back to pam bondi. the job of going after joe biden and his son hunter fell to the former florida attorney general. let's listen to her case. >> when the house managers gave you their presentation, when they submitted their brief, they repeatedly referenced hunter biden and burisma. when the house managers gave you their presentation when they submitted smir brief, they repeatedly referenced hunter biden and burisma. they spoke to you for over 21 hours and they referenced biden or burisma over 400 times. and when they gave these presentations, they said there was nothing, nothing to see. it was a sham. this is fiction. the reason they needed to do that is because they are here saying that the president must be impeached and removed from office for raising a concern, and that's why we have to talk about this today. hunter biden had no experience in natural gas. no experience in the energy sector. no experience with ukrainian regulatory affairs, as far as we know he doesn't speak ukrainian. so naturally,

pam bondi saying wait a second. that is flat-out wrong. pam bondi moments ago in the senate, that the democrats are misleading voters that obama's state department, the uk office of serious fraud and more felt that the biden's conflict of interests in ukraine were serious issue. we're on breaking news mode right now. edward lawrence on capitol hill with more. edward? reporter: late today the defense team for the president's, the lawyers unloaded on the bidens, specifically former vice president joe biden and his son hunter biden but specifically with the former vice president. laid out the case how he says he withheld one billion dollars worth of aid from ukraine unless a prosecutor was fired. that prosecutor happened to be looking into the company involved with hunter biden. listen. >> hunter biden quietly joins the board of burisma. remember, early 2014 was when vice president biden began leading ukraine policy. reporter: she says, she doesn't even think hunter biden speaks ukrainian. the president's defense attorneys here laid out their

pam bondi, let's start with you.'s get a preview if we can of what you see, how this all goes down when it begins on tuesday. >> well, sean, and it's an honor to work with all of these great people and i can tell you pat cipollone, jay sekulow, they were ready to go a month ago. they are ready to go last week. they are ready to go today and next week. we are ready to get this behind us. because, as you said, the president has done absolutely nothing wrong. if they had articles of impeachment of an alleged crime they should are been presented in the house. if the president was a clear and present danger, really, that should have been sent over prior, way prior to christmas. remember pelosi's comment. yet, they held it because they have nothing and they still have nothing. so what we are going to have here, sean, is a fair trial. and we are very excited to put this behind the president, get this behind him as soon as possible because he did nothing wrong. they have sent over the flimsiest of flimsy evidence if you can

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take a listen to what pam bondi, a member of the president's legal team said about those republicans last night. >> i think that they're going to see, especially after opening arguments, maybe before that when they see truly the lack of evidence that has been brought to them. i think they're all going to go the right thing. they're ready to get back to work, too, and do the business of the senate instead of sitting there every day listening to this trash. >> okay. so, i just want to note one very important thing and this is to all of our viewers, you hear pam bondi there calling this trash. you've seen president trump and his allies saying this the a hoax, is this a big joke. make no mistake that this is not a joke. america is about to enter a trial to potentially remove the president of the united states. the president, one of only three who have ever been impeached. it is a very serious time for this country. >> it is, indeed, kristen holmes, thank you for outlining the legal battle lines as they are drawn. thank you. >>> i want to bring in cnn political analyst as well as michael

i want to go right to pam bondi, trump lawyer pam bondi's withering takedown of the bidens.er" reported, quote, once or twice a year he attended burisma board meetings and energy forums that took place in europe, end quote. when speaking with abc news about his qualifications to be on burisma's board, hunter biden didn't point to any of the usual qualifications of a board member. hunter biden had no experience in natural gas. no experience in energy sector, no experience with ukrainian regulatory affairs. as far as we know he doesn't speak ukrainian. so naturally the media has asked questions about his board membership. why was hunter biden on this board? liz: your reaction, katie. >> pam bondi brings up valid points. to the extent president trump was looking into the questions. the question was not whether or not he has the right to do that. he has the right to do that as the leader but he can't do it for the purpose of interfering with a future election. i don't think the democrats can prove that. this is a very valid question, and very suspicious line of inquiry to get in

