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Accordingly. >> so let's play this out a few more steps. let's assume this vote goes as planned and this moves out of the judiciary committee and then in the house the impeachment happens and it moves over to the senate for a trial. your name, as you know, has been circulated as a potential house manager, essentially one of the prosecutors for the democrats. have you been approached by this? >> all i can say is that i think nancy pelosi has done an exquisite job with regard to arranging the proceedings up to this point. she's going to probably have a process with regard to selecting impeachmen...

Juror in this senate trial would be somehow collaborating with the president's defense attorneys. that's very unusual. i think inappropriate. that being said, i think that going forward i just respectfully submit to senators on both sides that they have to vote their conscience. they have to examine the facts very carefully. this is a moment that is very serious, and i hope that individuals can be independent-minded. certainly they should not be cowed into voting a tern wcerta by their majority leader or by the president. >> some have suggested that those comments from mitch mcconnell suggest ...

Dislike -- supposed dislike for the president. this is about the president of the united states abusing his authority and really putting the united states in jeopardy. and democrats have a constitutional obligation to see that through, and that is why we are here today on friday the 13th in the light of day shining a light on the president's misbehavior. >> david jolly, as donna said, friday the 13th, a near full moon. another feature of this process has been the confessions of donald j. trump and rudy giuliani. rudy giuliani going on cable television and saying basically the real-life version...

Impeachment against donald j. trump. we're lucky now to be joined by phil rucker, an msnbc political analyst, and heidi przybyla, nbc news correspondent. heidi, i'm told just before you came on that you've got some new reporting. share it with us. >> ridght. this is just providing some important context here. this is an important moment to pull the cord, cut the noise and distill what is happening here. there are just two arguments that the republicans are making here. the first one that this is an unfair process. i have new reporting that during those private hearings, which by the way privat...

No matter who it is on the democratic side, they would be essentially up against in this senate trial people representing the president. it's our reporting here at nbc news that would likely include pat cipollone, the white house counsel, who is expected to lead that process for republicans and the president. senator mcconnell is a big part of that process as well. i want to play for you what he had to say overnight over on fox news. watch. >> everything i do during this i'm coordinating with white house counsel. there will be no difference between the president's position and our position as ...