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African-american. the republican controlled congress decided to wage a political war. they decided to wage an impeachment war. >> they set a trap for him. >> that trap was called the tenure. >> they said he could not fire his members. >> the house pursued 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. >> their entire approach to impeachment was partisan. no matter how battered a president andrew johnson was, there were ...

Sought some. they decided to wage an impeachment war. >> they set a trap for him. >> that trap was called the tenure. >> they said he could not fire his members. >> the house pursued 11 articles of impeachment against him, one of which accused the president of bringing congress into ridicule and disgrace. >> their entire approach to impeachment was partisan. no matter how battered a president andrew johnson was, there were no grounds to impeach him. >> the senate was one vote away from removing ...

Misstatements, it is amg not regarded as a serious document. john dean called it pathetic. david gergen who served four u.s. presidents said it reads like a two-bit dictator. late today, the speaker was asked about the document. >> your reaction to the presidents letter? >> no reaction. its ridiculous. >> you have no reaction? why not? >> i havent fully read it. ive seen the essence of it, its really sick. >> tonight president trump campaign is using language similar to the letter to pelosi in a...

Ive seen the essence of it, though, and its really sick. >> tonight the trump campaign is also using language similar to that letter to pelosi in a fund-raising email to supporters. under the subject line "impeachment war," it reads, "by proceeding with an invalid impeachment, democrats are violating their oaths of office, breaking their allegiance to the constitution, and declaring open war on american democracy." as the house prepares for tomorrows impeachment vote, the senate is getting ready...

While directing the process. the official ads, the counsels office did suggest some changes. some were made, others rejected. to be clear, in part because it contains so many errors and misstatements, the letter is not being regarded as a serious document. tonight john bean called it pathetic. david gergen, who has served four u.s. presidents, said it reads like a two-bid dictator. later today, the speaker was asked about the document. >> your reaction to the presidents letter? >> no reaction. i...

Theres no quid pro quo. i am a business guy. i do have interest in this. the other contextual point in this everyone admits that corruption was endemic in ukraine including in the energy industry. >> martha: all right, lets take it over here in new york and go back to dana perino. dana, your thoughts so far as we have heard, as we pointed out sort of one half of the equation at this point? >> dana: so, i agree with whats been said so far, especially about the credibility and sincerity of the wit...

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Thank you for joining us tonight. really appreciate it. when we come back, harvard law professor laurence tribe will join us on this night when we really need him as the impeachment war and the subpoena wars continue between president trump and the house of representatives. also, former housing urban development secretary julian castro will join us tonight to show us what a housing and urban development secretary is supposed to know after ben carson demonstrated something in a house hearing ...

Speaker pelosi has said before that the constitution is what should govern. its very clear that there is a separation of powers and that congress should have oversight ability over the executive branch and essentially what trump is doing is trying to stop that. you have to think through what the issues are and most importantly democrats were elected on overseeing and offering a check to trump. if theyre stymied by that, i think people will smell weakness and donald trump, himself, will smell wea...