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Well, because that's not really how it works. you got to wonder whether a president who has just been impeached, only the third president to be impeached in this country's history -- you got to wonder whether it's such a good idea for him to be bringing up the exact thing that got him into so much trouble, a quid pro quo. that as pelosi and mitch mcconnell are locked in a standoff over the senate trial that the president -- well, at least that's what he says he wants. she says the house won't vote on impeachment managers or send over the articles of impeachment until she knows more about how t...

Until she knows more about how the trial would be conducted in the senate. mcconnell says they're at an impasse, and though pelosi has yet to choose the team that will argue the case, sources tell cnn that adam schiff and jerry nadler are expected to take the lead. but for all the naysayers who wonder whether the speaker has any actual leverage over the senate, she clearly does. and that leverage comes from the president himself. let me explain. because he is insisting that he wants a trial. he doesn't want the dark cloud of impeachment hanging over him. and that means mitch mcconnell is going...

National intelligence and the inspector general referred to the whistle blower's complaint for a possible investigation. at that point, that works the way a whistle blower's complaint is supposed to. the department of justice found there is no bases for a criminal investigation. there are people who wonder whether attorney general william barr had something to do with that. >> i would frame what just happened there differently. what happened was the justice department office of legal counsel told mr. mcguyer not to forward the information to congress and because it says it does not qualify as ...

See anyone in this cabinet who is -- who has what mattis had, which is the authority that was accepted on both sides of the aisle to speak truth to power. he won some and lost some but he could speak in that way both to the president, to the republicans, to the democrats and to our foreign partners. i don't see anyone else in this lineup who can do that with the same authority and respect. >> and would be very fair to wonder no matter who takes the job, how strong they may be, wonder whether donald trump will even listen to them. thank you. coming up, more republican legislators coming forwa...

Important role in government other than the president in that it commands one of the largest budgets in the world and is responsible for the lives and safety and policies of our armed forces. so at this point, i truly don't see anyone in this cabinet that has what mattis had which is the authority that was accepted on both sides of the aisle to speak truth to power. he won some and he lost some, but he could speak in that way both to the president, to the republicans, to the democrats and to our foreign partners and i don't see anyone else in this line-up that can do this with the same authori...