joining us now, comcast chairman and ceo brian roberts looks like 2.2% mr. ts, it's great to see you this morning i know we might have a delay we have things shuttling between different areas. >> no, we're all good. i wish i was in davos with you we're perfect. >> we wish you were here, too. when i look at comcast, i wouldn't call it a conglomerate but there's so many moving parts that we really have five or six different things to talk about let me just ask you first off, the fourth quarter, was it a good year to start with, the first three quarters fourth quarter in line with what you thought for the whole year, did it end strongly for the company? >> absolutely. so, if i look at -- if i just step back to the question you started with, let's look at the company from, you know, the big picture, start there so, we've got three businesses and they're great businesses start with the cable and broadband business that really, i think, powered the quarter. we had 441,000 broadband net ads. one of the best over 12 years. and for the whole year we did 1.4 million. w

and also it has been stephen burke, brian roberts, unwavering support. david: when you are not doing "saturday night live," you are also producing other shows. you are producing "late night." lorne: i did "the tonight show with seth meyers," late-night show. in all of those, "30 rock" is a perfect example. tina fey was a brilliant head writer on "snl" and then cast member and did update. she wanted to do a series. we did "mean girls" together. she wanted to do a television series. it ended up being "30 rock." what i will do is i will be all over it at the beginning to make sure that it is both on track and the best version of what it could be. and then once it is sort of going, or going well enough, i will tiptoe out of the room and go back to my other job which is "snl." most of my focus is "snl" because it is compelling and because you don't know what is happening minute to minute. with "the tonight show with jimmy fallon," and seth meyers on "late-night," these are people i worked with and we have a shorthand. i have faith in them. and so you can sort

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selby and the advocacy community offline, and i failed to mention brian roberts, and deputy city attorney sanders as we continue to try to figure out what we're going to do with the ordinance this board unanimously passed this year. if we can do that without objection -- i'm sorry? my apologies. that will not be the order until supervisor safai speaks. >> supervisor safai: youretty much said a lot of what i was going to say. i do concur with the chair. i would appreciate holding off on implementation. i want to express some of the things i've heard from people in my district. people don't feel like the appeal process is a real process. they feel they submit their concerns. many of them have been expressed today and then everything proceeds as planned anyway. it doesn't feel -- and i understand that we're moving forward with a conversation about standardization of esthetic, i think that's an important thing. i think there needs to be time done to look into the science. we certainly want to get that on the record. but i want to express the overall frustration from some of the folks i've hea

. >> why doesn't anyone take advantage what have brian roberts said how good sky would be italy withig penetration, big country. the numbers you see from sky is so underpenetrated versus the united states. they didn't play that up on the call >> no. they didn't, but people -- they didn't necessarily give you a lot of -- a lot of granularity when it came to the margin erosion versus what was expected >> no, right >> or except we know these things are expensive peacock we know what the number also be in terms of the 2 billion spent. not that large but it's something. wireless spending a good amount to acquire a lot of subscribers. >> the downgrade said where they could be wrong is peacock. i went over that conference call for comcast, went over a bunch of times two ways to look at the conference call. one is that the spend is going to come back very quickly. [ cheers and applause the other is to say listen 2021 the first time we're seeing anything good. if that's the case the stock goes lower [ chants of "usa" >> let's get the opening bell, you'll hear chants of "usa" because at the bi

supported and really when you talk to executives, and i did get a chance to talk to steve burke and brian robertsceo of comcast, prior to the meeting yesterday, in many ways they viewed the real competitor here as youtube >> yes >> so much time is spent on youtu youtube, so much of it is spent they say with nbc universal content, think "snl" or "the tonight show" cut up in parts they're not getting monetization from and love the opportunity to bring back that content and actually monetize, not to mention obviously a very broad portfolio of entertainment, including a bunch of new shows as well, and the ones that you see right there, some of the old favorites from years gone by that will give them the opportunity they believe to sort of benefit in a way, also pointing to hulu, where it's the ad supported part of that service that actually is the most profitable and getting as much as $10 in advertising i think it's per sub, so those are the numbers they're looking at is where they see the opportunity. >> yes, i mean, obviously, competing with youtube for eyeball hours and the ad dollars that come w

comcast ceo brian roberts saying as the company reduces reliance on shrinking demand for traditionals staking its future onbroadband growth >> we made a pivot to a broadband centric cable company that, whether it's for streaming or gaming or any other app a this you're interested on your television, the best wi-fi, that's the number-one product. that's what we go to market with we now have a mobile product and we have multiple video offerings. >> roberts saying the whole company is focused on serving customers in the mobile world. he said he's confident about the launch of peacock and they're also continuing to grow their broadband product for stlereame called flex. back to you. >> julia boorstin, thank you for bringing us the latest putting pressure on other media stocks as well up next is the era of the unicorn over in silicon valley we'll explain that one after the break. stay with us ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ you still have service? call the insurance company sfx: [phone ringing] it's them, calling us. it's going to be a week before they can get through on these roads shhh, sorry, i didn't cat

