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And move on, and so thats where the tension resides right now within the republican coalition. >> ashleyhe parker, you were in hershey, p.a. last night just as aus television viewer there was anger in that arena at the trump rally. talk about how and how often the president incorporated impeachment into his remarks. >> impeachment was the through line of his remarks last night. you could sense that anger on television, ux you said and you could feel it there being in the arena in hershey, pennsy...

I came in here. i did not want to get emotional, but -- and ive sat through trials that were hard to sit through, but nothing like sitting this week in this committee hearing j we ha. >> we have a constitutional responsibility to serve as a check and balance on an out of control executive branch. that is not the democratic party playbook. that is the playbook in a democratic republic. >> the house judiciary committee as we mentioned just finished what was for them a late night of formal debate o...

Simply let house democrats make their case,ou then hear a rebutl from trumps team before moving immediately to a vote on the articles of impeachment. senate judiciary chairman echoed those same sentiments. >> everybodys dying to hear from joe biden and hunter biden and prove that there was corruptionov on their part and get schiff, shifty schiff, and all that good stuff. im really worried about where this will take the country. heres what i think is best for the country, that we listen to the ho...

Is there any real risk to the democratic party by doing this? how many defections do you expect? >> no, i think the half dozen is a good in your opinion. youve got close to 20 of them that are in districts that president trump carried, so they got a reason to be worried. the guy in minnesota who voted against is interesting. he actually represents a 30 point trump district, but hes the farmers friend and hes unbeatable. the guy in south jersey, thats the swing district obama carried. he could pa...

Think, that they charge omaha beach, right? they took an oath. they ran for public office. they are stewards for a period of time of the american experiment, which began in 1787. the oath they take is to defend the constitution of the united states. to assert their article i responsibilities keeping a check on the article ii branches of government, thats what this is about. its about the conduct. its about the actions, and they are duty bound to do their jobs. >> let me state the obvious, would ...

Is not a spending bill or an authorization bill that youll have tons of small amendments that might get accepted or changed or language tweaked. this is something that was painstakingly put together by committee chair people and by the democratic leadership by the speaker and sort of locked in before it ever made its way back to the judiciary committee. the amendments that will be offered will be coming from republicans. some of them might be germane to impeachment. some of them might not have a...

Bias that the report did not find. well talk about the reports that biden would run as a potential single term president, and well show you an example of bravery in the face of the presidents relentless attacks. all of it as "the 11th hour" gets underway on this wednesday night. and good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york, day 1056 of the trump administration. moments ago the house judiciary committee adjourned after working late tonight, not quite the midnight ...

Re-election in congressional districts president trump won in 2016, and it remains to be seen how many will ultimately risk a yes vote on impeachment. according to new reporting from "politico," democratic leaders are privately expecting no more than a half dozen defections on next weeks vote. party officials say theres zero concern of being short on votes with nowhere near 18 democrats expected to buck their party on the house floor. those vulnerable dems can count on support from a democratic ...

Of the protections in place to review a case like this, i think that peter strzoks role, whatever it was in this case, will be marginalized. >> so, eli, we spend so much time talking about the 40% and talking about the spineless republicans protecting the president pr impeachment. what about the 60%? we talk about it like all is lost. im so sick of the base will never leave, theyre brain washed by judge judy or whatever her name is. but what about the 60% and when things arent going well? its mo...