it's just not affordable housing and our definition of affordable housing. we need housing for people. i've run into so many people that aren't going to qualify or they're in affordable housing and not getting the lottery and looking for something they can afford. for us to be building apartments in in cit this city i think is important. but that's the one amendment. i have a little trouble with, number 4. thank you! >> thank you, supervisor brown. president yi. >> i think i understand supervisor brown, where you're coming from, with this. i think this also -- projects i've been involved with, i've been pushing whatever i can with afforaffordability. if we just take the current situation and have no more additional resources to support affordable housing, i could almost buy into your argument but it's like the horse or the cart. if the state were to actually put substantial funding into helping with affordability, then we could do it. part of it is this is a state mandate, where is it state and let's get the funding? and maybe we could put more pressure beca

public housing development to occupy a new affordable housing units. >> can we take this item same house, same call? without objection this ordinance is passed on first reading unanimously. please call the next item. >> twenty-seven is an ordinance to amend to administrative code to apply eviction controls to units that are exempt from rent increase limitations because they first received a certificate of occupancy after june 13th, 1979, or have undergone a since of -- substantial rehabilitation. >> supervisor haney? >> thank you. thank you to the rules committee for unanimously supporting this ordinance. for 40 years, the san francisco rent ordinance, which our city has a set of laws which govern renters' rights, has treated tenants differently based on when they're building was built. if you're building was constructed before 1979, you have the benefit of rent control and protection from arbitrary eviction. if you're building is any newer than that, you simply don't. we have little data on what happens to tenants in the post 17 -- 1979 buildings. fifteen% of renters reported they were

>> the house rules committee taking a break to attend votes in the house chamber on 20/20 federal spending bills. members have been debating two articles of impeachment against president trump. continue watching this hearing on c-span3 and that c-span.org. earlier, senate leaders spoke on the floorabout democrats proposal on how the impeachment trial should be conducted in the senate . >> morning madam president i wanted to speak to one very specific part of this. over the weekend the democratic leader decided to short-circuit the customary aland collegial process for laying basic groundworkin advance of a potential impeachment trial . the preferable path would have been an in person conversation which nonetheless i still hope to pursue. instead, he chose to begin by writing me an 11 paragraph letter on sunday evening delivered by way of the news media and began a cable television campaign a few hours later. the democratic leaders letter is an interesting document from the very beginning. for example, in the second of its 11 paragraphs, our colleagues literally misquotes the constitution.

representation or any white house officials at all on the white house impeachment hearing slated by the judiciary committee. the obvious question is what happens now and where it is the time i go from here? chad pergram of the capital with more than that. >> this probably accelerates the pace of impeachment and here's why. the administration is not going to participate and that means a markup session where they actually read the articles of impeachment most likely comes late next week. they would have the hearing looking at the intelligence committee report on monday that it's already been on the books. if you're not going to have a hearing or some type of presentation by the administration then you don't need to chew up wednesday or thursday with that. that was a step in the process in 1998 with president clinton so they could go immediately to the markup sessions next week. that might be the most important step in the process because that is where members go through and write the actual articles. markup sessions on capitol hill, they do them all the time for almost every bill that

resolution is amended as ordered the court is favorably to the house. >> with house judiciary committee approving two articles of impeachment against president trump abuse of power and obstruction of congress the house rules committee will meet to determine the guidelines on how the debate will unfold in the house floor watch live coverage of house rules, tuesday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. watch online@c-span .org -- impeachment or listen live with the free c-span radio app. u.s. senate returned to session today. lawmakers will work on the house approved version of the 2020 defense programs and policy bills. you can watch live coverage of the senate when they gavel in at 3:00 p.m. eastern right here on c-span2. >> we are back with two reporters to take your questions about this week in washington and how will impeachment work as well as congress facing a deadline for government spending. mike is a congressional reporter with "the washington post". junior correspondent with time magazine is here. let's begin with the white house but what are they saying about how they would like i

the house will be in order. the house will be in order. members, take your conversations off the floor. the house will be in order. for what purpose does the gentleman from florida seek recognition? i seek unanimous consent to speak out of order for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i'm joined here with members of florida, georgia, and alabama delegations because on hours er 6 in the early of the day, our nation learned of a terrorist attack unfolding air station pensacola. the attack took the lives of watson of coffey, alabama. of ron scott walters richmond hill, florida. we congregate here today to honor the memory of those who those who lives and were wounded in the course of attack.egious mr. gaetz: those who wear the uniform inspire the best within truly the they are best among us. they are our sons and daughters, fathers and mothers. them were , three of taken from us, and we shall not orget their names or those -- or those who have been impacted by this terrible attack. i request all

