we also had staff for the house judiciary committee. but the impeachment staff, the person i interacted with was john doerr, and also his deputy, who was renard nussbaum, later counsel to president nix -- president clinton. who also is a good friend of mine. i knew him. we talked from time to time. but i didn't interact with other members of the impeachment staff. timothy: did you see sort of evolution in the thinking of your colleagues? what were the high -- i mean, people who were on the fence. there must have been people on the fence in the beginning, on the democratic side certainly. rep. holtzman: well, i think in a way everybody was on the fence. none of us i believe had ever studied what impeachment meant in law school. and by the way, i think when i was on the house judiciary committee, all the members of the committee were lawyers. we didn't study the impeachment clause. nobody knew what a high crime and misdemeanor was. nobody had studied the standards. so while we might disagree with certain policies of the president, disagre

we also had staff for the house judiciary committee. but the impeachment staff, the person i interacted with was john doerr, and also his deputy, who was renard nussbaum, later counsel to president clinton. who also is a good friend of mine. i knew him. we talked from time to time. but i didn't interact with other members of the impeachment staff. timothy: did you see sort of evolution in the thinking of your colleagues? what were the high -- i mean, people who were on the fence. there must have been people on the fence in the beginning, on the democratic side certainly. rep. holtzman: well, i think in a way everybody was on the fence. none of us i believe had ever studied what impeachment meant in law school. and by the way, i think when i was on the house judiciary committee, all the members of the committee were lawyers. we didn't study the impeachment clause. nobody knew what a high crime and misdemeanor was. nobody had studied the standards. so while we might disagree with certain policies of the president, disagreeing with policie

house judiciary committee. i want to bring back our cnn legal analyst paul callan by phone. this is now just under two hours since this deadline passed. there was a response from the white house. they said they will not be attending wednesday's hearing. are you surprised? >> no, i'm not at all surprised. this is entirely consistent with a strategy that's been pursued by the president's lawyers through the mueller investigation, which is promising enormous levels of cooperation, promising the president would be involved and palling back the last minute. remember there was a lot of talk about this when the president was talking about testifying under oath for mueller and eventually a compromise was made with only limited written questions being asked. and i think here we've heard throughout the hearings that the president wanted to participate, that he was being given no due process and treated unfairly because the democrats wouldn't allow participation. and now when they offer it, he's saying he doesn't really w

house of representatives the house judiciary committee weighing up evidence gathered by democrats who accuse president trump of abuse of power and obstruction and the democrats right now are questioning 4 constitutional experts at this impeachment hearing the scholars have been testifying to establish the gravity of president alleged crimes they include 3 witnesses 3 constitutional experts called by the democrats and one by the republicans who have been questioned by the democrats right now they will be questioned by republicans later as speak to melanie sloan who is a former federal prosecutor she is live with us from washington d.c. melanie thank you so much for your patience and for being with us what do you make of what we've heard so far in the past 2 hours. i think what we've heard norm aizen do is try and go through each and every element that the democrats want to use in the articles of impeachment and also have him go through all of the republican arguments for example we've heard repeatedly the republicans say because the ukraine is did not come out and make the announcement

these impeachment hearings carried out by the house judiciary committee. in that letter, cipollone calls the impeachment inquiry completely baseless and he also warns that impeaching trump, introducing those articles of impeachment, something that this house judiciary committee may very well do this week, cipollone calls that a reckless abuse of power if indeed house democrats move forward as we expect them to. the messaging from the white house, though, in that letter and in tweets from the president, remarks from the president, is essentially "get on with it." this white house is saying, look, if house democrats are going to impeach the president, which indeed house speaker nancy pelosi indicated last week is likely where this is headed, the white house really wants that process to be done with. that is because they are looking forward to the senate, which is controlled by the republicans, where the president believes that he will get a more fair shake. either way, though, even if the president will not be attending these hearings, of course house republ

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they voted in the house judiciary committee to impeach him. he then resigned before a full vote on the house floor. bill clinton, 1998. now donald trump in 2019. all right. so these two articles, jeffrey, of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of justice. give us the evidence. what are the democrats saying? why was there abuse of power and why was there obstruction of justice? excuse me, obstruction of congress. >> right. the abuse of power element, article, is based on the preside president's interactions with the president of ukraine. not just his phone call, but the entire relationship leading up to his discovery of what he was doing. basically, the allegation is, by going to the government of ukraine, both directly in his phone call and through his intermediaries, the president abused his power by using the leverage he had through the power to hold a white house meeting with the president of ukraine definitely wanted, and nearly $400 million in military aid, using that leverage to get political dirt on his political -- on his oppon

