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Power like a weapon against his own people, erodes our decency, degrades our dignity. I dont yet know how they will tell the story of this era, but i want to tell you the story of this day. Let the record show that today justice won, that we did our job, that we kept our word, that we stood our sacred ground. Let the record show that we did not let you down. I love you. Listen to mom. Ill be home soon. Gentlemans time has expired. Gentleman from oklahoma. Thank you, madam speaker. Im going to re...

Hunter biden behind closed doors. And so now the huge irony is that as the process moves to the senate, when republicans are going to control the entire process, theyre saying even though our argument was that we were cheated and this is unfair in the house, now that we control it, we dont want witnesses and we dont want a trial. Unbelievable. Thank you so much, heidi. Let me go back to garrett on the floor. Whats happening now . That measure did not succeed . Reporter it wont succeed. Were wait...

>> reporter: don, youre right. this race is steeped in history. the first time here that two black candidates are running in a runoff for the senate. georgia, one of two states in the country that require runoffs in the general election. that rule itself, of course, is also steeped in a different racial past, but the reality here today is voters are going to the polls and we have seen them streaming in at a pretty steady pace. there is not long lines because 1.8 million georgians have already vo...

Per milliliter. and you can take it just outside of competition. but this time around it mightve been a little bit too close for shacarris positive test. >> ive seen some other players or former players basically say that its time for the olympics to get with the times. that other sports organizations have changed some of the doping rules around this. so, do we think that there is a push for that? and what does this mean for when shes off suspension, you know, four weeks from now? >> the pro for...

Be making the case about why this is so important. now, in terms of the rule itself, theres not a lot to this. it sets the terms of the debate. there wont be amendments. they expect to have a six-hour clock like a basketball game style. it will stop and start as we move throughout the course of the day. this is a little bit of congressional throat clearing to get to the actual action on the floor. as im watching the board now, 14 members left to vote. the clock at the bottom of your screen, peop...

Coverage now on msnbc of the house of representatives which is about to vote on the rules of debate on the articles of impeachment, two of them after more than an hour of back and forth on the house floor so far. and after this the house will move on to debate article ii, abuse of power and obstruction of congress before a final vote some time this evening. i should point out this procedural vote is called moving the previous question and is almost always won by the majority party because youre ...

Say that until i see the proposal obviously. this is an issue in which now we have 215 members or 216 members who have signed a discharge petition to bring four alternatives to the floor, one of which would be an alternative that the speaker could present to the floor of whatever he deems to be an appropriate compromise. he can do that. but he also ought to bring this bill -- the bills to the floor and the rule to the floor which allows for the dreamers act which is essentially looked at as a de...

After speaker boehner admonished his caucus to get their as in line, rhyming with basses. beginning at 12:30 this afternoon, the first of debates and votes, the first on a rule itself. assuming that passes, it moves on to debate of the boehner bill. what are the chances of passage? weve got a graphic you should keep in mind as you watch the debate this afternoon. there are 240 republicans, boehner needs 217. he can only afford to lose 23, and if it passes the house, its going to pass by a squeak...