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Tales of eternal economic growth. how dare you. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was 16-year-old climate activist greta thunberg chastising world leaders at the kickoff of the u.n. climate action summit. there are reports that many possibly all of the worlds countries are poise today miss even those paris emissions tarts, sometimes by a wide margin. at least those countries have targets. the one country, the one country on earth that pulled out of paris is our own with our withdrawal effective in...

Caucus from this new crop of democrats. shes got national security chops like literally nobody else in congress right now. thats why in the midst of this current national security crisis that has arisen around the president basically admitting that he press add foreied a forr to dig up dirt on his political opponents while withholding military aid to that leader in the meantime, it is making people sit up and take notice tonight that elaine luria joined six of her fellow freshmen democrats to ca...

That much. though they may try to use the inherent contempt power more aggressively than they have so far. >> and jake, just really quick ly. i keep talking to republicans and democrats and they keep saying to me that it does really seem like the president could shoot someone on 5th avenue. thats now invincible he feels and thats how strong his support is. are you hearing anything differently from republican lawmakers on the hill? is there any chance that there might be a break away amongst any ...

Just within the past few minutes, the "washington post" has published this op-ped. it -- you see its got a big, long byline there. its because its is co-authored by seven members of congress. these are zemseven democrats. each of them freshmen. each of them in their first term. each is a veteran of either the military or one of the defense or intelligence agencies. this is seven freshmen democrats speaking in one voice in this short new op-ped thats just been posted about this new explosive scan...

We are in the beginning of a mass extinction, and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. how dare you. [ cheers and applause ] >> that was 16-year-old climate activist greta thunberg chastising world leaders at the kickoff of the u.n. climate action summit. there are reports that many possibly all of the worlds countries are poise today miss even those paris emissions tarts, sometimes by a wide margin. at least those countries have targets. the one country, t...

White house is backing down, but everything changes if theres an inquiry. >> when it comes to contempt or any other issue that might go to the ag, do they believe that ag barr will be on their side no matter what? does the president have in ag barr what he did not in sessions and what he said he wanted, which was a protector? >> well we have seen instances in which this attorney general seems to be protecting the president and this is a case in point. because hes effectively made the decision to...

And saying what he said, that, yes, we actually did ask the ukrainians to find dirt on a political opponent, it is on the administration to either explain how that isnt true or explain their actions. and i think unless we get some sort of miracle, it is important that we look at next steps. and i think our group as national security leaders believe, yes, impeachment inquiry is a possible option. but we want to be muscular about this. there is an inherent contempt, you know, there are new tools t...

Democrats that its no longer about if this is good politics and what does it mean for 2020, but some view this as this is sort of a moral stance they need to take to prevent a presidency from running amuck in their view. >> nancy pelosi will make a statement at 5:00 p.m. her staff confirming. if they officially open an impeachment inquiry or use the power of inherent contempt. how does that change their ability to get information, documentation or call witnesses before various committees? >> it ...

Something else additional, especially if they cant get this whistleblower complaint by this thursday deadline that they have set up. im not convinced its impeachment yet. ive also heard theyre talking about inherent contempt and fines right now. pelosi has dismissed that before, but clearly shes feeling pressure right now and shes going to have to do something different. >> i totally agree with you. pelosi is not there yet. she notably did not use the "i" word in her statement. she didnt even go...

A daily basis until he turns that over. >> he testified to speak publicly on thursday. what will you do in that hearing if he still hasnt handed over to your question the whistleblower complaint. >> i will create a resolution, to come to the house for inherent contempt of the acting director mcguire. >> congresswoman jackie speier, thank you so much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. ly an american soldier accused of using bomb-making material over the weekend. every day at marcos, get two medi...