because it is the minority. we have no lawyers. we can t question. now you can. now the ball is in the president s court, and the clock is ticking. let s go to caitlyn collin. she is traveling tonight with the president. she is outfront live in west palm beach florida. the president facing two deadlines, decisions, any indication where his head is on this. reporter: before chairman nadler gave the white house essentially an extension on the deadline whether or not they are going to send an attorney the thinking inside was they are not going to because frankly they are trying to find out if it is going to be worth it to participate if they are going to reap any benefits from it. right now the thinking is they are not going to if they do send an attorney. whether or not they are going to participate full stop is still a question. the sunday deadline whether they are going send witnesses this week is still something they are considering. besides the fact that it is going to be const
white house counsel whether or not they would participate. they laid out it would look like them cross-examining witnesses and be able to suggest evidence of, provide summaries of additional evidence. they would even be able to possibly suggest other witnesses and have the president cross-examine some of those witnesses. the white house is reviewing that right now but sources say they are leaning towards not sending any sort of counsel to these impeachment hearings which might seem surprising given the fact that president trump has repeatedly since the beginning of the process said it was unfair because he didn t have representation. take a listen. there was no due process. you can t have lawyers. we couldn t have any witnesses. they re not allowed to ask a question. because it s the minority. we have no lawyers. we can t question. reporter: and so essentially there you hear it but yet they are still thinking about not sending an attorney. allies of the president said this is b
counsel there. and what this would consist of is the ability to cross-examine these witnesses. it would be the ability to suggest their own witnesses, to summarize and present their own evidence. so this would be an opportunity to really have the white house engaged in the process. now we re hearing from the white house and from source within that they say they are reviewing this proposal but right now even though no final decisions have been made they are leaning towards not sending any sort of representation to this hearing to be involved in any part of this process, which might seem surprising given the fact that president trump has repeatedly repeatedly slammed the process saying he was unable to have any representation. take a listen. there was no due process. you couldn t have lawyers. they are not allowed to even ask a question. it s the minority. we have no lawyers. we can t question. reporter: so even there with all of this saying the process is the problem now white house
rescued. held kicopters are scouring the area. and flash flooding can term streams and rivers into killer currents in a matter of minutes. we ll keep you posted. and the storm is part of a larger system with as many as 40 million people in its path. these winter storms could delay flights and snarl traffic. take a look at this in colorado, powerful wind gusts of 65 miles per hour did this, it knocked over a semi. that was last night. amazing. and blizzard conditions in the grand canyon national park have caused power outages and road closures and now the northeast is bracing to get hammered with up to two feet of snow in some areas. ivan cabrera is joining me. and it is widespread, this is some very fierce and lethal conditions. no question about it. good to see you. this is what the storm has
listen. there was no due process. you can t have lawyers. we couldn t have any witnesses. they are not even allowed to ask the question because it is the minority. we have no lawyers, we can t question. so what happens to that argument? well, he goes back and forth on every argument. the hearings were closed. and then when they were hoopen,e said they weren t fair. and this is not different. the strategy is to just question the legitimacy of the entire process rather than focusing on the evidence and witnesses which have been pretty damaging for n the administration. so he doesn t mind if he is inconsistent. what he cares about is that he is able to question the entire process are to his supporters. let s turn our attention to the campaign trail. today job launchie biden is laus first tour in iowa. in iowa the latest cnn poll puts