we also had staff for the house judiciary committee. but the impeachment staff, the person i interacted with was john doerr, and also his deputy, who was renard nussbaum, later counsel to president nix- -- president clinton. who also is a good friend of mine. i knew him. we talked from time to time. but i didn't interact with other members of the impeachment staff. timothy: did you see sort of evolution in the thinking of your colleagues? what were the high -- i mean, people who were on the fence. there must have been people on the fence in the beginning, on the democratic side certainly. rep. holtzman: well, i think in a way everybody was on the fence. none of us i believe had ever studied what impeachment meant in law school. and by the way, i think when i was on the house judiciary committee, all the members of the committee were lawyers. we didn't study the impeachment clause. nobody knew what a high crime and misdemeanor was. nobody had studied the standards. so while we might disagree with certain policies of the president, disagr

this action by the house judiciary committee. we're going to get to your calls as we monitor this situation. we do expect to hear from additional members, potentially democrats. we'll go to that as that happens. our phone lines are open. 202-748-8920 for democrats. the president, earlier today tweeting on the expected action by the house judiciary committee. he wrote the following on his twitter handle. how do you get impeached when you have done nothing wrong to a perfect call that created the best economy in the history of our country. rebuild our military, fix the d.a., choice. protecting your second amendment and created jobs, jobs, job and so much more. calling it crazy. some tweets we're following from reporters who cover congress, the washington examiner saying the floor vote is next week. the house committee passes articles of impeachment against the president. china announcing a limited trade agreement with the u.s., that agreement includes a commitment by china to buy more agriculture products and strengthen laws operat

this action by the house judiciary committee. we're going to get to your calls as we monitor this situation. we do expect to hear from additional members, potentially democrats. we'll go to that as that happens. our phone lines are open. 202-748-8920 for democrats. the president, earlier today tweeting on the expected action by the house judiciary committee. he wrote the following on his twitter handle. how do you get impeached when you have done nothing wrong to a perfect call that created the best economy in the history of our country. rebuild our military, fix the d.a., choice. protecting your second amendment and created jobs, jobs, job and so much more. calling it crazy. some tweets we're following from reporters who cover congress, the washington examiner saying the floor vote is next week. the house committee passes articles of impeachment against the president. china announcing a limited trade agreement with the u.s., that agreement includes a commitment by china to buy more agriculture products and strengthen laws operat

thank you very much as you look alive at the house floor, the house judiciary committee. we will be tossing here to martha in new york. but thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for "special report," fair, balanced, and unafraid. we have you covered on all stories. and here is martha maccallum with "the story" from new york. >> with the committee staff to observe 11 cpb facilities, 13 i.c.e. detention facilities, and in six facilities that contract with hhs. >> martha: there has not been a presidency without actions that were considered wrong or scandalous, controversies that plagued them throughout the presidencies to varying degrees. everybody will judge for themselves whether these situations are egregious or if they are even impeachment worthy. but we are advised today from letting it become a political havoc. here's a moment from today's markup from congressman kelly armstrong of north dakota. >> ronald reagan was accused of abuse of power. clinton excluding the impeachment was accused of abusive accusations. george w. bush was accused of abuse

in just under three hours from now the house judiciary committee will begin the debate over and finalizing of the two articles of impeachment against president donald j trump. we know the charges obstruction of congress and abusing the power of his office in preparation for a historic vote tomorrow by the committee and then a final house floor vote next week. right now it appears house democrats do have the votes to impeach president trump and then send the matter to the republican-controlled u.s. senate. where removing the president from office seems quite unlikely. gop senators are beginning to say that they're seeing the benefit of keeping the process short, potentially not even calling any witnesses. still, as cnn's kaitlan collins reports, president trump has expressed concern about the possibility of becoming just the third president in u.s. history to be impeached. >> reporter: in just three hours the house judiciary committee will begin debating two articles of impeachment against president trump. abuse of power and obstruction of congress. >> i have an obligation to uphold my oath

judiciary committee, the house floor is what's next. the full house vote is what's next. once the judiciary committee is done, there's no more stops, no more hearings, no more closed-door depositions. the house of representatives will vote to impeach president trump next week. we don't have the next day. but that's what the judiciary committee final meeting actually means. it means it's on to the house floor and president trump is on his way to being impeached and in short order, the senate, not the house, will take up the mantle. the senate trial for president trump, to see if they have the votes to remove him from office. guys? >> thanks, phil. >>> impeachment light. witch hunt. president trump has used a lot of slogans for his imminent impeachment, downplaying it as a stunt by the democrats. the prospect of becoming the third u.s. president ever to be impeached is weighing heavily on mr. trump. more, now, from chief white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: dave and amara, we are hearing that president trump is growing incre

