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The judiciary committee also produces a big comprehensive final report for the congressional record that summarizes the impeachment case and is supposed to guide the vote on the floor. and yes, every impeachment is a little different and they all have very unpredictable elements. as far as i can tell that's going to happen here in the trump impeachment. we believe on sunday night the judiciary committee in the house are going to produce their own final report on impeachment for trump. which is intended to be a guide for that floor vote that's going to happen next week. and, again, anything cou...

Hunter biden for the joe biden aspect of article one in the abuse of powere lines. >> you're right about that, andrea. a decided lack of self awareness on the part of matt gates. he was checked by congressman hank johnson given that gates has a record of a dui arrest. but for the most part, setting aside the few clearing exceptions, the proceeding that we have seen today has been mostly subdued and orderly given the way things can typically go. you heard the facts in evidence, they're tryingct to make the argument that the impeachment case is ironclad. republicans making the argument that the ...

>> they played the tape. during the senate trial. >> why. >> they chose to. the senate has the sole power to try impeachment case. they can do it any way they want. >> president trump wants the witnesses to be in person. he made it clear. opposed to having the recordings and depositions. we have not heard the same from republican senators who said essentially they think that could get out of hand. they favor video tapes. >> republicans have not been making an argument about the evidence. they have been process arguments. by and large. are they going to be continuing to do that?

Entirely up to the senate. we have pictures in our head of what a criminal trial looks like. in a prosecution, defense. witnesses, jury. that's the senate can make no witnesses. they can have witnesses who testify in the senate chamber. what happened in the clinton trial in 1999 was that this were depositions of about three or four different witnesses who were examined by a handful of senators off campus. and the transcript -- >> the house managers. the president personal secretary. sent a close aide. those four. and brought in cameras. >> they played the tape. during the senate trial. >> why....

Majority of full house, then the president is impeached and then it's on to the final step, which is a trial in the senate, which likely we'll see shortly after the new year. so it's going to be an incredibly important couple weeks ahead, brooke, and much to look forward to. allmy will have a senate trial in january i believe and a remarkable thing to behold. >> elie, thank you for all of that. talk through everything with me now is jennifer rogers, former federal prosecutor and cnn legal analyst and guy smith back with us. former special adviser to president clinton during his impeachment cas...