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Control, on health care. we are now marking up a bill on prescription drugs. we have continuously passed bills, sent them to the senate. and mitch mcconnell has not brought a single one forward. the fact that the senate is not working does not take away from the fact that we are producing the bills. but i cannot walk away from my oath of office and the constitutional requirement to bring forth hearings to investigate when there are misdemeanors or high crimes. >> is there as this goes forward somebody you think in particular as a witness would really help you to make your case, both to republi...

We're heading for uncharted territory. the u.s. has never had a presidential impeachment trial during an election year in modern history. as the politico headline reads, there's no model for this. analysts say on its current path a potential senate trial for president trump could happen just weeks before the iowa caucuses. that would mean six candidates who are also u.s. senators could be sidelined from the campaign trail, required to be in washington every work day for at least a month. let's bring in former democratic congressman steve israel from new york. adrienne elrod is former hillary c...

We have originalists, we have other folks who interpret the constitution differently. that's exactly what we have with lawmakers now. but make no mistake, a lot of this is political too. they're listening to their constituents. they're worried about being primaried. they're worried if a republican takes a stand against donald trump that they might not be politically viable in their district. so there's definitely a political consideration here as well. if the president is shown to be unambiguously have done wrong by the american people, they might change their minds. but there are definitely p...

The year in advance of the election itself. >> chris, thanks for having me on. as aid yuan knows, onot just shaking hands and appearing at rallies fund-raising. you have to spend times raising dollars to fuel the campaign. there's no question that the impeachment process could fundamentally disrupt the schedule. so if i'm joe biden, i am sleeping on cots in des moines and cedar rapids and iowa city. if i'm one of those senators, i am pushing the other senators out of the way in order to get television time off the senate floor to make sure that i'm penetrating on every single tv screen through...

Re-elected which he's not allowed to do, and everyone will support it. the fact of the matter is the american people have to see the facts, they have to see this is like a political murder. that's what he's trying to do. he's abusing the power of his office to get re-elected. if the people get to see the witnesses, get to hear them, they get to trust or not trust their credibility and sincerity, that's what's going to make a difference. they will affect the members of congress. remember in watergate, when we first started, the senate started with a watergate committee. the republicans were com...