>> Sandra: CATHERINE HERRIDGE

IN WASHINGTON

>> Bill: LET'S BRING IN

CONGRESSMAN JOHN RATCLIFFE

INVOLVED IN NEARLY ALL THE

INTERVIEWS.

THANK YOU FOR COMING BACK.

I WANT TO TRY TO MOVE THIS

FORWARD.

WE BELIEVE PUBLIC HEARINGS WILL

HAPPEN.

PERHAPS WITHIN TWO WEEKS.

WHO IS THE STRONGEST WITNESS

FOR ADAM SCHIFF?

WHO WOULD HE CALL FIRST?

>> WOULDN'T BE ADAM SCHIFF EVEN

THOUGH HE IS A MATERIAL WITNESS.

I DON'T KNOW WHO THE DEMOCRATS

WOULD BRING FORWARD BECAUSE

THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY WITNESS

WHO HAS CREDIBLY PUT FORTH ANY

INFORMATION THAT WOULD SUPPORT

THAT SOMETHING ILLEGAL HAPPENED

ON THE CALL.

AS CATHERINE HERRIDGE JUST

REPORTED, TIM MORRISON WAS JUST

A LATEST TO CONFIRM THERE WAS

NOTHING ILLEGAL OR IMPROPER.

WITNESS AFTER WITNESS THAT THE

DEMOCRATS HAVE BROUGHT IN HAVE

EXPRESSED CONCERNS ABOUT THE

POLICY OF DONALD TRUMP BUT

CAN'T ARTICULATE ANY HIGH CRIME

FOR IMPEACHABLE OFFENSE.

I'M EAGER FOR A PUBLIC HEARING.

I'M EAGER FOR THE PUBLIC

VIEWING OF WHAT HAS BEEN

HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

AND AGAIN, ADAM SCHIFF OUGHT TO

BE THE FIRST WITNESS TO TESTIFY

AS A MATERIAL FACT WITNESS.

>> Bill: YOU JUST ANSWERED WHO

YOU WOULD CALL FIRST.

WHAT I'M TRYING TO DRIVE AT WHO

MAKES THEIR CASE THE BEST?

YOU'VE HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE

SO FAR.

WHO IS IT?

>> WELL AGAIN, THINK ABOUT IT

THIS WAY, BILL.

YESTERDAY DEMOCRATS PASSED A

RESOLUTION TO GIVE CHAIRMAN

SCHIFF THE MOST AUTHORITY IN

THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS MOVING

FORWARD.

ADAM SCHIFF IS SOMEONE WHO HAS

TRIED TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT

NOW THREE TIMES.

THE FIRST TIME HE ACCUSED THE

PRESIDENT OF TREASON AND SAID

HE HAD EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT

COLLUSION WITH RUSSIA THAT

WASN'T TRUE.

THEN HE SAID WE SHOULD IMPEACH

THE PRESIDENT BECAUSE HE

OBSTRUCTED JUSTICE AND PROMISED

BOB MUELLER WOULD BREATHE LIFE

INTO THAT UNTIL MUELLER SAID IT

WAS UNDER A BURDEN OF PROOF

THAT DIDN'T EXIST.

FAKE IMPEACHMENT EFFORT THREE

SURROUNDED BY A WHISTLEBLOWER

WHO FIRST MET WITH THAT'S

RIGHT, THE STAFF OF CHAIRMAN

SCHIFF.

THE DETAILS OF THAT HAVEN'T

BEEN RELEASED.

CHAIRMAN SCHIFF WON'T RELEASE

THE INSPECTOR GENERAL'S SWORN

TESTIMONY WHICH WILL CONFIRM

THE CONTACTS BETWEEN CHAIRMAN

SCHIFF AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER.

IT'S LIKE THIS, BILL.

IF WE HAVE A TRIAL, THE PERSON

WHO PLANTED FAKE EVIDENCE

SHOULDN'T BE THE ONE RULING ON

THE ADMISSIBILITY OF FAKE

EVIDENCE.

