captio captioning sponsored by cbs >> o'donnell: tonight, international outrage after nine american citizens, including six children, were killed after being ambushed in mexico. a mother and her four children found inside this burnt-out s.u.v., including eight-month- old twins. >> four of my grandchildren are burned. >> o'donnell: children who escaped are fighting for their lives at this hour. also tonight, a top u.s. diplomat changes his story in the impeachment inquiry after he sees the testimony of others. caught on camera, a school resource officer is charged with child abuse after slamming a girl to the ground. and is girls' soccer on par with football when it comes to head injuries? why soccer stars megan rapinoe and abby wambach have pledged their brains to science. a widow's love letter to her husband. how she helped to finish his final chapter.
>> it's something we did together, the last thing we did together. >> o'donnell: and it's election night across the country. we'll run down the key races that may foreshadow what could happen in 2020. >> this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell. >> o'donnell: good evening and thank you so much for joining us. we begin with a brazen attack on an american family leaving three women and six children dead. they were shot and their car burned. tonight a u.s. official tells cbs news one theory is the group was intentionally targeted by a drug cartel. the youngest killed were twins, just eight months old. eight other children survived, five with bullet wounds. they were part of an extended family, a religious community that long ago broke away from the mormon church. they have had run-ins with the local drug cartels before, but nothing like the vicious ambush that went down yesterday
afternoon about an hour south of the arizona border. mark strassmann leads off our coverage tonight in mexico city. >> this is for the record. nita and four of my grandchildren are burnt and shot up. >> reporter: this video posted to facebook shows the aftermath of a massacre. the ambush is of three vehicles carrying american women and children. the extended family was attacked by gunman believed to belong to one of mexico's most brutal cartels. family members say the bodies of 30-year-old maria rhonita miller, her eight-month-old twins, 12-year-old son and ten- year-old daughter were found inside this burned-out s.u.v. it had broken down with a flat tire. gunmen riddled it with so many bullets the car exploded and caught on fire. >> the way that they were killed and burned and massacred, just, god, how? unspeakable.
>> reporter: a family member says ten miles down the road the gunman opened fire on two other vehicles that were following miller's car. dawna langford, her two year old and 11-year-old children were killed. langford's aunt trish cloes. >> it's something that you can't explain how there are evil people in this world that can do something like that. >> reporter: during the gunfire, christina langford johnson hid her baby in the backseat. she left the vehicle with her hands up to plead with the gunman to stop shooting. witnesses say she was gunned down in cold blood. five other children were wounded. three more were uninjured. mexican authorities arrived at the scene and transported some of the wounded to area hospitals. all the victims were members of a breakaway group of mormon fundamentalists. they settled in the mountains of sonora, mexico, decades ago. on twitter president trump urged mexico's president to accept u.s. assistance to eradicate the drug cartel. he wrote, "this is the time the wage war on the drug cartels and
wife them off the face of the earth. today mexico's president andres manuel lopez obrador declined the u.s. offer. >> o'donnell: mark joins us now. this area of mexico is considered so dangerous, but what are they going to do to try to stem what is this record level? >> reporter: as ruthless as thee cartels are, norah the mexican government's new approach is not to confront them, diplomacy, peaceful negotiation. in fact, the mexican president calls it hugs, not bullets. but norah, he has been in office for ten months, and the mexican murder rate is at an all-time high. >> o'donnell: mark, thank you. this area of mexico is so dangerous, but it reached a new level today as mothers and they children were gunned down in broad daylight. tonight doctors and nurses in tucson, arizona, are treating the victims. some are too young to understand, but all have harrowing stories of survival. janet shamlian is there. >> reporter: frightened cries of a baby and young children as
their dad tries to comfort them. these are the survivors of unimaginable horror. all were hit by gunfire, and tonight being treated in a tucson hospital. >> hi, little baby. it's your daddy. >> reporter: three moms and six children died in the ambush, including eight-month-old twins tiana and titus. after his mom and two brothers were shot to death, 13-year-old devin langford was able to hide six other siblings in nearby bushes, covering them with branches. he then walked 14 miles for help. his nine-year-old sister mckenzie, grazed in the arm, also went for help, walking four hours in the dark, finally finding rescuers. airlifts from mention doe arizona where eight-year-old cody, shot in the jaw and leg, 14-year-old kylie shot in the year-old xander, shot in the back, and brixton, just nine months old, shot in the chest. the tiniest miracle, seven-
month-old faith langford. it's believed her mom cristina hid her baby's car seat just before she was gunned down. faith was found 11 hours aftere the massacre. her relatives. >> it was an attack on innocent families. >> reporter: there is nothing but shock and heartbreak. >> i think a lot of us are just speechless. it's horrific. it just seems like a bad dream. >> reporter: cbs news has learned that relatives have gathered in tucson tonight as the children are treated for gunshot wounds and the families plan nine funerals. all of the survivors were children, all of them are now without mothers. norah? >> o'donnell: janet, thank you. house democrats want to hear from acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney. he's the highest-ranking white house official investigators have called on. today they sent a letter seeking his testimony in the impeachment inquiry, but nobody is counting on him to appear. meanwhile, we learned today what
a key witness-- how a key witness changed his testimony. gordon sondland, a top u.s. diplomat, now says he believes the trump administration demanded a quid pro quo from ukraine. nancy cordes is at the capital, and nancy, did we learn why sondland changed his story? >> reporter: well, in a way, norah, sondland had the change his original testimony because so many of the other witnesses had disputed it. so in this new three-page addendum, she says that reading those other witness statements, "refreshed his recollection about his role in the president's quid pro quo." >> it's never too late to do the right thing. >> reporter: that was the democrat's reaction to an about- face from ambassador gordon sondland, who says he does now recall telling a ukrainian official in early september that resumption of u.s. aid would likely not occur until ukraine provided a public anti- corruption statement, specifically announcing an
investigation into burisma, the energy company that employed the son of mr. trump's campaign rival joe biden. >> there was no quid pro quo. >> reporter: sondland's admission is a blow to the president, who withheld $400 million in aid this summer. maryland democrat jamie raskin. >> all of the witnesses agree that the president engineered a shakedown of the ukrainian government. >> one of my most favorite hobbies is flying. >> reporter: sondland is a republican hotel magnate who was named ambassador to the european union after donating $1 million to president trump's inaugural committee. sondland told lawmakers that the campaign to pressure ukraine, led by the president's personal lawyer, rudy giuliani, kept getting more insidious over the summer. "at some point i made the biden- burisma connection," he says. one member asked sondland, "did he believe the effort to go after mr. biden's son was ever a
proper inquiry?" sondland's response, "it would not be proper." the white house said again today that the president has done nothing wrong. while the senate's republican leader said as little as possible about the house-led probe. >> it looks to me like they're hell-bent to do it, and we will end up in an impeachment trial at some point. >> o'donnell: so nancy, these transcripts show that several of the witnesses thought giuliani's involvement in ukraine policy was wrong. did they do anything to stop it? >> reporter: several of them, norah, say they didn't think they could do anything to stop it. case in point, kurt volker, another diplomat whose testimony was released today. he says that when lawmakers asked him whether even a call from the secretary of state could have dissuaded giuliani, he told them that he didn't think so. in fact, he said the only person perhaps who could have turned giuliani around was the president himself. >> o'donnell: all right, nancy. thank you.
