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Reporting shes been taking the measure of the caucus. >> the question is whether they include anything outside the ukraine investigation. do they keep this narrow or say theres a pattern of behavior? the president did this call the day after mueller testified on capitol hill and some people said the mueller report included a road map for impeachment on obstruction. i think thats a big question. i dont think its going to be answered in the affirmative, but its one of the big decisions that she an...

>> reporter: at an event called drinking liberally, the hearings have brought in new members. among them, former republicans. >> 2016, i was wrong. i should have voted for hillary clinton. >> reporter: instead, life-long goper aaron perry left his ballot blank. he believes impeachment will eventually help his new party. >> is it helpful to republicans? >> the long run, i dont think thats a winning hand. >> reporter: they say they have no choice but to move forward. >> will it be worth it if demo...

We have breaking news. house speaker nancy pelosi will make an announcement at 9:00 a.m. eastern. something about the impeachment investigation. >> probably something important, too. >> okay. i mean, will she lay out the articles of impeachment? will she rey out the timeline or address charges that go beyond the ukraine scandal. joining us, jeffrey toobin, dana bash and john avlon. dana, maybe shes just laying out next steps. maybe its just a status report. >> thats likely. frankly it is likely....

It fast. >> other folks are saying lets get the most investigation, the most bang for our buck. still open questions, and areas that have not been adequately looked at. >> jeffrey toobin, your thoughts? >> the three words youre never allowed to say on cable news, i dont know. i dont know what she will say, but i do think -- john makes a really excellent point there that the issue of what you include in the impeachment is so important and does any of the mueller evidence come in? and if so, how d...

Agreement on the floor and passed before the end of the year. >> house majority leader steny hoyer, thanks for being with us. we look forward to hearing from the house speaker in less than an hour on what shell say about impeachment. >> thanks, jonathan. a navy sailor opens fire at the pearl harbor shipyard in hawaii killing two civilians before taking his own life. josh campbell is live in honolulu with the breaking details. >> this began at 2:30 p.m. local time. the sound of gunfire erupting...

Pelosi will give the american people an update on the impeachment inquiry. sources tell cnn that pelosi has been quietly taking the pulse of her democratic caucus on whether they are ready to move ahead to impeach president trump. heres what we know at the moment. the white house has until tomorrow to decide whether its lawyers will take part in the impeachment inquiry. next week the judiciary committee will hold another hearing. this with one of the staff lawyers from the intel committee. a vot...

The next step ultimately is in the house judiciary committee. we expect a vote, a hearing likely next week with the lawyers for the house intelligence committee who are involved in the investigations the presidents handling of ukraine policy and detailing that report. we expect them to talk about that report, answer questions from members about that report. then were expecting articles of impeachment could be voted on in the house judiciary committee as soon as next week. followed by a vote befo...

With her. but i presume she will be trying to update the american people on the status of the proceedings. >> we look forward to that along with you at 9:00 this morning. in the meantime, you brought up rod rosenstein and the mueller report and mueller investigation. should i take that to mean that you think that elements of the mueller investigation will be part of articles of impeachment? >> what you should take it to mean is that for 2 1/2 years, this has been very carefully considered, looke...

Process, obviously, hearings occurred yesterday so the answer to that question is an obvious, yes it is moving forward. the judiciary committee is considering facts presented to them by various different committees. the intelligence committee, the government oversight committee and other committees as well as to whether or not the facts that have been produced to date and, frankly have been really uncontested. i think theres a consensus, except from republicans who are pounding on the table, not...

Take very much to heart. but weve made an oath when we were sworn in to protect the constitution and laws of this country. thats what were doing. >> you say it is not a rush to judgment. you are making that case loudly this morning. yesterday professor jonathan turley was suggesting the opposite in his opposition to impeachment right now. >> he was wrong. >> why? >> because its not a rush to judgment. its been 2 1/2 years of one or other bodies looking at this. in the clinton administration you ...