writing, the two nothing democrats should be focused on building up our country, not wasting everyone s time and energy on bull shit. his tirade continuing offline too. you look at the whistle-blower statement and it s vicious. to impeach a president over a fraud that was committed by other people that want to win an election in 2020? which they won t. it s incredible. reporter: house speaker nancy pelosi saying she thinks it s part of president trump s strategy to divert attention. i think the president knows the argument that can be made against him and he s scared. reporter: now, volker will be up here on the hill for the next three hours behind closed doors. he s the first diplomat to testify in this expanding impeachment probe. thank you very much. are you pro-bs? or anti-bs saying it on television? if the president says it,
call from president trump. and by the way, president rouhani didn t come on the phone at the u.n. i think that was a missed opportunity. i don t think it was all trump s fault. i think rouhani is worried about his support back home. i think others will worry about what transcript and where. but i worry even more about our intelligence capacity when intelligence agencies abroad won t share intel with us because they re afraid it will be leaked or in some way misused. i mean, there was just a missile test just the other day, alisyn. did we notice? it was briefly on cnn. i m not blaming cnn. the markets also fell. but missiles and markets. and the missile test was a two stage submarine missile from north korea with a range to hit japan. a three-stage missile that could be launched by north korea. would have the range to hit us. the re-entry problem is still there.
that. well, not out loud, they re not. well, okay. i wish there were a bigger bipartisan chorus about what s right and what s wrong. we have to follow the facts here. impeachment is a rough remedy. you heard me say that on this show, alisyn. if there isn t bipartisan and popular support for it, it could really hurt the country. what we re after here is what the facts are and then congress with popular support, hopefully on a bipartisan basis needs to make a tough decision. former congresswoman jane harmoha harm harman. thank you. distract, deflect, confuse, and divide. the trump impeachment defense strategy if we can use that word was unfull display during this press conference with the president of finland yesterday. john avalon who speaks fluent
age of 36. no justice! no peace! reporter: outside the courtroom, the sentence angered protesters. this is not a joke! this is our lives. reporter: but at the same time inside the courtroom, a dramatic scene was unfolding. i forgive you. reporter: botham jean s 18-year-old brother spoke directly to the former dallas police officer who killed his brother. he told guyger he didn t want to see her rot in prison and that he had one request before she was taken to her jail cell. i love you as a person. and i don t wish anything bad on you. i don t know if this is possible, but can i give her a hug, please?
with. i think this moment took everyone s breath away. reporter: incredible, john. botham jean s brother could have said anything in this moment. unleashed anger toward the woman who killed his brother. he would have been forgiven and understood. instead, this teenager from the caribbean island of st. lucia provided one of the most breathtaking moments we ve ever seen in an american courtroom. we the jury find unanimously that the defendant did not cause the death of botham jean under sudden passion arising from an adequate cause and assess the punishment at ten years imprisonment in the texas department of criminal justice. reporter: the words left botham jean s family appearing dismayed and shocked. amber guyger will be eligible for parole in five years at the