Store and online deals. And we start with day 68 of the impeachment inquiry, President Trump is back in florida for the holiday weekend, after a thanksgiving trip to afghanistan. But away in washington, the impeachment inquiry entering a you in phase this coming week as the Judiciary Committee prepares for the first hearing on wednesday. Some democrats saying they already have enough evidence toito impeach. If it comes to, it my vote would be for impeachment. He abused his power. I think he tried to interfere with elections. I think there was bribe involved. One former gop congressman complains that some republicans are privately fuming about the president s behavior. I think my former colleagues are in a situation where they understand their base pressure, but there is no question having spoken to many of them privately, they are absolutely disgusted and exhausted by the president s behavior. They resent being put in this position all the time. And with a new Committee Comes new rules. Chairman jerry nadler in a letter to the president , giving him an opportunity to participate in the impeachment hearings. President trump now facing two deadlines. Nadler saying he has until sunday to let the committee know whether he will send one of his attorneys to the wednesday hearing. And giving him until friday to decide if he would like to call any of his own witnesses. Joining me now is nbcs jonathan allen. Jonathan, good morning to you. So what do you make of this new december 6th deadline for the white house . And how do you see President Trump responding to this . Good morning, dara. It is a test of the white house, and a test of their arguments that the democrats have not been fair to them in the process. Its a choice for President Trump, and for the white house council, Pat Cipollone to see if they will put up or shut up basically, whether theyre going to participate in this process, whether theyre going to cross examine witnesses and put up their own witnesses and well have to see. Talk about the fairness. The two letters sent to President Trump and congressman doug colin, satisfy republican lawmakers who say the process has been unfair to the gop. I dont think it is going to satisfy republican lawmakers, i dont think there is a way to satisfy them, i dont think there is anything the democrats will do that will get them to stop saying that the process was unfair to the president. From the beginning. I think they believe that. But i also think that each if they didnt believe it, that that argument would be made. Jonathan, if the white house does decide to bring witness, who do you think they will call . I think you can start with hunter biden, would be one person that they would try to call in this case. That is certainly a name that has been floated. You can certainly see them trying to call other witnesses that they believe might be able to distract from the president s actions rather than necessarily provide exculpatory evidence to people, the democrats have tried to call, that are close to the president , in terms of cabinet secretary, in terms of white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, those who would have direct evidence, regarding this particular set of events. The white house has declined to provide and in fact has essentially given blanket executive privilege. And as for this time line, the house Intelligence Committee, they will turn over a report to the Judiciary Committee, at some point this week, and then the first hearing before that committee is wednesday, so how will these proceedings be different from what weve seen . Intelligence sources on capitol hill, dara, what im hearing is these hearings are really going to be the why of the impeaching donald trump, why constitutional scholars and why the democrats on the Judiciary Committee believe that the president should be impeached, why what he has done merits impeachment, and why it requires the removal of the president , to prevent further harm to the nation, theyre going to look at the action, theyre going to essentially argue that both sides of, both sides of the equation, in and of themselves merit impeachment, that you didnt even need the quid pro quo that has been testified to. So basically holding up the money itself is an impeachable offense. And also trying to use the federal government as a weapon to investigate political opponents essentially as an arm of his campaign is an impeachable offense, and of course, in addition to that, what democrats say was obstruction of justice, in trying to prevent all of these potential witnesses from testifying, that all of those are impeachable offenses in and of themselves without the bribery, extortion, quid pro quo, whatever you want to call it, and so were going to hear the why. What we heard from the Intelligence Committee was the facts around the ukraine scandal. And a new cnn poll shows that 50 of americans say President Trump should be impeached, and removed from office, but jonathan, that number hasnt changed in over a month. What do you think could change that . Well, i think the democrats are optimistic that they might be able to change it with an explanation to the American Public of why these actions might require or merit the removal of the president. Well