maria: nonsense, mark meadows. your reaction?'ve been covering this, trey gowdy, john ratcliffe, jim jordan and i knew the facts of this. we knew not only the third and fourth fisa application had problems with it, we also know there were real probable cause concerns with the first and second ones. so we haven't seen the end of this. why does it matter? it matters for this reason. adam schiff knew there were problems with that. he purposely went out and suggested that devin nunez was not correct with his analysis, just like he is purpose fully going out right now, spinning a narrative as it relates to ukrainian aid being held up for some nefarious purpose. it just didn't happen. maria: it is all connected, trey gowdy? >> yeah. four difficult times the united states government went and asked permission to surveil a presidential candidate. at least two of them they lacked the lowest level of evidence needed, the lowest level of evidence needed. this is not the search of some meth lab at a trailer park. it is surveilling a president

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>> sean: who would you like, mark meadows? >> if we don't get the whistle-blower, we need hunter biden because we know that he was involved in at least, at best, touting a resume that didn't deserve the job and then he got it because he was the vice president son. i see this all coming to a close hopefully on saturday. >> sean: louis. >> we need adam schiff's staff. >> sean: well said. thank you. these three guys, we need them. when we come back, oh, another confrontation. joe biden telling voters, don't vote for me. we've got it on tape. also, what does cnn fake news really think of we the people? well, i think we'll show you. pretty revealing, sick, kind of ugly to me. we'll let you decide. >> sean: it's no secret the media mob is almost always wrong. they hate donald trump and they hate everything he doesn't clearly they also hate everyone who supports him. just like irredeemable, deplorable, bitter americans that cling to their god, constitution, bibles and religion. i got the good of worse things. that was obama. here's t

. >> just before we came on the air we got a statement from mark meadows, the republican congressman from north carolina. he is working behind the scenes with the defense team here. he said the following. "we are talking about an unpublished manuscript that anonymous sources have seen and leaked at the 11th hour. just as democrats are losing the momentum. using this playbook before." i want to talk about momentum, because republicans, when they came out of the trial on saturday afternoon, they really thought they had momentum.

mark meadows. lawmakers will appeal to the fisa court to remove the official from the fbi's review.ere is sara carter. all right, so this is a guy, just to remind everybody, sarah, david chris. you know, he was the one in this particular case, who openly was criticizing the republicans like devin nunes will join us, and defended the fbi bureau's premeditated -- >> this is the question that everyone is asking, sean. this is what is stunning about this. david was appointed by the new fisa court judge to basically lead this oversight of the bureau. he is the same man, as you said, who both defended the fbi's surveillance of carter page and went directly after congressman, devin nunes, which was validated. he still defended the fbi. he played it down horwitz's report. he is going after devin nunes. he accused him of obstructing justice and says he should be charged. people are asking the very question that you asked. why was he appointed? senior republican lawmakers led by mark meadows are going to send a letter to the judge demanding that he be removed from this oversight. they actuall

mark meadows, the great state of north carolina. all right. i didn't do you justice, jim jordan. four things that never change. >> yeah. >> sean: can i add a fifth? there were five follow up meeting. >> key meetings in that 55 days that the aid was paused. key meetings never once linking aid to an investigation never come up. the facts are all on the president's side. no matter what the democrats do with this the spin, they are on the president's side. today as you pointed out, sean, we had to listen to adam schiff i think for over four hours. the same adam schiff who told us there is more than circumstantial evidence there was collusion. the same adam schiff the fisa process was just fine. the same adam schiff who said the nunes memo was adequate. the same adam schiff who did his false story the parody at the hearing right after this came out. and then the same adam schiff who mislead the american people yesterday, the politico story about the text message that mr. parnas had. this guy, we are now supposed to believe when he talks for four hours that he is telling us the truth?

