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This day was not inevitable, but it was predictable, because this president has shown himself time and time again to believe that he is above the law and he has no respect for our constitution or our democracy. >> that was congresswoman maxine waters, who has been beating the impeachment drum since 2017 and waiting for everyone else to catch up. chair of the house financial services committee, one of several committees that opened investigations into the president before the impeachment inquiry....

The hook for documents, if not already subpoenaed by house democrats who this morning seized on the news of a second whistle-blower to bang the impeachment drum even louder. >> the evidence of wrongdoing by donald trump is hiding in plain sight. the president on a phone call as confirmed by a rough transcript on july 25th released by the white house pressured a foreign government to target an american citizen. the whistle-blower complaint has been rob rated by information in the public domain ev...

Thank you very much. leland. >> on a saturday in d.c. the number of lawmakers calling to open an impeachment i am quirery is now up to 101. of that group 9 is are from solid democratic seats according to the political report. joining us now a congressman who flipped a seat in 2018. youre taking your first day of vacation to be with us. >> thank you. i dont know if its a total vacation, the perception a different than the reality. >> it sounds good. >> its a good way to talk to your folks. >> for...

A promise from pelosi to work together. but a clear message from pelosi afterwards to congressman ocasio-cortez and others who want to beat the impeachment drum. dont do it. >> democrats intend to own august, to make so many of the bills that we passed too hot to handle for the republicans in the senate, not to raise the minimum wage or end gun violence by common sense gun violence prevention measures, equal pay for equal work. the list goes on and on. the drum beat across america. lower health ...

>> i found the whole thing sad. one big anticlimax. bob mueller has served this country well and honorably. i hope this isnt the american peoples last memory of him. >> what comes next from here is up to congressional democrats. they will have to decide whether to start impeachment hearings in the house although after yesterdays testimony there were not a lot of new name is beating the impeachment drum. abca2 i imagine not. >> democrats are split on whether or not robert muellers testimony helpe...

Pounding the impeachment drum and pulling a lot of these candidates to the left on a number of issues, including impeachment. and that is making it more and more difficult for nancy pelosi to really hold the line. but you are seeing pelosi throw a number of these little bones to the liberal plank of her caucus. right? i mean this upcoming week, the house will be voting on a resolution to give committees more power to directly enforce subpoenas in court. jerry nadler will be issuing a subpoena in...

Every day that you and i both covered in 2016. >> the issue is, of course, class and economic issues, not necessarily race. thank you very much. when we come back, im joined by tom steyer who has been beating the impeachment drum since president trump took office. he is putting members of congress in the hot seat. you can do this!

Perhaps the mueller report isnt going to be as damning as many on the left hopes it is. and so if everybody is bapging an impeachment drum and the mueller report comes out and it doesnt prove collusion with russia or anything of that sort, meaning donald trumps not charged with felonies, then it may not be the issue for the democrats in 2020. it would be more about trumps incompetence than getting into an impeachment proceeding, say, in the fall of 19 when were running right into iowa, new hamps...

Douglas, historically, has there been a reluctance to impeach the president based on politics? am i forgetting similar comments from newt gingrich maybe for example? >> well, you know, i think whats happening for nancy pelosi she just saw what happened to bill clinton. that was in her own lifetime. clinton got impeached by congress. got booted to the senate. he survives and he became a folk hero rising up to, you know, high 70s in public approval after he was impeached. so i think for pelosi fro...

"wall street journal" reporting right now that federal prosecutors in manhattan are investigating whether the trump 2017 inaugural committee, money raised from donations. this is a criminal probe, we are told, looking into those who donated wanting to gain access to the trump administration. its a story that just broke. we will continue following it on fox. "the five" is now. ♪ >> dana: hello, everyone. i am dana perino with emily compagno, juan williams, jesse watters and greg gutfeld. its 5:...