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Theres no way the president will be removed from office? what is your warning to fellow democrats who think censure is a better move. >> has the president admitted wrongdoing? has the president said im sorry? what i did was wrong? i wont do it again? i think that would be an occasion where you might say, gee, do we need to go full bore on this. he has not. has any -- i have a significant number of republicans, have a said that? >> if hes apologized then impeachment wouldnt be necessary? >> the p...

>> thats right. yes. i have a teenager and a toddler. >> so -- so lets say, you know, when your kids are really old enough to appreciate the role that youre playing here as this first-term congressman. impeaching the president. united states and lesson end of the day is trump did x, y and z and yet there are no consequences. i hear you on ultimately, its up to the american voter, but when you think whats apping ha on capitol hill, there could be no consequencess what lesson do you want your kids...

Brianna? >> alexander vindman is a patriot, right? hes in the military, he has a purple heart. just want to be clear as the president critiques him. so, alex, i wonder what the effect of this is, because when you look at the people who testified, some of whom had access to this call or listened to this call, you wonder what the effect is. does that mean that if something like that happened again that there would be no one there to attest to wrongdoing? >> essentially this is an effort to reflect...

I felt the weight of history, the weight of our founders. it was just yesterday that marked the 232nd anniversary of pennsylvania coming into the union in 1787. i pictured the founders right here in my city op philadelphia so carefully crafting a constitution that i have an obligation to protect, not just for us but for my grandchildren and for generations to come. i have to tell you that today felt very weighty. i felt a little beat up but i feel confident in the extraordinary work of the judic...

Just hours ago every single democrat on the house judiciary committee voted to approve both articles of impeachment against president trump. many feel betrayed by colleagues. editor with "the atlantic" wrote the piece. welcome back to you. you say progressives tell you theyre upset with how the democrats handled impeachment. tell me why. >> hi, brooke. thanks for having me. yeah. progressives have been working for months advocating to make the articles of impeachment against the president pretty...

This to say. >> todays vote highlights the pettiness of last nights delay and the folly of articles of impeachment that allege no crime and establish no case. what is your response to him? >> my response was sitting through these hearings and offering my own perspective throughout the course of this investigation and impeachment hearings. this is not about anything petty, about something extraordinarily important, the wrongdoing of a president, taking his office and abusing it for his own person...

To interrupt and change your vote and my vote. its extraordinary wrongdoing. the other thing is the pattern. the reporting, i tell you, i thought i heard it all. the reporting is chilling, the pattern of cover-up, dont release the financial records, obstruct congress at every turn. we have the sole duty of impeachment. the president has no right to decide what we get to investigate, yet he has obstructed in an unlawful unconstitutional way. he has the senate, who is complicit. it is absolutely c...

Hes threatening to do it again, so weve heard a lot of loose talk about what evidence we have or dont have. there is plenty of direct evidence of the presidents wrongdoing, including, for example, his july 25th call record, in which he said to the ukrainian president, i want you to do us a favor, though. and nen procethen proceeded to investigations into his political rival and a debunked conspiracy theory that the senate and all of our national security services have rejected. we have the testi...

Be what the presidents lawyers would prefer, and you could certainly make the case for making it shorter rather than longer since its such a weak case. >> are you confident -- weve talked about for example the obstruction charge and the other would be the abuse of power charge. you read the phone call. you watch, im sure, a lot of the coverage that has taken place in the house. do you see any evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever on the presidents part as you read the transcript, i read it over ...

Longer since its such a weak case. >> are you confident -- weve talked about for example the obstruction charge and the other would be the abuse of power charge. you read the phone call. you watch, im sure, a lot of the coverage that has taken place in the house. do you see any evidence of any wrongdoing whatsoever on the presidents part as you read the transcript, i read it over and over again. i certainly dont see what we hear joe biden bragging about. you are not getting a billion taxpayer do...