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Capt captioning sponsored by cbs odonnell breaking news tonight president ial protest un the eve of being impeached, trump lashes out, calling tomorrows vote a perversion of justice. Tonight, the personal, angry sixpage letter he just sent the House Speaker, and why the president says he doesnt believe pelosis prayers. Storm threat Severe Weather watches across the south after tornadoes killed three, oeattening homes and destroying a church. S it sound like cannons going off in your ear. Hesodon...

Thanks for joining us. we are on the cusp of history. tomorrow the president of the united states is likely to be impeached. the house rules committee is arguing to decide the terms and debate before a final vote. the senate also arguing about whether to allow witnesses. today president trump released a letter on white house stationery written to house speaker nancy pelosi. the president says hes writing it for history to express his, quote, strongest and most powerful protest against the impeac...

Wasnt biden. comments to the press about wanting ukraine to investigate biden. thats not talked about. comments about wanting china to investigate as well, and so on. he also does not mention the key role his personal tv attorney and bagman rudy giuliani has played, which is curious as giuliani has been quite vocal over the past 24 hours. in a range of interviews, hes been very open about his attempt to fuel the unproven allegations against the bidens that started us down this road in the first ...

War on american democracy, the president of the united states writes, not to an invading army or an enemy who has hit us with an unprovoked attack. no, president is telling the peoples representatives they are declaring war on american democracy. the president also writes, quote, more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials. he writes to pelosi that at the end of the mueller investigation, quote, you did not apologize. you did not recant. you did not ask to be forgive...

Historic vote on two articles of impeachment in the full house tomorrow. some members of congress are still deciding how theyre going to vote. first term michigan democrat elissa slotkin, who represents a swing district, says she will support impeachment. the white house is hitting back saying she, quote, sold out her constituents. the congresswoman faced applause, some outrage when she explained her decision yesterday at a town hall meeting. take a look. >> the thing that was different for me i...

Nancy pelosi the day before the house vote to impeach mr. trump. "more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials," mr. trump wrote. "you have cheapened the importance of the very ugly word impeachment." >> look, this has been a-- a total sham from the beginning. ierybody knows it. >> reporter: the president icused pelosi of inventing the charge of abuse of power branding it, "completely elsingenuous, meritless, and baseless." pelosi, he wrote, suffers from "trump derang...

He calls impeachment an illegal coup, and he claims, quote, more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials, end quote. i mean are you kidding me? innocent people were tortured and hung. their corpses were thrown in shallow graves. an 80-year-old farmer named giles cory was placed between boards and crushed to death. for the president to say he is being treated worse than the salem witch trials is unhinged. >> some prove dent conservatives are now taking formal steps to ...

Guilty. that would hardly be impartial justice. >> mcconnell will, indeed, serve as 1 of 100 jurors at the senate trial, which is why he said this for maximum shock value -- >> im not an impartial juror. this is a political process. there is not anything judicial about it. impeachment is a political decision. >> at the white house, the president pointed to mcconnells comments as a sign of republican unity. >> i believe the senate is equally as well united. i watched mitch mcconnell this morning....

Believe, according to the "washington post," he has exceeded 15,000 since he took office. its just one more bit of his messaging, the messaging we can expect throughout this process as the impeachment process leaves the house and heads to the senate, which is controlled by republicans. the question then, again, is how the republicans, each one who has to answer not only for themselves but to their constituents, treats this process and how they move forward. >> david jolly, to kims point, the rep...

The rules which call for six hours of debate split evenly between the parties before members vote on the two articles of impeachment. speaker nancy pelosi is urging members to join her on the floor this morning when the house convenes. the president claims he will not be watching the proceedings. he is scheduled to hold a campaign rally in michigan this evening. at the same time, the house will be voting on whether to impeach him. >> meanwhile, the presidents last stand, last words, shall we say...