OVER TO YOU, BRIAN. BRIAN: AINSLEY, AHEAD OF TODAY’S

BRIAN: AINSLEY, AHEAD OF TODAY’S CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE

CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN THE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IMPEACHMENT

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL IMPEACHMENT MANAGER ADAM SCHIFF CLAIMS HE

MANAGER ADAM SCHIFF CLAIMS HE HAS NO REGRETS.

HAS NO REGRETS. >> THERE’S NOTHING THAT I COULD

>> THERE’S NOTHING THAT I COULD SEE THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE

SEE THAT WE COULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE AS THE

DIFFERENTLY BECAUSE AS THE SENATORS HAVE ADMITTED, WE HAVE

SENATORS HAVE ADMITTED, WE HAVE PROVED OUR CASE.

PROVED OUR CASE. BRIAN: GOP CONGRESSMAN MARK

BRIAN: GOP CONGRESSMAN MARK MEADOWS AND JIM JORDAN, KNOW

MEADOWS AND JIM JORDAN, KNOW ADAM SCHIFF QUITE WELL, HE SAYS

ADAM SCHIFF QUITE WELL, HE SAYS HE HAS NO REGRETS, WHAT WOULD HE

HE HAS NO REGRETS, WHAT WOULD HE ACTUALLY SAY, DO YOU THINK HE

ACTUALLY SAY, DO YOU THINK HE BELIEVES IT?

BELIEVES IT? [LAUGHTER]

[LAUGHTER] >> , NO HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IT,

>> , NO HE DOESN’T BELIEVE IT, HE’S THE ONE THAT TOLD US THAT

HE’S THE ONE THAT TOLD US THAT WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM THE WHISTLEBLOWER, HE’S THE ONE

THE WHISTLEBLOWER, HE’S THE ONE THAT TOLD US THAT HE HAD NO

THAT TOLD US THAT HE HAD NO CONTACT WITH THE WHISTLEBLOWER,

CONTACT WITH THE WHISTLEBLOWER, HOW MANY TIMES HAS ADAM SCHIFF

HOW MANY TIMES HAS ADAM SCHIFF MISLEAD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT

MISLEAD THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT OUR COUNTRY HAS LIVED THERE, THE

OUR COUNTRY HAS LIVED THERE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE IT FOR WHAT

AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.

IT IS. >> CONGRESSMAN, RIGHT NOW, WE

>> CONGRESSMAN, RIGHT NOW, WE WILL HEAR MORE OF THE SAME

WILL HEAR MORE OF THE SAME RHETORIC TODAY, WE WILL TAKE A

RHETORIC TODAY, WE WILL TAKE A PAUSE TUESDAY AND THEN WEDNESDAY

PAUSE TUESDAY AND THEN WEDNESDAY YOU’LL HAVE THE EXONERATION BY

YOU’LL HAVE THE EXONERATION BY ALL ACCOUNTS, WHAT DO YOU THINK

ALL ACCOUNTS, WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANCES OF DEMOCRATS

ABOUT THE CHANCES OF DEMOCRATS FLIPPING OVER FROM JOE MANCHIN

FLIPPING OVER FROM JOE MANCHIN ON DOWN?

ON DOWN? >> WELL, THEY BASE IT ON THE

>> WELL, THEY BASE IT ON THE FACT THAT IT WILL BE MORE THAN

FACT THAT IT WILL BE MORE THAN JUST JOE MANCHIN BUT WHEN YOU

JUST JOE MANCHIN BUT WHEN YOU HAVE A BIPARTISAN VOTE AGAINST

HAVE A BIPARTISAN VOTE AGAINST IMPEACHMENT IN THE HOUSE AND YOU

IMPEACHMENT IN THE HOUSE AND YOU HAVE A BIPARTISAN ACQUITTAL, IT

HAVE A BIPARTISAN ACQUITTAL, IT SHOWS THAT, INDEED, THERE WAS NO

SHOWS THAT, INDEED, THERE WAS NO MERITS TO THIS CASE AND WE’VE

MERITS TO THIS CASE AND WE’VE GOT TO STOP THIS FROM EVER BEING

GOT TO STOP THIS FROM EVER BEING AN IMPACT ON NOT ONLY THIS

AN IMPACT ON NOT ONLY THIS PRESIDENT BUT ANY FUTURE

PRESIDENT BUT ANY FUTURE PRESIDENT, BUT I I’M OPTIMISTIC

PRESIDENT, BUT I I’M OPTIMISTIC THAT THEY’LL BE A BIPARTISAN

THAT THEY’LL BE A BIPARTISAN ACQUITTAL.

ACQUITTAL. >> VERY INTERESTING, WE KNOW

>> VERY INTERESTING, WE KNOW IT’S NOT GETTING CLOSE TO 67, IF

IT’S NOT GETTING CLOSE TO 67, IF WE GET MANCHIN AND WHO KNOWS WHO

WE GET MANCHIN AND WHO KNOWS WHO ELSE, A FEW CROSS OVER IN THE

ELSE, A FEW CROSS OVER IN THE HOUSE.

