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Impeachment. Robin biro, appreciate you on the program. And this is breaking. We just found out Speaker Pelosi will speak at 5 p. M. Eastern right after that meeting with the democratic caucus. Stay tuned to fox. Dana fox news alert. Major developments expected this hour as democrats beat the drums on impeachment amid the ukraine controversy. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said she will make an announcement at 5 p. M. After meeting with other leaders this afternoon. Her office now says she will make the announcement at 5 p. M. But first shes set to take questions at a forum in washington. Well als...

Betray the foundation of our democracy. >> reporter: last night seven freshmen democrats wrote in "the washington post" they are joining as a unified group as lawmakers face unprecedented allegations against president trump, in their words. they wrote, quote, these new allegations are a threat to all we have sworn to protect. we must preserve the checks and balances envisioned by the founders and restore the trust of the american people in our government. and that is what we intend to do. the additional members now coming forward saying they favor at least an impeachment inquiry, sets the stag...

It was -- unlike biden's. who, by the way, what he said, was a horror. ask how his son made millions of dollars from ukraine, made millions of dollars from china. with us, there was no pressure applied, no nothing. >> reporter: president trump suggested that maybe the white house might release the transcript of that phone call. you and i yesterday there on the set of "the daily briefing" talked about all of the reasons not to do it. if nancy pelosi pulls the trigger on putting together a select committee on impeachment, that may push the president to release that transcript. really, at the mom...

House? >> reporter: well, rudy giuliani intimated in a tweet that he sent out earlier today that today was going to be all about iran, but that tomorrow they're going to roll out more evidence about joe biden. as to nancy pelosi, i don't expect that the speaker's office would say that she's going to make a statement about impeachment at 5:00, if it wasn't a statement that was going to be very, very significant. so we'll see. again, though, the president can talk all he want, but unless you see the transcript and unless that transcript doesn't contain anything, that might be his only form of de...

I don't think the democrats will buy it. >> dana: might not. john roberts, thank you. we are also waiting to hear from joe biden. he will be speaking minutes from now, as the ukraine controversy involving his son continues to grow. mark meredith is live in bloomington, delaware. you made your way to delaware just in time. >> reporter: absolutely, dana. never a dull moment. about half hour from now, the biden campaign said the former vice president will be making a statement. it's unclear if he's going to be taking questions. as john was just talking about, there's a lot of questions about not ...