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>> so you and i have had kind of joked around a little bit about this but as a lawyer, if you were representing donald trump and you saw what unfolded yesterday, would you feel confident youre getting a fair shake to defend your client? >> thats a good question. i would be pleased that the minority members have subpoena power. the power to question witnesses. but i guess as an advocate, i would always push for more and more for my client. so there is some due process, the president cant complain...

Jordan on the house floor the constitution? calling it a sham process. if you see something thats bad for america, if you see everybody needs to understand something thats counter to the something here. republicans have had the constitution, is it not your job majority in congress for the last 25 years. to act on that and vote on that, the rules for deposition, the again, if the evidence supports rules for investigations, the it? and if you get voted out, you rules that the democrats have used f...

Tossed out there that he may be vulnerable to perjury charges, that his, you know, memory lapses in his statements that are so add ot odds could make h vulnerable to false statement charges. i dont see anything at this point that could help the president and, as weve seen, the republicans have continued to focus on the process question even after democrats launched this vote or are going to vote today. theyre saying that this whole thing is still a sham process because it doesnt give the preside...

Evidence being introduced. that will call the white houses bluff on all of the stone walling. do you sit that out, or do you say who do you send? down to the house, to engage and if that happens, talk about prime time television to the congressmans point, can you imagine rudy and adler facing off. i dont know if these are decisions that the white house has even thought through yet. >> and to aris point, these rights being afford ed toe trum were not given to previous witnesses. and yet, i think ...

Just kind of willy nilly make up their defense as they go day-to-day. >> in terms of the house vote that we will see tomorrow, john just asked hakeem jeffries, what about gop support? who is behind this? he was noncommittal on the answer. how important will that be in terms of messaging when we see how much support there is or is not for this resolution? obviously, theyre going to take it and -- >> the democrats want to call out republicans who say we just have to make this legitimate with a vot...

. he now changes way to make any concessions so given the fact that you say that president bush out of assad is only taking part in this as a kind of a sham process hes not really interested in real constitution change given that key elements of the syrian opposition and members of society are not represented how optimistic are you about this whole committee drafting a new constitution for syria i dont think that this is a 1st step to pay speakers at the same time were saying the bombardment of ...

Independent is this commission well unfortunately not all key players are represented particularly p.y.t. the dominant political group of the kurdish territory has been ruled out from participating by im kyra and there are also other groups that are not represented repression of those who work in the opposition of course is a major reason for many not to dare to participate is the syrian government really interested in finding a political solution because president bashar assad is very much in c...

Cholesterol naturally, and its odor-free, and pharmacist recommended. garlique so we now understand that on thursday there will be a vote on the impeachment inquiry in the house. this is being called a step forward setting rules for public hearings and outlining the potential process for writing articles of impeachment against president trump, so republicans who have been focused on process up until now, what will they focus on now? back with us david gregory and abby phillip. david moej thing...

Havent had one until this point, so what does it signify to you? >> the democrats know theyve got to get this process going. tha theyve got to get it public, they want to do it before the end of the year to keep the publics attention before the holidays, which could slip away. two, i think they want to call the republicans out who have been making an argument against the process being a sham process, illegitimate, they want to really make very clear what the role is for republicans in challengin...

Pressure. is that true? >> so far republicans are saying this proves that this whole thing has been a sham all along. i expect were going to hear them continue to complain about the process, continue to complain that whatever it is theyre going to vote on is not sufficient, its not going to give them enough of an ability to push back on some of what the witnesses are saying, but i dont know how much longer they can continue with that argument. i mean, the point of this it seems it to me pretty c...