mitt romney's local state newspaper "the salt lake tribune" published this. has at least tried to hold himself out as an impartial juror attempting to not prejudge the matter before the evidence is heard. influence he has to make sure the senate does indeed hear the evidence. we're back with david fromm and david corn. david corn, pressure like that on mitt romney and as nancy pelosi continues to withhold the articles of impeachment, that's the kind of pressure that could build. >> it could build. and i -- you know, always believe that if you bet on the republican hand wringers to not really come through that you'll make money whether it's susan collins or mitt romney, they're always concerned, lisa murkowski. we've got to get beyond expressions of concern. and i don't think -- mitch mcconnell has a pretty strong control of the senate. you're a veteran of the senate. you know how that works. i think the most effective thing mitt romney could be doing in that situation would be speaking out publicly. the more public attention brought to bear on this, that's th

there's also mitt romney. mitt romney, of course, just elected from the state of utah. has a different sort of stature than many of his republican colleagues in the senate. a lot of people think romney has more latitude in terms of breaking with trump on something this momentous. murkowski, romney. you look at that, that's two potential votes right there. who else is being talked about? these four names. you see these four names a lot when it comes to conviction or a question of the rules. collins from maine, gardner from colorado, mcsally from arizona, tillis. all four have to face the voters, collins in a state clinton won, gardner in a state clinton one, mcsally in a state that trump won but barely and tillis in a state that trump won but only by 3 1/2 points. all of them have to think long and hard about how this vote will resonate with general election voters. that's the leverage democrats think they have. when you see these four names mentioned and you see the general election mentioned with them, remember, there is something else that's on their minds as well. it

mitt romney is open to convicting president trump, is he serious? president trump invites a top russian official to the white house today. tru trumps they talked about election meddling and they say absolutely they did not. good evening. i'm erin burnett out front. the breaking news. we are learning that the judiciary committee will take up the articles of impeachment tomorrow night live, exactly 24 hours from now. the committee members will make opening statements on the two art i articles of impeachment, abuse of power and they will speak life tomorrow night and each will make their case to the nation and this coming after a historic day, democratic leaders standing before the american public to announce that president trump will become the fourth president to face impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors. according to the resolution, president trump abused the powers of the presidency by ignoring and injuring national security and other vital national interests to obtain an improper personal political benefit. he has also betrayed the nation

>> i was wrong, after years of defending the fbi russia probe, the former director james comey ood mitts mistakes were wrong. why wasn't he wrong before the investigation? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in the "situation room." admits mistakes. >>> we're following the partisan warfare as president trump is expected to be impeached by the house of representatives in less than 48 hours. tonight, both parties are already looking ahead to a senate trial. senate democrat chuck schumer says the senate needs to call relevant witnesses. mick mulvaney, former national security advisor john bolton and two others. the white house is dismissing schumer's request tonight with a familiar attack on democrats on what it calls "the impeachment sham." i will get reaction from chris murphy. analysts are also standing by. first to our senior international correspondent, alex. we're getting a piece of the dynamic moving from the house to the senate. >> what it looks like is still very much in the air when the ball is in mitch mcconnell's court. and chuck schumer is trying to get four senior trump officials on ukra

look, schumer is not exactly the most credible person to make that argument to a susan collins, mitt romney or cory gardner. schumer is in a tough spot. i would not want that job for anything. he has a minority. he's down four seats in the senate, where the majority calls the shots. he's being handed this incredibly hot potato by the house. he has to try to make the best of it. you'll see sub messaging on this. i think the house impeachment managers are really going to have to do a lot of this work, to the degree that you think that susan collins or cory gardner or mitt romney can be swayed. they're going to need to be swayed by evidence that's put in their face by the managers, not by democratic senators, who can be played up as the same political people they deal with every day. that's not to say that the impeachment managers aren't political. if you want to be consistent, if you're susan collins, who has been saying all along, i'm going to wait and look at the evidence when it comes over here. okay. so democrats need to make that evidence, directly br present it to senators who wi

