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>> yeah, so hes one of the two who got in last week. well talk about the other one who got in last week a little later. but steve bullock, governor of montana, most people dont know him. i gave him a "b." heres why. there are 23 people running. theyre all running because at least they have some path that think gets them to the nomination or close to it. most of those people are -- its a pipe dream. steve bullock actually does have an argument, which is im going to focus only on iowa. im going to...

Constitution, respecting the co-equal branches of government. so amash may be one voice but the fact that it is in the absence of other voices, it speaks very loudly. >> doesnt it put more pressure on you that a conservative republican says the threshold for impeachment has been met. >> no. >> no? >> no. >> why? >> this is not about passion, not about prejudice, its not about politics. its about patriotism and the presentation of the facts so that the american people can see why were going down ...

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In the leadership meeting last night, sources tell nbc news that pelosi remains weary of calls to begin a formal impeachment process, and those concerns were aired publicly from leadership today. >> i disagree with the notion that a growing number of the house democratic caucus want to jump straight to impeachment. the caucus wants to proceed methodically in that regard. >> i dont think were there at this point in time. i think the majority of democrats continue to believe that we need to contin...

Libertarian, who has followed the conclusions, read the report and taken it to where it belongs, which is obstruction of justice. as he indicated in his twitter feed, very real logic and depth that you dont have to have a criminal offense to meet the threshold for high crimes and misdemeanors. its very, very powerful. >> very interesting response from house speaker nancy pelosi tonight when i asked about this. justin amash is now out past her, right? he is officially on the record that the presi...

Impeachment. listen to this on msnbc. >> doesnt it put more pressure on you that a conservative republican said the threshold has been met? >> no. >> no? >> no. >> why? >> this isnt about politics. its not about passion. its not about politics. its about patriotism and about theantation of the facts so that the american people can see why were going down a certain path. >> dana: sometimes live tv gods smile upon you. in my ear while we were playing that interview we just found out nancy pelosi h...

Four, few members of congress have read the report. under our constitution, the president shall be removed from office for conviction of treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. the context implies conduct that violates the public trust. contrary to barrs portrayal, mueller ever area reports reveals is president trump engaged in spec actions and a pattern of behavior that meet the threshold for impeachment. muellers report satisfies all the elements of obstruction of justice and ...

During the leadership meeting last night, committee members jamie raskin of maryland and david cicilline and joe gneguse argued for impeachment if mcgahn failed to testify. he failed to testify. we said one thing will lead to another as we get information. we have other avenues here. the speaker stressed any consideration must be bipart an. in an interview with "morning joe," she was asked if justin amash, the first republican to signal support for impeachment meets that requirement. >> bipartis...

Silence of so many other -- all the other republicans not to hold this president accountable for the oath of office that he takes to protect and defend the constitution, respecting the co-equal branches of government. so, amash may be one voice, but the fact that it is in the absence of other voices, it speaks very loudly. >> so doesnt it put more pressure on you that a conservative republican says the threshold for impeachment has been met? >> no. >> no? >> why? >> well, we have to -- were -- t...

Impeachment has officially gone bipartisan over the weekend. congressman justin amash of michigan became the first republican to join in after completing his own review of the mueller report. he explained his thinking in a long twitter thread over the weekend and it is worth taking the time to read through that whole thing. amashs principal conclusions were that one, attorney general barr has deliberately misrepresented the report. two, president trump has engaged in impeachable conduct. three, ...