SHOULD KEEP THEIR SORT OF ATTENTION FOCUSED ON.

ATTENTION FOCUSED ON. BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A

BECAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF DISTRACTIONS.

LOT OF DISTRACTIONS. >> GARRETT HAAKE IN THE HALLWAY

>> GARRETT HAAKE IN THE HALLWAY OUTSIDE THIS HEARING.

OUTSIDE THIS HEARING. GARRETT, WHAT CAN YOU ADD FROM

GARRETT, WHAT CAN YOU ADD FROM YOUR VANTAGE POINT?

YOUR VANTAGE POINT? >> Reporter: BRIAN, I WAS JUST

>> Reporter: BRIAN, I WAS JUST IN THE HEARING ROOM KIND OF

IN THE HEARING ROOM KIND OF POKING AROUND AS FOLKS WERE

POKING AROUND AS FOLKS WERE GETTING SET UP.

GETTING SET UP. AND THE REPUBLICAN POSTERS THAT

AND THE REPUBLICAN POSTERS THAT THEY HAVE PUT UP BEHIND THE DIAS

THEY HAVE PUT UP BEHIND THE DIAS WHICH I THINK YOU CAN SEE ON

WHICH I THINK YOU CAN SEE ON YOUR SCREENS, TELL ME THAT

YOUR SCREENS, TELL ME THAT THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF

THEY'RE GOING TO MAKE A LOT OF USE OF NEAR AND NOT SO NEAR

USE OF NEAR AND NOT SO NEAR HISTORY.

HISTORY. THEY'RE GOING TO POINT OUT THE

THEY'RE GOING TO POINT OUT THE COMMENTS OF CHAIRMAN NADLER BACK

COMMENTS OF CHAIRMAN NADLER BACK IN THE '90s WHEN HE WAS A

IN THE '90s WHEN HE WAS A DEFENDER OF PRESIDENT CLINTON,

DEFENDER OF PRESIDENT CLINTON, ARGUING THAT AN IMPEACHMENT THAT

ARGUING THAT AN IMPEACHMENT THAT IS NARROW AND PARTISAN CANNOT

IS NARROW AND PARTISAN CANNOT AND SHOULD NOT SUCCEED.

AND SHOULD NOT SUCCEED. AND THEY'LL EVEN POINT OUT THE

AND THEY'LL EVEN POINT OUT THE COMMENTS FROM SPEAKER PELOSI

COMMENTS FROM SPEAKER PELOSI WHEN SHE WAS FENDING OFF

WHEN SHE WAS FENDING OFF ELEMENTS OF HER CAUCUS LATE LAST

ELEMENTS OF HER CAUCUS LATE LAST YEAR, EARLY THIS YEAR ON THE

YEAR, EARLY THIS YEAR ON THE QUESTIONS OF IMPEACHMENT RELATED

QUESTIONS OF IMPEACHMENT RELATED TO THE MUELLER REPORT THAT

TO THE MUELLER REPORT THAT IMPEACHMENT HAS TO BE A

IMPEACHMENT HAS TO BE A BIPARTISAN PROCESS TO BE

BIPARTISAN PROCESS TO BE SUCCESSFUL.

SUCCESSFUL. AND UP UNTIL THIS POINT, IT

AND UP UNTIL THIS POINT, IT HASN'T BEEN.

HASN'T BEEN. NOW, YOU CAN ARGUE THE REASONS

NOW, YOU CAN ARGUE THE REASONS FOR THAT.

FOR THAT. REPUBLICANS DIGGING IN IN

REPUBLICANS DIGGING IN IN SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND

SUPPORT OF THE PRESIDENT AND ESSENTIALLY NOT WILLING TO

ESSENTIALLY NOT WILLING TO LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE THAT'S

LISTEN TO THE EVIDENCE THAT'S BEING PRESENTED.

BEING PRESENTED. BUT REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE A

BUT REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE A HISTORICALLY ARGUMENT THAT A LOT

HISTORICALLY ARGUMENT THAT A LOT OF THE SAME PLAYERS, INCLUDING

OF THE SAME PLAYERS, INCLUDING JERRY NADLER WHEN HE WAS A

JERRY NADLER WHEN HE WAS A CONGRESSMAN IN THE LATE '90s AS

CONGRESSMAN IN THE LATE '90s AS A DEFENDER OF BILL CLINTON, MADE

A DEFENDER OF BILL CLINTON, MADE THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU CAN NOT

THE ARGUMENT THAT YOU CAN NOT IMPEACH ON A PURELY PARTISAN

IMPEACH ON A PURELY PARTISAN VOTE OR A PURELY PARTISAN BASIS.

VOTE OR A PURELY PARTISAN BASIS. AND REPUBLICANS ARE PREPARED TO

AND REPUBLICANS ARE PREPARED TO DIG IN AND MAKE THAT A CORE

DIG IN AND MAKE THAT A CORE ELEMENT OF THEIR DEFENSE OF THE

ELEMENT OF THEIR DEFENSE OF THE PRESIDENT TODAY ONCE THINGS GET

PRESIDENT TODAY ONCE THINGS GET UNDERWAY HERE IN JUST A FEW

UNDERWAY HERE IN JUST A FEW MINUTES.

