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President just said moments ago would likely be his lead lawyer in a senate trial expected to take place early in the new year. so moments from now, were going to play the presidents remarks when he was hosting a republican -- now republican lawmaker from new jersey, jeff van drew. he was a democrat. the president announcing hes going to become a republican after his opposition to the impeachment process by the democrats. van drew among a couple of democrats who voted with republicans yesterday ...

Of whats going on over the course of the rest of this hour, we do actually expect were going to be able to speak live with the intelligence committee chairman, who more than any other member of congress helmed this impeachment process, which has tonight led to two articles of impeachment passing against president trump. congressman schiff, as far as we know, is in a house leadership meeting tonight. theyve got some hard decisions to make tonight, as weve been describing, in terms of how and when...

It is such a rare occasion in american history that you could almost talk about it as unprecedented. there have only been only three presidents ever impeached in u.s. history. one in the 1800s, one in the 1900s and one now in the 21st century. as of tonight three u.s. presidents ever impeached including president trump. but as you know neither of the two previous presidents who were impeached neither andrew johnson in the 1800s nor bill clinton in the 1990s, neither of them were convicted after ...

Adam is deputy chief of staff to a senate who served to harry reed. mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer, a couple things were watching. were waiting for the response from house speaker nancy pelosi in 40 minutes from now, then she and senate -- senator schumer will meet privately after we hear from the republican gop leader in the house. we have a lot to get to and watch in next 60 minutes or so. to you first, ill tell you, we watched mitch mcconnell for a long time speaking on the senate floor, 3...

Particularly coming out of the house with the speaker saying lets play this out a little bit and see how trump responds, how the public responds and most importantly how the senate responds. last night was an indication that trump is not just doubling down. hes going into a new space on this, and next year when this thing really kicks off for his re-election, watch for a lot of that. its going to be personal. its going to be very, very painful for the country to watch. and how we respond to that...

This race long enough so that once voters see less candidates up there, you can give yourself a good, solid pitch and theyll pick up what youre putting down. so now is really the time for someone like her to have a big moment on the stage. and if you look at it, amy klobuchar has actually been pretty adept at making something out of these debates. shes been able to have fundraising milestones that shes reached which have allowed her to not just stay in the race but build out on the ground. so th...

Christ and heres why. because a congressman said that in an impeachment hearing yesterday. its incredible. its astounding. and, jon meacham, barry loudermilk is a congressman from georgia, represents the suburbs of marietta, places like that, the argument is that the guys who were saying things like that are saying it to save their jobs, to protect their jobs. theyve got to stay close to donald trump, dont cross him, because they dont want to be voted out of office. i lived in atlanta for a long...

Country. but in the united states of america, no one is above the law, not even the president. senator bernie sanders called yesterday quote a sad but necessary day for american democracy, saying that the house voting to impeach trump was quote the right thing it do. and mayor pete buttigieg wrote in part that the vote required congress to defend the rule of law, on national security, and our democracy from a president who puts his own interests above americas. some presidential hopefuls comment...

Impeachment process which has tonight led to two articles of impeachment passing against president trump. congressman schiff as far as we know in is a house leadership meeting tonight. theyve got some hard decisions to make tonight as weve been describing in terms of how and when and under what circumstances they are going to convey the articles of impeachment over to the senate for trial and how and when, under what circumstances, under what sort of criteria the speaker is going to choose the i...

Cease being a once in a generation event and become a constant part, a constant part of the political background noise. this extraordinary tool of last resort may become just another part of the arms race of polarization. real statesmen would have recognized no matter their view of this president trying to remove him on this thin and partisan basis could unsettle the foundations of our republic. real statesmen would have recognized no matter how much partisan animosity might be coarsing through ...