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Militarys investigation into possible white power signs flashed by students at this weekends army navy game. Well get to that in just a moment. But lets start in washington on this weeks historic vote. Msnbcs Garrett Haake is on capitol hill. Nbcs hans nichols is at the white house. Mr. Hake, ill start with you there on the hill. This justreleased, 658page impeachment report, it came out overnight ahead of this possible house vote on wednesday. What are the top lines in this report . A little Li...

Have knowledge of this ukraine scandal. The white house chief of staff mick mulvaney, his senior advisor, robert blaire, the former National Security advisor, john bolton as well as Michael Duffy who is the associate director of National Security programs. One of those officials who signed off on several of the documents authorizing that hold on 400 million on aid to ukraine. Chuck schumer is also asking for the senate to subpoena key documents that house investigators were not able to obtain fr...

President trump will not be removed from office. Heres senator Lindsey Graham speaking to Becky Anderson earlier today. I want this to end as quick as possible for the good of the senate, for the good of the country, and i think the best thing for america to do is get this behind us. We know how it is going to end. I am trying to give a pretty clear signal, i have made up my mind. Cnn Congressional Correspondent lauren fox is live in the capital. A bold statement from the chairman of the Senate ...

It is december 16th. Im yasmin vossoughian. Ayman has been on assignment and will be back tomorrow. It is a high stakes week as you well know for congress as the house prepares to vote on articles of impeachment against President Trump. Tomorrow the House Rules Committee will meet to determine the length of debate on the two articles on wednesday. The full house expected to debate and vote formally impeaching the president before the christmas break. That means President Trumps fate will be deci...

Stumping at a fish fry in cedar rapids, iowa. The event is a critical weekend for candidates in the polls, that have grown increasingly tighter. We begin with another event consuming washington. Im talking of course about the impeachment inquiry into President Trump. House democrats have a full slate of officials, some currently in the white house, others who left recently. And they want to speak with all of these potential witnesses next week. Whether they get the chance, the democrats, though,...

We support him and welcome him to join. The u. S. Is preparing to announce a drawdown of 4,000 troops from taliban. Afghanistan. All of this is demonstrating that while the democrats are impeaching President Donald Trump is working. Announcer this is new day weekend with Victor Blackwell and christi paul. We wish you a good sunday morning. We are days away from a historic Impeachment Vote in the house. This morning, we have learned that one democratic congressman is likely preparing perhaps to n...

The identified person unless we have final confirmation. I can confirm to you after making numerous calls in the last hour, this is the individual that is the most talked about in washington as the whistleblower, and if sperry is correct, if he turns out to be correct in what he is reporting tonight, we are looking at a scandal of monumental proportion in this country. One way or the other, what were watching is the speedingup process of this impeachment witch hunt with what we know, i can tell ...

Left unchecked. In a fiery dissent, republicans argue impeachment is part of a larger effort to delegitimize the president. Impeachment is likely to head to the senate next. Senate minority leader Chuck Schumer who is set to speak any minute now has requested testimony from a number of current and former Administration Officials including john bolton and mick mulvaney. He says their testimony is necessary to help shore up support among republicans. The four witnesses weve asked for, the document...

Democrat democrats want to hear from four witnesses, including john bolton, Mick Mulvaney, present prevented by the white house of. Minority Chuck Schumer made the case this afternoon. Trials have witnesses. Thats what trials are all about. These people know better than anybody else the facts, there is no reason on gods green earth why they shouldnt be called and testify unless youre afraid of what they might say. Senate republican leader Mitch Mcconnell has provided no details of his thinking, ...

Nor has there been a single good reason why these folks cant testify. They say the chief of staff shouldnt testify. Chiefs of staff testify before congress all the time. Theres no executive privilege. In your letter to Mitch Mcconnell you say, and i quote, we would, of course, be open to hearing the testimony of additional witnesses having direct knowledge of the administrations decisions regarding the delay in Security Assistance funds to the government of ukraine. We would be open to hearings ...