it's election night, and it could be a preview of what's to come in 2020. we're watching races for governor tonight in kentucky and mississippi. in virginia, control of the house and senate are up for grabs. ed o'keefe is there. >> reporter: voters in virginia today had the option to do something they haven't done in a generation, give total control of state government to democrats. republicans control both chambers of the legislature by slim margins and democrats are in striking distance despite scandals that rocked the state's top leaders. the president's unpopular here. >> i'm appalled by everything he does. >> reporter: that's made the contest a bellwether for 2020. another focus for voters, gun control. in the wake of mass shooting in virginia beach earlier this year. >> i don't understand why there can't be a background check on people, you know, owning guns. >> reporter: the possibility of turning virginia blue brought out democratic contenders for president in recent days. >> here in virginia, progressives are going to win. >> reporter: president trump has
campaigned in friendlier territory, holding matthew can hold on to the governor's mansion in kentucky. >> he's a fantastic governor. >> reporter: the race is surprisingly close given that the president won the state by 30 points in 2016. >> tuesday go out and vote for tate. >> reporter: in mississippi, the president rallied for lieutenant governor tate reeves, who is fighting to prevail in the closest gubernatorial contest there in over a decade. the democrat, jim hood, brought in former president barack obama to help turn out the state's black voters. >> a brighter future for mississippi is in your hands. all you have to do is vote. >> reporter: in a sign of how closely republicans are watching statewide races, president trump is headed to louisiana tomorrow to campaign for republican gubernatorial candidate there. louisiana votes for governor later this month. norah. >> o'donnell: all right, ed, thank you. now to florida where a sheriffs deputy who worked at a school for children with special needs is under arrest tonight.
williard miller is facing a felony charge after video shows him grabbing a female student and slamming her to the ground. vladimir duthiers has new details. >> reporter: the images are shocking. in this silent two and a half minute video, a sheriff's deputy can be seen talking to a young girl before suddenly rushing her, grabbing her by the throat, and slamming her on to the ground. school resource officer willard miller then flips the 15-year- old girl on her stomach before forcibly lifting her up and throwing her out of the room. sheriff gregory tony. >> his actions were deplorable. they were uncalled for, and they violated multiple policies just on the optics. >> reporter: it's unclear what prompted the violent response at cross creek school. school security cameras show the young girl walking up behind miller and tapping the back of his knees with her foot, causing his legs to buckle before walking away. sheriff tony would not say what miller and the girl said to each other after the knee tap but said nothing the girl said or
did justified the 38-year-old deputy's actions. >> i find probable cause. >> reporter: miller, seen here in court today, was released on a $5,000 bond. it was at least the fourth time this year a broward deputy has been charged with excessive force. two deputies are awaiting trial on misdemeanor charges after a teen was beaten and pepper sprayed outside a mcdonald's last spring. and last week another deputy was fired after slugging a suspect who was handcuffed to a hospital bed. sheriff tony vowed today to continue cracking down on deputies that violate department standards. deputy miller, who has no record of disciplinary problems, has been suspended from the force and faces one count of felony child abuse. he could get up to five years in prison if convicted, norah. >> o'donnell: vlad, thank you. there's still much more ahead on tonight's "cbs evening news." the frightening research that finds girls who play soccer are at a higher risk for concussions. the rise of teen vaping and the flavors turning kids into
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>> oh, i did a lot of heading the ball and very proudly so and very determined and very aggressive. >> reporter: this new study looks at head trauma in high school sports. boys' football had the highest rate of concussion, ten for every 10,000 practices or games. girls soccer was second at a rate of eight per 10,000. boys' soccer had a much lower rate. in the 20 sports studied, girls had nearly twice the rate of concussion as boys. >> i have had really bad headaches and i have been sleeping a lot. for the past week i haven't been to school. >> reporter: 12-year-old olivia hans got a concussion when she collided with another player and hit the ground. emily lee is olivia's mother. >> we were worried because it was severe. it was considered a major concussion. >> reporter: for girls, heading the ball or colliding with another player were the main causes of concussion. the team doctor for the women's professional team. >> we're still working toward proper diagnosing and manageable of concussion, but we're also really trying to promote
awareness and prevention. >> o'donnell: dr. lapook joins us. so, why the difference? >> nobody really knows. there are some theories. it could be that there are hormonal differences that are contributing to the increase in concussions. it could be differences in the anatomy of the neck. it's also possible that girls are more likely to report the symptoms of concussion than boys are. so the boys are sort of saying, i'm going to tough it out, and they're basically being underreported. >> o'donnell: that's an interesting theory. jon, thank you. coming up, a woman stranded at sea for days comes up with a sweet solution. sweet solution. janie, come here. check this out. let me see. she looks... kind of like me. yeah. that's because it's your grandma when she was your age. oh wow. that's...that's amazing. oh and she was on the debate team. yeah, that's probably why you're the debate queen. - mmhmm. - i'll take that. look at that smile.
