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Investigation of him is at least as great a threat to the rule of law. it strikes at the heart of american democracy and is itself the essence of an impeachable offense. what we have here is the andrew johnson case that congress appropriated money and youve got the nixon case for impeachment which is obstructing the investigation itself. so it feels like theres so much already on the table. in youre mind as somebody whos on judiciary, do you think the congress will be in very short order ready t...

I see a complete lack of leadership. i doubt hes watching this show and i doubt hes listening to me. if he was, i would tell him hes a coward. >> eric swalwell is a member of the committee, a democrat. what do you make of the presidents interruption by tweet basically attacking the witness? >> by attacking the witness, the president continues to act guilty, chris. the president is trying to intimidate ambassador yovanovitch. its not going to work. it didnt work when he and his allies smeared her...

Would absolve his own wrongdoing? >> yeah. >> and when he talks about an oligarch and he talks about the support of the ukrainian government, theres also a reference in the july 25th call to a wealthy ukrainian. is it your understanding that what vladimir putin is saying here in this press statement in february of 2017 is similar to what president trump says on the july 25th call related to the 2016 election? >> maybe. >> now, let me show you another exhibit from the call related to the bidens, ...

To gin up a phony investigation against his chief political rival. this is damning and shocking conduct on the part of the president. obviously weve approved proceedings that will give the president a chance to come forward and present evidence and cross examine witnesses and try to explain this. but i think theres overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing certainly sufficient for us to move forward before the judiciary committee and consider articles of impeachment. and i expect that will happen -- t...

Committed? why are republicans and democrats still so far apart on this? >> well, you know, as a former law enforcement officer who arrested a lot of people -- >> yeah. >> -- for violations of law, it has just been baffling to me to watch my republican colleagues totally disregard, totally ignore evidence that is pretty overwhelming, evidence that is pretty clear and convincing about the presidents wrongdoing. the only excuse i can come up with is that they are afraid to death of the president o...

Ukraine, marie yovanovitch ousted in may by donald trump who would later tell the president of ukraine, quote, she is going to go through some things. with the bombshell in todays proceedings came from trump himself when he attacked yovanovitch anew. it was another smear against a veteran diplomat who served the united states for more than 30 years under six presidents four of them republicans. and while we dont need to dignify the presidents invective by repeating it or showing it here, we want...

Participants to testify, or do you think its smarter to say they their not testifying just becomes another article of impeachment? >> we have, of course, the presidents own admission of wrongdoing. we have the telephone transcript in the presidents own words. we have the whistle-blower report that details the elaborate scheme. all of that has been corroborated by witnesses. were going to hear additional witnesses who have direct knowledge of conversations. lieutenant colonel vindman who listed i...

To explain this. but i think theres overwhelming evidence of wrongdoing certainly sufficient for us to move forward before the judiciary committee and consider articles of impeachment. and i expect that will happen -- that theyll have an responsibility to respond to it. but the evidence is overwhelming. the facts are uncontested and weve heard a number of different defenses from republicans, but none of them have challenged the actual facts that have been alleged. >> right, and joyce vance, i th...

>> the devastating testimony corroborated evidence of bribery uncovered in the inquiry and that the president abused power and violated his oath by threatening to withhold military aid in a white house meeting in exchange for an investigation into his political rival. bribery. and that is in the constitution attached to the impeachment proceedings. >> nick fandos of "the new york times" points out -- "the speakers explicit allegation of bribery, a misdeed identified in the constitution as an imp...

Zelensky, when president zelensky said im just about ready to purchase more javelins to defend themselves, president trump said but i need you to do me a favor, though. and then went into investigations -- basically ill release the $400 million for you to purchase those javelins if you investigate the bidens. so, yeah, i believe that the word bribery is clearly appropriate when you look at the wrongdoing by the president. >> what do you feel like you learned yesterday that you didnt know, and wh...