but of course, there are a core group of house members, myself, jim jordan, mark meadows, i would sayee zeldin, matt ratcliff who have lived these facts day in and day out for two years. we can add a lot to the defense in terms of the context, the witnesses, and also, a really reflection of who the relevant jury is. i don't think that the united states senate is the only jury that matters. this is the case we make to the american electric into the world. we are the shining example of democracy in the world, if we allow the votes of tens of -- tens of millions of americans away from to see, that sends a message to the country. >> shannon: democrats speaking out saying a writer or group that claims to see unredacted emails involving officials saying the president gave direct orders to hold up this aid. the intel chairman adam schiff said this. they directly cooperate witnesses who testified that military aid was withheld at the direction of the president and that the white house was informed doing so may violate the law, chuck schumer says that his new evidence that raises questions i c

>> was that adam schiff or mark meadows in that clip? >> mark meadows. >> that's precisely the point that adam schiff was making. the backdrop is, if you turn on us, our party will turn on you. it's not about facts or logic. it's about raw power and the will to power within the republican party. >> you remember the faux outrage at the head on the pike comment and so on. let me ask you again because folks at home can be forgiven for being confused as to where the republican caucus stands on witnesses because after this information about bolton coming out, it really seemed like there was momentum there, but now they hear those arguments. they have lunch with mcconnell. tells them to take a breath here. where do those votes stand at this point, according to cnn's best canvassing of those swing voters on the hill? >> well, jim, it's really a fluid situation. and i'll tell you that republicans are bracing for what other surprises could lie ahead. i think that is a very smart, strategic decision for the party in the sense that, remember, they

congressman mark meadows still on deck tonight.t, live to the middle east to check in with reporter jordan. also ahead, the president's bold decision this week. you are watching a busy night. welcome back. we've been telling you, president trump taking to twitter tonight, threatening to hit iran very fast and very hard if any americans are attacked in the wake of the airstrike that took out iran's top general. kevin mccarthy joins me in just a moment to talk about all of us but first, fundament is with me live from tortoise georgia. >> one of a thing tonight, if iran might retaliate. it's not if they would do so in the next three days but sometime after that. it was at that funeral where you get a sense of the sentiment he stopped across the region. people in the crowd bang for blood. america is a great satan. his body is heading to iran tomorrow and they are calling for revenge. they posed a threat to the u.s. and plan to attack america throughout the region. the iraqi parliaments, tomorrow is the future of u.s. troops in iraq. th

joining us, mark meadows.ber of the president's legal team and also a member of the freedom caucus and great american. i want to start where we left off with mitt romney. what a fella he is. >> i can tell you what this is all about. obviously they are talking about this "new york times" article that came out last night. certainly the allegation that the president said something and directed john bolton to tie aid to political investigations. obviously that's been refuted by the white house. but more importantly it's refuted by the evidence. this leak-out is designed manipulate and influence republican senators who are sitting on the fence for witnesses. after they call for witness, we'll find out the man yo -- the manuscript doesn't say what it is reported to say. lou: are you saying john bolton is playing for the democrats? >> i am saying the deep state is playing for that. i have no factual basis for whether it was ambassador bolton's team or someone else. but this president will fight against the swamp. and

joining us, mark meadows. member of the president's legal team and also a member of the freedom caucus and great american. i want to start where we left off with mitt romney. what a fella he is. >> i can tell you what this is all about. obviously they are talking about this "new york times" article that came out last night. certainly the allegation that the president said something and directed john bolton to tie aid to political investigations. obviously that's been refuted by the white house. but more importantly it's refuted by the evidence. this leak-out is designed manipulate and influence republican senators who are sitting on the fence for witnesses. after they call for witness, we'll find out the man yo -- the manuscript doesn't say what it is reported to say. lou: are you saying john bolton is playing for the democrats? >> i am saying the deep state is playing for that. i have no factual basis for whether it was ambassador bolton's team or someone else. but this president will fight against the swamp.

