Characteristics required for a job in the u. S. Senate. While this is going on, the first details are emerging from a widely anticipated book, the product of bob woodward. Bob woodward of course, half of woodward and bernstein, brought us watergate and other things. Woodward who maintains the title at the Washington Post. This piece of work by our friends hit while we were on the air. Bob woodwards new book reveals a nervous breakdown of trumps presidency. So who better to talk to but their National Political correspondent robert costa. Also happens to be host of Washington Week on pbs. Bob, i know its a lot. And i know its a piece of work youve been able to read and s ubu ub s ubs ume, but walk us through the headlines. Uses the book nervous breakdown, he talks about an administrate coup detat. The book is full of vivid scenes about top advisers to President Trump plucking papers off of his desk, trade agreements, Foreign Policy decisions, to try to keep the president away from making
Democrats are stalling because the case against him is weak. The president targeting the top democrat in the Senate Chuck Schumer for his attacks on Mitch Mcconnell after mcconnell said days ago hes not an impartial juror. Yet at the height of the clinton impeachment saga then newly elected senator schumer said this on cnn. This is not a criminal trial. But this is something that the Founding Fathers decided to put in a body that was susceptible to the whims of politics. It is not like a jury box in the sense that people will call us and lobby us. You dont have jurors called and lobbied and things like that. It is quite different than a jury. As Cnns Phil Mattingly reports, both sides are playing politics while talks remain at a standstill. Reporter as President Trump continued his holiday twitter barrage against democrats on impeachment, Speaker Pelosi continuing to press her partys case in ore own tweet saying, quote, President Trump abused his power for his own personal gain, yet fo