16minute drive there. The chp has updated our information, there is a twocar crash blocking the left lane at the toll plaza there. Injuries have been reported. Well continue to follow this for you. Thank you. All lanes are back open on highway 101 in monterey county. Heavy rainfall flooded the roads as you can see here. It made for a scary few hours. This is video of one driver getting pulled to safety. This was just one of a number of rescues. Now heres our special report. News special report. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Good morning. Were coming on the air right now with breaking news on impeachment. Thats the scene on capitol hill right now where House Speaker nancy pelosi expected to make a major announcement on the impeachment inquiry. Of course it comes in the wake of yesterdays hearing of the house judiciary. The first hearing alt the Judiciary Committee, where they heard from three constitutional scholars. Also republican witness Jonathan Turley from George Washington university who said the democrats should take time, get more witnesses. I want to go to our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce on capitol hill. Before that hearing, Speaker Pelosi met with her colleagues and asked, are you ready for impeachment. George, in response to that question, the speaker didnt get any objections in the room. She has been taking the temperature of her members. The democrats are moving in the direction of impeachment Speaker Pelosi herself has been very coy. She hasnt directly said whether or not she believes the president should be impeached. She said shes reserving judgment waiting to see where the facts lead. The big question this morning, is she about to come into that room, will she announce that the president has abused her power and should be impeached . Will she offer any clues about the scope of any impeachment or any time line as they look to make this next step. Those are the big teshaw, constitutional scholar, we did some clues from the chairma jerry nadler, they would include the obstruction of the mueller report. The Intelligence Committee focused on the ukraine episode. Nadler quoted from the mueller report, the Trump Campaign welcomed and benefitted from the russia interference in the 2016 election. Drawing a Straight Line from that enters feerns and the President Trumps conversation with president zelensky. The democrats have been caught on a dilemma about witnesses. They havent gotten testimony from mike pompeo, Mick Mulvaney who might be able to strengthen their case. If they go to court it could run for months and months. The democrats want to move quickly and courts tend to move slowly. Democrats made the strategic call whether to litigate this to complete, look at the evidence available to them. As you say, some critical witnesses have been so far unwilling to testify. Some of this is continuing to play out in court. At least conceivable that although the house hasnt gotten any of this testimony if theres more to happen in the senate some of that could be in play. We could see new witnesses at the senate. Nancy pelosi has been calling the shots on impeachment. She was reluctant to go for impeachment after Robert Mueller report was announced. Now, the speaker of the house. Good morning. Let us begin where our founders began in 1776. When in the course of the human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another. With those words our founders courageously began our declaration of independence. From an oppressive monarch, for among other grievances the kings refusal to follow rightfully past laws. In the course of todays events it becomes necessary for us to address among other grievances the president s failure tos faithfully execute the law. When crafting the constitution, the founders feared the return of a monarchy in america. And having just fought a war of independence they specifically fear the prospects of a king president corrupted by foreign influence. During the constitutional convention, james madison, the ark teshgt of the constitution a president may betray his trust to foreign powers that might prove fatal to the republic. Another founder feared that a president may be bribed by a greater interest to betray his trust. He emphasized that this magistrate is not the king. The people are the king. They therefore created a constitutional remedy to protect against a dangerous or corrupt leader. Impeachment. Unless the constitution contained an impeachment provision one founder warned a president might, quote, spare no effort or means whatsoever to get himself reelected. Similarly, george mason insisted that a president who procured his appointment in his first instant through improper act might repeat his guilt and return to power. During the debate over impeachment at the constitutional convex, george mason also asked shall any men be above justice . Shall that man be above it who commit the most extensive injustice . In his great wisdom he knew that injustice committed by the president erodes the rule of law. The very idea that a fair justice which is the bedrock of our democracy. And if we allow president to be above the law we do so surely at the peril of our republic. In america, no one is above the law. Over the past few weeks, through the Intelligence Committee working with the Foreign Affairs and oversight committees the American People have heard the testimony of truly patriotic, diplomats and some of to president s own appointees. The facts are uncontested. The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our National Security by withholding military aid and crucial oval office in an exchange of announcement of an investigation into his political rival. Yesterday the Judiciary Committee the American People heard testimony from leading american constitutional scholars. Without a doubt that the president s actions are a profound violation of the public trust. The president s actions have seriously violated the constitution. Especially when he says acts upon the belief, article 2 says i can do whatever i want. No, his wrongdoing strikes at the very heart of our constitution. A separation of powers, three coequal branches, each a check and balance on the other. A republic. If we can keep it, says benjamin franklin. Our democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act. Because hes trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit. The president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our National Security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office he takes to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the united states. Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and our heart full of love for america, today im asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. I commend our Committee Chairs and members for their somber approach to actions which the president had not made necessary. In signing the declaration of independence our founders inv e invoked a Firm Reliance on dedivine providence. Democrats too are prayerful and well proceed in a manner worthy of our oath of office to support and defend the constitution of the united states. From all enemies, foreign and domestic. So help us god. Thank you. There you have it from the speaker of house nancy pelosi. Saying americas democracy is at stake. The president left us no choice. Shell direct her Committee Chairman to draw up articles of impeachment. Mary, the announcement of articles of impeachment and the declaration of independence. Is the speaker there said the facts are uncontested. The president has abused the office for his own personal benefit. She went on to note that its important to do right now because the president leaves us no choice because hes jeopardizing the current election. She of course says shes leaving it up to the judiciary to draw up art kms of impeachment. Chairman nadler said yesterday, they likely to pursue articles around abuse of power, bribery and obstruction. Kate shaw here as well, we didnt get a lot of speaker on the scope of articles would look like, but we do know it will be focused on the request from ukraine. She emphasized the announcement of investigation. I think the abuse of power, the violation of oath of office, so those are the themes he returned to. Some scholars begin with articles of impeachment against the monarch from whom the colonists were trying to break from. Shes trying to analogy from what shes formalizing in a additional way today. The abuse of power will be at center. Bribery remains an open question. Democrats witnesses yesterday, she did emphasized the frarms were concerned that the president would be corrupt by foreign influence. Yes, why did the frame write impeachment into the constitution . They were worried about using power. This saga is a perfect storm of all of those considerations. Okay, kate, thanks very much. Cecilia vega there in washington. The president saw this coming. Telling democrats, move fast. Reporter yeah, george, he was definitely watching this. He says this morning over twitter, if youre going to impeach me, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in senate. We now know the president , his allies on capitol hill, his allies here in the white house and outside are gearing up for a trial in the senate. They want to call live witnesses. And instead of video taped depositions back in the clinton impeachment they want live witnesses. Theyre not providing details on who those witnesses might be. A few weeks i asked President Trump if he was resigned to the house moving forward with impeachment. He said, yes. The president saw this coming. No doubt this is a historic day for this country. The battle is on. No turning back for democrats right now. Speaker pelosi has come out and instructed her chairman to draft articles of impeachment. Well return to our regular programming. For many of you is ab news report, nancy pelosi Just Announced she is asking her Committee Chairman to proceed with drafting those articles of impeachment against President Trump. So, this is all happening very fast. She said the president leaves us no choice to act. Thats an interesting way to start on this thursday. Well have more on that as the morning continues. Right now well check in to see what its like as you go out the door. Quieter over in the weather center. Were getting a brief break. A little bit of fog this morning. Theres a lot of moisture hanging in the air it will go from fog to cloudy today. Week to moderate Atmospheric River arrives tomorrow and lingers through the weekend then a prolonged period of dry weather coming. Dress for upper 50s to low 60s. 58 to 61 degrees is our range. Tonight, 48 to about 54 degrees. Heres future radar you can see the gray out there. A lot of cloud cover. Random showers out there. Overnight, closer you are to the coast, the more likely you will see some drizzle and light showers there. The heavy stuff moves in to the north bay after lunch and into the afternoon hours. Look at that, moderate to heavy rain, steady moderate rain with heavy downpours at times. Even some intense storms. That red is some thunderstorms possible in the north bay. As we get past the front and moving into the heaviest rain will be in the south bay. For today, maybe 0. 1 inches, maybe 0. 2 inches. Heaviest rain tomorrow in the north bay, more than an inch there. What i did, i took the 2, the moderate on the storm impact scale and i moved it over to saturday also because the bay and the south bay will be getting the heavier rain that day. Sundays down to a 1. Jobina . Good morning. Starting live again at the bay bridge toll plaza ttay hav bnwa us before that s report. I was talking about a crash here at the toll plaza. Thats been cleared. Metering lights came on at 5 19. So you can see its stacked up there. No problems once you get through the toll plaza. Moving down to the south bay, san jose, 280 looking good this morning. It was hazier earlier with that fog. There was a fog advisory for the san jose area, but it appears to be clearing up down. There the ferries, no delays. B. A. R. T. Has 43 trains right now with no delays. With no delays. Ace california phones offersll free specialized phones. 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