even want to go to trial. they said impeachment was so urgent that it could not even wait for due process, but now they are content to sit on their hands. this is really comical. >> reporter: of course, jake, this is important because the house of representatives, they are having their very last votes of the year right now. not included in that, a vote on the house manager. that's a snag that we do not expect nancy pelosi to transmit those articles of impeachment before the new year. >> lauren fox on capitol hill for us. thanks. let's chew over all of this. jackie i understand that pelosi people think that mitch mcconnell wants to get this done quickly and that he has some vulnerable members. but what leverage does she actually have here, if any. >> that's a good question. there is a couple different schools of thought here. if you slow down the process perhaps some of these court case has the democrats have pending will come through.