BOILING POINT AFTER THE GOP

SENATOR, MITCH MCCONNELL AT

LOYALTY TO THE WHITE HOUSE.

>> AN OP-ED SAYS IT IS ANOTHER

DEMOCRATIC TALKING POINT.

TODD: THANKS FOR BEING HERE

FRANCEY.

MITCH MCCONNELL SAID, QUOTE, HE

WOULD WORK IN TOTAL COORDINATION

WITH THE HOUSE AND IS NOT

IMPARTIAL ABOUT THIS AT ALL.

GOP SENATOR LISA MURKOWSKI SAID

SHE WAS DISTURBED WHEN SHE HEARD

HIS COMMENTS.

BYRON YORK ISSUED THE FOLLOWING

OP-ED.

THE SENATE IS NOT A JURY AND

OTHER MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT

IMPEACHMENT.

DO YOU AGREE WITH BYRON YORK'S

ASSESSMENT.

>> BYRON IS RIGHT.

THIS IS A QUALIFIED LEGAL

PROCEEDING.

THE BIG NEWS IN HISTORY, DONALD

TRUMP WAS IMPEACHED, PEOPLE CALL

THAT INDICTMENT, WE TRY TO

EQUATE THAT TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM

BUT THAT IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT

POINT THAT HAPPENED AND IT WILL

BE A HISTORIC NOSE ON HIS

RECORD.

IT IS NOT LIKE AN INDICTMENT

WHICH IS GENERALLY HANDED DOWN

BY A GRAND JURY IN SECRET.

THERE WAS NOTHING ABOUT THIS

PROCESS THAT REPRESENTED FULL

AND FAIR FUNDAMENTAL DUE PROCESS

WE EXPECT UNDER THE

CONSTITUTION.

THIS IS PURELY POLITICAL.

MCCONNELL IS COORDINATING WITH

THE WHITE HOUSE, IN THE SAME

POLITICAL PARTY, NOT A SURPRISE.

>> GREGORY WAS ON CNN AND SAID

THIS ABOUT LISA MURKOWSKI.

TAKE A LISTEN.

>> HE IS GOING TO WORK HAND IN

HAND WITH THE WHITE HOUSE,

ORCHESTRATE THE TRIAL WITH WHAT

THE WHITE HOUSE WANTS, TAKING

THE OATH OF OFFICE.

>> DURING THE IMPEACHMENT

INQUIRY REPUBLICANS WERE

COMPLAINING THE REPUBLICANS

WEREN'T THERE AND IT WILL MOVE

TO THE SENATE AND MITCH

MCCONNELL WORKING HAND-IN-HAND

WITH THE WHITE HOUSE SO THE

DEMOCRATS HAVE A POINT

COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME

THING, UNFAIR PROCESS?

>> I DON'T THINK SO AND I WONDER

WHERE SENATOR MURKOWSKI WAS WHEN

ADAM SCHIPPERS CONDUCTING

PROCEEDINGS IN SECRET AND WHERE

ARE HER CALLS FOR HIM TO RELEASE

THE FINAL TRANSCRIPT OF THE

INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE

INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY WHICH

REPORTEDLY CONTAINS THINGS

FAVORABLE TO THE PRESIDENT AND

UNFAVORABLE TO THE SO-CALLED

WHISTLEBLOWER.

DEMOCRATS ARE CRYING FOUL WHEN

THEIR OWN PROCESS IS SHOCKINGLY

BEREFT OF DUE PROCESS, THE

PRESIDENT HAD NO PRESENCE IN

INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS,

NO REPRESENTATION BY A LAWYER.

THERE WAS ALMOST NO

CROSS-EXAMINATION, REPUBLICANS

WERE NOT ALLOWED TO CALL THE

WITNESSES THEY THOUGHT MIGHT BE

RELEVANT TO THE PROCESS SO IT

DOES SEEM VERY HYPOCRITICAL AT

THIS POINT TO ME FOR THE

DEMOCRATS TO BE CRYING ABOUT

FAIRNESS.

>> INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT LISA

MURKOWSKI SAYS BECAUSE OFTEN

TIMES WHEN THERE'S A SLIGHT

FEELING THERE COULD BE A LITTLE

BIT OF A BREAK WITH THE PARTY IT

IS OFTEN SUSAN COLLINS OR LISA

MURKOWSKI LEADING THE CHARGE,

LET'S SWITCH GEARS ENTIRELY,

PETE BUTTIGIEG RUNNING FOR

PRESIDENT SAYING THERE SHOULD BE

NO JAIL TIME FOR DRUG POSSESSION

INCLUDING METH AND COCAINE AND

IMMIGRATION PLAN THAT WOULD

DECRIMINALIZE DEPORTATIONS, A

LOT OF THINGS THAT WOULD FALL

UNDER DEPORTATION.

CERTAINLY MODERATE THOUSAND 20

RAISE, PETE BUTTIGIEG AND THE

DEMS?

>> I HOPE NOT.

I AM FOR LAW AND ORDER.

I'M A FORMER PROSECUTOR.

I HAVE SEEN THE RAVAGES OF METH

AND COCAINE THEY LEAVE ON

COMMUNITIES OF VIOLENCE THAT

RISES WHEN PEOPLE BECOME

ADDICTED TO THESE SUBSTANCES AND

ARE DESPERATE TO GET THEM NO

MATTER WHAT IT TAKES,

BURGLARIES, ASSAULTS, MURDERERS.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYONE WHO

SAYS DECRIMINALIZING DRUGS WILL

LEAD TO A DECREASE IN CRIME.

I FEEL LIKE THE OPPOSITE WILL

HAPPEN.

CARLEY: LET'S LISTEN TO PETE

BUTTIGIEG LAYING ON HIS PLAN.

>> INCARCERATION SHOULD NOT BE A

RESPONSE TO DRUG POSITION.

>> METH OR COKE OR ANY DRUGS,

INCARCERATION.

>> THIS IS A BIG DEAL BECAUSE

HE'S CONSIDERED ONE OF THE

MODERATE CANDIDATES AND YOU LOOK

AT SAN FRANCISCO THAT HAVE

DECRIMINALIZED APPS POSSESSION

AND THINGS LIKE THAT YOU HAVE TO

WONDER WHY PETE BUTTIGIEG WOULD

THINK THIS IS A GOOD IDEA WHEN

WE SEE CITIES LIKE SAN FRANCISCO

AND THE HOMELESS CRISIS AND THE

DRUG ISSUE TAKING PLACE OVER

THERE.

>> IF YOU WANT TO EQUATE IT TO

CHILD EXPLOITATION OR CHILD

PORNOGRAPHY DO WE WANT TO

DECRIMINALIZE POSSESSION OF

THAT?

POSSESSING THESE SUBSTANCES IS

NO DIFFERENT THAN POSSESSING

CHILD PORNOGRAPHY, YOU ARE

CREATING THE DRUG TRADE.