"american radicals." congratulations, it made the smithsonian's top 10 history books for 2019. thank you for spending an hour with me. prof. jackson: thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> all q and a programs are available on our website or as a podcast at c-span.org. next week on "q&a" a professor of medicine at columbia university takes a look at cancer treatment and how patient care can be improved. that is next sunday on "q&a." in about an hour and a half, we will take your life to the house judiciary committee hearing, were evidence is being presented

in the impeachment inquiry. until then, you will get a preview, take your calls, and we will hear from you on facebook and twitter as well. ♪ at a now are looking familiar hearing room on capitol hill. that is where the house today sherry committee will hold its second public hearing on the impeachment agree, this one focusing on the evidence gathered in the process. that will start at 9:00. you can watch c-span's gavel-to-gavel coverage on c-span. go to c-span.org if you want to watch online and you can follow on our free c-span radio app. up until close of the time of the hearing, we will take your calls on this latest phase and here is how you can contact us. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats.

and 202-748-8002 for independents. if you want to text us, 202-748-8003 is how you do that. you can post on twitter at @cspanwj. you can also post on our facebook page at c-span.org. -- at facebook.com/cspan. here to walk us through on what to expect this morning is greta brawner. 2: we are live inside 1100 longworth. this is how the day will unfold. the gavel is scheduled to come down at 9:00 a.m. eastern time, the chair, jerry nadler, democrat of new york and doug collins from georgia will deliver opening statements. there seats are center stage on the dais. they each get 10 minutes.

after that, we will hear from lawyers. democrats will be presenting the scope of their argument for impeachment. each side getting 30 minutes. the lawyers for republicans and democrats on the intelligence committee will be at the witness table and they will lay out their findings from that 300 page report, which will take 90 minutes followed by another 90 minutes of questioning from the chair and ranking member as well as judiciary committee counsel. it will end with five-minute minute rounds from lawmakers on this committee with 41 members. you are looking at nearly 4 hours and questioning from lawmakers with no breaks. this hearing could take up to seven hours. also in the hearing room, you can see correspondence from all the major networks talking to viewers. c-span cameras will remain in the room.

today, meaning we will be bringing the video feeds to all the other networks and they decide how they will direct it. also in this room will be the public. you may seeongress watching today proceedings -- watching today's proceedings as well as print reporters from across the country. our coverage beginning this morning around 8:30 a.m. we will stay in the room as we talked to all of you. you can watch on c-span.org and a few download the free c-span radio app. host: up until the time we take you to the coverage, you can give us a call. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. and independents, 202-748-8002. if you want to text us, you can do that if you include your name, your city, and your state

at 202-748-8003. social media available as well. saying misty henderson the intelligence committee could not find anything beyond opinions and here goes the judiciary committee trying to pass off opinions as fact. for a whole bunch of lawyers, they do not remember what is needed to get a case tried. we set a precedent based on the decisions of congress. do we permit subverting the rule of law for political advantage for this president or make clear such behavior is unacceptable from the president and future presidents? you can post on facebook and social media and call the lines as well. we will be giving a lot of information as the morning goes on. we start in decatur, georgia. marvin, what do you think about today's hearing? caller: i think joe biden and hunter biden, that is wrong for

me to pay hunter biden, that is biden. giving it to joe for them to say -- for the democrats to say if you say something about this, mr. trump, we are going to impeach you, wrong is wrong and that is wrong. host: specifically to the hearing, what are you expecting and do you plan to watch? caller: i intend to watch. because president trump said something about this bribery -- this swamp going on, now they say they are going to impeach him because he is saying something about it. he should have said something about it because what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong. moneyoe biden to take from that foreign country -- just because i am giving it to your son, you are still giving it to joe biden. n, what do you think?

caller: i think it is all a joke . and this is the worst thing i have ever seen. they trashed the constitution of the united states. i agree with the last caller. president trump had all the right in the world to check with ukraine to see what is going on as far as corruption. host: when you say they trashed the constitution, what do you mean by that? this isjust because done by the house of representatives doesn't mean you should throw that all the way, these are the traditions of the united states of america and this is the way we do business. he had no chance to defend himself, no chance to call witnesses or have his lawyers there, this is a kangaroo court. host: what do you think about the committee inviting the president or his representatives to testify or offer input and

the refusal of that request? caller: i think that was a trap. i don't trust democrats at all. i used to be a democrat. now, onceing on right you get in there and say something, they will have someone come in and contradict you and then they will believe the witness and say you lie to congress. i think that was a trap, i am glad he did not go. he is better voting for the trial in the senate and be able to bring the fact's out. -- the facts out. host: also joining us about information and adding to information about today's hearing is john mcardle. 3: greta took us through

the order of the day, i want to focus on the judiciary committee itself. the judiciary committee today has 24 members. hold those members today law degrees. 15 republicans, 4 of those members sit on the intelligence committee, which held its own series of hearings on impeachment. eric swalwell, val demings, jim ratcliffe. john there are 12 freshman members on the judiciary committee, 8 of republicans.s, 4 the oldest member, jim sensenbrenner. the oldest member, jonah goose -- committee counsel will once again take center stage at today's impeachment hearings. republican steve castor will anve double duty, providing opening argument and presenting

the case against impeachment. steve castor also working with the judiciary committee serves the minority counsel and is the former chief investigative counsel for house oversight, so he made the rounds in several committees for republicans on the house side. he practiced commercial litigation in philadelphia and washington, d.c., degrees from george washington university law school. daniel goldman will present the case for impeachment, viewers will remember him from the intelligence committee hearings where he served as majority counsel, he is the former deputy chief of the organized crimes unit in the office of the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york and has his law degree from stanford and one new face, barry burke, he will present the opening argument for impeachment for democrats. he is the majority counsel and

joined the judiciary committee as a consultant in february. his hiring was announced at the ivan.ime as norm he helped guide the committee during the inquiry related to the mueller probe. bio, he is recognized as one of the leading trial lawyers and white-collar criminal defense lawyers in the country and holds his degree from harvard law. when it comes to barry burke, he has appeared before the house judiciary committee throughout this year and throughout the investigation into the trump administration since he joined in january. notably was back in september when he questioned corey lewandowski as part of his appearance on capitol hill. want to show viewers a little of that questioning so you can get familiar with barry burke.

