Impeached. House Democratic Leaders know they have the votes to pass both articles of impeachment, one, obstruction of justice, two, abuse of power. The vast majority of the caucus members, people who werent sure which way they would go on this issue, theyre voting yes. All but one or two have committed to doing just that. This is a foregone conclusion at this point. However, youre going to want to Pay Attention to the house floor throughout the course of this day as they debate this momentous occasion. Youre going to have democrats make clear why they believe the president has conducted impeachable acts, why they believe the president withheld funds to ukraine. Youre going to have republicans also unified to a person. Not a single republican expected to break and vote with democrats, why they appose this and have opposed this, each step of this process every step of the way from the closed door depositions, the impeachment hearing, the rules Committee Meeting that went for hours on end yesterday and today, the house floor vote. Ly tell you this. Speaker nancy pelosi on tuesday night shortly before members broke for the evening sending a letter to all of her democratic colleagues, asking every Single Member of the Democratic Caucus to join her on the floor when the floor opens up at 9 00 a. M. Keep an eye on that as well. Everyone knows the stakes and whats left to do. They have to vote. President trump also fired off this remarkable letter. Its a singlepage sixpage singlepage tirade addressed to speaker pelosi. It attacks the people and processes lined up against him sometimes in very personal terms. He intends the letter for the purpts of history. Jim acosta with more from the white house. Dave and christine, President Trump is taking some very personal swieps at democrats as the house is hours away from this Impeachment Vote. The president fired off an angry letter to House Speaker nancy pelosi accusing her of trying to orchestrate a coup. He told me in the oval office he, quote, takes zero responsibility on what will certainly go down as a stin on his legacy. Heres more of what he had to say at the white house. Mr. President , do you take any responsibility for the fact youre about to be impeached . No, i dont take any, zero to put it mildly. They took a perfect phone call i had with the president of ukraine, an absolutely perfect call. You know it, they all notice, nothing was said wrong in that call, to impeach the president of the United States for that is a disgrace and its a mark on our country. The president sounded hopeful that the senate would hold a trade deal before an impeachment trial, but that by wishful thinking. If its delayed, the president wont take the blame for that either. As for the letter, it comes across more like a Campaign Speech or tweet than a document from the white house. Hes accusing pelosi of viewing democracy as an enemy. Dave and christine . Jim, thanks. Heres more from this remarkable letter from the president to the House Speaker plchl trump writes, there are not many people who could have taken the punishment inflicted during that period of time and yet done so much for the success of america and its citizens. He goes on to tell pelosi. You apparently have so little respect for the American People that you expect them to believe youre approaching this impeachment somberly, reservedly, and reluctantly. No intelligent person believes what you are saying. Heres speaker pelosis respo e response. Your reaction to the president s letter . Ridiculous. Ive seen the essence of it. Its really sick. Just hours after the president released the letter to the speaker, she sent a letter of her own to her democratic colleagues telling them they would be derelict in their duty if they dont vote for impeachment. Chuck schumer has called for witnesses at the impeachment trial and shot down by majority leader mitch mcconnell. Schumer wants to hear from four witnesses including Mick Mulvaney, former National Security adviser john bolton. Mcconnell, though, has other ideas. The senate is meant to act as judge and jury to hear a trial, not to rerun the entire background and investigation because angry partisans rushed sloppily through it. By announcing that he doesnt want to have witnesses, he doesnt want to have documents is not rising to the level that a senator should rise to. Hes being a pure partisan. All we need is four republicans to vote with us, to produce these witnesses, to produce the documents, and i expect that some will. I expect that some will. It should be noted this is a complete reversal of senator mckochblt. Every other impeachment has had witnesses, its not unusual to have witnesses in a trial. So why the aboutface 20 years later . Mcconnell is not being coy about it. Im not an impartial juror. This is a political process, theres nothing judicial about it. Impeachment is a political decision. Im not impartial about this at all. Mcconnell is even predicting a, quote, partisan outcome with the president being acquitted. Protesters in dozens of u u. S. Cities rallying against President Trump and for his impeachme impeachment. [ chanting ] thousands of people taking to the streets in cities like new york, nashville, portland, phoenix, den version and atlanta, all of them echoing the same theme t president must be removed from office. And this represents an existential threat to our country, the biggest threat to democracy certainly in my lifetime. Its crazy were going through this right now. 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