condemn racist language from the president. cnn s manu raju live on capitol hill. great conversation with congressman green. the speaker says the condemnation resolution is enough for now. congressman green wants more. who has the votes? she has the votes, john. it s only a matter of time before that becomes clear. i had a chance this morning to talk to a number of house democrats who actually support moving forward with an impeachment inquiry. they believe that al green s move is premature. they believe any impeachment proceedings need to occur on the basis of obstruction of justice, laid out in the mueller report. what al green is doing is nothing to do with the mueller report. he s accusing the president of racism. he says through his actions it shows he s unfit for office, high crimes and misdemeanor standard that would allow the house to essentially impeach the president. of course, the senate would have to convict in order to remove the president from office, but a number of de
statement about what she suggested about a cover-up, it was a cover-up campaign of facts, essentially trying to cover up the facts. the democrats have issued subpoenas. they have defied the speen as, not turned over documents, but pelosi will not back down from the remarks when she briefs reporters in a matter of minutes. manu, thank you very much. of course, you have justin amash. no one else can get him to talk, and manu got him. thank you. meantime, the white house is weighing in this morning on the impasse between president trump and the democratic party. cnn white house reporter sarah westwood joins us now. is this was this political posturing for a day or is the president digging in and saying he s not going to talk to democrats for the next several months, through 2020? well, jim and poppy, president trump is clearly still frustrated today about speaker pelosi s comments yesterday and about the ongoing investigations. he s been continuing to vent about the situation on
should know where am i going to go if there s a tornado warning because you do not want to be there. it s not a safe structure. folks need a plan. listen, michael, we appreciate the work you re doing at the missouri department of public safety. you have a big recovery coming and we wish you and the community the best of luck. in just minutes, house speaker nancy pelosi is expected to speak as her very public feud with president trump escalates here. the president vowing yesterday not to work with house democrats, who by the way, have a majority in the house of representatives, until they end all their investigations. let s go straight to manu raju live on capitol hill with more reaction from lawmakers. it was about this time yesterday that she made a lot of news by saying publicly for the first time that the president is engaged in a cover-up. what do you expect today? well, we expect the democrats to insist that they re moving forward with their investigations and they re not
obligation to be here for this scheduled appearance. if he does not immediately correct his mistake, this committee will have no choice but to enforce the subpoena against him. let me be clear. this committee will hear mr. mcgahn s testimony even if we have to go to court to secure it. another no from the trump white house means more pressure on the democratic speaker nancy pelosi. her preference is to slow, methodical fact-finding approach but more and more democrats, young and older, see no choice now but to open impeachment proceedings but the speaker though says all is fine. madam speaker, are you under increased pressure to impeach the president in your caucus? no, no. cnn s manu raju tracking all of this live on capitol hill. manu, even before the no show you were hearing for more and more democrats, and it s interesting, not just the freshmen anti-trumpers, more seasoned members, even people who are loyal to pelosi, saying the white house leaving us no choice. how is the
behind the scenes and publicly, you re hearing veteran members like the member of the leadership dave cicilliny, joaquin castro, member of the congressional hispanic congress and even the house budget committee chairman telling me it s time to move forward with some sort of impeachment process, and you re seeing some who have been skeptical about moving forward like adam schiff, the house intelligence committee chairman signaling that he was skeptical before saying now the case is being getting stronger to moving forward with impeachment in light of stonewalling. the question though, john, is how much longer can pelosi keep her caucus at bay? john. how much longer can she say no pressure, no big deal. manu raju live on capitol hill. to share their reporting an insights, kaitlan collins, and the speaker knows her caucus better than anybody. she knows how to manage this. she won t tell us, yeah, there s