because most glaring of all was the fact that leader mcconnell's 30 minute partisan stem winder contained hardly a single defense of the president of the united states of america. almost none defended president trump because they can't. in the wake of an enormous amount of evidence uncovered by house investigators much of it in the form of testimony i top trump officials whom the administration tries to silence the republican leader could not rebut the accusations against the president with facts. the republican leader complained about the process anthropology and leader made many partisan and inflammatory accusations about democrats but. he did not advance an argument in defense of the president's conduct on the merits. that, in and of itself, is the damning reflection of the state of the president defense. our goal in the senate above all should be to conduct a fair and speedy trial. i have proposed a very reasonable structure that would do just that. for witnesses, only those with direct knowledge of the charges made by the house, only those who provide new relevant and potentially ill

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leader mcconnell's 30—minute, partisan stem—winder contained hardly a single defence of the president of the united states on the merits. almost none defended president trump, because they can't. amy mackinnon is our reporter with foreign policy magazine. good to talk to you. the democrats having pushed so hard and fast for impeachment, now they are trying to slow it down. what is going on here? this appears to be a very last—minute attempt by the democrats and nancy pelosi to try to retain a little bit of control of the process. what they are trying to do here is they are trying to get the most fair trial that they can before the senate before handing over the reins of the impeachment process to the chamber, so on sunday chuck schumer called for several senior white house officials to testify in the senate, he was battered down. that is the kind of thing they are going to be looking to secure here and holding these articles of impeachment back. is there any chance of a full trail in the senate with witnesses and documents? the president has been treating that he wa nts president ha

leader mcconnell's 30—minute, partisan stem—winder contained hardly a single defence of the president of the united states on the merits. almost none defended president trump, because they can't. julia manchester is a political reporter with the hill. she joins us now from washington. julia, thanks very much for your time. we are in a slightly curious situation now, aren't we, where the democrats, having pushed so hard and fast with impeachment are now trying to slow it down. explained to us what the tactics are here. so right now, unfortunately for democrats, they actually haven't been able to come to an agreement with republicans when it comes to deciding which witnesses to call and what documents they can essentially request, and how they can come to an agreement as to how that would happen. minority leader schumer and majority leader mcconnell did not come to an agreement as to how that would happen and we will not see that happen until after the holidays. that is definitely playing a role in this. however, senate democrats may try to slow this down because they want to try and ca

. >> the partisan stem winder contained hardly a single defense of the president of the united states on the merits. almost none defended president trump, because they can't. >> manu raju live from capitol hill for us. manu, an important day before and after, and you can see the tension. >> reporter: no question about it and the questions about how this will play out in the days to come. right now chuck schumer, the senate majority leader, is meeting with nancy pelosi behind closed doors. they're discussing their stra strategy. after that they will meet with mitch mcconnell. they'll discuss whether they can come to any sort of agreement on the rules of the trial. that's significant because what pelosi is signalling this morning is that that rule needs to be cut. before the d -- before the democrats send the rules over from the house. when i asked about the press conference and the immediate vote to impeach the president, i asked, is it possible you'll never send over those articles? she sidestepped the question and seemed to indicate she may never send over those articles until they g

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because most glaring of all was the fact that lead are mcconnell's 30-minute partisan stem winder contained hardly a single defense of the president of the united states on the merits. almost none defended president trump, because they can't. in the wake of an enormous amount of evidence uncovered by house investigators, much of it in the form of testimony by top trump officials whom the administration tried to silence, the republican leader could not rebut the accusations against the president with facts. the republican leader complained about the process. the republican leader made many partisan and inflammatory accusations about democrats, but he did not advance an argument in defense of the president's conduct on the merits. that in and of itself is a damning reflection of the state of the president's defense. our goal in the senate above all should be to conduct a fair and speedy trial. i have proposed a very reasonable structure that would do just that. four witnesses, only those with direct knowledge of the charges made by the house, only those who could provid new, relevant and pote

because most glaring of all, was the fact that leader mcconnell's 30-minute partisan stem winder, contained hardly a single defense of the president of the united states on the merits. almost none defended president trump. because they can't. in the wake of an enormous amount of evidence uncovered by house investigators, much in the form of testimony by top trump officials, whom the administration tried to silence, the republican leader could not rebut the accusations against the president with facts. the republican leader claimed -- the republican leader complained about the process. the republican leader made many partisan and inflammatory accusations about democrats, but he did not advance an argument in defense of the president's conduct on the merits. that in and of itself is a damming reflection of the state of the president's defense. our goal in the senate above all should be to conduct a fair and speedy trial. i have proposed a very reasonable structure that would do just that. four witnesses, only those with direct knowledge of the charges made by the house, only those who could p

because most glaring of all was the fact that leader mcconnell's 30-minute partisan stem winder contained hardly a single defense of the president of the united states on the merits. almost none defended president trump because they can't. in the wake of an enormous amount of evidence uncovered by house investigators, much of it in the form of testimony by top trump officials whom the administration tried to silence, the republican leader could not rebut the accusations against the president with facts. the republican leader complained about the process. the republican leader made many partisan and inflammatory accusations about democrats. but he did not advance an argument in defense of the president's conduct on the merits. that in and of itself is a damming reflection of the state of the president's defense. our goal in the senate above all should be to conduct a fair and speedy trial. i have proposed a very reasonable structure that would do just that. four witnesses, only those with direct knowledge of the charges made by the house, only those who could provide new relevant and poten

a negative, but tom is using as a positive >> i think it is absolutely a positive it's a huge tail winder. and i think you want to pay attention to what the plen millennials are doing, but not just the millennials, but gen "z." that's a totally different generation than the millennials. there's going to be these puts and takes to various different generati generations, but i definitely think you want to be there >> it's amazing, we're having this whole conversation. we've got a big presidential election next year how does that affect all of this >> well, it's going to keep it exciting, for sure, because as you know, there's very different policies depending on who wins and i think the election cycle means that the primaries in the first part, that's going to be something that keeps everyone on edge ultimately, i think it's going to be buying opportunities but, you know, it's going to be interesting. >> it can't all be perfect, guys come on! >> why not >> because we need is a wall of worry. and when we don't have a wall of worry, then i worry. >> good discussion, stephanie, tom, enjoy vaca

because most glaring of all was the fact that leader mcconnell's 30-minute partisan stem winder contained hardly a single defense of the president of the united states on the merits. almost none defended president trump because they can't. in the wake of an enormous amount of evidence uncovered by house investigators, much of it in the form of testimony by top trump officials whom the administration tried to silence, the republican leader could not rebut the accusations against the president with facts. the republican leader complained about the process. the republican leader made many partisan and inflammatory accusations about democrats. but he did not advance an argument in defense of the president's conduct on the merits. that in and of itself is a damning reflection of the state of the president's defense. our goal in the senate, above all, should be to conduct a fair and speedy trial. i have proposed a very reasonable structure that would do just that. four witnesses, only those with direct knowledge of the charges made by the house, only those who could provide new relevant and pot

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