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power like a weapon against his own people, erodes our decency, degrades our dignity. i don t yet know how they will tell the story of this era, but i want to tell you the story of this day. let the record show that today justice won, that we did our job, that we kept our word, that we stood our sacred ground. let the record show that we did not let you down. i love you. listen to mom. i ll be home soon. gentleman s time has expired. gentleman from oklahoma. thank you, madam speaker. i m going to reserve my time for the moment. gentleman reserves. gentleman from massachusetts. i m proud to yield one minute to the gentle woman from california, ms. lee. the gentle lady is recognized for one minute. first let me say i taught my children that there are consequences if they broke the law. i am saddened but i m not shocked that we are here today considering articles of impeachment against president trump. i m saddened, but i m not shocked because of the pattern of corrup ....
hunter biden behind closed doors. and so now the huge irony is that as the process moves to the senate, when republicans are going to control the entire process, they re saying even though our argument was that we were cheated and this is unfair in the house, now that we control it, we don t want witnesses and we don t want a trial. unbelievable. thank you so much, heidi. let me go back to garrett on the floor. what s happening now? that measure did not succeed? reporter: it won t succeed. we re waiting on a few more votes to be cast. i m watching a couple more tick off the board. we expect this will probably be the last of the procedural hurdles at this phase of the game. we expect the next thing to happen will be the debate on the actual rules setting the terms of debate for the articles of impeachment. this will look like an actual debate when it gets started. you will see members start to hash out not just the process arguments that you heard from heidi, but also democrats ....
alan dershowitz is a celebrity attorney who says he ll make a institutional defense of the president and ken starr is the former independent counsel who s investigation of president clinton led to his impeachment. dershowitz of course has a history of defending controversial figures including von buelo o, mike tiyson and jeffrey epstein. his most famous clan of course was o.j. simpson whom he helped to beat a double murder charge in what was called the trial of the century. dershowitz has argued for expansive powers of trump s executive presidency. he said in november that under the constitution, the president has more power than a king. the president s far more powerful than the king. the president has the power that kings have never had. he s very, very powerful office and the framers wanted it that way. never mind what you were taught in civics or history classes. for ken starr, the shoe is now on the other foot after prosecute iing the case againste president, h ....
defense secretary ash carter called the death a major blow to the terror organization. the removal of this isil leader will hamper the organization s ability to conduct operations both inside and outside of iraq and syria. this is the second senior isil leader this month. john kerry weighing in as well during a visit to brussels, where he was showing american support and solidarity following the terror attacks earlier this week. kerry said isis is now on the run. it s fantasy caliphate leaders being decimated. revenue is dwindling, and fighters are fleeing. brussels have been dominating the news this week, and presidential politics back here at home. president obama has come under intense chr intense criticism for his decision to press ahead with his trips, including a baseball game in cuba. also, dancing to the tango in argentina, saying the actions sent the wrong message this week, from the president. this week, national security became a top issue on the camp ....
the investigation into russia s involvement in the election. by the way, the senate just went nuclear, changing its rules to confirm judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. this morning we ll be joined live on the set with the chairman of the armed services committee, senator john mccain, also member of the foreign relations committee senator marco rubio. new york times columnist tom friedman joins. bob woodward as well. welcome to morning joe on this friday, april 7th. with us on capitol hill, we have columnist and associate editor for the washington post david ignatius, washiton anchor for bbc world news america katty kay, and john heilemann. good to have you all, this morning. we begin with the breaking news. the united states has launched cruise missile strikes against a syrian air base. yesterday evening 59 tomahawk missiles were launched from the u.s.s. ross and u.s.s. quarter in the eastern mediterranean sea targeting the shayrat airfield near the city of ....