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Expectations ahead of wednesday's hearing. jim himes for one told me don't expect much news of the hearing. others believe it could reshape the impeachment debate going forward. nancy pelosi behind closed doors said something different. approach this calmly, i'm told. she told that to her democratic colleagues. approach this seriously. don't raise expectation. don't lower expectations. but ultimately the question could be whether or not pelosi shifts off her position to moving forward with an impeachment inquiry. at the moment expectations are she will not move off that opposition. >> well, jo...

University of birmingham and founder and editor of "ea world view." always good to see you, scott. it looks like the gloves are off. president trump still doing what he likes to do to elizabeth warren, she has taken some hits for the native american situation, but she certainly did come out running and was quite feisty and articulate in her launch. what do you make of it? >> natalie, let's contrast what happened yesterday. that is elizabeth warren staked her candidacy for president by talking about women's rights, by talking about workers rights, by talking about the environment, by talking ab...

Kaylee hartung, cnn. >> kaylee, thank you. let's get context now with scott lucas, professor at university of birmingham in england and founder and editor of ea world view via skype. pleasure to have you. >> thank you, george. >> scott, we've seen the president blame democrats for the deaths of two migrant children due to immigration policy, also blaming nancy pelosi as the reason for this impasse, but as we keep our eye on the ball of this blame game, it is important to recall the president's own words right from the start. let's listen. >> and i am proud -- >> we diagree. >> i am proud to ...

He's a professor of international politics at the university of birmingham in england and he's the founder and editor of "ea world view." scott, if the reporting is right, mr. trump fired comey because he wouldn't say publicly that the president wasn't himself under investigation. >> well, the broader point is that comey was not fired as the white house officially said days later because of his mishandling of the hillary clinton e-mails. in fact, as trump then said, it was always about the russia investigation. and as you point out, if it is specifically because comey would not give the presid...

So another interesting tidbit. one thing i should mention in all of this is that we're getting some pushback on this, this narrative, from some former trump transition officials who have said this is revisionist history and, "i'm sure everybody is telling the fbi they warned against it," meaning that they warned flynn against talking to kislyak. so, interesting details emerging in this story. back to you. >> athena jones, thanks for the reporting. scott lucas now joining us from birmingham, england, professor of international politics at the university of birmingham and founder and editor of "...