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>> hes not going to have the same kind of power that a judge in a criminal case has. it is going to be a very interesting proceeding where the rules are opened to some interpretations and it is going to be by vote by the senate as the house interprets a lot of those rules. the rules are going to be changing as proceedings are going onto some extent. we have not had a lot of experience with impeachment proceedings so it is different than anything people have seen before. >> many republican lawmak...

Vote. there are two that we know of and this is new. "the washington post" also reporting the white houses budget office is offering a new explanation for withholding that military aid to ukraine. yes, the budgets office asserts in a new memory know thatll held military aid to ukraine as a temporary move to study whether spending complied with u.s. policy. the office first began reasse reassessing whether to release the aid on june 19th, the day president trump learned from the aid from the arti...

Compliedng with u.s. policy and not as a political effort to block congress spending decisions.ng the office first began reassessing whether to release the aid on june 19, the day president trump learned of the aid from anid article in the "washington examiner" and questioned the wisdom of the spending. meanwhile, bloomberg news reporting that republican senators are looking at a short impeachment trial. quote, senator ron johnson, a wisconsin republican, said a growing number of the senates 53 ...

Coming forward. obviously, the retirement release concerning. we are losing that institutional knowledge and that wisdom of these members that potentially are leaving us because they want to go on to other things in their life. >> congressman tom reed, thank you for your time. >> you too, merry christmas. >> you got it. >> notable for him to call out his colleagues for perpetuating you criminal. thats a rare voice. still to come, districts president trump won in 2016 have reportedly discussed ...

There is no way i can see a number of republicans changing sides from the standpoint of voting to remove the president. you need 20 republicans to see that. i go to all of the meetings, i just dont see people talking that way at all. i think people are offended at the unfairness of the process so far. >> neil: thank you very much, senator, we will be watching it closely. and mccarthy is with us right now, former u.s. attorney. what you think after this day? >> neil, what im struck by this think ...

Had given us to a place where we could come to an agreement. so in the press people said, wow, 9:00, 10:00. i said, the day is young, and look, here we all are. its a very sad day, actually, a solemn day. its something no one comes to congress to do, to impeach a president. again, weighing the equities of it, i was just clobbered because i didnt impeach president bush for the war in iraq, but i just didnt think -- they impeached clinton for really no good cause, and then we were going to disagre...

>> its been going on for 22 months, okay? two and a half years, actually. >> there has been some criticism, though, about whether or not you should move forward at the end of the year or wait for the courts. why do you think now is the time to move? >> was it two and a half years ago that they initiated the mueller investigation? its about urgency. one of the charges against the president of the united states is that he was violating his oath of office by asking a foreign government to intervene...

Unsatisfying because on one hand, i understand this is a political process and they made a political judgment about that, but from a rule of law perspective, theyve given him a pass on a lot of conduct. >> to your point, the speaker has decided here there is no evidence for them to move. therefore her plan is to do this as cautiously as possible. the mueller report is not in there for 25 to 30. that is a political decision without a doubt. we well come back to this discussion a little later. ...

Will never happen moment. [laughter] and we are witnessing that today. the other value of technology i will point out was after a round of intense finishing conversations and negotiations over the weekend that started on saturday morning with the speaker, myself and the trade rep robert lighthizer. but the speaker talked to me earnestly about were near, were near. on sunday when tom brady was about to take it in all of a signed i looked at my phone and said pelosi for caller i.d. long wisdom tel...

Every once in a great while you get to participate in a it will never happen moment. [ laughter ] and we are witnessing that today. the other value of technology i will point out was after a round of intense finishing conversations and negotiations over the weekend that started on saturday morning with the speaker and myself, and the trade rep, robert lighthizer, and mr. trump, the speaker was on a hunting ex sfa decision. we spoke with him frequently. but the speaker talked to me earnestly abou...