WE WILL MAYBE BE BACK TO YOU AS
SOON AS THE TURKEYS TAKE THE
STAGE.
FOR POLITICAL REACTION TO ALL OF
THIS, LET'S BRING IN
CHARLIE HURT, "WASHINGTON TIMES"
OPINION EDITOR.
WHILE JOHN WAS SPEAKING, IT'S
BEEN REPORTED THAT THE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE WILL HAVE ITS FIRST
IMPEACHMENT HEARING ON
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4.
THE BEAT GOES ON.
>> IT DOES.
I LOVE THAT SCHIFF IS GOING TO
DROP HIS REPORT NEXT WEEK.
I WONDER WHAT THE REPORT IS
GOING TO SAY WHICH OF COURSE IS
PART OF THE PROBLEM WITH THE
ENTIRE PROCEEDING.
>> Dana: EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT
THE END OF THE MOVIE IS GOING TO
BE.
>> EXACTLY AND THEY KIND OF KNOW
ALL THE TWISTS AND TURNS
THROUGHOUT.
AND IT'S WHY, YOU KNOW, I LOVE
THE INTERVIEW NEWT GINGRICH GAVE
A COUPLE WEEKS AGO TALKING ABOUT
THE PROBLEMS THAT OCCURRED
DURING THEIR IMPEACHMENT PROCESS
WITH BILL CLINTON.
THE PROBLEM WAS POLITICS SORT OF
GOT UP WITH THE EVIDENCE AND
WITH THE CASE.
IN THE CASE OF RICHARD NIXON, OF
COURSE, IT WAS ENTIRELY DRIVEN
BY AN INVESTIGATION INTO
SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY THOUGHT
WAS REALLY BAD.
IN THIS CASE, THE CABOOSE IS
LEADING THE TRAIN.
ALL THE POLITICS IS LEADING
THIS.
THE EVIDENCE IN THE CASE AND THE
OUTRAGE, OR THEIR BIPARTISAN
CONCERN THAT SOMETHING BAD
HAPPENED.
>> Dana: IT'LL BE INTERESTING.
THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
ANNOUNCEMENT, EXCUSE ME FOR
READING IT OFF MY PHONE.
THE QUESTION OF HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS, OF COURSE SET OUT
IN THE CONSTITUTION WHEN IT
COMES TO IMPEACHMENT.
THE HEARING WILL FEATURE LEGAL
EXPERTS.
THEY WILL EXAMINE THE
CONSTITUTIONAL GROUNDS FOR
IMPEACHMENT.
I WONDER, YOU KNOW, WHO THOSE
LEGAL EXPERTS OR WHEN TO BE.
BECAUSE IF YOU GET -- LAWYERS
CAN TELL YOU ALL SORTS OF
DIFFERENT THINGS.
>> YOU CAN GET A LAWYER TO SAY
ANYTHING.
ANOTHER THING THAT I THINK IS
IMPORTANT AND OBVIOUSLY THIS IS
A POLITICAL PROCESS AND WE TALK
ABOUT HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS.
THE ENTIRE PHRASE, WHAT THE
FOUNDERS MEANT, I THINK IS
IMPORTANT.
IT IS BRIBERY, TREASON OR OTHER
HIGH CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS.
THAT SUGGESTS BASED ON THE
GRAMMAR THE HIGH CRIMES AND
MISDEMEANORS THAT NOBODY KNOWS
WHAT THAT MEANS, THEY ARE AT
LEAST ON PAR WITH TREASON AND
BRIBERY.
IF YOU LIKE THAT GETS LOST.
THIS IS A TERRIBLE PRECEDENT OF
CHANGING THE MOST POWERFUL TOOL
IN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH TO GO
AFTER THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH.
AND TO USE IT FOR POLITICS.
THAT'S NOT WHAT IT'S INTENDED
FOR.
>> Dana: THIS IS HAPPENING
WHEN IT COULD BE THE DEMOCRAT
SUPPORT IS WANING.
BRENDA LAWRENCE, CONGRESSWOMAN
FROM MICHIGAN, SHE SAID THIS ON
SUNDAY.
WATCH.
>> SITTING HERE KNOWING HOW
DIVIDED THIS COUNTRY IS, I DON'T
SEE THE VALUE OF TAKING HIM OUT
OF OFFICE BUT I DO SEE THE VALUE
OF PUTTING DOWN A MARKER SAYING
HIS BEHAVIOR IS NOT ACCEPTABLE.
>> Dana: CHARLIE, THAT WAS
SUNDAY AND THEN SHE SAID THIS
TODAY.
HOUSE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE
FOLLOWING A THOROUGH PROCESS AND
HOLDING HEARINGS THESE PAST TWO
WEEKS.
THE INFORMATION REVEALED
CONFIRMED THIS PRESIDENT HAS
ABUSED THE POWER OF HIS OFFICE.
THEREFORE I CONTINUE TO SUPPORT
IMPEACHMENT.
SOMEONE GOT TO HER.
>> THEY GOT TO HER.
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING AND
RIGHT AFTER THAT CLIP YOU JUST
SHOWED, RIGHT AFTER THAT SHE
WENT ON TO SAY WHAT I THINK IS
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WHICH
IS IT'S AN ELECTION YEAR.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS IN THE
MIDDLE OF AN ELECTION.
LET THE PEOPLE THROW HIM OUT OF
OFFICE IF THEY WANT TO.
TO ME, THAT'S THE MOST POWERFUL
ARGUMENT YOU CAN MAKE AND THAT
IS STILL TRUE.
>> Dana: FROM A REAL POLITICAL
STANDPOINT, THE DEMOCRATS, IS IT
IN THEIR INTEREST TO KEEP IT
GOING?
>> I WOULD ARGUE IT'S NOT.
THINK ABOUT WHAT A STRONGER HAND
THEY WOULD HAVE IF THEY BEAT
DONALD TRUMP AT THE POLLS.
THAT'S GREAT.
BEAT HIM AT THE POLLS WITH YOUR
ISSUES.
YOU ARE TEN TIMES STRONGER.
IF YOU DO IT THIS WAY, IT'S
GOING, ALL IT DOES IS ENGENDERS
SUSPICION AND LEADS TO, IT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN -- COAT
DEMOCRATS IN THE WHITE HOUSE AND
I WILL BE JUST AS HORRIFIED BY
THAT AS I AM BY THIS.
>> Dana: I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE
YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
THE DEMOCRATS ARE OFFERING AS AN
ALTERNATIVE.
THEY ARE MORTIFIED THAT THE
REPUBLICANS WON'T GO AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.
GO AGAINST THE PRESIDENT FOR
WHAT?
FOR SOCIALISM?
>> IF THE SWITCH AND TRY TO DO
SOMETHING LIKE A HALF MEASURE
LIKE CENSURE THE PRESIDENT,
THEIR BASE, THE PEOPLE THEY HAVE
BEEN I WOULD SAY LYING TO YOU
FOR THE PAST THREE YEARS ABOUT
ALL THESE TERRIBLE THINGS ABOUT
DONALD TRUMP, THEY ARE GOING TO
REVOLT AGAINST THEM.
THEY ARE GOING TO BE IN BAD