. >>> by the way, speaking of media, our ceo brian roberts on "sidewalk box" tomorrow, ceo of comcastarent of this network and talk about the fourth quarter results no doubt and the streaming product peacock launching i believe may 15th. >>> next up, california already home to the most professional sports teams in the nation and soon it could be home to the biggest legal sports betting, as well golden state with a coalition of native american tribes to circulate petitions seeking to allow betting at casinos and horse tracks eric, once again, i'll go back to you what the tribes are seeking is the ability of roulette and craps in the casinos, something not allowed now. >> so state by state we are seeing this growth around the country. it's been a couple of years since the supreme court allowed the states to do this. some states have the indian casinos as a powerful lobby. some have powerful casino companies. that's what's going on with sports gambling, look state by state and the ones gotten the things passed they all said, we'll make billions of dollars in revenue and then actually we

selby and the advocacy community offline, and i failed to mention brian roberts, and deputy city attorneynue to try to figure out what we're going to do with the ordinance this board unanimously passed this year. if we can do that without objection -- i'm sorry? my apologies. that will not be the order until supervisor safai speaks. >> supervisor safai: you pretty much said a lot of what i was going to say. i do concur with the chair. i would appreciate holding off on implementation. i want to express some of the things i've heard from people in my district. people don't feel like the appeal process is a real process. they feel they submit their concerns. many of them have been expressed today and then everything proceeds as planned anyway. it doesn't feel -- and i understand that we're moving forward with a conversation about standardization of esthetic, i think that's an important thing. i think there needs to be time done to look into the science. we certainly want to get that on the record. but i want to express the overall frustration from some of the folks i've heard from that, the

selby and the advocacy community offline, and i failed to mention brian roberts, and deputy city attorney sanders as we continue to try to figure out what we're going to do with the ordinance this board unanimously passed this year. if we can do that without objection -- i'm sorry? my apologies. that will not be the order until supervisor safai speaks. >> supervisor safai: you pretty much said a lot of what i was going to say. i do concur with the chair. i would appreciate holding off on implementation. i want to express some of the things i've heard from people in my district. people don't feel like the appeal process is a real process. they feel they submit their concerns. many of them have been expressed today and then everything proceeds as planned anyway. it doesn't feel -- and i understand that we're moving forward with a conversation about standardization of esthetic, i think that's an important thing. i think there needs to be time done to look into the science. we certainly want to get that on the record. but i want to express the overall frustration from some of the folks i've h

another major piece of new information here, brian, is a new character by the name of robert hyde. he's a republican who's actually running for congress at the moment in connecticut, and has apparently been working with lev parnas, and there's really some pretty alarming details in here about what appears to be a surveillance campaign on former ambassador yovanovich, that he says to lev parnas he was carrying out while they were trying to get president trump to fire ambassador yovanovich. and in these whatsapp text messages that were handed over to congress, he talks about yovanovich's whereabouts as well as her electronic and phone communications, saying she talked to three people. her phone is off. her computer is off. in another text message, saying she's next to the embassy. i reached out tonight to ambassador yovanovich's legal team, heard back from her lawyer, lawrence robbins, who says the notion that american citizens and others were monitoring ambassador yovanovich's movements for unknown purposes is disturbing. we trust that the appropriate authorities will conduct an inv

brian. >> and robert costa still with us for one more from capitol hill. bob, you cover this for a living. if and when people ask you to trace back to a single person or event, exactly what the senator just said, and we hear it from obviously a ton of people, what's your answer? what changed? what snapped? >> in terms of the institution of the senate? >> yeah. >> what you really see is the rise of populism and nationalism in this country, the rise of the tea party movement. you look back at 2010 when i first started covering politics in congress, and the scrutiny on every kind of deal, any kind of negotiation. -- it was immediately vilified. you've seen on both sides of the aisle people who are more populist rise as insiders who used to cut deals in congress have become villains of the entire process. leaders in the democratic party and the republican party in congress are detested by many core voters in those respective parties. we have a washington right now that does not function congressionally and congress is even struggling to be the oversight branch