whereas that the house judiciary committee's first hearing pursuant to house resolution 660 on december 4, 2019, chairman nadler was furnished with a request for a minority day of hearings pursuant to clause 2-j-1 of rule 11 of the rules of the house of representatives signed by all republican members of the committee. whereas subsequent to receiving the request for an additional day of hearings by members of the minority party, chairman nadler refused to schedule such hearings. whereas ranking minority member collins funnished chairman nadler with a letter reminding him of his obligation to schedule a minority day of hearings as requested by members of the minority party and chairman nadler ignored the letter and failed to respond. whereas chairman nadler repeatedly misstated the rules, misguiding members of the committee, and the american people, and refused to rule properly on members' points of order concerning the requested minority hearing day. whereas chairman nadler refused to consider the scheduling of the minority hearing day during a committee meeting until the markup of arti

members of the house can change their votes up until the house speaker gavels. it seems as though 27 votes.>>> people are casting their votes. it was interesting pelosi could put off this votes on just who is going to represent this case before the u.s. senate. it was expected she might do that even tonight or tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be a wind down day in washington. all the members of the house and the senate take off on friday or thursday night to start their holiday break. >>> which is also why things will not get going again until after the holidays this will not go to the senate until january. it is covering the clock. apparently they are out of time. again house speaker is just waiting for folks to place their vote. ward to go ahead and change their vote. >>> 227 and 181. it was 230 voting yes for the article one. the abuse of power. 197 voting no. with 19 republicans still who have not cast a vote i'm sure she as we said in the first vote. she wants to air on the side of caution and give them all a chance to stop there milling around they did have

bill clinton lost three articles in the house. two ultimately passed the house. it was partisan, and it was nasty, yet compared to this almost -- not civil, but boy, was the volume lower. >> you can tell me, but my understanding there was a more agreed-upon process, both parties decided. there was taped testimony, so they did go into it with both sides agreeing on how to do this. so far we haven't seen that yet. >> trent lott was the republican leader then, mitch mcconnell said, what happened in the house was a circus. we're not bringing that over here. they also left the question for witnesses open at the beginning. they had a 100% senate role. >> shanahan last evening, and the president trying to show there is no daylight at all here. it's a little bit like, oh, there is gambling at the casino with the white house. when you step back, you see it is sort of extraordinary they're coordinating here so closely. but as we've been saying, the president is going to be thinking about this and stewing about this, and he may change what he wants. in january he may say, i

mick mulvaney, john bolton who did not come before the house judiciary committee because the white house intervened and mcconnell said he would not allow that because he believed it was the house's job to pursue those witnesses. he said he should have gone to court to get those witnesses and says they are not a fact-finding body in the senate. that still appears to be a standoff between the two sides. it appears they are no closer to an agreement. it appears there will be days of negotiations ahead. >> i thought it was going to start january 7th when they all get back to washington. clearly it will be delayed a few days maybe longer. manu raju thank you very much. >>> now to the reaction from the white house where president trump is growing anxious and distressed over the latest uncertainty over his impeachment trial in the senate. jim acosta is joining us now. jim, this was not necessarily what the president expected? >> not at all. even after being impeached president trump isn't sounding apologetic about his comments in ukraine or his nasty comments on debbie dingell. one of his advis

one was that the house speaker had to name the house impeachment managers, that group of house lawmakers who will basically act as prosecutors on the senate floor. the other thing they had to do was transmit the articles of impeachment. but after the vote the house speaker gave that press conference last night where it seemed as if she was saying that she wasn't going to commit to a timeline for doing either of those things. and it seemed as if she was making a ploy to build more leverage, to say in effect to mitch mcconnell, look, unless or until you commit to offering us a fair trial and having a trial on terms favorable to democrats, we are not going to set this up for you, we're not going to send you the things you would need to kick off this trial, which on its face seems like a risky and curious strategy, because how do you build leverage with someone by denying them the thing they've never wanted, right? well, today, in that press conference, and you're seeing video of it right now, the house speaker clarified things. what she said was is that yes, she intends to name the house ma

the white house has until 5:00 p.m. this afternoon to decide whether they will participate in a hearing on monday. lawyers from the intelligence and judiciary committee will present their findings from investigations into the president. monday's hearing sets up a issue judiciary vote with a vote of the full house possible the week before christmas. lauren fox with more from capitol hill. >> reporter: dave and christine, nancy pelosi, the speaker of the house, making it clear, the democrats are moving forward with impeaching the president. >> the president leaves us no choice but to act, because he is trying to corrupt, once again, the election, for his own benefit. >> reporter: now, what we do know is that next week is going to be another explosive one on capitol hill. on monday, the house judiciary committee will hold another hearing, this one to discuss that 300-page report from the house intelligence committee, all revolving around that july 25th phone call between donald trump and ukraine's president, zelensky. the

