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For the white house and its lawyers to participate in the first hearing in that committee on wednesday. let's get right back to cnn's sarah westwood at the white house. so, sarah, let's make this clear for our viewers. there are two deadlines that the white house had to respond to. the first one was tonight. the second one was friday night. both of them similar in that they are inviting the white house, the president himself, as well as a legal team to participate in the proceedings, the first of which is a hearing on wednesday. what have they responded tonight? >> that's right, alex. and the ...

The question is going into an electoral cycle whether the president can portray bloomberg as sympathetic to the chinese. that's not what i heard here. i'm not sure that wins an electoral cycle. that'll be fascinating, alex, fascinating. >> david, obviously there are lots of reports about the muslims in concentration camps in china. here we have mayor bloomberg saying president xi is not a dictator. your thoughts? >> first of all i'm probably prejudiced here but i think mayor bloomberg was first counsel of new york and they've got other issues. i think the point he was making was he's not a dic...

Invitation. in a letter from jerry nadler the chairman of the judiciary committee to participate in the hearings after -- the proceedings after that wednesday first hearing, which we understand will be more academic and historical and be talking to experts rather than witnesses. so there's the next deadline on friday night. do you have any expectation that the response will be different? because we just heard from the white house counsel and he did seem the leave the door open. >> well, it's always possible that they'll change their approach, but i really doubt it. because, alex, when you look...

The house judiciary where the vote will be for the articles of impeachment if the democrats move in that position. but we don't know whether the white house does want to begin its public defense of the president on friday or whether they're going to save that for when this moves to a trial in the senate if the gets that far after christmas day, alex. >> that first deadline passed an hour and two minutes ago. thanks so much for joining me. let's take a deemer dive what is ahead this week and in the coming weeks with cnn political analyst david gergen. also here with me is cnn counter terroris...

Crimes and misdemeanors and follow quick action after that where the house judiciary committee will vote on articles of impeachment most likely the end of next week. that's what we expect at the moment. and then afterwards the full house is expected to vote to impeach president trump. that would be the third time in american history that would happen. but tonight's news, alex, the white house trying to make clear they will not participate, and engaging on the obsns other than the president did nothing wrong. >> and that is the next step, that next deadline on friday for the white house to resp...