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>> reporter: on june 28, 2018, a gunman with a longtime grudge against the "capital gazette" newspaper in annapolis, maryland, walked into its offices and opened fire. five people were killed, including 56-year-old sportswriter john mcnamara, who had been married to andrea chamblee. when we met her recently, she was wearing his press pass. is that something you wear frequently? >> i wear it almost every day. >> reporter: it's a reflection of their mutual, total devotion. >> he was devoted to his family. he was devoted to his writing. and lucky for me he was devoted to me. >> reporter: he was also devoted to an unfinished book, "the capital of basketball," that he had labored over in his spare time for 13 years. it's an exhaustive look at how basketball in d.c. area high school changed the course of the the sport over the past century. chamblee, while a huge
basketball fan, had never read a word of her husband's notes, but after going through his files, she decided that she would finish his book. how does it feel to hold that book in your hands now? >> i feel very conflicted. i feel like this is a secret between john and i, and i don't want to let it go. like it's something we did together, the last thing we did together. but i know the stories are so good, i want people to hear them and read them and know about them. >> reporter: all in a book that she calls a 300-page love letter to her husband of 33 years. chip reid, cbs news, silver springs, maryland. >> o'donnell: that brings to mind a quote from mitch albom's "tuesdays with morrie." "death ends a life, not a relationship." that's the "cbs evening news" for tonight. we'll see you back here tomorrow. good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh
power like a weapon against his own people, erodes our decency, degrades our dignity. i don't yet know how they will tell the story of this era, but i want to tell you the story of this day. let the record show that today justice won, that we did our job, that we kept our word, that we stood our sacred ground. let the record show that we did not let you down. i love you. listen to mom. i'll be home soon. >> gentleman's time has expired. gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker. i'm going to reserve my time for the moment. >> gentleman reserves. gentleman from massachusetts. >> i'm proud to yield one minute to the gentle woman from california, ms. lee. >> the gentle lady is recognized for one minute. >> first let me say i taught my children that there are consequences if they broke the
law. i am saddened but i'm not shocked that we are here today considering articles of impeachment against president trump. i'm saddened, but i'm not shocked because of the pattern of corruption we have seen from this president. yes, i am saddened, but i'm not shocked because this president has routinely shown his disregard of congress and the rule of law. the facts are not in dispute. the president abused his power, defied the public's trust and betrayed his oath of office. he undermined our elections by corruptly soliciting foreign interference in our elections to benefit his own future re-election efforts. then he obstructed congress every step of the way in an effort to cover it all up. donald trump remains a threat to our national security, wholly unfit to serve as president of the united states. we have an obligation to act
today to uphold the constitution, but also to show our children and grandchildren that no one is above the law. that includes the president of the united states. >> the gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker. i continue to reserve my time. >> the gentleman from massachusetts. >> i'm happy to yield one minute to the gentle woman from massachusetts, ms. trahan. >> madam speaker, today i rise to defend our democracy. in this chamber we debate the nation's most pressing issues and often reasonable people can draw different conclusions, but not today. the facts are black and white. president trump abused the power of his office for personal and political gain and then he engaged in a coverup. it is up to us to confront those facts and vote to preserve and protect our democratic republic. this is not a fight i or my colleagues sought out when we ran for congress, but it is one
we pledged when we raised our right hand and swore an oath to defend our constitution. anything other than a vote to impeach will be read as a vote endorsing a future president without rules or consequences, an anything goes, no-holds-barred that will leave us weaker and surely undermine what the framers pass down. we owe it to future generations to transcend personal interest and party loyalty and vote our conscience for what's really at sake today, the sanctity of our constitution and the sanctity of our democracy. thank you and i yield back. >> gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker, i continue to reserve. >> gentleman from massachusetts. >> madam speaker, i'd like to ask unanimous consent to insert into the record october 23rd "new york times" article. >> that objection is so ordered. >> at this point i'd like to yield one minute to the
gentleman from maryland. >> the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise today in support of the two articles of impeachment against president trump for abuse of power and obstruction of congress. voting to impeach the president is a weighty decision. it's not something you reach for. it's something you are brought to, reluctantly when the evidence presented, can no longer be denied. in this sober and historic moment members of congress are called upon to uphold our oath of office and our duty to the constitution. today we answer that call. the president's actions compromise the national security of the united states, undermine the integrity of our democratic process and betray the trust of the american people. in soliciting foreign interference, president trump took direct aim at the heart of our democracy. the american people should decide our elections, not a foreign country. as long as the president
continues to invite foreign interference into our democracy, the integrity of the 2020 election remains at risk. the question is will congress allow the president to place his personal interest above those of his country. i urge my colleagues in the house to join me in answering that question with a resounding no because no one, not even the president of the united states is above the law. i yield back. >> the gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker. i continue to reserve my time. >> gentleman from massachusetts. >> i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record october 9 politico magazine article entitled "this is what a legitimate anti corruption effort in ukraine would look like" which explains legitimate requests are made through the doj's office of international affairs and pursuant to the united states mutual legal assistance treaty. >> so ordered. >> i'd like to yield one minute to the gentle woman from
florida, ms. castro. >> the president abused his power. he violated his oath of office. he sought to elevate himself as a dictator, a king. but we're not a monarchy. we are the united states of america. we are a republic, a democracy where the executive does not have absolute power. america was founded on a system of checks and balances. when the president withheld military aid to vulnerable ukraine and pressed for a personal favor to manufacture dirt against a political opponent, he went too far. he undermined america's national security. he sought to sabotage our elections. he elevated his personal interests over the interests of america. then he tried to cover up his scandalous behavior and he obstructed the investigation. he violated his oath of office, but i intend to uphold mine, to protect and defend the constitution of the united states of america.
the president must be impeached today. i yield back. >> the gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker. i continue to reserve my time. >> the gentleman from massachusetts. >> i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record december 5th boston globe editorial entitled "impeach the president." and december 11th "usa today" editorial entitled "impeach president trump," too serious for the house to ignore. >> without objection. >> at this point i'll yield one woman to the gentle woman from florida, ms. wasserman schultz. >> throughout this process i listened to career diplomats testify in depositions and found myself contemplating the gravity of this decision. one of my daughters asked then how i'd make my decision about impeachment. i told her that when her future children learn about president
trump's impeachment, they may ask, mommy, what did grandma do? i want my daughter to tell her children grandma did the right thing because in america no one is above the law. with his conduct around ukraine, president trump corruptly abused his power for his own interests at direct odds with our national welfare and our constitution. this president put his interests before those of this nation. left unchecked he'd do it again and has said so. the actions and on going schemes that led us to this moment are severe threats to our national security and democracy that we can't defend or dismiss. i must fulfill my constitutional duty and vote to impeach this president. his corrupt conduct and assault on our constitution leave no other choice. i yield back. >> gentleman from oklahoma. >> i continue to reserve my time. >> gentleman from massachusetts. >> madam speaker, i yield one min tout the gentleman from california. >> the gentleman is recognized for one minute.
