Planted cell phones near the white house and other locations in washington. Was israel trying to spy on President Trump and his top aides . And incredible potential. The president gushs about what could lie in store for north korea, as he tries to sweettalk kim jongun giving. His Nuclear Weapons. Does the future the president is touting actually pose a threat to kim . Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. With a party line vote, the House Judiciary Committee has now laid the ground rules for an impeachment inquiry into President Trump, even as divided democrats struggle to clarify their strategy, and even what to call their investigation. Democratic president ial candidates may be asked about it tonight, as ten of them face off in the first debate featuring all of the toptier candidates on the same stage, including joe biden, Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. Well talk about that and more with congresswoman Madeleine Deane who voted on the impeachment parameters today. The correspondents are standing by. First to our chief White House Correspondent jim acosta. Jim, i understand we may be hearing from the president fairly soon . Reporter thats right, wolf. The president will be depart for baltimore in about half an hour from now. The bred, by the way, and gop are all but daring House Democrats to begin impeaching mr. Trump. The democrats hardly sound united on this issue. The president may choose to weigh in on impeachment as he leaves the white house shortly, a short while from now, about half an hour from where we are at this point for his speech in baltimore. The president , earlier this year, youll recall, referred to baltimore as a ratinfested city earlier this year. Talking top House Democrats are setting the ground rules for an impeachment investigation into the president , accusing mr. Trump of behavior that endangers american democracy. Understand investigation poses a threat to our democracy. We have an obligation to respond to this threat and we are doing so. Reporter the president was all but tweeting bring it on, characterizing democrats as choosing impeachment over simply beat be him in next years election. The republicans in the house are flat out daring democrats to get going. I dare to you do it. In fact, i doubledog dare you to do it. Have the house vote on those 18 words and then go at it. Why wont you do it . Reporter the gop is seizing coming from moderate democrats, exploring a divide that put House Speaker nancy pelosi on the hot seat. Come with me sometimes, and youll hear what the American People are saying. They understand that impeachment is a very divisive measure. But if we have to go there, well have to go there. But we cant go there unless we have the facts. And we will follow the facts. Thats all im going to say about this subject. Reporter the president likelyy on the subject in baltimore. Tweeting cummings district is a disgusting ratinfested mess. If he spent more time in baltimore maybe he could help clean up this dangerous and filthy place. Those people are living in hell in baltimore. Theyre largely africanamerican. You have a large africanamerican population. And they really appreciate what im doing and they let me know it. Reporter cummings invited the president to his district to show mr. Trump hes wrong about baltimore. A lot can be done with regard to would affect city that is significant. You know what, i want President Trump to come to my district. I want him to oh, god, i want him to come. Reporter the president has moved on to his latest target, he just fired National Security adviser john bolton tweeting in fact my views on venezuela and especially cuba were far stronger than those of john bolton. He was holding me back. Seniorses tell cnn mr. Trump they reward one of boltons rivals secretary of state mike pompeo giving him the job as well. That would not be an unprecedented move. President nixon and ford did the same thing with secretary of state kissinger. At the same time, the president is looking at a slate of probably five, with secretary pompeo, fiveplus. Reporter another big question for the president to answer in the coming days, gun control and whether hell call on republicans to embrace universal background checks, a proposal supported by nearly all americans. Why dont we spend some time going over to see Mitch Mcconnell and asking him why he doesnt want to save lives. Reporter the white house just wrapped up a meeting with some proposals on guns were presented to the president. A broad outline of some of the options under consideration. Part of that presentation were today, but not specific legislative proposals. And as for the president s comments that baltimore is a ratinfested city, the house minuority leader declined to sa, mr. Trump should apologize, quote, i think the president coming should symbolize. On what the president tweeted earlier this year. Jim acosta at the white house. Lets get more on the key move by democrats on capitol hill toward impeachment. Our Congressional CorrespondentSunlen Serfaty is on the scene. Where does the speaker go here and is Speaker Pelosi willing to calling it . Shes not, wolf. Shes not calling it an impeachment investigation. And that certainly creating considerable tension with House Democrats. Its a mixed message as to what exactly theyre doing right now. And that is shining essentially a super bright spotlight on a very real and deep divide on Democratic Caucus on how exactly to proceed when it comes to impeachment and these investigations that theyricinging theyricing i picking up steam. It only makes this moment more difficult for House Democratic leaders to handle, essentially, these actions within their party. And that political balancing act, especially, very much on full display here on capitol hill, when speaker of the house nancy pelosi did become very frustrate e frustrated, with many reporters questions, myself included, as to why she is not calling the House Judiciary Committees investigation an impeachment inquiry. Or an impeachment investigation, even as the chairman of that committee does. Reporter youve long said that public sentiment is an important factor in deciding what youre going