tuesday, the rules will consider the length of the debate. and wednesday, the full house will take up the art. democrats expected to pass both. formally impeaching the president before the christmas break. mr. trump s fate will be decided by a senate trial in january, with chief justice john roberts presiding. i think this is the beginning of the end, for this show trial that we ve seen in the house. there is little suspense that the senate will acquit the president. we re going to hear the evidence repeated but we rement going to see any new evidence. house democrats don t sense defeat, even if the president is not removed from office. no it is isn t a value, at least it is not a failure in the sense of our constitutional duty in the house. and there are some reports that house democrats want to draft congressman justin amash, a former republican, who left his party this summer, to be part of the impeachment proceedings, bringing some ideological diversity to the team, t
accusations and the process. reporter: tuesday the house rules committee will determine the length of debate. wednesday the full house will take up the articles. democrats expected to pass both, formally impeaching the president before the christmas break. mr. trump s fate will be decided by a senate trial in january with chief justice john roberts presiding. i think this is the beginning of the end for this show trial that we ve seen in the house. reporter: there s little suspense that the senate will acquit the president. we re going to hear the evidence repeated but we re not going to see any new evidence. reporter: house democrats don t sense defeat even if the president is not removed from offi office. no, it isn t a failure. at least it s not a failure in the sense of our constitutional duty in the house. reporter: and there are some reports that house democrats want to draft congressman justin amash, a former republican who left his party this summer to be part of
internal tension on how this is being handled. some officials have told me they privately have been saying they thought rudy seeing the memo of the call was a bad idea. they thought this whistle-blower complaint that was made public beyond the intelligence committee members was also a mistake. and so i think there s a lot of, there isn t a lot of coordination here. they ve tried. the day that the call was released, they did call the white house counsel did call some members from the hill to come to the white house to review the memo before they released it from the public to try too coordinate some talking points that didn t works, it was a select few and we heard a lot of republicans on the hill, three some doubt on what was going on. thank you to all of you. kevin and alayna, susan you re going to stick around. we ll talk to you in a bit. the what-if scenarios for impeachment. what to expect if there is a trial sw supreme court chief justice john roberts presiding.