Good morning, it is friday, december 13th, im geoff bennet in for yasmin and amin both under the weather and those who watched yesterdays show know what their voices sounded like so theyre taking a much needed morning to recover. After more than 14 hours of debate on the articles of impeachment against the president , the House Judiciary Committee abruptly adjourned late last night holding off a historymaking vote until later this morning. Chairman jerry nadler appeared to catch many fellow lawmakers off guard when he made the announcement shortly before midnight. Theres been a long two days of consideration of these articles and it is now very late at night. I want the members on both sides of the aisle to think about what has happened over these last few days and to search their consciences before we cast our final votes. Therefore, the committee will now stand in recess until tomorrow morning at 10 00 a. M. And at which point i will move to divide the question so that each of us may have the opportunity to cast up or down votes, and each of the articles of impeachment, and so this be our judge, the committee is in recess. Mr. Chairman, mr. Chairman there was no consulting from the Ranking Member on your schedule for tomorrow, and what you have just blown up schedules for everyone, you chose not to consult the Ranking Member on a schedule issue, of this magnitude, so typical. This is the, this is the Kangaroo Court that were talking about. So the committee is going to return at 10 00 a. M. , to vote on the articles of impeachment before sending them to the house floor next week. That follows hours of debate yesterday, where democrats on the House Judiciary Committee argued the case for impeaching President Trump. The president committed the highest crime against the constitution by abusing his office. This is the most abusive act we can imagine. Trying to influence our elections with foreign interference. That takes power away from the american people. This president has chosen to put his purge interests ahead of the national interest. It is overwhelming evidence of the scheme led by the president , led by his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani to corrupt the american elections. No president has ever, ever, ever obstructed congress in the manner that weve seen from President Trump. The president abused his power, and is a continuing threat, not only to democracy, but to our national security. Republicans meantime attacked the substance of witness testimony, and republican congressman john rat cliff was brushed back by democrat val demmings after he suggested the whistleblower distorted the contends of the july 25th phone call of the president with ukraine. The democrats have built this impeachment scheme around an alleged demand. Guess what word is not anywhere in the transcript . Demand. Nowhere in that transcript is the president make a demand. There have been so many things that have been said, like, the president never used the word demand. Well, i can tell you this, when a robber points a gun at you, to take your money, they usually dont walk up and say im robbing you right now. The republican congressman andy bigs questioned the credibility of david holmes, the Embassy Official who overheard the u. S. Ambassador Gordon Sondland on the phone with President Trump, saying holmes did not relay his story to anyone. Well, what do the facts actually get to . So when my colleague just talked about the money was released, the aid was released, it takes this inference, based on time line, and he is citing rank hearsay. A guy comes to you and says hey, you know what, i overheard this conversation, im in a restaurant, actually sitting on a patio at a restaurant, lots of people around, but boy, chi hear everything. I knew who it was, i knew what was said and i was so concerned about it, i didnt tell anybody. But holmes actually told impeachment investigators in his november deposition that he told ambassador bill taylor about what he overheard, and repeatedly referred to the call in other conversations. Well while that was happening on one side of the hill, on the other side House Speaker nancy pelosi responded to President Trumps criticism of the impeachment inquiry. The president had called it impeachmentlike for including just two articles and, impeachment light for including just two artand nancy pelosi defended the house probe. The president is wrong. What can i say . We have put forth articles of impeachment. I am very proud of the committee, six committees have been working on this for a very long time. This is nothing swift about it. But it is urgent. Speaker pelosi also explained why the charge of bribery which she has accused the president of committing was not included in the final articles of impeachment. You yourself accused him of bribery. Why did you decide not to make bribery one of articles of impeachment. I myself am not a lawyer. Sometimes i act like one. And not as often as i act as a doctor, i Practice Medicine on the side, without benefit of diploma, too. This was a decision recommended by working together as Committee Chairs are attorneys. And the articles are what they are. They are very powerful. Theyre very strong. And they are a continuation of a pattern of misbehavior on the part of the president. Joining me now is msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos, and danny, you heard the House Speaker there say she is not a lawyer, and you lucky for us, are, and one of the things that House Democrats have said is that they wanted to bring, in this impeachment inquiry, the strongest