his questioning came at the end of an extended debate among republicans and democrats on the panel about whether. burke should be allowed to question corey lewandowski. we will show you the end of the debate and the beginning of barry burke's questioning. [video clip] >> he is under subpoena, he will answer all questions pursuant to the committee possible rules and if this counsel does not like it, you do not interpret our rules, with all due respect. >> these are unauthorized questions. did you everowski, becomes concerned and the president had asked you to do something that could expose you to criminal liability? become concerned the president of the united states had asked you to do something that could expose you to criminal liability? >> was i concern the president asked me to do something?

not to the best of my knowledge? >> were you ever concerned the president asked you to do something that put you in harm's way, made you feel you were in trouble? >> i think i have answered that question. videoould like to show a of an interview you did on fox news. i did not do anything and the campaign did not do anything, i have no reason to take the no reason not to answer every question. >> you take the fifth when you are in trouble, you were going to testify you were not going to take the fifth with regard to questions about the campaign. were you concerned, sir, you had done something with regard to delivering or agreeing to the messagethe president's

and therefore you could get in trouble based on what you agreed to do and attempted to do? >> i have no concerns. host: we have highlighted a special box within the c-span website we have put everything regarding the impeachment inquiry and you can find all that information at the website at c-span.org. you can watch the hearing at that website and follow on our radio app you want and watch on c-span. that hearing gaveling in around 9:00. 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. and independents, 202-748-8002. in massachusetts, go ahead. caller: good morning. when republicans call themselves the party of lincoln, the party of lincoln was the black party during reconstruction.

the people down south, we call them dixiecrats. host: let's talk about today's hearing. what do you expect and what are you looking for as far as information is concerned? caller: i expect the tea party to make a full out of themselves themselves.of he had putin in a room for two full hours. not one government agency knows what happened in that room. stopped our military exercise. he stopped our readiness. host: how does that relate to today? hearing -- today's hearing? caller: it is a pattern that goes all the way up. all roads lead to russia. they are going to show a pattern

in this hearing. host: we will hear from stephen next in indianapolis, indiana. caller: good morning. please do not cut me off, please listen to what i have to say. i am so disappointed in 40% of the republican party. caucasians. 40% of they say two wrongs does not make a right. if the former vice president's son was taking money from the company, i say possibly because that has not been proven. if he has taken money from the company, that was wrong. now we turn back to trump, we .ll know trump was wrong he put himself in a position or another country in position where people could have been killed. two wrongs does not make a white.

the 40% of white people in the republican should see this and say two wrongs do not make a right. host: jenny in lancaster, ohio, go ahead. caller: the two viewers who talked before me do not know what they are talking about. people love to plane hate -- hate our president. the economy is doing so much better. i don't always like what he says, but i respect what he is doing. i did not like obama, but i respected him. host: phil from florida on our republican line. caller: hi. -- i reallyel is don't see what trump did is

wrong even if you listen to what they are saying and if you agree that trump talked to another country, asked them to investigate biden because he wanted some sort of political presidents, they make that kind of thing all the time. they talk with other countries and make deals. administration, the obama administration, he was going around the world telling countries you better get rid of your gay laws or we will cut toding or they say go palestine and make agreements all the time. host: for the evidence presented by the house intelligence committee, none of that swayed you? caller: it does not sway me because there is not anything underlying the wrong about it. in the last year of obama

administration, in north carolina, they were going to pass the law that said something about bathrooms. what did the obama administration do? they said they were going to cut funding from education if north carolina did not ditch that. what did the ncaa do? host: that is a domestic affair, this is international relations. caller: what is really going on is what trump was doing was looking into the obama administration to see if there was wrongdoing. in doing that, he discovers son hadnk -- biden's some kind of arrangement. iump is not going to say wasn't really going for a political advantage, i was actually looking into corruption in the past administration, that is really what is going on, he is not going to admit that.

adding couple of people on our social media sites, this is jim saying some have postulated this bizarre hearing was to thwart the inspector general report, does anybody think anything new will be revealed? the inspector general report expected to be released today. from our text service, this is tricia in maryland. i am looking forward to the hearings, i think the truth needs to come out, trump has done nothing to be transparent. it is a shame it has come to this. if you want to text us, it is 202-748-8003. please put your city and state where you are when you do that. we go back to john mcardle. want to follow up on the

report -- the inspector general's report. we expect that report at sometime today. majorday unveiling that report on the fbi's handling of the russia probe. that story noting the principal question expected to be answered was the fbi surveillance of car debate legal. horwitz is expected to offer scharf -- sharp criticism and .nclude the wiretap was legal they ask why is this important for democrats? it could dampen or fuel momentum as they move forward. for trump, it could undercut or bolster his claim the fbi conspired against him. we will hear more about it on capitol hill, wednesday -- come wednesday. michael horowitz will appear

before the senate judiciary committee to present his findings happening at 10:00 a.m. on wednesday. the chairman of the committee is lindsey graham and lindsey graham tweeting out some thoughts about early reporting that has come out about what is contained in the report and what some of the conclusions are, saying be wary of the washington post and new york times reporting on what is coming up report.hael horowitz's they have been trying to spin this to diminish the effect and downplay it. some more tweets from fellow senators over the weekend, this is senator john cornyn saying not surprisingly, we have seen several news stories with selective leaks that site sources familiar with the contents of the report and he went on to say it is reasonable to assume most, if not all of these sources are subjects of the report and hoping to offer