>> pam bondi did a brilliant job soak the country how sleazy this deal was.ter biden admitted that the only reason he had this job was because his dad was the vice president of the united states. hunter biden was hired because the ukrainian company was in trouble and wanted to get out of trouble. donald trump had an obligation to try to clear up what occurred so our country could trusted and we wouldn't be viewed through this corrupt lens that may have been instituted by the biden crime family. trish: thank you so much. we are going to talk more about hunter biden. could he be taking the stands now after trump's team, including attorney pam bondi laid down these facts on the senate floor. >> hunter biden had no experience in natural gas, no experience in the energy sector. no experience with ukrainian regulatory affairs. as far as we know he doesn't speak ukrainian. so naturally the media asked questions about his board membership. why was hunter biden on this board? trish: why was he? it's not just pam bondi's facts change people's minds. peter schweizer is

if you look at the work that pam bondi did describing the illegitimate, sleaziness of the hunter bidenrenders the whole testimony. the president was right to ask these questions. >> laura: is there no doubt that the white house still has a problem with this nfc? the fact that we have individuals who take it upon themselves, like lieutenant colonel ven a man to speak to the ukrainian government on our behalf. don't get involved, that's not your doing. wait, he is not the president of the united states. news flash. god bless him, but he is not the president. >> that's exactly right and that is consistent, since president trump has been an office. when chuck schumer said the intelligence committee had six ways to come after you, this is one more example of that. he is the ultimate leaker. he is the prototypical leaker and he's got to go. the president needs to get people that he can trust. there is nobody there he can trust. >> laura: ukrainian government apparently trusted him. they wanted him to become a defense minister! there was one moment tonight and dershowitz was fabulous. there w

with pam bondi.s he a credible witness? is he to be believed? they keep saying they don't know him. there are pictures of him with the president's children, repeated pictures of him with the president. he's all over rudy giuliani. >> if you're the democrats, you also have to think what actually does he add that we don't get from other people. certainly he's got information about rudy giuliani. ultimately for the house managers, rudy giuliani is not the target. the target is the president of the united states, and does lev parnas have direct information? they have other witnesses in the record who had some direct contact with the president, so you just have to weigh that if you're the democrats. >> he's obviously somebody who is the kind of person who wanted to be a player, wanted to be part of that world. that's why he took all those pictures. and when he did that with rudy giuliani, it all worked because he was his entre to ukraine. >> watch on tuesday. we'll get votes on these things. >>> up next,

pam bondi saying wait a second. that is flat-out wrong.ago in the senate, that the democrats are misleading voters that obama's state department, the uk office of serious fraud and more felt that the biden's conflict of interests in ukraine were serious issue. we're on breaking news mode right now. edward lawrence on capitol hill with more.

. >>> pam bondy, former a.g. of florida. she's on the president's defense team. she spent half an hour giving this president what the ukrainians would not, publicly attacking his political rival, joe biden. but trump's team have repeatedly claimed the house managers failed to tell the whole story. how did she fail? one, the investigation into burisma was inactive when joe biden was pushing for the prosecutor's removal. the reason they all wanted the prosecutor out was because he was not tough when it came to going after corrupt companies, including burisma. in fact, democratic senators sent a letter naming burisma as one of the companies to take on. the idea that shokin one the prosecutor they wanted taken out. who did? rob portman and ron johnson, the other point that trump's defenders keep making incorrectly is that you must have a crime. yet, we have yet to hear what crime joe or hunter biden may have committed. here in the united states or even in ukraine. trump's own d.o.j. has never pursued any charges. and the ukrainian prosecutors, who did look into this,

al alan dershowitz, pam bondi, jane raskin. here's a picture of pam bondi with lev parnas.s fooled up some how with lev parnas. here she is asking about being pictured with him in photographs on the "today" show. >> so now we have multiple pictures of president trump with lev parnas. his family members with lev parnas, his top associates, you're even in one of the photos. it also includes an electronic calendar entry by parnas of a breakfast meeting with president trump just days before parnas was arrested. does the president still maintain he does not know who lev parnas is? >> i haven't spoken to the president this morning, but i can tell you as a former florida attorney general in a state with almost 22 million people, we took pictures constantly, constantly with thousands of people. and clearly lev parnas liked to take pictures with a lot of people. >> curt, why -- give us the thinking behind -- we love having you on the team, welcome to being a new member of the msnbc family. we like having you because you can explain how these folks think. why would you cast, as your

