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And by tonight, they will pass the articles of impeachment. but what are you listening for here? because what struck me is first of all, both sides tried to make it seem very serious, which it is. they both talked about how somber it was. by and large, democrats were talking about the case and republicans were yelling. >> that has been the case. republicans haven't been trying to argue the facts. presumably because the facts are not in their favor. what americans will be treated to today is a political drama that's going to make sausage making look appealing. the republicans are going to try t...

Do with 51 votes. and the reality is that there's two things. number one, he doesn't know -- mcconnell doesn't know they can get 51 votes to make this the political show that trump wants it to be. because there are moderate republicans who would rather hear from serious witnesses like john bolton who had very big problems or did not like what was going on with the pressure campaign in ukraine. they might not want to talk about hunter biden. they'd rather talk about the actual facts. and the problem is democrats could use this to their advantage to demand people from the white house to come in ...

>> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is advocating for a short impeachment trial. the latter option he just spelled out. sources tell cnn that president trump is also coming around to that idea despite pushing for an agr aggressive defense. rachael, what do you know about that? it seems as though the short trial has the votes right now. >> yeah. they seem to be coalescing around this plan. in this meeting yesterday, mcconnell gave a warning to his colleagues. mutual assured destruction is what he said. witnesses if they call them are a double edged sword. trump might want to bring in the ...

Direct directly connected. john bolton is relevant. rudy giuliani could be relevant. what trump had been pushing for is his version of a burn it all down trial where we'll put the system on trial. because you don't actually have the facts on your side. and behind it all, of course, is the sense that republicans got a problem because they can't argue the facts. and the president hasn't encouraged them to do so. >> we talk about the moderates in the house, democrats getting cold feet. in the senate, susan collins problem, gardner problem. and mitt romney who's not up for re-election and would ne...

Reason together. because there is a problem in our ability to reason together. >> rachael, about our reporting, one thing you're looking for is are there cracks emerging within the democrats. and of course people have been looking at the vulnerable democrats who are in the swing districts or the swing districts that president trump won. and the numbers are interesting. so you've been trying to get a handle on how many democrats may defect. >> that's right. i mean, it's still early. we're still a few days out. we could see a vote potentially tuesday or wednesday next week on the whole house flo...