their own spin on what we are all going to read about, so it is wise to avoid sweeping conclusions. we will find out what is in it sometime perhaps in the next couple hours. we will let you know if it comes up while we are having this discussion. host: new jersey, democrats line. caller: thank you for taking my call. i am just concerned about the misinformation coming from fox news regarding this impeachment. it is being downplayed so much on fox where people don't really care about the constitution and what is taking place in our country and if we don't have a constitution, we don't have a country. i am so afraid for my children and donald trump is -- host: tell us your thoughts on

today's hearings. are you going to plan to watch? caller: i have been watching the hearings and everything that has been going on since the beginning and i will continue watching the hearings and i am just afraid. his taxn showed all of returns from the time he was a senator up until now and people ?re saying this guy is a crook donald trump will not show us anything. people fromng testifying, doing everything possible to obstruct justice and not have oversight. host: steve in michigan, independent line. caller: thank you for c-span. attack hunters to biden, they have to think about trumpnca trump -- ivanka and. kushner.

do not be so hypocritical and think about it. host: how does that relate to today with the evidence being presented as far as the impeachment inquiry? caller: the evidence that has -- donaldtted his trump actually admitted to soliciting help from a foreign nation on the white house gardens. right there, it was over. he admitted he did it. host: kenneth in arkansas, democrats line, hi. caller: i have two issues i want to bring to the american people. the second issue will be for joe biden. putin played america. you know donald trump did not want to rent to black folks. host: let's stick to the topic at hand, today's hearing.

caller: this is concerning the hearings going on right now, the next stage is going to be in the senate. mitch mcconnell's wife works for president trump. he is going to oversee what happens out of this judiciary. mitch mcconnell is going to set the standards and the rules and his wife works for trump, who is being put on trial. host: if this is mitch mcconnell's senate trial -- if it is his to run, why should his wife be an influence or why do you think that? caller: she works for the president of the united states, she is the transportation secretary. they will gothink against the president -- caller: that is a conflict of interest. host: republicans in the senate,

do you think they will go against the president if there is a trial in the senate? caller: the senate is going to go with trump because mitch mcconnell is the one running it, his wife gets a paycheck. host: you have made that point several times. i just want to say trump knows he was wrong and if they don't impeach him, they will be wrong. host: what do you mean by that? the russia investigation -- he has been wrong since he has been there. host: did anything presented over the last few weeks, especially in the hearings that took place on the intelligence side sway you in any way? what did you hear from those hearings that led to your

opinion? noter: i see different ones -- getting on there and not telling the truth and if they would just tell the truth -- if they would just let the american people vote for this, they will see the outcome. host: from michigan, independent line, we will talk to darrell. good morning. caller: there are two important things that are going to happen today. the first one is democrats will supposedn the 14 obstructions of justice from the mueller report, they do not want that to go to the senate. pelosi is on a high-speed train headed for a train wreck in the senate.

she has been fighting this since it started. she opened the doors on the inquiry, but she is hoping it will get dropped because if it goes to the senate, the republicans nor the democrats -- monopolizing the industry, so there can be all kinds of jars open that will have smells to them that democrats do not want to see happen. that is darrell in michigan joining us, the hearing we have been talking about starts at 9:00 a.m. and we will take you to the room before that. up until that point, we will take calls from you independents, 202-748-8002. you can text us at 202-748-8003. if you want to watch the hearing, c-span is how you do it and you can go to our website. if you are out and about and

cannot stay by a television or screen, you can download our radio app and follow along that way. see that on c-span 2. one of the people making the rounds was the chair of the house judiciary committee jerry nadler talking about today's testimony and what he expects to be a result of the efforts today. >> do you feel comfortable you and fellow democrats have conclusively proven the holdup and military aid was in exchange for investigations and that it was a direct order from the president himself? even in return for investigations, he did not care about the investigations, he cared about announcing an investigation because that is the political thing he wanted, he wanted the ukrainians to announce. >> you feel comfortable this whole thing was directed by the

president himself? you feel you have a rocksolid case? >> we have a very rocksolid case. i believe it would be a guilty verdict in three minutes flat. all this knob and -- nonsense about hearsay evidence, it is considerable evidence and it ill behooves the evidence and his partisans to say you do not have direct evidence when the reason we don't have more direct evidence is the president ordered everybody not to cooperate with congress in the inquiry, something that is unprecedented in american history and contempt of congress. he has ordered everybody not to participate. the only testimony we have are from patriotic people who came forward and defied the president possible orders and testified. host: we will be seeing a lot of chairman nadler today during the course of the hearings, gaveling in expected around 9:00.

here is john mcardle. host 2: we will also hear a lot from doug collins up and tweeting this morning. this was the tweet he put out 1998ng nancy pelosi from during the impeachment hearings of bill clinton. ,ancy pelosi saying at the time fundamental principles americans hold dear have been seriously violated, sounds familiar, doug pelosi,asked of speaker your words applied best to today's partisan impeachment scam, an unfair violation of america's deepest values. we will keep checking twitter throughout the morning to show you what the president is saying, what members of the committee is saying and what greta brawner is saying. she continued after her hit with us to stay in the committee hearing room and wants to take us on a twitter tour.

