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Core of conduct here by president trump is probably not a crime. but if you look at why impeachment exists at all, if you look at what the framers meant by impeachment, they were most concerned with abuse of power. you know, you or i could lie in a grand jury tomorrow. you would never do that -- >> i would hope i wouldnt. >> but you or i could not week-old a withhold aid to ukraine. only a president can do that, and thats much more significant even if its not a crime. and thats why abuse of powe...

The president, the process would head to senate for a trial with the chief justice of the supreme court residing. there hasnt been such a proceeding since 1998. our capitol hill senior producer chad pergram explains how an impeachment trial could work today. >> reporter: the constitution says little about how the senate conducts an impeachment trial. article i, section six of the constitution says the senate, quote, has the sole power to try impeachments. the chief justice presides, and it takes...

Again. and my sense is that she thinks that this focus on article i, one article on abuse of power, involving trading away of our national security interests for personal political gain is the strongest armament that she can give to a suburban democrat going into the next election. an impeachment vote like that. >> chris, good evening. she certainly recognizes that none of us ran for congress to be a part of an impeachment inquiry. we ran on health care. we ran on gun violence. and to end it, we...

Vertical after widespread criticism of this choice in defending the original decision he tried to argue, he was the victim. >> i dont think you people with this phony emoluments clause -- and by the way, i would say that its cost me anywhere from $2 billion to $5 billion to be president, and thats okay. between what i lose and what i could have made, i could have made a fortune. if i just ran my business. i was doing it very well. >> the president blamed the very real, by the way, united states ...

Friends and ripping off the american taxpayer. and so thats why we have a constitution and thats why the founders made sure it was congress that can impeach the president. the president cannot impeach congress. article i, the branches are standing up and were not going to tolerate this anymore. >> all right. congressman jamie raskin, thank you very much. >> thank you. ahead what we learn from todays hearing in which the acting director of national intelligence tried to explain why he let the t...

Over. we all know the argument that could be made against us in terms of our philosophy, in terms of our priorities and the rest. and the president knows there are arguments that could be made against him and, therefore, he wants to distract from them. you have to give him credit. hes a great distracter. thats what this is about. so lets just take it to a better place. lets take it to a better place. america. the president wants to make america great again. we all do. what does that mean? what i...

You are not legally in this country and you must be removed. those are the people that will be removed. if you have a court order, this is a nation of laws, and guess what? if were not going to enforce our court orders, then you basically have no borders, boundaries, and rule of law anymore and you have provided additional incentive for people to come in. charles: the supreme court sent back the administrations request to have the citizenship question answered placed on the census report. the ad...

Lets take a look at that. >> i mean, whats wrong with putting america first because we have all these old trade agreements that are like nafta that took a lot of jobs. >> do you think he honors the constitution? >> whats that again? >> does he honor the constitution? >> i believe he honors the constitution. >> everybody else agree? >> he took an oath. he took an oath to honor the constitution. >> thank you, sir. let me go to another person here. back here. do you want to respond to what he just ...

President having a personal interest at stake. so, this is part of the regular discovery process. again, this is written right into our constitution. the president had an opportunity to essentially divest himself of his ownership interests. he chose not to. and now its perfectly appropriate for congress to determine whether there is a constitutional violation. >> yeah, its the emoluments clause, article i, section ix, clause viii says that no president should accept any emolument, present of any...

Government, and the extraordinary nature of the president usurping the constitutional powers of the legislative branch, article i, immediately following the preamble. and thats why we were so please and we were able to succeed in passing that legislation. oh, did i mention that, over the leadership of joaquin castro. and now, its in the senate where leaders are asking the president to withdraw by the constitution of the united states. >> madam speaker -- >> thank you. >> nancy pelosi on that big...