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Meetings. she knows this is tough for her. she's a former cia officer. she said she was trained to make tough decisions and this is a tough decision politically and she's making it whatever the costs are to her politically. >> reporter: yeah. that's right, andrea. she's just finishing up a gaggle with reporters right now right behind me. she had a town hall. she's talking to reporters so she's making herself very available on the eve of this impeachment vote. just hours after she came out announcing her support for both articles of impeachment. but in the town hall it was packed. there were 50...

You saw last week republicans tried to suggest that you had what you called a coastal impeachment squad trying to take down president trump. that's in large part because you have the heads of these relevant committees all representing districts in california or new york. so we should found out who these house impeachment managers are hopefully sometime this week, andrea. >> there's a lot of diversity on both of these committees. you've had star performances from members from texas, from georgia and others, florida. there's a lot to choose from. thank you so much, jeff. coming up, under press...

Of unity and holding on to each other. and, chuck, that is something that they show, no kidding, every day in the office. every day at school. as americans deal with each other, they're together. i think they look at washington with a kind of dismay. why can't you guys do what we do? work it out. >> andrea, we, for sunday on "meet the press" we traveled to grand rapids. i'm a believer, as grand rapids goes, so goes the nation this coming cycle. as good a place as any to check in. exhaustion unified everybody. >> absolutely. and i mean, there was a parallel also with our friends and cousins ove...

The institution. protect the respectability of the house of representatives and of the u.s. senate. i'll tell you. i was very interested in what andrea said. the -- one of the things that strikes me most about this moment, as we journey now at a quicker pace towards impeachment which i suspect will be next wednesday, is that in past impeachments, chuck, there was a sense of gravity. a sense of big things are happening here. an epical event. watergate with richard nixon. i remember it. i was a college kid. in the bill clinton era even during his impeachment, there was a sense of gravity that i ...

Today, and that is that a senate trial doesn't just have to not convict trump. it has to totally exonerate him. now, chuck, that's a high bar. total exoneration from the senate. and so when we think of the contours and the shape of what the senate and the white house wants the trial to be, if total exoneration is the goal, i'm not so sure you can do that in a short trial. although, they claim to be agnostic on that point. guys. >> well, as i said, hans, i'm -- i'm watching more than i'm listening. i'll just be perfectly honest with you when it comes to white house rhetoric. leanne and hans, i ...