HOUSE. SPEAKING OF THE HOUSE, ARE WE

SPEAKING OF THE HOUSE, ARE WE GOING TO SEE MORE

GOING TO SEE MORE INVESTIGATIONS, CAROL MALOENY

INVESTIGATIONS, CAROL MALOENY SAYING BECAUSE THIS IS OVER THE

SAYING BECAUSE THIS IS OVER THE INVESTIGATIONS AREN’T GOING TO

INVESTIGATIONS AREN’T GOING TO STOP, JORDAN?

STOP, JORDAN? >> NO, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO

>> NO, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO STOP, REMEMBER THEY STARTED

STOP, REMEMBER THEY STARTED BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT,

BEFORE HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT, JULY 2016 WHEN IMPEACHMENT

JULY 2016 WHEN IMPEACHMENT REALLY BEGAN, SO-TRUMP RUSSIA

REALLY BEGAN, SO-TRUMP RUSSIA COLLUSION WHICH WAS A JOKE,

COLLUSION WHICH WAS A JOKE, REMEMBER, THEY WENT TO FISA

REMEMBER, THEY WENT TO FISA COURT AND LIED TO THE COURT 17

COURT AND LIED TO THE COURT 17 TIMES, INTERESTING HEARING

TIMES, INTERESTING HEARING COMING UP THIS WEEK WITH THE

COMING UP THIS WEEK WITH THE IMPEACHMENT IOWA CAUCUS, THERE’S

IMPEACHMENT IOWA CAUCUS, THERE’S A HEARING WHERE FBI DIRECTOR

A HEARING WHERE FBI DIRECTOR CHRIS WRAY WILL BE TESTIFYING IN

CHRIS WRAY WILL BE TESTIFYING IN FRONT OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE,

FRONT OF JUDICIARY COMMITTEE, WHAT’S GOING TO CHANGE WHEN IT

WHAT’S GOING TO CHANGE WHEN IT COMES TO FISA COURT OPERATES AN

COMES TO FISA COURT OPERATES AN MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THE FBI

MORE IMPORTANTLY WHAT THE FBI DOES WHEN THEY GO TO FISA COURT.

DOES WHEN THEY GO TO FISA COURT. >> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S

>> ONE OF THE THINGS THAT’S INTERESTING, CAROL IS TALKING

INTERESTING, CAROL IS TALKING ABOUT ADDITIONAL HEARINGS, ONE

ABOUT ADDITIONAL HEARINGS, ONE OF THE HEARINGS SHE’S NOT

OF THE HEARINGS SHE’S NOT WILLING TO HAVE INSPECTOR

WILLING TO HAVE INSPECTOR HOROWITZ TO COME IN AND TALK

HOROWITZ TO COME IN AND TALK ABOUT FISA ABUSE AND WHAT WE

ABOUT FISA ABUSE AND WHAT WE NEED TO DO, WHEN IT COMES TO

NEED TO DO, WHEN IT COMES TO GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE

GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM, SHE WANTS THE LOOK THE

PROBLEM, SHE WANTS THE LOOK THE OTHER WAY AND THIS IS NO

OTHER WAY AND THIS IS NO DIFFERENT.

DIFFERENT. BRIEN: WOULD THE SENATE DO THAT,

BRIEN: WOULD THE SENATE DO THAT, CONGRESSMAN JORDAN?

CONGRESSMAN JORDAN? I WANT TO SEE HUNTER BIDEN OR

I WANT TO SEE HUNTER BIDEN OR ARE THEY PLAYING A GAME, PART OF

ARE THEY PLAYING A GAME, PART OF PLAYING A GAME THAT ONLY

PLAYING A GAME THAT ONLY BENEFITS LAWMAKERS AND NOT THE

BENEFITS LAWMAKERS AND NOT THE COUNTRY.

COUNTRY. >> WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THE

>> WE SHOULD NEVER FORGET THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO HAS DONE A

ATTORNEY GENERAL WHO HAS DONE A GREAT JOB HAS PUT JOHN DURHAM IN

GREAT JOB HAS PUT JOHN DURHAM IN LOOKING AT ISSUE AS WELL,

LOOKING AT ISSUE AS WELL, SENATOR JOHNSON ALSO SAID THAT

SENATOR JOHNSON ALSO SAID THAT HE WANTS TO LOOK INTO THE

HE WANTS TO LOOK INTO THE ISSUES, THE BIDEN ISSUE AS WELL

ISSUES, THE BIDEN ISSUE AS WELL AS THE WHOLE FISA THING, SO I

AS THE WHOLE FISA THING, SO I THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT

THINK THE AMERICAN PEOPLE EXPECT THAT AND THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE,

THAT AND THAT NEEDS TO GET DONE, IT’S NOT GOING TO GET DONE WITH

IT’S NOT GOING TO GET DONE WITH JERRY NADLER AND CAROL MALONEY.