all-time high in the premarket here's what the chairman and ceo brian roberts said earlier on "squawk>> we made a pivot to a broadband centric cable company that whether it's for streaming or gaming or any other app that you're interested on your television, the best wi-fi, that's the number one product, that's what we go to market with we now have a mobile product and we have multiple video offerings. >> david, as you know, a lot of moving stories, management changes, ambitions in global news with sky and a lot more. >> i chose that bite, though, because that's the key to this company and that's what investors are most focused on. and they have succeeded i think and obviously it is our parent company, but they have succeeded in moving the focus from loss of video subs to the addition of what they call internet or broadband subs everybody connecting through comcast to get the broadband, which arguably is the most single important connection in your home. you had customer relationship net additions of 372,000 for the quarter. that was bolstered by the 442,000 new internet high-speed cu

associate of trump lawyer rudy giuliani, we're talking about lev parnas, and a man named robert hyde. cnn's briand is joining us with details. robert hyde is a new figure in all of this. what are you finding out about him? >> we have learned that robert hyde is very controversial, a man are erratic patterns of behavior who is now trying to explain texts, tracking the former ambassador's movements and security. he's an obscure candidate for a congressional seat from connecticut. a long shot at best. he calls himself an ardent trump supporter, has contributed tens of thousands of dollars to the president's campaign and inauguration committee, has enthusiastically posed for photos with trump and his top allies. it's not clear he knows any of them, yet tonight robert hyde finds himself in the middle of the ukraine scandal. told, fbi agents visited his home and office in connecticut. u.s. federal prosecutors and ukrainian police are investigating him. this comes after hyde's texts came to light about tracking the moves of marie yovanovitch, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine. according to house doc

robert brian and mark esper said imminency meant within day. >> soleimani and those he was plotting were looking to kill american diplomats and soldiers in significant numbers in the coming days. >> attack soleimani was planning days or weeks away? >> i think safe to say days for sure. reporter: iran is continuing to threaten retall is. it is foreign minister, melissa and connell, said that retaliation would be quote, proportional. connell: blake burman at the white house. melissa: one of the most significant trade deals of the decade is usmca. it is winning approval of the senate finance committee. we'll go to the senate floor for a full vote. let's go to fox business's edward lawrence who is live in washington with more details. we've been waiting for this, so long, edward. reporter: so long, right? usmca passed a major hurdle for the full senate to ratify the trade deal. the senate finance committee voted to move it on. senators from both sides of the aisle praised the deal as a boom for the u.s. economy. >> look, is this perfect? no agreement is perfect but this is a big improvement

that went out after the passage of house resolution where john eisenberg, the subpoena to brian mccormick, robert blair, michael ellis, preston griffith and mick mulvaney. but let me underscore something that my colleague lofgren had to say and let me break this down if i can in very practical terms . what is the practical import of what counsel for the president would argue and it is this area let's say that a democrat is elected in november. and let's say that anyone of you care committee in the senate determine that you think that the next president hasengaged in something questionable. even some wrongdoing . you begin an investigation and i would imagine that your sent rules like our house rules and its house rule 10 that has a specific language authorizing the issuance of subpoenas as a part of our normal oversight responsibility , that didn't exist at the time in watergate to have had a separate resolution but that house rule has each session and empowers us to issue subpoenas as committee chairs as part of our oversight jurisdiction so there you are, democratic president area you're a chai

subpoenas that went out after the passage of the house resolution, subpoenaed to john eisenberg, brian mccormick, robertmichael ellis, preston wells griffin and mick mulvaney. but let me underscore something my colleague had to say and let me break this down if i can in very practical terms, the practical import of what counsel for the president would argue and it is this. let's say that a democrat is elected in november. let's say that anyone of you that chair of committee in the senate, determine that you think that the next president has engaged in something questionable. maybe even some wrongdoing and you begin an investigation and i would imagine your senate rules like our house rules, the senator that has a specific language authorizing the subpoenas as part of our normal oversight, that power didn't exist at the time of watergate so they had to have a separate resolution but that house roll past each session powers us to issue subpoenas as committee chairs as part of our oversight jurisdiction. there you are, democratic president, you start to do over state, you issue subpoenas, you start to lear

