President Trump and impeachment remain unchanged N.P.R.'s Domanick Oman to narrow has more despite weeks of public hearings on impeachment American public opinion remains where it's been divided and partisan 48 percent of Americans oppose the impeachment of President Trump while 47 percent approve of it that is statistically unchanged from a month ago the last time the question was asked Meanwhile President Trump's approval rating is 42 percent pretty much exactly where it's been for the entirety of his presidency and 91 percent of Republicans approve of the job he's doing so the likelihood is this week the House led by Democrats will impeach the president and he will maintain if not solidify the support of his base to medical Monson are n.p.r. 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Suggests the $737.00 Max won't be certified to fly passengers again until mid February at the earliest N.P.R.'s David Schaper it's a high risk week for the French government as it tries to calm strikers anger against its proposal to overhaul the retirement system N.P.R.'s Eleanor Beardsley reports unions have called for huge protest marches tomorrow even though a union that usually cooperates with the government is calling for its members to strike Tuesday all are opposed to the new retirement age of 64 up from 62 Meanwhile millions of travelers could be held hostage if the transport strike runs through Christmas. Well didn't you because you don't know that they are told train drivers it was beneath them to keep people from their families during the holidays French train drivers have earned a kind of mystical status from resisting the Nazis and struggling for workers' rights a Christmas strike is not worthy of your history said the mayor Eleanor Beardsley n.p.r. 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You are Boston I'm Meghna truck Robertie and this is on point never mind walking and chewing gum at the same time as Democrats and the president have been insisting they're capable of this week it is all impeachment all the time the House will debate and take a full floor vote the White House and both parties in Congress especially the Senate are calculating next steps so this hour on point will take stock of the big week ahead in Washington and a little later this hour we'll also talk to Democratic presidential candidate Michael Bennett so you can join us will you be watching the House vote expected on Wednesday or Thursday What's your take on how Senator Mitch McConnell says he'll run an impeachment trial in the Senate versus Senator Chuck Schumer's request for a witness's wrote 180-423-8255 that's 80423 talk you can also join us any time at on point Radio dot org or Twitter and Facebook and on point radio Well joining me today from Washington is Paul Reed White House correspondent for c.b.s. News focusing on the Justice Department and legal affairs as well Paul it's good to have you on thrilled to be here also with us is Catherine Tully McManus She covers Congress and in particular congressional leadership for c.q. Roll call Katherine welcome to on point thank you so 1st of all Katherine let me start with you and let's just dive right into the House debate and vote that could come as soon as Wednesday what do we expect there. So the plan is for the full House to vote on Wednesday on the articles of impeachment the rules for the debate and the vote will be laid out Tuesday in the House Rules Committee I'm so there's still one more committee that the. Articles of Impeachment have to go through but that is a Democrat like Committee and they really just outlining how many hours of to be in who controls the time and then what we will likely also see is potentially impeachment managers named which are House lawmakers who act as prosecutors when the case goes to the Senate and Paula do we know at all who some of those possible names might be there have been some names that have been floated representative is one name that has been floated but at this point it's not clear and now Speaker Nancy Pelosi she has a lot of leeway in terms of who she selects how many she selects and I know there has been a big push within the Democratic Party for diversity then the question is Well what does that mean is that making sure you have an even balance of men and women people different races or is it more sort of geo political diversity still a lot of open questions Ok So talk to me Paul about how I mean the vote itself is expected to go are there any wavering Democrats it does not appear at this point that there is any doubt that they are going to approve these 2 articles of impeachment it is expected that they will both be approved and I've been focusing more on the White House's strategy because they are completely they're not even look at the House vote at this point they are focused more now on a likely Senate trial there was one big development of course over over the weekend which is a representative from New Jersey a district where Trump is quite popular a Democrat Jeff and Drew he has decided he's going to switch parties to the Republican Party he's been sort of really the lone critic of the impeachment process but we're hearing from our sources that he may wait. You switch parties until after the impeachment vote because the president has been driving this decision wants him to wait until after the impeachment vote so that he can vote no as a Democrat Ok So Catherine did you want to comment on a yeah there's definitely been one of the Republican talking points has been that the bipartisan vote on impeachment was against when they approved the rules and procedures for what how this impeachment inquiry would be governed so the committee rules and things like that and they did have Democrats vote against those rules and that has been a big Republican talking point and I do think that Republicans in the president would like Chaffin to to have a d. Next to his name when he votes no Ok so presuming some grand surprise doesn't happen between now and Wednesday I'm hearing both of you say it's pretty safe to assume that these articles of and she ph meant will be voted on on Wednesday in the full was theirs in the full House and then will pass and could be transmitted thereafter to the Senate right Paul is that what I'm hearing exactly no we don't expect the Senate trial to get underway until early early next year but the big question right now is what will that look out look like and I've spoken to sources I know that the president's top lawyer the president's top legislative aide they will be meeting this week with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to talk about what their best strategy is for trial now some Democrats have cried foul over the president's lawyers are coordinating with g.o.p. Leadership but they're going to continue to work together to figure out the rules the timing and the approach that they want to take Ok so let's talk more about that in particular because on Sunday just yesterday my Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer basically put out a request a list of demands however you want to look at it on how Democrats in the Senate would like the Senate trial to be run specifically asking for a witness. So Catherine can you tell us more about what Schumer once yes sure put out this letter saying that he would like relevant witnesses to appear in the Senate trial including national security advisor John Bolton and current acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney