President has done nothing wrong, nothing impeachable, and House Republicans say the president didnt break the law and had a legitimate interest in investigating corruption inside ukraine. We want to lay out what we will see today. We are moments away from this historic hearing, getting under way. In many ways if you havent been listening so far, you can get a sense of everything, all of the evidence today. Nancy cordes is outside that room there. Were going to hear everything, right, everything thats been investigated, every piece of evidence today . Reporter correct. There will be three witnesses at the witness table today. They are all congressional lawyers who will lay out everything that was learned so far, from those 17 witness interviews that were conducted behind closed doors and then 12 of those individuals came back to testify before the house Intelligence Committee. So these lawyers are going to s present what we know and what we dont know. The democratic lawyers will argue
Rep. Nadler the house commissioning to medium the judiciary will come forward. The quorum is present. Hearingonducting this on the impeachment inquiry into president donald j. Trump, the presentations from the house pertinent select committee on intelligence in the House Judiciary Committee pursuant to House Resolution 660 and the special to sherry Committee Procedures that are described in section four a of that were season of that. I will make an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the Ranking Member for no statement. After that we will hear two sets of presentations. Openinghear 30 minute arguments from councils for the majority and minority. [gavel] rep. Nadler order in the room. Order in the room. Order in the committee room. [indiscernible] rep. Nadler committee will come to order. Obviously i shouldnt have to remind everyone present that the audience is here to observe, but not to demonstrate, not to indicate agreement or disagreement with any witness or with any member
President nixon said a similar thing. That is not what the constitution provides. Thats not what the country demands. He does not have the right to do whatever he wants. Turning to the second concern, the betrayal of the power. The america people suffered when President Trump treated military aid that had been approved, tax payer dollars and tried to treat it as his own checkbook to further his own reelection chances. That reflects what the founders were concerned about. Finally corruption of our elections. The framers knew that corrupt leaders or leaders acting corruptly concentrate their pow powers to manipulate elections and under cut adversaries. They talked about it frequently. Thats why the framers thought it was a critical abuse and could support and lead to impeachment. The American People learned last election how dangerous foreign intervention in our elections can be. Let me show another clip from candidate trump on the campaign trail. Russia, if youre listening, i hope youre
Deceived by reports of atrorocities against muslims. Unveil democrats set to articles of impeachment against donald trump. Lawyers calling the president s conduct a clear and present danger to National Security and next years elections. This hour, wey will hear how different french businesses are coping with disruption from the strikes, a d hohow much they say it is costig them. And santos snorting cocaine . Gotgly christmas sweater walmart canada in trtrouble. First, your france strike update, live from paris. Genie today is the s sixth dayf the strike, with trains and buses all but completely shut down, causing travel headaches for millions around the country. Airport employees, teachers, and other unions have joined in, putting pressure on the government to scrap upcoming changes to the National Retirement system. Today, they hope to turn things up even more with new mass protests. The one plan for paris go across the left bank this time, kicking off around 1 00 p. M. French time, a
D if they are working. Y are this is about two hours 20 minutes. s. [inaudible conversations] the committee will come to order. Thank you, all for coming today and thank you to our witnesses for joining us today as we examine the current relationship with russia. To assess our relationship with russia as we have recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of events that led to the collapse of the soviet union, the fall of the berlin wall, the election victory of solidarity in poland. Among others. Many former soviet states have become prosperous democracies with memberships in nato and the eu. Mr. Vladimir putin has taken russia down a darker pass. Any russians suffered today. Tosia rates its elections make sure that only kremlin approved politicians make the cut. The russian people are inhumanely imprisoned and tortured for daring to disagree with the government. Not only does the Russia Federation make life at home painful for the average russian, but Vladimir Putin is making life hard