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The impeachment matter. the house considering a resolution to formalize the inquiry which essentially sets the ground rules for the investigation and what we might expect to play out over the next month or two or beyond. new hour starts now. bill hemmer live in new york. day of history as we watch it unfold together. welcome back. >> julie: i'm julie banderas in for sandra smith. lawmakers in the house right now taking up the measure that sets up the next steps in the impeachment effort. the measure calls for public hearings and the release of transcript from closed-door proceedings and outlin...

For a moment, is it that this is something who was on the call, right, when we're talking about tim morrison, someone with firsthand knowledge. and so, out the window, potentially, goes this charge of, well, this is hearsay, it doesn't really matter. >> yeah, that's exactly it, absolutely. we've seen so often, and this is what max kind of referenced earlier, is you know, shifting excuses for explaining away why the president did this or didn't do that or whatever might have been wrong, might not have been wrong, there's always a shifting excuse. if you have somebody directly saying, i was on t...

Process moves forward. >> ken, do we know whether she knew the whistleblower's identity? >> that is not 100% clear, but because the whistleblower went to her through a colleague. but once it became clear, certain identifying facts about this whistleblower, what his expertise was, where he had worked, there are not a large number of people that fit that description. and so it's fairly easy, i think, for white house officials at this point to determine at least a short list of suspects, mike. >> all right. ken dilanian, thank you very much. we'll be back to this story shortly. still ahead, we ...

Israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been given the first chance to try to form a government after a chance to negotiate with his rival failed. >> it will be fascinating for but avoiding a coalition and another election will be impossible to navigate. oren leibermann joins us from jerusalem this morning. oren? >> reporter: there is certain uncertainty, as the process moves forward. but it was benjamin netanyahu who was given a chance to form a government. even though he doesn't have the

Chalyan. >> great to be here. >> we often hear observers say don't bet against nancy pelosi. she knows what she's doing. democrats say if she wants to slow roll the impeachment process she must know something. >> listen, she lived through an experience that's informing her from '98. nancy pelosi has proven to be a savvy strategist of how to deal with the democratic caucus in the house. that's her base of power. here is the one thing i wonder. are we overlearning lessons in some way? is it not possible that this is a dynamic process and public opinion may change here as the process moves forwar...