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Trump should be impeached. ive been on the campaign trail a lot and i will say, though, that very few voters are talking about whats going on in d.c. at all. theyre still very much focused on issues like health care and gun control. >> jeffrey, you mentioned in a note before we went on the air that its important to mention that chief justice william rehnquist when he presided over president clintons senate impeachment trial, he did make a ruling that senators were supposed to act as a court, not...

Welcome back, everyone. the white house will not participate in the upcoming impeachment hearings in the house. in fact they have rejected an offer from democrats to present any type of defense for president trump during the judiciary hearings this week. >> in a strongly worded letter, the white house counsel called the proceedings baseless and a charade. went on to say adopting articles of impeachment would be a reckless abuse of power by house democrats and would constitute the most unjust, hi...

I dont believe alexander hamilton believed so. i think that they talk in terms of offenses against society, an abuse of the office that the office holder has. and so i think that this quid pro quo ukrainian thing fits into the category of an impeachable offense. if it does and an article of impeachment is filed, then under the constitution it must go to the senate. the senate must try this case with the supreme court chief justice presiding over it. so it is a real trial. the result of a convict...

Failure to register as a foreign agent are his two criminal issues. >> and now, jeffrey, lets talk about the chief of staff, the acting chief of staff, mick mulvaney, and his admission to this quid pro quo and then trying to walk it back legally and politically. is it too late for him, for this white house to put that genie back in the bottle? >> well, i think that were seeing a definite turn in the story at this point. if we think back and compare it to other previous impeachments in the past, ...

That the president used his office to try to benefit himself politically and tried to urge a foreign government to investigate and dig up dirt on a political rival. of course that forms the basis of the democrats impeachment inquiry. this is just another detail that shows the depth of guilianis efforts to draw u.s. policy towards ukraine. >> with me now to talk about all of these developments, jeffrey angle, the director of presidential history projects at southern methodist university and a cnn...

President trumps official white house message for the new year, a shot at his critics, but also an attempt to define his legacy. take a listen. >> its going to be a great year, complicated but great. people make it overly complicated actually, but i will tell you there has never been an administration -- and im very proud of this -- thats done more than the trump administration in the first two years of office. >> and with me to discuss president trumps impact two years later, jeffrey angle, dir...

A rich political legacy, but he was also a war hero, devoted husband, patriarch, american family dynasty. a man born into wealth but he spent his life in public service. with me now is jeffrey angle, founding director of the center for presidential history at southern methodist university. and an author of several books on the life, legacy and career of george h.w. bush, including his latest book, "when the world seemed new." thank you for joining me again. lets focus on his war service because ...