was our coordinator. our fabulous army of students helped us get to this day. thank you all and everybody i didn't mention. remain in your seat for now. enjoy the day. [applause]

>> quite a significant shift in the impeachment momentum this past week with speaker pelosi and i think the start of the inquiry, testimony of the acting director of national intelligence was a barr complaint. what did we learn from these events? >> we learned democrats view this episode without whistleblower raising flags about presidential with ukraine, that's enough to move impeachment inquiry. the fact that they are doing suggest there will be an impeachment in the near future. the dni testimony, lending credence to what the whistleblowers said, i think only, it didn't change the trajectory.

>> office happening ahead of the two week congressional break. you tweeted this, house intelligence committee i next friday for possible ukraine hearing as democrats advance impeachment effort, tell us about the intelligence committee and other committees would be doing during this break. >> impeachment is judiciary committee but because we are dealing with intelligence community whistleblower and classified information, the committee taking the lead here on what could end up becoming a central article of impeachment and because they want to move fast, there's concern that the recess will give the president time to regroup on this so what they're going to do is try to plow through. they may want to sit with the whistleblower until, if they can

so when congress returns completely, they are ready to go and get some sleep. >> the headline on one of your pieces says why pelosi and her party finally embraced impeachment, what finally sparked her decision and how much has the carcass rallied behind her? >> almost one 100%. my last count, only ten democrats out of 235 hadn't fully endorsed impeachment inquiry including many were skeptical before hand. so the whistleblower was the catalyst and post released from the transcripts, which he seemed to say, it turned out to be

confirming the worst fears of some people who thought they would be incriminating. there was a barr himself and trump administration attempts to block the whistleblower from reaching congress and release the transcript combined pushed over the line. >> the acting director of national intelligence testified before the house intelligence committee but he also had a briefing the intelligence many and i heard from the inspector general, michael atkinson, what do we expect and how do we expect it to go forward? >> they are somewhat at the mercy of the house. they are also trying very hard to maintain a sense of bipartisanship. they've done that throughout their investigation with russia and other sensitive subjects. i don't expect to hear very much from them but they are going to try, the republicans on the committee talk about the gravity of what they are learning, cut through the partisanship and noise we usually hear.

>> we are hearing about the interview with the leader mitch mcconnell, telling him about having no choice but to conduct a trial to determine whether the president should be removed from office. should they move in that direction? as best you can from give us a general sense have a timeline in terms of impeachment may proceed. >> we started hearing toward the end of this week was the house wants to move quickly while they have momentum and they believe the unity around this episode with ukraine, that could take a matter of weeks, four to six weeks to get articles through committee and judiciary committee and into the for given what mcconnell said, that means we could have a trial before the end of this year, a shocking

turn of events. it could be over and done with by november, december. >> you can follow him on twitter and read his reporting. thank you for joining us. >> acting director of national intelligence, joseph was our capital this week is applying on his handling of the whistleblower complaint regarding president trump. watch the house intelligence committee hearing sunday on c-span beginning 11:00 a.m. eastern. >> c-span's "washington journal" live everyday with news and policy issues that impact you. coming up saturday morning, the american vaping association for discuss health concerns relating to vaping and e cigarettes.

the relationship between the u.s. and ukraine. in our spotlight on marketing segment, bloomberg, issues with oversight of generic pharmaceutical. march see spans "washington journal" live at 7:00 p.m. -- 7:00 a.m. eastern saturday morning. during the discussion. >> satellite booktv, 7:45 p.m. eastern, black books matter party in washington d.c. publisher audrey, angel, author of the history of the black dollar in correspondent april, author of under five. >> at the end of the day, they never realized they would question bill clinton. the first black president and i stand with our founding fathers.

my story is your story. >> 11:00 p.m. eastern, the father of the student killed in the shooting at marjorie storment high school in parkland, florida offers his thoughts on school safety and expense. in his book, white metal died. >> i was going to find out about everything, wife my daughter was killed. with all these leniency programs have these kids, they had the first kid before school, it was so dangerous. they frisked him and he wasn't allowed in for the backpack. he tried to shoot the school up, he threatened students and never arrested. >> the years that matter most, he reports, challenges and costs of a college education. he's interviewed by him, author and founding director of the

center for college community and justice. >> we are still debating about whether a 12th grade education is enough. all the signs of the economy, unlike those who are able to respond to that by saying, let's educate our young people. we are fighting in terms of identity and politics and partisanship when clearly, it's just a sign our young people need our support and help. more credentials and skills to survive in the current economy. >> watch book tv every weekend on c-span2. on the president talked about his future. the council on foreign relations hosted this event.