see if these hearings actually do. That i think they believe that there needs to be some sort of Civic Education on these matters, why particular acts in fact, rise to the level of impeachment. On the other hand, dara, the president has a pretty solid base of support. Weve seen that it has been pretty inelastic, if you will, over the course of time, regardless of what events weve seen, an you know, i hesitate to predict what the public reaction is going to be to future testimony. Again, i think we will just have to see with that. And jonathan, if this impeachment, if this moves to an impeachment trial, what can we expect from the process . Will republican senators drag it out . I think theres a desire on the senate to move forward with alacrity, and to not have a particularly long senate trial. I think they want to show that they had a trial and not have it look like a show trial thats quickly dismissed, and not taken seriously. So i think it will be whatever they believe will get the job done to keep the president in office, and also not look like they have not treated it with due seriousness, and at the same time, there may be some considerations with how long they keep senators in the chamber, you know, under the rules basically, for six days a week, they will meet, and the senators have to be in their seats from 12 30 p. M. On until they end that day, which means several of the democratic president ial candidates would be in the senate, in theory, in january, maybe in practice in january, while they would like to be on the campaign trail during the iowa caucus runup. That could have an effect on those senators. It could also have an effect on former senator joe biden. And also on mayor Pete Buttigieg and some of the other candidates who are not senators. Jonathan allen, a lot of whys there and a lot of interesting conversations to come. Thanks so much for joining us on this saturday morning. Great to have you. Thank you, dara. Moving now to the 2020 race, candidates have just over two months left to campaign in iowa, ahead of the february caucuses. Democratic candidates have been traveling across that state, and other early voting states to make their case. Joining me now is New York Times reporter, and lets go to the recent poll, because joe biden, he is holding the lead with 23 of democratic voters saying he would be their first choice and then we call him a clear frontrunner . Or could this ranking change in the coming months . Anything could change in the coming months but when joe biden came, in he came in one of the best known candidates and he sort of had a base and people are wondering how high will it go . Well it turns out the story about him may be how solid that floor actually. Is we have seen that in 2016. A candidate well known, gets into the race, there is a floor, people wonder how high he will go, a lot of campaigning happens, and that sort of steadily rides throughout the primary season, right into the convention. Is joe biden a condition like that . That is not entirely clear but that is what his campaign is making the argument for. Making an argument for elect ability. You have other candidates less well known who are driving different lanes of the democratic primary. Over on the left, you have sanders and warren. They are trying to excite similar bases on the progressive left. And you also have Pete Buttigieg, younger, moderate, also from the midwest, hes looking to do better earlier on, and joe biden is sort of making the argument that he is electable but just wait until South Carolina and super tuesday and you will see his elect ability come forward. He comes in very well known and the question is how soon will that elect ability factor start turning into victories. Biden is heading to iowa for an eightday bus tour, can he narrow Pete Buttigiegs lead in that state . That is one of the things that people are looking for. And also, how does he articulate his position in coming out of iowa . Remember, if you remember all the way back to 2008, there was a candidate who won that states primary, he was a candidate that came in second, and that candidate, who we all remember, had said, look, the big story out of here is not that i lost, its that i won in second place and continued forward. That was john edwards. Trying to make the argument that him beating, that him coming in second behind Hillary Clinton was really a big narrative and people are looking for how will they position coming out thereof and going into new hampshire. But a lot of the campaigns are looking at the fire wall over in South Carolina, and then looking forward to super tuesday, to see when the electoral map comes into play. Biden has the endorsement of the former iowa governor, and why is he struggling with the voters there . Joe biden has been in Public Office for a very long time, and there are the electorate, they are looking at a number of different factors. There are some voters who want a more purely ideological candidate. They like ha theyre hearing from sanders and like what theyre hearing from warren and when you look at someone like joe biden, he is making the argument he is not going to be the sort of perfectly aligned ideological candidate but someone who is going to get the most number of votes