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You aid to ukraine unless the prosecutor is fired. >> he committed the crime of bribery. it's offering something of value to a public official for official action. okay. here is what joe biden says he did. he offered him a $1 billion loan guarantee. he threatened him with a $1 billion loan guarantee. in return for you that -- that's part one of bribery. part two is he got the president of the ukraine to the fire the prosecutor. eric: do you think that will hold any water with justice roberts? >> i don't know, i'm not a lawyer or judge. i have got my doubts. though i will say you will hear this...

I'm more clear there is no way the senate could act and convict the president of impeachment because he seems to be innocent. reporter: folks on capitol hill say the most likely timing for the senate trial is january or february, putting it around the same time as the iowa caucus. the ripple effects could impact the 2020 senate race. arthel: the threat of a senate trial looming. the white house is reportedly mapping out its strategy with republican strategy as president trump continues to speak out against the impeachment inquiry. mark? reporter: president trump continues to dismiss the impeac...

Reelection. number one, i am disappointed about quite frankly i am angered by the fact he noknows me knows my son lindsey about to go down in a way i think going to regret his whole life. >> what do you say to him. >> i say lindsey, i guess -- i am just embarrassed by what you are doing to you. >> bring in emily, political reporter for washington examiner most people raced out of town have you got feedback on former vice president biden's rockers. >> not remarks specifically but his whole relationship with son hunter biden is something has come up before in this primary and as we go in to impe...

Repeated meetings with republican senators. ways their strategy and what are they mapping out? >> the president is urging republican senators to stay with him. that he hasn't done anything wrong, and he expects them to support him once the trial happens. the president's aides are also having meetings with republicans and they are preparing the logistics of the senate trial. what kind of things the republicans might do as part of that trial. do they give advice to the president about who could be testifying. >> the president is gifgd advice to republicans and the republicans are giving advice t...

Personal political purposes. that's an incredible threat to our democracy and i'm not going to you turn a blind eyed to that. reporter: if the house approves articles of impeachment, we then go to the senate for what would be about a 2-week trial. they are told they plan to call on several witnesses the democrats didn't allow to testify in the house, the whistleblower, hunter bind, nelly ohr of fusion gps and adam schiff. following the evidence and testimony that came out of the house hearings. several gop senators say it will be nearly impossible to convince the 14 republicans they with need ...