We believe that no one is above the law, including the president of the United States. And we believe that the president of the United States has engaged in a coverup. In a coverup. And thats the nature of the meeting. This, after the speaker just left another meeting. This one, with her whole team of House Democrats and a growing number of whom are now telling the speaker that theyre ready to move toward impeachment proceedings. She is still now she is still saying that now is not the time. So now what . Cnns manu raju is on capitol hill. Weve been speaking to members who have been going in and out of that meeting. What came out . What happened . The upshot was that nancy pelosi essentially got what she wanted, to lay out the course of action that committees are taking to investigate this president. They believe theyve been successful in the courts, to continue this current line of action. There were not many members who spoke out against her. There was a call for impeachment from ale
With the president and his team. Will there be a big show or a quick trial . This thing will come to the senate and it will die quickly. Ill speak to senator rand paul next. Plus fighter in chief. As impeachment divides washington, 2020 democrats split over the best way to win over the country. Anyone who starts off saying we cant bring america together is just throwing in the towel. What kind of president do americans want in their corner . Democratic senator Sherrod Brown joins me to discuss. Hello, im jake tapper in washington where the state of the union is bracing for impact. President donald j. Trumps name will likely be added to a very short list in the history book this is week, but certainly not in the way he may have hoped, as the house of representatives considers to use the strongest rebuke the u. S. Constitution allows them, to make him just the third u. S. President to ever be impeached. The defiant president is watching the drama unfold from the white house as he plots h
Begin impeachment proceedings. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says the president is engaged in a coverup. Todays events have left even veteran political watchers stunned here in washington. Chief White House Correspondent john roberts starts us off tonight. Busy day at the white house. Good evening, john. You cant even call this wednesday. This was extra special busy today. The house Speaker Nancy Pelosi doubled down on her criticism of President Trump this afternoon charging that not only is he engaging in a coverup but also that he is obstructing justice which may be impeachable. If you thought relations between the president and Congressional Democrats couldnt get any worse, it appears they may still have some way yet to go. It was supposed to be a meeting about how to fund 2 trillion in infrastructure projects. But the plan blew sky high when just before leaving for the white house, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said this. We believe that the president of the United States has engaged in a cove
Republican member of the Financial Services committee with what this means to him. And the president said he doesnt do coverups. One question. Why does he keep covering things up then. The path forward now seems to go through one man and well argue who he is and why we must hear from him now. What do you say . Lets get after it. We believe that the president of the United States is engaged in a coverup. Instead of walking in happily into a meeting, i walk into look at people that have just said that i was doing a coverup. I dont do coverups. This whole thing was a takedown attempt at the president of the United States. The democrats, here is the back story, they were invited to come to the white house to work with the president on infrastructure. They also happen to come to that meeting fresh from a meeting about an uprising to impeach him. Chuck schumer said what greets the democrats in the house would make your jaw drop. We heard what came after. But now lets find out more from someo
Initial burst of claiming vindication and exoneration by that report and the attorney general characterizing the report in ways that couldnt be checked by anybody, but that whole era lasted, like, five seconds. Since then, they have bolted themselves down into an increasingly hardened effort to try to block access to mueller, himself, to block access to muellers findings, to block access to witnesses who testified to mueller, to block the production of documents that were used in muellers investigation or that pertained to his findings or to subject of his investigation, and to Block Congress from obtaining any information, any documents or access to any witnesses, that could help Congress Follow up on what mueller did. And, importantly, that could help Congress Follow up on what we now know mueller did not investigate. I mean, before the Trump Administration, it was pretty much a settled matter as to whether or not a white house and a president had to comply with court orders and subp