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Dealing begins. it's the sausage making that we so often hear about. there'll be lots of amendments that republicans oppose. none we expect to pass. >> this is the last chance for the republicans who are on this committee to make the cases they did late into the night last night that this process and really they almost entirely did focus on process. we have to keep, you know, sort of reminding about that. that this process, they don't think is right. and that this is, you know, just a -- you know -- unnecessary to go down this road. because the democrats have wanted to impeach the president si...

Call didn't happen. what republicans say instead is democrats have wanted to impeach the president from the beginning. what's wrong with that argument? >> because it's not true. listen. that's the kind of argument they make about process or any other kind of a distraction or deflection point of view instead of dealing with the substance of it all. i've heard very few republicans throughout the course of all of this actually defend the president's behavior. in fact, mostly they deny it. and as a consequence, it's very difficult to have the debate that we ought to be having which is to what degr...

Impeachment against president trump accusing him of abusing his power and obstructing congress. by the end of today, lawmakers on that committee will vote to send the articles to the full house of representatives for this significant vote to impeach the president. >> the republicans obviously not happy about it. they haven't so much talked about the facts as they've railed against the process. and you can expect much the same today. republicans will offer as many amendments as they can to drag out this fight, but ultimately by the end of the day, this committee will approve the articles of imp...

And those we anticipate, of course, will be struck down, voted on one by one. each of the members will have a chance to talk up to five minutes about those amendments that they introduce. and then finally what will happen, the committee will vote on those articles of impeachment. very much expected that they will pass out of committee and then be sent onto the full house as early as next tuesday. john and alisyn, when do we expect the process to end? we do know there's a congressional ball tonight at 7:00 at the white house that many republicans would like to attend. and so we do anticipate th...

This done quickly and don't have the circus that the president has wanted with all these different kinds of witnesses. what are you hearing in. >> well, john, remember there's an important fact there which is there are not currently 51 votes in the senate to approve the witnesses that would go along with what you just described as the circus that the white house would want. i think they look at it as a chance to make their case. ted cruz, senator from texas, was part of a meeting at the white house three and a half weeks ago. he was among the senators who made clear to the white house there ar...