democrats then handled this impeachment inquiry. scott, i mean you ve worked closely with majority leader mcconnell over the years. if the presidents wants a no holds barred, made for tv fight in the senate, is that something mcconnell would deliver? how do you see this playing out in the senate? yeah, i can give you my sense of what i think the senate leadership would think is in its best interest. number one, i think a lot of senators believe it would be better just to get this over with in a reasonable period of time and not drag it out, which would of course mean not calling all kinds much witnesses. the president and the white house have said otherwise publicly. i do think as the process goes along in the senate, could you have the house impeachment managers go for a few days, the president s lawyers go for a few days. i could see a scenario where at the end of the presentations by both sides, you know, if the senate leadership whipped the senate and found 51 votes to proceed,
well, chris, look, one thing that we know from your panel is every week it s a new story. we don t know what things will look like in the next month, the next two months, or the next six months. we just don t know how that is all going to work. so, the way we might look at it today is, frankly, we can t look at it today. you have to think about what it will look like somewhere down the road. chris: well you say down the road, that is my last question in this area which is, is there a drop-dead date you feel you have to make a decision? no, we don t feel, we don t feel there is one. we have to see what the circumstances are. and again, it is about my being able to have a positive impact. if i assess that i would have a significant, positive, impact in helping the country that is one thing. if i assess it, think, well, maybe i won t, it leads to another decision but it s a way off. chris: okay. at this point we don t know. chris: less than a minute left. right now you re in a veto
people in his own party? well, chris, look, one thing that we know from your panel is every week it s a new story. we don t know what things will look like in the next month, the next two months, or the next six months. we just don t know how that is all going to work. so, the way we might look at it today is, frankly, we can t look at it today. you have to think about what it will look like somewhere down the road. chris: well you say down the road, that is my last question in this area which is, is there a drop-dead date you feel you have to make a decision? no, we don t feel, we don t feel there is one. we have to see what the circumstances are. and again, it is about my being able to have a positive impact. if i assess that i would have a significant, positive, impact in helping the country that is one thing. if i assess it, think, well, maybe i won t, it leads to another decision but it s a way off. chris: okay. at this point we don t know. chris: less than a minute left. ri
well, chris, look, one thing that we know from your panel is every week it s a new story. we don t know what things will look like in the next month, the next two months, or the next six months. we just don t know how that is all going to work. so, the way we might look at it today is, frankly, we can t look at it today. you have to think about what it will look like somewhere down the road. chris: well you say down the road, that is my last question in this area which is, is there a drop-dead date you feel you have to make a decision? no, we don t feel, we don t feel there is one. we have to see what the circumstances are. and again, it is about my being able to have a positive impact. if i assess that i would have a significant, positive, impact in helping the country that is one thing. if i assess it, think, well, maybe i won t, it leads to another decision but it s a way off. chris: okay. at this point we don t know. chris: less than a minute left. right now you re in a veto
motions of maybe hiring bob muller themselves. they considered hiring bob muller when they were looking tar replacement fbi dector after the president fired james comey. so in the end, they may end up trying to smear bob muller somewhere down the road, but it s a matter of record they liked him well enough to interview him and consider him themselves for running the fbi. second new thing to know about bob muller and the possibility he s now investigating the president for potential obstruction of justice, we can report it concerns grand juries. so far we ve known of at least one grand jury that is already involved in this case and issuing subpoenas. the first one we know about is in virginia. so that investigation into flynn operated through the u.s.