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00:00AND NOW WE TURN TO THE NEXT STEP OF THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS. WE HAVE AN IMPEACHMENT IN THE HOUSE AND NOW WE GO TO A SENATE TRIAL. THE ZEITGEIST THIS MORNING IS THAT THE DEMOCRATS WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF THE DISCUSSION IN THE SENATE JUST AS THEY WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE HOUSE. DO THE REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE TO PLAY TOGETHER? STEPHANIE: IF YOU LOOK AT THE WAY BILL CLINTON ' S IMPEACHMENT TRIAL WAS HANDLED, THE DEMOCRATS DID WORK WITH REPUBLICANS IN AN EFFORT TO PRESENT A TRIAL THAT COULD BE VIEWED AS FAIR. HOPE WE HAVE SEEN OVER THE WEEKEND, WITH CHUCK SCHUMER COMING OUT AND PROPOSING A WAY FORWARD IN AN EFFORT TO WORK WITH THE REPUBLICANS. WHAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN IS HOW THAT OFFER WILL BE RESPONDED TO. MITCH MCCONNELL, THE SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER, HAS SAID HE WANTS THE TRIAL TO GO QUICKLY. THEY DON ' T WANT THESE STAR WITNESSES. I THINK THE DEMOCRATS WANT THIS TO BE TREATED AS A SERIOUS TRIAL WHERE THE PUBLIC CAN VIEW THE FACTS AND EVIDENCE AND MAKE UP THEIR OWN MIND. TOM: IS IT A TRIAL? THIS IS A KEY POINT THAT HAS JUST COME INTO THE RADAR. DO WE HAVE ANY UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT A TRIAL IS, OR, IS IT, AS WAS QUOTED IN THE NEW YORK TIMES TODAY, THE CONTOURS OF A TRIAL? STEPHANIE: I THINK IT DEPENDS HOW MITCH MCCONNELL DECIDES TO HANDLE IT. DOES HE ALLOW THE AIRING OF EVIDENCE? DO THEY GO AHEAD WITH WHAT CHUCK SCHUMER HAS PROPOSED, ISSUING SUBPOENAS FOR JOHN BOLTON, CALLING MICK MULVANEY, TRUMP ' S CHIEF OF STAFF, BOTH OF WHOM DID NOT TESTIFY IN THE HOUSE HEARINGS. ONE OF THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT IS ACCUSING TRUMP OF OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE. HEARING FROM THOSE WITNESSES ARE KEY. ON THE OTHER HAND, TRUMP WANTS TO HEAR FROM WHAT HE VIEWS AS STAR WITNESSES. HUNTER BIDEN AS WELL AS THE WHISTLEBLOWER. HOW THEY WORK THIS OUT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. IF IT IS A QUICK TRIAL AND IT IS WRAPPED UP QUICKLY, I THINK YOU CAN QUESTION, IS IT REALLY A TRIAL? FRANCINE: U.S. CITIZENS, DO THEY CARE, ARE THEY ENGAGED? STEPHANIE: IT SEEMS LIKE OPINION POLLS HAVE NOT REALLY BUDGED ON THIS. IT IS UNCLEAR WHETHER OR NOT A TRIAL IN THE SENATE , WHERE WITNESSES ARE CALLED AND EVIDENCE IS AIRED, WHETHER OR NOT THAT WOULD CHANGE THINGS. IT LOOKS LIKE THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAS MADE UP THEIR MIND ON THIS. FRANCINE: A TRUCE BETWEEN THE U.S. AND CHINA, IS THAT KIND OF WHAT INFLUENCES POLLS OR SOMETHING ELSE? STEPHANIE: ANOTHER THING IS, EVERYONE IS SO DISTRACTED BY THE HOLIDAYS AT THIS POINT. COME JANUARY, MINDS WILL FOCUS. I THINK THE REPUBLICANS WANT THIS OVER QUICKLY, TRUMP ONCE IT EXTENDED SO THAT IT EATS INTO THE FEBRUARY PRIMARIES. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THEY WILL PUSH FORWARD WITH A QUICK TRIAL. TOM: THINK YOU SO MUCH, STEPHANIE BAKER WITH BLOOMBERG

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Donald Trump’s likely impeachment this week adds a permanent stain to a presidency plagued by unrelenting turmoil and partisan rancor, while aggravating U.S. political divisions as he starts his fight for re-election. Stephanie Baker reports on "Bloomberg Surveillance." (Source: Bloomberg)

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