this is also interesting for congressman mark meadows — sorry, representative mark meadows, who trumpng, the previous actions of general soleimani justify his death. anthony zurcher is in washington. before christmas we were talking about various issues to be sorted out before a date could be set, particularly around the rules of engagement, if you like. have they been sorted out? know, there have perhaps been some negotiations but no final agreement reached between democrats and republicans in congress. the big debate that democrats wanted was guarantees that people could be called, witnesses could be called to testify during the senate impeachment trial. and there's been no agreement to that. democrats would love to see someone likejohn bolton democrats would love to see someone like john bolton be democrats would love to see someone likejohn bolton be called into testify because they believe he might have some interesting information to share. but mitch mcconnell, the senate republican leader, today announced that he has sufficient republican votes in the senate to set the rules ho

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north carolina congressman mark meadows claiming one of his freedom caucus colleagues in an upcoming impeachment trial. joining us live republican congressman matt gates serves on the armed services committee here with instant analysis on several things but first the death of one of the most powerful iranian military commanders, your initial thoughts. >> i'm no cheerleader for war with iran, the president has shown amazing restraint when it comes to iran. they people who want to the president to respond aggressively, militarily when iran shot down a drone or a were engaged in activity in the strait of hormuz but the president was clear if there was harm to americans he would respond not with proportioned response but with overwhelming force and that is what we have seen occur here. i support the president's decision. qasem soleimani was one of the leading destabilizing forces in the middle east and the architect of the genocidal strategy in syria. i believe the world will be better place without qasem soleimani. >> we gotten a tweet from one of your colleagues across the aisle, congr

joining me now is congressman mark meadows. i want to start with nancy pelosi now admits she without the articles from going to the senate to force republicans to call witnesses and now the ball is in their part to do it or pay a price. anything about one predict. >> i think the narrative continues to change with nancy pelosi. maybe she was waiting for all those impeachment bends to arrive on special order. more importantly than that, she was serious about calling witnesses, and what in she said. the very witnesses that she is talking about bringing forth in the senate. she actually withdrew the subpoenas. she's not serious about the judgment but we do know is this going to go to the senate and it should be dismissed. one of the things we are hearing is this. we are hearing that josh la is making an announcement that he believes that there should be an amendment to dismiss. the main way they make sure that this does not become a surrogate, is to have that not only at the beginning of this trial, but throughout the process becau

and mark meadows seems to think it's a plot to convince republicans to open up the trial to witnesses. >> this was designed for one purpose only, to try to manipulate the thinking of my republican colleagues in the senate to open it up and provide for more witnesses. >> roger wicker thinks it doesn't matter what bolton says. and bolton says the president told him he was withholding aid to force ukraine to announce an investigation of the bidens. but senator wicker thinks that's not grounds for impeachment. >> i basically think in agreement with the very scholarly approach that mr. dershowitz gave, there's no article there that is grounds for impeachment or removal. >> speaking of alan dershowitz, it wasn't that long ago that he was speaking of then-candidate trump corrupt. >> you compare that to what trump was doing with trump university, so many other things. there's no comparison between who has engaged in more corruption, and who is more likely to continue that if elected president of the united states. >> well, that was 2016. how things have changed. one thing that hasn't changed

mark meadows is upset about it. devin nunez is upset about this.usive, abusing the fisa court to spy on carter page. your reaction to this story? >> i certainly understand why mr. nunes and mr. meadows are so concerned because you're right about the position mr. kris took. he took it vocally and more broadly, it raises a question of whether or not the fisa court is tone deaf? you know, why would they possibly appoint someone this type of record to look into these issues? it does not make any sense to me at all. liz: devin nunes is saying like the fisa court wants to abolish itself. sam, great to see you. come back soon. liz: thank you very much for having me. same here. we love having you on. next we'll ask texas attorney general ken paxton on the breaking news, house judiciary democrats, now want to probe the trump administration's remain in mexico policy for central americans seeking asylum. remember canada and europe have the same type of policies that debate coming up. it'll ruin your house. so get allstate and be better protected from mayhem,

