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Have been because some of them are up for reelection. let's move on. but top republicans in the senate dismissing the impeachment talks, pointing out that the republican majority would stop the effort in its tracks. senate judiciary committee member tom tellis says this. "why on earth would be give a platform to something that i judge as a purely political exercise?" are you? >> ari: times like that you think the american people look at all this and say, "wake me up when you're done wrestling with each other." it's a type of thing that makes people tune out of washington and just say, "you guy...

When the president said i will not work with these people as long as they are investigating me. however, if they are to meet in the middle for the sake of getting the country business done, what first step should the president take and what should the speaker do at this juncture? >> sort of slow the roll with impeachment talks as she's doing, i would say she's probably going further along maybe impeachment inquiry talks and leave it at that. let the voters decide in 2020. >> and robin, i'll get back to

Other districts are continuing to hear about health care, economy and infrastructure. >> could the calls for impeachment also perhaps be one of the reasons that we have seen this house speaker go after the president more aggressively, shall we say, over the past week and a half? >> absolutely. two points that i would make. i interviewed a democrat representing texas. what she told me last week was she wants to create a vehicle of sorts that would allow for there to be a more structured conversation around impeachment talks. now, to simone's point, i mean, there are many democrats who are much ...

Distracks from the impeachment talks and makes it more about her battle with the president. >> what do you think is the calculation here and how unusual is this reaction with speaker pelosi that's very careful with her words. she knows how her words can make a difference. >> she knows. >> i think she would rather be locked in a feud with president trump than with the base of her own party. she doesn't want to be taking on the democratic socialists. she wants to be taking on republicans and that's why this is a smart political calculation from the democratic standpoint. stick with the devil you...

Gentlemen, good morning to you both. john you first here so this video which the president also tweeted an edited version of, that was the latest jab in the series of back and forth between the president and the speaker this week. pelosi called for an intervention to save the nation from the president. the president said she is crazy. so what is going on here. what is the intent of all the back and forth? >> i think that pelosi is in some ways trying to rally democrats together and maybe distract from the impeachment talks. as we have seen from pelosi over recent weeks she is fairly reluctant ...