>> thank you, madam speaker. today the house is voting to conserve a principle, what makes america the most prosperous nation in the world is our reverence for the rule of law. it's our love of the law that protects our freedoms, private property, our families from the exercise of arbitrary power. the real threat to american leadership in the 21st century is internal decline. we choose not to stand idly by while we see the corrupting of our body politic with an attitude that winners don't have to follow the rules. in voting to impeach, we remember lincoln's address, let every american, every well wisher to its pos sparity swear by the blood of the revolution never to violate in the least particular the laws of this country and never to tolerate their violation by other. let it be taught in schools and seminaries and in colleges, let it be written in primary
spelling books and almanac, preached from the pulpit, proclaimed in legislative halls and enforced in the courts of justice. in short, let it become the political religion of the nation. >> gentleman from oklahoma. >> i continue to reserve. just to advise through the chair, my friend, i'm waiting for an additional speaker. we reserve our time. >> the gentleman reserves. gentleman from massachusetts. >> madam speaker i ask june announce consent to insert december 17th cnn article entitled "fact collect, trump's wild letter to pelosi is full of false and miss lieding claims." >> without objection. >> i yield to the gentleman from north carolina. >> i rise on this solemn occasion as we in the house of representatives exercise the power given to us by the united states constitution. the original constitution was flawed in some respects but with respect to presidential misconduct it was unmistakable. the framers knew that presidents
could be corrupt or abusive with their power so impeachment was written into our organic law. since taking office, president trump has consistently and intentionally divided the country. he's consistently encouraged foreign actors to interfere in our elections. he's thumbed his nose, madam speaker, at the legislative branch. enough is enough. we must protect our constitution, our democracy. our vote today to prefer serious charges against president trump and deliver the charges to the senate for trial, a place where president trump can defend himself and attempt, if he chooses, to convince the senate and the american people that his conduct does not violate the constitution. i thank the gentleman. i yield back. >> gentleman yields back. gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. i yield one minute to my good friend and distinguished combat veteran for our country, mr. baird of indiana. >> the gentleman is recognized for one minute.
>> madam speaker, today marks a sad day for america. instead of getting to work to solve the issues of our time, the house democrats have decided to try to discredit president trump and undo the results of the 2016 election. the facts are clear that the president did not commit any crimes, he did not break any laws and there was no quid pro quo. this has been a secretive misdirected process from the very beginning and the american people see right through it. i look forward to voting against this impeachment charade and getting back to work to support the efforts of president trump to continue growing our economy, creating jobs and improving the lives of all americans. i yield back the balance of my time. >> the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from massachusetts. >> i yield one minute to the gentleman from pennsylvania, mr. boyle. >> the gentleman is recognized for one minute. >> thank you. madam speaker, this is the
fourth impeachment proceeding against an american president and the most serious. the president committed numerous crimes threatening the national security. ultimately the matter before us today is not a question of fact, for the evidence is undisputed. nor is it a question of law as the constitution is clear. the heart of the matter is this. will members of this house have the courage to choose fidelity to the constitution over loyalty to their political party. for the sake of our constitution and our country, for americans today and tomorrow, i urge all members to summon the courage to uphold the rule of law and vote yes. i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. gentleman from oklahoma. >> thank you, madam speaker. i continue to reserve my time. >> gentleman from massachusetts. >> i yield one minute to the
distinguished gentleman from missouri, mr. clay. >> i rise today to hold donald john trump accountable for his repeated abuse of power, his deliberate obstruction of the house's constitutionally mandated oversight responsibility and his unprecedented misuse of the presidency to weaken the separation of powers and subvert our constitution by dangling $391 million in congressional aid appropriated tax dollars over the head of an embattled ally in order to coerce a fraudulent investigation into a potential political opponent. our founders feared a lawless, amoral president would willfully put national security at risk for his own personal gain. in 1974 republicans made it
clear that their ultimate loyalty was not to one man but to upholding the constitution. today the uncontested evidence shows donald trump violated his oath of office. my friends on both sides of the aisle can either defend him or defend the constitution. >> time has expired. >> i yield back. >> the gentleman from oklahoma continues to verve? >> i do, madam speaker. >> gentleman from massachusetts. >> if i can acquire of the gentleman how many more speakers he has? >> i'm prepared to close when my friend is. >> the gentleman from oklahoma is recognized to close. >> thank you very much, madam speaker. i yield myself the balance of my time. >> recognized. >> before i begin my formal remarks in closing, i want to say one thing for the record. i have great respect for all my friends on the other side of the aisle, and i'm sure they're voting their convictions.
so when i vote mine, please don't imply i'm doing it for my political party. i'm doing it because it's what i believe is right. i do believe i can defend both the president and the constitution of the united states, and i think that's exactly what i am doing. madam speaker, i cannot oppose this rule strongly enough. the process we saw leading up to it today was a complete charade. it was a closed process, an unfair process and a rushed process. it could only have ever had one logical predetermined ending. throughout it all, the majority trampled on minority rights, they refused to call witnesses with relevant firsthand knowledge. they relied on hearsay news reports to make their case. they denied republicans the right to hold a minority hearing day and they refused the president of the united states his due process rights in the committee that was actually conducting the impeachment
process and investigating it. in the end, what was the result? articles of impeachment based on an event that never lapd. a purported quid pro quo that did not exist. aid that was allegedly withheld that in reality was never withheld at all. a narrative intent based on nothing more than fantasy. madam speaker, we deserve better than this. impeachment is the most consequential act the house of representatives can undertake. it must not and cannot be based on a flawed process. it cannot come at the expense of minority rights or due process to the accused. it cannot be based on a vendetta against the president if the majority has pursued since the day it was elected. it cannot be based on nothing more than spin and hearsay. i oppose this rule, and i oppose the flawed and unfair process.
