Its 1400 hours g. M. T. 9 am in washington d. C. Where members of the u. S. House of representatives are convening for a debates and vote thats all but certain to end with the impeachment of President Donald Trump and thats because trumps opponents in the Democratic Party have a majority in that chamber of congress he then faces a trial in the other chamber of the senates where his Republican Party holds power and there are 2 thirds of senators would be required to vote in favor of her moving him from Office Highly unlikely as things stand and trump has again lashed out at the democrats the scribing the impeachment process as an attempted coup in a moments will speak to our White House Correspondent kimberly how if at 1st over to castro whos on capitol hill where the votes will eventually take place heidi but right now we understand there is a debate going on. So just talk us through whats happening now and what we expect to see in the coming few hours. Shorter range so the full house
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Dont think we should go down that path because it divides the country. Today the country just witnessed the only bipartisan vote on that floor was against. The question to the speaker are the same questions i provided in a letter about the unfair process that we had. Hat has changed since march . In all the hearings theres nothing compelling, nothing overwhelming. So the speaker should follow her the sham nd end thats been putting this country through this nightmare. Thats exactly what this vote shows today. I want to call up our whip, steve scalise. Mr. Scalise thank you, kevin. When we talk about the vote, i think its important to note, when you see that not only did every single republican reject this sovietstyle impeachment process but we were even joined by democrats who couldnt stand it anymore. If you look at where we are right now, were at an important point in history. Clearly there are people that we serve with that dont like the results of the 2016 election. Thats their prer
Mr. Mccarthy we just had a vote on the floor. In march, Speaker Pelosi said this about impeachment. Impeachment is so divisive to the country, that unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, i dont think we should go down that path because it divides the country. Today, the country just witnessed the only bipartisan vote on that floor was against. The question to the speaker are the same questions i provided in a letter about the unfair process that we had. What has changed since march . In all the hearings theres nothing compelling, nothing overwhelming. So the speaker should follow her own words and end the sham thats been putting this country through this nightmare. Thats exactly what this vote shows today. I want to call up our whip, steve scalise. Mr. Scalise thank you, kevin. When we talk about the vote, i think its important to note, when you see that not only did every single republican reject this sovietstyle impeachment process but we were even joi
You can also send us a text at washington journal, we will be happy to read that as well. Please leave your name and where you are writing from. I text 202 7488003. You can post a comment on facebook and twitter. Here is a look at the website of the newspaper out of tupelo, mississippi. Trumpave this headline, takes strike at impeachment inquiry. A big rally that ran about an hour and a half. President donald trump unleashed an aggressive show of oratorical force fighting friday night in mississippi. [video clip] yesterday the democrats voted to potentially nullify the votes of 63 million americans, disgracing themselves and bringing shame upon the house of representatives. They have been plotting to overthrow the election since the moment i won, but the people here that are highly sophisticated no long before i won. 19 minutes after i took the oath of office, the horrible newspaper, fake Washington Post declared the campaign to impeach President Trump has just begun. At least they gav