>> yang: that's where brindisi wants the focus to be as ns from a two week recess. want your colleagues district, the needs of this district as this impeachment inquiry goes on?nk >> i teople have struggles here that are more front and center than some of the latest news that's coming out of washington and that's what i'm committed to working on. >>fang: but the flashpoints the evening were the questions about impeachment like the one from lauren earl. were you satisfied with his answer about the impeachment inquiry? >> right now by not saying it, i feel like that gives trump leverage. so just come out and say how you feel and trust that what you believe isow you are going to lead because we will follow you if you tell us what you believe. >> yang: trump supporters, who were early to the meeting an loud, hope impeachment could bet leverage to win back brindisi's house seat. earlier this month, claudia tenney, the trump-backed incumbent brindisi defeated,ng said she's rungain. james zecca helped rally trump backers inront of the school before going inside for brindis

that would include anthony brindisi from new york. jared goldman, maine. colin peterson from minnesota. what do they have in common? they all represent districts won by donald trump in 2016 and they're not alone. there are 31 lawmakers that represent purple, red districts carried by the president. these lawmakers right there. will they vote to override the will of their constituents based on a one-sided, secret trial run by, well, a compromised, corrupt, congenital liar by the name of adam schiff? sadly, at least one of the people on this list, new york congressman matt rose is ready right now to impeach president trump and he believes the president is guilty until proven innocent telling the new magazine "the president says he's innocent. so all we're saying is prove it." oh. i didn't know it worked that way. is that what you believe, congressman rose, do you believe that?

reporter: it was fshman democratic representative brindisi's 11th meeting. i am here to listen.e got an earful from both sides in the debate over impeachment. from supporters of president trump in the goprieaning di that gave mr. trump 54% of the vote. >> it is promoting unfairness for the president. >> 95% have rushed to conclusion. what do you say to those people? >> all i can say is what i believe and what i'm goin to do as a representative. >> you said you would speak up. >> do you want me to answer? i would love to hear. reporter: and from democrats that helped him unseat his opponent in a narrow vicry. >> do you believe the president is above the law reporter: for h two hours delicately threaded the needle raising concerns about thees ent's behavior but explicitly ignoring the impeachment inquiry. >> you should come out forcefully. this is for the birds. it really is. [cheering] >> in my opinion, the standard -- is the president a danger for the country? >> yes. we are votinfor you. you wona bry small margin. >> i want to make this car -- politics is not calculated in my m

nt decembery and others -- brindisi and others. ultimately support that or -- a jeffries: we have to make decision based on their conscience and how they decide o most effectively represent the districts they are privileged to serve. the overwhelming majority of the democratic caucus are supporting record the impeachment inquiry. on resolution that will be the floor, which will be unveiled by chairman mcgovern the rules committee, relates of an ongoing se impeachment inquiry that the overwhelming majority of the democratic caucus already publicly support. hat doesn't seem to be to be a challenge. reporter: that's not a problem for some of them because might not be popular in some of those districts. peterson -- [inaudible] you don't worry that they put some of the numbers at risk? jeffries: no. this is about the united states constitution. this is about the rule of law. is about national security. this is about abuse of power. the is about the fact that president betrayed his oath of people.nd the american and also undermine the in

the united nations a special envoy to brindisi says that he's concerned the country is at risk of a new wave of atrocities as it approaches an election next year the brewing the government is still refusing to cooperate with the un high commission for human rights and refuses to acknowledge human rights abuses i can has more now from the un headquarters in new york. the council was addressed by the special envoy to burundi michel co-founder who said he remained concerned about the number of human rights violations within that country he said that the majority of victims appeared to be those aligned with opposition parties and said they had been little cooperation with the burundi government in terms of dealing with these violations on the humanitarian front though he said that being a massive improvement only hard as many people within that country are in need of humanitarian assistance as were the previous year the council's reaction summed up by the us ambassador we welcome the recent remarks from president in currencies or affirming his commitment to peaceful elections and encourage

