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Mitch mcconnell's promise to be in quote total coordination with the white house. on the impeachment trial. >> in fairness, when i heard, that i was disturbed. if we are tasked as the full senate to do impartial justice under the constitution and the law, that's the oath that we will swear to uphold, at the commencement of this proceeding, then to me, it means that we have to take that step back from being hand and glove with the defense. and so i heard what leader mcconnell had said. i happen to think that that has further confused the process. >> murkowski's remarks are significant because a...

Mcconnell to be -- >> when i heard that i was disturbed. if we are tasked as the full senate to do impartial justice under the constitution and the law, that's the oath that we will swear to uphold at the commencement of this proceeding, then, to me, it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. and so i -- i heard what looeea mcconnell had said. i happen to think that that has further confused the process. >> murkowski's remarks are significant because a 51-vote simple majority is all that's needed to set impeachment rules. republicans only have 53 vo...

Impeachment of political charade. one senate democrat chris murphy writes on twitter "i know how this goes. today republicans say we should observe the impeachment rules and open the trial without an agreement on witnesses. then when the trial begins, they will tell us how different this is than that clinton impeachment and we can have witnesses. both houses of congress is out so this impasse is very likely to continue. >> mike: which house democrats are considering more articles of impeachment? >> if this came in a federal filing from house democrats and they say they want the court of appeal...

Room. >> much has changed since then. our politics, our platforms, our media, but the constitution has not. it still provides that unshakable foundation to this process. the house charges. the senate holds the trial out in the open so the public can see no person is above the law, especially not the person holding the temporary power to, as the constitution says, take care that the laws be faithfully executed. >> still ahead, i will be joined by a special guest on what the impeachment rules could mean for donald trump's future. stay with us. it's tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix c...

To make up for all of that, they said we're going to hold a public hearing and invite the white house now after the cake is baked. i've said that time and time again. >> it's not even true. nothing you just said is even true. let's talk about nancy pelosi quickly before we leave. congress went into recess, nancy pelosi is not delaying a single thing in the senate. nothing was going to happen until january anyway. the other thing that nancy pelosi did this year that is they passed a legislation to lower prescription drugs. they passed legislation to require universal background checks. they pas...