mitt romney, here is a great example.he power to do whatever i want to do, that's actually -- that's what putin would say. that's what erdogan would say. >> i'm calling ann. >> why wouldn't mitt get up and say actually that's not only ignorant, it is dangerous and does violence to madisonian. >> how do you think mitt romney is going to vote in the senate? >> i think a vote to acquit. why? what does it profit a man if he loses his own soul. here is the thing about mitt, he has the world. >> he knows the difference between right and wrong. >> the thing i don't get with woody, can you imagine the power a former ambassador would have if he came home, gets fired, has a bank of microphones and says, i got fired because, fill in the blank, and start laughing at donald trump. hurts trump more than woody. woody goes back to coaching the jets, stops humiliating him. >> did i say coaching? >> he's owning. >> he could do the whole ted turner thing right now, he could coach them too. >> i would take a shot at the jets but i'm a giants

even mitt romney has said that. he stopped talking about this process early on because he said susan collins is another one. i don't want to discuss this because i'm a juror. well, we're getting to the point where the trial is about to start. we need hear from some of these people about what is important to them about what this process needs to look like to preserve -- this is a constitutional power that the senate has. they have to do something to preserve that that means. >> we have a little bit of sound from senator romney and senator cory gardner. so let me play this for you and you can attempt to read the tea leaves here. >> would you be okay with it, if it was a democrat asking a foreign government -- >> here's what we're doing. we jumped to a very partisan -- very partisan, serious use of a tool in the constitution. >> ultimately, we may well become a jury. and if that's the case, i think people want to make their own decision and not jump to any conclusions at this early stage. >> do you hear anything there

what does mitt romney have to lose?membered as being a guy that voted with mitch mcconnell to help have a scam trial in the senate? i think not. >> you know, i think you are absolutely right about this, joe. there's a political price to be paid for treating an impeachment trial in such a cavalier fashion. none of the conduct you are talking about would be tolerated in the criminal justice system. people would ask for judge and jurors to be prosecuted if there was that sort of complicity. we understand an impeachment trial is different. it is a hybrid that has both aspects of the criminal justice system but a political aspect. the senators sit as jurors who judge what facts the evidence proves, but they also get to make the rules, taking on part of the job that we typically assigned to a judge in a criminal trial. but with that said, the american people are pretty sofs dated about using trials as a truth telling, sort of an exercise. they will expect something here that looks like what they've come to expect in the crimi

where was mitt romney in 2012? i do not remember herman cain having a big warchest.yle: romney not only was the best fundraiser in the field, but crucially romney also had a powerful super pac that ended up playing this kind of game of whack-a-mole against newt gingrich and rick santorum and other candidates in other states. joe biden does not have as much money as some of his competitors , although joe biden has a super pac that is getting off the ground. for as unpopular as the idea of super pac's are among the democrats, who tend to be leery of outside money in politics and big money in politics, if joe biden's super pac can raise a fair amount of money, that would be an important weapon for him against other candidates who would be conventionally out raising him. david: how much is that fundraising tied to how he does in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina? at what point do people need to see him showing up numbers? kyle: that is the challenge. joe biden is not as strong with white voters as he is with african-american voters. iowa and new hampshire are lily whit

i am beyond the ability to address why mitt romney, the mitt romney in 2012 standing up in front of barack obama and saying russia is our main geopolitical adversary and being mocked on the debate stage by barack obama and democrats in campaign advertising. has now proven right about the importance of russia, about the se centrality of it, being beyond trump, being afraid of trump. his seat in utah is safe. he has nothing to fear other than some trump tweets. and, yet, the people i talk to on capitol hill still think it's a coin flip on whether mitt romney will vote to convict donald trump. it is amazing that we are in this place and having this conversation, but it is the conversation we are having. and neal says he finds it remarkable. i find it remarkable too. but republican behavior on this front has been remarkable every day that donald trump's been in office. we are now in a situation where what is going to happen? >> i guess -- but before it was about him being a miss ongist. >> yes. but it's been about trump and russia and the republicans have been willing to look the other way as

you have mitt romney who is sort of a category himself and you have the democratic side as well. joe mansion who is joe mansion. one thing to keep in mind is this is about the structure, and democrats are trying to get people to support their effort for witnesses and documents. and two, this idea that just because you are in a tough battle doesn't mean you're going to vote against the president. if you're someone like cory gardner, tom tillis or susan collins, voting to have the president removed is a clear shot. so the status is more important on this than they were on health care, and that's when we need to listen to people like lisa murkowski. is she tipping her hand or is she talking about the democratic process? >> what you said is so important, and i'm glad you said it, that we're talking about these votes when it comes to how a trial is structured. just to go a step further on that explanation, how a trial is structured means which witnesses will come forward, which witnesses will be allowed to testify or asked to testify, compelled to testify, potentially, will potentiall