the house judiciary committee can do real work at this point. there's an opportunity to clarify the nature of this process. yes, the house impeachment committee -- sorry, the house intelligence committee did do an investigation, but the impeachment inquiry is continuing under the judiciary committee, as has been the case historically. they can call more witnesses. this is an opportunity for the president to get more witnesses. if he's really concerned about an allegation of abuse of power he should be defending himself. i don't think it makes sense to say it's foreclosed. not that ross said that. but there is a feeling out there that somehow this is all done and that once the intelligence committee's report comes in that's all that the judiciary committee will need, just as the starr report was the basis for the house judiciary committee's work in the clinton era. i don't think it has to be the case. i think there's an opportunity, there are people that need to be heard from like mr. bolton and others. so i would say that the house judiciary com

of these impeachment hearings carried out by the house judiciary committee. in that letter, cipollone calls the impeachment inquiry completely baseless, and he also warns that impeaching trump, introducing those articles of impeachment, something that this house judiciary committee may very well do this week, cipollone calls that a reckless abuse of power if indeed house democrats move forward as we expect them to. the messaging from the white house, though, in that letter and in tweets from the president, remarks from the president, is essentially "get on with it." this white house is saying, look, if house democrats are going to impeach the president, which indeed house speaker nancy pelosi indicated last week is likely where this is headed, the white house really wants that process to be done with. that is because they are looking forward to the senate, which is controlled by the republicans -- >> we're going to new zealand for police comments on the volcanic eruption on white island. let's listen in. >> a number of other people have been taken to hospital

judiciary committee. what to expect on capitol hill in just 30 minutes. >>> taking a live look outside my treasure island camera at the bay bridge. you will definitely need your umbrella this morning. and patients for this latest round of rain affecting your morning commute. warning that. it is wednesday, december 4. i'm kenny choi. >> and i'm michelle griego. time now is 6:30 and we are on storm watch all morning long. we're tracking the roads, 's life with why some drivers are having trouble and let's get right to marry with a look at our forecast. >> a wet start to the day. tracking hi-def doppler you can see it is lit up as a system moves inland. the location getting the heavier rain right over san jose. the south a you can see moderate to heavy rain pushing over san jose, the alaric neighborhood, down through los gatos. sunnyvale and 101 to morgan hill as well catching that rain. across the triad -- across 680 getting moderate rainfall and light rain pushing across the san francisco area. yourself an

after a two-day debate, the house judiciary committee voted 23-17 along party lines to improve -- to approve two articles of impeachment. headrticles of impeachment to the full house for consideration. here is the 10 minute session comprised entirely of to vote. >> the judiciary committee will come to order, a quorum being present. having agreed to the articles of impeachment against president donald j. trump. the pending business is reporting -- reporting quorum being present, the question is now in the motion to approve the resolution hres 755 to pass the motion favorably to the house. pursuant to clause 5, house rule 16, because the resolution contains two distinct propositions, we'll divide the question between the two articles. the question now is on article i of the resolution, impeaching president donald j. trump for abusing his powers. the clerk will call the roll. o the resolution, impeaching president donald j. trump for abusing his powers. the clerk will call the roll. >> mr. nadler. ms. lofgren. ms. jackson lee. ms. jackson lee votes aye. mr. cohen. mr. cohen votes aye. m

that is the room where the house judiciary committee will hold its first hearing this morning. setting up for what promises to be a big day. the scathing impeachment report will serve as a road map for the next stage

judiciary committee. you know the interesting are we also just heard an interesting discussion we're going to have a lot of interesting discussion about the constitution and other things but we also talk about the founders well french thing is that the chairman talked a lot about the founders from the quotes and again this is why we had the hearing about the founders being concerned about foreign influence already also and then quote was the founders being really really concerned about political impeachment because you just don't like the guy down the line he says november 26th 18. the chairman has talked about impeachment since last year when he was elected chairman 2 years on november 6th 7th 8th before he's even sworn in as chairman so don't tell me this is about new evidence and new things and new stuff we may have a new hearing room we may have new mice and we may have chairs that aren't comfortable but this is nothing new folks this is sat so what do we have here today you know what i'm thinking i l

