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Hill again tonight. and mary, that vote today of course setting the stage for public hearings now. when will those get under way? >> reporter: well, david, democrats want to move quickly here. no dates have been set, but we're told these hearings could start in the next two to three weeks. and tonight, we've learned that some of the witnesses who have already testified behind closed doors are now ready to do it again, this time, out in public. david? >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. and as we said off the top, the president tweeting right after the vote, and late today,...

Possible impeachment for doing just that, asking the president of ukraine to "do us a favor" and investigate a debunked conspiracy theory about stolen democratic emails and joe biden and his son. >> i find, once again, the president inviting another country to interfere in our presidential elections repugnant and a fundamental breach of his oath of office. >> so, let's get to jon karl, with us live from the white house tonight. and jon, the president insists his political requests of ukraine on the phone call and now china in public are totally appropriate. >> reporter: david, the president is...

Conversations are privileged. but david, tonight, members of congress say they expect to speak with that whistle-blower sometime soon. david? >> mary bruce leading us off tonight. mary, thank you. and at the same time the acting director of national intelligence was testifying there on the hill, president trump was in a closed door meeting with staff here in new york city and he was unleashing. the recording now emerging from the event with staff from the u.s. mission to the u.n. the president compared white house officials who allegedly talked to the whistle-blower to spies. and then he sai...

Nobody pushed me, yes. >> in other words, no pressure. >> reporter: as for joe biden, today he responded, saying, quote, "the house must do its job and hold donald trump to account for his abuse of power." and with the house now launching impeachment proceedings, the president lashed out at speaker nancy pelosi. >> she's lost her way. she's been taken over by the radical left. >> reporter: later in a press conference, the president returned again to the question of impeachment. >> it's a joke. impeachment for that? >> jon karl joins me live, he is also here in new york city tonight. and jon, p...

Bruce, live tonight with me all day up here on the hill. and mary, the bottom line here, was there anything said today that will change anyone's minds here on the hill about whether to move forward with impeachment? here's what house speaker nancy pelosi said just moments ago. >> my position has always been, whatever decision we made in that regard would have to be done with our strongest possible hand. and we still have some outstanding matters in the courts. it's about the congress, the constitution and the courts. and we are fighting the president in the courts. >> so, mary, where do democr...