Come or high water, they have no proof , no evidence, no crime but they went ahead anyway and they are tearing the country apart. Today is a solemn and sad day. The house will act expeditiously. Reporter democrats say the president betrayed the nation. Revival because argue this is an effort to remove the president the other side never accepted. Resident trump agreed. It is a hoax. Nothing was done wrong. Zero was done wrong. I think it is a horrible thing to be using the tool of impeachment which is supposed to be used in an emergency. Reporter the articles will now move to the full house for a vote next week. If the voting page, it will set up a trial in the g. O. P. Controlled senate and fox news interview, motor Mitch Mcconnell ceci is coordinating with the white House Counsel and indicated the outcomes already been determined. We all know how it is going to and. Theres no chance the president is going to be removed from office. We dont have three coequal branches of government now
Slammed the process calling it a travesty. For the for third time in a century and a half the House Judiciary Committee has voted articles of impeachment against the president. Reporter a historic step in the House Judiciary Committee. A vote on party lines approving articles of impeachment against President Trump mr. Chairman there are 23 yeses and 17 owes. The articles agreed to. Reporter after 14 hours of debate and partisan fights thursday, the democratic controlled committee move forward with charges of abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Charges tied to the allegation the president leveraged a white house meeting and nearly 400 million in military aid to pressure ukraine into investigating joe and hunter biden. They predetermine they were going to do it and they did it come or high water. They had no proof, no evidence , no crime but they went ahead anyway and they are tearing the country apart. Today is a solemn and sad day. The house will act expeditiously. Reporter dem
Extended period to get. I call this joint hearing of the power Projection Forces of the House Armed Services committee to order. We are here in honor and memory of the 7 uss fitzgerald sailors, shiancoe douglas, xavia martin, hsubien and the ten uss john s. Mccain sailors. Jacob drake, Timothy Echols, john, cory ingram, abraham lopez, Kenneth Smith and logan palmer. And we are very grateful that today we have miss rachel. Miss echols, we send our deepest sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want to welcome members to todays hearing. I want to especially recognize that we have with us the committee chairman, thornberry, part of ongoing efforts to eliminate our military Readiness Challenges and thank him for leadership and being here today to hear about the challenges illuminated by the tragic collisions in the pacific. I also want to have a warm welcome to elizabeth from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinoi
I call this joint hearing of the subcommittee of the house of Armed Services committee to order. We are here in honor of memory of the seven uss fitzgerald. Enate sailors and the 10 uss John S Mccain sailors. We are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. We send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorrow for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want to welcome our members to todays hearing. Recognizeespecially that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. He has been the leader of our ongoing efforts to mitigate our military Readiness Challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to hear about the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. To send a warm welcome to congresswoman Elizabeth Este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. That ananimous consent member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in todays hearing after all
We are very grateful we have a mother here with us today. We send to you our give his sympathies and profound sorr for your loss and appreciation for your sons service to our nation. I want welcome our members to todays hearing. I want tespecially recognize that we have with us the committee chairman, donald mac thornberry. He has been the leader of our ongoing effortto mitigate our military Readiness Challenges and i want to thank him for his leadership and for being here today to heaabout the challenges in limited by the tragic collisions in the pacific. I also want to send a warm welcome to congresswoman Elizabeth Este from connecticut and congressman rodney davis from illinois. I ask unanimous consent th a member not a member of the committee be a lot to participate in todays hearing after all subCommittee Members and then full Committee Members have had an opportunity ask questions. Is there an objection . Without objection, such members will be recognized the appropriate time for