this is what she posted on her twitter page in that impeachment hearing room, the first two rows are reserved for members of congress, the first row on the right side is reserved for judiciary committee staff, about 100 seats reserved to watch the hearing. another tweet from greta showing the rows of print reporters and network producers with front row seats to the impeachment hearing and there is reserved speeding. he c-span is in the room and encouraging viewers to watch the hearings with us today. one more tweet from greta, an interview with one of c-span's cameramen in the room explaining how the witness cameras work in the committee hearing room, the cameras directly facing the witnesses at the witness table. take a watch. we have several cameras in

the room, among those cameras are the well cameras. this camera will give isolated shots of witnesses and we have a second camera set on a two shot today, 4 shot on other days where you can see all the witnesses, especially when being sworn in. that way, no matter what, we have a shot of whoever is speaking. host: helen in north carolina, republican line, hi. morning.ood everything mostly boils down to money. that is why democrats are not mad or hate trump. they are angry because hillary did not win and they could not get kickbacks from the large taxpayer or get in pockets and give speeches and make five or six -- $500 or

$600. would notaring, i waste my time watching it and i watch a headache. they twisted trump's words all around. i would not waste my time watching that. host: why not? caller: i think it is a bunch of garbage. you could say something to your neighbor and by the time they turn around, they could twisted neighbor eventher the president of ukraine told why they aret know blowing it out of proportion. i guess the lawyers are getting .ich that is why democrats are so .pset

he has done so much for this .ountry host: susanna, hello. caller: good morning. democratsas how many went over to the republican side during this 2.5 year episode that went on? i would also like to know nadler and schiff, the democratic party, when cnn is a part of at&t and the phone calls they got -- the phone records they got from the guys -- from the at&t isan side -- if part of this company of cnn, --ldn't people to your first part

about republicans going back and forth -- can you explain? from 2.5 years of listening to this stuff going anythingw there is not there from i am a democrat and know there is nothing there. how many democrats went over to the republican side? host: do you mean democrats planning to support impeachment or on the fence? caller: democrats that went over that set get off this stuff and go over to the republican side. in arkansas, barbara, you are next. caller: hi. i am a republican. i support president trump. he got my vote in 2020 .

this impeachment thing going on that, isn't it ironic jerry nadler decides to have the hearing today when inspector general's report is coming out at 8:00 a.m. central and, 9:00 a.m. your time everybody is supposed to be watching that wonderful, partisan, democratic impeachment process? call republicans to testify, we cannot have nothing good said about the president, we have got to bash that man until he is dead. host: the president or representation was invited to participate in this new round of hearings, the white house chose not to do that. caller: participate in a circus like that when the media is

reporting -- if donald trump said i will give every american over 18 years old $1 million, the democrats and the media would report donald trump is buying votes. say the democrats could that. if donald trump was a democrat, we would not be where we are today. host: freddie in california, independent line, hi. caller: am i on? host: you are, go ahead. caller: you have to either be blind or do not comprehend well trump is telling you -- he asked the foreign government -- not allowing people to testify.

if you are honest, what are you hiding from? host: host: host: but the hearings -- host: with the hearings themselves, what did you learn? caller: i thought it was all general reporting, but then i come to find out people did see what he did. -- he decided -- the only reason he decided not to give them money is he got caught. he is not going to get impeached because the senate will not let them get impeached. host: do you think the democrats will be able to come up with specific articles of impeachment? caller: they will have plenty of material for articles of impeachment. in theoing to drop dead senate because whether he is acquitor not, they will

him. host: we are going to hear next from carol in west virginia, independent line. caller: good morning. i don't know if i will be really .atching the sideshow or not every time wen is give foreign aid to any country, attached stipulations to that foreign aid. whether we want to change -- say , we help them or people has support -- that money got attachments to it. theend money down to triangle countries to help those countries that has got

attachments to it. there is money attached to all of our foreign aid. i don't like the impeachment. i did not like it under clinton. we shouldsically, impeach all the congressman and senators because all of them are getting kickbacks from foreign countries or foreign lobbyists within our country to lobbies the way they want the policies written. the way i looked at it is in a sense, everybody up there is countries orgn foreign people interfere with our policies and our elections.

host: that is carol in west virginia calling us on topics related to today's hearings in the house judiciary taking a look at the evidence that has been presented over the last few weeks regarding the impeachment inquiry. here is john mcardle. host 2: this hearing today moving forward despite a last-minute attempt by ranking member doug collins to get a postponement for today's hearing . the reason for that, he said, is a late transmission of thousands of pages of documents from the majority democrats to the republican minority, documents from intelligence, foreign affairs, and budget committees relating to their investigation when it comes to the president and impeachment efforts. this was the statement by doug collins. chairman nadler has no choice but to postpone hearings in the wake of the last-minute document transmission that shows how far democrats have gone to pervert fairness.

it democrats waited until after speaker pelosi announced articles of impeachment and showed the judiciary committee's impeachment hearing to show documents -- ofse documents, thousands pages -- to read through over the weekend, including the 52 page report from the judiciary committee on the constitutional grounds for presidential impeachment. will not redo all 52 pages, but here is the final conclusion on the last page of that report. this is how majority democrats ended the report. as medicine recognized, --laming the government enable the government to control the governed and in the next place, oblige it to control

itself. impeachment is the last and most extraordinary result -- resort. it is a terrible power, but only because it was forged to counter a terrible power. the consideration of articles of impeachment is always a sad and solemn undertaking. in the end, it is the house speaking for the nation that must decide whether the president's conduct rises to the level of high crimes and misdemeanors warranting impeachment. that is how they concluded that report. look for some of that language in the conclusion of today's testimony. the c-span into archives to go into the closing remarks of then republican investigative counsel david schippers. his closing argument to the house judiciary committee december 10, 19 98 presenting his case for articles of impeachment against then president clinton. [video clip]

