in is a certain sense it's the highest crime and misdemeanor. why? because what the president did was to attempt to corrupt our elections by luring in foreign powers to come and get involved in a way that elevated the president's personal political interests above the rule of law and national security. >> the markell on this i understand begins tomorrow night 7:00 p.m., reconvene the next day at 9:00 a.m. what do you expect from the markup, will that be public and how does that process unfold? >> it will be public. we will essentially set forth these articles. we will have statements made by all of the different members analyzing the articles and the fundamental importance of the country confronting head on the fact that there's this crime in progress. the president of the united states has said that his conduct in this affair was perfect. in other words, he's telling us