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They confident that the votes are there to impeach president trump among the democratic gu caucus. >> reporter: there is confidence. they need a majority of votes, the threshold, 216 votes on the floor because of vacancies, its now 216 votes and they expect theyll are able to meet that threshold. they expect those defections as i mentioned. could be two, to be four, five or six. a lot depends on some members from trump districts going back home this weekend starting today, done voting after toda...

Hes satisfying that republicans are showing not many signs that they will defect in either the house or the senate. polling shows that support for impeachment is steady or beginning to slide to remove him from office. we should note, at his rally this week, the president appeared to crow over the fact that hes only facing two articles of impeachment. he has dubbed the process impeachment light. but in the history books, it doesnt say impeachment light. it says impeached. dave and amara? >> jim a...

And there is a senate trial, mitch mcconnell is not planning to hold a vote to discuss the articles of impeachment. according to two republican senators he will wait to acquit once the majority of senators feel it has run its course. most republicans want an acquittal to clear the president, more than rely on a procedural motion with a 51-vote threshold. only 34 votes would be acquired for an acquittal. >> some republicans are around a shorter impeachment trial. a short-form trial would not incl...

Once the majority of senators feel the trial has run its course. most republicans want an acquittal to clear the president, rather than rely on a procedural motion with a 51-vote threshold. only 34 votes would be required for an acquittal. senate republicans also seem to be coalescing around the idea of a shorter impeachment trial. a short-form trial would not include the whistleblower or hunter biden. no final decisions on strategy or structure has been made. but gop senators say they are beg...

Dave and amara? >> jim acosta, thank you. if the president is impeached and there is a senate trial, mitch mcconnell is not planning to hold a vote to quickly dismiss the articles of impeachment. according to two republican senators he will wait to acquit once the majority of senators feel it has run its course. most republicans want an acquittal to clear the president, rather than rely on a procedural motion with a 51-vote threshold. only 34 votes would be required for an acquittal. some re...

American policy on ukraine, i do think it was appropriate. i know some people dont like that. >> you said you werent -- >> i didnt like the point about rudy giuliani and the phone call. i think this was an official call. rudy giuliani wasnt working in an official capacity. i didnt like that part of it. but lets be clear. theyre not trying to impeach donald trump over the part about rudy giuliani. i think were having an american conversation about does this meet the threshold for impeachment and ...

Fisa is profoundly unconstitutional. because of the very, very, very low threshold that permits fbi and nsa agents to go to fisa and get a search warrant. brian: you are for trashing it? >> im for trashing it. im for the traditional you show probable cause of crime and i will sign the search warrant. when i sign the search warrant, if you dont give me exculpatory information that you have, im going to invalidate the search warrant. i was trying a homicide case once. in the middle of the case i s...

Something that should never happen in a country that values freedom and liberty and fair and free elections. >> very interesting to hear democrats doing everything they can other than using words like spy and spying and things like that, instead, confidential human sources which i think would be a spy. >> it was semantics. that is like saying the fbi saying we are not lying, we are just presenting important falsehoods or saying this isnt about drugs, this is a controlled substance, no matter how...

Thursday. the full house expected to vote to impeach president trump next week, and the president is out on the campaign rally tonight trying to pretend its no big deal, that it doesnt matter that he is at the threshold of historical infamy. >> now that the russia witch hunt is dead, a big fat disgusting fraud, the congressional democrats are pushing the impeachment witch hunt having to do with ukraine. [ crowd booing ] but thats already failing. you saw their so-called articles of impeachment t...

Reached after multiple days of meetings by fbi officialsch we reviewed the department policies and concluded the assistant directors exercise of discretion in opening the investigation was in compliance with those policies. we also reviewed as weve detailed in the report, the e-mails, text messages and other documents of those involved in that decision and particularly mr. presteps and we did not find documentary of testimonial evidence that indicated political bias or improper motivation influe...