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Whatever rules it wants to set. >> and the republicans have the majority. >> thats right. now there are some factors in the democrats favor that give them some leverage. they havent yet sent the articles of impeachment. first they need to pass them then they would transmit to the senate. theres some question about how long to wait. if the president is serious he wants the opportunity to defend himself in the senate, then he want that is to happen quickly. the house could say were waiting to make...

Challenge was to try to be apolitical at the most political time in modern american history. >> one of the problems of the i.g. report, i suppose, is that those who are critical of this administration or critical of the fbi are all going to find something in it that they can point to and say, aha. im wondering, tim, more broadly, what does this report mean for the country? >> oh, boy. its a nightmare. the horowitz report plus the future durham report, this is only going to further undermine amer...

Depths. >> the body had garbage bags wrapped around it, and you can see the skin dripping off of his bones, how his eyeballs had been eaten by creatures in the sea, and how you thought to yourself, "this is someones son." >> john lennon was locked up in rikers island on unrelated drug charges when he read an article in the daily news. it mentioned on february 11th, 2002, a laundry bag with a body in it had washed ashore on plumb beach. you know, ill never forget it, of course. and thats when, yo...

Keep their jobs. so we have that. when we look at whats going to happen in the senate, its all up for grabs because the president is going to be -- after hes impeached i think just out of control, unhinged and he will change his mind 18 times as far as what he wants out of the trial process. does he want a short trial? does he want a long trial? and who knows what else can happen between now and when that trial starts. >> thats such an interesting point because the politics and then as the princ...

A great question depending entirely how the senate decides to approach the structure of the impeachment. the trial process. on the merits, really it shouldnt be necessary for the whistle-blower to testify at this point, because -- >> so much what this person said has been corroborated? >> exactly. at this point who the whistle-blower was is less relevant than all other information developed since then. >> how about attorney general, bill barr, he contradicted his own justice departments, ig repo...

Special votes and special sessions. their number one priority, theyre running for president but they also need to be also focused on their jobs. >> joe, can this backfire politically on the democrats? the whole trial process. say he is acquitted by the senate, does that backfire on nancy pelosi and the democrats and the democratic candidates for president? >> i dont know that it backfires on them. but clearly, if -- if -- if people suppose that the impeachment process will weaken the -- the folk...

On the procedures as well as the final decision on the presidential impeachment and you broke with your party on that which is interesting with all the talk of the rare precedent coming back as we see a trump impeachment. lets take a look at that history tonight. >> there were two critical votes today, and the republicans held all their members in line. votes to dismiss the trial and to subpoena witnesses. >> on both votes today, only one lawmaker broke ranks, russ feingold of wisconsin opposed ...

It seemed like we had a new piece of evidence, a new witness coming forward and theres always the possibility that the president himself could say something to throw this inquiry into a new direction. so with that aside, heres what we know. over the next couple of days, next week or so, we expect that intel democrats, the committees who have been running this investigation thus far, will put together their report on what they know, what weve learned from the hearings and closed-door depositions....

Understand you confronted the crowned prince, mohammad bin saloma salm salman, on the murder of "the washington post" journal jamal khashoggi. were showing you a picture of you and your colleagues meeting with the saudi leader. what can you tell us about that session. how did he react? >> well, i can tell you it was a very direct session. todd young, senator young from indiana and i were there. it was a substantiative meeting, well over an hour. he reacted, you know, we didnt know how he was goi...

Allowing the officer to resign and therefore keeping his pension. that didnt work out. and then in the end, the mayor, you know, the mayor did have a role in all of. this he promised the family justice. told the national law during our debate thats the family was going to get justice. so, you know, i wonder in the coming days well seat pressure that mayor put on the police department and on oneal to make sure he fired this officer. >> were about to hear from the mayor. so i want to grab our repo...