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Some -- appeared to crow over the fact hes only facing two articles of impeachment and dubbing this process as we heard last night, impeachment light and he sees this inquiry as the weakest impeachment, as you know in the history books, it doesnt go down as impeachment light. it goes down as impeachment. wolf. >> thank you very much. and joining us david sis lienee of rhode island, a member of the jsh-- judiciary committe which will start debating tonight. you and your colleagues about to take...

The fact is when attorney general barr and john durham traveled to rome a month and a half ago to learn about him from italian officials, when john durhams probe evolved into a criminal investigation, something learned about this individual in italy resulted in them to have the ability to convene a grand jury, issue subpoenas, and prosecute individuals who might have been up to no good when they were targeting the campaign. lets not sugarcoat this. this was essentially an electronic government s...

Hurt a public figure. none other than james comey went and presented the claim to trump, stating it was unverified. after leaving government, mr. comey went public with that story in his book and on his book press tour. >> im about to talk to him about allegations that he was involved with prostitutes in moscow and that the russians taped it, and have leverage over him. i did not go into the business about people peeing on each other. he interrupted and said do i look like a guy who needs hooker...

Caught. we want to go straight o our important guest tonight for more on the breaking news about articles of impeachment that the house of representatives could be revealing articles of impeachment tomorrow morning against pretty much. were joined now two members of the house on the verge of casting a vote of impeachment on the president. democratic congressman mike quigley. congressman cicilline, whats going to happen tomorrow morning? >> lawrence, we finished the hearing today where we heard i...

Private conversation was not enough, thats an indication he wanted t eed the political bene from them. >> the investigation could benefit the president politically, because the announcement alone could be twitter fodder between now and the next election to smear a political rival. thats consistent with the findings. you know, president nixon attempted to corrupt elections and his agents broke into democratic party headquarters to get a leg up on the election. and then he tried to cover it up jus...

Kyiv. it explained that president zelenskys predecessor went rogue and did not inform president zelensky that there was any issue with the aid. according to the news account, president zelensky and his senior team only learned of a pause when it was reported on august 28th. as ambassador volker testified, because certain ukranian officials were unaware of the pause, there was no leverage applied. the actions of senior government officials, while the system was paused, reinforces a conclusion tha...

>> thats what ambassador sondland said -- excuse me, what ambassador sondland said to president trump. apologies. >> you testified earlier, evidence shows the ukrainians did know the aid was being held. my colleagues and their witnesses continue to say there couldnt be leverage because they had no idea the aid was being held yet there has been evidence they knew, is that correct? >> its important for a second here to stake a step back. it doesnt matter when they knew as long as they knew at some...

Investigations into his political rival. and you saw the clip where ambassador sondland picked up the phone, called president trump and then mr. holmes asked him what the president thought about ukraine and quickly what was mr. sondlands answer? >> mr. sondland said the president does not give a bleep about ukraine. he only cares about the big stuff. meaning the biden investigation that mr. giuliani was pushing. and by the way just to add, that is a direct evidence conversation between president...

Grounds that talks about trees ing and bribery be admitted for the record. >> you what? >> be made part of our record. >> majority report without objection. >> mr. deutsch. >> getting back to the facts surrounding the presidents abuse of power surrounding the white house meeting as leverage for helping his political campaign. mr. goldman, president trump offered ukrainian president zelensky a meeting in the white house. but first he wanted investigations into the bidens on a conspiracy theory ab...

Mr. goldman, id like your help responding to some of the claims my republican colleagues have made today. >> happily. >> the president and his allies say there was no quid pro quo. in other words, they claim the president wasnt withholding the aid in exchange for the manufactured political investigation. isnt it true the aid was withheld and there has been no logical explanation for the withholding of that aid? >> theres common sense that leads one to conclude the aid was withheld from the inves...