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The judiciary, has no reporting. the supreme court has no disclosure. it has no reporting of stock transactions and it makes important decisions every day. edward: the momentum is growing in d.c. to ban lawmakers from trading stocks. house speaker nancy pelosi changing her stance now saying shed back it, but only if its government-wide, that includes the judiciary branch. reaction from one of the lawmakers who introducedle bill. republican finance committee, senator steve daines. what do you thi...

Trust of the american people in this institution. when youre elected to serving congress, youre elected to serve not to be served. the american people see whats going on, and some of the things going on on capitol hill and thats why if a republican from montana, a democrat from massachusetts who are working together. edward: wow. >> with this ban on trading individual stocks and keep in mind, your own fox poll that came out recently said 70% of the american people support this. and by the way, i...

Ahead of vietnam if, afghanistan and iraq. edward: so wheres your sense of where congress is related to sanctions that go forward and the presidents power to do that? should russia decide to act. >> reporter: he could certainly do some things unilaterally, on a unilateral business. chuck schumer indicated that this bill has to be bipartisan, so there are divides there. you know, just a couple of weeks ago, mind you, bob menendez, the chairman of the foreign relations committee, said they were on...

That might actually intensify the resolve to do something ex post facto, if thats possible, but again, you know, i asked chuck schumer straight up, i said, what about doing this right now before theres an invasion. the purpose of the sanctions are to be a deterrent, but so far this doesnt seem to have deterred anything because congress is -- [inaudible] edward: thanks, chad pergram. your reporting excellent as always. thank you very much. so u.s. destroyers that were off the east coast of the ...

My husband grew up under communism in the soviet union, i grew up in brazil. we just feel so blessed to be able to raise our kids here in new york city. edward: and now youd like to change it from within, to change some of those ideals. i appreciate that. thank you, danyela. well see when all the kids can finally see each others faces in school. thank you very much is, appreciate it. with new warnings as a russian invasion of ukraine could begin at any time, where does the sanctions bill in co...

Energy independent, we need to go back to being an oil exporter the awe were. if energy is going to be weaponized, which is clearly what russia is doing, then we need to arm ourselves and arming ourselves goes back to energy independence, pumping oil again and supplying the world with what we produce. >> and brendan, i wanted to ask you. how does the taxpayer then navigate what weve all described here? >> oh, its difficult because theyre not just facing higher energy prices, but higher prices an...

Countries. and it has more content for people making $16 an hour. and theres more access to markets for dairy farmers. the agreement addresses environmental problems in the region. and it removes controversial protections for biological drugs. while the deal is supposed to pass the house, the senate wont vote until after the impeachment trial. mcconnell expedited the confirmation of 11 district judges in the senate. bringing wednesdays total to 13 votes. mcconnell and trump have changed the land...

There. >> so, you may not -- >> youre asking me, are we all going to go out and play in the snow? that has not been our conversation. >> she says democrats will make a decision as a group when to send the articles to the senate. congressional correspondent phil mattingly with the latest from capitol hill. >> reporter: christine and dave, for history, the house of representatives has impeached donald trump. two articles of impeachment. abuse of power and obstruction of congress. and donald trump ...

Announced the president was impeached on the second article in front of congress. >> that was dont measure with me. >> i told you not to do it and you did it. >> it trended all day on twitter. the impeachment of president trump is sure to be a topic at tonights crucial democratic debate in los angeles. were there with a preview, next. most powerful signal. and we want to keep you connected with the new iphone 11. so t-mobile is giving you an iphone 11 on us for each new line of unlimited. for ...

After they voted for emimpeachment yesterday, she refused to commit to send the articles of impeachment over to the senate for trial. >> can you guarantee that the impeachment articles will be at some point be sent to the senate? can you guarantee that? >> that would be our intention. but well see what happens over there. >> so, you may not -- >> youre asking me, are we all going to go out and play in the snow? that has not been our conversation. >> she says democrats will make a decision as a g...