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For their position. this is what democrats want, right? they want a fair senate trial, nancy pelosi is not going to take all of the impeachment proceedings. and she gets assurances that the senate trial process will be fair. that is what the president is frustrated about that the negotiations seem to be stalled. they will not be stalled over, right? the light is at the end of the tunnel. after 2020 i think you will see awe lawmakers get back to washington from places like west palm, some movemen...

His own daughter, ivanka trump, conceded to cbs in an interview earlier today that hes angry about all of this. and so, yes, i mean the president is looking for some kind of vindication at the end of this process. the problem for the president is he is not going to remove this stain from his legacy. he is not going to un-impeach himself, and that is why republicans, his allies in the senate and so on, have been trying to say, listen, just get through the senate trial process, and you still have ...

The senate trial process. nancy pelosi -- >> im not suggesting that the outcome of a trial is going to be any different than an acquittal with perhaps no republican votes for conviction. there may be some. well see. but this is an ongoing process. the stain of this impeachment continues into the election. it could continue to spread. i dont want to be too speculative here. all im suggesting is that i know that theres more information out there. and its up to the press. its up to other investigat...

Race and he can get his 21%, hell be very strong in iowa. >> jonathan martin and josh green, a lot to watch for tonight. thank you to our international viewers for watching. for our u.s. viewers, the president has been impeached, but theres a new twist in the process. "new day" continues right now. the house has voted to make donald trump the third president to be impeached. >> you are declaring open war on american democracy. we did nothing wrong, nothing whatsoever. >> we cannot name manag...

Arguments that one republican made on the house floor last night. >> when jesus was falsely accused of treason, pontius pilate gave jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. during that sham trial, pontius pilate afforded more rights to jesus than the democrats have afforded this president in this process. >> okay. lets bring in jennifer psalki and rick santorum, former republican senator from pennsylvania and cnns senior political commentator. great to see both of you. rick, ill start with yo...

For an impeachable offense by doing what every president has done for the last 200 years which is to protect their own, you know, separation of powers. >> every president has called the president of a foreign country and asked for help with their political -- >> no, every president has claimed executive privilege on certain communications. every one of them, including president obama, and went to court and lost and then had to turn things over. thats what you do. you dont impeach them. >> this i...

Over the house managers. listen to this. >> we cannot name managers until we see what the process is on the senate side, and i would hope that that will be soon as we did with our legislation, our resolution 660, to describe what the process would be. so far we havent seen anything that looks fair to us. hopefully it will be fair. >> why the delay, congressman. >> well, the delay is made necessary because the majority in the senate has made it very clear that hes not going to be impartial. hes n...

Youre asking him to? are you suggesting its possible you will never transmit the articles of impeachment? >> if it were me, yes, thats what im saying. i have no idea what the speaker will do. but if you have a preordained outcome thats negative to your actions, why walk into it? id much rather not take that chance. >> is that what the constitution intended? is that what the founders intended when they created the impeachment process? theres nothing in the constitution about transmitting the arti...

First, though, the impeachment. the president has been impeached. joining me now is democratic congressman and house majority whip james clyburn of south carolina. thanks for being with us. you were there last night for that moment in history. donald j. trump, just the third president ever to be impeached. tell me what it was like to be in the hall at that moment. >> well, first of all, thank you very much for having me. it was a very somber moment. the atmosphere was a little bit uneasy. ive be...

The white house has a right to assert its privilege that, you know, they dont want certain documents and certain people to testify for executive privilege. and my big problem with the second article of impeachment is theres a process you go through in determining whether thats a credible claim. and you go to court. all this call for urgency on the part of the democrats, that they had to do this to stop the president. the only way youll really stop the president is to get the president convicted....