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Whistle-blower in this case. three u.s. senators who are all republicans who all believe in standing up for whistle-blowers as a general matter and who have all specifically condemned president trump for his treatment of the whistle-blower here. by ending with them, by ending with republican senators condemning the presidents behavior and calling out the seriousness of it, the question that is called here is a big deal, right? and its going to end up being a big deal for all of us. whether those...

Articles of impeachment, well just note on this day the impeachment report ends, it closes, the very last thing in the report are three quotes from three republican u.s. senators who have all condemned the presidents attacks on the whistle-blower in this case. three u.s. senators who are all republicans who all believe in standing up for whistle-blower as as a general matter and who have all specifically condemned president trump for his treatment of the whistle-blower here. by ending with them,...

The 2020 election barrelling into view. thats why we have this impeachment report tonight even though the investigation isnt even done. joining us now is congressman hakeem jeffreys which puts him in a senior democratic house leadership post. thank you for being here tonight. its an honor to have you. >> good evening. great to be with you. >> ive been trying to sum up whats new and what we found here and what is likely to happen next in your committee. what can you tell us about how the house as...

The framers of the constitution had three particular concerns. a, abuse of power. b, the betrayal of the constitution for personal gain. and c, corruption of the election process. president donald trumps misconduct has managed to implicate the impeachment trifecta. hes actually engaged in behavior across the board that the framers of the constitution would have found abhorrent, so were going to explore that. were going to continue to follow the facts, apply the law, be guided by the constitution...

Whats new and what we found here and what is likely to happen next in your committee. what can you tell us about how the house as a whole and judiciary is going to move on this next? >> were going to continue to move expeditiously because it relates to an urgent national matter of concern and requires action and accountability. at the hearing tomorrow before the house judiciary committee you can expect well explore the concerns that the framers of the constitution had as it relates to potential ...

Participate forever or does that just apply to tomorrows hearing? >> well, that remains to be seen but as you so thoroughly covered a few moments ago what weve seen from the president and this administration is a pattern and practice of obstructive behavior. they continue to try to hide facts, hide evidence, hide documents, hide witnesses from the american people. if it was a perfect call when the president said do us a favor, though, then what is the explanation that we havent heard from bolton...

Assist us in walking us through that process. but it is an important process to go through even if it seems a little tedious, boring to the american people. >> quickly here who we might expect to be there on wednesday. we have no idea who the witnesses will be. why the secrecy? what indications do we have and when we will learn who the witnesses will be? >> i imagine we will learn the next day or so. they have to provide around three days notice. i think it is because things are so fluid. i thin...

Going to be an issue for days to come. a lot of the people in this neighborhood unable to reach their homes to see how bad the damage is. because this water is refusing to recede. back to you. morgan, hoping for a better day ahead, morgan chessky, thank you. to the nations capital and developing this morning, democrats ramping up pressure on the house judiciary committee to hold corey lewandoski in contempt of congress. this after the presidents former campaign manager refused to answer ques...

Thats presidency ending in normal times. it didnt move the needle because the house democrats have been so weak in the way they have gone about this. and -- >> excessively weak. >> he copped to obstructive behavior. >> heres the question i want to ask nadler. any of the people. is the conduct thats laid out in the mueller report enough to impeach? if yes, why are we having the hearings? if no, what will it take? >> nancy pelosi doesnt want to move ahead with impeachment. for political reasons. s...

The american public and to congress. he also gave really damning testimony. he testified the president tried to get me to get the a.g. to tamp down this investigation. i mean, that is presidency endsing in normal times. but here we are and it seems to have not even moved the needle because the house democrats have been so sort of weak in the way theyve gone about this. >> sort of. >> so excessively -- >> but he copped to obstructive behavior. >> he did. and heres the question i want to ask nadle...