my most likely is mitt romney. he has the longest run way to do this without immediate consequences. how likely do you think a mitt romney vote to convict and impeach would be? >> i don't think it's terribly likely. you have to get reelected to have a legacy. these senators know not only the approval that trump has within the party, but how intense that approval is. they don't hear that they like donald trump. they hear that they're not doing enough from donald trump. >> do you think someone like mitt romney is pretty safe in utah? >> in theory, sure. but the reality is when you get on the ground even in utah where trump isn't as popular as some other states, the intensity of the trump voter is massive. every time i go home to north korea, korea -- north carolina i would be surprised. it's the last thing they talk about and it's intense. >> your thoughts on romney. >> i think romney is a possibility because president trump is not as popular in utah as other places. i look at the vulnerable 2020 senate republicans.

i think mitt romney. >> he's the only one? >> he is the only one. and by the way -- >> why is he the only one? >> yeah. >> why is he the only one? because he is the least vulnerable of anybody. okay? he is not -- he does not come up until 2024. he is in his 70s. >> there are other senators of that profile. >> there are other senators who i think are retiring and there are some democrats who might be saying, hey, lamar alexander, what do you think about this? however, we have to be very careful about this. the reason democrats are bringing up people like susan collins and cory gardner is, yes, they are up for re-election. but they are bringing them up because they have to because they've gotten no indication from those who are politically not vulnerable, like lamar alexander who is retiring. >> are they trying to put public pressure on them as well by bringing up their names and saying, these people, these people, these people. voters in those areas, make sure you call their hotline. >> you're susan collins and you have to face the voters of maine an

and mitt romney on the republican side.nd keep a close eye on doug jones and joe manchin and kyrsten sinema. i think they have particular leadership, particularly those republican swing state senators. they have a lot to consider. they can't simply win their elections by maintaining their base. they have to actually win independents and moderate voters, in order to survive politically so they have to walk a very fine line here. as i say watch collins and murkowski, those two in particular, have been known to break from the party from time to time. >> ross, let's talk about the battle that's playing out in the court system as it relates to president trump. the d.c. circuit court of appeals set to hear arguments in both the cases related to the house's access to the mueller grand jury details, as well as dmn don mcgahn. how could that alter the cope of the impeachment process, ross? >> yeah, i think that's actually where the action is, i think that's what to focus on. i think it's unlikely that is going to affect this impeach

or when he called senator mitt romney a pompous ass who is, quote, so bad for republicans. and one of his most racist moments, telling representatives of color to go back to their countries, saying nancy pelosi would be happy to arrange their travel. i mean, it's so many and i didn't even use the ones he did on joy reed. it's on and on and on. >> or mine. >> i wasn't going to bring yours up. >> thank you. >> you noticed i didn't even put you on our list of the departed. >> thank you. >> i'm trying to be kind. it's my end of the year new year's. >> the one that i would include in there, again, because of the context, is calling the district of elijah cummings rat disgust trope. it's a disgusting racist trope part of trump tv programming every day which is albout how te places are dirty and infected. >> and the district is not at all that by the way. >> no. in fact, it has a higher median income than jim jordan's district. >> he has more bed bugs in the hotels. >> the thing about the tweets that i find fascinating in a broader sense is you will talk to republicans and they do

others on that list, folks are watching include maine's susan collins, utah's mitt romney. collins of course facing a tough re-election next year. so does colorado's cory gardener. worth remembering. they also have to get through republican primaries. president trump tried tokerry favor with collins this week, he endorsed her and quoted a tweet from senator lindsey graham saying, quote, she showed unbelievable courage in justice cav gnaw's confirmation adding i agree 100%. for her part murkowski said she has not discussed her plans with other senators. >> if it means that i am viewed as one who looks openly and critically at every issue in front of me rather than acting as a rubber stamp for my party or my president, i'm totally good with that. >> so richard, we talk about there's the question of ultimately who's going to vote how on convicting or acquitting president trump. there's also the immediate procedural question the senate would have to face at the beginning of a trial, how does the trial look? what are the rules? are there witnesses? which witnesses? take us throu