tomorrow, the house rules committee decides parameters for the impeachment debate on the house floor. watch our live coverage at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. on wednesday, the house is expected to vote on the articles of impeachment against president trump. watch our live coverage of the impeachment debate on c-span3, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. estions about this week in washington. how will impeachment work, as well as congress facing a deadline for government spending. mike debonis is with "the washington post." brian bennett, senior white house correspondent with "time" magazine, thank you both for being here. let's begin with the white house. what are they saying about how they would like impeachment to look? guest: trump right now, president trump believes that impeachment is breaking his way, that he really believes it's given his supporters some momentum and enthusiasm, and he initially was of the mind that he wanted the senate to -- once the house takes their vote, which looks like it's going happen, he wanted the senate to take their

forgive me, but house democrats cannot be held responsible for the cravenness of the house republican caucus and their blind fealty to the president. leader mcconnell claimed the impeachment was motivated by partisan rage. this from the man who said proudly, i am not impartial. i have no compensation to be impartial -- i have no intention to be impartial at all in the trial of president trump. what hypocrisy. leader mcconnell accused the house democrats of an obsession to get rid of president trump. this from the man who proudly declared his number-one goal was to make president obama a one-term president. leader mcconnell claimed that democrats impeach the president for asserting executive privilege. president trump never formally claimed executive privilege. he claimed, quote, absolute immunity, unquote. the white house counsel wrote a letter stating simply that the administration would not comply with any subpoenas. leader mcconnell claimed that the democrats, quote, obsession with impeachment has prevented the house from pursuing legislation to help the american people. leader mcc

she unilaterally, without a debate in the house, and the house is supposed to be a deliberative body, that's really what the rules are designed for clearly, procee procedurally decision-making. she exercised power, and i think seized the power of the house and said this is now impeachment inquiry, oh yes, eventually there was a vote, but only after the gu the die was cast and now the house intelligence committee with adam schiff and what in enormously poor judgment in the church of choice of someone to leave the impeachment inquiry. instead of someone like peter, a democrat during nixon, who was respected for his fairness, henry hyde, a republican, jerry who is not simply respected but beloved, on both sides of the aisle, very conservative republican but he believed in our culture of liberty as you well know. instead of someone like that of real dignity and stature, she chose someone who had led this extravagant ill-founded theory of russian collusion which, by the way was step in saying were going to listen to professor tribe on how this will hold up, now she is intruding into the po

and house republicans seized on that. but we have testimony from both the nsc's tim morrison and also ambassador bill taylor, we're told about this call the day it happened. you have trump talking to sondland and then sondland calls morrison. the president said, he wants no quid pro quo, but he wants president zelensky to go to the microphone and announce investigations. and we have the same thing and he once again says, i talk to the president, the president wants zelensky to go in front of the microphone and say what's happening. then he tells taylor, i talked to zelensky, and zelensky told me he'll do it, he'll go in front of a cnn interview and announce what he said he would. >> you're really looking at it through the eyes of a lawyer and parsing all of this information. and so what you describe in your piece is a phone call -- even if the president says no quid pro quo, he's describing a quid pro quo. i'm not saying that, but what i'm saying is -- >> you can't commit a crime and say, by the way, it's not a crime. wha

>>house speaker nancy pelosi again and with other members of the democratic leadership in the house addressing the vote today impeach historic president trump that president trump is spking right now this is live at a rallyin michigan we have take a quick break right now, but when e >>welcome back to our continuing brking news coverage of this historic day president trump has been impeached on 2 articles abuse of power and obstruction of congress. he is speaking li right now in battle creek michigan th is near kalamazoo obviously a battleground state let's listen in live. that >>e greatest country we've turnedaround a ship. we need 4 more years if we that you wantto drive them crazy. we had one group. in pennlvana. some guys started screaming 60 more years. they went crazy. and you know what they don't derstand when i do get out. they're all going go out of this is to makeit more money than they've ever been. that crazy new york times one of the worst newspapers one of the most dishonest newspapers in the history of the totally phony. they came out with a story that was where was a great hdlin

what the white house asserted which no white house asserted was absolute immunity. all white houses in the past have negotiated with congress and they say this is privileged and nixon did it, clinton did it, i don't know what andrew johnson did, i was a young child. >> on fast and furious, obama said pounds sand and they went to the courts and it got worked out after they went to the courts. >> i'm talking about impeachment. >> it's still subpoenaing the testimony of witnesses from the executive branch whether it's an impeachment. >> and testimonies of executive branch employees and officials have been subpoenaed throughout our country's history. >> sure they have. >> and this is the first white house that has said blanketly we won't negotiate with you with this, you are not getting anyone. you are not getting documents. you're not getting phone records and you're not going to get any witness testimony and on top of that they argue that we didn't do anything wrong and the democrats won't bring out the exculpatory evidence. the exculpatory evidence would come from th