case with the simplest evidence. Do you think theyve done that here . Its an interesting strategy. Because sometimes prosecutors, in criminal cases, throw a bunch of charges against the wall and the biggest charges they can think of and meet in the middle and maybe end up with a lesserincluded charge. Thats not the strategy the democrats have chosen here. Andrew johnsons impeachment here had 11 articles of impeachment, he was acquitted of all of them, and now you see only two, and those charges are abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. Abuse of power, and this came up many times, maybe 100 times yesterday, during the debates, that abuse of power is not a crime. In other words, democrats are not committing themselves to proving what would appear to be a higher burden, criminal elements, like youd see in the crimes codes, and that may be a really clever strategy, because if you use this amorphous abuse of power, then it maybe easier to make out the claims. On the other hand, House Republicans are making the point that, look, it is not even a crime. The abuse of power is not a crime. But they cant evade the fact that abuse of power is an Impeachable Offense and it has been an Impeachable Offense by itself in the past. Was there anything else that was said in the 14 hours worth of debate that made you think differently about the case, that democrats are bringing, or the rebuttal that republicans are trying to offer . For most of us who have been watching all along, there werent any new revelations yesterday. There were just arguments upon arguments, and hours and hours of arguments by people who appear to need no bathroom breaks or food or any kind of rest, because they took almost no breaks from what i could tell. So this is, for many of us, a lot of us saw grandstanding on both sides. People making more arguments to their constituency. And oftentimes, it got way off base. References to hunter biden, that probably didnt need to be made, and other things of going off track of maybe more policy discussions, but i mean thats 15 hours of debate. After a while, they started to run out of new ground. All right, danny cevallos, thanks. Thanks as always. Prime minister Boris Johnson and his conservative party are celebrating a commanding win, securing a majority in the British Parliament and paving the way for the u. K. s exit from the European Union early next year. Now, overnight, Labor Party LeaderJeremy Corbyn announced that he will be stepping down after the opposition, not only failed to out of the ruling conservatives, but also lost dependable seats in parliament. Now, facing his second general election defeat, corbin also said he would not lead the party into another election, but would stay on during what he called a process of reflection. Now, during his victory speech in london, johnson said the win would give him a mandate to get brexit done. This election means that getting brexit done is now the irrefutable, ear resistible, unarguable, decision of the british people. And with this election, i think weve put an end to all of those miserable threats of a second referendum. With the projected landslide victory of over 350 seats in parliament, this marks the greatest win for conservatives at westminster since Margaret Thatchers 1987 election. And joining me now here in washington is axios world editor dave lawler. This was a crushing defeat for the labor party. Explain to us exactly what happened here. Right, i was shocked actually, when the exit polls came out last night, they projected a much bigger majority for Boris Johnson than the polls had anticipated. This is a crushing defeat for labor. And not just for labor party, but for everyone who has been trying to stop brexit over the last three years. This is a decisive result for Boris Johnson. As he continually says, to get brexit done. You know, the biggest majority since thatcher. I think why it was so shocking in part was because british politics has been deadlocked for years and now all of a sudden, you have such a decisive moment in favor of the conservatives and in favor of people who want to move ahead with brexit. Yes, so what, it looks like that brexit is going to happen. Yes, at least the first, leaving is probably the easy part, although it is taking three years to do it, they will be leaving the European Union early next year. They still need to negotiate a trade deal with europe. There is a lot of questions to be answered over the course of 2020, and probably beyond. But this big question that is sort of loomed over u. K. Politic, will they actually leave the European Union, that seems to have been answered last night. Are there any takeaways from what happened overseas to what could happen in this election, the 2020 election, or is that comparison too fraught here to make . One thing that i find similar is the seats that Boris Johnson went out and won do kind of resemble the rust belt that was the 2016 key battleground ahead of 2020, and able to flip union towns, places that had gone labor for generation, able to turn them conservative. But the u. K. Election was such an anomaly in terms of the brexit issue, it was really a once in a generation thing for them, so im not sure there is a like for like comparison, but im sure on campaigns on this side of the atlantic will be looking at what happened and seeing what they can glean from it. Dave, thanks again. We will be talking to you shortly. Still ahead, Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell is pledging to be in total coordination with the white house, as the impeachment probe heads to the senate. Even though he will be a juror in the impeachment trial. Plus, Recovery Missions are under way after a deadly volcanic eruption off the coast of nye zealand. We will have an update on the search operation. 