mitt romney has already said he has not decided one way or another whether or not he's going to acquit the president, whether or not he's going to fall in line with a republican process here, saying they want to move as quickly with this trial and move on. so there could be some pressure there placed on these republican senators. that doesn't mean, of course, we're going to see defecks. that of course is good politics to these moderate senator tuesday say i'm going to be an impartial juror because that is what they were saying, when eany reporter would go up their line was for a long time i can't comment because i'm a juror and it would be unfair. mich mcconnell went a step further and has essentially forced the republicans and his party to follow suit with the exception of course of these moderates. >> how much of this do you think is being driven by the white house? how much of it is being driven by mitch mcconnell because i get the sense and i've heard mark schwartz say this on the record the president would be open to witnesses. that's not something mcconnell has said publicly, so

it read senator mitt romney's mission, trial first, verdict afterwards. so maybe splitting the difference here. what do you think here, jennifer? >> yeah, i think that there is pressure on -- there are a few senators who are either exerting their own internal pressure and i think mitt romney is a perfect example of that, where he in announcing his decision to run for senate more than a year ago was talking about holding president trump accountable and has certainly still voted with -- since he's been in office since the beginning of this year, has voted with the president quite a lot. but he does seem to be somebody who really does want to have a fair trial process and to really perhaps consider the facts. senator murkowski is somebody else who has concerns about the process. and i would guess that there are more senators who have private concerns but in public want to be seen as very much aligned with the president. and then when you see the president continuing to go after speaker pelosi, tweeting the name of the whistle-blower, all of those kinds of th

bolivians can choose a permanent government but 2 has yet to be resolved john homan how does it or mitt screw city. a state of emergency has been declared in areas of northern peru's after strong floods and heavy rains lashed the region carson belongings have been swept away homes destroyed and boats cut off officials are assessing the damage and trying to find out how many people have been affected. india's capital has experienced as cold a state i'm temperature in more than a century the daily recorded 9.4 degrees celsius the lowest reading since 1901 hazardous levels of air pollution also lowered visibility in the city to just 200 meters. gunman blamed for an outbreak of fighting in the capital of the central african republic have been given 2 days to surrender by local people at least 40 people have been killed in bunky cheering days of fighting between market traders and armed groups the united nations has now sent more troops to the region messages reports from bonking. traders in the p.q. 5 neighborhood market called their losses and repealed while reconstruction work starts more

>> mitt romney. >> you expect that? >> i hope so. >> i do wonder about these speculations mean anything. we keep hoping for the republicans to do something interesting, and they're all in line. murkowski i could see showing some guts. at least one i think has guts. >> one thing you don't have to speculate is that 9 million or so americans voted for house democrats in the mid-term elections. they voted to put this check on donald trump. they understood he might be impeached for some of his activity, and this is the result. and when they vote for this on the house floor next time, that is majority of the american people, the people representing a majority -- republicans like to talk about coastal elites. a majority of the representatives of the american people are going to impeach him and recommend to the senate he be removed from office and not allowed to hold the office of public trust again. that is not a small thing. we see the reporting he feels humiliated by this. people don't feel humiliated if they feel they got r

bolivians can choose a permanent government but 2 has yet to be resolved john homan how does it or mitt screw city nicaragua has released $91.00 prisoners who rights groups say were jailed for anti-government activity the move follows a strengthening of u.s. sanctions against the government of president daniel ortega the koran says the prisoners were released as part of a special act to foster national reconciliation dozens of people have been jailed since a violent crackdown on anti-government protests last year. speculation is growing that north korea's leader is getting set to change strategy over stalled denuclearization talks kim jong un has given the u.s. until the end of the year as a come up with concessions to ease crippling sanctions observers will be watching closely when kim makes his traditional new year address the bride reports now from seoul as north korean leader kim jong un has been presiding over an important year and a meeting of the ruling workers' party speculation has been growing about the new way he might be considering in his nuclear standoff with the u.s. the

on whether this is an award that is an award for hope for potential for other things as well that mitt has done rather than just the peace deal with there are a. yeah i mean thank you to you and the guests and i think there's been some very important points raised by both my colleagues having gone through this process i think in terms of nelson mandela winning the peace award as well and looking at what the what the role was of mr mandela in terms of the negotiations between what was of a fragile if not brink of a internal civil war in south africa i think we have to recognize some of the achievements that he had made and i suspect that's the issue at and is the hope within which this award is being given with the intention that it can lead to better bigger and more kinds of of not just relative but more kind of sustainable levels of stability hoping that this would provide some kind of incentive obviously there are challenges to an award like this the expectation of receiving a such an award and the intention that this award would essentially bring about more than just a relative peac