to do there. Shouldnt you set the record straight . I have said what im going to say on the subject. Thats it. Were legislating. Were focusing on the work that were here to do for the American People. And part of our responsibility is to honor our oath of office to protect and defend the constitution of the United States. And in doing so, we are getting, seeking the facts. Im not answering any more questions on this subject. That is what we had said all along. That is what we continue to do. Reporter now, the democrats continue to publicly struggle over this language over impeachment. The House Judiciary Committee, they did take a significant, a procedural step, but a significant step forward today in outlining the parameters of their investigation. The way they will proceed forward and chairman nadler promising an aggressive number of hearings. Saying it will go well beyond the four corners of the mueller report. And that starts next week with former chain manager Corey Lewandowski testifying on tuesday. Thank you very much. Lets get to this, democratic congressman Natalie Deane from pennsylvania. I want to remind the viewers you were among the first democrats in the house to call for impeachment. Are you satisfied with the steps democrats are now taking toward that end . I am. Im pleased with the leadership of jerry nadler and the committee to pass a resolution today that really sets forth the procedures that were moving forward with. Lets be clear, we are in an impeachment investigation. The president may not like hearing those words, but that is the truth from the top of our caucus on down. Is nancy pelosi, the speaker, on board . I know she is because, though she may use different language. Shes in a very different position. But everything we have done and the language that were using, including impeachment investigation has been vetted by the speaker. Shes a very powerful, smart woman. She has consistently said we are here to legislate, litigate and investigation. Thats what were doing. Whats your message to your democratic colleagues who are still reluctant to even use that word impeachment to describe this investigation . Well, i think, and ive spoken to some of them. I think theyre very pleased that the Judiciary Committee is taking on the responsibility of doing this impeachment investigation. They want us to get the facts so that they can make wise decisions. They want us to make sure that were upholding the constitution. Theyre pleased that were looking beyond the four corners of the mueller report. Were now looking at what i call hardened payoffs and profiteering by this president and administration. So were looking at all of the corruption, all of the deception, all of the obstruction. So my colleagues who are not on the judiciary are very please that were doing this job. The president is clearly trying to exploit the Division Within your party. There is Serious Division as far as impeachment. Do you think the lack of clarity is going to make it more difficult for you to make your case to the American Public . There is no issue on this issue. And that is upholding the constitution of the United States. The rule of law and decency to public service. To a person in our caucus, they believe that this president is indecent. And they see in plain sight and also we read from behind closed doors of the corruption, of the attempt to profit, never separating himself from his oorgs. S organization. So i know the president would like to use that kind of division. Its not there its in same present way. Again, i want to take a look at what leadership has said. They know exactly what were doing. Weve done this in coordination. Jerry nadler very closely in coordination with the speaker and the leader and the chair. And so the division is not quite what its being made out to be. Even adam schiff, the chairman of the house intelligence committee, hes reluctant to say this is formally, officially, an impeachment investigation. Its not necessary to use the magic words formally. Were in an impeachment investigation. Jerry nadler said that plainly during the course the markup and the pass of the resolution. Were there. Our committees is also looking at very important violations of emollients clauses. Financial transactions. You know, this is something we must do. If i may, i do want to pivot and make sure it is not missed, the two other things that we did this week. We voted to protect our environment from the reckless drilling that this administration would like to hand off to pollute our waters and to harm our environment. So, we passed billings protecting us and our planet against more offshore drilling and drilling in the arctic. The other thing we did, very importantly, and im glad youre reporting on the president talking about gun violence. We passed three more bills out of judiciary that will save lives. I dont know what the other side is afraid of. I dont know what Mitch Mcconnell is afraid of. I dont know what legal gun owners are afraid of. We have legislation that will save lives. And the senate has been on recess since we passed the first two on february. But the American People need to know it. Were not only just doing investigations, were protecting the planet and were trying to protect the American Public against the scourgech gun violence. Well, you can pass this legislation, important legislation as much as you want. As you know, congresswoman, in the house of representatives, very often its not even taken up for a vote in the senate. So it simply dies. Its strange abdication of their elected duty and sworn oath of office. Notice how Mitch Mcconnell lately has been talking about hell only take up legislation when he knows what the president wants to do. Whether or not he will sign it. Thats actually not how our democratic process should work. They should actually be legislating. This is not something that theyre waiting to find out what the president should runnbber stamp. They need to pass legislation and see if the president will sign it. They need to be champions to save lives, to protect our planet and our constitution. Congresswoman Madeleine Dean of pennsylvania. 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