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Over the impeachment of president trump. house speaker nancy pelosi says she won't send the articles of impeachment to the senate until the two parties there agree on the rules for a trial. but if the articles are never sent over, does that mean the president was never actually impeached? in a moment we'll talk with marc short, chief of staff with vice president mike pence. we'll get the reaction from rich edson in florida. reporter: president trump taking a victory lap, even though days ago the house voted to impeach him. >> usa. >> addressing thousands of conservative students at a turning p...

That president posed such a grave danger to the globe we have to trample on the constitutional rights, not allow us to have any witnesses in front of the intelligence committee, not allows us to have counsel present or provide evidence in our own defense and we'll trample rights, to demand longer process in the senate with more witnesses. i don't know when they became concerned about due process after trampling over the president's rights but to your opening segment the president believes we're winning. he believes we won on taxes. the economy is booming. unemployment at record low. military s...

Of the house. it is equally clear, article 1, section 3 says this, the senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments. according to the founders, let me finish, according to the founders, what happens in the senate is none of you, the house, is none of your business. >> all people are doing making sure it's a fair trial. by the way, i read that very same part of the constitution. it doesn't say how quickly you have to move it from the house to the senate. i think that you're going to see it go sooner than quite frankly mitch mcconnell, maybe even like. i think he would like to never ...

Who just left. but what you do see in those polls is in those critical electoral states against impeachment. that is not good news news for e democrats. that is better news for the president. those polls stand in contrast to our own fox poll, this week washington post-had a poll, 50% generally nationally who support impeachment and removal. chris: seems to be difference between nationally and swig states. >> in those swing states a majority supported impeachment inquiry and majority, if you look at national polls, say we want, for example, witnesses and fair trial in the senate and finally, wh...

Claiming this testimony is so essential to this process, if it is that essential, why didn't they let it play out? >> because the president wouldn't allow it. he not only withheld witnesses he withheld evidence. chris: a good question. why didn't they do it. you folks can ruin your christmas. talk about it over christmas dinner. we have to take a break here. when we come back, as timing and scope of a senate trial remain in him boy, we'll discuss how it is playing in the key battleground states as we head into 2020. impeachment and the election.