but you may see mitt romney break away. maybe lisa murkowski but i think that is probably about it. >> jay caruso, you're clear for now. see you again in a little bit. >> thanks. >>> in an exclusive interview with axios, john bolton sounding the alarm on the administration's north korea policy. in fact, bolton criticized his former employer, telling axios news quote, the idea that we are somehow exerting maximum pressure on north korea is just unfortunately not true. and that the white house should take the unusual step of admitting that its policy failed. bolton's candid remarks come as north korea is threatening quote, a christmas gift which could be the country's first test of a long range nuclear missile according to the u.s. air force's top general in the asia-pacific region. >>> president trump and north korean leader kim jong-un have met three times since 2018 but so far failed to reach a deal on the reclusive country's nuclear program. >>> still ahead, a white house official is defending president trump, following b

bolivians can choose a permanent government that too has yet to be resolved john homan how does it or mitt screw city turkey's government says that it's fast tracking a new bill through parliament that would allow for the deployment of its troops to libya it's in response to a call for support by libya's un recognized government its forces are trying to stop a military offensive by warlord khalifa haftar has been trying to seize the capital since april turkey's government says the conflict threatens to interests al-shabaab has claimed responsibility for a truck bomb attack in the somali capital that killed at least 80 people a spokesman for the armed group says that saturday's attack targeted a convoy of somali and turkish forces the group has accused turkey of trying to control somalia fighters and regularly carried out bombings in their campaign to topple the government government blamed for an outbreak of fighting in the capital of the central african republic of been given 2 days to give up their weapons at least 40 people were killed in benghazi during days of fighting between market

you'll remember two months ago when mitt romney criticized the president and then president trump spent days on twitter slamming romney and calling him names. and this is a critical point here. president trump has been spending days touting party unity within republicans. he even talked about the impeachment house vote members at rallies. so any sort of crack in that gop wall is likely to not go over well. when it comes to president trump's impeachment trial, one senator giving the first seen that all republicans may not be ready to fall in line. senator lisa murkowski who could be a potential swing vote expressing her discomfort with mitch mcconnell's decision. >> there will be no difference between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this. >> in fairness, when i heard that, i was disturbed. i happen to think that that has further confused the process. >> reporter: murkowski's comments coming as mcconnell expects unity in his party to control rules in the upcoming trial. mcconnell is open to going straight to the senate floor without support from democratic le

you said mitch mcconnell you meant mit mitt o mitt romney of. >> mitt romney.doing with this letter asking house.e white >> so chuck schumer is the leader of the democrat sent a letter to mitch mcconnell saying we should have a fair here we should model that on the bipartisan approved procedures of the clinton emme. and we should hear from some of these witnesses. the white house sta ck mulvaney, the president's national security advisor john bolton people who are fact witnesses who got directions directly from the president andh did not appear before the subpoenas the houd issued.sist >> i understand lisa desjardins on the hill who new information for us.got some what's going on, lisa. >> reporter: well i have to give credit. we have a big team on the hill tonight for us anyway. we're all but scrappy. our excellent producer is at nancy pelosi's ne kefns right now and is telling me that the speaker has said she will not transmit the articles of impeachment tonight. she does plan on doing it at some point but notably the speaker did say in her press conference t

however, in 2012 we were asked to take a look at mitt romney why some democratic folks that i knew from my years in washington. the reason that asked us to do so because our specialty is business research and we had "wall street journal" backgrounds and mitt romney was a private equity tycoon, very complicated business career and it wasn't the sort of subject that an ordinary political research firm would be well equipped to do. that was our first big exposure to this area. it was not something we set out to pursue. it was an approach that was made to us. >> host: where you financially successful transfer the company is very successful, has done quite well over the years here i'm not mitt romney style well off but it's a nice living. >> host: what was operation bangor or project bangor? >> guest: project bangor was named for the city in maine. we name our projects using random categories. sometimes we need them for cities, sometimes we named neem for types of fish. the idea is just not have it sort of give up any clues as to what the is about. project bangor was initiated in october, se

