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>> Melissa: WOW, SO AWFUL.
GREG PALKOT, THANK YOU FOR THAT.
>> Bill: FOX NEWS CONFIRMING
MITCH McCONNELL BELIEVES
NANCY PELOSI COULD SEND THE
ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE
SENATE PERHAPS AS SOON AS TODAY.
RANKING OR PUBLIC IN HOUSE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE WITH ME NOW,
GEORGIA REPUBLICAN DOUG COLLINS.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
I BELIEVE THERE HAS TO BE VOTE
FOR US IN THE HOUSE.
DO YOU EXPECT THAT TODAY, SIR?
>> WE HAVEN'T HEARD ABOUT IT
YET.
I WOULDN'T BE HEARING ABOUT IT.
WE'VE ALREADY PROVE THE RULE
THAT WOULD LET THE BILL COME TO
THE FLOOR OF THE NAMES OF
MANAGERS AND SENDS THE BILL.
I HAVE NOT BEEN NOTIFIED YET.
IT'LL BE A SHORT DEBATE ONCE IT
HAPPENS BUT I HAVE NOT BEEN
NOTIFIED.
I'M NOT LOOKING FOR IT TODAY
RIGHT NOW.
>> Bill: YOU ARE NOT, OKAY, AS
OF THE MOMENT.
FORECAST THEN, WENT TO THE TRIAL
BEGIN, DO YOU BELIEVE, ON THAT
SENSE THAT CONGRESS?
>> THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION, IT'S
ALL IN THE HANDS OF NANCY PELOSI
RIGHT NOW.
SHE'S KEEPING THIS FROM THE
SENATE.
IT'S ARGUED A FEW DAYS AFTER
THAT.
I THINK SHE'S IN A TOUGH BIND.
SHE UNDERSTANDS HER CASE HAS
BEEN VERY WEAK IN THE HOUSE.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THE SENATE
CAN ACTUALLY TAKE SERIOUSLY
BECAUSE WE MAKE IT THE CASE THAT
PROCEDURALLY WAS TERRIBLE.
THEY KNOW THEY'RE GOING TO BE
EXPOSED.
SHE DOESN'T WANT TO SEND IT OVER
TO A QUICK AND HURRIED DEATH,
WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING TO
HAPPEN.
BUT I THINK SHE WILL SEND THEM.
WE SEE THAT HAPPENING WITH THE
SENATE DEMOCRATS, SO I THINK IT
WILL HAPPEN FAIRLY SOON,
PROBABLY THE FIRST OF THE WEEK.
>> Bill: SHE SAID, "WE WANT TO
SEE THE ARENA."
MITCH McCONNELL SAID, "FORGET
ABOUT IT, WE'RE NOT GOING TO DO
THAT."
HE ALSO OFFERED THAT THIS IS
JUNIOR VARSITY HOSTAGE
SITUATIONS.
>> MITCH McCONNELL IS PRETTY
BLUNT IN HIS ASSESSMENT.
HE HAS BEEN SINCE THE
IMPEACHMENT HAPPENED.
WHEN DOING SO, I THINK WE OUGHT
TO LOOK AT -- WE SEE THE FACT
THAT HE HAS THE VOTES TO
CONTINUE, AS THE CLINTON TRIAL
DID.
EVEN SOME OF THE SENATE
DEMOCRATS ARE ACKNOWLEDGING IT'S
TIME TO MOVE ON WITH THIS.
TO SAY SHE NEEDS TO SEE THE
ARENA IS SORT OF DISINGENUOUS IN
MY MIND.
BECAUSE WE ALREADY KNOW WHAT IS
ACTUALLY HAPPENING IN THE CASE.
THEY HAVE PUT THE ARTICLES
TOGETHER, THEY MADE THEIR CASE,
THEY SENT THAT BACK, THE FACTS
ARE ALREADY THERE.
MY QUESTION IS NOT A MATTER OF
THE ARENA, BUT IF SHE WANTS TO
SEND OVER.
THAT DOESN'T CHANGE.
THE ARGUMENT ABOUT AN ARENA
DOESN'T REALLY HOLD TRUE BECAUSE
YOU KNOW WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE.
SHE JUST NEEDS TO CENTER
MANAGERS OVER TO PRESENT THEIR
CASE.
