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Is this the best case the democrats could make or is it the safest case? we're going to test it with hakeem jeffries. there's word that he may be one of the managers in the senate. is that true? i ask him right off the top. and we have a defender of the president. why not just ask the obvious? and russia in the house again, coop? why do they get the red carpet when they lie to our faces? >> chris, we'll see you about eight minutes from now. we look forward to it. appreciate it. attorney general barr's repudiation of the inspector general's report received a rouzing reception on at least one ca...

Independent investigator, a superb investigator who i think has conducted this particular investigation in the most professional way, and i think his work, when it does come out, will be a credit to the department. well, that sounds like a reasonable statement and that's because that is what attorney general barr said about horowitz, the inspector general, and his investigation just a few weeks ago before he suddenly didn't like its conclusions and then trashed it this morning. joining me now is jim baker, the fbi's former top lawyer and currently a cnn legal analyst. and back with us, our own...

Abusing his power. in the language of the drafters, to corruptly solicit election help from ukraine and of obstructing congress' investigation into the affair. now, tomorrow evening the committee, which is utterly divided along party lines, will debate. by thursday, they could be voting, setting the stage for the entire house to decide perhaps by next week whether to impeach. and even as they weigh that next move, the president is lashing out. his attorney general is on the attack over the russia investigation. democrats in red districts are wondering how to proceed. and by the way, the russia...

Party. very much like has happened here except nixon didn't involve a foreign power. but it was the abuse of authority, the corruption involved in saying our constitution means nothing. you know, the impeachment clause was specifically drawn -- george washington, james madison talked about the danger of entanglements in our elections from foreign powers. this is what was intended in the impeachment clause, and here we have a very, very strong case of exactly what can happen when a president engages in this kind of basic corruption. >> julie, cnn's reporting that there's a growing divide betwee...

Characterization, or paraphrase of the president's testimony, we believe that you will conclude that what the president did and said in the grand jury was not unlawful and that you must not remove him from office. >> well, two veterans of clinton impeachment joining us now, joe lockhart who served as white house press secretary back then and cnn political commentator paul begala, a white house strategist. paul, when you watch that clip from the white house counsel at the time, using the words difficult admissions by the president, do you see that as a major difference in how the clinton team a...