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I think its ridiculous. he put politics over the constitution. hes put -- hes trying to be cute instead of being courageous. i think its outrageous. you know, this is a guy who is trying to find a path to get re-elected to congress, not trying to find a path to do the right thing. >> welcome back. strong words from new jersey democratic governor phil murphy on congressman jeff van drews decision to change parties from democrat to republican amid the impeachment deliberations. the impeachment tri...

House judiciary committee which is expected to draft articles of impeachment. a vote by the full house could come by christmas. heres cnns manu raju with more about it. >> reporter: house democrats are planning to take their impeachment deliberations behind the scenes. and expect those deliberations to be intense and active over the next several of days, including next week. thanksgiving week. a holiday week in the u.s. in which the lawmakers are going to be gone on recess but staff of the recen...

Deliberations. this as the president blasts the party and the man leading the charge, house intel chairman adam schiff. this morning trump calling the inquiry a hoax and claiming that the polls have turned very strongly against impeachment. so where do we go from here? cnns manu raju explains. >> reporter: house democrats are planning to take the impeachment deliberations behind the scenes and expect the deliberations to be intense and active over the next several days, including next week. the ...

During his campaign. he adds, quote i suggest we stop the back and forth by text. tonight a source with knowledge tells cnn that before he sent that text, which sounds a lot like the presidents talking points, sondland in fact spoke with the president who told him exactly that, no quid pro quo. which which ironically the president somehow suggested exonerates. tweeting ambassador sondlands tweet which few reports stated i believe urine correct about the presidents intention no quid pro quo of an...

Tells cnn that before he sent that text, which sounds a lot like the presidents talking points, sondland in fact spoke with the president, who told him exactly that. no quid pro quo, which ironically today the president suggested somehow exonerates him, tweeting, ambassador sondlands tweet, which few reports stated, i believe you are incorrect about president trumps intention. the president has been crystal clear. no quid pro quos of any kind. that says it all. it certainly says something that t...

Overlearned his talking points today, talking over and over again about how hes trying to root out corruption and not trying to get dirt on former vice president on joe biden despite having said just that one day earlier in his calls to ukraine and china, to help him dig up dirt on the bidens for the 2020 campaign. i will tell you i did talk to a source familiar with the impeachment deliberations going on behind closed doors inside the white house over here, and, you know, one of the things they...

Been requested that they turned over information relevant to this investigation and theyre saying they dont take this seriously at this point and dont see it as a serious matter. but, again, in that statement theyre not saying theyre not turning over information. thats important. >> it is important. jim, to what extent is the white house concerned with the release of these text messages which plaint as clear a picture as you can get of a quid pro quo. >> i think they are concerned about this, jo...

To essentially make it clear the procedures for moving forward with an impeachment probe. now, we have heard the chairman of the committee, jerry nadler, make clear in recent weeks both in court filings and in public statements that they are conducting formal impeachment proceedings. but what does that look like? thats been a big question going forward. now we are learning that theyre drafting a resolution detailing exactly how that investigation will look like. what theyre saying is that among ...

Investigation that is actively considering moving to impeach donald trump. a major step towards finalizing its sweeping probe, according to multiple sources familiar with the effort. manu, i have a couple of questions for you here. its saying that -- sources are telling cnn that this resolution is expected to spell out that chairman jerry nadler has the authority to call hearings to either the full committee, subcommittee levels in connection with its impeachment deliberations. so is this a look...

Can call hearings both of full committee and subcommittee level in relation to impeachment deliberations about whether or not to actually recommend articles of impeachment against the president of the united states. now, in addition to that, hell lay out something that can be done differently subpoena as allowing committee, staff attorneys to question witnesses in the days ahead. also lay out procedures for how grand jury secret information can be dealt and how white house attorneys can respond ...