Heritage foundation Nick Lawrence and friends of the orte discuss the Trump Administrations plan to leave the plan to leave the paris climate agreement. The u. S. T wednesday, house of representatives will do something it has not done in 21 years, hold a public hearing on the impeachment of the president of the United States. Good morning. This is washington journal. We would like to know your expectations for that hearing. What do you hope to learn next week in the two hearing set and what do you hope or anticipate the outcome may be . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And for independents and others, that is 2027488002. You can also text us, 2027488003. Make sure you let us know where you are texting from and your name. cspanwj is how you reach as on twitter and facebook. Com cspan. A headline this morning in roll call, open impeachment hearings to begin next week. Katherine tullymcmanus writing the house will move into the public hearing phase next week. Bill taylor, acting ambassador to ukraine, and george kent are scheduled to be the first two witnesses to give public testimony. Eurasian eurosd responsible for 6 countries including ukraine. They will also hear from Marie Yovanovitch next friday. Your calls and comments. 2027488001 for democrats. Republicans, 2027488000. Independents, 2027488002. Checking twitter and what people are saying on facebook, jim tweets my expectation for next weeks public hearings is to see each member engage in grandstanding while nothing new comes to light. Kathy says no expectations, looking forward to hearing information from both sides. I think the house will provide solid evidence of house doing, the senate will acquit the president and they will all get voted out. Stephen says looking forward to hearing the facts in public. Joining us on the phone is julie grace from the hill. Why are they taking the first couple of witnesses what does the Intelligence Committee hope to find out in a public hearing they did not find out behind closed doors . The closeddoor hearing, they wanted to get preliminary information before taking things public. I think it will be the blockbuster event. They are looking to have larger thee for people to watch hearing. Movingeally kind of things forward and getting the ball rolling. Host in addition to a different space, the format will be different and in the council, the staff of the committee will be able to ask questions. How will that work . Guest the house passed resolution last week that laid out how the public hearings will work. Democrat and republican staff questionwill get to witnesses. All the committees are directed to provide their information to the Judiciary Committee at a later date which would handle articles of impeachment. Host in a story we reported on yesterday, republicans consider putting jordan and meadows on the Intelligence Committee for impeachment, where does that stand . Guest no official decisions have been made, i have reached out to get updates. We have heard Kevin Mccarthy say the Intelligence Committee will be handling impeachment hearings that he will settle things accordingly to give republicans what they feel the best voice and defense is. Finish your answer. Guest go ahead. Host the Intelligence Committee has been releasing transcript of behind closed door meetings. Bill taylor will be one of the first witnesses. Some of what we learned from the transcript released yesterday of bill taylor . Isst i think bill taylor trying to give a preview of what the questions will be next week where he had a lot of concerns about a backdoor channel and Rudy Giuliani when it comes to Foreign Policy being involved and he came out strongly accusing the president of a quid pro quo. I think we will see them point to the partial transcript that has been released. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. Host you can follow her reporting at thehill. Com. Thanks for being with us this morning. Thank you for having me. Host tom in yuba city, california. Thank you for taking my call. Is ally feel strongly this total waste of time. What is happening here is that they see our president is succeeding despite all the things they are throwing out of there. They have to make up something to go after his character to try to hurt him instead of bringing this country together. To be democrats. There is not a one of my members of family that are democrats any longer. We are all republicans simply because of what the democrat to tear up this country. I feel so strongly that we need and i will tell you, for everybody listening, we need to support our president. He has succeeded despite everything they have thrown at him. Host john is next, independent line in virginia. Caller i just think it is a waste of time. He was actually doing his job, making sure they are not corrupt on the phone call before giving them millions of dollars. Make you want your wife to a donation to the Humane Society before you find out if it was corrupt or not . Wereu found out the ceos taking 90 of the money and only 10 is going to the shelters . Towould you find somebody donate that is not corrupt . Job, you need to find out if the place you are donating to is corrupt or not. Host thank you. Ron. Is next on our democrats line. Caller i totally disagree with your last two callers. The patriot, mr. Taylor, if American People would just sit back and listen to what mr. Taylor is going to say, he has as aed something that we, country, cannot have. Russia is not our friend and ukraine is fighting for the lives that needed those missiles in our president was holding them up. It got exposed thanks to mr. Taylor and other people putting their country first. They need to put the country first, not the party, but the country. I am looking forward to the testimonies next week. I think it will be something historic, thank you so much. Announcing theff first public