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Witnesses and add them later or start with a plan to hear witnesses and vote not to hear them. senators can get votes on all of this. thats what senator schumer is talking about when he says that no matter how this kicks off, they can get later votes on specific trump witnesses. >> i will ask during the impeachment proceeding for a vote on whether mulvaney should testify and whether bolton should testify. any republican who thinks they can escape having to vote on this, no matter how quickly mit...

A trial can start without witnesses and add them later or start with a plan for witnesses and vote not to hear them later. senators can get votes on all this. thats what senator schumer is talking about when he says no matter how this kicks off, they can get later votes on specific trump witnesses. >> i will ask during the impeachment proceeding for a vote on whether mulvaney should testify and whether bolton should testify or any republican thinks that they can escape having to vote on this no ...

Majority, what is the strategy here? and understand you can impress upon, persuade them, it didnt seem to go so well. is there a strategy beyond that, are there tools you have beyond that? >> yes. >> what are ythey? >> im allowed to ask for votes. i will ask during the impeachment proceeding for a vote on whether mulvaney should testify and whether bolten should testify and whether casey should testify and whether griffon should testify. and many of my republican colleagues will be in a real dil...

They know its a hoax. its a witch hunt. >> just this very evening on this very network, the minority leader, senator schumer, signaled the debate over calling witnesses during the senate trial is far from over here, and he made clear he has strategy at his disposal still. >> neither president trump nor mitch mcconnell wants to hear from these witnesses because theyre afraid of the truth. they dont want to know the truth because it will probably -- we dont know but probably put president trump in...

>> neither president trump nor mitch mcconnell wants to hear from these witnesses because theyre afraid of the truth. they dont want to know the truth, because it would probably, we dont know, but probably put president trump in an even deeper hole. im allowed to ask for votes. i will ask during the impeachment proceeding for a vote on whether mulvaney should testify and whether bolton should testify. and many of my republican colleagues will be in a real dilemma. >> theres a new "washington pos...

I will ask during the impeachment proceeding for a vote on whether mulvaney should testify and whether bolton should testify. and many of my republican colleagues will be in a real dilemma. >> there is a new washington post/abc news poll thats got a lot of headlines today because it finds 71% of those surveyed do want the president to let his aides testify. 64% of republicans questioned in this poll said they agree. trumps television lawyer rudy giuliani is back in the news. "the new york times"...

Defend president trump under oath in a senate trial? >> now, speaking to msnbcs chris hayes last night, schumer said he would push for a senate vote to include key witnesses in a trial. >> im allowed to ask the votes -- i will ask during the impeachment proceeding for a vote on whether mulvaney should testify? and whether bolton should testify and whether casey should testify and whether griffin should testify. and many of my republican colleagues will be in a real dilemma. >> and senator mitch ...

We know youre not going to succeed at that. shes a lot tougher than you. >> you know, generally it is the case that the majority is in each house controls that house. thats always been the case for the house. its increasingly been the case of the senate as the senate rules have sort of morphed over years and partisan polarization taking hold. given the fact that you dont have a majority, what is the strategy here? >> right. >> i understand you can impress upon the leader. you can try to shame th...

Oversight committee for two and a half years. i have got to tell you the obama administration obstructed us every single day in terms of witnesses and documents it. is a daily occurrence and it happened in democratic administrations as well. and its a joke. its not evidence there. brian: real quick. i want to get your take on a theory out there that nancy pelosi, being that she is a political chess player, might say i am going to wait on actually pushing this forward until i get a court to decid...

Mr. mulvaney responded i asked the national security council set it up for tomorrow. its important to remember the military aid for ukraine is the big cudgel. he writes with that trump is surrounded. mulvaney is central in the whole thing because hes also been subpoenaed, because he tried to join a court case to rule whether he should come out there and seems to have in some ways the most direct exposure for people not named donald trump or rudy giuliani. >> theres one more reason why mulvaney i...