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Appreciate it. >> thank you. leland: probably colder in michigan than in d.c. >> it not good. it's cold. leland: give us the defense here of why the democrats with their rules that were passed on thursday, give the republicans so many talking points as to this being a partisan, rather than bipartisan effort. >> well, i think part of the problem with this whole thing is that it's being viewed as an opportunity to create talking points. i mean, what we passed was a process, an outline of a process that gives republicans the right to question witnesses, both in the deposition-- >> congressman, yo...

Are you going into these impeachment proceedings with an open mind or is your mind already made up? >> well, thanks for having me, kristin. there are so many things i could respond to of what i just heard. first of all, there's nothing about this that's a fair process, there's nothing about that's bipartisan, there's nothing about this that gives the same ability that presidents nixon and clinton had. clinton had his own personal lawyer cross examining current star. the president has not had his lawyers in the basement of the hearings. and haven't had a representation in the depositions. krist...

Think is overdue, to be fair. this will give an opportunity for both sides in a public setting to air their views on this question and ultimately the president-- >> you make an interesting point that because there is no special prosecutor, the justice department declined the refer l referral, that there need to be some type of investigation and like grand jury investigations and others, they've done behind closed doors. >> right. leland: what assurances do the american people have that the democrats in congress are looking at this fairly and impartially when so many democrats seemed to have pr...

Generations. i support this resolution because we have no choice. i yield back. >> gentleman from oklahoma. >> bill: one thing that's different and this has been hammered home and worthy of explaining, just so that our viewers are up to speed on this. the process they're going by was not done in the late 1990s with bill clinton or even with richard nixon in the 1970s. they're outsourcing it to various committee. they'll issue a report and give it to the judiciary committee where jerry nadler is the chairman. republicans cry foul and say it's the wrong way to do it and the wrong process. >> the...

Have pre-determined the president's guilt. never accepted the voters' choice to make them president. for 37 days and counting they have run an undemocratic and unfair investigation. this resolution today only makes it worse. i've heard members on the other side say they promise rights to the president. but only if he does what they want. that's the equivalent of saying in the first amendment you have the right to the freedom of speech but you can only say the words i agree with. that's what you call due process. the amendment offered by my colleague mr. cole would help correct some of the tran...