and pam bondi and jane raskin, part of the president's team during the mueller information. a source familiar tells nbc the team will spend part of the weekend reviewing information and working on presentations before the trial gets underway on tuesday. the white house official says last night the white house received the summons notifying the president of the senate trial and the charges against him. the summons requires the president to respond in writing by tomorrow night. jordan sekulow, also working with the legal team said this morning they'll be filing briefs throughout the weekend and the team is ready to fight for the president. >> this is purely politics, but we're ready to mount a full defense of the president, the constitution, and we're ready for actual due process to present and we've been ready for this the whole time. we shouldn't be there. we shouldn't have to be there.h been impeached. we're ready to go and have been ready to go. >> president trump has been unusually quiet about impeachment today. but he joked about the up coming trial while welcoming a foo

definitely are you kidding me kind of a day with an expletive added. >> former florida attorney general pam bondi will be part of the president's defense team at the impeachment trial. pam, good morning. >> good morning. >> we'll ask you about the new documents, that new evidence in a moment. but first take us inside the president's defense strategy, how you're preparing for tuesday, what's happening behind the scenes right now. >> well, i can tell you, you know, pat cipollone, it's been a joy to work with him side by side. he's one of the brightest lawyers i've ever met, jay sekulow. this team has been ready to go, the white house counsel working with jay. we've been ready. we were ready last month, we're ready now and we'll be ready next week. because impeaching a president is one of the most monument s things you can do in this country. and the way this got started our founding fathers have never, ever anticipated this would happen the way it did. no one could that it would happen without a full vote of the house of representatives, the way it started in the house and so on. >> pam, we do want

. >> talk to us about pam bondi. this is someone who has the most political experience in addition to being a lawyer. >> pam bondi was the state attorney general for florida. she was elected. she's been rumored out there to be in contention for various administration jobs. she controversial had a pac that received a $25,000 contribution from the trump foundation which then became the trump foundation subject to a lawsuit by the new york attorney general's office. the trump foundation has now been shuttered and that contribution was controversial as part of that case. pam bondi has been known for being out there in the media. she's made very aggressive attacks on impeachment. so look for her to be another one of the more aggressive members of this team. and finally, we heard last night that donald trump will be adding this group of eight republican members of the house of representatives who will be his impeachment team. they aren't necessarily going to be in the well of the senate but they'll be out there in the publ

are -- >> i think the evidence with vice president joe biden and hunter biden that was laid out by pam bondi and the lawyers was very compelling. it was all of your words so you -- so -- so go ahead. he says he can answer. >> the point is that we might have a republican house and a democratic president, and in that situation with this becoming a new normal in america, that that next democratic president would be impeached by a republican house. we have to be very careful how we use the tool of impeachment because the white house might flip, the house might flip, with the shoe on the other foot the democrats wouldn't want the republicans to be doing something like this to democratic president. i think that's the same . >> their argument is nothing so egregious has occurred by president. that's their argument. >> if you look at the bar they headset, i can tell you having served in congress -- they have set -- if i take their same exact abuse of power and obstruction of congress, president obama would have been impeached under the same standards. the same exact standard. you can take fast and f

know is one member of that special advisor to the president and former florida attorney general, pam bondi. thank you pam so much for being here. i want to start before i get into the answer that was filed today. this evening impact. the president in response to the impeachment statement of the house. you've got adam schiff, who now is one of the house managers they call them, they really he is a prosecutor. do they do that with a straight face. this guy every time he opens his mouth. un prosecutions in the state of florida. it is a native little bazaar for the sky, you should be to begin with, let alone he would recuse himself to be in charge of this. >> we very well may calling him as a witness if we ultimately kept witnesses. don't discount that yet. you know jeanine, remember what he does, he starts off in his opening argument lying about the phone call with president zielinski, he was really unreal. just flat-out lying about the transcripts about the phone calls. then what he would but as he do then. he said he has no idea that was a lower is. then when we find out, his team has been

pam bondi did a great job. eric hershman laying out the fact., many in the media want to say it's a debunked conspiracy theory that was laid out so eloquently first by pam bondi and i would challenge these same people the house impeachment managers and democrats in congress and the mainstream media to tell us what did pam bondi say that wasn't true. she was using their own words. and the fact is that you have a corrupt ukrainian gas company run by corrupt ukrainian ole garr hired by the son of the vice president $50,000 a month no energy and ukraine experience. dirt money ukraine scheme that the president had a right to have a problem with burisma, the bidens shouldn't be immune from scrutiny just because joe biden is one running for president. if it's not illegal, it should be. brian: if there is no bolton book i think this thing is done by friday. with this book we now understand mitt romney predictable. collins somewhat predictable. pat too maniy, murkowski and even lindsey graham say that bolton may be a relevant witness. is there any way to