it's not going to be a large number, but certainly, mitt romney has expressed significant misgivings.i, you've got some vulnerable republicans who at least, as they enter their re-election year -- susan collins, cory gardner, martha mcsally, thom tillis, even -- may want to demonstrate that they're taking seriously the broader set of concerns. and it only takes a few to side with the democrats to get rules crafted more to the democrats' liking. >> what about former vice president joe biden who said yesterday he wouldn't testify if subpoenaed. then he tweets attempting to clarify the remarks, writing in part "in my 40 years in public life, i've always complied with a lawful order, but i'm just not going to pretend that there's any legal basis for republican subpoenas for my testimony in the impeachment trial." what's your reaction to that, john? >> well, i think that's an indication that joe biden knows that he made a mistake by saying he would defy a subpoena. remember, the argument of democrats throughout this process has been we are standing up for the rule of law. and we have a law

and let's listen to what the president of cop 25 kind of nash mitt had to say in her closing remarks. course it is sad that we didn't reach a final agreement that we were this close. i appreciate all the effort and the long hours that we've invested trying to achieve it we were so close. but as many of you know today we have taken concrete steps forward with concrete resolutions that fill us with hope hope that we are now closer to establishing carbon market rules and. a base with ecological integrity that considers the needs of everyone the implementation we so desperately need and one that respects the different requirements of the countries. we have to move ahead faster and better. louise osborne has been covering the conference for us in madrid and she joins us for more hi louise can you explain to us what exactly has been decided and what has not. so what they basically decided was that they wanted to enhance the ambition to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in countries all over the world this was something that n.g.o.s and civil sorry civil society were quite happy about they wan

thousands of people gathered in rome to protest against the divisive rhetoric of far right leader mitt tayo salvini and his anti emigration league party the movement started just a month ago as a flash mob participants adopted the name sardines as they aim to fill public squares as tightly as the little fish tucked into tin cans. many say it's a youth led movement but people of all ages showed up in rome on saturday. there calling for more humanity and less racism in italian politics it's only been a month since the saudi movement was spawned but this weekend tens of thousands assembled from around the country they gathered in piazza sanjay vani a traditional rallying spot for leftwing demonstrations. that's what i want to sort of alluding to we certainly have values much closer to the left than to the right but i believe that at this stage with the supremacist populist front so powerful and impetuous a progressive front is much more necessary than the left front see stuff you could see was. that concern widespread support for this man material salvini right wing populist leader of the

mitt romney has not ruled out the possibility that he could side with democrats on this issue and that is something very important to watch, but i think the strategy here is to keep all eyes on mitch mcconnell, too. and this is causing some heartburn here and that is what nancy pelosi is handling right now. and also the fact that mitch mcconnell might have some defections. >> jonathan, put on your strategist hat for a moment and tell me what the democrats do here when they hear a sound bite like what we heard from lisa murkowski. do they try to reach across the aisle subtlely or do they pile on or say this is a crack and we have to pile on? >> the longer that mitch mcconnell can't gavel in and gavel out, the longer that republicans have to decide if they're okay with that. as much as he might be aligned with the white house in his strategy, he is more aligned with being majority leader and his members that are up this cycle. i think what democrats will do is let the republicans decide how they want to handle this and as they get pressure at home and more comments come out from republic

i promise you people like mitt romney and collins or gardener. that that letter that trump sent today was whack doodle. gibberish. ugly. it won't hold up well in history. you wonder if the senators are really going to be able to break out from the pack and make a statement during the senate trial. the problem is there maybe not be a trial. you can't have a trial without witnesses and hearing from people like bolton or mick mulvaney and others. it will be -- it will be a charade. and we'll see how it all plays out. today i thought the letter in particular was just sad. this comes from president of the united states. this kind of warped defiance. and the belittling of nancy pelosi in the way he did it. she was right to call it sick. >> i want to talk about this letter. trump sending this furious letter to the house speaker. it's clear he is worried about impeachment. that it will be a black spt on the record. he seems particularly threatened by powerful women. what did you make of the -- we have seen as it comes to nancy pelosi? did you see this le

mitt romney has been a little bit of a thorn in the side of the president.e thinks that donald trump has gone awry on his public rhetoric. >> bret: there's a lot of hope on the democratic side. here's a former white house national >> the fact that none of these people have come out and backed the majority leader shows that this is still alive issue. it has not been decided and they are all waiting to see, you know, how this plays out over the next couple of weeks. >> bret: is it a live issue? that's the real question paired >> we know how it played out in the house. even republicans that were retiring. they had nothing to lose. democrats were unable to peel them off. she is not up for reelection. she does have an independent streak. we sought with obamacare. i do wish she would stop using democratic talking points to make the argument that she is making. i mean, the fact of the matter here is that the house's job is done and this idea that they should have any say in how the senate conducts this trial just is not supported by what is written in black-and-whi