back there is no mold in the house. so we've found it's difficult to find a reliable test. >> would you allow families to seek a second opinion on the presence of mold in their homes by licensed third party experts? >> we support anything that our residents choose to pursue for evidentiary purposes. again we found that testing is unreliable because it can go either way, be a false positive or false negative. >> thank you. i'd like to -- how much time do i have? chairman, i yield. >> thank you. >> one of the aspects of this crisis that i think is really important is prevention and mitigation. at fort drum we have a relatively young population of young soldiers, young military families. often times this is the first time they're responsible for their home that they're living in. how are you, mr. hickey, investing and sort of providing educational materials for those young family members and young service members to know to contact you before something gets to a crisis level that we've seen in some of these photos? >> than

as data from the first housing report highlights, we aren't simply in a housing crisis, we're in a housing affordability crisis and our unique challenges in san francisco require thought. data-driven solutions. not broad stroke mandate based on a mentality or blind faith or even mitigate our affordability crisis. last week the g.a.o. committee approved my proposed amendments to the board's original resolution. the amendments clearly state the need for sb50 to ensure that existing area plans are respected and allow the community to engage in planning to increase housing density giving communities a seat at the table. number two, capture more of the value conferred to developers when we up-zone and direct it to affordable housing and community benefits. number three, provide meaningful funded and enforceable protections against displacement and gentrification. and number 4, ensure there is adequate transportation resources to go alongside housing development. i went to work in good faith with the state representatives as we work on our local efficients on community planning and affordable ho

this for house democrats. christmas day and the target date that they've set to vote on whether to impeach president trump. let's turn now to sarah westwood for some answers. sarah, we have just under an hour left. is there any word on what the white house will do on this first deadline? >> well, the white house is being tight lipped about how they are going to handle this outreach from house judiciary gerald nadler, but white house officials speaking to cnn on friday slammed nadler for scheduling the first of this phase for wednesday when the president will be yooverseas at the nato conference. now president trump was invited by the committee to participate in this next set of hearings. the first one that will take place on wednesday, but a white house official told our colleague jim acosta not to expect the president to participate but whether the white house will have a counsel president at this new hearing, that's an open question which we may find out within an hour. white house officials and trump allies

their housing. we also know that it cost a lot more to help get those people back into housing than to keep them in their housing. so we know who's benefitting from the system the way it is currently. the landlords, the developers, if profiteers, but who's paying for it? all the rest of us. we have to pay to rehouse those people. we're paying with the suffering that we have to endure on our streets. i mean just the inhumanity of it. anything that we can do to keep people in their homes and protect them in this city needs to be done. it's a crisis. so, i appreciate your support and i'll be there when we get to the board and thank you. >> good morning supervisor, thank you so much for having us this morning and for your work on this legislation. my name is cynthia, and my role primarily is to support renters inrichment. what i'm here to say today is housing rights is supportive of this common sense eviction protection legislation. whether or not someone stays in their home should not depend on when th

house of representatives.] the speaker: the house will be in order. the prayer will be you aroffere conroy.lain, father chaplain conroy: merciful god, we give you thanks for giving us another day. the members of the people's house as they work toward the difficult and task of funding our government in a fair and equitable manner amid the other matters being considered at this time. may they negotiate with one in good faith and trust nd a shared love for our nation. we pray that all that is done be and our greater honor glory. amen. father.ker: thank you, pursuant to section 7-a of house journal of 58, the the last day's proceedings is approved. will bege of allegiance led by the gentleman from new morrelle. mr. morrelle: the republic for which it stands, one nation under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. for peaker pro tempore: what purpose does the gentleman from new york seek recognition? m morrelle: mr. speaker, democracy democracy by the direction of the committee on up 765 and ask for immediate consideration. the peaker pro temp

in housing equities for san franciscans. this work and the work ahead is only possible because of the amazing trans leaders that we are fortunate to have here in san francisco, many of whom are here today. i look forward to hearing from each of our honorees and recognizing them for their contributions to the city and county san francisco. but first, i want to thank the office of transgender initiativ initiatives as well as honey mahogany in supervisor haney's office for fighting for transgender residents. before we begin, i'd like to invite claire farley from o.t.i. to say a few words. >> thank you, supervisor mandelman and supervisor yee. supervisor mandelman has led the charge for this important day, and i want to appreciate all the supervisors for your ongoing support for the trans and lgbt community. the budget investments of last year include over $3 million of city commitment to this important community, and i'm really excited about the housing commitment that you've all continued to support. this'll be the first trans

they've not gotten into housing. >> reporter: late this afternoon, san jose's housing department put out a statement that says quote, the solution to homelessness is more housing that is affordable to low and moderate income households. in san jose, len ramirez, kpix 35. >>> a new report out says some bay area corporations paid no federal income tax in 2018. they're among 91 fortune 500 companies that paid nothing, and that list included netflix, levi, chevron, and sales force. the left leaning think tank studied the first year that the republican tax cuts was in effect, and overall the report says the loss in federal revenue adds up to nearly $74 billion. at the same time the federal deficit has grown to nearly a trillion dollars this year. >>> cliff erosion keeps threatening ocean front homes in the north bay, and retaining walls don't always help. kpix 5's don ford shows us the ongoing problem. >> reporter: it's one of those magnificent million dollar views. the problem is, the view keeps getting closer and closer to the house. there used to be a road between the house and cliff,

