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I want to turn quickly to impeachment here, niels. help us to set the stage on what to expect in the coming days. you heard that the hearing from the senate don't happen until after the christmas break. what should we expect in the next ten days or so? >> so, what i'd be looking at, tonight it's going to be opening statements from the judiciary committee and that markup where they'll actually going through the legislative process for the impeachment. so tomorrow they should get out of the judiciary committee. that, to me, most likely sets up floor consideration in the house, if i had to guess,...

What you said. flake is just one vote and he is just offering one opinion which is that he wants to see a week's delay in the senate floor consideration, at most a week's delay while the fbi holds -- conducts its investigation. but, in the end, mitch mcconnell and it really isn't mitch mcconnell and schumer. it's mitch mcconnell as the majority leader who sets the schedule on the senate floor. >> harris: senator graham mentioned them both. >> no, no. i'm just saying mitch mcconnell is going to make this decision and he is going to look at the votes. flake sounds like, he didn't say it, but it ...

That just came out, he's a low life. he represented democrats. nobody ever talks about that. he's a democrat lawyer. not a very good one, but he's a democrat lawyer. >> reporter: for their part, democrats are calling for thursday's hearing, where kavanaugh and his first accuser, christine blasey ford will testify. >> when the credibility is so much in doubt as it is now as kavanaugh, that person should not be silting. not be sitting on the highest court in the land. >> reporter: but that hearing will stay on as planned, according to the committee chair. >> tomorrow is very, very important. she...

As judge kavanaugh. and then the committee meeting. and then the floor consideration. then the final vote. several stages ahead. and each of these witnesses who will appear before us on thursday will be under oath to tell the truth. i tho i hope that they do and i hope that we come to a conclusion. in terms of investigati in terms of future investigations, i don't want to go there. >> one other future question. if democrats win the senate, are you open to bringing back the filibuster? because a lot of us believe if the filibuster -- if it was a 630 on vote threshold, this would be a different ...

Actual winners and losers in all this? >> well, anderson, there's a reason 16 democrats in the senate, 104 democrats in the house voted against this proposal. some senate democrats saying nothing should have been moved forward without a clear promise house republicans would take up, without a clear promise the president wouldn't be too involved or involved enough to set things aside at one point or another. you're hearing it from the activist, the base and a lot of democrats, that this wasn't a good deal. anderson, you also look at what this deal brings to the table. it brings to the table at ...