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It soothes moisturizes and creates a spf 30 barrier to protect against flare ups caused by the sun. Herpecin l. It does more for a cold sore. Welcome back. In the aftermath of a deadly volcano eruption off the coast of new zealand, authorities there now say they have recovered six bodies in the operation on white island. Nbc news correspondent Janice Matthew frayer has the very latest. Reporter a high risk mission to white island, where the air is toxic, temperatures score wering, the crater spewing gas, and could erupt again. We have to be fearful of another eruption. Reporter going by helicopter from a nearby navy ship, the eight member team needing protective gear and breathing devices to set foot on the island. The volcano Officials Say is highly volatile. Authorities here are under pressure to retrieve the remain force desperate families, who boarded boats before dawn, for a prayer service, at sea. 47 people were on the island that day. The hollander boys from chicago. 13yearold matthew, his older broth barron, dying of their injuries in the hospital. Their parents still missing a family erased. Horrendous. Horrendous burns. Fortunately they were together. Because they were very, a very closeknit family. With the mission under way, people gathered at the shore to offer prayers and honor the dead and wait for word that its over. Thanks for that report. Lets get a check of the weather now with nbc meteorologist bill karins. Pretty lonely up there, no yasmin, no amin. Is it wrong for me to say it is quiet and peaceful. They will hear about that. You will hear about it when yasmin gets back. We talked about the travel indications yesterday and a new storm coming up the east coast. It has begun. It is rain in georgia. Raining in atlanta. Driving around, a slow commute. There and the charlotte area. In the map, the pink color, thats ice and we have some icy problems, north and south side of the queen city, outside of charlotte, mostly into the areas, heading into the mountains of North Carolina, and also virginia, and the roanoke area is one of those spots that were concerned. With here is the additional ice forecast. So around greensboro, north of greensboro North Carolina, a tenth to a quarter inch of ice and have to worry about the sidewalks and maybe minor tree branch problems and the roanoke area, one of the spots to be concerned. With and warming up during the day, the worst of it is now for the next couple of hours. The rainfall, the forecast, the areas of blue, one inch of rain, the purple is one and a half, and notice southern new england, soaked, two inches of rain for areas of coastal main, and also in massachusetts and through connecticut and rhode island and even new york city could get about an inch, inch and a half and with the heavy rain, we will get the airport delays. It is not a snowstorm, but it will also be windy, too. So that will cause problems. Here is how i see the airports playing out. The worst of it in atlanta this morning, with the delays, many cancellations and charlotte, a long day there, and even raleigh, and also will include you in this, too, and airport delays possible, cancellations and in the baltimore washington, d. C. Area and not until late tonight, early saturday, is when the worst of it is in new york city. So thats the good thing about the new york city airport, the worst of the weather is when most people are sleeping and logan airport, it looks like early in the morning is when you have the worst conditions to deal with. For todays forecast, there is the wet weather in the east coast and we have a really nice day today in texas through the middle of the country, and still colder than wed like in areas of minneapolis with the light snow and a new storm in the west coast and that will bring some snow, and eventually this week, into the middle of the country, some of our friends in kansas city, and st. Louis, have a chance of getting a little bit of snow out of this. Are you traveling this weekend . Im not but i might book a ticket to san antonio. 77 degrees. Cant beat that. Thats right. South texas, yes. For the winter. Yes. Youre right about that. Still ahead, we will go live to london for new reaction on the ground after Prime Minister johnson and his conservative partys historic win in a crucial election. There back in a moment. Kes wons important right this minute, because if he could beat americas biggest gun lobby, helping pass background check laws and defeat nra backed politicians across this country, beat big coal, helping shut down hundreds of polluting plants and beat big tobacco, helping pass laws to save the next generation from addiction. All against big odds you can beat him. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. Corken was a disaster on the, corbin was a disaster on the doorstep and everyone knew he couldnt lead the working class out of a paper bag and now john has this party within a party, aiming to keep the purity, the culture of betrayal goes on. You will hear it more and more now over the next couple of days, getting their act together. I want them out. I want the mention gone. Go back to your politics and your little, you know, left wing that isnt realistically going to happen, is it . Im saying. That was former labor home secretary allen johnson, clashing with momentum founder joh