madam speaker, it's a very solemn vote that owl of us will cast. i want to end by number one thanking my good friend, the chairman of the rules committee for conducting the kind of hearing he conducted yesterday, but i also want to underscore again we are very violently opposed to the process, very strongly opposed to the rule, think this is a charade and been very unfair. so kmad madam speaker, i urge my colleagues to vote no on the previous question, no on the rule, no on the underlying measure and i yield back the balance of my time. >> gentleman from massachusetts. >> i yield myself the remaining time. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> madam speaker, let me thank my friend, mr. cole, for his kind words. i respect that fact that he respects this institution. madam speaker, let me say again what happened here. the president withheld
congressionally approved military aid to a country under siege to extract a personal political favor. that's a cold hard fact. the question before us comes down to this. should a president be allowed to ask a foreign nation to interfere in an american election? i remember my first political experience as a middle schooler in 1972 leaving leaflets at the homes of potential voters urging them to support george mcgovern for president. no relation, by the way. i remember what an honor it was to ask people to support him, even though i was too young to vote myself. and what a privilege it was later in life to ask voters for their support in my own campaigns. i've been part of winning campaigns and part of losing one, too. people i thought would be great president like senator mcgovern, were never given that chance. make no mistake, i was disappointed but i accepted it. i would take losing an election
any day of the week when the american people render that verdict. but i will never be okay if other nations decide our leaders for us, and the president of the united states is rolling out the welcome mat for that kind of foreign interference. to my republican friends, imagine any democratic president sitting in the oval office, president obama, president clinton, any of them. would your answer here still be the same? no one should be allowed to use the powers of the presidency to undermine our elections, period. this isn't about siding with your team. i didn't swear an oath to defend a political party. i took an oath to uphold the constitution of the united states of america. when i vote yes on this rule and the underlying articles, my conscience will be clear. i ask all my colleagues to search their souls before casting their votes. i ask them all to stand up for our democracy, to stand up for
our constitution. madam speaker, i urge a yes vote on the rule and previous question. i yield back the balance of my time and i prove the previous question on the resolution. >> the question is on ordering the previous question on the resolution. all in favor say aye. opposed no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. >> i would request the yeas and nays. >> those favoring a vote by the yeas and nays have rise. members will record their votes by electronic device pure surcht to clause nine of rule 20, the chair will reduce to five minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of adoption of the resolution. this will be a 15-minute vote. you're watching special
coverage now on msnbc of the house of representatives which is about to vote on the rules of debate on the articles of impeachment, two of them after more than an hour of back and forth on the house floor so far. and after this the house will move on to debate article ii, abuse of power and obstruction of congress before a final vote some time this evening. i should point out this procedural vote is called moving the previous question and is almost always won by the majority party because you're basically giving the majority party the right to control the debate. on very rare occasions the minority wins these votes. if they ever win a procedural vote they're controlling the floor which is a total reversal of the election just held previously. on the rule itself, the basic rule is going to be six hours of debate, evenly divided between the minority republicans and majority democrats. so that is hopeful we'll get a vote early this evening. if they get moving on it. there have been so more del tory
tactics, who knows how it will go. i want to go to the three politicians here. i want to go to claire mccaskill, donna edwards and then dave jolly. the politics we're watching today, i don't think there's a huge audience, but there will be later today. as people tune in, they'll say what's going on with that impeachment. they know it's today. i think this audience is going to explode during the afternoon and into tonight. >> the question is who will the audience be? will they be those members of the republican party who feel very strongly that the president should not be removed, or will it be the democrats who feel very strongly that the president must be removed or will it be the folks in the middle that are in those districts and in those states like pennsylvania and wisconsin and florida and ohio that will watch and maybe listen for the first time to some of the details that this investigation has uncovered. >> i wonder -- i'm not going to
be debbie downer, if you will. but do you think somebody is going to tune in? i know our audience has been growing at msnbc for the last three months, like at least a 50% hike, the last number i saw. i'm sure it's happening on the other side of the argument in many ways. when i go home at night at eight-something, i watch prime time television. most people are watching that. they're watching game shows, obstacle courses, people trying to jump over water or climb trees. >> or watching streaming, no live television. >> watching the marvelous mrs. maisel. i agree with that. >> i think there will be some that will watch. i think there's an opportunity for the democrats when the trial occurs in the senate to capture more of those people who haven't been paying really close attention. frankly, a lot of americans just
want to tune this all out. if you look at the polling, chris, this issue falls way down the list in terms of what are important to people as they make up their mind who they want to be president next year. >> when they voted this week, in britain they made the decision, stop talking about brexit. stop talking about it. we want to make a decision. maybe that's it. we want this over. >> i think some of that is true, but i think what we'll see today is members are going to take their one minute or two minutes really to speak to their voters at home. that's kind of the way members use that time. i think the thing to look for is the leadership and what nancy pelosi says and steny hoyer probably towards the end of the day as we get closer to the vote, where they will have the time on the floor to really lay out the case for the american
people. i think voters -- the audience will be tuned in right around sort of dinnertime hopefully. and i think that this is how democrats are going to have to make the case over the next month leading up to the senate trial. keep in mind this period right here is a really important one for having a fair trial and for continuing to explain to the american people why it is that we find ourselves in this moment. >> david jolly, try to project again, because you were in the house as a republican member not long ago. i'm wondering, how many in that caucus, around 200 people, a little less than 200 people, basically feel like they have to eat this one. they don't believe in this president, they're embarrassed by him, when they get home at night they talk to their spouse and children, don't behave like this guy, but they're going to vote nay? >> i actually think that's a
smaller number than i would have thought a year ago. i think republicans have come to believe that there largely is this deep state conspiracy, and on the question of impeachment, the democrats have really railroaded the president. i think republicans believe that. it shocks me to hear when a relatively measured member like tom cole says there was no quid pro quo and there are no fact witnesses when, in fact, gordon sondland testified yes, there was a quid pro quo and we were all in the loop. there were fact witnesses and they did say there was a quid pro quo. there's a denial of facts on the republican side. i think what you're seeing, chris, come into shape of the republican argument is ultimately an argument that supports donald trump's ability to claim tonight in michigan that all this was invalid. if you look at kevin mccarthy's earlier resolution condemning adam schiff for abuse of power and jerrold nadler for not following procedure, it was all around the fact that this was a show trial and the president wasn't afforded due process and neither were minority
republicans. steve scalise, the number two republican, then offered a point of order essentially saying the same thing, there were no minority rights, not enough witnesses, more information had to come out. this vote right now -- chris, i'm glad you pointed out, this is on the previous question, it will be followed by a second vote on the rule. tom cole said if republicans can win this previous question and republicans take control of the process, they will demand six things including schiff releasing all of the intel information, including schiff testifying. republicans are suggesting that this process actually becomes a substantive issue because it invalidates the entire impeachment process which is what donald trump wants to be able to say that this is invalid, that is a scary space to be in, unlike the contrition of a bill clinton. but it's what we've come to expect in trump's republican party. >> you know the way things work, garrett, you vote party line when it comes to the previous question and the rule.