>> Bill: YOU ARE MAKING THE

CASE THERE WAS NOTHING ILLEGAL.

A QUESTION OF POLICY DISPUTES

AND IF THAT'S THE CASE THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL DECIDE

WHETHER OR NOT THEY THINK

SOMETHING WAS UNTOWARD.

DOES IT APPEAR, HOWEVER, THE

SHIP HAS SAILED AND DEMOCRATS

IN THE HOUSE WILL IMPEACH THIS

PRESIDENT?

>> I THINK SO.

UNFORTUNATELY YOU SAW IT

YESTERDAY.

ONLY TWO DEMOCRATS HAD THE

COURAGE TO REALLY LOOK AT THE

FACTS HERE AND SAY LISTEN,

WE'VE GOT TO STOP TRYING TO

IMPEACH THIS GUY AND GET ON

WITH THE BUSINESS OF THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE.

UNFORTUNATELY THE DEMOCRATS ARE

LINING UP BEHIND THEIR

LEADERSHIP BUT AT THE END OF

THE DAY THE TRUTH WILL DEFEND

ITSELF.

AGAIN, WHEN WE HAVE A PUBLIC

HEARING OF THIS THERE IS

NOTHING TO THIS.

AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WILL

SEE THAT.

DONALD TRUMP IS NOT THE GUILTY

ONE.

>> Bill: TWO MORE THINGS.

MIKE MCCAUL SAID THE

WHISTLEBLOWER WAS COMPLICIT

WITH ADAM SCHIFF.

IF THAT IS TRUE, CAN YOU PROVE

IT IN A PUBLIC HEARING?

>> WE CAN IF WE CAN ACCESS TO

EITHER SWORN TESTIMONY OF THE

WHISTLEBLOWER OR CHAIRMAN

SCHIFF AND HIS STAFF.

AGAIN, WHAT THE PEOPLE NEED TO

UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS

IMPEACHMENT PROCESS DIDN'T

START BY A WHISTLEBLOWER GOING

TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.

IT STARTED BY THAT PERSON GOING

TO CHAIRMAN SCHIFF'S STAFF,

TALKING WITH THEM AND THEN

GOING TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL.

THE DETAILS OF THAT, BILL, WHEN

THEY MET, WHAT THEY TALKED

ABOUT, WHETHER THEY WERE

DIRECTED, WHETHER IT WAS

COORDINATED WILL TELL US

WHETHER OR NOT THIS IMPEACHMENT

EFFORT WAS ORCHESTRATED OR

ORGANIC.

THOSE ARE MATERIAL FACTS AND

ADAM SCHIFF IS ONE OF THE FOLKS

THAT HAS KNOWLEDGE OF THOSE

RELEVANT FACTS AND WE OUGHT TO

HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO

CROSS-EXAMINE HIM.

>> Bill: THE PRESIDENT

SUGGESTED HE WOULD HAVE A

FIRESIDE CHAT OF SORTS TO READ

THE TRANSCRIPT ALOUD TO THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE.

THINK THAT'S A GOOD IDEA?

>> I DON'T THINK THE PRESIDENT

SHOULD HAVE TO DO THAT.

I'M ALWAYS HAPPY WHEN THE

PRESIDENT ADDRESSES THE

AMERICAN PEOPLE DIRECTLY BUT WE

SHOULDN'T BE WASTING ANY MORE

TIME ON THIS.

NO DEMOCRAT CAN EVEN ARTICULATE

A HIGH CRIME OR IMPEACHABLE

OFFENSE HERE.

THEY'VE DEFAULTED TO SOME SORT

OF ABUSE OF POWER WHERE THEY

CAN'T ESTABLISH A QUID PRO QUO

INVOLVING THE WITHHOLDING OF

MILITARY AID OR SECURITY

ASSISTANCE.

THEY JUST KEEP ARTICULATING

THEY THINK THE PRESIDENT DID

SOMETHING WRONG.

WE SHOULDN'T BE WASTING OUR

TIME ON THIS AND THE AMERICAN

PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO WATCH