JERRY NADLER AND CAROL MALONEY. BRIAN: YOU’LL HAVE PRESIDENTIAL

BRIAN: YOU’LL HAVE PRESIDENTIAL RESPECT AND EAR, IF THERE’S

RESPECT AND EAR, IF THERE’S SOMETHING TO BE LEARNED FROM

SOMETHING TO BE LEARNED FROM THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, IF IT WAS

THIS ENTIRE PROCESS, IF IT WAS IN FACT, AVOIDABLE, WHAT DO YOU

IN FACT, AVOIDABLE, WHAT DO YOU HOPE THE PRESIDENT TAKES FROM

HOPE THE PRESIDENT TAKES FROM THEM, THE VULNERABILITY WAS

THEM, THE VULNERABILITY WAS THERE TO PUT THE HOUSE THROUGH

THERE TO PUT THE HOUSE THROUGH THE IMPEACHMENT, SO WHAT DO YOU

THE IMPEACHMENT, SO WHAT DO YOU HOPE HE LEARNS FROM THIS?

HOPE HE LEARNS FROM THIS? >> WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST

>> WELL, I THINK THE BIGGEST THING IS WE ARE IN A PARTISAN

THING IS WE ARE IN A PARTISAN POLITICAL DIVIDE RIGHT NOW, THAT

POLITICAL DIVIDE RIGHT NOW, THAT IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW PERFECT

IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW PERFECT ANYTHING IS, YOU HAVE TO BE

ANYTHING IS, YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED FOR WHAT THE DEMOCRATS

PREPARED FOR WHAT THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO DO.

ARE GOING TO DO. BUT I THINK FOR THE AMERICAN

BUT I THINK FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,

PEOPLE THEY HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, LISTEN, JIM AND I, WE WERE IN

LISTEN, JIM AND I, WE WERE IN EVERY SINGLE DEPOSITION, IF YOU

EVERY SINGLE DEPOSITION, IF YOU LOOKED AT THE FACTS THEY

LOOKED AT THE FACTS THEY WOULDN’T HAVE IMPEACHED HIM AT

WOULDN’T HAVE IMPEACHED HIM AT ALL AND WOULDN’T HAVE GONE TO

ALL AND WOULDN’T HAVE GONE TO THE SENATE, HE NEEDS TO CALL IT

THE SENATE, HE NEEDS TO CALL IT OUT FOR WHAT IT IS, POLITICS,

OUT FOR WHAT IT IS, POLITICS, HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK ON

HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET BACK ON FOCUSING TO WHAT MATTERS, LET’S

FOCUSING TO WHAT MATTERS, LET’S LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES

LOWER PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICES AND GUESS WHAT, HE’S ON THAT.

AND GUESS WHAT, HE’S ON THAT. >> 20 SECOND.

>> 20 SECOND. I KNOW YOU HAVE RESPECT FOR

I KNOW YOU HAVE RESPECT FOR TACTICALLY AND POLITICALLY, HOW

TACTICALLY AND POLITICALLY, HOW -- WHY DID HE PLAY THE WAY SHE

-- WHY DID HE PLAY THE WAY SHE DID, WHY DO YOU THINK SHE DID

DID, WHY DO YOU THINK SHE DID THIS?

THIS? >> YEAH, THEY NEVER EXPECTED

>> YEAH, THEY NEVER EXPECTED WHAT WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT, YOU

WHAT WAS GOING TO PLAY OUT, YOU GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER 24TH,

GO BACK TO SEPTEMBER 24TH, BRIAN, WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED THEY

BRIAN, WHEN SHE ANNOUNCED THEY WILL DO IMPEACHMENT

WILL DO IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD HAVE

INVESTIGATION, THEY WOULD HAVE NEVER PREDICTED THAT EVERY

NEVER PREDICTED THAT EVERY SINGLE REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE

SINGLE REPUBLICAN IN THE HOUSE WOULD VOTE AGAINST HIM, AND

WOULD VOTE AGAINST HIM, AND FOURTH DEMOCRAT WOULD VOTE WITH

FOURTH DEMOCRAT WOULD VOTE WITH US AND SWITCH PARTIES AND ON

US AND SWITCH PARTIES AND ON WEDNESDAY WHEN IT’S A BIPARTISAN

WEDNESDAY WHEN IT’S A BIPARTISAN MAJORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT, THEY

MAJORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT, THEY HAVE NEVER PREDICTED THAT

HAVE NEVER PREDICTED THAT EITHER, SHE MESSED THIS UP ALL

EITHER, SHE MESSED THIS UP ALL THE WAY AROUND, BECAUSE AGAIN

THE WAY AROUND, BECAUSE AGAIN THE FACTS WERE ON THE

THE FACTS WERE ON THE PRESIDENT’S SIDE.

PRESIDENT’S SIDE. BRIAN: BELIEVE ME I WAS IN

BRIAN: BELIEVE ME I WAS IN MIAMI, NOBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT

MIAMI, NOBODY WAS TALKING ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.

IMPEACHMENT. NO ONE TALKED ABOUT IMPEACHMENT.