the white house counsel pat cipollone and jay sekulow, independent counsel kenneth starr, pam bondi,ane raskin and constitutional scholar alan dershowitz. he voted for hillary clinton in 2016, but he opposed and rebuked the radical dimms for their ideological attack against this president through impeachment. the president's legal team we are told will argue the articles of impeachment are dangerous, unconstitutional and hud be rejected on their face. the president using the celebration with lsu, the national champons to unload on the radical dimms. and the looming trial. >> we'll take pictures behind the resolute desk. it's been there a long time, many presidents. some good, some not so good. you have got a good one now, even though they are trying to impeach the son of a bitch. can you believe that. liz: joining us, john solomon, now the editor-in-chief of his new media outlet, just the news. that's going to be quite something. we can't wait. i do want to talk about that tonight. but first let's turn to the president's legal team, your assessment of it. it has some all-stars. >> he

here's one of his lawyers, pam bondi, the former attorney general of florida trying to claim that joe's son, hunter, was corrupt and worth investigating, except she clearly could not find her notes and was lost without them. >> he remained on the board -- until -- [ light laughter ] april -- [ laughter ] of - [ laughter and applause >> seth: pam bondi - you -- [ laughter ] [ bleep up where -- where does trump find these lawyers? did he see her on a bus stop bench ad [ laughter ] or just on a bus stop bench? she's like a failed game show contestant whose fallback career was defending the president. ms. bondi, who is hunter biden >> he remained on the board -- until -- [ buzzer ] [ laughter and applause >> seth: i have not seen a swing and a miss that bad since that british lady whiffed on greta thunberg's name. >> the 2019 book entitled "no one is too small to make a difference" is a collection of speeches made by a swedish climate change activist. what's her name? >> sharon. [ laughter ] >> greta thunberg. >> seth: she looks like a sharon [ laughter ] but trump's claim that he can do

pam bondi... is... a... dumb...... ( laughter ) --sociate of the president. ( laughter ) ( cheers and applause ) of course, the big question is whether there are going to be any witnesses. the man trying to block that from happening is senate majority leader -- ( booing ) -- and it says here pause for booing... mitch mcconnell. we learned today that mitch mcconnell and his team believe they have the votes needed to block witnesses from appearing. but here's the thing: 75% of americans support calling witnesses in this trial. ( cheers and applause ) that's amazing. that's crazy! it's crazy! ( applause ) 75% of americans don't agree on anything. except maybe, "puppies good. 'cats,' the movie, bad." ( laughter ) so will we get testimony from former national security advisor and yosemite sam off his meds john bolton? ( laughter ) he's been at the center of the impeachment saga ever since the "new york times" reported that his upcoming book contains a first-hand account of president trump telling him he was withholding u

and you've got, you know, pam bondi arguing against nepotism to defend a president who is the master of nepotism. and look, nepotism is a real problem. it's a real problem in america, it's a real problem in american politics. you know what i wish the biden campaign would do? i wish they would come out with a full list of democrats and republicans whose kids and whose spouses and whose siblings work in lobbying shops in washington or work in the administration. where do you think rudy giuliani's son works? where do you think bill barr's son works? do you think sarah huckabee sanders gotten that job had her name not been that. do you think jared kushner would be in the white house if not for nepotism, do you think ivanka trump has the qualifications to be a senior adviser to the president? it takes so much gall and shamelessness. this is not going to go away. this is a president who brought out womanizing against hillary clinton, a president who has over a dozen credible accusations of sexual harassment and assault against him and brought out womanizing against hillary clinton. if joe

attorneys alan dershowitz, pam bondi, jane raskin, among those joining the president's defense team tok against the impeachment sham. a new poll shows susan collins the most unpopular senator. according to her polling she won't be calling for them very long. new signs how effective the president's tariffs have been on china's economy. posing more problems for beijing, the country's birth rate at its lowest level since 1949, experts say improved education, higher incomes and china's failures to reverse the effects of its long-time one child policy the reason. joining us, fred fleitz, presidential expert, gordon chang, senior fellow at the gatestone institute. the vice premier and the president signing the u.s.-china agreement. i have a sense the chinese are sincere this time. only a sense. but i think they deserve the benefit of the doubt. your thoughts about the importance of that agreement. >> it's a huge win for the president. i don't know how sincere they are. but i think their hand was forced. last february the "new york times" ran an article that said chinese construction workers

