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Donald trump's legacy, and he knows it, and that's why he has been so crazed. >> the 2016 election has now resulted in one of the most, if not the most pathetic,ty vice e, disgusting, repulsive and, frankly, political stunts in american history. >> it's also a night that is going to not only leave a stain on president trump's presidency, but i wonder what it's going to do to his psyche. howard: pundits baffled by nancy pelosi as she refuses for now to send the impeachment articles to the senate. >> hard to really see what the benefits necessarily are of dragging it out. >> this might be the en...

>> hunting around, finally, finally they got something. [inaudible conversations] >> that's what's been going on. they're watching him. howard: the argument here is that many in the media believe that he deserved impeachment for the last three years going back to russia, stormy daniels, all the other things that were thrown at him. and when you crane came -- ukraine came along, it was like, a that, now we're aha, now we're done. >> i understand that argument. i give weight to it. i think people are entitled, obviously, to their opinions, but it does matter that democrats have not brought artic...

Anything. they did feel they had no other choice because of the way the coverage had been, their people were so needing this impeachment. howard: susan, all but three democrats voted for impeachment with one independent, not a single republican vote. is that as big a story, and do you agree with molly that media climate was a factor here? >> i think the media and the political parties field off each ore -- feed off each other, and i think mostly the mainstream media is liberal leaning. so there's some truth to that sort of ecosystem where i think feed off each other and that they had to go for...

♪ ♪ howard: joining us now from new york is chris hahn, radio host, former chuck schumer aide whose podcast is called the aggressive progressive. chris, welcome. the president constantly deannounce impeachment, the coverage -- denouncing. you heard tony talking about. that they basically say that major media outlets are partners with the democrats in pushing impeachment. your thoughts. >> i mean, look, they gotta coffer impeachment, right? it's a huge story. this is the first president -- this is a president who got impeached by more votes in congress than any other president in american h...

How should the press deal with such personal political rhetoric? >> first of all, if you're just part of the press, you should cover the letter, coffer what his defense is of sending a letter like that. he is a president who people have been trying to impeach, talking about impeaching him since the day he was sworn into office. and i think that was reflected in the letter he sent to pelosi, that this has been a witch hunt and an attack on my presidency. that's the way i read the letter. you have to be a little bit objective in looking at the letter. i agree cover it, but, you know, the witches...