>> you have 202-748-8000 202-748-8000 heard the evidence >>, you have read the law. you have listened to the experts and heard all the arguments. what i say will be forgotten in a few days. what you do here will be incised in the history of the united states for all time to come. generations, assuming they are still free and permitted to read history will learn of these proceedings and most certainly judge the committee cost actions. will it be you rose above party and faction -- decency, honor, and truth as the standard by which even the highest office of the land us to be evaluated or will it be you announce there is no abiding standard and public officials are answerable only to

politics, polls, and propaganda. god for bid that will be your legacy. town --u can go back in back in time and see efforts and instances of the impeachment. if you go to the impeachment inquiry box, all that information including what john talks about for your viewing and reading. you can watch the proceedings expected to gavel in at 9:00. on c-span and our radio app. mary is next from new york, democrats line. i don't know what people did or did not hear during these inquiries, but i heard every quid proay no proof of quo, no bribery, no extortion.

even law professors could not ask when asked what the crime was, there was no answer. all i heard was my opinion, i felt, i assumed, and i heard. there is no proof of anything the president did wrong. i don't understand what people -- why they cannot admit this thing happens. host: when you hear of today's hearing and its focus on evidence, what goes through your mind? caller: when i hear evidence? i will believe it and i want to see the evidence. i don't want to hear opinion. i thought, i felt, i heard -- i heard it through the grapevine. i want someone that has been there and can testify. host: we will hear from william

in new hampshire, republican line. caller: good morning. in my opinion, it is obvious and everyone knows the senate will never let impeachment happen. -- get people to believe -- host: that is william in new hampshire, let's go to cynthia in baltimore, maryland, democrats line. caller: how are you doing this morning? host: fine, thank you, go ahead. caller: number one, i don't understand why people cannot read. it was clear the transcript that was given, what he wanted, it was extremely clear. number 2, i think today's

hearing will continue justifying the fact he did do something wrong, did do something illegal. for all the people out there listening, let's bring it down to common sense. who in the world says this thing reprimanded?get if obama did this, he would have been crucified. host: when you say when it comes to what you heard and it was made clear, what in the testimony made it clear for you? caller: what made it ambassador sondland. what he said made it clear for -- tomaybe everyone else the president stating this and his transcript sent out from the white house, it was written in black-and-white what he wanted.

why would you go to another foreign country to investigate a u.s. citizen? especially your political opponent? if you were to try to investigate anyone else, i might have said ok. seriously, biden? host: what is the legal thing, specifically, do you think? caller: for me, i think it is highly illegal to investigate your political opponent with a foreign country. himdon't you get investigated with our authority we have in the united states that we have paid tax dollars for them to be created? host: that is cynthia in --yland talking about the you will get your chance when the hearing dabbles in at 9:00. as you can imagine, other things happening not only here, but in the world.

new leave released papers and interviews taking a look at the washington post in afghanistan, the afghanistan papers -- the headline, u.s. officials misled war.ublic about afghan a couple of statements from the website, the writer saying a controversial trove of documents reveals senior officials failed to tell the truth about the war in afghanistan through the 18 year campaign making pronouncements they knew to be thee and hiding mystical -- documents generated by a federal project examining the failures of the armed conflict in history includes more than 2000 pages of unpublished notes of people that played a role -- more of that available you can read at length at the washington post website.

caller: good morning. host: go ahead. i watched this whole thing from the time trump was .lected the previous president said the same exact words, but did .othing i voted for a person who gets things done. it is amazing to me because i c-span all the time and democrats are so afraid there will be so many changes because today, the united states, every country has become a business and it should be business people running these things and there should be term limits on

senators, and all because if you are on a committee, let's say on banking, you can buy and sell stock on anything going on that you may have control over. host: today's hearing regarding the evidence being -- do you plan to watch any of that or have you made conclusions about what you have made so far? caller: i will watch, but it is a joke. , have watched nadler, schiff it is like they turned a blind ear. host: what do you mean by that? caller: i mean when somebody starts saying something that they don't like, they immediately shut him off, hammer down, or turn a blind ear to it and change the subject. this whole thing has been a joke

because democrats decided they won. they have been trying to build a case since he was elected. host: we will hear from margaret in georgia, good morning. believe that the president is not guilty. understandn't actualr we have got the telephone call and the president money -- before he issues , he has to make sure the people that are getting the money are -- and not just taking our hard earned money and using it for their own good.

is thetter of fact, when other hearing? is it today, too? the one with the attorney general? when will that be on? host: you mean the inspector general's report expected to be released today? caller: yes. host: i believe that is wednesday. caller: i thought they scheduled for today as well. host: i will check that to be sure, but today, the focus will be on the house judiciary committee, 10:00 wednesday will be that hearing. to largo, florida. caller: thank you for giving me a chance to speak. i have toow, i think get my hearing checked because i listened to all of what is going on and what people have to say.

i printed out the transcript or i understandk english, i am a fairly educated person. he convicted himself in that phone call. he had no right to hold the money back, congress already approved it and from what my understanding is, he had no right to hold it. biden'sto investigate son and biden, that is ridiculous. i thought that was already investigated and closed. i don't understand -- i do understand, unfortunately these a one are listening to sided interpretation of the news today, it is very sad. host: since you specifically read the transcript, what makes you think he did wrong?

