wanted to begin impeachment proceedings at that point. is that correct? yes. january 20th, 2017, washington post headline let the impeachment begin. is that correct? etyes. ten days later, mr. zaid who was the attorney for the whistle-blower tweetedor outlet the impeachment begin. let the coup begin. and victory to the lawyers. is that right? i have seen that. yeah. we had people who on this committee came out today and said that they went on tv and said we wanted to start impeachment earlier. but the speaker held us back. did you see that? i haven t seen that. you wouldn t be surprise birthday that though, would you? no. nobody should be surprised about that. because this is a sham hearing three years that they ve been trying to remove this president. and this is the culmination of a predetermined outcome. that s where we are today.
first, $6500 right this, that s how much this tree is going for. the 20-foot frazier fir sold in new york is one of the most expensive in the city. so why the hefty cost? turns out, there s a shortage of that type of tree. and 100 grand, that s how much i tuition money a college student won in a football-throwing contest. she showed off her arm throwing 16 footballs through a giant soda hand from 10 yards away during halftime of the big 12 championships. she s right there. all right, pete? pete: good for her. that s legit. love it. democrats ramping up their push to impeach the president. as you know. the house judiciary committee holding hearings tomorrow despite the white house refusing to participate. the trump administration says they re hoping for a fair trial in the senate. we re not going to participate in a sham hearing that doesn t give him any rights. they get to choose all kinds of things. they keep moving the goalpost,
arguments. now, on thursday house speaker nancy pelosi made the announcement publicly that she is not only doing an inquiry anymore, she s moving forward with articles of impeachment. the president has engaged in abuse of power, undermining our national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. reporter: now, a lot of people questioned when impeachment may happen, would it be during the middle of the election, 2020? but many people now feel it s going to happen before the new year. republicans felt the president, though, has been under attack from the moment he took the oath of office. white house press secretary stephanie grisham defending her boss this morning. we re not going to participate in a sham hearing that doesn t give him any rights. they get to choose all kinds of things. they keep moving the goalpost, moving the rules. reporter: now, late friday the president s white house counsel said, as you mentioned, the white house not participate, not taking a
national security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. reporter: thursday morning s announcement came as some on capitol hill believed maybe she would push this into the new year. republicans felt the president has always been under attack from the moment he came into the oval office. white house press secretary stephanie grisham this morning on fox news. we re not going to participate in a sham hearing that doesn t give him any rights. they get to choose all kinds of things. they keep moving the goalposts, moving the rules. reporter: late friday president s counsel announced the administration was not going to take part in the hearings. judiciary chairman jerry nadler, he invited the white house several times to send witnesses. won t happen, he wrote: your impeachment inquiry is completely baseless and has violated basic principles of due process and fundamental fairness. again, kristin, this hearing is set for monday. the house judiciary committee, and we could see
this is a talking point that the left want to put forward beau that s not what happened and the reason that you put the house twisting and turning the way they are, the democrats, is because they re having a hard time to keep that narrative together. so you know, it s really an opportunity for republicans, if they can get continue to shine the light on that this is a sham hearing anyway. ed: okay. but those talking points just, they re just not accurate. ed: gentlemen, i ve got two minutes. i want to give you a fair crack at 2020. if you want to talk more about impeachment, this is an open session and i want everybody to be heard. joel, you used to work in the obama administration and a lot of people thought that joe biden was going to seal this up. michael bloomberg saying i m thinking that i m getting in. it s a signal na mike bloomberg said to joe biden he wasn t going to run and now he s concerned. the problem for him, there s not a lot of space in this primary