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January. >> a democratic service on the house intelligence committee, playing leading role. thanks for joining us. lets get to speaker pelosi, the next phase, there is no choice but to proceed to articles of impeachment against the president. what do you want those articles to include? >> theres a couple things very obvious, wolf, pretty easy to understand. the president invited, in fact, demanded a vulnerable new president of ukraine investigate his political opponent. its as simple as that. my...

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Branch to actually show up? >> actually, were not rushing it. the clinton impeachment was approximately 72 days and were at day 71 and weve had extensive hearings and extensive witness transcripts and the most damning evidence came out first, and it was the white house call robert showing donald trump solicited the dnc server and theres no reason for the american president to solicit foreign interference for his personal benefit? >> do you know when the next hearing will take place? what happens...

A disturbing thing. >> hold that thought for a moment. congressman ted lu serves on the judiciary committee and took part in todays historic meeting and thanks so much for joining us. based on what you heard today how strong of a legal and historical standing do you and your fellow democrats have, those who support impeaching the president? >> i thank you, wolf, for your question. i think there is a strong case to be made. the witnesses testified very clearly that the framers of the constitution...

Branches of government or can one thumb their nose that leads to an authoritarian regime? we are looking at a very historic moment. looking at what the power of congress. remember, everyone, just in 2016 and beyond, in 2018, democrats ran on the notion that they felt slighted because there was not enough power conveyed to congress. >> george washington university, one of the warnings he was invited by the republican minority. >> i think he will be one of the most important figures of today, wolf...

Keep their opening statements down to ten minutes or so. >> professor churleys is 57 minutes. i assume he has a shortened version. >> you know, one issue the democrats are dealing with mostly behind closed doors i think is relevant to todays hearing is how broad will this impeachment be? this is an issue. its interesting. all the democrats you interviewed wolf, i noticed they have fought touched this issue which is incredibly important. will this be limited to ukraine or the obstruction of justi...

>> in a word, wolf, no. i think weve seen how the lines will be drawn here. an independent mind eed republin who is leaving the house and a intelligence officer be critical of the president but say he didnt think this rose to the level of impeachment and then you think the line would hold. one thing the republicans have been successful this doing is partisanizing this debate that makes it difficult for republicans to stray or at least makes them fell as if its difficult for them to stray. i dont...

He ignored the question. well see how other members react in the moments to come here, wolf. >> we will. manu raju up on capitol hill. thanks very much. lets get more on all of this. joining us now democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. hes a key member of both the intelligence and judiciary committees. congressman thanks for joining us. in your lengthy report, 300 pages, it says this and ill put it up on the screen, the president placed his own personal and political interest abo...

Overseas now but the president remains focused on whats happening in the impeachment inquiry? >> reporter: thats right. right now the white house is saying, no way the president and his lawyers will not be participating for the next impeachment hearing set for wednesday and the white house officials saying they are ruling it in the house and saying democrats are nowhere meeting their demands for white house involvement in these proceedings in the house, the praesident slamming the process callin...

You want to bring additional witnesses that testified during the intelligence committee open hearings, bring them back and let them testify. add others. by the way, lets get the documents. where is this tape? we had the nixon tape. where is the tape of the conversation the president had of his oh so perfect conversation with zelenskey. >> is there a tape? >> it happens to be in the white house. >> congressman, thank you for joining us. >> good to be with you. >> we could learn more about the hou...