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And that overwhelming opposition among republicans, think about some of the swing state republicans. before that, take a look at this. mcsally in arizona has got to worry about the filing it deadline for the primary is april 6th. there's all that talk with mcsally in arizona where she supensionally turned on trump. and there is time after that for a republican to get in and challenge her in the primary. youvr seen what the republican base thinks about the impeachment question. filing deadline not until march 17th. susan collins in maine filing deadline not until march 16th. and he has a cup ol...

Speak out about him. he's trying not to perjure himself after already having to change his testimony and perhaps pleading the fifth when he's in front of those cameras. >> the impeachment does seem inevitable, right? it will move off the house floor. when speaker nancy pelosi said they were doing this on principle not on politics, i take her at her word. democrats have expended a ton on this impeachment question. the question is, does it blow back on them in the election some way? do you have a sense of that yet? >> it depends what we learn going forward. i'm one of these people who doesn't be...

The facts. i wish republicansment wanted te more of the facts. it's almost a formality at this point. he's admitted to doing what he did. >> and that hasn't moved the needle so much. it kind of stalled, really, keith, when you look at public opinion when it comes to this impeachment question. >> well, yeah. i think this is a case that is going to be built brick by brick. it's going to take time. they're not going to just sort of -- as the republicans have been arguing -- put out their star witness from the beginning. the witnesses we saw the past week were witnesses that built a foundation for...

Neil: on the import/export thing, i'm wondering that the democrats will push to get the usmca done to prove that they can focus on impeachment and other work that a lot of people want to see done as well. what do you think? >> i think there's a lot of effort going into usmca. i'm on theways ways and means committee and spending a lot of time on that the and the leadership is working on getting through the final details with will lighthizer, mr. trump's point person on this. it points out one thing that i don't think is well understood by folks across the country, is that it appears that all of...

President's tweet in real-time. do you characterize the president's tweet as intimidation from a legal perspective? second question here from an article of impeachment perspective, is that ready-made obstruction? >> first from the prosecutor's view, this could fit into federal laws that are broadly defined in terms of witness tampering. anyone who intimidates a witness before a proceeding, and that includes congressional proceedings, may be guilty of the crime. and it includes attempt. on the defense side, the president may argue that the first amendment protects his opinion. but the first ame...