it's the weekend with catherine mcmanus and alex blaine, good morning. >> good morning. i just wanted to bring up something i've never heard discussed. maybe i don't listen to enough tv. i don't think that theywill ever impeach president trump . i'll tell you why. because if they impeach him, he gets a trial in the senate . the senate controlled by republicans coming into the election cycle. he would get to call witnesses as any acute would do. can you imagine next june or july because mcconnell can drag it out, in bringing up obama and joe biden, nancy pelosi, having been under oath on television every night, having biden have to explain his dealings with china and his son, his dealings with ukraine, have obama answer questions, loc. never going to happen. nancy pelosi has not lost her mind andeverybody would think about this , i just want to go onrecord first , i'm tired of being right . >> kathy mcmanus timetable and you said so, the timetable e for impeachment in the house and potential senate trial. >> i can tell you house democrats are using the word expeditious mo

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catherine tilly mcmanus covers capitol hill for roll call.icy wise across the country if the, (202) 748-8001 line. --2) 748-8000, for democrats is the line for republicans. (202) 748-8000, for democrats. independent.2 for we mention postponing of the hearings last week. but just starting the week we read this story earlier that katie hill is resigning because of allegations of relationships with staffers. , itdeath of john conyers seems like leader pelosi has a lot of things added to her plate , in addition to those hearings. what is the fate of things like big-ticket legislation like usmca? katherine: speaker pelosi has made it a big priority to convey and press conferences and even after caucus meetings that those things are still happening, still on the table. as recently as last week she mentioned usmca as something they are working on with the path forward, hoping to find compromise on that deal and move forward with that. she has made a big point of leading every press conference, every speaking engagement, with other policies. she's tr

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involvement than has been taking place behind -- in the behind closed doors phase we are in. ,ost: catherine kelly mcmanusow did democrats respond to -- tully-mcmanus, how did democrats respond? they talked about the process in developing these procedures? guest: this is a very top-down process. even yesterday, within an hour before the document had been , most people, even democrats in the house even on the committees had not seen the resolution and could not speak to its contents. it was very clear these were being laid out from the house, democratic leadership, and the leaders of these committees and others were not involved in that process. that definitely was clear as members were so eager, along with reporters, to find out what would be included. host: there was initial talk when this process was revealed that thursday was supposed to be the day of the vote, what is the likelihood of that happening? guest: we are hearing very mixed things right now. most members i talked to yesterday said they were under the impression thursday was the expected date. said thatteny hoyer was not locked in yet. the re

host: catherine telling mcmanus -- katherine >> the chairs of the democratic exainl committee and the national republican campaign committee cheri buston and tom emmer take part in the impeachment inchoiry against president trump. the texas tribune hosted this hour long event. >> welcome all. i'm abby livingston. i'm the chair of the texas tribune and i'm delighted to welcome two of the most pivotal people in the american politics. they have the jobs that are not most well known. to my meet left i have cheri bus tos. >> hello. >> and i have congressman tom emmer and he's the chair of the national republican committee. it took me a while to understand the acronyms. they're not as well known as. >> n.c. chairman or d.n.c. chairman. but these are members of congress who have been elected by their colleagues to basically get the gavel whether that means protect it or take it. and so it is a difficult job. they manage millions of dollars. they decide who gets that money in ad spending and it can be a brutal process if your side is not doing well in the election year. i had one former chair

. >> we are joined here on "washington journal" by catherine mcmanus reports for role call. the committee is moving forward, the intelligence committee moving forward. what idea can you give us about the timeline for their investigation? how quickly do they want to move through this? want to move through this? guest: at least one subpoena has already been issued. demanding that secretary mike pompeo produce documents and witnesses that could illuminate more about the dealings with ukraine that were on the conference call with president trump. what all members were saying last week and into this weekend was that expeditiously was the word used over and over again. it is my sense that lawmakers, weather they have been for impeachment months and months or only came on board the last few days, they do not want this to drag on forever even though some people are talking about the election and what it would mean for that, they see if they make concise, clear actions moving forward consistently, that is the strategy they are hoping to take. there are more subpoenas expected this we

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