hearings yesterday, also talking about what he expects or what he hopes people will learn. [video clip] i think you will see you theughout the testimony most important facts are not contested. We are getting an appreciation of what took place and the degree to which the president and listed departments in the illicit aim of trying to get ukraine to dig up dirt on a political opponent as well as Conspiracy Theory about the 2016 election. The American People can evaluate for themselves and make their own determinations and also firsthand the facts. Host here is how the public hearings lay out. Their first one is wednesday and they will hear from William Taylor and george kent. Our coverage will be live on cspan 3 and cspan. Org. On friday next week, they will be hearing from the former u. S. Ambassador to ukraine until earlier next summer. The New York Times reporting with the transcript released from William Taylor, top ukraine diplomat testified giuliani spearheaded pressure for investigations. The top american diplomat, who is to be the first witness told investigators it was Rudy Giuliani who instigated the ukraine pressure campaign. Mona. Tt city, maryland, republican line. Caller i am just wondering how any american voter, immigrant, national born, any ethnicity, how anyone could possibly support an impeachment when the email came out last night that the whistleblowers attorney whenlly called it a coup trump came into office, that they were going to take him out and not let that vote stand. How could anybody possibly support this . Indiana, whatin are your thoughts about the hearing . Caller thank you for taking my call. I just want to say one thing, it is very important that the American People understand the basics of civics. It is fascinating that we live in the Information Society where they have so many people who are not informed or not in tune about how the government works. This impeachment situation, just let the process play itself out before passing judgment. Then you can make an appropriate and responsible decision rather than being persuaded by a political party, the media,. Eft, or right i feel if mr. Trump committed a crime, let the process play itself out, but dont be persuaded based on party because you are trying to get reelected to tow therying party line. It is fascinating based on what said. St two callers the gop, which stands for grand stop aty, is trying to baseds and stop the rules upon rules they set in motion themselves back when they were making the rules based on the whistleblower. That is why i always say that is why i am independent. I believe in the truth and realism of the Democratic Party. I believe in the truth and realism of the republican party. If you lead in the middle, you can govern this country. It is fascinating here we are in a society where we are taught being informed how the manipulatedeing just to serve the ways of a certain few. Host the president was in louisiana last night. Another rally, this one between John Bel Edwards and red eddie respond. Ofs the 16th of a look november. Here is what trump had to say. [video clip] democrats must be accountable for their hoaxes and crimes. Shifty adam and schiff and the Crooked Media ,ave launched the deranged delusional, destructive, and hyperpartisan impeachment witchhunt. Now we go again. A lot of things have happened. I dont know if you saw getting off the plane they handmade look at this character, they hand me this story. All a hoax. Aty say january 2017 a coup has started and the impeachment will follow. It is all a hoax. And you know who helps them . These people back here, the media. Light is going to go off the cnn light is going to go off. Ball. He lawyer, a sleaze it said i predict cnn will play a key role in donald trump not finishing out his first term. This was done along time ago. As one falls, two more will take. Heir place, it just came out, that is the whistleblower, the one that came out with this trump said this and trump said that and when they heard my real phone call, the whistleblower disappeared. Host from trumps rally last night in louisiana. Usa today, an opinion piece from the chairman of the Intelligence Committee, adam schiff, our hearings will layout trump trails betrayals. How they became aware u. S. Foreign policy had been subverted for the president s personal political interest, how they responded, and how the scheme jeopardizes National Security. Extendedl be equal and periods of questioning to draw out key facts in a narrative format while temperatures might run high and the temptation to turn this process into a political circus could be irresistible to some, i hope all members of congress on the public will focus on the facts and the substance of the testimony, not on politics or partisanship. Comments on your expectations, what are your thoughts ahead of next weeks hearings. Lizzie says i am happy to say i am happy with this president. Any man or woman who can withstand these attacks will get my vote. Thank you, mr. President. Randy in michigan. It is starting to look like Rudy Giuliani may be the next oliver north. I wont watch the public hearings. However, i will watch clips of jim jordan, his l downs will be priceless. I hope the public hearings will show the senate and america this is our chance to remove a corrupt criminal president. This is the republican only chance otherwise republicans will have them by the throat for another four years. Caller thank you very much. It is an honor to be able to share my thoughts with you and the public. That clip you just showed of donald trump ranting and raving, calling people names and saying untrue things about people in general, specifically the democrats is underscoring and confirming what he has done from day 1, to label people, call them dirty names, say horrible isngs and haze credibility minus triple zero. With regard to the public hearings