caller: when he said i want you to do a favor, though, that is what he did wrong. when he was telling the man you either do this for me or i will not release the money and they the proven the man knew money was being held at the time and republicans keep saying he did not know and they have already proven he did. people refuse to listen to this. i listened to all the hearings, i have listened to the phone calls and the tv programs, including fox news, i listen to the span, which i think gives me the best understanding of where the country is going and it is very upsetting because when i mentioned to republican people why don't you listen to this they say this is the only man who has done what he has

promised. these things he is doing, it is un-american. host: that is judith in florida, democrats line. for the hour or so we have been doing this, we have been talking to you about today's hearing, getting your thoughts on what you expect and related matters and you can talk to us about that. the hearing will gavel in at 9:00 and we will go to the room before that. you can let us know your thoughts many ways. .epublicans, 202-748-8001 democrats, 202-748-8000. and independents, 202-748-8002. if you want to text us, you can do that at 202-748-8003. you can post on twitter and facebook. here is john mcconnell. host 2: -- john mcardle. host 2: we might be getting a glimpse of doug collins' strategy. another tweet from of few

minutes ago, tweeting comments from democrats from the impeachment of bill clinton. be aid there must never narrowly voted impeachment or impeachment substantially supported by one of our majority major political parties and largely opposed by the other. doug collins saying is chairman nadler willing to apply -- from memberseets of the judiciary committee and other members of congress as well, this is debbie lesko saying yesterday evening not only did nadler drop thousands of documents with less than 48 hours before the hearings, many of them are unable to be viewed. we asked for the documents and we have not gotten all of ago ad still have not gotten all of them. this is from ed case, democrat

from hawaii. you see him alone in his office. it is quiet because it is a sunday. says, a sunday alone in my d.c. office to focus only on our probable upcoming vote on impeachment. one more tweet from jayapal, saying the facts are uncontested, saying the president is a clear and present of danger to our democracy. tour ofaking us on a the hearing area in the office building on the house side were this is taking place. this is outside the impeachment where lawmakers talk to the press before and after and during that hearing.

conduct ane to interview with some of those folks that have been sitting in line for what a while to get judicial committee hearing. this is sam and his father talking to greta. 7:00 a.m. >> and why? >> we wanted to see a bit of history. to seedid you want history today? >> being from a small town in minnesota, we need some excitement in our lives. what could be more exciting than to come to the nation's capital and attend a hearing that concerns the impeachment of the president? >> what about you, sam? >> i think it is important for citizens to be engaged in their federal, state, and local government. this is kind of the biggest thing going on right now.

when will you get in and how long can you stay? >> they said 15 minutes before the hearing, they are going to let us in. we should have plenty of room. there is not much of a waiting line here. i anticipate spending most of the day here. host: you can comment on the hearings on our twitter feed. you can see the people taking time to demonstrate. you can probably see this already. steve pointing out fall this morning, too cold for inside the house. fall behind me. me.og behind you cannot see the capital. it is still there. those are the conditions going on now. lanita ishis next --

next. caller: good morning. how are you? host: i'm doing well. how about yourself? caller: i'm doing great. i wanted to be a little comical. i wish i could see as well as i can hear. of i assumed, i think, and as far as sondland, he must have -- there is no way i could hear someone speaking across the table for me unless it was on speakerphone. that doesn't hold water for me. this far as what is going on nadler, it is an embarrassment to our country. i listen to all this stuff. sometimes i listen again on c-span.

every time the republicans wanted to speak, he would shut him down. that professor, the lady got so mad. she showed a really bad side of her. host: only because that was last week's hearing, what about today? are you planning on watching? caller: yes, i am going to watch. host: what are you hoping to learn from it? caller: evidence that i have not seen or heard. everything has been i assumed, i thought. been in officeve for 30 years. i think they should be limited to two to four terms or get them out of office. i think there's is going to be some stuff uncovered pertaining to the democrats, and the tables are going to turn on some of the democrats, and they are going to comeuppance as

they are trying to do this against donald trump did host: we will hear from debbie in ohio. caller: first off, what i have 1998,d is in 1997, president bill clinton had a treaty brought up where ukraine and the u.s. would work together on corruption. so ukraine is very corrupt. the professor maria blocked as foris for people -- vis people that are honest and wanted to come to the u.s. the state department and the fbi have evidence that money was being funneled into different she'll companies. host: how does that relate to today? caller: this is all illegal what they are doing, the democrats.

this is an embarrassment. we had a treaty. they are doing the same thing with the u.s. aid, the taxpayers money in puerto rico. that $93stealing billion we sent to puerto rico. host: that is debbie in ohio. let's go to missouri, democrat line. ray, go ahead. caller: it's bruce. host: i'm sorry. go ahead. i quit listening to c-span sometime back. i happened to tune into it today. thank you for letting me speak. understand why i quit listening. i'm so disappointed in the ignorance. i'm so disappointed and thatrassed for the people don't know our history, our constitution, what our intent was, what

people have died for. i keep hearing talking points the same repeated from a right-wing entertainment channel. i wish c-span could do more to help inform people of the true facts of the current political of theand inform people history of our constitution. ast: you educate us as far the true facts. what are they in your mind regarding impeachment? caller: i think this president has done more harm to this country than people realize. they are listening and watching tweets, and they are not listening and watching what is going on behind the scenes, all the criminal acts with him and his administration. host: specifically to the impeachment, what facts do you

find concerning as far as what you have seen presented over the last few weeks? is in our laws that you are not allowed to use a foreign country to interfere in our elections. it was proven by 17 intelligence agencies that russia interfered with our last election, and he is inviting them again. specifically to the ukrainian call, what was the concern in your mind? caller: well, we had three harvard and the best of the best of this country and sondland admitting it was a quid pro quo, and everyone was in the loop. they are using a foreign country to interfere in our election. host: that is ruth in missouri. if you want to go back and watch these hearings to find out some

of the instances where witness testimony, you can go to our website at c-span.org. we put everything there when it comes to those hearings leading up to today. it is all available for you at the website. , independent line, we will hear from paula. caller: hello. thank you for taking my call. i just have a few seconds on this trial. adler says the president is obstructing justice by not allowing his administration to come in and testify, and yet r wouldthe hearings, nade not bring in actual witnesses that were on the phone call to testify before them or the .histleblower or even schiff

