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Don't happen until they are too late because they are only applicable to the judiciary committee. and the public hearings that are coming up are going to be with the three committees that are already doing the investigation. and by the time things goat the judiciary committee, everything is already going to be done. there's going to be a report. the rules provide these committees are going to produce a report to the judiciary committee. and so the way that rules look, it doesn't look like there are going to be witnesses that actually testify before the judiciary committee. so it's probably goi...

Arguments to continue to argue its illegitimate. i don't view this as a public relations move by the house democrats. i think it's an opportunity to take control of the process. this is our house. we make the rules and we're going to decide how this process unfolds. you don't get to dictate it or tell us thou how to do our busi. we've seen not very much respect for that from the white house but it's the house's jurisdiction and this is the message they're sending. >> it's so clearly laid out in article 1, section 2. it's right there. but, you know, the white house, of course, is still going to...

Invitation. he could understand the conversation on the other end. didn't have to go through a translator. so he has a perspective that many in the room did not have. so his voice is very, very credible. plus, based on the education that army officers get, if i can give this a couple of seconds. we're trained to not only develop ourselves as individual leaders but leaders within organizations. so he has a very clear picture of what right looks like and when he heard the conversation, he raised his hand and said something seems amiss here. >> folks, don't buy the character assassination. he's a...

Cross-examine witnesses, call your own witnesses. you get those rights and say it's too little, too late. it's somewhat predictable. >> okay. thanks, lauren. ross, give us the intel. compare this to the clinton impeachment for us, if you could, in terms of the rights of the minority party here. >> yeah, so the comparisons aren't direct because, remember, in clinton, the starr investigation happened -- the starr report was done and submitted to congress. but notably in clinton and nixon, the rules allowed a role for the president's lawyers. specifically to cross-examine witnesses. and here, i t...

Democrats take steps to go public with impeachment procedures. they'll mark up a resolution that will lay out the rules for public hearings as well as the direction of the inquiry. lawmakers will then take it to a floor vote tomorrow. that's key. they'll have to be on the record now. >> congressional reporter lauren fox is on capitol hill. i mean, it's pretty obvious nancy pelosi doesn't go to a vote without knowing the numbers here, but you do have at least one holdout democrat from the state of new jersey. any objections or changes expected at the mark-up today? >> we don't expect any change...