five hours later, just after speaker of the house nancy pelosi spoke on the house floor, the president vented in all caps -- "such atrocious lies by the radical left, do nothing democrats. this is an assault on america and an assault on the republican party." >> all right, so, let's get to jonathan karl, monitoring it live at the white house tonight. and jon, the president has repeatedly called impeachment an ugly word, a disgusting word. he did not want this to happen, but it would appear already at this rally that he's ready for battle. >> reporter: oh, he sure is. you see it there in battle creek, michigan, and he is looking to the senate trial, of course, he expects full victory there, not to be removed from office, nobody really does. and he will claim complete and total exoneration after the senate process is over. >> all right, jon karl, thank you. >>> and as jon reported there, the president in battle creek, michigan, tonight, and so is our martha raddatz. let's bring martha in tonight, because marthmartha, the presid immediately turned impeachment into a message on this campai

house. exactly the kinds of things overwhich presidents of both parties have asserted privilege in the past. predictably and appropriately president trump did not simply roll over. he defended the constitutional authority of his office. no surprise there. it's not a constitutional crisis for a house to want more information than a president wants to give up. that's not a constitutional

white house chief of staff john kelly urged him to use hard lines in the white house, secure lines when he went back to the residence at night and made phone calls, and he did this for a while. but when he realized that john kelly was then able to track logs of the president's calls, who he was speaking with, trump got annoyed and discontinued the practice and went back to the cell phone. so it's not just his disregard for the security protocols that almost all of his predecessors in the office have adhered to. it's that he appears to be trying to hide much of his communications from his own staff, from his own people. >> this is a problem, rick stengel. you have spent much of your life as a journalist, right? we use phones a lot. we talk to a lot of people. it's probably a hard habit to break, but this is not random. this is the president of the united states. people before him have had to go through this. 245 it's not just that donald trump seems to be having conversations that are casual, checking up with friends. but in fact some of the important stuff we need to know about is stuff

mike thornberry, house services. greg walden who has led the nrcc and has a powerful name in congress. these are big names who decided for whatever reason in the trump era that it's time for them to go. >> and women minorities in the party are fleeing as well. >> and the party is meeting with jeff van drew who has been trying the last few days to decide if he is a democrat or republican and how he can survive a no on impeachment. a prince of a guy who knows exactly where he stands. >>> impeachment in the house about to give president trump a very important win. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. if your glasses aren't so will we. no we won't. don't forget to use your vision benefits before they're gone. now in-network with vsp. visionworks. see the difference. the zip code you're born into can determine your future. your s

it does not offer transition units other than affordable housing program units. consistent with the original transitional housing rules and regulations, do not extend relocation benefits to residential units that are leased by commercial entities. it would not extend benefits to future residents not yet living on the island. so the proposals that are before you, and we have to take any questions you might have. >> i understand this is an action item? >> yes, this is action item to adopt these and then we would move forward with outreach and education to engage the post dda residents and advise them of these. >> before i take comments and questions from the board, i'd just like to hear from the public if there's any general comment on this. >> good afternoon, sherry williams from one treasure island and we are very supportive of post dda households who are income eligible to have a priority for affordable units and strongly urge you to support that proposal. thank you. >> any other comments? and then may i ask you a question, mr. beck, the not profit sponsors of t

making him just the third american president to be impeached by the house and the democrats in the house are there. they believe speaker pelosi will be there, too. so we'll see exactly what she has to say here in just a matter of minutes, guys. >> literally 3 1/2 minutes. manu thank you. both senate republicans and senate democrats working behind the scenes already preparing for the expected impeachment trial. let's go to phil mattingly on capitol hill. what would that look like, phil? >> it's a surreal situation up here right now. surreal peek tbeing the words o republican senator. everyone knows it's coming. there's no equivocation about whether the house is going to impeach the president based on what i'm hearing from senate republicans and democrats. but they don't know what it's going to look like. they have no sense of what a senate trial would be. how long it would last. who might testify, if anyone would testify at all. that doesn't mean they're not preparing. senate republicans in a closed door lunch meeting with white house counsel pat cipollone. two of his top deputies. the wh

what about richard neal of the house intel committee? he's seen the complaint because he notified the court about it. chuck grassly might choose to sit on this whistleblower complaint because maybe he doesn't want to know. but chairman neal could issue a subpoena as well to get that testimony. we reached out to the ways and means to committee see if they've heard anything about this. we haven't heard anything back, but i do have questions including questions about whether or not this whistleblower just like the other one might be getting intimidated or being threatened here for doing what he or she is actually legally protected to do? and i know just the person to ask about that. hold that thought. that keeps you up again, and again. advil pm silences pain, and you sleep the whole night. advil pm billions of problems. sore gums? bleeding gums? painful flossing? there's a therabreath for you. therabreath healthy gums oral rinse fights gingivitis and plaque and prevents gum disease for 24 hours. so you can... breathe easy, there's therabre