you have to. >> absolutely. the only way the previous question vote goes to the minority, is if majority isn't paying attention, if members caught their flight home or don't show up to vote. the rule vote is a party line vote. yesterday on the spending bills, where you might have republicans and democrats that might all vote together on the ultimate bill, sometimes whatever the minority party is will vote against the rule as a matter of principle and split their vote. neither of these votes should be particularly high drama affairs. expect them to fall largely along party lines. we're a little ahead of schedule on the day. you can see votes trickling in. i was in the gallery for most of the last hour. this is not a particularly well attended impeachment, at least thus far on the member side. the chamber was maybe less than a quarter full. galleries for visitors, members of the public were full, the press galleries were full. members are largely trickling in and out throughout the course of the morning. you had a couple of motions for
unanimous consent that were defeated. republicans trying to make parliamentary rules that would require members to stand at their desks and do their votes in person that way rather than through the electronic system. all of this just delays tactics at this point as we move inex-orbly towards the debate at lunchtime. >> it's important to say why we're covering this. this is the day most likely the president will be impeached. it's history in the making. we want everybody at home to get this, wherever you are, to understand how this process works. you a lot of procedural yes, sir like move the previous question, robert's rules of debate. you the right in the house to set the rule. it's not like in the senate where you have unlimited debate. every time they vote on something, there has to be a vote on the rule before land to establish who gets to talk. garrett, while you're still there, i'm fascinated by a
motion by liz cheney. daughter of the former vice president. she is very, very skilled at this. she made a motion that the members had to stand up, each one of the members on both sides of the aisle, and say where they stood on impeachment later today. it was overruled because the majority controlled by the democrats. but what was she up to? i was telling claire mccaskill, were they trying to create ads for commercial, showing a member of congress voting to impeach someone that they voted for in 2016. she can't use c-span footage in an ad? what was she up to, when she said you have to stand up and vote manually not through your machine? >> reporter: the goal was to create a talking point saying democrats don't want to stand up and defend their own votes here. it tells you what republicans think the politics of impeachment is right now. the republicans think democrats are trying to avoid being on the record publicly and out loud
about their votes. the simple reality here is that's not true. votes will be recorded here regardless. you've had members from front line districts like elissa slotkin who has been out on television pounding the necessity of this vote. it tells you that republicans think they will ultimately be able to use this impeachment voted against their democratic colleagues come next november and by blocking her motion here, liz clain any can stand up and say, a-ha, see, democrats don't want their votes done in public. even though we're all going to watch this happen on national television. >> back with andrew mitchell. i'm keep on how they'll use this politically. everybody watching wants to know this. if a local affiliate can show a suburban member voting on the floor for impeaching the president that that district may have voted for, that could be serious stuff coming up. we'll be right back about the politics of this, the constitution of this and, of course, the importance in our history of what's happening
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of the two articles. otherwise with the exception of collin peterson of michigan, the full house, that's it. they're going to vote. this is a strong power play among other events today, a strong power play by the speaker of the house who has kept everyone in line including those from moderate districts whose district voted for trump in 2016 and might do it again. she's held her party together in a way that matches up with reagan -- with thumb trump's amazing ability to control his party. the republican party is backing this president. right down the lines are democrats are backing pelosi. this is a showdown politically as well as a constitutional event. we've got somebody here who has been through a couple of these like i have. andrea mitchell, thank you for joining us. we've seen the house about to vote on the previous question, a procedural vote which a majority led by the speaker has to win. and a rule on six hours of
debate that has to be agreed upon so we can get out of here tonight. >> the history of this, even if it's a preordained conclusion as we can see both parties sticking together, going to be a party line vote, whenever it does happen tonight, but the history and the solemnity of this is really over powers because this is an impeachment of a president of the united states. one measure is despite all the support the president enjoys from his base, his party, his senators and house members, he is furious by all reports from our teams at the white house. he's certainly angry. you certainly saw this in this letter he wrote, the six-page letter with the help of stephen miller, one of his toughest domestic policy advisers, the language, the exclamation points, the personal attacks against the speaker of the house, that was all displayed. that is the anger.
you'll hear many of the same lines in his rally tonight. it's going to be a point-counter point. the seriousness of this as it is being taken by the democrats as well reflected symbolically perhaps in the colors being worn or the lack of colors being worn. the women members choosing to wear dark colors. nancy pelosi is a woman, a person of primary colors. you see it. if she's not wearing white, she's wearing bright colors, certainly always well appointed, beautifully arrayed, if you will. she's wearing black today. that is a symbolic expression of how somberly they're taking this. >> it's sacramental. >> purely. you can talk about the politics of it. no question that nancy pelosi came to this reluctantly, she was telling members don't use the i word, don't say
impeachment. liz cheney is a rising star in the republican firmament. she's ranked third in leadership already, having just come to the house not too many years before. she has a big choice right now, an open senate seat in wyoming. two senators from wyoming, only one house member. she has extraordinary opportunities in both chambers. her parents were both members of the house. her father, of course, was a cabinet secretary in two administrations and then a vice president after serving two terms under george herbert walker bush as defense secretary. they co-authored a book "kings of the hill" about how important the house was. there's a lot of debate going on right now in the cheney world as to what direction she should take. she could be a future speaker in some republican-led house if she stays. >> that's a great choice to make in your life, between u.s. senate and speaker of the house.
democratic congressman raja chris more think joins us from illinois. thank you. we're trying to get a sense of the moment out there. every day the last several weeks i've been reminded of the first story i covered, the o.j. simil simpson trial. there you had marcia clark and chris darden trying to keep the focus on the double murder, on the horror of this, these people were killed. the defense was brilliant. the defense changed the topic completely to what do you think of the lapd, what is their reputation to you? somebody said a moment ago the democrats' reputation to the congress isn't so high either. if you're a republican, chase t change the topic to what do you think of these characters impeaching our president? most of the conversation this morning from the republican side, from the other side from
you, has been how unfair this process is. do you trust the democrats to run a fair process? do you trust lapd to be fair? it seems like a johnnie cochran defense of the president, intentional or not. are they winning or losing that argument? >> that's not what constituents calling into my office are saying, that they're winning the argument. they disagree. they think the impeachment inquiry began properly, the proceedings were conducted fairly. you saw the witnesses in open hearings. the republicans were allowed to question them at length about any topic practically and they did. they handled themselves well and their testimony was compelling. indeed, riveting and showed without a doubt that there's serious overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing on the part of the president. >> how do you think it's going in terms of that middle of the country that may not watch our kinds of programs in the evening, may not watch during
the day as the news is progressing who basically have other things on their mind and maybe much more important to their families. it seems like a very difficult. you had a big break about three months ago when the whistle-blower came out and you got the call records. then it jumped up at a quantum leap from 25, 30 up to 50. then the dial stopped moving. how do you get it moving in the next several -- january is the trial. today is the impeachment. >> sure. you're right. i think people are much more focused on the holidays and what presents to get for whom right now. but on the other hand, once the trial begins, we're going to be in a different forum altogether. the chief justice of the united states is going to be presiding. he will be able to dispose of motions much quicker than going through the court process. hopefully chuck schumer and mitch mcconnell will arrive at a fair process, one that allows for witnesses to come forward and testify, people like mick mulvaney and john bolton and
others. that being said, we have to conduct ourselves with the solemnity and dignity that that process requires as well and bring credit to the house. i feel more people will be tuning in then as well. >> if you were the senate under chuck schumer, would you agree to a compromise? would you say we want to get john bolton, we want mick mulvaney, so we'll give you the bidens? it's how politics works. you can't just ask for what you want and expect to get it. what are you willing to bargain here with? >> sure. perhaps there might be a narrow list of witnesses that should come forward. but the bidens are not being impeached. this is something that repeatedly comes up, as you know. and this is not something that's jermaine -- >> that's what you say and i may agree with you. the republicans want to get them. they want to get them. this morning they moved the resolution this morning against adam schiff and jerry nadler. you say that's not germane.