. >> we know from the national security adviser robert o'brian brian that sul mani had arrived in baghdad. he was killed near the airport. from the syrian airport of damascus. it was tracked where he was. the fact that we saw him arriving from damascus and knew he was coming, how much of that is a failure on the iran intelligence service's part and a success by the americans? >> i think it is a great success by the americans. but this was not somebody like osama bin laudin who went out of his way for a decade to evade. we show him walking around with various soldiers, taking selfies with them. he was a public figure. this is not some tremendous intelligence breakthrough. on the other hand there was a date certain we knew where he was that a missile could take him out. that does imply somebody within his circle, maybe an american spy or somebody within the iraqi security services, may have been where this information came from. >> he's been out there, on the battlefield, that begs the question, why take him out there? we have to leave it there. thank you very much for joining me. >> thank

more middleweight, more circumspect managers like robert steele brian, bolton's successor, might actually effective a trojan horse think what i think would be a tragedy in the middle east. iran is not iraq. it's twice as big. it would be twicece as bad. we are weaker than we were 16 years ago. if president george w. bush struggled to win reelection in 2004, if trump does this, he's cooked. >> tucker: i think that's right. thank you for that. >> thanks. >> tucker: so you hear a lot from the left about how concerned about the environment they are, but you've noticed that those concerns have always conveniently dovetailed with acquiring more political power and questioning their political enemies. california some major wildfires this year and according to the nation magazine there isr a cler culprit, private home ownership is the problem. and we are quoting now. "the idealization of individual own ownership created the scorching landscapes we create dell maxi today. individual home ownership should be seriously question."se banning private home ownership? will that stop wildfires? let's fix

former wales and norwich striker iwan roberts is to undergo tests on his brian for the rest of his lifens of dementia. research found footballers had a higher risk of dying from condition than the average person, linked to heading the ball. idid not i did not think twice about it. i'm 51,i i did not think twice about it. i'm 51, i have played professional football for 20 years, over 750 games. i would football for 20 years, over 750 games. iwould rather football for 20 years, over 750 games. i would rather know sooner rather than later if the impact of heading all those footballs in 20 yea rs of heading all those footballs in 20 years of playing has had an impact on my brain. you look at what happens in america, they are banned from heading football under the age of ii, and we should learn from it. they don't have the right skill or technique at that age, they will learn that in later life, and i think that would make them better players because they would have to use other tools. it is a fair case for children to be banned from heading the ball until a certain age because i do not thin

former wales and norwich striker iwan roberts is to undergo tests on his brian for the rest of his lifehe early signs of dementia. research found footballers had a higher risk of dying from condition than the average person — linked to heading the ball. in the united states, they've taken measures to prevent children heading the ball at a certain age and roberts says the more we can learn about the dangers, the better. i don't think twice about it, you know? i'm 51. i played professional football for 21 years, over 50 games. i'd rather know sooner than later if the impact of having all those footballs in 20 years of play has had an impact on my brain. you look at what happens in america, i think it is from 11 years of age or under, they're banned from playing football. and i think it is something we can learn from. they haven't got the right skill or techniques at that age, that is something they will learn in later life. and i think that would make them better players, because they would have to use other tools. so i think it is a fair case for children to be banned from heading a ball

mulvaney's senior adviser robert blair, secretary rick perry and brian mccormack, secretary perry's chief of staff, and we should at least start with, if we're seeious about gse serious about getting to the truth, issue a subpoena for stat department emails. in the emails sondland stated quote, i talked to zelensky just now. he is prepared to receive potus's call. we'll ensure him he intends to run an investigation and will turn over every stone. he will greatly appreciate a call prior to sunday so that he can put out some media about a friendly and productive call prior to ukraine election on sunday. i asked nsc to set up a call for tomorrow, section days before president trump's infamous july 25th call in which he told president zelensky to conduct investigations into the biden and the 2016 elections. he sent an e-mail to the top aides updating them on the status of the scheme. again, quote, everyone was in the loom. august 11th, ambassador sondland e-mailed to asked him to brief secretary pompeo on the statement he was negotiating with president zelensky with the aim of, quote, making

and i was thinking, brian, about the fact that john roberts is about to have about the most divided life because in the morning on many of these days he's going to be operating as chief justice of the united states and that situation of great power and great responsibility almost across the street. then comes over in the afternoon at 1:00, you know, for the senate trial and has to operate under these senate rules that will be very constraining. it's going to be a big shift of gear. >> of course we still rely in a democracy on individuals, even in an age of apps and where our phones have incredible power to harness the electronic world. this is still a guy, harvard undergraduate, harvard law school, became a judge at a very young age, tapped for this awesome task of chief justice of the united states, probably michael never dreaming that that would include in robes presiding over this session of the u.s. senate. >> i have to assume that. but i think we may be in a situation where he may be uniquely suited for this in that, you know, you were talking about the possibility of chaos and lack