V7 IT APPEARS THERE'S MOVEMENT
ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE OF THE
SENATE THAT IF YOU DON'T DO IT
WITHIN 25 DAYS THEY WILL TAKE
ACTION, EVEN IF IT HAS TO GO TO
THAT POINT.
I WANT TO BRING UP A COMMENT
LAST NIGHT, TALKING ABOUT
DEMOCRATS AND THE SOLEIMANI HIT.
IS THAT THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH
TERRORISTS?
YOU SAID THEY MOURNED
YOU SAID THEY SOURNED
YOU SAID THEY SOLRNED
YOU SAID THEY SOLEIED
YOU SAID THEY SOLEIMANI MORE
THAN THE GOLD STAR FAMILIES THAT
SUFFERED UNDER SOLEIMANI AND IS
A PROBLEM?
WANTED TO SAY THAT, SIR?
>> I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION,
BUT THIS IS MY FRUSTRATION.
WHEN I LOOK AT THIS AND I SEE
THEM COMING TO THE FORCING THE
PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED
SOLEIMANI, WHEN I SEE THEM COME
TO THE FORE AND NOT RECOGNIZE
THE FACT OF A TERRORIST, IT IS
PERSONAL FOR ME.
I UNDERSTAND THE FRUSTRATION
PEOPLE MAY HAVE WITH MY COMMENT,
BUT WHEN I WAS IN IRAQ I WAS IN
HOSPITAL.
WHEN I SAW THE RESULTS OF WHAT
MR. SOLEIMANI DID, WHEN I SAW
IRAQIS AND AMERICAN SOLDIERS AND
COALITION SOLDIERS SITTING THERE
BLOWN WITH LEGS BLOWN OFF, THEIR
BODY PARTS MISSING, MANY OF THEM
DIED, IT'S VERY PERSONAL FOR ME.
SO IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME
JUST TO SEE THAT WE DON'T CALL
IT WHAT IT IS, AND THAT THE
PRESIDENT TO ATTACK A TERRORIST.
WHO, BY THE WAY, WAS DESIGNATED
A TERRORIST BY PRESIDENT OBAMA.
SO THAT'S MY FRUSTRATION.
>> Bill: HEAR YOUR WORDS --
"THEY ARE IN LOVE WITH
TERRORISTS."
DO YOU HONESTLY BELIEVE THAT?
>> I THINK THEIR ACTIONS BETRAY
THEM.
TO ALL OF THEM LOOKED
TERRORISTS?
KNOW.
THEY SHE WAS THAT THEY WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE WAS A
TERRORIST, THEY WANT TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS
WAS A GOOD THING FOR THE WORLD,
FOR SOLEIMANI TO BE TAKEN OUT.
FROM MY PERSPECTIVE, THEY NEED
TO BE CALLED UP.
IF THEY WOULD STOP CALLING
MATERIALIST, THAT'S ACCUSING A
PRESIDENT OF A CRIME.
THAT'S NOT BEEN TALKED ABOUT A
LOT.
AT THIS POINT WE NEED TO MOVE ON
FROM THE FACT OF THE PRESIDENT
DID WHAT I BELIEVE HE SHOULD
HAVE DONE.
HE TOOK OUT A TERRORIST IN THE
WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE FOR IT.
>> Bill: ONE MORE THING,
THERE'S STATEMENT IN THE WAR
POWERS RESOLUTION WHETHER OR NOT
YOU SUPPORT TERRORISTS.
YOU WOULD AGREE WITH THAT,
RIGHT?
IT'S VERY IDEAL POLITICALLY
TRYING TO RESTRAIN IN A
NONBINDING WAY, THE PRESIDENT
FROM TAKING MORE ACTION AGAINST
IRAN.
LAST, DONE THAT.
>> SPEAKER PELOSI EARLIER IN
HERE BROADCAST, SHE DIDN'T WANT
ANYBODY TO COMMENT ON IT.
SHE DIDN'T WANTED TO BE BINDING
SO THE PRESIDENT COULD VETO IT.
SHE SAID IT WAS THE POLITICAL
DOCUMENT, A POLITICAL STEVEDORE
SLAP AT THE PRESENT.
THE WAR POWERS ACT IS SOMETHING
I'VE TALKED ABOUT BEFORE.
I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT ON ITS
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