former independent counsel kent starr, robert ray, and pam bondi are on the team.o media matters, those lawyers alone, just those four i mentioned, have appeared more than 350 times on fox news on weekdays over the past year. they will join white house counsel pat cipollone and trump's personal lawyer jay sekulow in the president's defense. o.j. simpson and the clinton investigations on the rÉsumes of these lawyers. they come with baggage and trump has not always been a fan. ken starr, the big name here, here he is talking about trump last year. >> if i'm on his defense team, i would be very concerned. >> well, it is fair to say the feeling has been mutual for, well, a pretty long time. here's trump. >> i think ken starr is a lunatic. i really think that ken starr is a disaster. it was a long and terrible process. i really think that ken starr was terrible. >> unless you were unclear as to how trump felt about starr, he told "the new york times," quote, starr is a freak. i bet he's got something in his closet. so, tonight trump's fate is in lunatic starr's freak ha

pam bondy on the white house defense team was on one of the shows this morning talking about schiff asa listen to the way pam bondy described the strategy here. >> we very may well call him as a witness if we ultimately have witnesses. don't discount that yet. >> now, what that tells me is that she's not entirely familiar with the senate rules because any of the managers anyway. they don't have to call schiff, he will be there taking questions. i wonder how schiff plays. democrats very pleased with how he handled the trial in the house and they like him broadly speaking and do you worry about the idea that schiff is a polarizing figure on the right and you try to convince some republican senators to side with democrats? >> so, why we talk about schiff, i also want to shout out to the two new yorkers jeffries and nadler who i worked with very closely. these are incredible public servants who are very smart, very talented and throughout this whole process has acted in a way very prudent, as well. i expect them to continue to behave in that way, but this also is part of the republican sor

we also have pam bondi an other people that have had a lot of experience. we have named many people.is is a fox oriented team. the president is presenting not only a legal defense against impeachment the senate he presenting a defense in the court of public opinion with a strong emphasis onpublic >> nancy pelosi decided to hold on to the articles of impeachment. she did not march them over mediately. she heon them until this it was marked here, she gained anything by doing this? ul >> i argue that she has. it has not changed for mitch mccoheell's mind. s pushing for a brief trial. you are hearing some softening among some republican senators about the questioning of e witnesses. th talk in washington they are thinking about who they would call if we do wiinde callesses in this trial. we have seen more evidence come out. one of thnirudy giul associates had interviews this week. that will be part of the ia >> what are the biggest challenges face the managers adam schiff what is ing to be the biggest challenge in making the case. i think to ron's point about t

. >> dana: that was pam bondi. presenting a portion of the president's legal defense team case to focus mostly on marie's mama and hunter biden's relationship. also showed a clip of joe biden who mostly brag about his role in carrying out united states policy which was at that time the fire that particular prosecutor in ukraine. we'll take it around the table because we have a lot to get to. jay sekulow will take the table but give you some thoughts about what "the five" is thinking today. you've been up all morning since the beginning and watched all of this. any opening thoughts? >> degan: we'll get to john bolton shortly but this is a way to put a placeholder in place if the democrats force a vote on calling john bolton as a witness, this is a place holder to press the republicans to call hunter biden, joe biden. i think byron york last week said there is a growing chorus of republican senators talking about trying to call hunter biden, including ted cruz. hunter biden is not only relevant, he's now critical. th

also hearing from pam bondi, the former florida attorney general who is now a part the president's actualal team and she is speaking out and one of the faces you'll see representing the president not only in these proceedings but as a part of their media response. here is her response and describing what the president's case will be. >> schiff said they have all of these crimes. absolutely nothing. they have not charged the president with any crime because the president did nothing wrong. there was no crime. the transcript of that phone call speaks for itself. yes, it's insufficient on its face, on the merits and yet they are sending this basic trash over to the u.s. senate and, you know, senate is a lot smarter than that and especially with adam schiff bringing bring it on because we are ready to go. >> joo this will be quite the fight in legal terms and sort of brash statements like that and expect that the white house will push back at every turn. the president's time in office is on the line here and expect that this will get heated at times with some cerebral arguments and some emoti