i need to say earlier in the show we showed a congressman of mark meadows. a congressman not a senator. i want to bring in my a team. alice stewart. john done, laura coates and frank bruni. this is not an impeachable -- what is? >> that's the question one of the scholars had. what is? it's something that would be abcs they talk about. abuse of power o. betrayal of a nation. corruption of office in an election. you have to meet the korcriteri. enough to show the prerogative of the senate wants to acquit or convict. >> another one said this is problematic. the actions of the president but at the same time not worthy of impeachment. this might be one action the democrats want to take because they're mad at the president. this is not grounds for impeachment. they're conflicting constitutional arguments on this. we heard them today. republicans say all you need in this instance is constitution and common sense. democrats are saying the same thing. >> i still don't know. what is impeachable if this isn't i don't know what is. i want to ask you. you have seen the r

what you leave out certain facts you start losing the american people and the reality is just as mark meadows just that i want you to focus on one thing, to not get distracted by the shiny objects i think we need witnesses or new manuscript anything else. don't lose sight of the fact that the facts have changed. the facts are that the president and mr. linsky said there was no pressure. there was no conditionality they got the aid. the aspect of what were at before september 30, the ukrainian people know the president had their factor when we start looking at this case, we start understand that this is a rehash of simply a political impeachment that were started in the house and a continuing in the senate and the president steen is doing a great job document. my concern is where does this leave us? how we sold lowered the bar for political disagreement among staff when the president makes decision to become the bar for impeachment? that's wrong and the democrats have made the case. american people -- they have failed. i now turn it over. >> debbie lesko from arizona. you know, this is the bot

i do think that's why he landed on dershowitz and not the jim jordans and mark meadows. >> just to make sure i understand it, you're saying because of the people he has picked, the mindset that he did something wrong but it's not an impeachable offense legally speaking? >> yes, but we know donald trump is not going to allow the clinton argue, that it was wrong but not impeachable. the attorneys are going to make the case it not constitutionally impeachable. you'll see a different narrative than in the house. >> senator nelson, are we about to relive what we saw in '99 from this legal team, that the president may have done something wrong but it's not impeachable, not criminal? >> no, you're not going to relive 1999. kba garrett pointed out instead of going to hard bore defense attorneys, the team has gone to more television personalities. in essence, the entire trial in the senate is -- it's a political process. and i think that's what their calculation is, that they are going to these television personality defense attorneys and i think they're going to try to put the case out there an

democrat house managers just wrapped up their case and trump impeachment lawyer, congressman mark meadowssenator david perdue are all here to break it all down. plus 2020 democratic candidate tulsi gabbard is here to talk about her parties russia obsession and her present impeachment vote, and we have part three of our investigation into a 2016 white house meeting that involves obama officials and ukrainian prosecutors. we've spoken to one of the ukrainians now who was in that meeting. what he told us will be later on in the show. but first, despite what many in the public might think, democrats keep telling us that their case against president president trump isn't complicated at all, it's simple like basic math. >> there is no doubt that's obstruction, plain and simple. >> that is a quid pro quo, as clear as two plus two equals four. >> this is very simple. >> a conclusion as simple as two plus two equals 42. >> laura: this is nursery school. adam schiff may need to go back to primary school because what the democrats told us in their closing arguments today doesn't really add up. first

if you saw the house republicans and how they responded, devin nunes and mark meadows, then you understand mike pompeo. he was a member of the house and very much in keeping with that style. the reason they're not talking about the facts in impeachment and i spent all week sitting in the senate gallery listening to it, because the facts are not on their side. the facts are -- >> i want to hear more about that experience in the gallery after a quick break here. coming up we have exclusive data showing how many people are watching trump's trial and see how fox news is reshaping, distorting the historic process. a story you won't hear anywhere else, next. have you ever wondered what the motorcade driver drives, when they're not in the motorcade? ♪ [ car engine revving ] this one drives a volkswagen passat. breathe freely fast, with vicks sinex. my congestion's gone. i can breathe again! ahhhh i can breathe again! ughh.. vicks sinex, breathe on i thought i was managing my moderate to severe crohn's disease. then i realized something was missing... me. my symptoms were keeping me from being the

