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Give a half measure of acceptance, say he did wrong. trump is insisting in his words this was perfect, perfect, perfect, and he wants the republicans to defend him on those terms. and nobody who wants to have any credibility in the future can do that. so, theyre not -- there doesnt seem to be a strategy afoot to actually take some middle ground. instead theyre in the disneyland defense as you described, john. >> and something that hasnt received a lot of attention, if you look at the transcripts...

President trumps allies and gop staff. so, david, to you, there goes another trump line of defense that, you know, this is a process which lacks transparency and the republicans have no access. >> well, because they didnt have a defense on the merits, they went to this process argument. >> that argument doesnt hold either. >> it doesnt hold at all. i worked in the u.s. attorneys office with adam schiff. adam schiff is doing a tremendous job of putting this together. hes going to be one of the ma...

Speaking to rudy giuliani, they could communicate to president trump, volker was asked. that information flow, he answered, would reach the president. kurt volker also said that he told rudy giuliani that those conspiracy theories about biden and ukrainian election interference were not true, that they had been debunked. now democrats are trying to get all the witnesses they want before the public hearings start. that could be as early as next week, while republicans continue to slam the process...

2016. so far the incumbent governor bevin is refusing to concede. in mississippi, cnn projects republican lieutenant governor tate reeves will win the governors race over the democratic attorney general jim hood. the other big news comes out of virginia. cnn projecting democrats will flip both chambers of the state legislature, taking back control of the house as well as the senate. back with me now from los angeles, law school professor jessica levin son, and former mitt romney public policy ad...

Result. kentucky is trumpeter toir with high approval numbers for the president. it seems a popular president may not have been popular enough to secure a win for an unpopular governor. >> this is a close, close race. we are not conceding this race by any stretch. and heres the thing. understand this though, understand this, we want the process to be followed, and there is a process. we know for a fact that there have been more than a few irregularities. they are very well corroborated, and that...

Servants and as "the washington post" points out -- >> nobody in ukraine was aware that aid might be required, that makes quid pro quo impossible. >> you cant impeach a president who did nothing wrong. >> is any of that a concern to you? >> a concern is different to rising of the level of impeachment. >> you can try to put a ribbon on a sham process. it doesnt make if any less of a sham, any less unfair. >> one of my guests argues its a chaos theory. quote, trump benefits from a basic asymmetry ...

Screens perhaps in a few weeks? >> you know, i dont think anyone should be happy that were going down this process, but i am glad its going to an open hearing process where the public can watch the testimony, the republicans will have a chance to ask questions, the president will have a chance to defend himself, and thats what should happen. and then every member of congress can see the depositions, they can participate in this process. eric: were told that there will likely be 45 minute questio...

On behalf of the president, some of these open hearings. i have to go, but i want to ask you this, brad: the people will speak one year from today, november 3, 2020. the people will speak. what do you think they will say? >> i think they will say am i better off today than i was four years ago? clearly, that answer is yes. and the president has a record, and i think thats what so confounds the democrats. its not enough to hate this president out of office, youve got to vote him out. and its hard...

Thursdays vote i think in one way it was good that every single republican voted against this process that the democrats are putting forward, but it really was a sad day because you think about what the democrats have put the country through, over the last three and a half, four years and it all started in july of 2016 as you pointed out with this trump/russia investigation. maria: or earlier than that. >> where they spied on two american citizens associated with the presidential campaign. my gu...

Obviously, there were a lot of people, as weve learned, on this phone call who participated in it. why was this person the one that came forward, why did all these other people not come forward, and was there some partisan motivation behind that? theres also questions about that persons interactions with the chairman of the committee, adam schiff and his staff, ahead of time, whether they encouraged him to report. now, that would not be uncommon, by the way. its very common for a whistle blower ...