from across the board, and that means being sort of a potpourri of political options. He has had such a long public career, that hes going to have older voters who are very comfortable voting for him, there is Younger Voters who might like that he came out very early for samesex marriage, and there is, but there is not one particular fire brand kind of speech that hes giving that is exciting everyone, other than saying that he is electable. And azi, Kamala Harris had a rough week, and her campaign is falling apart. What do you make of this . She, like many of the other candidates came into the race less wellknown and had to kickly articulate who she is, we all remember one of the first debates, she challenged joe biden, it was an electrifying potentially turning moment and very shortly after that debate, she sort of walked back, an issue of bussing in schools and the role that government plays, and what she said on that debate stage wasnt something that she was, that she sort of took a stand on afterwards and some people who are very excited about that moment looked at her again and said hey, whats really going on here . There is also an issue about fundraising. And also an issue about managing the campaign, and those kind of questions sort of dug away at some of the opportunities, at some of the opportunities that she had had. She too is looking for a big win coming out of South Carolina. So there are some challenges root now and also some opportunities to turn things around. A lot of moving parts to this. Azi, thank you so much for being here this morning. Great to have you. Thank you. New details this morning on the suspect in a London Bridge attack that left two dead and three wounded. Police have identified him as a convicted terrorist. Who was paroled last year. And a warning here, some viewers might find this video disturbing. It shows the knife wielding assailant yesterday when he was taken down by civilians after taking down a number of people on the London Bridge, a scuffle ensued and they held him until police arrived. Special armed forces moved in and got the knife out of the way and got each other out of the way before shooting an killing the suspect. Erin mclaughlin joins us now from the London Bridge. Good morning to you. What are we learning about this attack . Reporter good morning, dara. A key question being asked in london is how could this have happened, especially when you consider that the suspect, 28yearold usman khan, was convicted of plotting a terrorist attack in 2012. He was plotting to bomb the london stock exchange, as well as the u. S. Embassy among other locations and he was convicted of that plot, serving time in prison, released early, and electronically tagged, and were also learning from security sources that he was actually participating in a prisoner rehabilitation workshop, at the fishmongers hall, which is adjacent to the London Bridge, on the morning of the attack. Speaking out about his own prison experience, hours later, launching the deadly rampage before being pulled to the ground by ordinary people on that bridge, and this morning, london is giving thanks to those people, including one man who says that he got out of his car to help. Take a listen. When we got there, he was, you know, wielding two knive, one was sort of duct taped to his hand, so all i could do, off to the guys who held him down, sort of pinning him to the ground, you know, kind of try to stamp on his wrist trying to release the knife as it were. And kicked the knife away, and went northbound up the London Bridge, and then after that, the police on response really quick got there almost instantaneously, and at that point, we were told that he had a bomb vest on so we kind of cleared house, and got out of the way, and at that point, then we saw the guy get shot a couple of times. Reporter and the suspect killed at this scene. Two innocent lives lost in this attack. A man and a woman. Police have yet to name them. They say that as this investigation is still ongoing, they do not believe that there is any further danger to the public. The suspects house currently being searched outside of london. Dara . Erin mclaughlin, thank you very much for those latest details. 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It is expected that at these hearings, youre going to hear at least initially witnesses talk about the impeachment process generally, and historically. We dont have a lot of historical basis or precedent to guide us in impeachment hearings, or the entire procedure itself. So for a public show of what exactly impeachment is about, expect some witnesses to explain that to the American Public through televised hearings. So danny, if the president decides to send his lawyer, or call witnesses, how could that impact the hearings . First, he should. He should use the option of counsel, send somebody to at least question witnesses, or ask to call his own witnesses to bolster his case, to at least counter the democrats case against him. Otherwise, it will be a completely onesided show. On the other hand, the president may be thinking if i dont send anyone at all, this entire process will look even more onesided, and unfair. What legal arguments do you expect to hear from republicans . R