mark meadows says there is still a debate going on over that. is the legal team, the attorneys who are going to be presenting this. that is the white house counsel, two more deputies in the white house counsel's office. but the question is are they going to add any more attorneys as this process going on. our sources are telling us in the coming days they may decide to add as they go along saying it wouldn't be unusual because they think bill clinton did something similar. that's a big question, are they going to add another attorney to the mix. >> all right. thank you very much kaitlan from the white house tonight. >>> out front now maggie haberman, tim, director of the nixon library, and john dean. you heard lev parnas, he says the biggest thing that's inaccurate is that the president didn't know what was going on. president trump knew exactly what was going on, he was aware of all my movements. how significant is this? he directly, by the way, says president trump lied when he says he did not know lev parnas. >> it's very significant if he ca

and we have heard about mark meadows and we have heard about other house members. one thing that mitch mcconnell has made clear is that he doesn't want this to be a circus. he feels that if he has his way there will not be house republicans over there. we will see who wins that one. >> and donald trump wants his people, right, the folks that he saw in the house process, and people like jim jordan and mark meadows as well, and as you said mitch mcconnell likely feels differently. >> once it leaves the house of representatives, dana, this two articles of impeachment, and how they are delivered whether it is an hour from now or nancy pelosi the speaker is now walking in. you can see her with adam schiff and some other members who are going to be signing the two articles of impeachment, and you can see jerry nadler in the middle as well. but once these articles are delivered to the senate, then it is no longer a matter of the house of representatives, but it is a matter of the republican majority in the senate meaning mitch mcconnell. >> that is jamie has been saying s

i have a good source who told me, in fact, the preside's house advisers-- mark meadows,do jim jordan, group who sort of led the efforts in the house with him-- have been consultingu with republic senators in groups on what these questions should be. they have beenld strategizing ag trying to form knd of a litigation strategy, full. now, separately, i spo to mark meadows, and i asked him, "do, you think senators have enough questions for tw days ofhis?"i and he said, "yes, i do." >> woodruff: interesting.er sve lisa, g us a sense-- you know, you mentioned witnesses. where art we wit this witness decision, the decision ofo whether they're going to ben called, whether they'rehe are going to be document? >> theret are j a few indecided senators and they will determine whether witnesses are call nw ort.. and attendant we want to look especially at two of those senators. senator rob portman o ofo, and, also, senator lamar alexander of tennessee. they have not announced a position yet. and behind closed doors, theyrs are seen as setors who thuld go eou way. now, on the other hand, we can als

mark meadows, and jim jordan, of course freedom caucus leaders, people like elise stefanik who playedcommittee investigation. these are people president trump feels comfortable with. he likes their messaging on tv. and so these republicans, i think, are not going to have necessarily, they're not going to be able to argue the case on the senate floor. they're not going to have speaking roles. but what they will have is an ability to go on cable news and to amplify the president's defense team's message on tv, talk to reporters in the capital and really get his message out and make the case for his defense to the press. >> i wonder if matt geotz is upset he didn't get the call. he's one of the president's biggest defenders. let's turn to a moment to the trial itself and the brief that was filed by president trump's legal team. i believe it was like a hundred plus pages. what do you make of your argument that trump did quote doing nothing wrong being the corner stone of their approach that they fail to deny some of the specific claims against him? >> yeah, i think because there has been

i want to go back to capitol hill, because standing by for us is republican congressman mark meadows of north carolina. a member of the foreign affairs committee. thank you very much for being with us this morning. >> great to be with you. >> have you spoken with the president so far about this military strike, either before or after it happened? >> well, i spoke to the president this morning. obviously as we look at the news, that it's breaking, and he is very resolve. he's not going to allow american interests to be attacked, and we're not just talking about the embassy here. we're talking about a key iranian official that was planning other terrorist attacks and he's just not going to stand by and allow american interests to be in harm's way. and these were imminent attacks. we had intelligence that would suggest that. so the president took a decisive action. he took the right action. and candidly, it's one that will save american lives. >> congressman, you described the president's mood or attitude this morning as resolved and i'm curious if it came up in our conversation, why th

