Against President Trump. We will also hear from members of congress who serve on the House Judiciary Committee. Washington journal is next. Is next. Host for only the third time in our countrys history, the u. S. House of representatives is slated to vote on articles of impeachment. President trump faces abuse of congress. 216 housesi needs members to vote yes to then send the impeachment articles to the senate for a trial. Our coverage begins this morning with all of you letting lawmakers know how you think they should vote today and why and the house gavels in at 9 00 a. M. Eastern time. We will bring you gaveltogavel unfiltered and uninterrupted coverage of the house debate and vote. Cspan, onch here on our website, cspan. Org, or download the app. Republicans, 2027488001. Democrats, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. ,oin us on twitter at cspanwj facebook. Com cspan, or text us at 2027488003. We will get to your calls in a minute. More on the rules of the road today in the house
Former federal prosecutor and analyst andrew wise man and in washington president ial historian. Lets begin with jeff bennett on capitol hill. Theres a number of steps before we get to the vote. Walk us through it. Hey, lester, good morning. Before the house can take this historic vote, they have to dispense with procedural business. They have to vote on the rule that establishes how the floor debate around these articles of impeachment will be conducted. Right now well listen in as this proceeding gets under way. Please join me. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Message. Madam speaker, a message from the president of the United States. Madam speaker, madam secretary. Im directed by the president of the United States to deliver to the house of representatives a message in writing. Pursuant to class 4 of rule 1 the following enrolled bill was signe
Family knows something about the sacrifice of serving us into a my brothers served in the navy and vietnam war. My brother bob serving sue terms in vietnam. Im lucky to serve with those who have served on my own staff. Lieutenant colin my lawn who was called to service to active duty and david carr again and now as members of congress its our turn to stand up and doctor king one said the ultimate measure of man is not where he stands on moments of comfort its where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. This is a time of great challenge and some of my colleagues do not want to face the reality of a president s wrongdoing. So i asked my colleagues tonight, what are you afraid of . This country was built by those who are brave enough to stand up against king george. We are called to stand up against donald j trump. What are you afraid of . Look to our framers, look to our patriots for courage because this is about courage. The courage to honor my oath, your oath. Mister chairma
The go with the free cspan radio app. House members will have one hour to debate a rule tomorrow that sets up six hours of general debate equally divided on the house floor before a final vote takes place on those two articles of impeachment. The rules for debate were approved by the House Rules Committee earlier this evening on a partyline vote of 94. [indiscernible chatter] are you ready . The rules committee will come to order. The rules committee will come to order. It is unfortunate that we have to be here today. But the actions of the president of the United States make the necessary. President trump withheld congressionally approved a two ukraine, a partner under siege come a not to fight corruption but to extract a personal political favor. President trump refused to meet with ukraines president in the white house until he completed this scheme. All the while, leaders in russia , the very nation holding a large part of ukraine hostage, the very nation that interfered with our e
There Patrick Conroy issuing a prayer. I want to remind people about when the founders argued for what would call on the removal of a sitting president. They landed on treason, bribery and high crimes. One of the high crimes was the desire of foreign powers to gain an aye concern dent in our council. That is the question today did President Trump elicit foreign influence in our elections. The vote today will set up a senate trial on the charges that the president pushed ukraine to investigate his political foes. The president has been tweeting this morning calling the impeachment a terrible thing and asking supporters to say a prayer. That follows that sixpage letter he sent to nancy pelosi yesterday calling the impeachment an attempted coup. This is the first time in American History that this is happening just before an election year. The president is correct the voters will ultimately have a final say. Our cbs news team is ready to coverall cover all of todays developments. We want