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If it comes to that. the drawback for that, they won't be able to make the sound bites and the vital moments where they might have impact in. >> john, how big of an advantage could a possible january trial be for joe biden and pete buttigieg, like emily was talking about because they won't be glued to a senate desk. >> absolutely. i think it will shove them into the spotlight. but at the same time, it could shove 2020 aside, and shove impeachment into the spotlight, in the sense that americans will be glued to their tvs, wondering if trump will be removed from office, rather than paying attent...

Make change without a fight is not going to win that fight. >> iowa, i stand here before you today for the people, fully prepared to defeat donald trump. >> and when, and when people tell me that a woman can't beat donald trump, i tell them, nancy pelosi does it every single day. >> now, as a nation, how we ensure that we unite a country that every day a president who engages in moral vandalism is trying to tear apart the way we aspire not just to beat him, but to go to the mountain top, is the way our ancestors did. >> one person who was not a at that dinner, former congressman beto o'rourke ...

Their big moment at the biggest gathering of iowa democrats before next year's caucuses. emily, who do you think, who do you feel won the night? >> with the dozen democrats jost ling for the spotlight, it is really hard to say who stood out. it was a pivotal moment for barack obama down in the iowa polls, with a phenomenal performance in his speech that he really started to turn the tide and eventually won that iowa caucus. but really, if we keep the focus on iowa as much as we do, and pay attention to national polls because a little momentum in iowa, a little more momentum in new hampshire co...

Lieutenant colonel alexander vindman's testimony tells nbc news that the days after the president's phone call with ukraine, the nsc top lawyer told vindman not to discuss his concerns with anyone. emily, could this be viewed as an instance of obstruction. >> absolutely. and as much as the president likes to tout the phone call a perfect phone call, there are indications that the staff around him viewed that it was not. indeed, a perfect phone call, effort to move the call to a more secure system, this story now, that vindman was asked to keep quiet, maybe not a perfect phone call that he migh...

Like you saw here. >> and house speaker nancy pelosi told bloomberg reporters friday that she expects public hearings to begin this month but insists there is no deadline to finish the investigation, saying quote, the truth will set us free. emily, is the best approach for, or should democrats be giving themselves a deadline on this? >> it isn't surprising not to have a deadline. she wants all of the evidence to come out and she wants to stick to the ironclad, as she said, and her caucus is very much behind her but there were two democrats who voted against the inquiry, leaving the trump campa...