BRIAN: LONG ANTICIPATED, HE

IS FINALLY HERE, CONGRESSMAN

JIM JORDAN, MEMBER OF THE

HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE,

RANKING MEMBER OF THE HOUSE

OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AND

MAYBE YOU CAN HELP ME,

CONGRESSMAN, THINGS ARE

CHANGING SO QUICKLY WITH THE

CLOSED DOOR SESSIONS WITH

THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

WHERE YOU GUYS CAN'T ASK ANY

QUESTIONS AND THE PRESIDENT

CAN'T GET REPRESENTED.

AND WE DON'T GET

TRANSCRIPTS.

AFTER THURSDAY'S VOTE, WHAT

CHANGES?

>> WELL, I DON'T THINK

ANYTHING.

AND TO YOUR LIST, BRIAN,

IT'S ALSO ALL DONE IN SECRET

IN A BUNKER IN THE BASEMENT

OF THE CAPITAL.

SO I DON'T THINK ANYTHING IS

GOING TO CHANGE.

AND FRANKLY, EVEN IF THEY

TRIED TO CHANGE SOMETHING TO

GIVE A LITTLE BIT OF DUE

PROCESS, WE ARE ALL STILL

GOING TO VOTE AGAINST THIS

BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A SHAM

AND BEEN SUCH A SHAM FROM

THE BEGINNING.

SO, YEAH, I DON'T THINK --

AND YOU CAN'T UNDO WHAT THEY

HAVE ALREADY DONE.

WE HAVE HAD THESE 8

DEPOSITIONS NOW.

THEY HAVE BEEN LEAKING

SELECTIVE PARTS OF IT.

HAVEN'T BEEN FOLLOWING ANY

TYPE OF BASIC DUE PROCESS.

SO, YOU CAN'T UNDO WHAT THEY

HAVE DONE.

I THINK THIS IS JUST ONE

MORE KIND OF MAKE IT UP AS

YOU GO ALONG EXAMPLE.

AND IT'S ALL BEEN DONE IN

SECRET WITH THESE SECRET

LEAKS.

SO IT'S A CONTINUATION OF

THE -- THEY ARE GOING TO

DRESS IT UP A LITTLE BIT.

AINSLEY: GO ON THE RECORD.

SHE IS CALLING IT A

FORMALIZED IMPEACHMENT

INQUIRY.

IT ESTABLISHES PROCEDURE AND

AFFIRMS INVESTIGATIONS.

>> YEAH.

I THINK THE REASON SHE IS

GOING TO HAVE THIS VOTE

BECAUSE THE AMERICAN PEOPLE

UNDERSTAND IT IS SHAM.

THEY UNDERSTAND IT ISN'T

FAIR.

THE IDEA THAT THE PRESIDENT

DOESN'T GET COUNSEL IN THE

ROOM.

THE PEOPLE FROM THE STATE

DEPARTMENT DON'T GET AGENCY

COUNSEL.

WE CAN'T SEE THE TRANSCRIPT

UNLESS WE MAKE A SPECIAL

APPOINTMENT AND SOME

DEMOCRATS IN THE ROOM AS YOU

ARE REVIEWING THE

TRANSCRIPT.

AND THEY GET TO SELECTIVELY

LEAK THINGS BECAUSE WE

FOLLOW THE RULES AND THEY

DON'T.

THIS IS ALL A RIDICULOUS

UNFAIR AND PARTISAN PROCESS.

AND THE AMERICAN PEOPLE SEE

THROUGH IT.

SO I THINK THE SPEAKER IS

GOING TO TRY TO DRESS IT UP

A LITTLE BIT.

PUT A LITTLE LIPSTICK ON THE

PIG AS THEY SAY AND INTEREST

THIS VOTE ON THURSDAY.

IT'S NOT GOING TO CHANGE

ANYTHING.

I THINK YOU WILL SEE EVERY

SINGLE REPUBLICAN VOTE

AGAINST IT.

STEVE: THIS IS VINDICATION.

THEY SAYING LEGITIMATE WE

NEED TO HAVE THE VOTE ON IT.

WITH THE VOTE, THAT'S GOING

TO PUT SOME OF YOUR

COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE AISLE

IN THE HOT SEAT BECAUSE

THEY, ESSENTIALLY, WILL HAVE

TO GO ON THE RECORD WITH

THIS PROXY VOTE ABOUT TRUMP

AND IMPEACHMENT AND NEXT

NOVEMBER THAT MIGHT NOT BE

GOOD FOR THEM.

>> YEAH.

THINK ABOUT NEXT NOVEMBER.

THESE 31 DEMOCRATS IN

CONGRESSIONAL SEATS THAT

PRESIDENT TRUMP WON IN 2016.

IF THEY VOTE FOR THIS NEXT

FALL, LESS THAN 13 MONTHS

FROM NOW, PEOPLE ARE GOING

TO WALK IN THE VOTING BOOTH,

VOTE FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

THEN THE NEXT DECISION THEY

HAVE TO MAKE IS WHO DO I

WANT TO SUPPORT FOR

CONGRESS?

