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Murray, thanks to both of you. Thanks for watching our msnbc special. Find me on weeknights. Its the beet, 6 00 p. M. Eastern. It started as a 30minute phone call between two president s. It erupted into a fullscale scandal that now threatens to bring down donald trump. Today im announcing the house of representatives is moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Our president sacrificed our National Security and our constitution for his personal political benefit. Theyve been trying t...

Immunity. >> this president has achieved a new low. >> reporter: and belittling his accusers. >> these people are stone-cold crooked. >> reporter: and as for the likely next step, a senate trial. even the republicans held a solid majority during clintons impeachment. several gop senators crossed over to help democrats defeat the charges. for trump, the republicans are in charge again, but this time while democratic leaders say their members should vote as they wish, republicans -- >> my hope is ...

>> reporter: still democrats say clinton lied about a personal matter, while trump used taxpayer dollars to strong-arm a foreign ally for his own political ambitions >> there is no higher crime than for the president to use the power of his office to corrupt our elections. >> reporter: and then there is congress. clinton and trump each faced a house of representatives controlled by the opposition party. both arguing the investigations were partisan hit jobs. both resisting participation. clinton...

>> trumps doing this because he knows ill beat him like a drum. >> what i saw biden do with his son, he is pillaging these countries and hes hurting us. >> this is outrageous. you have never seen anything like this from any president. >> biden and his son are stone-cold crooked. >> on a bitter-cold day in january 2009, joe biden walked through the streets of the nations capital, having just been sworn in as the 47th vice president of the united states. his family by his side, including his son h...

>> trumps doing this because he knows ill beat him like a drum. >> what i saw biden do with his son, he is pillaging these countries and hes hurting us. >> this is outrageous. you have never seen anything like this from any president. >> biden and his son are stone-cold crooked. >> on a bitter-cold day in january 2009, joe biden walked through the streets of the nations capital, having just been sworn in as the 47th vice president of the united states. his family by his side, including his son h...

Remarks and during a q & a session that turning more confrontational than usual. when the president was not attacking, he was evading questions about his july 25th phone call with ukraines president. >> can you make clear right here what do you or what did you want him to do with regard to joe and hunter biden? >> the president did not answer that question. instead, spending the next two minutes and 22 seconds airing grievances about the country getting ripped off on trade, corruption in ukraine...

>> what -- >> what did you want about biden? what did you want him to look into on biden? >> look, biden and his son are stone-cold crooked, and you know it. >> the question is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and his son, hunter? >> are you talking to me? >> yeah, it was a follow-up of what i just asked you, sir. >> listen, are you ready? we have the president of finland. ask him a question. >> i have him. i have one for him. i wanted to follow up on what i ...

Confrontational than usual. when the president was not attacking, he was evading questions about his july 25th phone call with ukraines president. >> mr. president, can you just make clear right here what do you or what did you want president zelensky to do with regard to joe and hunter biden? >> well, the president did not answer that question. instead, spending the next two minutes and 22 seconds airing grievances about the country getting ripped off on trade, corruption in ukraine, about euro...

More than just about any country in the world. >> what about mr. biden? >> what did you want him to look into on biden? >> look, biden and his son are stone-cold crooked. >> the question, sir, is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and his son, hunter. >> are you talking to me? >> yeah, it was a follow-up of what i just asked you, sir. >> are you ready? we have the president of finland. ask him a question. ive given you a long answer. ask this gentleman a questi...

Into on biden? >> look, biden and his son are stone-cold crooked. >> the question, sir, is what did you want president zelensky to do about vice president biden and his son, hunter. >> are you talking to me? >> yeah, it was a follow-up of what i just asked you, sir. >> are you ready? we have the president of finland. ask him a question. ive given you a long answer. ask this gentleman a question. dont be rude. >> no, sir, i dont want to be rude. i just wanted you to have a chance to answer the qu...