pam bondi delivering important facts about quid pro quo joe and zero experience hunter. lets us dispel of that medium's latest story. deranged trump haters nationwide. they are rejoicing for the first time ever over the latest so-called bombshell from "the new york times." "the new york times" had an article that eviscerated john bolton when he got eviscerated nac director but perfectly timed hit piece flamed over the weekend. the bias "new york times" hack maggie haberman claiming top-secret unnamed sources -- how often have we heard that? revealing that john bolton will accuse president trump of the ukrainian quid pro quo in this upcoming book while they ignore the real quid pro quo with joe. there are five huge glaring problems with their report. one, you never trust so-called journalists and the fake news industrial complex. two, over the course of the trump administration, "the new york times" has been dead wrong on story after story after story. one of many examples. june 29, 2017. forced to issue a major correction on one of maggie haberman's pieces about trump in

because one was for national security and one was for a self-interest reason. >> what pam bondi saidjoanie ernst said today about, boy, i can't wait to see the iowa caucuses and see how this basically -- >> whether people will vote for -- >> remember, why we're here, this whole thing is about damaging joe biden. that's why the president got involved with this, that's why that misleading argument was made by pam bondi. that's why joanie ernst wants to use this process against joe biden. the entire focus of the ukraine mattered defined broadly was not to fight corruption, not to protect american security, but to hurt president trump's rival in 2020 and whether it is misleading, the senate as pam bondi did or using this process to hurt biden and the iowa caucuses as joanie ernst mentioned today, it is all the same story. >> i want to go back to dana bash on capitol hill. dana? >> i'm here with senator jeff merkley. a couple of questions, let's start with something mitt romney told my colleague manu raju a short while ago, that he would be open to effectively a witness swap, if republica

and pam bondi she's brought up specifically for this task. so two additional names.brings at least to my count nine members for the president that will be handling this. how they divide duties and what roles they take will be a crucial question for them and also crucial, what are their past statements been? we know that dershowitz has clear, defining legal arguments when he led the impeachment of bill clinton and it was the starr report. there will be a paper trail on ken starr and alan dershowitz not immune to controversy either. there's accusations of sexual misconduct there and the president is looking over that and assembling the team. >> the expectation is that some of the folks on the legal team will be presenting, we'll see them on camera. some will take roles behind the scenes. not everybody gets floor privileges. >> i think that's a safe way to put it. look atmos law firms they have minders, grinders and finders and people who are working on the legal side writing the legal briefs and others are the public face. >> see you a bit when i join you for the day j

that's what alan dershowitz and ken starr and pam bondi and the others say to me. >> melanie, talk about the target audience here. obviously through the lens of television multiplied by several networks. >> well, the challenge for trump's defense team is that there are multiple audiences they're playing to. first and foremost, they're trying to keep moderate republicans in line from crossing over. that's why you didn't see some of trump's house allies come over and join the defense team. there's a lot of concern they would turn off those moderates. then they're also trying to get some democrats on their side. they want a bipartisan acquittal. they think that will help the president heading into 2020. and finally of course, brian, there's trump at home watching all of this, live tweeting his thoughts most likely. so they have to play to that as well. they want to please the president, but they also know they have a job to do, and that's to convince these senators in this institution to acquit the president. >> susan, i'm reminded that it's coming up at midnight, it will be exactly a month

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on the impeachment defense team pam bondi and former independent counsel robert ray. the "washington post" reporting that they were selected personally by president trump for their celebrity and vocal defenses of the president in the media despite their baggage. mean while, alan dershowitz is arguing that the president should not be removed from office even if he is guilty of the house charges. watch this. >> as you know, the house materials have cited crimes that were committed as -- >> but they are not articles of impeachment. the articles of impeachment are two noncriminal actions namely obstruction of congress and abuse of power and those are what have to be voted on by the senate. >> is it your position that president trump should not be impeached even in all the evidence and arguments laid out by the house are accepted as fact? >> that's right. >> so mean while constitutional law professor at harvard laurence tribe is among those pushing back against the dershowitz argument that the articles should be dismissed because abuse of power and obstruction of congress

the white house counsel pat cipollone and jay sekulow, independent counsel kenneth starr, pam bondi,ane raskin and constitutional scholar alan dershowitz. he voted for hillary clinton in 2016, but he opposed and rebuked the radical dimms for their ideological attack against this president through impeachment. the president's legal team we are told will argue the articles of impeachment are dangerous, unconstitutional and hud be rejected on their face. the president using the celebration with lsu, the national champons to unload on the radical dimms. and the looming trial. >> we'll take pictures behind the resolute desk. it's been there a long time, many presidents. some good, some not so good. you have got a good one now, even though they are trying to impeach the son of a bitch. can you believe that. liz: joining us, john solomon, now the editor-in-chief of his new media outlet, just the news. that's going to be quite something. we can't wait. i do want to talk about that tonight. but first let's turn to the president's legal team, your assessment of it. it has some all-stars. >> he