next week, i am so glad they are going to be held. I await them with a high level of eagerness. Also, it is going to be interesting and i find it rather puzzling that they are considering putting jim jordan on the republican side of the committee because all he is going to do is scream, jump up and down, be disruptive and of no value to anyone, especially the republicans. Someonet questionable of his character would be on that committee. Ost this is bob in texas caller i wish the democrats thed tell me one thing democrat representatives have done for this country in the last year. I cannot tell you what they have done in this last year because i havent seen nothing. I can tell you what they have done in the past. They have made laws to protect the illegal aliens coming into this country and as of yesterday, the money clock is costing the american taxpayer 232 billion since january 1 of this year, 232, that was yesterday. They cannot do anything because everything they say is the opposite of what they do. This is a coup. Up. Le better wake we have people in college being brainwashed and this and that and the other. The Democratic Party has always been a mushroom grower. They keep people in the dark and feed them bs. It is about time people start waking up because these illegal aliens are voters now in california and the east coast west coast and chicago caller good morning. How is america doing today . Interested iny the impeachment hearings next week because i feel it is going to be just partisan. There are more democrats in the Intelligence Committee then there are republicans. I dont believe congressman nunez is going to be able to ask hiff is going sc to. Excuse himself. He has been yelling impeachment since day 1. Host you think congas men schiff should excuse himself congressman schiff should excuse himself . Caller yes. He said he had evidence of Trump Campaign intrumps russia, but he never turned that over to euler. Mueller. In otherislatures states, about numeral States Holding elections. The one key focus is the one still uncertain and that is kentucky. Kentucky governor will not concede. Andy bashir declared victory in the kentuckys governors race and pressed ahead with plans despite matt bevins refusal to concede his request for formal review of vote totals with 100 theties reporting race was too close to call. I feel confidence declaring andy bashir governorelect bashir said a democrat in an interview, but she also said she would follow established procedures in response to petitions by wister bevan. The campaign formally requested a recanvas or review of the vote totals in each county citing an election too close to call. At a News Conference wednesday, esther bevin said his campaign was seeking to corroborate incidents such as Voting Machines that did not work pop properly. Irene in baltimore, your thoughts on the upcoming impeachment hearings. Aller good morning my comments are so many people coming in negatively about the hearings and what donald trump supposedly has done. Instead of complaining and taking sides, read your constitution and then listen to the hearings. So many of those people who are backing donald trump are the same people like donald trump who were totally upset because we had a black president. What came after our black president . It was republicans. They were planning on backing this person regardless. People backing him up no he is not the correct person to be there because of his behavior and they really need to get it together. Host this is laurel, maryland, sam. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you for taking my call. A couple of callers earlier, a lady mentioned donald trump had and sheling names these iome of guess the highranking officers coming forward and testifying beenemocratic party has praising them as being someone who was loyal and patriotic. Just remember the hypocrisy here when tulsi gabbard, the president ial candidate, she was being written off as a russian agent by the New York Times and some of the other democrats. They called her all kinds of names. Where is her patriotism being thrown into . Lets remember when we talk about donald trump and all that he is calling names, i guess both sides do that. Weekse is for the next hearing, the republicans should be able to subpoena who they want to. According to what we hear, if schiff the client, it had to go through a committee and remember the committee are Majority Democrats and obviously, they are going to turn it down. A fair hearing would be if the republicans are allowed, if they are allowed to call their witnesses, just like the way they have already called a couple witnesses and having them recorded and now they will have them come back and do the same thing. I wish the republicans will have the same opportunity. Just one more point on the whistleblower. Said his attorney made a statement in 2017 to somebody saying we can get this president out. Host the president was talking about that in the clip we just played. Caller i dont know if it is true. Theay be a situation where histleblower, we dont know identity, but if there is some president s can be safe at the white house talking knowgnitaries and if they there are operators in opposition to the president could also pose a National Security and that is my comment. It is important at some point the inclinations of this whistleblower, and iflly his biases there was any kind of previous to meetent with schiff him, meet the officers or his staff to bring up this particular impeachment process. Host sam wondering who republicans might ask to testify. This is a story in the Washington Post about the potential for more likely, senate trial that would, if the articles impeachment are passed in the u. S. House. Senate republicans consider including bidens in trump impeachment trial. They are privately debating whether they should use an impeachment trial of