MINUTES. >> THAT IS TRUE, THERE'S NO

>> THAT IS TRUE, THERE'S NO CHANGING WHAT'S ON THE VIDEOTAPE

CHANGING WHAT'S ON THE VIDEOTAPE AND THERE IS SO MUCH VIDEOTAPE

AND THERE IS SO MUCH VIDEOTAPE FROM THE LAST TIME AROUND.

FROM THE LAST TIME AROUND. FOLKS LIKE LINDSAY GRAHAM, AND

FOLKS LIKE LINDSAY GRAHAM, AND AS YOU CORRECTLY POINT OUT,

AS YOU CORRECTLY POINT OUT, FOLKS LIKE THE MAN WHO IS NOW

FOLKS LIKE THE MAN WHO IS NOW THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE.

THE CHAIRMAN OF THIS COMMITTEE. AND THIS IS A VERY VOCAL

AND THIS IS A VERY VOCAL REPUBLICAN MINORITY ON THIS

REPUBLICAN MINORITY ON THIS COMMITTEE.

COMMITTEE. >> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S

>> Reporter: YEAH, THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE

YOU'VE GOT SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S BIGGEST DEFENDERS

PRESIDENT'S BIGGEST DEFENDERS HERE.

HERE. DOUG COLLINS, WHO A LOT OF

DOUG COLLINS, WHO A LOT OF PEOPLE THOUGHT MIGHT BE

PEOPLE THOUGHT MIGHT BE APPOINTED TO THE SOON TO BE OPEN

APPOINTED TO THE SOON TO BE OPEN SENATE SEAT IN GEORGIA AS THE

SENATE SEAT IN GEORGIA AS THE RANKING MEMBER HERE.

RANKING MEMBER HERE. HE'S SOMEBODY WHO REALLY KNOWS

HE'S SOMEBODY WHO REALLY KNOWS HOW TO USE THE PARLIAMENTARY

HOW TO USE THE PARLIAMENTARY TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HIM

TOOLS THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO HIM TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, GUM UP THE

TO SLOW THINGS DOWN, GUM UP THE WORKS HERE.

WORKS HERE. BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT MATT GATES,

BUT YOU'VE ALSO GOT MATT GATES, SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S MORE

SOME OF THE PRESIDENT'S MORE HARD CORE DEFENDERS.

HARD CORE DEFENDERS. THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ON

THESE ARE FOLKS WHO HAVE BEEN ON THE TRUMP TRAIN FOR AS LONG AS

THE TRUMP TRAIN FOR AS LONG AS THAT HAS BEEN A THING.

THAT HAS BEEN A THING. NOT TO MENTION JIM JORDAN, WHO

NOT TO MENTION JIM JORDAN, WHO PEOPLE GOT A THOROUGH TASTE OF

PEOPLE GOT A THOROUGH TASTE OF WHEN HE WAS SUBSTITUTED INTO THE

WHEN HE WAS SUBSTITUTED INTO THE INTEL PANEL.

INTEL PANEL. HE'S BACK NOW ON THE JUDICIARY

HE'S BACK NOW ON THE JUDICIARY PANEL AND HE'S A REGULAR MEMBER

PANEL AND HE'S A REGULAR MEMBER OF THAT BODY.

OF THAT BODY. YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE SOME OF THESE MUCH LOUDER AND PERHAPS

THESE MUCH LOUDER AND PERHAPS MORE COMFORTABLE BEING BOMB

MORE COMFORTABLE BEING BOMB THROWER DEFENDERS OF THE

THROWER DEFENDERS OF THE PRESIDENT HERE ON THIS

PRESIDENT HERE ON THIS COMMITTEE.

COMMITTEE. LIKEWISE FOR DEMOCRATS.

LIKEWISE FOR DEMOCRATS. THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THEIR MORE

THEY'VE GOT SOME OF THEIR MORE PARTISAN, MORE PROGRESSIVE, MORE

PARTISAN, MORE PROGRESSIVE, MORE ACTIVIST MEMBERS ON THIS

ACTIVIST MEMBERS ON THIS COMMITTEE, TOO.

COMMITTEE, TOO. THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE OF

THERE WILL BE NO SHORTAGE OF FIREWORKS HERE.

FIREWORKS HERE. THIS IS SUCH A DIFFERENT GROUP

THIS IS SUCH A DIFFERENT GROUP THAN THE INTEL COMMITTEE, WHICH

THAN THE INTEL COMMITTEE, WHICH IS MUCH MORE TIGHT KNIT, IN MANY

IS MUCH MORE TIGHT KNIT, IN MANY CASES HAND PICKED BY LEADERSHIP

CASES HAND PICKED BY LEADERSHIP TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE.

TO SIT ON THAT COMMITTEE. THIS IS A FIGHTERS' COMMITTEE,