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Importantly the votes. everything that matters in terms of trials the way you think about it comes next. that's the guilt phase. the job of testing what the democrats say they found belongs to the senate. you see there, straight party line vote. the senate, they and only they are constitutionally bestowed with the sole power to try all impeachments. now, you'll notice you didn't see anything in there about the president having a role in the planning of his own trial, right, which would make sense. but once again this president's pull on his party seems to trump all. and the adherence to any oa...

Merited the most severe punish. >> you can be sure our team, the fbi and department of justice, on this case, charges have already been filed. we intend to do our duty in this matter with vigor and integrity. >> shortly after the suspect was taken down, the fbi told reporters he was armed with an ar-15 rifle and three handguns, shep. >> shepard: how does the doj review work? >> there is a multi-faceted review process that considers specific factors, the strength of the evidence, the suspect's past criminal history and aggravating factors such as whether the crime was committed in a particularl...

There has been since the '70s when this fisa court came about. why do you not trust that there isn't that investigation under way or a sound investigation that could be trusted if, indeed, there were some violations or due process not met or the fisa warrant not taking place correctly? >> we know the information was withheld. we know that. there's no allegation against the judges on the fisa court. the allegation would be against the presenters of the evidence -- >> how do you know that? >> it's in the memo. >> why do you feel so confident about that? the memo doesn't include all of the inform...

Earlier this each, i spoke with one lawmaker, eric swallwell who serves on the house intelligence committee. earlier today when asked if you had seen classified evidence of collusion between trump campaign associates and russia you said yes. there are things you cannot say. can you give a sense of what you have seen that's pointing in your opinion to collusion? >> anderson, there's evidence of collusion, both on the classified and unclassified side. my hope is that the world will soon see it. also, anderson, i want to be clear that evidence is kind of a collection of documents and testimony an...

A lot of drama over what will be a life-and-death decision. >> thanks so much. with me is laura coats, cnn legal analyst and former federal prosecutor. good morning, laura. >> good morning, carol. >> martin explained it well, but i want you to explain it from a federal prosecutor's standpoint. there have already been competency hearings. why another one? >> every time you have a different phase of a trial, there's the inkling by the judge to decide whether or not the person should do what most people know is a kiss of death, no pun intended in this case. representing yourself is a very difficu...