SENATOR RICK SCOTT VERSION
WOULD EXTEND TPS STATUS FOR 18
MONTHS AND REQUIRE APPROVAL TO
EXTEND ANOTHER 18 MONTHS.
SENATE DEMOCRATS DO NOT SUPPORT
THAT.
WE ARE JOINED BY DR. CHARLES
ZELDA AND.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
WE HAVE A LOT TO TALK ABOUT.
THE FIRST QUESTION IS
REPUBLICANS ARE SAYING THIS IS
NOT A VALID IMPEACHMENT BECAUSE
THE DEMOCRATS DID NOT CALL FOR
A FLOOR VOTE IN THE HOUSE?
IS THAT A FACT?
NO IT ISN'T.
THE CONSTITUTION DOES NOT LAY
OUT PROCEDURES FOR IMPEACHMENT.
IT'S UP TO THE HOUSE TO
DETERMINE HOW TO IMPEACH.
AND UP TO THE SENATE TO HOLD A
TRIAL AND CONVICT.
WHILE IN THE PAST THERE HAVE
BEEN HOUSE FOLKS TO INITIATE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRIES IT'S NOT
REQUIRED.
IN FACT, EACH OF THE THREE
IMPEACHMENT INQUIRIES WE HAVE
HAD SO FAR, ANDREW JOHNSON,
RICHARD NIXON AND BILL CLINTON.
THEY FOLLOW DIFFERENT
PROCEDURES AND HOW THEY
INITIATED ORGANIZED AND
ULTIMATELY RAN THEIR
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS.
IT IS PRETTY RARE IN HISTORY.
THIS IS NOT A STEP THAT YOU
WANT TO TAKE IF THERE IS ANY
OPTION AVAILABLE.
LET'S TALK ABOUT MIKE PENCE.
TODAY HE GAVE A FULL THROATED
DEFENSE TO THE PRESIDENT.
LET'S LISTEN TO THAT.
THE PRESIDENT SPOKE ABOUT
LACK OF EUROPEAN SUPPORT AND
CORRUPTION.
HE ASKED ME TO MEET WITH THE
PRESIDENT OF THE UKRAINE AND
CARRY OUR CONCERNS ABOUT THOSE
ISSUES.
ANYONE WHO LOOKS AT THE
PRESIDENTS TRANSCRIPT WILL SEE
THE PRESIDENT WAS RAISING
ISSUES THAT WERE APPROPRIATE.
THAT WERE A GENUINE INTEREST TO
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HE IS ON
BOARD.
AT THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY
REVEALS DELIBERATE AND VARIOUS
ACTS BY THE PRESIDENT AND THE
VICE PRESIDENT IS THAT A
CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS?
IT MEANS THERE IS A
POTENTIAL OF TWO IMPEACHMENT
HEARINGS IN TWO TRIALS.
THE VICE PRESIDENT IS JUST AS
IMPEACHABLE AS THE PRESIDENT.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THE
CHIEF JUSTICE DOESN'T PRESIDE
OVER HIS IMPEACHMENT HEARING.
THE VICE PRESIDENT PRESIDES
OVER HIS OWN IMPEACHMENT
HEARING.
THE REALITY IS IF THEY FIND THE
VICE PRESIDENT WAS INVOLVED IN
A POTENTIALLY IMPEACHABLE
ACTIONS, THE HOUSE CAN JUST AS
EASILY IMPEACH HIM.
IF BOTH ARE CONVICTED SAY HELLO
TO PRESIDENT PELOSI.
Reporter: SHE AND ADAM
SCHEFTER THE CHAIRMAN OF THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.
THEY BOTH SAY THEY WANT TO DO
THIS AS EXPEDITIOUSLY AS
POSSIBLE.
DO YOU SEE THAT PLAYING OUT?
ONLY BECAUSE THERE IS AN
ELECTION COMING UP.
THE DEMOCRATS WILL WANT TO MAKE
THIS GO AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
THEY WILL FOCUS PRIMARILY ON
THIS ONE CRISIS.
THE TRANSCRIPT OF THE
PRESIDENT'S CALL TO THE
UKRAINE.
THERE MAY BE SOME, AN ARTICLE
DEALING WITH GETTING IN THE WAY
OF JUSTICE.
GENERALLY I THINK THEY WILL
KEEP IT FOCUSED, NARROW AND
SPECIFIC AND AN EASY TALE TO
TELL.
AND MOVE ALONG.
ULTIMATELY THE JURY THEY ARE
PLAYING TO IS NOT THE JURY OF
THE SENATORS.
THEY WILL CONVICT OR NOT
CONVICT AS THEY WISH.
WE THE PEOPLE AND WE THE JURY.
ULTIMATELY THIS IS ABOUT HOW WE
WILL RESPOND IN THE 2020
ELECTION.
DOES IT MATTER IF THE
REPUBLICANS IN THE SENATE DRAG
THIS OUT PAST THE ELECTION?
WE ARE 13 MONTHS AWAY.
THEN WHAT HAPPENS?
OF THE PRESIDENT IS DEFEATED
IN THE ELECTION HE HAS ONLY TWO
AND HALF MONTHS TO GO BEFORE HE
IS OUT OF OFFICE.
IF HE WINDS THERE IS THE NEED
TO HOLD THE TRIAL.
BUT ULTIMATELY I DO NOT SEE THE
SENATORS ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE
WANTING TO DELAY THIS.
THIS HANGING OVER YOUR HEAD IS
