welcome back to "morning joe." live here in washington. joining us now, the speaker of the house, nancy pelosi. thank you very much for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. good morning. >> a couple weeks ago you and i stood here and we were talking about the preciousness of our democracy. you have moved forward with this step toward impeachment. how do you plan, though, to handle the republicans who still say there is nothing to see here? >> well, first let me say that this is no cause for any joy. this is a very sad time for our country. the impeachment of a president is as serious as our congressional responsibilities can be, apart from declaring war or something. and so we have to be very prayerful. and we always have to put country before party. but i would say at this time i would say to democrats and republicans we have to put country before party very clearly in the public view. and this is about the constitution of the united states. the clarity of the president's actions...