AND THEY WILL BE THINKING I

DO REALLY WANT TO VOTE FOR

THE PERSON WHO JUST VOTED TO

IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES 13 MONTHS

BEFORE AN ELECTION BASED ON

SOME ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER

WITH NO FIRSTHAND KNOWLEDGE

WHO HAD A BIAS AGAINST THE

PRESIDENT AND WORKED WITH

JOE BIDEN?

I THINK THEY ARE GOING TO

THINK LONG AND HARD ABOUT

THAT.

WE WILL SEE.

THEY ARE SO FAR DOWN THIS

ROAD.

I ASSUME THE DEMOCRATS ARE

GOING TO VOTE FOR THIS AND

CONTINUE THIS, AGAIN, THIS

UNFAIR AND PARTISAN PROCESS.

BRIAN: THE "WALL STREET

JOURNAL" SAYS THIS VOTE

SHOWS THAT THE CRITICS OF

THE PROCESS ARE VINDICATED.

BECAUSE NOW IT LOOKS LIKE

THE PRESIDENT COULD BE

GETTING DUE PROCESS BUT YOU

ARE NOT OPTIMISTIC.

SO WHAT'S GOING TO BE

HAPPENING TODAY?

LIEUTENANT COLONEL ALEXANDER

VINMAN IS GOING TO BE COMING

FORWARD.

HE'S A MEMBER OF THE

NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL.

AND HE WAS DIRECTOR FOR

EUROPEAN AFFAIRS.

AND HE IS UPSET BY TWO

SEPARATE INCIDENTS WHICH HE

COMPLAINED ABOUT, ONE IN

EARLY JULY AND THE CALL ON

JULY 25TH.

FROM HIS PREPARED

STATEMENTS, WHAT SHOULD WE

KNOW FROM IT?

>> WELL, AGAIN, REMEMBER, WE

HAVE NOW HEARD FROM EIGHT

WITNESSES.

LIEUTENANT COLONEL VINMAN

WILL COME IN TODAY.

NONE OF THEM HAVE CHANGED

THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS.

THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS HAVE

ALWAYS BEEN THERE WE HAVE

SEEN THE CALL TRANSCRIPT.

NO CONDITIONS PLACED IN THE

CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT TRUMP

AND PRESIDENT ZELENSKY.

NO QUID PRO QUO.

THE TWO PEOPLE ON THE CALL

NAMELY PRESIDENT TRUMP AND

PRESIDENT ZELENSKY HAVE SAID

NO PRESSURE NO, PUSHING

WHATSOEVER.

THE UKRAINIANS DIDN'T EVEN

KNOW AID WAS WITHHELD AT THE

TIME OF THE CALL.

THE UKRAINIANS DID NOTHING

TO GET THE AID TURNED BACK

ON.

NAMELY, THEY DIDN'T --

PRESIDENT ZELENSKY DIDN'T DO

A STATEMENT SAYING HE WAS

GOING TO DO CERTAIN THINGS.

THEY DIDN'T START

INVESTIGATIONS TO GET THE

AID TURNED BACK ON.

THE AID WAS TURNED BACK ON

BECAUSE THE UNITED STATES

SENATORSY TELLING THE

PRESIDENT LET'S TURN THE AID

BACK ON AND DO.

THIS NOTHINGS THAT CHANGED

THE FUNDAMENTAL FACTS.

THE ONE THING THAT IS CLEAR

IS THIS IS BASED ON SOME

ANONYMOUS WHISTLEBLOWER.

AND THERE ARE 435 MEMBERS OF

CONGRESS AND ONLY ONE MEMBER

KNOWS WHO THAT WHISTLEBLOWER

IS.

AND JUST AS IMPORTANTLY, WHO

THE PEOPLE ARE WHO FORMED

THE BASIS OF THAT

WHISTLEBLOWER'S COMPLAINT.

THESE HANDFUL OF PEOPLE THAT

THE WHISTLEBLOWER IDENTIFIED

IN HIS COMPLAINT.

THAT INDIVIDUAL IS ADAM

SCHIFF.

HOW IS THAT FAIR?

THAT ONLY ADAM SCHIFF KNOW

HOW THIS WHOLE THING

STARTED.

AND THE OTHER MEMBERS OF

CONGRESS DON'T KNOW THAT.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED TO

GET TO THE BOTTOM OF AND

KNOW HOW THIS WHOLE THING

STARTED AND WHY ADAM SCHIFF

IS THE ONLY ONE WHO HAS THAT

INFORMATION.

STEVE: THAT'S ONE OF THE

REASONS WHY THE PRESIDENT

SAYS ADAM SCHIFF SHOULD BE

IMPEACHED.

AINSLEY: HIS TWEET LAST

NIGHT.

STEVE: JIM JORDAN JOINING