i'm hoping they will bring them into this court today. nightd on the news last that biden has asked to come, and he is refusing to come. host: we heard a couple of days ago that the president and his team were invited to testify today, and they refused that request. caller: what do they need to testify for? what are they going to be testifying for? host: do you think they should show up to present their side of the case? caller: they have already done that. i mean why the transcript that .hey got of the phone call he did not obstruct anything on that. he has released everything that they have asked for. why does he need to testify on that? they won't even bring in the other party that he was talking to to have him testify. they don't even believe him as

far as that. they are calling this other president of the ukraine a liar. on the paperwork and stuff, i have not seen any paperwork case we did like biden's where he got on and bragged about interfering in their government, saying you either fire this person, or you are not getting this money. host: that is paula in texas commenting. (202) 748-8001 for republicans. democrats (202) 748-8000. independents (202) 748-8002. we will go back to john. host: about 15 minutes away from the start of today's judiciary committee hearing. there are plenty of numbers in the house who have been through this before. 55 current house numbers, 42

democrats and 13 republicans were in the house during the clinton impeachment. senators, 14 current six democrats and eight republicans, who were house members during the clinton impeachment. there is only one member of the house that was around during the nixon impeachment that is still around today. ,hat is congressman don young republican of alaska. he was around for the nixon impeachment. . the clintono impeachment, there are several members appearing on the house judiciary committee today who were on the committee in 1998. there are five members, including the chairman jerrold lee, zoehall a jackson lofgren, steve shouted, and james sensenbrenner. there are several members still

in congress although not on the committee anymore but did serve back in 1998, including chuck schumer, congressman bobby scott, congressman maxine waters, along with senator lindsey graham on the house judiciary committee. when it comes to today's judiciary committee, several members with enforcement or legal background, of course we already went over how many olders hold law degrees, 33 law degrees on the committee. the district attorney in buck, also a doj prosecutor. val demings, or linda police chief. louie gohmert, a state district and appeals judge in texas. california also an air force jack officer.

jimmy weapons, he has noted his previous career as a professor of constitutional law. guy reschenthaler of pennsylvania, a navy jack officer. greg stanton, democrat of arizona, was arizona's deputy attorney general before coming to congress. and greg steube was an army jack officer. host: tracy, hello. caller: yes, i think it is a waste of money doing this. they tried to find his collusion with russia, and they did not find nothing. they want his tax records. i want to see all the other people in congress like the democrats, pelosi, and all the ones that have been there for a long time, their tax records. after you retire from congress, you get like a $174,000 pension.

host: specifically why is this a waste of time? caller: i mean the democrats are like bashing trump. backingwed nagler was hillary clinton. clinton got off for what he did. they own the house and senate, the democrats do. they just don't like trump. he is doing what he said he wanted to do. help with the jobs and the economy. obama did not show his birth records. hisgo after trump for taxes. we have a bloomberg. he is a billionaire. where is his taxes? they are all making too much money, joe biden was in there working with ukraine, if somebody is running for president, they should not be there working with another country host: the white house

during the obama administration released president obama's birth records. as far as the hearings today, are you going to watch? caller: i'm not going to watch. it's just a waste of time. host: let's hear from larry in florida, democrat. caller: you know this guy is an embarrassment. i'm ashamed of america. the last caller is right, the taxes. that is the key. if the republicans would have said, donald, let's see your taxes be we let you run in this campaign. host: today's hearing, what do you think about what you are about to see? are you planning on watching? caller: i watch everything. the guy is guilty. the republicans don't want to admit it. host: guilty based on what? them, do us he told a favor us is who?

him and putin. putin is the only one he bows down to. host: he was directing that, to the ukrainian president. caller: that's what you think. i know this guy. i know trump. he was doing it for him. the way he is. why do you send giuliani over there 40 times? this man is guilty. he has got to go. let's see his taxes and how much he owes russia. host: back to the call and everything else. as far as the evidence, do you think the democrats have a solid case? yes, they could get him for not letting the people testified. he did not even testify. what is wrong with that? he doesn't want to testify because he is a liar. he cannot talk for 15 minutes without lying. host: let's go to ed in

virginia, republican line. caller: hello. there are going to be approximately four things that are going to happen today. number one, the republicans are going to speak ad nauseam about why we should not be rushed to impeachment because it is such a dangerous and pivotal political act. they did the same thing against bill clinton. they rest impeachment in 1998. they should have let the american people decide in these elections rather than having a bunch of politicians decide. the democrats are going to accuse trump of obstruction and contempt by not allowing his people to speak at these hearings. don't forget, eric holder, obama's attorney general, was the first attorney general held in contempt of congress over refusing to speak over fast and furious, and which obama ran guns to drug lords that was used to kill innocent

mexicans. decadesa party that for has done nothing but try to eviscerate the constitution. they believe the constitution is a living and breathing document, which is saying that is a blank piece of paper, which is worthless. they are going to use that constitution narrative many times. i'm not buying it. i think most of the american people are not going to buy that nonsense. they're going to say no one is above the law. they're going to say donald trump is not above the law, that apparently joe biden is. when you want to investigate a vice presidents son who is a crack addict, who doesn't know anything about ukraine, doesn't speak the language, doesn't have any experience in the oil industry, when he gets a job for a corrupt company making millions of dollars, and the prosecutor investigating bankrupt company is investigated and fired by joe biden, they are

not going to talk about that. next, norman, oklahoma. obviousi think it is this is an experience between comrade trump and some of his cronies, giuliani and the rest. he will not say it himself. he gets them to do it. i think if we got these phone call transcripts, it would clear a lot of it up. if we got both of them to testify, because i think this really made him sick that this would actually be done by a person representing the government. son made a mistake and should not have been there. that should be clear to everybody. blame that on biden. what we do have is a president who if anybody was associated with this man in their area,

they would have nothing to do with him. because he represents the conservatives, which i consider myself a conservative, but they have ruined the meaning of conservatism. crazy orive now means a kool-aid drinker. go ahead. host: we will leave it there. there are shots of the room, soon to be filled by legislators, press, and other people watching today's impeachment hearing. you have heard about the format throughout the morning. 9:00 is when the gavel is expected to come down. you can see that gavel to gavel, no interruptions, on c-span, c-span.org, and our radio app. if you miss the hearing today, we will replay tonight at 8:00 on c-span two. eric is next, independent line.

