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In any case it's expected to be a procedural thing, a pro forma session. but this is an impeachment, so be on your toes. weird things happen. that's tomorrow. that's saturday. sunday -- we believe by midnight sunday night the house judiciary committee is expected to release its full report on the impeachment of president trump. technically, that's supposed to guide the floor vote that's going to happen on wednesday, but we also expect that to be a really substantive report including potentially this might be the place where the house ties the ukraine scandal to things in the mueller report and...

Senators are expected to gavel in for a brief pro forma session. the floor of the u.s. senate fairly empty, which was expected to begin at 10:00 this morning. it's now 10:12. we are still standing by and waiting about 21 minutes. we are hearing that it could be a while before this pro forma session will take place. >> for the record, c-span is a national treasure and i believe the pro forma session that has not started yet but is supposed to start at 9:30 will be addressed shortly. with important news we begin with a potentially big 2020 shakeup or an issues-related shift and a possible pivo...

You also reported this shutdown is going to last until 2019. what are you seeing on the hill this morning? >> morgan, i saw one of the shortest sessions of the united states congress that i've ever seen. the senate pro forma session lasted about 15 seconds. the house made them look lazy. their session took a couple minutes. then they were over. one lawmaker in each chamber gaveling in and out. no democrats present today. remember, republicans still control both chambers at least until thursday. and remember lawmakers had been told when they left town more than a week ago they would get 24 hour...

Cassidy, republican from louisiana, who appeared just a few hours ago on fox. >> it shouldn't be hard to get to where the president wants to be. democrats voted for $25 billion for border security earlier this year. in 2006, obama voted for border security. it's not as if this is a foreign concept. >> okay, we're still at the talking point stage here, obviously. senator cassidy is not a member of leadership, he's not directly involved in these negotiations. you mentioned the senate will be in 4:00 in washington. expect it to be very quick. it is not expected it to be pro forma session, but the...

Trump did what he is proned to do. he went after him on twitter saying he is retiriing his, quote, poll numbers tanked. you respondedying insult to a colleague, gop senators if they had guts and self-respect should reconvene after christmas. ask ryan to do the same in the house, and override if trump vetoes. explain this solution you're calling for and why. >> the legislative branch is an equal branch of government. senators and government don't have to roll over because the president has a fit. they are in pro forma session. they could reconvene on thursday. they were all fine with the cr the...