joining me now is congressman mark meadows, a member of trump's defense team. congressmen, house impeachment team looked really desperate today, as you and i were sitting here, just preparing to go on the air, adam schiff was making up another conversation. he made up the transcript, he made up a conversation that the president had behind closed doors with vladimir putin. you can't make this up, but it just happened. >> it did just happen. he knows he's not going to enact this trial, so he is hoping he wins an academy award, because he is putting on the most unbelievable show tonight. the problem is, it's not based on facts. and we continue to see his hypocrisy each and every hour, and it gets more and more passionate as the evening wears on. and it's a sad day for the house democrats, but it's a saturday for america, to put our country through this and to put the president through it, shame on them. >> laura: white house attorney, the energizer bunny, otherwise known as pat philbin, swatted down claims that acquittal will strip congress of any of its oversight

. >> mark meadows from the house side, just the latest person we see walking down the hall. mike schmidt, you spent a lot of ink writing about don mcgahn when he was white house counsel. there is a new quarterback, mr. cipollone. these are all his signals. these are all his handpicked team members, do we think? >> yeah. and it would have been interesting to see how mcgahn would have confronted this type of situation. i don't think that mcgahn would have made the mistake today of sort of falling into the thing that cipollone did in terms of characterizing things that had gotten out in the house investigations that didn't. but a broader point here. we're coming to the end of this first day, and we're waiting on an amendment related to bolton. and to me, it seems sort of fitting because bolton is going to loom over this thing throughout, and here we are at the last day waiting on something, you know, to come up about him. and until we really get clarity on that, i don't think we'll have much idea about what this all really means and whether there is the pressure that can be bui

>> well, i had good relations with many republicans, people like mark meadows, matt gaetz, jim jordan, some of the president's closest allies, and i will continue to reach out. the challenge that we aren't focused on the things that would bring us together. we should have an infrastructure built. that's not that controversial. we should do something to lower the cost of prescription drugs. we should get out of these bad wars. the problem -- and i don't want to lay all the blame on the president. but the problem is the president has chosen not to lead on those issues where you could have common ground and has chosen to lead for his base. and it's very hard for a country to come together when you have such a polarizing president. >> final thoughts here, if there's no impeachment which it doesn't appear to be, will this all backfire for the democrats if president wins re-election in november. we talk about 2020. that's this year. that's now. >> i don't think this backfires for democrats. it would backfire for this country if this president after all of this is reelected and eight years o

. >> now we have congressman mark meadows and it is not president trump's responsibility to provide unlimited witnesses until democrats are satisfied he is innocent they have made it clear they will never believe he is innocent mccuster republican line go ahead. >>caller: thank you for adam schiff's closing remarks is unfortunately correct. now in the populace the mindless group thinking indoctrination that irrational fear of globalism mostly incoherent insults to be devoid of an argument and the silence of their dissenters and with the factual articles then they fight against people for no reason. is like that to militate against goldstein in 1884 but these people make arbitrary group jokes and the way he looks i know right now he is rolling in his grave. these people are uneducated as no surprise for minorities they don't understand how racist they are. and then we would all be reduced to animals mccuster have you ever been a supporter president trump? you called on the republican line. >>caller: i was in the past but then i woke up. >> democratic line go ahead. >>caller: i am ashamed to be

mark meadows, john ratcliffe, elise stefanik and lee zeldin.publicans to break ranks. highly unlikely but we will be watching it all from our perch right here. for now back to you. steve: all right. kevin corke live in statuary hall where it's a little noisy. thank you very much. ainsley: let's bring in newt gingrich, former speaker of the house. fox news contributor and he writes a newsletter available at newt gingrich 360.com goorgets, good morning. ainsley: the legal briefs are out. what are they called the house managers oh the democrats and then trump's team. so president trump's legal. >> the president's team. ainsley: that's right. his team says the articles themselves and the rigged process that brought them here are brazenly political act by house democrats that must be rejected. the democratic house legal brief says the opposite. president trump is engaged in the trifecta of constitutional misconducted. warranting removal. he is the framer's worst nightmare come to life. what do you think about these? >> sure. i think doug collins in