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. >> took less than 30 minutes to record that consequential vote in the house judiciary committee today but the 17 hours of debate over the two days leading up to it, fiery, partisan and at times quite personal. something you can clearly see right here on the faces of chairman jerry nadler and committee's top republican doug collins. >> this is a, just travesty and a sham from day one. i could talk until i'm blue in the face but nobody on the majority cares. >> we invited the president of the united states to advocate for his views. to submit requested witnesses but he chose not to attend, and he chose not to suggest any witnesses. >> article one in this resolution ignores the truth, ignores the facts, ignores what happened and what has been laid out for the american people over the last three weeks. >> if president trump wanted to investigate corruption he could start at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. look in the mirror. or look around the cast of criminals that have been indicted from his circle. >> i heard earlier my friends from california mr. swalwell say list out the crimes. watching a

president trump to the house judiciary committee. on wednesday, live at 10 a.m. eastern, the house judiciary committee will hold a public inquiry hearing on the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment and will hear testimony from law professors. , michael gerhart, and jonathan turley from the george washington university law school. faulty impeachment inquiry, watch live online ses beto o'rourke or listen on the free c-span radio app. >> we are back and will you be talking about the impeachment process going on in the u.s. capitol with two men who know the subject very well. we will start with daniel freeman, first and could have them tell about themselves. alan. tell us little bit about yourself. what your background with impeachment. guest: my background with impeachment starts with the impeachment of chairman of the judiciary committee who hired me to do that. while i was doing that one another one came up of walter nixon. so i did those two and then there was a gap of quite a few years and then i did two more. kent,po

still awaiting a key vote from house judiciary committee, let's bring in republican senator likely who sits on the senate judiciary committee who will be a juror. good to have you with us tonight. a democrat says this is why we have arrived at this moment. >> when the sign says in case of emergency break glass there better be one heck of an emergency. i did not call for impeachment before but i call for impeachment today because this is one heck of an emergency. shannon: the president left them no choice. >> they say the president left them no choice, are they suggesting the republic is going to tip over as representative johnson might suggest? i think not. what we see from the hearings yesterday, the overwhelming force of the federal government has been artist in such a way as to harm the president of the united states. it failed, they are not going to tolerate this anymore. what we saw through this hearing was a series of events that showed that the fbi was weapon eyes. waging a political war against a presidential candidate they despise or alternatively they were so incompetent that

he is a serial solicitor. >> both sides slugging it out in the house judiciary committee considering two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. 41 members of the judiciary panel with democrats arguing impeachment is justified. >> there are no crimes here, that is the defense my colleagues across the aisle have brought forward. how about the highest crime that one who holds a public office commit? a crime against our constitutio constitution? been >> there are some forceful defenders of the president arguing against impeachment. >> we learned that this new president was actually the real deal was going to do with the corruption issue in his country. that's what happens, you can make up all the things you want but those are not the facts. >> matt gaetz and suggest democrats are getting desperate trying anything they can to impeach president trump. >> this is not a rifle shot impeachment with facts and evidence, this is birdshot. talked about everything from the campaign finance concerns to trump university, concerns about charities, this is like pin the ta

another round of fiery face-offs in the house judiciary committee. democrats have settled on their impeachment charges. abuse of power and obstruction of congress. now republicans will get to weigh in and try to add amendments sparking what could be a day-long debate. a preview of what we're about to see came last night with hours of opening statements. >> if we do not respond to president trump's abuses of power, the abuses will continue. >> two articles? the only abuse of power here is the majori itity racing the fas they've ever had, the clock in the calendar determining what impeachments look like. >> admissions, confessions, video, everything but dna. what else do you need? >> the president is the smoking gun. the smoking gun is already reloaded. and whether or not it gets fired, that's up to us. >> if the two articles pass today a house vote is expected next week. then mitch mcconnell will hold a trial at the start of the new year. moving to acquit the president instead of immediately dismissing the charges. let's begin with the very latest in

. >> reporter: dave and amra, a huge day on capitol hill, with the house judiciary committee hearing slated to take place in just a couple of hours. this hearing is going to look a little more like a trial, with house judiciary committee lawyers laying out what they believe is the evidence to impeach president trump. republicans will refute that. and the house lawyers will lay out the evidence that they documented in the 300-page house intelligence committee report. we know that donald trump's lawyers had an opportunity to participate. they declined that opportunity on friday. and it could be a huge week in the house judiciary committee because they could unveil articles of impeachment. and they could vote on them as soon as the end of this week. then, there could be a full vote on in the house of representatives on whether or not to impeach donald trump before christmas. >> lauren fox, thank you. >>> a prominent senator pushing the debunked theory that ukraine meddled in the 2016 election. ted cruz got in a heated exchange with "meet the press" host chuck todd. >> do you think ukrai

