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In the room, i wasnt there. dave wasserman, about before we let you go theres a new poll that just crossed, theres a democratic debate tonight to point out. there are bigger headlines to talk about than a debate today. but cnn poll -- thats the nbc news poll, joe biden 28, sanders 21, elizabeth warren 18. they cross at 6:00 this morning a cnn poll kind of matching that with bind 26, sanders 20, warren 16. whats the state of the race? we see elizabeth warren ticking down five points in the nctibc...

Remove a president. thats why it hasnt been done. >> one is probably cause -- >> one of the voices thats been raised today against that congressman jerry goldman up in maine who says hes going to split his vote between 1 and 2 is stephen king, the novelist. >> he will stay under your stairs forever. >> the problem with history is that it doesnt always feel like it in realtime, but this moment make no mistake is historic because, again, all numbers unofficial. weve crossed the threshold making fo...

When it comes to these procedural motions, 216 is the vote. normally its 218 but theres a vacancy and congressman elijah cummings passed away. 216 is the threshold. were expecting about six hours of debate. one hour for the democrats, one hour for the republicans and on and on. each different committee gets two hours. well start with the rules committee and there are other committees. nia-malika, were not going to hear a lot of debate about the actual rules. its going to be debating whether or n...

Is hes gathered in ukraine. >> a shocking admission in new yorker telling the reporter i believe i needed former u.s. ambassador to ukraine yovanovitch out of the way. she was going it make the investigations difficult for everyone. is he making the democrats case for them? it doesnt get anymore blatant that that. >> at least in many mind he is. this is i hate to use -- we over use the word stunning. this is really a stunning acknowledgment and even why would he acknowledge it publicly. its just...

What you really expect at this point and im sure what the founders expected was that it be a serious discussion of whether the conduct of the president is threatening our constitutional order. thats what the threshold is. lets put up on the screen the faces that president trump will join as of tomorrow night. this one includes andrew johnson, richard nixon, bill clinton, and now donald trump. i can do sock puppets if we dont have the faces here. >> can you? >> he will be one of three presidents ...

She was going it make the investigations difficult for everyone. is he making the democrats case for them? it doesnt get anymore blatant that that. >> at least in many mind he is. this is i hate to use -- we over use the word stunning. this is really a stunning acknowledgment and even why would he acknowledge it publicly. its just complicates to me the things in the white house. its certainly i dont know, just makes you wonder what on earth is he doing there. >> director, thank you. over 15,00...

Prosecutors -- they are going to find john who we all know and bring him there. no court is going to intercede with that unless a majority of senators dont want to hear from them. i think a majority of senators do want to hear from them. the republicans thinks hes going to say decent things about the president. the democrats think hes going to say awful things about the president. the chief justice of the first instance. at the threshold is pretty low. they only have to say heres what we believe...

So that should be a very high level of proof. i dont know the answer, but it should be something significantly high that this is not done cavalierly. >> high so that you can explain it to voters, in fact. thats the other standard? >> absolutely. its not required as in a criminal case you would have to have a unanimous verdict. and here you dont. its still high, but its not unanimous. so that actually is in favor of a high threshold in terms of proof because you dont have to convince all of the s...

Woepg this negotiation against himself, and he clearly failed to win over republicans. but he does have a point on the substance. a senate trial gathers evidence precisely because of the higher burden of proof at a trial. thats higher than the houses sort of impeachment indictment phase. this is something republicans emphasized when they backed, guess what, more witnesses for the senate trial of president clinton. >> you never called any witnesses in the house. why are you insisting witnesses in...

Were going to countermagnnage what you voted for. even though its something close to that, i dont know the answer, but it should be something significantly high that this is not done cavalierly. >> high so that you can explain it to voters, in fact. thats the other standard? >> absolutely. its not required as in a criminal case you would have to have a unanimous verdict. and here you dont. its still high, but its not unanimous. so that actually is in favor of a high threshold in terms of proof b...