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The white house is not going to participate in the impeachment hearing process happening now in the house. they rejected an offer from democrats to present any type of defense for president trump during the house process. >> yeah. in a strongly-worded letter. the white house counsel called the proceedings baseless, reckless, and a charade. joining us now is kristin holmes. no one expected the white house to participate. so no big surprise here. >> reporter: that's right. we have to keep two things in mind. while president trump and republicans have been saying this process is unfair because th...

Not call those people as witnesses. so we'll have to see how this plays out. >> all right, kiersten holmes, i appreciate your reporting. thank you. we'll bring in crystal hayes, u.s. correspondent for usa today. the moderates who are concerned about potentially broadening the scope of these articles of impeachment, how persuasive are they? take us inside this disagreement within the democratic office. >> house speaker nancy pelosi knows the perils for these moderates. they are the folks who flipped districts and gave her the speakership. so she's been keeping in close contact with those ve...