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Wiretap, and the legal hoops and hurdles we had to jump through as law enforcement are enormous. rightfully so because if the government are going to surveil your calls in realtime we want lots of protections in place. none of those protections apply to russian intelligence agencies or other -- >> we do want those protections. we do want to know our government doesnt eaves drop on our phone calls, except someone else might be doing so. >> yes, and they have things we dont have, that people prose...

I was raised in a way that is full -- a heart full of love and always pray for the president. and i still pray for the president. i pray for the president all the time. so dont mess with me when it comes to words like that. >> it was a remarkable moment. and the top of the next hour, speaker pelosi will join jake tapper for a cnn live town hall. first though, the presidents reaction quoting from his tweet, quote, nancy pelosi just had a nervous fit. she hates that we will soon have 182 great new...

Put in the articles of impeachment as the deadline loo looms. nancy pelosi recalls another thing from other impeachment. >> people say, this doesnt rise to the level of impeachment. they wanted to impeach bill clinton for doing something stupid. i loved him. i think he was a good president. >> a pivotal week ahead in the trump impeachment process. today by 5:00 p.m., the white house must decide if its lawyers will take part in house impeachment proceedings. the next hearing is set for monday. pl...

>> cnns manu raju was in the room for that. manu, a reminder there is the specifics of the impeachment case, but there is also some of the politics here that are quite personal. >> reporter: no question about it. shes trying to make the case that they came to this deliberatively, they resisted doing this and thats why they ultimately went forward because the facts were overwhelming, that the president in their view abused his office and they had to take this course of action. she certainly didnt...

President in history. 10 minutes after the top of the hour, democrats lay the groundwork to include the mueller probe in their impeachment case. >> donald trump welcomed foreign interference in the 2016 election. he demanded it for the 2020 election. in both cases he got caught. shannon: is that allowed? john melchor, former assistant attorney general said it could be fair game and is here to explain why.

So thats the defense for judge porteous. and you recognize the defense counsel there, right? that is jonathan turley who you saw today at president trumps impeachment hearing. jonathan turley is judge porteouss defense counsel in that impeachment case. watch who the prosecutor was in that case. >> counsel makes the suggestion here again well hes really being charged with being a moocher. hes being charged with having free lunches. this is not about whether the judge is a moocher or had too many ...

Those robes. we elevate them in the courtroom but beneath those robes they are human beings and some of them mick mistakes. but they shouldnt end up on the senate floor debating whether hes a moocher. thats the defense for judge portious. that is jonathan turley who you saw today at president trumps impeachment hearing. jonathan turley is his defense counsel in the impeachment case. watch who the prosecutor was in that case. >> counsel makes the suggestion here again well hes really being charge...

That is direct and damning and flat-out says our president placed his own personal and political interests above the national interests of the united states. then they name names other than trump, all of them big names with a lot to lose. and there are phone records they link trumps guy, rudy giuliani, to the white house budget office and they link devin nunes with lev parnas, who may be working for the feds. all of this on the next wave of impeachment hearings, donald trump is in london. ka...

House intelligence committee moved the impeachment case to the next step. it was a straight-up party-line vote 13-9, and with it comes a rather withering 300-page report that methodically accuses the president of the united states of wrongdoing in dealings with ukraine. now our attention becomes focused on the house judiciary committee, the one chaired by no jerry nadler, democrat of new york, which is holding its first impeachment hearing mere hours from now at 10:00 a.m. judiciary will use the...

Senator kennedy is talking about ukraine, thats just a conspiracy theory you are citing those news sources to prove that ther there is some there there. >> no. i dont believe the politico and financial times and bloomberg and "the washington examiner" are fake news. they are reputable members of the media and i mean, they are reuters. i trust them. even if i didnt their lawyers arent going to let them print lies. steve: thats exactly right. why are so many people coming after you? >> i think man...