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Republicans, sorry -- that see that -- see the math. they see the polling in their districts. they are polling right now. theyre looking at how their constituents are seeing this inquiry and certainly as this inquiry moves into the public sphere and some of these testimonies are revealed or we see testimony in public, you could certainly see some more republicans think differently if things continue to go as weve seen them so far. >> those numbers were right. i was just looking too quickly in te...

Legislate on behalf of the american people. >> lets talk about the key testimonies weve heard throughout the week and what were expected to hear in the week ahead. paint for us a picture of some of the information you guys have been able to put together on this impeachment front and more importantly, weve got a busy week ahead. a lot of testimony still to take place. so far weve had about 65 plus hours of closed door testimony. what can we expect in the week ahead and what have you guys been abl...

>> and about 32 days into this impeachment inquiry but this was a really, really pivotal week that passed. testimony from the acting ambassador for ukraine bill taylor. how devastating were these impeachment hearings for the president? >> well it does change the conversation. were not talking about what the presidents done as far as earnings, the presidents stock market, the job numbers. were talking about impeachment. the news is talking about impeachment and everything is sort of devastating t...

"washington post" the president as frustrates as efforts fail to halt testimonies. the president insists hes nothing alarmed because hes done nothing wrong asking, "where is the whistle-blower?" kelly odonnell joins us from the white house. what more can you tell us about how the white house is responding to all of this? >> reporter: one thing is the expectation that the department of justice will seek to appeal this decision thats been made on the courts side that will give unredacted informati...

Accountable. i want to emphasize this point. i know it can be difficult for many of your views as they see whats happening to really trust that this administration will be held accountable. ive never lost faith in the article 1 or article 3 branch in terms of them able to hold the administration accountable. i think youre seeing that play out in real time and well continue to do so. >> sir, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you. joining me now is natasha bertrand of politico and ...

Glenn noted. and when ive been talking to democrats on the hill, theyve made note that while theyre investigating the ukrainian-focused allegations, this -- they say you should think of the impeachment inquiry as a sort of umbrella and there is various investigations under there that could then be rolled into, say, articles of impeachment. >> and as we look at this, jonathan alter, phillip reeker and right now were looking at many, many hours as typical of many of the testimonies so far. when yo...

We have to do this fairly, and we have to make the case and put the truth before the american people. >> from the testimonies, from the evidence thats been gathered so far, is there enough, in your mind, right now to draw up articles of impeachment against president trump? >> you know, i think that we have to make sure that we are following a process that puts the information in front of the american people. if and when we decide to draw up articles of impeachment, that will be after this is abl...

Piece that there is a growing recognition within the democratic caucus that they need to start figuring out the public aspect of their impeachment inquiry soon or else the republican stunts, decrying the closed-door process, that could dominate the narrative. do you think theres a timeline to when the public portion of the impeachment probe is going to happen? >> so, there is definitely a time crunch right now. i mean, lawmakers only have a couple of weeks before they leave for thanksgiving, a c...

>> reporter: lindsey graham sprucing a resolution cosponsored by mitch mcconnell condemning the democrats impeachment process. >> im not here to tell you donald trumps done nothing wrong. im not here to tell you anything other than that the way theyre going about it is really dangerous for the country. >> reporter: meanwhile, the department of justice turning its probe into the origins of the trump russia investigation into a criminal inquiry. the move first reported by "the new york times" givi...

Somebody who sees the level of chaos that were in and doesnt have the courage to come out and put a name and face to it. >> right now its anonymous. but when we see and hear the book and we see and hear the author, are they going to be in shadow? >> or maybe a print interview. >> then theres not going to be -- not that theres not credibility in this, but if he or she wants to effect the process, they have to sit down with us. >> i see where youre going. >> or anybody. to go to congress. >> going...