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Report, arguing that president trump has, quote, be trayed the nation by abusing his high office to enlist a foreign power in corrupting democratic election. the house is all but certain to approve those two articles, paving a way next month in the u.s. senate. chuck schuchater has delivered the democrats opening salvo on how the trial should be conducted. in a letter to mcconnell, schumer said democrats believe strongly that this trial must be one that is fair, that considers all the relevant f...

>> i do. >> we helped a million couples plan their wedding. >> that kiss caused a lot of commotion for the hallmark channel. now, the ceo says the decision to pull the ad was wrong. good morning, everyone. welcome to "early start." im dave briggs. >> im christine romans. its 5:00 a.m. in the east. seven weeks until the iowa caucuses. its all-but certain that the house will vote this week to impeach and remove president trump. before it goes to the senate, chuck schumer laying out his vision for ...

>> former republican congressman charlie dent is here. democrat. >> good morning, poppy. great to be with you. >> you too. >> i wonder, congressman, if you think that schumers right when he says that he believes that some republicans in the senate may side with him on wanting to call fact witnesses like mick mulvaney and john bolton. do you see a lisa murkowski, a mitt romney, a susan collins saying we should at least hear them out? >> yeah, i actually do think there could be some limited fact w...

Established and adopted as well as the following day the swearing in of chief justice john roberts and senators and then two days after that, the house managers making their presentations. the presidents counsel also its rebuttal. some restrictions when it comes to these presentations. 24 hours for the opening presentations and the rebuttal, 16 hours for the questioning of the republicans and then the democrats, all of this schumer making the case he thinks this is a process that will be fair to...

If she transfers votes as many i think schumer is onto something and that he knows there are potentially three or four senate republicans who if they vote dpens hearing from these particular individuals, this could blow back on them at home. and hes going to use that to his advantage. >> and think about this. go back to the kavanaugh confirmation hearing when the committee agreed to add additional hearing time to hear from dr. ford. it was a few of those senators including collins and murkowski ...

A political pressure point here, susan. up until the last few weeks everyone has been talking about oh, there are moderate democrats in the house who feel pressure to vote yes on impeachment. schumer flippeds the script and identified a sore spot for three, maybe four republicans in the senate, mitt romney, susan collins, lisa murkowski, if you dont want to hear from john bolton, a fact witness who may have firsthand knowledge or mick mulvaney, you have to explain why. >> yeah. i think hes smart...

They can make a deal with schumer or cobble together 51 votes on every single proposal in a senate trial. how do you see that? >> i would say there are 53 senate republicans. mcconnell needs 51 to do anything including sort of dismiss this push by the democrats to bring in these first account witnesses who can speak to what happened at the white house regarding ukraine. and you have republicans like susan collins who sort of have this moderate reputation running for re-election in a purple swing...

The lodge ingic for calling the. when a trump supporter or the president himself says, i want hunter biden, or the whistleblower, chuck schumer can say, you want those? you give me these. >> its smart on chuck schumers part, because the republican party said all these witnesses that came forward, its all hearsay. nobody heard the president say, i need you to do this to get ukraine to look into our election. democrats are going to sort of hit that over and over again and say, if you really want t...

Level, that this is not going to turn into some kind of circus proceeding but something that the american people can get behind. jim, poppy. >> suzanne malveaux on the hill, we know youre going to be covering it. joining us, ellie hoe anythinic former state prosecutor. there is some law and some precedent for how these things play out. based on what schumer whos in the minority is asking for here, whats likely to happen? you also have a political issue for mitch mcconnell, do you not, because he...

Top republicans are putting forward. one reason that schumer is taking action early, republican tactics are sparking claims from democrats, that the impeachment process will be rigged from the start. >> i am giving a clear signal i have made up my mind. im not trying to be a juror here. i want to end it. i dont want to legitimize it. i hate what im doing. >> everything i do im coordinator with the white house counsel. >> when they sit for a trial, they have to pledge to do impartial justice. and...