ainsley, steve? steve: it s a mini series. griff, thank you very much. it never stops. that s the problem. steve: they are auditioning, essentially, that guy that griff was just talking about who apparently overheard the phone call between the president and ambassador. steve: doing it behind closed doors to see if he is going to say what they hope he is going to say and bring it out. pete: it s been a try-out. try out behind closed doors. if you meet their criteria they are roll you out in public. ainsley: democrats risked it all. they wanted to push this impeachment thing. is it going to work for them. of the trump team second out information about how much money they have raised. they raised $3.1 million in maul dollar donations during this impeachment hearing on the first day of the impeachment hearing. steve: because we are talking impeachment. we brought in ken starr, fox news contributor. former white water independent counsel. he joins us today. good morning to you. good m
figure out whether or not as has been alleged online and elsewhere they do name this whistleblower, we have no knowledge whether or not it is accurate but they allege that it is a partisan with an axe to grind with donald trump. pete: yeah. because the republicans are saying if you will launch an entire impeachment inquiry, based on the word of a so-called whistleblower whose information was later leaked, adam schiff likely knows who it is we should have the right to hear from that person. it is fruit of a poison tree. where did it come from? where did this all start? republicans pointing that out. ainsley: will this backfire on democrat or will it help the democrats? trump team saying they had one of the best fun raising days on impeachment hearing one. they raised $3.1 million in small dollar donations. steve: day one two witnesses said i never met the president, i never talked to the president, i have no first-hand knowledge. it was all hearsay as republicans said, fourth-hand
you know, pete, that s a really really good question. and i think the answer is yes. i think at this point remember, the rumors that this was going to be a bipartisan impeachment are actually counter rumors. they are like bizarre superman rumors. bipartisan non-impeachment. two democrats voted against this thing. i think there is a strong possibility if this goes to the senate, and it may wrap up sooner, you will have not only two or but four or five democratic senators realizing what a disaster this is? listen, enough of this. this could blow up in their face. you have think they would learn from the clinton impeachment which blew up in the republican party s faces. ainsley: 3.1 million in smaller dollar donations on the first day. of course. i heard they got hundreds of thousands of new volunteers as well. listen, money matters. i ran for office. but people knocking on doors and out there with a sign waving on the corner matter,
something that happened or did not happen. i don t expect either of them to try to bend or, the truth, so the truth will be whatever the truth is but i expect they will be discomfort in the white house before the president ultimately prevails. ainsley: follow the money, right? if you look the money the trump team is saying they had one of their best fund-raising days ever. they raised $3.1 million in small dollar donations during the impeachment hearing. the president said we did nothing wrong. they re doing nothing. to your point about the victims, if you came into my bank, you were on trial for robbing my bank, i took the stand said no, there was no robbery, he never robbed the bank. he is innocent. i m innocent. but they re still putting us on trial. that s absolutely, lay it out, ainsley, perfectly, it is how do you have a robbery no money was taken? ainsley: exactly. how do you withhold foreign aid when foreign aid was
it will because dell might be because of a bunch of other factors and turn out and all that. if he wins, i do think that the republicans and probably a lot of the democrats will look back and say that impeachment helps them get there. jesse: i think he raised $3.1 million just yesterday since the first day of impeachment. greg: there op ship without a paddle. i like the media, because they are complaining about how this is not being taken seriously by the public. they expect more people to be enraged. they are acting like a film director after the movie bombs that first weekend and they read rotten tomatoes. they are just saying that your movie. they are taking this rejection personally with cnn complaining about all the right-wingers who are telling viewers not to take this seriously. it wasn t a hearing.