. >> not only is the white house refusing to participate in the house process and a departure from past administrations during impeachment proceedings but the white house is telling democrats they should end their proceeding altogether now, arguing it's baseless and democrats haven't shown a shred of evidence even as democrats say there is plenty of evidence from the president himself he abused his office for personal gain by seeking ukraine's help to probe his political opponents. impeachment is top of mind for the president. he had a very busy twitter weekend, tweeting and retweeting more than 100 times mostly on impeachment, painting himself as the victim of democrats' hatred toward him, arguing they've tried to find every excuse to impeach him since the day he took office. the white house is looking ahead to making it case in the senate trial, spent the last several weeks preparing its argument that president was well within his rights to ask ukraine to look into the bidens and president trump, we should note, has no events on his schedule during the hearing this morning. it's expec

the white house is choosing to not mount a defense in the house. while attacking this process as unjust, highly partisan and unconstitutional. chairman nadler responded. the american people deserve answers from president trump. he rejected white house complaints. having declined this opportunity, he cannot claim that the process is unfair. the president wanting the last word perhaps, tweeted back at the democratic chairman. nadler hasn't had a single fact witness testify. zero substance. country wants growth, not impeachment. on friday we saw the president trying to focus on the positive jobs numbers, the strong economy, taking a little bit of a pause from his most combative style when it comes to impeachment. and trying to focus on the getting something done. also in that letter from pat cippolone, they used the words of the president who had said to the house, if you're going to impeach me, do it fast so they can get on to what they think would be a fair trial in the senate. we talked about the fact that the senate being republican controlled, is

complaints about the house process. what is his excuse now? senate democrats are asking what the white house is afraid of him. >> i say to donald trump release the emails, let your aides testify. we say to mitch mcconnell a fair trial with the facts, only the facts. >> senate minority leader chuck schumer says he also wrote a letter to all senators today, renewing his call for the administration to provide more information on white without security assistance from ukraine. >> went to the white house, palm beach, thanks to several legal battles between the justice department and house democrats doj lawyers told a federal appeals court that requests for grand jury materials from the mueller probe is no longer relevant. house impeachment articles do not involve the russia probe. the information could be used in the senate under the current articles, or leading to different ones in the house, oral arguments are set for january 3rd. you are opening your gifts later this week national security officials will be watching north

actions make impeachment necessary he gave us no choice preparing to make us this call history the house begins a debate that could see donald trump become only the 3rd u.s. president to be impeached. we'll talk a lot about a president we're going to talk about to order the impeachment abuse of power because they can't actually pin anything a factual basis on you know the president did nothing wrong while republicans continue to stand by their president who has dismissed the move as an attempted coup. i mean taylor nandan with the rest of the top stories including lebanon's saad hariri says he will not seek to stay on as prime minister ahead of much to late talks to give the protest right country a new government. india supreme court postponed hearings against a new citizenship law to next month as anger against the legislation grows. well in just the past hour the final debate has got underway over whether to impeach the president of the united states democrats and republicans in the house of representatives on making their case about whether donald trump violated the constitution he's

we need affordable housing. i am very clear that even with the requirement to build 25 or 30% affordable, it is exactly the reverse of what we need. we need 75 to 80 to 90 to 100% affordable. otherwise, we are facing massive displacement, gentrification. priority development for whom? i ask that be defined a little more before this goes forward. thank you. >> good afternoon. george wedding, coalition for san francisco neighborhoods. just a couple of thoughts and comments, not a real ask. it can't override whether a citizens group does in the pda. planning can do that right now. the funding and grants are welcome for the planning for its sens, but they are also very minimalistic. i was told that from 2007 to now on transportation and that kind of thing, we spent about $12 million. you can do the math. you can see we are not talking about huge grants here. we are not fixing problems. i think what is troubles is to hear what irene said. we are in the process of planning on the west side. already it is slippery slop

the resolution is amended is ordered reported favorably to the house. >> with the house earthquake is approving two articles of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, the house rules committee will meet to determine the guidelines on how the debate will unfold in the house floor. watch live coverage of house rules tuesday at 11:00 a.m. eastern on c-span3. watch on line at c-span.org slash impeachment or listen live with the free c-span radio app. >>> joining us from miami this morning is alan dershowitz, author of "the case against impeaching trump," and professor at harvard law school. mr. dershowitz, here's a headline in "the new york times" about this impeachment trial. trump's impeachment team may add alan dershowitz. will you be representing the president in the senate trial? >> i can't really comment on any possible conversations that i've had with the white house. i certainly am strongly opposed to impeaching the president on the two grounds proposed by the judiciary committee. neither of them is found in the constitution. they're the k

