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Folks you know inside the room where it happened tonight. what can you add to our reporting? >> it was with eric swalwell asking him about this abrupt decision to end the hearing. heres what he said. he said i dont understand their complaints, the republicans complaints we heard, especially doug collins at that microphone. they think we should vote in the dead of night. they want people to see what were doing. its a vote from impeachment. they do not want to have the headline that in the dead of...

Before. and theres a bit of, you know, a situation here like the child who kills his parents, goes before thewh judge and begs for mercy because hes now an orphan. you know, there was going n to aner argument here whether they tonight, there was going to be an t argument if th had it in the morning. weve heard arguments from republicans about the process, no matter what the process has been. i think what garrett haake was reporting earlier tonight, what kurts reporting today is absolutely right,...

Today, white house counsel pat cipollone met with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell on capitol hill. earlierl tonight, mcconnell spe about strategizing with the administration. >> everything i do during this im coordinating with white house counsel. there will be no difference between the presidents position and our position, but well be working through this process, hopefully in a fairly short period of time. there is no chance the presidents goingch to be remov from office. my hope is tha...

White house counsel and the majority leader in the senate as you heard them, working hand in hand, step by step? is there anything ethically wrong with it that you can see? >> well, its certainly not what the constitution intends. the constitution gives the congress the house the power to impeach the president. the senate, the specific constitutional duty to try the president. peter baker is the expert on the clinton impeachment. i was in the clinton white house then. the democrats and the repub...

Avalanche on twitter, well over 100 different social media posts, including this one, which seemed to hint at the basis for a future defense, more of a look over there defense. "why arent germany, france, and other european countries helping ukraine more? they are the biggest beneficiaries. why is it always the good ole united states? t the radical left, do nothing democrats never mention this at theirs phony hearing." in all, 31 house democrats represent districts that trump won in 2016. there ...

Texting back and forth with folks you know inside the room where it happened tonight. what can you add to our reporting? >> well, i was texting with eric swalwell, member of the judiciary committee. asked him about this bankrupt decision to end the hearing. and heressi what he said. "i dont understand their complaints," the republican complaints that we d heard, especially doug collins atts th microphone. "they think we should vote in the dead of night. to see what we are doing. its a vote on im...

When democrats get together, what do you do with the kind of -- the end of the day knowledge that we all know where this thing is heading, and we kind of all know how this thing is going to end up, how do you stay up and stay in the game because this is obviously important to your party? >> look, i think theyre doing the right thing, which is trying to play it straight, do their jobs, talk about the facts, talk about the law, and let both ultimately the voters this coming fall be the judge and h...

Resign and, of course, impeachment which is part of the larger issue. this concept that democrats make the president his record proves that he is unfit for office and that includes his conduct with russia. perhaps the children on the border and, charlottesvilles and most immediately ukraine. it must be said here, he is not backing down to this. he lashed into the impeachment vote to move the articles of impeachment and as he was criticizing the process, who did we see at the white house? rudy je...

Process. they need to go about this in the proper way. and i think thats the thing that will do them the best as this unfolds. >> all of our guests nice enough to be with us at 12:20 a.m. on a friday have agreed to stay with us over the break as we talk about where this process heads next exactly as "the 11th hour," make that closer to the 12th, continues. these folks, they dont have time to go to the post office they have businesses to grow

Wrong with it that you can see? >> well, its certainly not what the constitution intends. the constitution gives the congress the house the power to impeach the president. the senate, the specific constitutional duty to try the president. and, you know, you had peter baker on before. he is the expert on the clinton impeachment. i was in the clinton white house then. the democrats and the republicans came together to kind of come up with procedures to make the trial a reasonable and serious proce...