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Willing to declare this terror yet. the fbi is always cautious in these instances. you assume terror in this. and work backwards. before you make a declarative statement it has to meet the threshold. it has to be act of violence or sp intimidation in a political goal. >> the biggest question you have about the shooting. >> exactly where he is. motivation. he enters the country two years ago and basically the way it works is when the military officials are invited in, they tr vetted by the depart...

This morning visibly affected her. what i was also struck by was really the close hold information the fbi is holding on a couple of things. theyre not willing to release the name yet. i know the name is out in the public sphere. and theyre not ready to call this an act of terror yet. you assume taylorer in instances like this and you work backwards but it has to meet the threshold. it has to be an act of violence and intimidation in furtherance of some political goal. theyre not prepared yet to...

I havent spoken to him about that, obviously, rudy giuliani can speak for himself. >> reporter: noting giuliani was a central figure in the essentially dirt for dollars deal for the leader of ukraine. >> i dont for a moment believe that the president is telling the truth when he says he doesnt know why rudy was there digging up dirt. as has been pointed out, he has specifically asked any number of people to take directions from rudy giuliani on the burisma/biden investigation that he so desperat...

Thats the challenge for the democrats. theyve got to get more of those people who think this was wrong to cross the threshold to saying it was a high crime and misdemeanor. >> fan chesca, what are you hearing about how the white house is poising itself to count on the senate to come to the rescue? >> the white house is waiting to hear from mitch mcconnell to see who procedures he will put forward. because the thing is the president says he would like to see live witnesses like hunter biden but h...

Families. so we have to make a decision about how we work together to keep the vitality of cities not only to be prosperous and centers of economic opportunity but also great places for families, families to live and children to flourish. >> finally i want to bring in elena levan, a democrat from new jersey and a senior at the university of maryland. >> thank you, and thank you, speaker pelosi. this impeachment process is historical. how do you want to be remembered as a part of it? >> as part o...

In the house. shes not what we call whipping this vote. shes letting people vote their conscience. and she is saying, look, this isnt about politics. its about the constitution. we heard a lot of talk tonight about the founding fathers, about their vision. and as she said, she passed a threshold today when she said, okay, we need to write these articles of impeachment. but when jake tried to sort of figure out what might be in those articles, and we have a general idea from listening to the judi...

She has said she is not counting votes among democrats in the house, shes not what we call whipping this vote, shes letting people vote their conscience. she is saying, look, this isnt about politics, its about the constitution. we heard a lot of talk tonight about the founding fathers, about their vision. as she said, she passed a threshold today, when she said, okay, we need to write these articles of impeachment, but when jake tried to sort of figure out what might be in those articles, and w...

Foreign interference into our election system and thats what institution intents when they included articles of impeachment. its a national security issue for us which is why we cant waste our time. >> finally, congresswoman, the chairman of your committee, jerry nadler, has been through this in 1998. he was a fierce defender of president and i want to remipd everyone of his own words about the threshold for impeachment back then. here he was. >> the last thing you want its almost illegitimate t...

Must be treason, bribery, or other high crime and misdemeanor. and "high" means that only certain crimes that also constitute an abuse of power pass the high threshold of impeachment. i dont think that that threshold will be met. and however we got here and for, you know, whatever reason and whoever is to blame for it, we do have to deal with the state of the evidence as it is now or at least as it will be maybe for the next two weeks. to think otherwise is ridiculous. this thing is on a train g...

Must be treason, bribery or other high crime and misdemeanor and high mean that is that only certain crimes that -- that also constitute an abuse of power past the high threshold of impeachment. i dont think that this threshold will be met. and however we got here and for you know whatever reason and whoever is to blame for it, we do have to deal with the statement of the evidence as it is now or at least as it will be maybe for the next two things. to think otherwise is ridiculous. this thing i...