president trump facing a full house vote to impeach him next week after the house judiciary committee approved to articles of impeachment against the 45th president of the united states this morning. all 23 democrats on the committee voted to impeach. all 17 republicans voted against in a strictly party-line decision. and the white house blasted this move. calling it a, quote, desperate charade and said the president looked forward to receiving due process in the senate. as alex marquardt reports, the president said today he won't mind a long trial where the whistle-blower could be called to testify. >> reporter: history in the making. >> the judiciary committee will come to order. >> reporter: for only the fourth time in history a vote by the house to approve articles of impeachment against a sitting president. >> the question now is article one of the resolution, impeaching president donald j. trump for abusing his powers. >> reporter: in an otherwise quiet process, republicans make their anger known. >> am i recorded -- >> is the gentleman recorded. >> you're recorded at no. >> i w

the house and judiciary committee coming together for a legislative mark-up for abuse of power and objection of congress. tonight, you will just see opening statements from all 44 members of the judiciary committee and those are liable to line up what you have heard. democrats making the case they say bolsters the argument for articles of impeachment and republicans trying to punksture that case in a unified meeting tomorrow. democrats aren't expected to try to amend those two articles of impeachment during that process, while republicans are. can offer any amendment they want and strip and revise those articles in any way they can. democrats hold the majority. anything republicans put up is expected to be defeated. it is expected to be lengthy and divisive and a lot of what we have seen the last couple of weeks leading up to the house floor vote on the two articles of impeachment. and reality remains as we go through the next stop of the process, by the end of next week the house will have voted to impeach president trump, wolf. >> what are you thinking among senate republicans as they prep

judiciary committee, the house floor is what's next. the full house vote is what's next. once the judiciary committee is done, there's no more stops, no more hearings, no more closed-door depositions. the house of representatives will impeach president trump next week. we don't have the next day. but that's what the judiciary committee final meeting actually means. it means it's on to the house floor and president trump is on his way to being impeached and the senate, not the house, will take up the mantle. the senate trial for president trump, to see if they have the votes to remove him from office. >> phil mattingly, thank you for that. >>> impeachment light. witch hunt. president trump has used a lot of terms to label his impeachment, downplaying it as a stunt by the democrats. the prospect of becoming the third u.s. president ever to be impeached is weighing heavily on mr. trump. more, now, from chief white house correspondent jim acosta. >> reporter: dave and amara, we are hearing that president trump is clogrowing increasingly agg

. >> as the house judiciary committee moves forward to draft articles of impeachment against president trump, american history tv is looking back to the investigation of president nixon in 1973 and 1974. next, house judiciary committee special counsel john doerr expense how he was hired by peter rodino and the objectives of the investigation. we taped to the interview for "q&a" in 2009. >> another photo people might recognize. washat is in 1974 when i special counsel for the house judiciary committee investigating the conduct of president nixon. hillary clinton is standing next next to her is joseph woods of oakland, california, who was my associate as counsel of the committee, counsel to the committee. we were at law school. counsel -- youo service counsel to peter rodino for' how long? first of january 1973, and 48 or nine months in 1974. >> the conclusion that articles passed by the committee, when you read about your role in that, some say you convinced some of the republicans to come vote with the democrats against president nixon. >> i don't think that is accurate. i think the wa

the house judiciary committee will approve it. and next week the full house will vote to impeach the president. and one of the things i've been struck by over the past 24 hours is there is talk there may be some democratic defections. some may vote against it, and there may be more. but a democrat from pennsylvania came out over night and said he's a yes vote. he's from a district that voted for president trump. he's one of these democrats who won in an off year. to me, i don't know if nancy pelosi planned that announcement that he was going to vote for it, but that's an indication, yeah there may be some defections but there's no wave here of moderates who are going to vote no on this. >> yeah, you know the first person to retweet that, conor lamb's republican opponent. that's gives you a sense of how the politics are playing in these districts where democrats are making these very tough decisions considering the fact their districts won, approved and voted for donald trump. and in some cases overwhelmingly voted for donald trump

judiciary committee the focus shifting from the house intelligence committee which voted along party lines on tuesday to approve a $300.00 page report that concluded that the president had to compromise national security to advance his personal political interests alfre cost to chanelle scholars who were called by the democrats has been testifying in the house judiciary committee that the president's conduct towards ukraine wise's a to the level of the beach meant another law professor professor jonathan turley who you're seeing right now are not on the live pictures it was called by the republicans he's cautioned against beach meant and of course at the heart of all this you're recall is the democrats that the case for the democrats is the allegation that president try to leverage a white house meeting and military aid which was sought by ukraine to pressure the ukrainian president vladimir selenski to non-genetic ations a former vice president joe biden any son hunter by the so happening right now in the house judiciary committee 45 minute question period for the republicans and th