kendra horn of oklahoma, anthony brindisi of new york matured golden of maine, jeff van drew of new jersey, and veteran democrat collin peterson of minnesota. president trump won petersons district by an eye-popping 31 points, and i asked peterson tonight how he would vote tomorrow, he replied "i will figure it out." the public as a ready to weaponize this vote against vulnerable democrats, shannon. >> shannon: some conservatives accusing republicans are not doing enough tonight to defend the president. >> yeah, and this is why florida republican matt gaetz filed an ethics complaint against house intelligence committee chairman adam schiff. i brought along with me tonight the house will book, and gaetz accuses schiff of violating rule 23 dealing with decorum. he dishonor the house when he delivered a theatrical interpretation of the president's call with the president of ukraine a couple of weeks ago get also, gaetz believes schiff ran afoul of role t, and gaetz says they shod not have been kicked out without a full vote by the house. rule 232g to see, in the weeds here, says that pertains

in burundi as the country prepares for an election next year the united nations special envoy to brindisisays the government is refusing to cooperate or acknowledge human rights abuses i can has more from the un in new york the council was addressed by the special envoy to burundi michel co-founder who said he remained concerned about the number of human rights violations within that country he said that the majority of victims appeared to be those aligned with opposition parties and said they had been little cooperation with the burundi government in terms of dealing with these violations on the humanitarian front he said that being a massive improvement only hard as many people within that country are in need of humanitarian assistance as were the previous year the council's reaction summed up by the us ambassador we welcome the recent remarks from president in currencies are affirming his commitment to peaceful elections and encourage the government to take tangible steps towards this goal one of those steps is to allow international and domestic election observers unfettered access to

31 points, i would also look at some freshman members just bantered from new jersey, also anthony brindisirom new york state. >> chris: chad thank you let's cut from you outside the hearing let's go inside the hearing room. this is the house rules committee and this is where they are discussing the rule that will put this resolution to formally empower the impeachment proceedings. you see in the left of their tom cole is the top republican on the rules committee let's listen in. >> i want to state for the record that if we talk about process, we ought to respect the constitutional authority of the house of representatives. in this white house and it's one of the reasons why we are here as obstructed our investigation, ignored our duly authorized subpoenas, withheld key documents, prevented witnesses from testifying, and intimidated witnesses. they tried to disparage members of congress who are trying to fulfill their responsibilities under the constitution of the united states. i will for the record say article one of the constitution gives the right to investigate the president and we are

host: that was the new york democrat representative anthony brindisi, talking with reporters on some of the issues he is interested in beyond impeachment. jimmy from sacramento, california, you are up. democratic line. what is on your mind? caller: yes. ever since donald trump has been elected, and the republican the three branches of the government, i would like to know what have they done in those two years when they had all those branches of the government? have they done anything? republicans are talking about the democrats and they don't do anything. ofl, and the three branches government, nothing went on. they did absolutely nothing. that is all i have to say. host: thanks, jimmy. duke is calling from wisconsin, independent caller. caller: hi, how are you? thanks for taking my call. good morning. host: of course. caller: the question you are posing, can congress balance impeaching and legislating at the same time? i think we all know the answer is yes. the question is, why, and should they? i have been on hold for roughly 20 minutes. is i have to make a decision, am i going to

host: we featured anthony brindisi, one of the eight democrats who does not support the impeachment inquiry. is he getting a lot of pressure? it is fair to say that he is getting a lot of pressure from both sides, because he is in a swing district that both sides know 2020,go either way, come but it seems like he is one of the few left who is really making that calculation. there are enough public is in his district that do support the president, that it is not worth coming out and supporting an inquiry. for someone like representative matt sholes, ultimately the allegations grew to a point where he felt he could come out and support the inquiry. house republican campaign was attacking him anyway for being in favor of it, even before he came out, so it really is kind of a calculation in the face of a lot of pressure, i think both in person and on social media. host: what about new york republicans? how are they responding to impeachment? guest: for the most part, we see republicans across the country who try their best not to weigh in on this issue but emphasize that they do support the pre