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Government apparatus to go through this process but if he does, that's how it's going to go, jim. >> that is fascinating. another viewer wants to know if governor cuomo fights the allegations against him. what do you think the defenses will be that he'll raise in all of this? we heard from the defense attorney a few moments ago. what do you think? >> we got a preview and then some yesterday from the defense team. first of all, they raised these political arguments. this is all some effort to get the governor. i'm not buying that. these are all democrats, essentially. governor cuomo was the one...

>> all right. so, some technical issues from the governor's legal team here. we'll get you to them as soon as they figure that out. erica hill, what we've heard from paul fishman thus far, this case of there not being basic fairness, a lot of this we didn't get a transcript, they have not released some of these details. we've got paula reid here as well. my apology for not introducing paula reid. your first take on what we've heard. >> luckily, too, paula reid's a recovering attorney so we get to tap into that legal mind. is this going to be compelling, right, to the average new yorker that th...

Conspiracy theory that all of these women are somehow lying, that tish james' office has an ax to grind. and you saw little threads there throughout of this big conspiracy theory, everybody's against governor cuomo. i thought it fell really flat, and i don't think it's going to work. >> elie, why would the new york attorney general withhold the full transcripts of the interviews in this investigation? why aren't we seeing more, and what is your view of the overall defense? >> yeah, pam. so the first takeaway is governor cuomo is not going without a fight here. there was some speculation will h...

Coming from someone like senator murkowski who is known to be fairly independent-minded? >> she's a bit of a wildcard. so it's hard to say. susan collins is probably the most vulnerable senate republican. and when chuck schumer, the democratic leader, came out with his demands on the process, she didn't go along with it. she said chuck schumer's play upset her. as long as he's able to keep people like susan collins, cory gardner, martha mcsally in arizona in check, i think he's okay. he has the process arguments in history on his side. all that mitch mcconnell was asking for is the same order ...

We're only four days away from the house passing impeachment proceedings. the house and senate are in recess. the president is at mar-a-lago. nothing is trying. the trial won't happen for several weeks. it's not unreasonable what the speaker is doing. she needs to appoint her impeachment managers, those are essentially prosecutors, and she wants to understand what kind of venue the prosecutors are going to be trying a case in. is it going to be fair? i find this whole thing a little laughable in the sebs of these process arguments. for months we've heard from trump and his allies, the process ...