Not take impeachment lightly. Yet, i am here to do my job as a member of congress. [speaking in foreign language]
and today, i pray for god for his guidance in uniting great nation. And for that, the gentleman from new york, i yield. The gentleman will reap be required to give a translation of your remarks. The gentle mike johnson from new york. Mr. Collins is recognized. I would have to disagree with my chairman. Im not sure what hes been watching but the facts are not undisputed. Not only by the minority but the dash and without a yield. I think you gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, i rise today in opposition to the democrat sham process which makes a mockery of the rules of the house, and its frankly dangerous to the count
country. Since day number one the democrats have made it clear that they wanted to move towards impeachment well before any of the accusations took place. What democrats unfortunately dont recognize is the damage that this will cause for our political instituti
supporting one of the charges against the president over impeachment, obstruction of congress. well, we appreciate your insights, scott. we will be talking with you again likely as this presses on. thank you. thank you, natalie. the ongoing impeachment process isn t the only thing hanging over the u.s. president of course. also of concern the potential threat from north korea as peace talks stall yet again. new satellite images seem to point to growing capabilities in their long-range missile program. they show new work and buildings at a military facility linked with producing intercontinental ballistic missile launchers. david culver is live from hong kong. he is following the story. what more do we know about this site and what it could be doing? reporter: well, natalie, these are images showing construction going on there. it is construction of an automotive plant. you may say, okay, a car
country. since day number one the democrats have made it clear that they wanted to move towards impeachment well before any of the accusations took place. what democrats unfortunately don t recognize is the damage that this will cause for our political institutions, and america s trust for years to come. every american should be concerned that speaker pelosi does not trust our citizens to let them decide who should lead our great country. this impeachment process isn t focused on strengthening and protecting our political foundations but rather shaping public opinion. i ask you, is it worth that? not only is a process alarming but it s wasting taxpayer dollars and valuable time that elected officials could be using to move our country forward. that includes securing our borders, addressing student loan debt, bring me down the cost of health care and prescription drugs. i urge all of my colleagues
it shows when an electorate gets tired of something that isn t being argued will by the opposition party it can backfire and also shows the weakness of the democratic field. it frustrates my democratic friends but i keep telling them your candidate field isn t it in these polls show it, this impeachment strategy shows it and the numbers are the numbers, democrats keep thinking trump is going to lose because he is donald trump and people don t like him but show me the data that backs that up against your candidate and right now in iowa which president obama won twice, trump is up against all their front runners. this impeachment process isn t going well for them. they need to rethink how they will handle 2020. rob: last time impeachment happen 1998, bill clinton s second term, bill clinton s approval rating was 59% in