it is to them. they want to get the democrats. >> sure. but they also want to potentially impeach adam schiff. that should not be the subject of this impeachment trial. i think the american people do want a fair process. >> do you think the vote today on the democratic side will be pretty much unanimous? who do you see as defectors or people not voting aye on both counts, both articles? >> i really don't know, chris. tonight i think the leadership has made it very clear that people should vote their conscience. i have not been whipped. nobody i know of has been whipped on that particular vote. it's that serious and that weighty. >> always great to have you on the show, congressman. thank you for coming on the program right now. we're watching right now the house of representatives engaged
in what we consider throat clearing, a term used earlier this morning. they're getting ready for the big action, six hours of real debate on whether this president should be impeached. hopefully that debate will focus on the heart of the matter and not the collateral issues the republican members have been trying to raise. however, i'm not confident of that. maya, i'm watching your hand rise there. i think i'm watching a presidential debate. hands in the air. go ahead. >> i agree. i keep going back to this point, you used the analogy, chris, of the o.j. simpson trial. it is a good one in this case in the sense that in the o.j. simpson trial, there was a defense and the defense was raised. it was a defense that did challenge the evidence, because remember that moment with the glove, and if it doesn't fit, you must acquit. i'm saying the glove didn't fit. but they also had evidence that suggested the fbi had been
biased and had undermined the credibility of the physical evidence. i think this is why it's such an historic moment, but the notion about what does it even mean to have enough to impeach a president? in other words, what the democrats are saying is we have all this evidence including the very words of the president, including gordon sondland who says it was a quid pro quo. >> and mick mulvaney. >> and mick mulvaney in his press conference saying get over it, we do this all the time. you didn't even have that kind of evidence -- >> what is the republican response if you can en capsulize it? >> heidi said it really well earlier. they're saying let's even ignore a conversation about evidence and say process was unfair, process was unfair, process was unfair. what they should be doing, if
they were acting as a defense lawyer, what johnnie cochran did which is to say i'm going to take this on frontally. i'm going to say, no, this is not impeachable because there is no unfortunate fisht evidence because the president was allowed to go after corruption. of course, do i think there's evidence that makes that not a credible defense? yes. but to the american public it's a much more credible position than refusing -- think about this. one of the things the republicans kept saying over and over again this morning was you won't give us witnesses, you won't give us fact witnesses. it ignores there were fact witnesses like gore don't sondland or david holmes who heard the president's voice say "did we get the investigations." they, themselves, have never raised one complaint about the president refusing all documents that are relevant to even the question of whether or not he honestly cared about corruption
in ukraine. that should be a concern to the american public when they keep saying it's adam schiff rather than mick mulvaney. >> i think it's fascinating we have a case like this, a criminal case where everyone, if you sit them down, would agree on the facts, that there was a conversation. it actually happened. we have the sheet on it. we've goat pretty much a transcript, it did happen and it's wrong. everything else is what side are you on? what side are you on. chuck. >> a simpson analogy -- >> by the way, i can back it up my way. i think it was the testimony of that police officer that was caught speaking in racist language. he was the guy that found the glove and that unraveled the whole thing. >> detective mark furman if i recall correctly. >> the analogy to any criminal trial only gets you so far because the jurors are actually quite different here.
jurors in the criminal case, the simpson case, pick a case, promised to put anything they might know about anything, if they know too much they can't even sit on the jury. they're sworn to listen to the facts and come in at trial. jurors here are completely different. >> devin nunes was a participant in this escapade. >> right. the jurors in a criminal case, by the way, don't run for anything. they go back to their lives as accountants or plumbers or airline pilots or whatever it is they did before they were sworn to sit on a jury. so i think it only gets you so far. it's a fair analogy but it has its limitations. >> republicans have a talent for keeping the focus on what people hate because trump's great strength, he seems to hate the same people that his voters hate like immigrants. that's how he succeeds.
nobody loves the guy. >> you're asking an important question that tees up any debate in the senate trial because even if they don't call witnesses, there is still going to be this trial of the president, this incredibly important and dramatic event. there's three defenses we've heard, chris. the first was, we didn't do it, just the total denial that has been shredded by a lot of the testimony. the second was, we did something else, we were trying to fix corruption in ukraine, donald trump's long standing interest in helping solve other countries' domestic local corruption issues, something he has done literally nowhere, ever. so it's not that credible. >> the sarcasm doesn't work on television. >> is that right? i'm still learning from you as i go. >> we have to put subscript, he's being sarcastic. >> you're right. that's the second one. the third is the full mulvaney, we did it, get over it, we do it all the time. it is a testament to the legal
malpractice at the white house that three different defenses -- you can land on any one. chuck and the senator was a prosecutor as well, we've all seen lawyers put out defenses. but if you don't land on one in time for the public, you're only left with the politics, chris, which is your side saying we'll believe whatever you say. as a question for susan collins, mitt romney, ben sasse in the senate, what do you want to co-sign if their own defenses fact chemicck themselves? >> you make an announcement like mitch mcconnell did the other day. this is not a courtroom, this is not a fact-finding mission, this is not about truth or untruth. this is a simple roll call as to what party you're in. i remember pat moynihan who i still worship, i still do, his memory. he didn't like clinton, he didn't like either clinton to be honest with you. he went into that trial and said, this is a partisan vote, i will play the game everybody
else is playing. bobby byrd did the same thing, he didn't like the clintons but it was a partisan thing and that's how he voted. >> but saying we've got to take the original text, we have to live by the original text, and i don't think the framers expected impeachment to be a partisan exercise. i think the framers clearly thought -- >> what was their intent? >> the original intent was this was a process where there would be some oversight of the administrative branch by the legislative branch. >> they were the guardian class. they weren't regular people. >> correct. when you said that nancy pelosi had gotten everybody in line, that was a little bit like fingernails on a blackboard to me because when people used to accuse me of doing whatever chuck schumer said, i was like, no, no, no. i think what these moderates actually did, they united.