we have ken starr, alan dershowitz, we have pam bondi, pretty big names to say the least. what do you make of the defense team in general? >> they are huge draft picks. kenneth starr was a huge pick, alan dershowitz as well. they are perfect for the mission. they are very trumpian in that they are well known commentators, good at getting their message on tv. they will be familiar to people. the mission is not a traditional criminal trial in an article iii court. this is a trial of convincing not only a hundred senators but also the entire country who's going to be watching and in a way they are playing a kind of prevent defense. the republicans know they don't have the votes, as it stands to impeach and convict and remove the president, so at this stage, i think this is a really good and a very accomplished team in dershowitz and star for this defense. >> do you think that this defense team, danny, is a type of defense team that's going to allow the president to be the president, ie, you can treat as much as you want, because it can help your case or stay quiet, and let us

the president's team will include pam bondi. >>> nancy pelosi hopes the paps will allow wiltnesses to testify. >> get the facts and the senators would honor their oath of office. if not they should be held accountable. >> pelosi is proud of her decision to hold back the articles of impeachment. that allowed new information to emerge about the case. >> we'll hear if members of the electrical college can vote for someone other than the popular vote. in 2016 stayed in colorado tried to vote for kasich. electors could vote as they please. the vote is expected to decide by late june. >>> iranian's supreme leader criticized the u.s. the first time he led friday prayer in eight years. he said killing the command leader was cowardly. >> american clowns who say we are standing with the iranian people relying, you want to stick your poison dagger into the chest of the iranian nation. >> several americans who were injured are being treated. officials said there were no americans wounded in the attack. for now the u.s. forces in iraq will stay put. >>> traders pushed the market to new records. te

and pam bondi was on our air earlier can today. here's how she's putting it. >> this team has been ready to go. the white house counsel, working with jay, we've been ready. we were ready last month. we're ready now, we'll be ready next week. impeaching a president is one of the most mon men tow things you can do in our country. >> it's what the framers rejected. they didn't want to give congress the authority to remove a president because he abused his power. they have to prove treason, bribery or other crimes and misdemeanors. >> reporter: now alex that last bit, of course, was from alan dershowitz, the retired harvard law professor who also represented controversial clients like richard epstein. epstein's also seeming and appearing to distance himself from the president saying he would be making these constitutional arguments regardless who the president is, he'd do the same thing for a democrat. he's clear that he is a democrat and saying he wants to convince democratic senators to come to the same conclusions that he has. we'll

for a senate trial to begin are well prepared to start tomorrow a special advisor to thpresident pam bondi says they want to t the impeachment trial behind them. >>get back to the work of the administration he took out one of the biggest terrorist in the world while he's under impeachment. it's unbelievable after the articles are formally said to the senate trial could begin by the end of next week. >>reporting in washinon, i'm kelly meyer. >>check out the weather around the bay area time now for the 4 zone forecast with meteologist mabrisa rodriguez high they so you high just se. yeah, let's take a look at your bay area forecast because we have pretty active weather, especially right off the coast, not on am i tracking king tides, but also a high surf advisory for the bay area coasine could see breaking waves as high as 25 feet in here's a look at the high tide time for your saturday morning could see the high tide as highs nearly 7 feet, but the low ti will be around 6 o'clock in the evening and that will also include the bay area's shoreline as well golden gate bridge out there right no

pam bondi and alan dershowitz will also argue on behalf of president trump. rudy giuliani will not be part of the team. it's giuliani's former associate lev parnas who said he was the person entrusted to pressure campaign the to investigate the bidens, and he claims the president knows all about it. >> all right. i'm the one that got all the dirt. >> reporter: before opening arguments begin, senators must vote on the rules of the impeachment trial and they're expected to debate whether new witnesses should be heard. >> right now we're just asking for 4 witnesses who have unique information about the president holding back aid to a foreign country. job to retry the case. >> we must respond to the case written by the house. >> reporter: but a few republican senators have signaled they might be open to witnesses after hearing opening arguments first. while it only takes a simple majority to set the rules, it would take a super majority or 67 senators to remove the president from office. natalie brand, cbs news, capitol hill. >>> late today the house judiciary co