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Facility. are there no limits? at some point, were going to have to get back to having rules of the road and parameters and standards of conduct. >> is it wearing you down, part of the strategy? and are you saying to an extent that it worked? >> john, ive run my race. i fought the good fight and ive kept the faith. and im tired. i have 40 years-plus of intermittent public service. and in a consequence in part over the past year, im tired. >> congressman denny heck, we wish you joy, happiness, an...

Committee is set to approve articles of impeachment by close of business today. it will follow what promises to be hours of bitter debate. joining us now is congressman danny heck whose work is largely being discussed today. congressman, thanks for being with us. this will be contentious today. there will be shouting. therell be a lot of procedure. people might get lost in the circus, but they shouldnt. what do you want americans to take away from what they are seeing today? >> that the presiden...

Watch this. >> and impeachable offense should be compelling, overwhelmingly clear and unambiguous and not something to be rushed or taken lightly. ive not heard evidence proving the president committed bribery or extortion. i also reject the notion holding this view means supporting all the foreign policy choices we have been hearing about these last few weeks. >> congressman whats your response? >> if the debate we were having was, gee, what he did was wrong but does it or does it not rise to t...

Off him onto hillary clinton. >> and what we saw from very few witnesses, she encouraging lawmakers to take a step back and look at what were discussing in a more broad term. she said russia is prepared in 2020 to go at it again, they will attack the u.s. elections again. she made the case for lawmakers to consider the fact they need to be together in 2020, and made the case russia is watching this impeachment inquiry unfold, and to be careful of what they are saying because it is being broadcas...

Danny heck. he questions the witnesses. it was a long historic day, congressman. thank you for joining us. let me get your reaction from fiona hill, describing the pressure on ukraine as a domestic political errand in her views. what was your reaction to the testimony today? >> it was one of the elements of the crime, her description of what actually went on here. if this were a criminal proceeding, a little bit analogous but not exactly the same thing, the jury would bring back a unanimous verd...

Finger directly at trump in the harebrained plot to extort ukraine into investigating the bidens to help trump in 2020 and boosting a conspiracy theory to clear russia of meddling in the 2016 election. and today the associated press and "the washington post" report a second official was sitting at the table and overheard sondland and trump discussing the need for ukraine to pursue those investigations. each citing a single anonymous source. nbc news has confirmed that the official was accompanyi...

Over his head when you stop to think about they were doing was their bidding. they were trying to with hold security assistance to the ukrainians, it was to the benefit of the russians. so im not sure they would blackmail him with doing their job. >> it does feel like as speaker pelosi said, everything does seem to come back to russia with him. what do you make of that as a member of congress, as an american? >> all roads lead to russia so it seems. well, we dont know. and i cant help but feel i...

Bidens to help trump in 2020 and boosting a conspiracy theory to clear russia of meddling in the 2016 election. and today the associated press and "the washington post" report a second official was sitting at the table and overheard sondland and trump discussing the need for ukraine to pursue those investigations. each citing a single anonymous source. nbc news has confirmed that the official was accompanying sondland during his visit but has not confirmed whether she overheard the call. and joi...

American? >> all roads lead to russia so it seems. well, we dont know. and i cant help but feel if more of the documents we had subpoenaed had been presented to us or if for example his tax returns had been revealed we might have more information what it is -- what is his obsession with vladimir putin and assisting it russians despite their maligned intent and their aggression in eastern ukraine? >> yeah, it is a puzzle. congressman denny heck, larry fifer, thank you both. and coming up while ...