this is an interesting request especially we have not heard from Majority Leader McConnell yet on how he will respond to this request because having witnesses in the Senate opens the door for having witnesses who. Prove the Democrats point as opposed to defend the president's position and that can complicate things for the Republicans in the Senate so Poll talk about this with us because I haven't heard a peep from a public peep from Senator Mitch McConnell that he would be open to having witnesses in his Senate run trial here especially the ones as Katherine is saying the Democrats would like to hear from Mick Mulvaney John Bolton Robert Blair none of these folks testified before the House subcommittees to begin with that's right I know from speaking to sources close to Mulvey me he's not going to cooperate in less the White House tells him to otherwise he would take a separate legal challenge based on his role as acting chief of staff to determine whether he can be compelled to testify but Mitch McConnell isn't a tricky spot here because the president has been quite clear that he would like to have a show he wants to call witnesses and the witness list that he has is quite something it's Adam Schiff it's Hunter Biden it's Joe Biden it's a lot of different folks that he wants to put on the stand because he believes the House process is not fair his side has not been heard but Mitch McConnell and other officials inside the White House they believe that when it comes to the president's defense less is more but so far they have not been able to convince the president of this so what you are likely to see is that this will get underway without a clear commitment on witnesses because one of the things that is interesting about the impeachment process in the Senate is is there is some flexibility within it there is a little bit of decide as you go and the hope is that the president will see the presentations will see the process is more fair to him in the g.o.p. Led Senate and then perhaps he may back off of this desire to to try to call former Vice President Joe Biden which of course is something unprecedented unlikely wind up in the court so that that's the strategy right now but Mitch McConnell is sending the president some not so subtle hints in his press conference that he wants this over with fast Ok So Paula tell me say the. Because of what you just said that Senator McConnell says no we're going to run the Senate trial with no witnesses we're just going to have you know the the counsel's if I can call them that from either side present their cases to the Senate here I mean is that a nonstarter for Democrats I mean I'm seeing some rumblings of like if that happens if she were just sorry if if McConnell decides to go that way maybe Nancy Pelosi Speaker Pelosi in the House won't transmit. The impeachment proceedings to the Senate sure it's possible but I think House Democrats have to know that the witnesses that they're talking about for example former national security adviser John Bolton yet they've tried to call him his case that question about whether he can be compelled that is currently tied up in the courts a question that will likely go to the Supreme Court whether you can be compelled to testify when the White House tries to block you do they want to wait months for a former national security adviser John Bolton again as I said Mick Mulvaney he's willing to take this question to the courts at his his attorneys they believe quite firmly that of executive privilege or any of these privileges apply to one person in addition to the president it's Mick Mulvaney So they want to die on that hill right and not transmit Ok but I think everyone understands that realistically though these particular witnesses are likely to be tied up in court for quite some time before you get an answer on whether they can either cooperate no no I hear what you're saying Paula but Catherine I mean on this show over the past several weeks we've had folks come on and say the proceedings the Democrats have were rushed through this too fast and that perhaps this is this an opportunity again I mean who knows this is like 4 dimensional chess right now but but if this could be an opportunity for them to to pass article and impeachment in the house but not transmit it to the Senate and slow things down and actually do let things work through the courts so House Democrats this was on their radar when they set the pace of this impeachment and when they scheduled all of these hearings and now a vote ahead of the holiday recess. Adam Schiff the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee he said very explicitly. During the introduction of the articles of impeachment that they were not going to wait for the courts and that the courts. Would not be a deterrent for them even though they would like to hear from these witnesses they were not going to hold off on moving forward and wait for months and months for decisions to be made about individual witnesses however that is also an element that is part of the argument of Republicans of the pace of this that this should be decided by the 3rd branch of government the judicial system and they say the Democrats are steam rolling through that Paul what do you think about that. Again I think when you look at the g.o.p. Leadership on the Senate side they've been really clear they want this over with they want this to just stick to the Democrats they don't want to be seen as dragging this out any longer they want to get through this they're confident the president will not be removed and then they want to appear as the party that's pivoting back to looking at trade prescription drug prices and health care ahead of 2020 I don't see were too many people have the incentive to dig in and really go through a more comprehensive process and I actually asked Nancy Pelosi about this maybe a week ago at the Kennedy Center Honors on the red carpet I said look what do you say to people who argue that you're moving too fast and she dismissed the criticism and said that you know they're doing exactly what they need to do so I just don't see the incentive for anyone to drag this out any longer well run or Go ahead Catherine quickly center Republicans are also already saying that they know the outcome and that they don't need to hear from witnesses because they know where their vote for right well to that point got comments on our website Brian 4000 says instead of spending all this time on an impeachment that will not get through the Senate I would rather the Democrats had turned the phone calls into a campaign issue and put it to voters in the election so folks. 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Roll call and we want to hear from you What's your question about this big week in the news about how the impeachment vote will be handled in the House and what might happen when it moves to the Senate we're at 180-423-8255 that's 80423 talk let's go to Steve who's calling from Dayton Ohio Steve you're on the air . I question is if this process continues on in the Senate does it end up quitting and then the quote come back and say that witnesses that are not justifying are in fact need to be compelled to justify and respond to the subpoenas can they really open the impeachment inquiry. Steve thank you for your call Paula give an answer for that I don't know because they'd already gone through and voted to acquit I guess it also depends how they how t