ON UKRAINE.
>> Sandra: CATHERINE HERRIDGE
IN WASHINGTON
>> Bill: LET'S BRING IN
CONGRESSMAN JOHN RATCLIFFE
INVOLVED IN NEARLY ALL THE
INTERVIEWS.
THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.
I WANT TO TRY TO MOVE THIS
FORWARD.
WE BELIEVE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL
HAPPEN.
PERHAPS WITHIN TWO WEEKS.
WHO IS THE STRONGEST WITNESS
FOR ADAM SCHIFF?
WHO WOULD HE CALL FIRST?
>> WOULDN'T BE ADAM SCHIFF EVEN
THOUGH HE IS A MATERIAL WITNESS.
I DON'T KNOW WHO THE DEMOCRATS
WOULD BRING FORWARD BECAUSE
THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY WITNESS
WHO HAS CREDIBLY PUT FORTH ANY
INFORMATION THAT WOULD SUPPORT
THAT SOMETHING ILLEGAL HAPPENED
ON THE CALL.
AS CATHERINE HERRIDGE JUST
REPORTED, TIM MORRISON WAS JUST
A LATEST TO CONFIRM THERE WAS
NOTHING ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER.
WITNESS AFTER WITNESS THAT THE
DEMOCRATS HAVE BROUGHT IN HAVE
EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE
POLICY OF DONALD TRUMP BUT
CAN'T ARTICULATE ANY HIGH CRIME
FOR IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.
I'M EAGER FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M EAGER FOR THE PUBLIC
VIEWING OF WHAT HAS BEEN
HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.
AND AGAIN, ADAM SCHIFF OUGHT TO
BE THE FIRST WITNESS TO TESTIFY
AS A MATERIAL FACT WITNESS.
>> Bill: YOU JUST ANSWERED WHO
YOU WOULD CALL FIRST.
WHAT I'M TRYING TO DRIVE AT WHO
MAKES THEIR CASE THE BEST?
YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE
SO FAR.
WHO IS IT?
>> WELL AGAIN, THINK ABOUT IT
THIS WAY, BILL.
YESTERDAY DEMOCRATS PASSED A
RESOLUTION TO GIVE CHAIRMAN
SCHIFF THE MOST AUTHORITY IN
THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS MOVING
FORWARD.
ADAM SCHIFF IS SOMEONE WHO HAS
TRIED TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT
NOW THREE TIMES.
THE FIRST TIME HE ACCUSED THE
PRESIDENT OF TREASON AND SAID
HE HAD EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT
COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA THAT
WASN'T TRUE.
THEN HE SAID WE SHOULD IMPEACH
THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE
OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE AND PROMISED
BOB MUELLER WOULD BREATHE LIFE
INTO THAT UNTIL MUELLER SAID IT
WAS UNDER A BURDEN OF PROOF
THAT DIDN'T EXIST.
FAKE IMPEACHMENT EFFORT THREE
SURROUNDED BY A WHISTLEBLOWER
WHO FIRST MET WITH THAT'S
RIGHT, THE STAFF OF CHAIRMAN
SCHIFF.
THE DETAILS OF THAT HAVEN'T
BEEN RELEASED.
CHAIRMAN SCHIFF WON'T RELEASE
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S SWORN
TESTIMONY WHICH WILL CONFIRM
THE CONTACTS BETWEEN CHAIRMAN
SCHIFF AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER.
IT'S LIKE THIS, BILL.
IF WE HAVE A TRIAL, THE PERSON
WHO PLANTED FAKE EVIDENCE
SHOULDN'T BE THE ONE RULING ON
THE ADMISSIBILITY OF FAKE
EVIDENCE.
>> Bill: YOU ARE MAKING THE
CASE THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL.
A QUESTION OF POLICY DISPUTES
AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK
SOMETHING WAS UNTOWARD.
DOES IT APPEAR, HOWEVER, THE
SHIP HAS SAILED AND DEMOCRATS
IN THE HOUSE WILL IMPEACH THIS
PRESIDENT?
>> I THINK SO.
UNFORTUNATELY YOU SAW IT
YESTERDAY.
ONLY TWO DEMOCRATS HAD THE
COURAGE TO REALLY LOOK AT THE
FACTS HERE AND SAY LISTEN,
WE'VE GOT TO STOP TRYING TO
IMPEACH THIS GUY AND GET ON
WITH THE BUSINESS OF THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
UNFORTUNATELY THE DEMOCRATS ARE
LINING UP BEHIND THEIR
LEADERSHIP BUT AT THE END OF
THE DAY THE TRUTH WILL DEFEND
ITSELF.
AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC
HEARING OF THIS THERE IS
NOTHING TO THIS.
AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL
SEE THAT.
DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE GUILTY
ONE.
>> Bill: TWO MORE THINGS.
MIKE MCCAUL SAID THE
WHISTLEBLOWER WAS COMPLICIT
WITH ADAM SCHIFF.
IF THAT IS TRUE, CAN YOU PROVE
IT IN A PUBLIC HEARING?
>> WE CAN IF WE CAN ACCESS TO
EITHER SWORN TESTIMONY OF THE
WHISTLEBLOWER OR CHAIRMAN
SCHIFF AND HIS STAFF.
AGAIN, WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO
UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS
IMPEACHMENT PROCESS DIDN'T
START BY A WHISTLEBLOWER GOING
TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
IT STARTED BY THAT PERSON GOING
TO CHAIRMAN SCHIFF'S STAFF,
TALKING WITH THEM AND THEN
GOING TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.
THE DETAILS OF THAT, BILL, WHEN
THEY MET, WHAT THEY TALKED
ABOUT, WHETHER THEY WERE
DIRECTED, WHETHER IT WAS
COORDINATED WILL TELL US
WHETHER OR NOT THIS IMPEACHMENT
EFFORT WAS ORCHESTRATED OR
ORGANIC.
THOSE ARE MATERIAL FACTS AND
ADAM SCHIFF IS ONE OF THE FOLKS
THAT HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE
RELEVANT FACTS AND WE OUGHT TO
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CROSS-EXAMINE HIM.
>> Bill: THE PRESIDENT
SUGGESTED HE WOULD HAVE A
FIRESIDE CHAT OF SORTS TO READ
THE TRANSCRIPT ALOUD TO THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA?
>> I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT
SHOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.
I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN THE
PRESIDENT ADDRESSES THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE DIRECTLY BUT WE
SHOULDN'T BE WASTING ANY MORE
TIME ON THIS.
NO DEMOCRAT CAN EVEN ARTICULATE
A HIGH CRIME OR IMPEACHABLE
OFFENSE HERE.
THEY'VE DEFAULTED TO SOME SORT
OF ABUSE OF POWER WHERE THEY
CAN'T ESTABLISH A QUID PRO QUO
INVOLVING THE WITHHOLDING OF
MILITARY AID OR SECURITY
ASSISTANCE.
THEY JUST KEEP ARTICULATING
THEY THINK THE PRESIDENT DID
SOMETHING WRONG.
WE SHOULDN'T BE WASTING OUR
TIME ON THIS AND THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WATCH