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Forward. somebody is going to get some energy to fix this. >> do you think that congress would prevent the president from declaring a national emergency? >> i think the house would, for sure. i don't know what i would do. i'm open minded to it being a crisis. the statute is pretty keer that y you have to have congressional buy-in. whether you could hold all the republican republicans, i don't know. whether you could pick up a democrat, i doubt it. so at the end of the day, i don't know if this bears fruit statutorily. i'm a pretty hawkish guy on powers of the commander in chief. you try to do ...

The constitution's impeachment clause was written by men who fought a revolution to escape the tyranny of kings. and now they wanted to keep the president from becoming a monarch. in one version, the grounds for impeachment were treason and bribery. also proposed, maladministration, but james madison says that was too vague. what, if he asked, a president were to cook up a scheme of peculation? in other words, what if the president were a crook. so george mason of virginia came up with the additional phrase, high crimes and misdemeanor. and that is article ii, section iv of the constitution. t...

Good evening. i'm fareed zakaria. the constitution's impeachment clause was written by men who fought a revolution to escape the tyranny of kings. and now they wanted to keep the president from becoming a monarch. in one version, the grounds for impeachment were treason and bribery. also proposed, maladministration, but james madison says that was too vague. what, if he asked, a president were to cook up a scheme of peculation? in other words, what if the president were a crook. so george mason of virginia came up with the additional phrase, high crimes and misdemeanor. and that is article ii,...

So george mason of virginia came up with the additional phrase, high crimes and misdemeanors, and that is article ii, section 4 of the constitution. there was a moment in our history when it saved american democracy. but at other times it's been turned into a cheap political trick hurled at opponents as a weapon. so which is it today? to answer that question, we need to understand the past so we know whether impeachment will work when we really need it. >> people are seriously talking about impeachment. >> they will immediately try to impeach the president. >> well on our way to impeachment. >...

Is at her job. >> i mean, listen, this president does not understand how congress works. he doesn't understand how the constitution of the presidency works. and so when nancy pelosi, my favorite part for nancy del asandro pelosi says, we're the first branch of government. and you can sort of see donald trump not fully understanding it. had you read the constitution, you would know that article i talks about the legislative branch, and article ii. she walks him through methodically. but i agree with you, there was not a shadow of a doubt that nancy pelosi should be the leader and will be the le...