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Get them to go along with democrats demands for a long trial, here's what chuck schumer is worried about. he is worried that republicans are understandably going to use this moment to point out how unfair the house process was, by not really giving it a lot of attention in the senate, and that will further make house democrats look as though this was a partisan endeavor. so he wants to structure that. he will talk a lot about fairness, but i think a lot of republicans are going to have trouble swallowing that given what we just witnessed the last couple of months. >> dana: what about the criti...

Interesting that senator schumer said this morning he didn't think conversations in and of themselves would be problematic. it is the willingness in schumer's words and mcconnell to do kind of whatever the white house wants him to do that he would find most concerning. i can tell you that based on conversations with one of the senior administration officials i had today, the white house is working, already got its eye on the ball. past this week to what might happen in a senate trial. as you and jeff are talking about here. there will be work, i'm told, continuing throughout the holidays. even...

Representatives. >> this is an epic clash between two sides and it really reflects the divided nature in washington right now. you're not going to see a lot of defections on the democratic side, perhaps some. you'll see none on the republican side. the president made it clear how he is going to deal with this. in terms of the house process, he's declared it a sham, a witch hunt, political. he's refused to participate or let his people participate, and his folks will say when you look ahead to 2020, this has been an effective strategy. a campaign manager says they've seen fundraising tick up, t...

Continues to be disgracefully denied to him bip ty the house. stephanie grisham reiterating many of the talking points we've been hearing from this white house throughout the house process. as you know, the white house counsel, pat cipollone, has rejected offers to participate on any level during these recent hearings. the white house has continually said that it believes that this is partisan, it's a sham process, and that it's looking forward to the senate trial. and we know that pat cipollone and senate majority leader are a juror in the senate and the senate trial met yesterday. they agree...

That is the power of impeachment in article i. so we have charged him with the highest of constitutional crimes. we have laid out the crimes, they are clear. republicans are trying to distract americans from what is actually happening here and today we will vote to send those articles of impeachment to the full house floor for a vote. >> congresswoman, it was clear in watching yesterday that you had all agreed to use all of your time before the public, we were all watching every step of the way, to keep returning to the fact pattern, which is so far in this process not in dispute, that what th...