members of the house judiciary committee, democratic caucus, will meet. to decide what they want to include in the articles of impeachment. there is impeachment and then there is impeachment light. some people feel they ought to limit the allegations the ukrainian question. there are others in the democratic caucus who believe they ought to expand them and include allegations relating to mother investigation. once that decision is made as to whether -- as to what they -- as to whether or not they are going to do narrow or broad, then they will be drafted i the staff and the judiciary committee will is when markup, which you read the bill for amendment. that is not a pretty process and not a simple process. in the clinton impeachment, the markup took three days. you have to remember, under the house rules, anybody can offer an amendment. then they get five minutes to debate. if you have 41 lawyers in the room times how many articles of impeachment, 1, 2, 3, or four, this could go on for a long time. anchor: in terms of the process, how could today's hearin

the house judiciary committee was even more ahistorical. it was like they ordered one and impeachment. they found no facts on their own, did nothing to identify the report. there only witnesses were law professors and congressional staffers. so there is a reason it required about 14 months of hearings in addition to the special prosecutor's investigation. with president clinton and the council's inquiry had been for yearsiterally before the house judiciary committee actually dug into it. mountains of evidence and testimony from first-hand witnesses, serious legal battles to get what was necessary. this time around, house democrats skipped all of the incident told the more than the multiple years of investigation for clinton and if they impeached him and 12 weeks. let's talk about what the house actually produced. house democrats rig the inquiry and the two articles two of impeachment. they are fundamentally unlike any articles any prior house of representatives has passed. the first article concerns the core events which house democrats cla

the white house has just informed the house judiciary committee it will not participate in further house impeachment proceedings calling them, and i'm quoting from the letter right now, completely baseless and a reckless abuse of power. white house lawyer pat sip loney says impeach me now so we could have a fair trial in the senate as democrats on the judiciary committee plan to spend the weekend preparing for next week's hearing and that starts on monday. let's go straight to jim acosta. the president's team said they are waiting for a senate trial before they take part in this impeachment. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. and it is made clear in the letter from pat cipollone telling democrats to get lost and what they are saying to the house judiciary committee, basically saying we're not going to participate in this house impeachment inquiry process. dear chairman nadler this is basement and violated basic principles but the speaker of the house ordered the democrats to proceed with articles of impeachment before your committee has heard a single shred of evidence and the letter goes

the house judiciary committee beginning the debate process soon on two articles of impeachment against president trump. lawmakers will have the chance to edit and amend the articles in the combative two-day marathon session as democrats move quickly toward a vote by the full house of representatives. >>> also breaking, justice department inspector general michael horowitz defending his investigation of the russia probe to u.s. senators and found -- he did find major errors but no bias by the fib. let's go straight to capitol hill. our senior congressional correspondent manu raju is there for us. the democrats push for impeachment is about to enter a key new phase just hours from now. tell our viewers what you're learning. >> reporter: the house judiciary committee going to open up formal proceedings to take up those articles of impeachment. the two that were unveiled yesterday. one about abuse of power, the other about obstruction of congress. all dealing with the president's handling with the relations with ukraine and the allegations that he violated his oath of office but pressuring

the house judiciary committee has held another hearing in the impeachment proceeding against president donald trump attorneys of both parties presented arguments for and against impeaching trump is accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden as i was how did your castro has more. fireworks inside of monday's impeachment hearing likely to last before the house judiciary committee draft articles of impeachment came not just from protests. but also republican members committed to showing that they believe the proceedings against trump are a sham. was scheduled not to consider he made a ruling if you order to appeal him and was going to try to overturn the results of an election we're not elected people to be gentlemen less than the witnesses were attorneys for both parties and though the facts were the same that trump froze military assistance to ukraine then asked its president to launch investigations into trump's political opponents the interpretations of those facts couldn't be more different president trump use the powers of government for a domestic po

house judiciary committee has voted to approve 2 articles of impeachment against president donald trump the democratic control of representatives will vote next week on whether to formally charge the president and send them for a senate trial some suggest of breaking the law by withholding aid to pressure ukraine and investigating political rival joe biden today is a solemn and said day for the 3rd time in a little over a century and a half. the house judiciary committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power and obstruction of congress the house will act. expeditiously thank you. the u.s. and china have reached a limited trade agreement to scale back existing tyrus on chinese imports donald trump confirmed he's cancelling new tariffs on china other words a kick in at the end of this week he says the existing tariff some 25 percent of $250000000000.00 of chinese imports will however remain in place. thousands of people are protesting of course on jury after abdul majeed to born was declared the winner of thursday's presidential election boom was a for

