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Criticism, and then impeaching. bill clinton found his own party was very publicly critical as his conduct even adds most did not say it was ultimately a high crime. he was rebuked, condemned, some pushed con censure for shameful, reckless, and indefensible behavior. >> the transgressions the president has admitted to are too consequential for us to walk away. >> it is immoral and it is harmful. >> we do not condone the shame that he has brought on the white house. >> all those stained and taint...

Impeachment trial. >> let me ask you about that as a fellow judge. do you think this could become one of the most important things chief justice john roberts ever does? >> it certainly is a solemn responsibility and as i said its in a forum with which he does not have direct familiarity. so, i think that learning about the rules of the senate, the rules of the -- there are specific rules governing the senate impeachment process relying on the parliamentarian for some insight and advice and reall...

Yes. >> the president was just in afghanistan. he talked about reopening talks with the taliban. do you think thats a fruitful endeavor? >> coming from him, no. i -- i -- i just dont trust him anymore. i just think its a ploy. all of a sudden, you know, a surprise visit. hes been the president, what, 3 1/2 plus years and this is his first visit. so i just dont trust why he does the things that he does. but, of course,we ca we can get peace, thats what we all want. >> republicans have said just t...

Incriminating call with the president of ukraine, all of it leading less than a month after the initial reports we just showed you to speaker pelosi announcing an official impeachment probe. >> im announcing the house of representatives moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable. no one is above the law. >> historic day in wash sh wah. the resolution laying out the impeachment process by an overwhelming majority. >> the resolution is adopted. with...

Really not within the mainstream of american legal reasoning. i would view them as delay tactics. theyre not serious legal positions in my view. and thats why we have seen loss after loss after loss, but the point here is just to delay. and i think it has had success along those lines. its probably going to delay mcgahn until after the impeachment inquiry and the impeachment process is complete. and thats really the only goal there even if, as the judge noted, the position is being taken by pres...

Investigate his opponent in an election. >> that was mikey cheryl. you see her there saying it was a matter of national security. you hear a lot of democrats saying they didnt have a choice in terms of the impeachment process. >> you definitely have the democrats, especially those in your more moderate districts, freshmen who flipped from districts who were republican in 2018, who have been cautious about going toward impeachment. a lot of them said youre okay with an impeachment inquiry. you ha...

Its fodder for the thanksgiving gatherings today. lets look down the table, past the turkey, the stuffing, and the cranberry sauce to the kids table. think for a moment about what they are hearing. as we do that lets read a letter sent by a 3rd grader in the 1990s, the last time we as a nation went through the impeachment process. the letter was sent to the chairman of the house judiciary committee who read it during the senate impeachment trial. listen carefully to the words from a 3rd grader. ...

Defining document. >> its essential to the entire structure. if the president abuses his power, congress has to check his actions. its the only branch with that authority. thats what the impeachment process is for, and the constitution will fail. >> in other words, for feldman, democracy may require impeaching the president. for others, it is congress that is over reaching. >> this is unamerican. >> vote to impeach. >> to understand todays crisis, we need to go back to the last time america deba...

President trump. days later, congress was notified of the complaint and on september 11, the aid was released. as you can see, this latest time line makes it clear the president was well aware of the whistle-blowers complaint prior to claiming no quid pro quo, and prior to releasing the aid. for more now on the flood of new reporting we are still getting about what the president knew, congressman steve cohen and member of the house judiciary committee who is taking part in next wednesdays hear...

So, yes, it seems very likely he had confidence with him and he had a working relationship with him. >> it may be an easy exkrus prior to these, because the one commonality we saw from all of them was this link to giuliani and that gordon sondland said no one wanted to work with him. they were just told by the president to work with him. what does that say about the presidents excuse now in. >> it seems it has all of the characteristics of the cohen incident and it may be well that hes thrown hi...