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Been debating the two articles of impeachment that the committee has proposed against president trump. the first one is abuse of power. the second one is obstruction. now, as i mentioned the vote on these articles is expected some time tonight before they all collapse from exhaustion. it could be within this hour. they have gone through this series of procedural motions that there isn't like a table of contents in advance that tells us exactly how many more of these procedural things they have to get to before they get to the final vote, so it's hard for us to predict. if i want to sort of bre...

That, though, what really ended up being the big news in that story today is the filing that the president's lawyers made on his behalf defending him against the threat of his tax returns being released by this subpoena. in this case, the legal case made by the president's lawyers was so radical, and, indeed, so potentially historic, it is literally on the front page of "the new york times" right now. "trump lawyers argue he cannot be criminally investigated." and that is actually what the president claimed today in federal court in new york. "the president cannot be subject to the criminal pr...

Chance to respond to the allegations. and showing exactly what you're saying, that we weren't just trying to put one or two hotel room stories in the newspaper, we were trying build a solid body of evidence about 25 years of allegations. >> one of the things that i think has been such a -- has propelled this and ignited a movement is that it does reach the elite in every way. and i also feel like that's kind of a product of the reporting process here. i mean, if what you're able to follow, if the money you're able to follow is financial settlements and non-disclosure agreements, those are the ...

Now, the complaint at least appears to be getting treated here as if it is outside the bounds of the law that protects whistle-blowers. the law that protects whistle-blowers from among other things being prosecuted for bringing forward sensitive information like this through the appropriate channels. now, why would that be? it has emerged over the past 24 hours that the justice department led by william barr for some reason they have been brought into this process. they're not supposed to be within the whistle-blower process, but the justice department has now been brought into this and it app...

Way. i think it is a product of the reporting process. if the money you are able to follow is financial settlements and nondisclosure agreements, those are tools to protect elite men. this reporting process is almost destined to bring down men at the highest echelons of society. >> this story goes way beyond harvey weinstein. this is an x-ray into abuse of power. we had been able to connect the dots and how he had covered it up over the years. since then, we were able to bring together so many other pieces of the puzzle to really pull the curtain back to silence accusers and cover up his track...