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seven moderate or retiring republicans are being targeted, including utah senator mitt romney, vocal critic of the president's. all ahead of the impeachment vote expected wednesday. judiciary committee which approved articles of impeachment issued their final report overnight, blasting the president for betraying the nation through abuse of power which democrats claim includes multiple federal crimes. >> this is a crime in progress against the constitution and democracy. >> he told mitch mcconnell he would be open to republicans calling their own witnesses that can testify about ukraine. that doesn't include hunter biden, schumer said. he said the younger biden would be a distraction. the two senators haven't met face to face. spokesperson for mcconnell says that will happen soon. >> thanks so much. we should note, senate majority leader mcconnell opposes witnesses now. if you go back to the clinton impeachment, here he is on larry king in 1999. >> there have been 15 impeachments in the history of the country, two cut short by resignations, the other 13 impeachments, there were witne

you would think mitt romney would have nothing to lose to stand up and put country over party. a number of people are calling on him to do that. he has never been an especially courageous figure. some of the right things. he may stop there. then you look at the senators who are up for reelection in states where they need democratic votes. maine, true in arizona, colorado. charlie cook who is a highly regarded political handicapper over the holidays said the senate is in play. i think he listed seven republican held seats that are now competitive. yearics going into this are going to be quite fascinating. pedro: with calls lined up for you. how often to publish at the? >> once a week or twice a week. website.u can find the our first call is from karen. she is in texas. republican line. good morning. caller: good morning. thes wanting to talk about prior topic but i will take this one. i don't think the impeachment process has been fair. on the democratic side. was raised democratic. i have tried looking at both sides of the issue. i really don't think the president has been trea

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even if you have people like cory gardner, lisa murkowski, senator collins and mitt romney deciding they want to be on the record voting against witnesses. they don't want to be on the record voting against the release of documents, that's still not 20 republicans coming out to impeach donald trump. mitch mcconnell realizes that. i think he's okay to make sure that vulnerable republicans protect themselves while the rest project unity. i don't think president trump will want to highlight those individual republicans who have sort of defected from the coalition. >> everyone, stand by. we have so much more to talk about. i'm going to ask you about u.s. cyber commands plans for dealing with russian meddling in 2020. a new report has some very interesting details in it. i'm leah and that's me long before i had moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis. i've always been the ringleader had a zest for life. flash forward, then ra kept me from the important things. and what my doctor said surprised me. she said my joint pain could mean permanent joint damage. and enbrel helps relieve joint pain, a

romneyyou advised mitt when he was running for president.s you look at the elections in 2020, how will impeachment figure in at all? lanhee: we spent a lot of time thinking about this now. by the time we get to next may or june, it will seem like a distant memory. that is the reality. impeachment is an example of the partisan polarization we face. democrats are not changing their minds, republicans are not changing their minds, independence do not know what to think about it. polling suggests impeachment is not a net positive for the democrats. i think this will be a noisy few months, but once we get past this, the lasting impact of impeachment is memo. -- is minimal. david: some democrats are changing their mind for who we -- for who they are backing as a presidential candidate. we are now seeing elizabeth warren trail off, and we are hearing that might be because of her medicare for all policy. can she back off of this? lanhee: sheet is drying. this is part of her -- she is trying. -- if trying to back off she wants medicare for all she wi

barack obama, if you remember in 2012, struggled with mitt romney.hat's the first time someone could really challenge him. >> this happens every time. every time a president, reagan, every time the president who is incumbent faces a challenger, they are not used to getting sassed from somebody. they always lose the first debate. >> yeah. it's times 100 with donald trump because he is the biggest egomaniac we have had in offense. it's like the normal president ego times 100. >> you are good at this. imagine somebody taken him down personally the way mitt romney did to obama. >> i think every democrat is capable in their own special way of doing that. >> you must be a progressive. >> each of the five leaders could do that. pete buttigieg, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, joe biden, even amy klobuchar. >> you are a real hallmark card, aren't you? you want them all to like you. you are a hallmark card. thank you. good work. up next, does it make sense to re-elect a president who has been impeached? kevin mccarthy variant. does it make sense to relebt a