. >> joe: brian anger comes on to punt. andre roberts sitting back at the 20. maybe in position for a return here. angers had a good year punting. second in net average. needs to drive one here. and it is secured for the fair catch to roberts. so now buffalo gets the ball with a chance to win with a field goal. >> next score wins. >> joe: next score wins. so josh allen drove his team 11 plays, 41 yards to set up to game-tying field goal with hauschka, who's 4 for 4 on the day, and now here he is back out on the field. buffalo trying to win their first playoff game since 1995. he's going to run. and he's wrapped up by justin reid. that is a loss of two. >> booger: reid made the tackle but the play was made by number 59 whitney mercilus. allen wanted to come inside. mer plus came in there, made him bounce out. nice play by mercilus. if you notice how buffalo moved the ball it's bun unorthodox plays. what play is brian daboll going to scheme up to get this drive started in. >> joe: second and 12. allen, look at the time he has. allen. he's going to launch it deep.

so long and the short of it, brian, is that even though some people have been saying that this robert hyde guy might have just been making all this up, didn't really have surveillance, there seems to be a lot more in the story, including a new character who was purporting to have surveillance on marie yovanovich. >> and perhaps a broader lesson about the people around this president. this is exactly why we invited josh lederman on our broadcast again tonight to start us off. josh, our thanks for your reporting in just these past few hours. we should note that earlier today secretary of state mike pompeo said in two different radio interviews that he did not know lev parnas or know about the alleged surveillance of u.s. ambassador marie yovanovich. he did say more than two days now after these initial messages became public that he would investigate the claim. the house voted to impeach donald trump one month ago. the trial is now three days away. tonight we learned the makeup of trump's defense team, and it is made up in part of people the president watches defend him on fox news. whi

so long in the short of it, brian, is even though some people have been saying that this robert hyde guy might have just been making all this up, didn't really have surveillance. there seems to be a lot more in the story, including a new character who is purporting to have surveillance on marie yovanovitch. >> josh lederman having to go through a bunch of new documents. interesting new information as well. including those links from parnas to the apparent surveillance of marie yovanovitch. joining us now from capitol hill, nbc's leanne caldwell. leanne, before we talk impeachment, what do you think of the new documents? in particular, the question of whether yovanovitch was spied on. >> it appears that they were watching yovanovitch. and there is also the news that devin nunes, the ranking member on the house intelligence committee, who was defending the president throughout this entire impeachment process. sitting through these hearings. denouncing the democrats', quote, witch hunt against the president. that he had an aide that was in close contact with lev parnas. and so what thes

officials defied subpoenas for testimony, namely robert blair, mick mulvaney, john eisenberg, michael ellis, preston wells griffith, russell t bott, michael duffey, brian mccormick, and t ulrich brengle. these actions were consistent with president trump's previous efforts to undermine the united states government investigations into foreign interference in united states elections. through these actions, president trump sought to arrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope, and nature of the impeachment inquiry into his own conduct, as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny all information to the house of representatives in the exercise of its sole power of impeachment. in the history of the republic, no president has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of the house to investigate high crimes and misdemeanors. this abuse of office to cover up the president own misconduct and seize and control the power of impeachment and thus nullify a vital constitutional safeguard vested solely in the house of representatives. in all of this, president tru

that went out after the passage of house resolution where john eisenberg, the subpoena to brian mccormick, robert blair, michael ellis, preston griffith and mick mulvaney. but let me underscore something that my colleague lofgren had to say and let me break this down if i can in very practical terms . what is the practical import of what counsel for the president would argue and it is this area let's say that a democrat is elected in november. and let's say that anyone of you care committee in the senate determine that you think that the next president hasengaged in something questionable. even some wrongdoing . you begin an investigation and i would imagine that your sent rules like our house rules and its house rule 10 that has a specific language authorizing the issuance of subpoenas as a part of our normal oversight responsibility , that didn't exist at the time in watergate to have had a separate resolution but that house rule has each session and empowers us to issue subpoenas as committee chairs as part of our oversight jurisdiction so there you are, democratic president area you're a chai

