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His decisions can be overturned by a majority vote. they dont have a majority to call these people that the president wants. there are 47 democrats, you need four republicans to come to their side and that could happen oppose -- that can happen. well see what happens. mcconnell and schumer will sit down at some point trying to work out joint rules and the house will have to name the managers, in other words the prosecutors, whos going to be named? probably adam schiff will be named and some peop...

>> kaitlan collins at the white house. thank you. lets discuss with this. sunlen, sources say mitch mcconnell wants to wrap up the trial and protect republicans from damaging votes and trump wants to turn this into what peek close to him call a spectacle with hunter biden and adam schiff and who do you think will win the argument. >> i think mcconnell is looking at what will protect his members and what has 51 votes, so far while the white house has made pronouncements about an aggressive tria...

Corruption. >> given your position, i want to ask you about foreign policy pieces. but let me follow up on the senate chunk of what might happen assuming the house does move forward, possibly as early as next week, and vote to impeach the president. first of all, youre fine withholding the senate trial after the holidays? are you okay with that? >> i mean, ill sort of leave it to mcconnell and schumer to negotiate timing. im available over the recess, but it sounds like were going to be doing th...

Forced to testify. shar writes, can you discuss what the procedure is for the senate trial? i heard someone say mcconnell and schumer will not be speaking, please explain. let me try. number one, we dont have the entire procedure yet because it hasnt been released. what we have is precedent. in the clinton impeachment the senators did not speak on the floor at all, they had to submit any questions to the chief justice who presided, then when they spoke about these issues it was not a trial but t...

People vote on convention at the end to hold together a coalition of 51 for purposes of evidence. >> ah. thats the key, right, hillary, is that coalition? who will be the better minds, if you will, on the right that may not agree with the president and what he wants to see in this senate trial? and therefore, the discussion between mcconnell and schumer, minority and majority leaders, becomes more important here. >> no, thats absolutely right. whats interesting is in the clinton trial we had an ...

Nancy pelosi should have the articles drawn up but not send them to the senate. can you explain why you -- why are you saying that? >> i tweeted that because its one of the thoughts i had. theres a big push to get this done quickly. theres also a debate going on between schumer and mitch mcconnell about what the rules should be. theyve been unable to reach agreement. it looks like mitch mcconnell is inclined to just do it his way and not let schumer have any play at all. well, i think nancy pelo...

Can you explain why youre saying nancy pelosi may not send this to the senate? >> theres big push to get this done quickly. theres also a big debate between schumer and mitch mcconnell about what the rules should be and theyve been unable to reach agreement. it looks like mitch mcconnell is inclined to do it his way and not let schumer has any play at all. i think nancy pelosi has some real leverage on this. she doesnt have to send articles of impeachment to the senate. what happens, don, after ...

Call up. they should hear from them if it gets to that point. i dont think it will get to that point. >> shannon: charlie tweeted pelosi wants to move forward with impeachment. bring did on. -- bring it on. president trump will get a fair senate hearing. everyone will testify. the swamp will be exposed. justice is coming. that would be ratings gold when we would come it. what are the odds any of those people show up in the senate trial? >> there is precedent in 1998. lott and kennedy made rules ...

So when they sit down to do the rules, they have some leverage in that conversation. remember in 1998, trent lot and tom daschle worked it out and sold it to them. >> that meeting hasnt happened yet. >> it has not. >> schumer and mcconnell. but both sides believe it will and probably within the next few weeks. thank you. now to this story. a murder/suicide at the pearl harbor navy shipyard just days before ceremonies to commemorate the 1941 attack. we have a live report on what happened next. ...

Four corners of the transcript that show a request for false information, are there? >> no, and that is one of the reasons that if you want to establish the opposing view, you have to investigate this further. >> let me walk through the standard of evidence house democrats insisted on during the clinton impeachment. the clinton impeachment report were signed by among others, senate minority leader schumer, and jerry nadler. and they say that one of the professors who testified "has meticulously ...