that would be mitt romney, good luck with that. chances -- which no republican, republicans don't like mitt romney, they are in some other ecosystem. i would say that chances of joe biden picking a republican running mate are about as good as donald trump giving up his twitter. it ain't happening. >> kat: president trump and former president barack obama likely don't have much in common but they do share the top spot in a recent poll among americans. what honor both men received, up next. ♪ hurt, i felt gross. but then i started cosentyx and i haven't really had to think about it. real people with psoriasis... look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen... or if you've had a vaccine or plan to. serious allergic reactions may occur. ask your dermatologist about cosentyx.

. >> yes, republicans have a 53-47 advantage, but can you imagine mitt romney, for instance, voting yes, call my old friend to testify. >> i can't. these are procedural matters, and ross, is it a question whether mitch mcconnell makes that decision, or the senate republicans as a whole in the caucus make that decision? >> technically, it's the caucus, but mitch mcconnell will presumably control the caucus. as you know, it's not sort of a monolith and people, like mitt romney and some others, are going to have a very -- >> susan collins and cory gardner. >> exactly. >> blue state republicans running for reelection. we do have some new sound in from joe biden confronting a voter at a town hall in iowa when the voter brought up ukraine and his age. have a listen. >> we all know trump has been messing around in ukraine over the there, saying that they want to investigate you. he has no backbone, we know that. but you, on the other hand, sent your son over there to get a job and work for a gas company that he had no experience with gas or nothing in order to get access for the president. so

mitt romney, in particular, has been, you know, kind of the leading force against the president in somedal. and, you know, even with this theory about ukrainian meddling in the 2016 election, he's been one of the opponents point ought that, you know, intelligence does not tell us this happened. >> yeah. we know that democrats, republicans, as well, will be working through the weekend. we'll see if any more comes of that. good to have you. >>> turning to a storm hitting the west coast today. it's bringing new threats to a region still recovering from recent wild fires. there's concern heavy rain in northern california could cause mudslides. meantime, heavy snow is moving into the mountains. >> meteorologist ivan cabrera is tracking this. a lot of areas dealing with some rough weather, ivan. >> yeah. for the last couple of days, victor. good morning. good to see you. we have an area of low pressure just to the west of california. it's basically acting as a moisture conveyer belt, if you will. on the southern flank, all sorts of moisture will get pulled in resulting along in heavy rain alo

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>> i also think the wild card here is a guy named mitt romney.an collins is very vulnerable in maine and she's up for reelection. i think you'll have mitt romney have a difficult time personally looking at ukraine, given the comments he's made about foreign interference in our elections an obstruction of congress. it won't be 20 or as many as the number is needed, but i think u get your number and they will be very careful in the senate to say, can we really make this happen? >> just to speak to somebody like susan collins doesn't win either way on this in may with her vote coming up. i spoke to her last weekend. she's going to vote her conscious, see where it is. politically it will hurt her whichever way she votes. >> but if you're mitch mcconnell, you want to make that process as brief as humanly possible, and she's definitely interested in that as well. that's the sort of thing he's weighing here. >> i think you're right and basically what you're all saying, there won't be a majority of 61 votes to impeach the president of the united states,

for some, mitt romney or someone like that, it's about a legacy. for someone like cory gardner and susan collins, it's about the upcoming election. for senator murkowski, who knows what the motivation is. it's like herding these cats in all the same direction, and that's why i think he's interested in getting this done quickly with as little drama as possible. >> and some groups want to take advantage of this, a group opposing the president. >> key witnesses in the ukraine scandal must testify in the senate impeachment trial. these witnesses include rudy giuliani, mick mulvaney, mike pompeo and john bolton. call senator romney and tell him these witnesses must testify. >> do you think that will work, margaret? >> romney is a good one. if you're going to make a bet, maybe romney is a good guy to make a bet on. when you're talking about what could be brought into the senate trial, you talk about witnesses and documents as a batch, but they really are two different things, and the documents are much less volatile in terms of what could happen on the s