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Initially ruled justifiable homicide, the case now under investigation. >> get down on the ground! >> reporter: and oklahoma city police releasing this video of a deadly incident. derrick scott di aer arrested over allegations he passed a fake $20 bill at a taco truck. he too can be heard saying he cannot breathe. >> i cant breathe. >> i dont care. >> reporis manner of death ruled unknown and all officers were cleared of any wrongdoing. this incident happened in may of last year. the video was o...

The market cratered. the senator selling up to $1.7 million in travel and hotel investments just a day after a closed-door briefing on the impact of the virus. burr has denied any wrongdoing and insists he made those decisions based on public news reports. >> allegations are troubling. >> reporter: but burr is not the only senator facing scrutiny for stock market trades as the crisis unfolded. dianne feinstein today saying she answered questions from the fbi and turned over documents she says sh...

Be heard, an opportunity to cross-examine witnesses, an opportunity to bring evidence. and thats what i want to talk to you about today. because in terms of fundamental fairness, subpoenas in this trial would mitigate the damage the president caused by the wholesale obstruction of the house inquiry. the president claims there is no direct evidence of his wrongdoing, despite direct evidence to the contrary in ambassador boltons offer to testify to even more evidence in a trial. but lets not forge...

Or accept political dirt simply to try to cheat in the next election. i was certainly shocked by the comments from the presidents deputy white house counsel yesterday right here on the floor when he said i think the idea that any information that happens to come from overseas is necessarily campaign interference is a mistake. no, its wrong. its wrong in the united states of america. he also added information that is credible that potentially shows wrongdoing by someone that happens to be running...

John bolton and mick mulvaney. let me break this down in practical terms. what is the practical import the president would argue, and it is this. lets say a democrat was elected in november. and lets say any of you, a chair or committee in the senate, say that the president engaged in something questionable, maybe some wrongdoing. and you begin an investigation. i would imagine your senate rules as well as our house rules -- its house rule 10 that has the specific language allowing subpoenas. th...

Impeachment for three forms of presidential wrongdoing, the a, b, cs of impeachment. a, abuse of power, b, betrayal of the national interests through foreign entanglements, and c, corruption of office and elections. when a president abuses his power to obtain illicit help in his election from a foreign power and undermines our national security and election integrity, is a trifecta. >> thank you, counsel. >> thank you. >> the senator from louisiana. >> mr. chief justice along with senator blackb...

Ukraine did relent and schedule that testimony. they said tno witnesses said security was conditioned on the investigations. not so. mulvaney, we had other witnesses talking about the shakedown for the security assistance, but the important thing is that you can get a witness who talked to the president firsthand about what the president thought he was doing. ultimately, of course, the funds or tlaat least some of them wer released, but the white house meeting that the president promised three d...

Impeachment serves as a check to the federal judiciary. after all, in the constitutions brilliant structural design, federal judges know, as this body full well knows from its daily work, a pivotally important feature, independence from politics, exactly what alexand alexander hamilton was talking about in federalist 78 during what they termed good behavior. in practical effect, life tenure. impeachment is thus a very important protection for we, the people, against what could be serious article...

Election. >> the president went to extraordinary lengths to cheat in the next election. >> reporter: the democrats say the evidence paints a, quote, overwhelming and damning picture, and are imploring republicans to let them call additional witnesses the white house has blocked. only then, they say, will the world know the full extent of the presidents wrongdoing. >> youll hear from witnesses who have not yet testified, like john bolton and mick mulvaney, mr. blair and mr. duffy. and if you can ...

The military aid is part of what democrats have called a quid pro quo to get ukraine to open investigations into his political rivals like the bidens and rudy giulianis righthand man explaining -- >> not just military aid, it was all aid. basically the relationships would be sour and we would stop giving them any kind of aid. >> reporter: unless -- >> unless there was an announcement made -- several demands at that point a, the most important, the announcement of the biden investigation. >> repo...