representatives are back in their home districts over the holidays and joining me is east bay congressman mark desaulnier trump's criticism of speaker employ si today. thanks for coming on. >> my pleasure. >> it reads nancy pelosi's district in california has rapidly become one of the worst anywhere in the united states when it comes to the homeless and crime. it has gotten so bad so fast she has lost total control and along with her equally incompetent governor, gavin newsom, it is a very s very sad sight. okay. is this a distraction from what's going on? he often criticizing california when he's pinned in. what do you make of that? >> he's unhinged in my view. he attacks anyone who looks like they'll disagree with him. >> unheinged or strategic. >> there's a certain amount of predictability. he does this frequently. his relationship with the truth and accuracy is not a close one. >> okay. you were mentioning it's rather nice to be here. obviously you're back home seeing family and friends, but just to get a break of the intensity of washington, it must be exciting on one hand and exhausting on the othe

. >> congressman mark desaulnier, thank you so much of california with a great view of the san francisco bay. thank you so much, sir. appreciate it. >> thank you. >> i want to bring in reuters white house correspondent jeff mason, the hill senior writer scott wong and joyce vance. joyce, you heard the last question and what the representative was saying. how will this week be written about? how big a deal? it's what we've been tornado warninging about for how long here in the beltway. but for everyday americans, ma will this be written as? >> it feels very much like this is the week where the future of our democracy hangs in the balance. people haven't focused i don't think quite enough yet, richard, on that second article of impeachment which charges that the president in an unprecedented way has refused to comply with legal process, with subpoenas that have asked for documents and for witness testimony in this congressional oversight proceeding. and instead of providing some information and saying well, that's enough, we won't give you anymore, or at least negotiating in good faith, th