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run of the mill, right- wing presidency, as opposed to an existential threat to constitutional democracy. (audience clapping) reporter: donald trump today took to the rose garden to wave a white flag, agreeing to reopen the government without funding for his border wall. president trump: i am very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown and reopen the federal government. (audience shouting) jamie raskin: i think he thought that he was going to practice extortion, political extortion and that we would give in. and we stood strong. (crowd shouting) (car engine revving) ♪ reporter: now, for the first time, donald trump will have an effective opposition party that will be able to thwart his agenda.
(all laughing) that's beautiful. coulibaly: jamie, come on out so we can- jamie raskin: wait. i gotta put my own shoes on. but i'm embarrassed to put my old shoes on with my new suit. (woman shouting) you know, i didn't get into politics to impeach donald trump. i didn't think donald trump was gonna be in the white house when i ran for office. i ran as a constitutional law professor. i know one thing really well, which is about the constitution and the rule of law and american democracy. and it became clear to me that trump was actually attacking the constitutional underpinnings of american government. woman: thank you. jamie raskin: my pleasure. thank you kabba. ♪ for most of the history of humanity, of our species,
♪ reporter: we've got a big story coming out of washington this morning. today is the public release of the mueller report. reporter: after 23 months of secrecy, this morning, answers for the american public, when attorney general william barr releases a redacted version of the nearly 400 page mueller report. reporter: was there a conspiracy in the election between russians and americans trying to help donald trump? was there obstruction or other crimes arising out of that investigation? reporter: mueller never concluded either way whether the president obstructed justice, so william barr made a determination himself. jamie raskin: you know there's an attempt, i think, here to preempt congress's role. we are the lawmaking branch of government. we are the primary and dominant branch of government. and we are the ones who will decide whether there were high crimes and misdemeanors committed by this president. barr had done a masterful job
>> i want to bring in now, democratic representative, barbara lee of california. welcome, congresswoman. i know that you are galveston texas today, so happy juneteenth to you. but i do want to start by getting your thoughts on the hearing this past thursday. and specifically, i would like you to weigh in on the details of this pressure campaign, on mike pence. >> first of all, you certainly have a lot to say, and this is the first time i've had the chance to be with you and i want to congratulate you on your show. and i tell you, it is remarkable what the truth can be bringing, and when he's we brought forth towards tell the. truth yes the pressure campaign on mike pence just shows us a threat there is to our democracy. there are many, and i mean many in our country who really supported that violent, and it was a violent attempt to overturn the government of the
hair, those are physical threats. they were trying to overthrow the government of the united states of america. this is an absolute imperative, the committee makes this case that our democracy was under real threats. so we have learned from this and have real repercussions. the committee is highlighting these things and continuing to remind people that our democracy is fragile. it's incredibly fragile from moments like this and we have to learn from it and grow from it and heal our country. >> charles, the committee is suggesting that congressman loudermilk is complicit, because he gave this man a day before. but he says he didn't know that. do we need to see proof of that? >> i do think we would need to see some sort of connection to pursue anything of substance against the congressman. however, there's a broader message that needs to be
sitting vice president. we have just never seen these kind of moments in american government. it's unprecedented. i can promise you, the white house i worked in was not that chaotic. >> it's going to be interesting, a year from now, to see how mike pence defending the constitution plays to folks out there in the electorate. >> he's clearly thinking about running for president of the united states. the question is, is there any appetite for people who stood up and said this was the wrong thing to do? liz cheney is another one. she currently trails in her primary 28 points in the last polls, because she did the right thing. the question is, can we be sensible in the modern republican party and not pay a price for it? that's what we are going to find out the next elections. >> i think paying a price also works, obviously, charles, in the legal sense. a lot of people are asking is there legal culpability for the former president. what are you looking for to
i'm gonna about to make my contribution right now. i'm giving my entire january salary away, since the government shut down everything. and so, i'm gonna give it to all the troops that are in the frontlines. >> that's really appreciative. appreciate what you try to do when you're on the hill. >> thank you. >> hello, hi. nice to see you. what a pleasure! >> nice to see you too. >> thank you. i'm here with manna, and we're collecting fruit, joel people affected by the government shutdown. so -- >> i'm not sure i should -- >> thank you so much. >> i, hey, don't give him the backing wall. >> but i'm sure we'll. ever get angry at that we have a system of checks and balances here and you don't hold the federal workforce in the people of the country hostage, in order to get your way in a policy debate. it wasn't able to get the mexican government to pay for his wall. he wasn't able to get congress
investigating committees inducted 100 hours of deposition testimony with 17 sworn witnesses. the judiciary committee is now in possession of overwhelming evidence that the president of the united states has committed high crimes and misdemeanors. impeachment is like an indictment. when the house votes to impeach, it's acting like a grand jury. it's essentially saying, we believe there been these crimes. president trump has abused the awesome powers of the presidency by using his office to corruptly demand that a foreign government interfere in our american presidential elections. in order to promote his own political campaign in 2020. this scheme subordinated the democratic sovereignty of the people, to the private political ambitions of one man, the president himself. the way i thought of it was, this would be an attempt to state the case against the president before the country. the tv cameras would be there.
establishment, they would kind of take over, and run things like a standard run-of-the-mill, right-wing presidency, as opposed to an existential threat to constitution in the democracy. [applause] >> donald trump today, took to the roads, to wait a white flag, and going to reopen the government without funding for the border wall. >> i'm very proud to announce today that we have reached a deal to end the shutdown, and we open the federal government. >> i think he thought that he was going to practice extortion, political extortion, and that we would give in. and we stood strong. >> now, for the first time,
democracy remains safe. >> thank you, tommy. [applause] >> thank you. congressional district, thank you for the honor of allowing me to represent you for another term. i will give it my all. i will give it my all! [applause] >> it was an amazing feeling to be in the majority. we are gonna have the chance to investigate a lot of corruption and miss fisas of the trump administration. but of course, right when we got into the majority, and a new term started, donald trump shut the government down. >> take the time off. it looks better without a tie. come on, man!