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On. the lawmaker that led the charge literally into a secure room, delaying testimony from a top pentagon official protesting the process. what about the substance? were learning this morning that president trump liked that whole thing after thanking republicans for having his back. >> these are warriors. these are people that fight with me all the time on the witch hunts. >> weve got our news team lined up with both ends of pennsylvania avenue and around the world with other big news today. gar...

Require the speaker of the house -- i shouldnt say the rules, the precedent that was applied to president clinton and president nixon, would necessitate some articulation of the rules so we have an understanding of what the due process requirements will be. we see democrats now sacrificing due process on the altar of their hatred for donald trump. >> im not asking about -- >> that should -- all americans. >> im not asking about precedent. im asking about the rules. >> thats really important. >> ...

Criminal conspiracy with russia and this is a way to take some folks on the judiciary committee like myself, like andy biggs, out of the next hand because we were effective in making the case that democrats were overstating the facts. >> you are very clear, congressman, you are unhappy with the process and it should be noted that the judiciary committee has not actually subpoenaed these witnesses to be deposed. >> we launched the inquiry. >> but about the substance of this, congressman, because ...

In. this is the type of identity politics from the left that seems to permeate any substantive or procedural arguments they make and its sickening to me thats how we would be thought of. people we serve are diverse and its just really kind of sickening. >> let me talk about the substantive piece of it then. there are two pieces of this. by the way, congressman, i want to talk about turkey and syria so i will ask you to leave me time for that in this discussion -- >> start with that. what are you...

>> well, ive only heard those same reports. obviously whiithhold judgment until the facts come in. its consistent with the way this administration has tried to avoid responsibility and manage the process. their loyalty, many of the people around the president, seem to be clearly to him and not to the constitution. i dont have any direct knowledge of that, but it is consistent with the way this administration has operated. >> you heard just a moment ago, i think, your you were probably plugged in...

Here. youre playing the game where they selectively leak stuff that is not subject to cross-examination. >> okay. >> rigorous review. check against documents and timelines. by the way, when they had to do this in the open in the russia investigation, with mueller, with lewandowski, democrats looked terrible. now theyre trying to do things in secret so we can have interviews so you can cherry pick elements of leaked testimony and ask me about them when i wasnt in there, you didnt see the testimon...

Though at this point so much of the criticism from republicans is not on the substance as we talked about, is not on the alleged quid pro quo, its on the process and how this is going down. >> i think that that is the key point here, hallie. the move that you just mapped out by senator graham fits into this broader strategy that we are seeing play out by the white house, by republicans on capitol hill. they are trying to fight this battle on process. that is how theyre trying to win over the cou...

Anonymous intelligence community employee whose complaint yishated the so-called impeachment inquiry. chairman schiff has not made that announcement. is the whistleblower not going to testify? has that decision been made? >> i dont know that that decision has been made. its important again, to keep it clear, what theyre trying to do is obfuscate the facts right in front of their faces. the whistleblower presented information which has been corroborated by all the testimony that weve seen and act...

It creates a lot of furor, the president pounds, the members -- you have to keep moving this along. >> you talk about pounding the table, congressman killty talked about pounding the table thats what republicans are doing because he says they dont have an argument to be made on substance. do you think thats fair and triggered the gop stunt or sit-in, whatever you want to call it? >> the substance is going to drive and eclipse the process here. bill taylor is someone i worked with. he worked for ...

One. mitch mcconnell contradicted the president about a phone call the president said he had with him. do you see these small cracks as being potentially something that could grow into a bigger problem for the president? >> i think members are having a hard time on content now. and you can only pound process so long. >> yeah. >> ukraine is a friend of the united states. russia not so much. and until we get our head around the content i have a feeling the process will be a side show. >> tara, i a...