so it's clear, jim, that even as things are still going on in the house, the white house is very much beginning to prepare the president's defense for a potential senate trial. and that is where the white house's focus is really shifting. >> jeremy diamond, thank you so much. we wait to hear from the house speaker. dana bash is here. good morning. nice to have you in person. in the words of jerry connolly, about nancy pelosi, she doesn't follow parades. she leads them. >> very well put. >> where is this parade going? >> the key word in that is lead. she, obviously, understands her role. maybe better than most. maybe historically as a leader and the history of this moment is not lost on her. remember, she came to this reluctantly. really came to this notion of impeachment reluctantly. the pressure was on her by a lot of democrats, by the base to not give up their majority. not just say, okay, we have a majority but we're not doing anything to hold the president accountable. she's taken methodically taken her caucus through the process. they are at a point now where she has to, you know

speaker pelosi's house just gave in to a temptation that every other house in history has managed to resist. let me say that again. speaker pelosi's house just gave in to a temptation that every other house in our history has managed to resist. they impeached a president whom they do not even allege has committed an actual crime known to our laws. they've impeached simply because they disagree with a presidential act and question the motive behind it. so let's look at history. andrew johnson impeachment involved around a clear violation of a criminal statute albeit an unconstitutional statute. nixon had obstruction of justice, a felony under our laws. clinton had perjury, also a felony. now the constitution does not say the house can impeach only those presidents who violate a law, but history matters. history matters and precedent matters. and there were important reasons why every previous house of representatives in american history restrained itself, restrained itself from crossing this rub rubicon. the framers of our constitution very specifically discussed this issue. whether t

the house made a political decision to impeach. i will anticipate we will have a largely partisan outcome in the senate. i'm not impartial about this at all. >> joining us danny cevallos and congressional reporter for "the daily beast" sam brody. danny, i want to start there, what we heard from the leader there, he does have to take an oath to be impartial here. i want to take a look at what that looks like 20 years ago from chief justice rehnquist during the impeachment trial. >> at this time, i will administer the oath to all senators in the chamber in conformance with article 3, clause 6. will all senators stand and raise your right hand, will do you solemnly swear in all things relating to the impeachment trial of president clinton now pending you will do everything in the constitution to the laws so help you god. the clerk will call the names. >> impartial justice according to the constitution and laws. then you also have leader mcconnell there saying -- admitting he will not be impartial. and this is actually a political proc

what about richard neal of the house intel committee? he's seen the complaint because he notified the court about it. chuck grassly might choose to sit on this whistle-blower complaint because maybe he doesn't want to know. but chairman neal could issue a subpoena as well to get that testimony. we haven't heard anything back, but i do have questions including questions about whether or not this whistle-blower just like the other one might be getting intimidated or being threatened here for doing what he or she is actually legally protected to do? and i know just the person to ask about that. hold that thought. rson to ask about that hold that thought. looks different. the unbeatable strength of advil. what pain? hi honey, we got in early. yeah, and we brought steve and mark. ♪ experience the power of sanctuary at the lincoln wish list sales event. sign and drive off in a new lincoln with zero down, zero due at signing, and a complimentary first month's payment. stop dancing around the pain that keeps you up again, and again. advil pm s

the house judiciary committee takes over the impeachment inquiry. will the white house participate? ♪. >> the failed washington establishment is trying to stop me because i'm fighting for you and because we're winning. chris: as the intelligence committee raps up its work and prepares to issue its report, the judiciary committee must now decide whether to write articles of impeachment. president trump must decide whether to send a lawyer a lawyer to represent him. >> as we continue to gather evidence and the facts from the testimony we'll go where the facts take us. chris: this hour we'll sit down with two members of the judiciary committee. the top republican on the panel, doug collins of georgia and democrat hakim jeffries of new york, only on "fox news sunday." then -- >> very encouraging but we'll not let it go to our heads. >> the same answer as always been i don't do polling. chris: buttigieg up, warren down. we'll ask our sunday panel about the top tier of 2020 democratic candidates getting reshuffled, all right now on "fox news sunday." ♪ chris: hello again from fox news

mcconnell says we're deferring to the white house. everybody publicly is playing very nice in this process. you heard the congressman say senator mcconnell is supposed to be a juror so how can he be saying things like this? >> that's a really interesting question. the senators will take a separate oath when they convene as a jury to hear the trial of the president. they have to promise to be fair and listen to the facts and render their best judgment. maya was a federal prosecutor in new york, she handled civil cases. i was a federal prosecutor in virginia, i handled criminal cases. when we tried cases to juries, they typically didn't know anything about the case they were about to hear. >> we couldn't even talk to them. >> we weren't allowed to talk to them. they didn't know anything about it. if they knew something about it, they were either excluded from the jury or they had to promise to put aside what they new. this is exactly the opposite. not only do they know a whole bunch, but they have been talking about it incessantly so it

