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Access to the transcripts. they had access to about the seven who could ask questions. >> marie: there were dozens of republicans who have been part of this process we have seen this information. the democrats -- >> steve: they've seen the information. >> marie: we can talk about the political reasons why they did that but the bottom line is all the transcript will be out in the public and we are going to start having public hearings about all these questions. the process argument in two days or a week or two pro weeks will be there anymore for the republican side because all of this will be p...

Eight people in the administration that were concerned about the president's phone call with zelensky. and so now they're trying to figure out who were those eight people and did they speak out of the order to people that they really shouldn't? and can they go after them? so republicans are really kind of getting off of the process argument and finding what they can do next as democrats are nearing their next phase of impeachment. >> olivia, let's talk about some of these polls that we were ticking through. and we've got the nbc news wall street journal poll, 53% of americans saying they appro...

Not done to give equal rights to the minority and so on, is that enough, though, to defend the president? ultimately, they're going to come forward with articles of impeachment that claim a a, b, c. >> right. absolutely it's not enough. but it's essential not to move off of the process argument too quickly. people inside washington think that we've talked about this for a week or two so therefore it's over. the points particularly that kim made that the president's not allowed to be present in the process through his attorney, as was done for richard nixon and bill clinton, that the point that...

The more they're going to say, wait a second, what are you doing? often times people can't even cite what the reasons and justifications are for this impeachment. i don't know, something about joe biden? and then they shift back to issues. [laughter] it's true though. so much has happened behind closed doors though. ed: look at this other number, to your point about the behind closed doors aspect, 65% say it should be held out in the public, 33% say it's okay to be held in private. that's a low number. pete: why did nancy pelosi do an about face and announce they're going to vote op on it, bec...

President george w. bush. i want to get to this ad in a bit. first, how does the partisan nature of the house vote for an inquiry affect the politics of impeachment and the ability the to persuade the country? >> well, look, one of the three big considerations that i think voters are going to have when they ultimately judge members of the house and senate for voting on this was do they believe the process was bipartisan in nature. that was the critical nature in the nixon impeachment and because it was missing in in the clinton impeachment it was important there as well. at the end of the day,...