i think mark meadows will find a way he will be serving in some exam cit capacity?not really. how about it's the foundation of what president trump was after. believing in 2016 the obama administration did everything they could to destroy his administration's first few years. former investigation hence what he thought was unsavory behavior coming out of ukraine. hence, how the heck did hunter biden get a job like that. he was not qualified for. which leads them to the biden trail to call witnesses should they vote for witnesses. joe biden was asked: what about you, joe, would you go? >> the reason why i would not make the deal, the bottom line is, this is a constitutional issue. and we're not going to turn it into a farce into some kind of political theater. they are trying to turn it into political theater. i want no part of being any part of that. brian: he needs another camera on that shoot next time. ainsley: there is his back. steve: constitutional issue. the reason they were asked about that yesterday is the fact that the "the washington post" yesterday mornin

key members of the president's defense team, congressman john ratcliffe, doug collins, mark meadows makening. we'll hear from the president himself as he spoke to leading business heads and heads of state in

supporters of the president from capitol hill senator ted cruz congressman kevin kevin mccarthy mark meadows as well as steve schoolies these are congressmen that have been strong supporters of president trump particularly as this impeachment trial has been under way and there's been a lot of talk about all of that in the timing of this that this is potentially helpful to president trump to have this being disseminated now to detract from the final days of legal arguments by his lawyers on capitol hill and of course there's also been the argument this is beneficial for the israeli leader given the corruption charges that he's facing in terms of the broader audience though we know there are several rows of guests that are set up in that room but it's very unusual what's happening right now given the fact this was really initially billed as joint remarks but once again what the latest we're getting from our producer inside that diplomatic room is just one podium being set up to unveil this plan kimberly as we wait for the president to appear in that diplomatic room and speak we're going to lea

we have not seen him on camera with the usual group of jim jordan and mark meadows. doug collins is prepping for his run against senator loeffler. the other member of that team we haven't seen much on camera is debbie lesko from arizona. finally, the story is out. senator collins announcing this morning he is going to run. >> some indications yesterday, but that out today. it looks like president trump and the trump family is going to be a key part of that race. you heard senator loeffler specifically bring up the president, but also in ivanka trump, noting her meeting with the president's daughter. host: appreciate that, ohn. we'll hear from al in detroit, thanks for waiting. go ahead. caller: do people understand that trump is on trial for trying to undermine our voting system?

republican congressman jim jordan and congressman mark meadows have been at the forefront in defendinghe president from the radical dimms and their impeachment gambit. they join us here tonight. i want to chart with -- i want to start with the spectacle of the vote tomorrow on sending the articles of impeachment. one wonders why there would be any question. >> the facts are on the president's side. they don't have the facts. they have a process that's unfair. no due process for the president and his team. you hold the articles for two weeks. then say we want only democrat witnesses to be called? talk about ridiculous. i think the american people see delight. they understand the facts have always been on the president's side. if it's good for the goose, it's good for the gander. let's hear from the whistleblower and hunter bind as well. lou: are the republicans in the senate prepared for what surely will be one hell of a fight? >> it will be a fight and it won't be a fair fight. give us more witnesses. why do they need more witnesses? they don't have a good case now. we have been in the

oversight committee a year and a half ago in front of congressman john radcliffe and congressman mark meadows or of a certain elements have come out recently in my book or in headlines this investigation is much different than the horowitz reports and the miller report this delves into the involvement of the cia and foreign governments in their interference and spying on americans associated to a presidential campaign it's a very sensitive matter you have u.s. allies caught up in this the president himself has called out the u.k. and australia for spying he has tweeted this and this is what john durham is looking into your book called the state target how i got caught in the crossroads of the plot to bring down president drone. again i ask you ever regret in the this . will the one thing i do regret is talking to the f.b.i. without in the tourney in the united bed movie in hindsight of hindsight of course is 2020 but when you're just leaving the inauguration as i was having meetings with ryan's priebus and anthony scare me looking to see what position i'd have in the administration and the f.