there are some quotes that i ca n't read on this house floor. more than 100 democrats on this house floor voted to impeach this president before the zelensky phone call. just look at some of these articles impeachment they voted for. two years ago. 58 democrats voted to impeach the president over comments he made about nfl player -- kneeling for the pledge of allegiance. impeaching a president over 50 democrats voted to impeach him for that. , over 90 democrats voted to impeach the president for comments he made about the squad. so, he makes comments about some other members of congress, who make a lot of comments about him, and 95 members vote to impeach the president of the united states. this is a political vendetta. it has nothing to do with the crime committed. there was no crime. why don't we listen to some of the witnesses? we weren't able to call all the witnesses but there were witnesses. gordon sondland, ambassador to the european union, he is mentioned 600 times in the schiff report. he was there star witness. what did he say? "did pr

that was the house majority leader ste ny h oyer that was the house majority leader steny hoyer there. we will get the house majority leader kevin mccarthy soon. after that, we're going to have the chairman ‘s of the intelligence committee adam schiff who will wrap up the seedings and we will eventually get to the vote. i'm estimating that will be on 15—20 minutes‘ time. we'll have the house of representatives voting on articles of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power and then obstruction of congress. at the same time, president trump has arrived in michigan where he is giving a rally tonight in battle creek. we understand he will deliver a christmas message to that brilliant will spend about a third of the speech speaking about the impeachment proceedings which the white house is describing as a scan and we are expecting to hear a lot about from the president. there you have it, the split screen, capitol hill where members of congress are voting on whether to impeach donald trump, making him only the third ever american president to be impeached and on the other

bond for affordable housing. we passed proposition e to rezone land for affordable anded you you indicator housing. i am strongly supporting the first ever educator housing project in the city. thanks to prop e, the teachers and paraeducators will be able to move in new homes sooner and the first ever small sites acquisition and program for edu construction and expansion. i am actively identifying sites for affordable development. i am sponsoring the item we just heard to expand pdas on the west side. one important tool to continue the work that centers the people in the community. yes, we have to build more housing on the west side, and in coming into this role i inherited cumulative housing balance negative 260.7% in my district over the last decade. we lost more affordable units than we created. i am working every day to turn the tide in the communities i represent and meet their needs. we cannot let state land use intervention mandates blockade community planning efforts. as a city, we need to demonstrate con

the judiciary committee in the house has advanced impeachment to the full house on a straight party line vote today with no republican support. this follows a an intense 14 hour debate that ended late last night. a full house vote expected next week, democrats charging the president with abuse of power, the president fiercely denouncing the allegations. >> it's a witch hunt, it's a sham, it's a hoax. nothing was done wrong, zero was done wrong. i think it's a horrible thing to be using the tool of impeachment, which is supposed to be used in an emergency. >> harris: chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. my? speak of the house rules committee will meet tuesday. the after the judiciary committee finished its work today. speak of the house judiciary committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the house will add expeditious expeditiously. speak of the vote went as expected along party lines to sd those two articles of impeachment to the house floor for votes. debate in the judiciary was hi

the next step will be before the house. democrats and republicans on the senate judiciary committee. they want this to go as quickly as possible. you're right the house judiciary committee is going to be making history here as they continue the debate and the amendment process of these two articles of impeachment. here's how it's going to work. first it will start with a formal introduction. then you will have each 41 of those members a chance to introduce amendments to those articles. we expect that democrats are not offer amendments. they're pretty much on the same page with chair jerry nadler. but republicans are going to flood the zone here. so they can either change the articles or they can obstruct in some way. they can delay the process. and those we anticipate, of course, will be struck down, voted on one by one. each of the members will have a chance to talk up to five minutes about those amendments that they introduce. and then finally what will happen, the committee will vote on those articles of impeachment. ver

and from white house officials. he talked about the second article, decided not to allow key players in the administration to participate or interact or talk with democrats who subpoenaed them. on the senate side you will see i think more of a full throated defense of the president. stephanie grasham said the president looks forward to representing his side via attorneys when it goes to the senate side for trial. pulling back a bit, you asked for the mood. i have to say this, though, this is not a president based on all my reporting and people i talked to who has wanted to be impeached. this is not something he is eager to do, to have that asterisk next to his name, donald trump, impeached president. that said, he is somebody who relishes a fight, and at this point his white house appears to be leaning into that as it moves to the senate phase here. >> nobody that followed him would think he is not ready for a fight on this, halle, thanks. i want to bring in "new york times" correspondent charlie savage, an msnbc co