the house judiciary committee votes on it. assuming it passes which we all think it will, then it goes to the floor of the house of representatives. four big steps in the next four years? >> yes. the only wild card, is there some democratic victory for a new witness? although adam schiff seems to think that might happen in the intelligence committee separately as they move forward. at least four big steps. at least four. can democrats get this done? have a vote in the house? the clinton impeachment tracked the holidays, by the way. >> christmas -- christmas eve or something? >> a mid-term election and then after the election when it finished up. midterm. a very stressful time but this house and it's the speaker, won't answer modest questions. interesting to see how much she's willing to talk about this when she has the town hall tomorrow. part of her success, against it a long time. once decided no choice than to go forward. her success in keeping her words waiting for the right moments. she speaks when she thinks she needs to

and just a reminder, that monday c-span will have that house judiciary committee hearing where evidence will be presented in the ongoing impeachment inquiry against president trump. members plan to hear from democratic and republican counsel on the findings from the inquiry. our live coverage starts at 9:00 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. we go live now to grinnell college in iowa to hear remarks from democratic presidential candidate pete buttigieg. he's about to meet with voters and supporters at a town hall meeting. this is live coverage on c-span. >> again, we're live in grinnell, iowa, where j just a few means presidential candidate pete buttigieg is going to hold a town hall meeting with voters and supporters. we'll brick you comments -- bring you comments when that gets under way. until then, a look at today's "washington journal." investigations may continue and i don't know if that would be the purview of the judiciary mmittee on the three committees that had initially been involved. biggs, representative biggs and perr

tuesday, the house intelligence committee votes to send the findings to the house judiciary committee. which takes over wednesday, with a hearing on the constitutional grounds for impeachment. the president's allies complain about the process. >> rounds one and two, by speaker pelosi, and the chairman schiff, are as rigged as a carnival ring toss. >> but in the next phase, the president could mount a defense. >> they're invited to participate, so we're certainly hoping that the president, his council, will take advantage of that opportunity. >> republicans insist they should be able to defend the president, by questioning his accusers. like the whistle-blower who was not called to testify by intelligence chairman adam schiff. >> my first and foremost witness is adam schiff. it is easy to hide behind a report. it is easy to hide behind a gavel at intelligence committees and closed door meetings. >> a staffer on the nixon investigation, she voted against bill clinton's impeachment, and says president trump's conduct is worse than watergate, because it involves a foreign country. >> nixo

so look to tonight as well as into thursday, the house judiciary committee's process. each one of those members will be able to introduce amendments to the articles of impeachment as well as take up to five minutes to talk about each of those amendments. this could play out over the course of 24 hours or so before voted out of committee and clearing the way for the full floor vote next week. >> maybe even by tuesday or wednesday next week. the full house will vote likely to impeach the president of the united states. that is no small thing at all. suzanne, thank you very much. >>> so this morning you will not believe how the president is responding to all this. because probably you shouldn't believe it. that's next. before we talk about tax-smart investing, what's new? -audrey's expecting... -twins! ♪ we'd be closer to the twins. change in plans. at fidelity, a change in plans is always part of the plan. here's the story of green mountain coffee roasters costa rica paraÍso. meet sergio. and his daughter, maria. sergio's coffee tastes spectacular. because costa rica

absolutely this white house wasted no time minutes after that vote in the house judiciary committee the white house press secretary stephanie grisham issuing this statement this desperate charade of an impeachment inquiry in the house judiciary committee has reached its shameful end the president looks forward to receiving in the senate the fair treatment and due process which continues to be described as fully denied to him by the house again that coming from the white house press secretary stephanie grisham and just the last few moments we're told according to poor porter here at the white house that the president has also been speaking about this watching carefully to see what he may have said in the oval office as he greeted the president of paraguayan what we're hearing is that he once again has called this a sham a hoax and also that the people are disgusted there's no question this is a president that is taking this very personally this is a stage on his refutation of blemish on the agenda that he's believes he was elected in 2016 to put in place for the american public he's alre

