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Of impeachment over to the senate and how long is she willing to, and prepared to wait? >> so i don't know what the time frame will be but i would like to remind people that when president clinton was impeached, he was impeached on december 19th, and managers were not appointed until january 6th. congress doesn't return until january 6th, was referred to by marc short earlier. there were two resolutions at the time. one was a resolution to proceed that was passed by 100-0, and there was a second resolution about who the witnesses would be. chris: but there were no witnesses, talking about in t...

Impeachment is the sole purview 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....

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...

We must not delay. >> could we find a more perfect description of the present danger emminuteing from 1600 pennsylvania avenue? chris: if president trump is such a threat, this case is so urgent, why not send impeachment to the senate right away? >> first of all, did you think the united states senate would start the trial before january 6th. you have no idea what would happen in the next few weeks as leaders are trying to negotiate what would happen. as i remind you, republican impeachment with president bill clinton the managers were not appointed until january 6th. i hope leaders will conti...

Chris: and, one of the democratic witnesses before house judiciary, harvard law professor, noah feldstein says, look if you don't turn over, if you don't send impeachment to the senate, the president is never actually impeached. isn't this almost definition of a empty threat? >> i don't think it's a empty threat. i don't like the words threat this is about our democracy. what we're trying to do is make sure there is a fair trial. when senator mcconnell, you're supposed to be, you're a juror, you're supposed to go in with an open mind analysten to the facts. there are more facts to be gathered....