. >> robert brian city attorney office. from the legal framework on fiduciary duties and the second part i'm prepared to give your next board meeting in february what is a if dish ary and the laws that a ploy to you as fiduciary. so, a very helpful definition is found in and it's in some parts incorporated into the internal revenue code and that definition is a fiduciary is any person who exercises authority or control over management or disposition of plan assets and for other compensation and discretionary authority or responsible for planned administration. it does not apply to you. it doesn't apply to governmental plans but the language and the definitions that they provide for fiduciary obligations very closely tracks your responsibilities under applicable law, state law and city law. so, the key concept that is incapsulated in this definition is if you exercise any discretion over the administration or investments, your fiduciary and must be have a high standard of care and loyalty, which we will get into shortly. >>

mulvaney, robert belay blair, secretary perry, and brian mccormic. we should at least start with, if we're serious about getting to the truth, issuing a subpoena for a state department emails. if you'll pay attention to the slide, in the email sondland stated, i talked to zelensky just now. he is prepared to receive potus's call. we'll assure him he intends to run a fully trance paint investigation and turn over every stone. he would greatly appreciate a call sprier to sudden so he can put out media about a friendly call. no details. mr. mulvaney in the email acknowledges ret and responds shortly. i asked the nsc to set up a call for tomorrow, six days before president trump now infamous july 25th call, in which he told president zelensky to conduct investigations into the bidens and the 2016 election, mr. sondland sent an email to the president's top aides updating them on the status of the scheme. again, quote, everyone was in the loop. on august 11th, ambassador sondland emailed mr. breck bault to ask him to brief mr. pompeo on the statement he wa

. >> robert brian city attorney office. from the legal framework on fiduciary duties and the second part i'm prepared to give your next board meeting in february what is a if dish ary and the laws that a ploy to you as fiduciary. so, a very helpful definition is found in and it's in some parts incorporated into the internal revenue code and that definition is a fiduciary is any person who exercises authority or control over management or disposition of plan assets and for other compensation and discretionary authority or responsible for planned administration. it does not apply to you. it doesn't apply to governmental plans but the language and the definitions that they provide for fiduciary obligations very closely tracks your responsibilities under applicable law, state law and city law. so, the key concept that is incapsulated in this definition is if you exercise any discretion over the administration or investments, your fiduciary and must be have a high standard of care and loyalty, which we will get into shortly. >>

robert b. blair, john a. eisenberg, michael ellis, preston wells griffith, russell t. vought, michael duffey, brian mccormack, and t. ulrigh brechbuhl. these actions were consistent with president trump's previous efforts to undermine united states government investigations into foreign interference in united states elections. through these actions, president trump sought to arrogate to himself the right to determine the propriety, scope, and nature of an impeachment inquiry into his own conduct, as well as the unilateral prerogative to deny any and all information to the house of representatives in the exercise of its "sole power of impeachment". in the history of the republic, no president has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of the house of representatives to investigate "high crimes and misdemeanors". this abuse of office served to cover up the president's own repeated misconduct and to seize and control the power of impeachment -- and thus to nullify a vital constitutional safeguard vested solely in the

robert d. blair, john a. eisenberg, russell ellis, russell t.vot, brian mccormick and t.brechtal. these actions were consistent with president trump's previous efforts to undermine foreign investigatio investigations. through these actions, the president gave to himself the right to interfere in his own conduct, to deny any information to the house of representatives in recognition of its sole power of impeachment. in the history of the republic, no president has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so kpre comprehensikpren comprehensively the ability to represent high crimes and misdemeanors. this served to cover up the president's misconduct, to control the power of impeachment, and thus to nullify a vital constitutional safeguard vested solely in the house of representatives. in all of this, president trump acted in a manner contrary to his trust as president and subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the united states. whe

brian. you know, how rare the scene is to see john roberts having the experience that only two other americans history as chief justices participating in the trial of a president of the united states in the senate. william rehnquist with bill clinton, 21 years ago this month. almost everything about these is designed to be strange, unusual, unexpected. the presence of members of the house on the senate floor as they came this morning to bring the articles. the presence now we're about to see of the chief justice in his robes on the senate floor in a situation he is unaccustomed to. john roberts like other chief justices is used to being all powerful, in the supreme court, and used to having that situation be the case for a very long time. here suddenly he is coming into the senate where he has to abide by senate rules and preside. it is going to be very interesting to see the grace and sensitivity with which he does this. >> michael, you and i are old enough to remember something about rehnquist who arrived to do this job during clinton impeachment, and out of nowhere, sharp eyed viewers notic

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