before i close this first...

>> this is a political process. there is not anything judicial about it. impeachment is a political >> this is a political process, nothing judicial about it, impeachment is a political decision. >> a frank same from the majority leader outraging democrats tonight. chuck schumer accusing mcconnell and attempting to make the senate trial cover-up for donald trump. lets discuss with mike braun. good to have you with us tonight. the democratic critics of that say this is the guy whos going to be le...