caller: thank you for taking my call. i guess the only fact witness we heard last week was solid. someone said no quid pro quo, i want nothing. that is what he said donald trump said. he was the only fact witness out of all of this. my question is do you -- it has already been discovered in the outpean courts, but finds that the mainstream media has all been complicit with a coup d'etat, do you think they should go and stand trial for treason? host: what is the basis of your question? you are complicit, if all this media is complicit in overthrowing the government, do you think they should stand trial for treason? it is all a joke on the server. it has all been a joke from the word go. host: what makes it a joke in your mind? caller: you showed one witness

last week, one fact witness, only one of them had had any facts. host: we did not show anything. we broadcast the hearing. the hearing being conducted by the house. caller: you just sit there and follow along with the democrats. you play their tune. it is all being exposed. host: that is an absolute false statement to be clear. go ahead. day,r: being shown every you guys are disgusting individuals, all of you. host: let me add, we show it every day because in essence this impeachment inquiry is a process. this is part of c-span's mission, to bring things like this to you. we have seven cameras positioned in that hearing room. we have been showing the shots all morning. we make it possible for our viewers to listen and watch it and also other networks who are covering it as well. this is part of the coverage we have had a 40 years of actions of congress.

you can find out more and watch more and see all the context regarding the impeachment inquiry, what republicans have said, what democrats have said, what other voices have said. you can go to c-span.org and see all the information we have put together in our impeachment inquiry box on the website. you can make up your mind. we go back to john. host: about 35 minutes away from the start of that impeachment hearing. collinsnadler and doug will offer their opening statements. that will happen after the gavel drops at 9:00 a.m. eastern. opening arguments will be 30 minutes. the house intelligence committee will present their findings, their case for and against impeachment in their respective reports that they have put together. then congressman nadler and his

counsel will have a 45 minute round of questioning followed by doug collins, the ranking member and his counsel having their 45 minute round of westerman. then they will -- questioning. then they would precedent to the regular member questioning, about five minutes apiece for the regular members. in terms of preparation for today's hearing, abc news with this story over the weekend, roughly two dozen democrats on the house judiciary committee dressed casually for the weekend gathered in that grand hearing room on capitol hill for two days of preparation, working over pizza, they prepared for the hearing as members gathered for their saturday prep session. they were joined by committee staff and lawyers and a constitutional scholar who has been advising house speaker

nancy pelosi and democrats. he fielded questions on impeachment before democrats began their mock hearing session. if you want to hear more on that from abc news. the is looking ahead to potential senate vote on impeachment. this story from the washington times. congressional republicans want to require senate democrats running for president to recuse themselves from a possible impeachment trial against president trump, saying impeachment would mix with their political aspirations. that would apply to five democratic hopefuls. congressman jason smith pushing for that resolution, with more than two dozen republican cosponsors. unlikely to go anywhere in the democratic-controlled house of representatives. host: anthony, go ahead. caller: good morning, pedro. thank you for c-span.

i would like to say c-span, i don't think is guilty of media bias the way they present things. you guys are pretty generally ok. the other media is horrible. the new york times, washington post, cnn. they are all obviously devoted to getting this guy and peaks -- impeached. i think the democrats are going the day they started this. they're going to get wiped out in 2020. they are bringing down the country. they're trying to impeach the president who was legitimately elected by 63 million people and won the electoral college landslide. you cannot overturn an election because you don't like the president. that's not right. ukraine is a notoriously corrupt country. they have been dealing with spending our money left and right that we have been giving them and making their own lives

better and not making the people of ukraine better for years. trump challenged that. i don't think everybody gets that. in 2016 worked inh the ukrainian embassy d.c. to get dirt, exactly what they are complaining president trump is trying to do. like i said, you guys do a good job. democrats are going to lose big. host: thank you. we will go to terry in ohio, independent line. appreciate the talking points from fox we just heard. iowa's wonder how a country could be subdivided about an issue that was so obviously wrong.

today, i kind of get the same kind of feeling. this man is so corrupt. if we believe in the , we have to at all believe that congress has some power over this man. he is flouting the constitution. he will not adhere to anything the congress is saying. it is just crazy to hear some of these collars calling in. do they really understand what the constitution is all about? james in's go to massachusetts, democrat line. i kind of appreciate this new double thing you have going on with john in the other room. i'm wondering why on occasion he doesn't cite testimony from

vindman's testimony that he said he could not find morrison on schiff. so he went to he had a conversation with him on the same day, he could not find him when he was around. there is no testimony from fiona hill, which she said she passed waso volker, when she testifying on vindman's credibility. me asn came across to colonel jessup. he lied during his testimony. you have asked everybody today how they feel about trump not and notup to the things presenting his side of the story and why.

everybody, every single american citizen in the united dates has the right -- united states has the right to fight a subpoena. you are not penalized for doing it. if you win, you win. you guys have not mentioned that even once. democrats' hair don't go on fire. a democrat, ruth bader ginsburg blocked the release of trumps taxes. host: a lot of information there. we prepared to lead you to the start of the hearing at 9:00. one more time, you can watch this on c-span starting at 9:00. you can follow along at c-span.org. if you want to download the free radio app, you can do that and listen along. we will rebroadcast the hearing tonight on c-span two starting at 8:00. a lot of ways you can view our

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