not everybody was for impeachment until trump's behavior. trump's behavior -- >> how did they know when to go, then? >> because his behavior became public. he was openly and blatantly asking foreign governments to interfere with our elections. when he did that, there was no turning back. and the evidence is clear on its face, and i think that's what brought the moderates in line. >> i think understanding what would move them and a suburbanite, the educated people around philly, i know them, they read the "times," though keey k. they may not have reached the "dancing in the stars" zone regular people out there but they certainly got to the print people. if you can have television help print do the job that print does so well, then everybody knows the facts. it's rather thrilling. it hasn't reached enough people. joining me right now is nbc
white house correspondent peter alexander, congresswoman from michigan elise slotkin, of course, you've been all over the place, congresswoman. let's go, peter. >> we're joining by the congresswoman, elissa slotkin is here on a historic day. you're one of those investments from a trump district, he won it in 2016 by seven points, you won it in 2017 by three points. you said you will vote yes on impeachment. any reservations on that decision on this day? >> no, offreservations. i went through a pretty methodical process, just like i was trained to do as a cia officer, to come to this collectio conclusion. i didn't come to it lightly. i feel in my bones it's the right thing to do. it clearly was controversial in my district, i knew that. my hope is that voters in my district understand that even if they don't agree with the
decision, they see that i struggled through it and that independently a decision based on my oath of office and my integrity. hopefully they want representatives that reflect that. >> you said this past weekend when you spoke to constituents that you felt this was the right decision in your bones. what is it about your decision that made you say this is the way i must vote? >> certainly given my national security background, the cia and the pentagon, this very basic idea that the president of the united states reached out to a foreign leader and asked for help in an investigation of a rival, for his own personal gain. because i've worked the national security council under president bush and under president obama. i've sat in those phone calls. of course presidents use the leverage of the united states to get countries to do what they want. but this was different because it was for his personal gain. we cannot allow the presidency to be used that way and we cannot allow an invitation to go out for foreigners to intervene in our political process. that's what the founders were worried about.
so i felt very, very firmly in my decision because we have to set down a marker that that's not okay. >> the president has made clear not just in his tweets but the six-page screed he sent to house speaker nancy pelosi yesterday that democrats will pay a political price for this decision. are you going to pay a political price for this vote? >> i might. i might. and i went into that with eyes open, right? but i still really have immense faith in the michigan voters. i believe that they want representatives with integrity, who will fight for them. and that's what i feel like i'm doing. and it has been literally the greatest honor of my life to represent this district. i never thought i would be in elected office. this was not on my path. and i want to keep doing it. i hope and trust the voters will see fit to make a decision next year. >> later today we'll see what will be a dramatic and remarkable split screen, just as the vote is likely taking place here to impeach the president, just the third time that's occurred in history, the president himself will be taking the stage not far from your
district. >> yeah. >> he'll be in battle creek, michigan tonight, not alone, side by side with the vice president of the united states. what do you make of that moment back home and the way this is playing, his arrival there tonight? >> obviously michigan is a swing state and it's competitive. for me, i'm glad that people are paying attention to michigan. we are an important place in this election. so it just makes sense he would show up there. i always hope whenever a leader like a president goes out, that he remembers that his job is to promote unity and not separate people. and so i hope that he goes in with that theme. but that's not always his style. but i think i'm not surprised that he's in michigan today. >> republicans that i've spoken to today say this is not a stain on the president's legacy but it's a stain on the legacy of the democrats. how do you react to that? >> i just disagree. i cordially disagree. for me, i have to look myself in the mirror, right?
when it comes to protecting and defending the constitution, when it comes to defending our democratic institutions so that no foreigners get to muck around there, putting a marker down that this is not all right, today it's a republican president reaching out to a ukrainian leadership, tomorrow it could be a democratic leadership reaching out to china for just a small cyber attack. it's not okay. i feel strongly. >> congresswoman slotkin, we appreciate your time. chris, putting principle before politics as we await the hitting vote this evening. >> thank you so much, peter and congresswoman. right now the clerk is reading articles of impeachment. >> bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors in his conduct in the office of president of the united states, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of the president of the united states and to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, donald j.
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speaking up saying, wait a minute, we have seen him in the neighborhood, he's been here the whole time and sure enough, when police spoke with rudy, they found that he had returned home the very next day, but they say that his mother never said a thing. i want to play some of what police had to say. >> the mother, janie, continued to deceive police by remaining adamant that rudy was still missing. she alleged her nephew was the person friends and family were seeing coming and going. however we disputed that. >> reporter: and since all of this has come to light there have been concerns raised from other family members and advocates about possible abuse allegations. police say that they have not found that in their investigation, that there was any abuse, no kidnapping, anything like that. so for now, no answers about why this mother and son would have lied for all of these years. ana? >> so strange. priscilla thompson, thank you for that report. turning to the fallout after
because of potential side effects, brain bleeds, brain swelling. how comfortable should people feel taking this drug? >> let me emphasize here that almost 80% of individuals that were thought to have some degree of brain swelling, most of those cases resolved. those were identified on mris, not because of symptoms or some other diagnostic, and so, yes , there is a risk. these are serious potential consequences. they do occur in about 10% of patients. there are genetic tests that patients that might get one of these therapies should take. a certain gene might increase the risk of these side effects, but again, in most of these patients, asymptomatic even if an mri showed the presence, say, of brain swelling. something to keep in mind, something we're looking out for. >> dr. vin gupta, thank you very much for joining us. hope you have a wonderful weekend. up next on "ana cabrera reports" a houston teen believed to be missing for eight years was actually at his mother's
his mother the next day. nbc news correspondent priscilla thompson joins us now. i think a lot of people are saying, wait, what? this is just so bizarre, priscilla. break down what happened here. how did no one know where rudy was for nearly a decade? >> reporter: yeah, i'll start at the beginning. in march of 2015, rudy was 17 years old, his mother said he went out to walk their dogs and he never returned home. he effectively vanished. and for eight years police were investigating this as a missing persons case. there were volunteer groups that would go out and search for rudy and then fast-forward to last week, he was found unresponsive outside of a church. and this was hailed as a miracle that he was found after eight years of being missing, his mother released a statement saying -- thanking the public and the media for their support, saying he was recovering from his trauma. but then, neighbors began
blast are screened for traumatic brain injury, so these were identified during post attack medical screenings. >> are all the screenings complete? >> those will be ongoing as a matter of standard procedure. always the possibility there could be additional. that's where we are at right now. >> one quick thing, the white house announced russia has reached out again to north korea for some additional weapons, etc., support for the war. has the pentagon seen indication that additional military support is either preparing or moving from north korea to russia? >> we have not at this time beyond which had been previously announced, beyond the shipment that wagner group had arranged for, something we keep a close eye on. all right, go ahead and janie and then -- >> thank you, general. i have two questions.