the house judiciary committee has only done this a couple times. you know, nixon and clinton in 1998. we're into somewhat uncharted territory. those were in p a second term of a president also, so we're really into uncharted territory about there is an election coming up. we're, what, two, two and a half months away from iowa caucus results. the trial in the senate is going to be happening as the final weeks of the iowa campaign is going to be. you guys will be setting up a debate that may run into the impeachment trial. a lot of this has just never happened before. >> on that last part, let's put the president's name into it. this is important and historic for any president, any party, any situation in the politics of the country. but in this case, a republican president, a democratic house, a completely party line vote heading into an election year, it is just -- again, we're going to watch these undecided democrats over the weekend. that will affect the margins. but by this time next week, we'll be sitting at this table a beak from now and the p

that is the room where the house judiciary committee will hold its first hearing this morning. setting up for what promises to be a big day. the scathing impeachment report will serve as a road map for the next stage of this inquiry. and that report alleges that the president of the united states undermined our democracy and endangered national security by placing his own personal and political interests above those of the country. it also details what democrats call the unprecedented efforts by the president to conceal his conduct from congress. >> this morning the president is in the united kingdom for meetings with nato leaders. these meetings will be interesting today after a new video appeared overnight that seems to show the canadian prime minister, french president emmanuel macron, and prime minister boris johnson, it appears they might be laughing at the president and how he conducted himself yesterday. >> you see the laughing. you can hear justin trudeau saying you see his team's jaws drop to the floor. we will cover the president in the united kingdom shortly. first s

>>> breaking news tonight, the house judiciary committee approves impeaching the president. democrats taking a step to vote passing and going to the full house for approval and republicans firing back. the group growing angrier and trump says this will only rally supporters. >>> there's been an arrest in connection with a horrific stabbing death of a college student in new york. tonight the urgent manhunt who may have been involved in the attack. >>> a mother's promise on the sandy hook elementary school massacre. >> i made a promise to him seven years ago that i would do everything i could to honor his legacy. >> the mission to prevent more school shootings. >>> plus, hidden camera controversy, high school students on a field trip find recording devices in their hotel rooms. what the hotel is saying tonight and what you can do to tell if a device is hidden in your hotel room. >>> the holiday shipping deadline starting as soon as this weekend we have the dates and where to look for the best deals. why you could be paying more if you ship next week >> announcer: this is "nbc

house judiciary committee debating articles on impeachment for president trump. second committee vote later tonight with the full house vote next week. >> no subpoena power for republicans and depositions as i said done in secret in the bunker in the basement of the capital. in those depositions remember those witnesses were subpoenaed. they are supposed to answer our questions but only the democrats got all their questions answered. there were questions that republicans ask that the chairman of the intel committee prevented the witnesses from answering. democrats denied republicans witnesses for the opening hearings, we weren't allowed to call the witnesses we want to come up we had to submit a list. we put on the list from adam schiff just to get people that might make the real case and submit the facts. the one witness we really wanted to call, even though adam schiff initially said we would get a chance to hear from him, we won't allo are allowed to end tt was a whistle-blower. remember when this all happen in september, adam schiff told us we would get to he

the house judiciary committees crack at this was even more ahistorical. it was like the speaker called up chairman nadler and ordered one impeachment. rush delivery plays. on itsot own. did nothing to verify the shift report. their only witnesses were liberal lawn professors. there was a reason the impeachment inquiry that led to president nixon's inquiry had 14 months of hearings. fourteen months. in addition to a special prosecutor's investigation. with president clinton, the independent counsel inquiry had been literally underway for years. that was before the house judiciary committee actually dug in. the mountains evidence, mountains. mountains of testimony from first-hand fact witnesses. serious legal battles to get what was necessary. this time around, past democrats kept all of that. it's just been 12 weeks, 12 weeks. more than a year of hearings for nixon, multiple years of investment investigation for clinton, and they have impeached president trump in 12 weeks. twelve weeks. so let's talk about what the house actually produced in those 12 weeks

he was seen heading into the white house as the house judiciary committee voted to pass two articles of impeachment against president trump. let's bring back our experts and our analysts to discuss. this potentially, jim sciutto, is a very significant development. >> listen, the president's been emboldened, apparently, not chastened by the impeachment process. the core of the impeachment is a cooperation with a foreign government, invitation to a foreign government to dig up -- well, pressure, in fact, on a foreign government to dig up dirt on a political opponent, driven by his personal attorney outside the normal policy process, including people appointed by this president. that's the essential claim here, and we've seen loads of sworn testimony to that effect during the public hearings. so now you have the president's personal attorney, still going to ukraine, meeting with some shady characters there with pro-russian ties, seeming to invite foreign interference in the election again. it's just remarkable. i mean, that the president takes from this process in effect, a free pass to