when congress constitution to meet the basic law that so called many considerations has been in force since 997 and the government policy this law on the brows of this colonial law i is seen by the opposition as a highly anti constitution though the constitution should prevail they arguing this is what they make their case they make the parliament house not been involved in this decision also a very controversial i moved because the parliament is not sitting yet it will be called in within the next few weeks so this is a highly controversial ad and as we have heard also a very important court ruling that would be issued at the end of this process was exploding in hong kong thank you god the united nations is calling for an end to the violence in iraq which has left nearly 100 people dead and wounded security forces have repeatedly opened fire on demonstrators who were protesting against corruption and unemployment the un's top official in iraq has called it a senseless loss of life. of that had their 1st sight of the another funeral procession in iraq the country has seen almost a 100

impeachment debate because it coincides with his extraordinary impeachment challenge to congress' constitutional conduct oversight of the executive branch. rick, that's the link george will sees. >> i think george is correct on that. and i do not think that question of being an institutionalist and respecting the constitutionally mandated powers of each of the bodies is one thing that trumpism has diverted itself from conservatism on very sharply. these are people who think the executive power is the only thing that matters, the defiance of everything having to do with congress' explicitly defined constitutional roles and rights is a joke now. and i don't think that's conservative. i think that's sort of crazy authoritarian statism, and i think george is correct to sort of point that out. and the link back to the sort of capricious action to abandon our allies and order our troops to cut and run, it certainly speaks to his judgment in the overly temperament of the man in question. >> we're going to squeeze in a break here. >>> kboecwhen we come back, the one number, a very big number in that pol

one, it is something that congress can regulate the president. it's right there in the constitution. the congress can give consent to emoluments. somethingly, ti's congress would be legitimately want to think about and look into. [inaudible] hmm,he house needs to say even if all of this happened, even if mr. trump is getting -- that's ok with us. indeed, congress has legislated on what are emoluments and what aren't? and indeed, there are legislative proposals about that very thing. so clearly, this is something that constitutionally based congress can think about. [inaudible] >> this could be, your honor, yes. congress could try to define [inaudible] to one ofthis gets our most important points. [inaudible] if there is actually legislation, as you know, you pay deference to whatever congress passes. >> whether it's constitutional? >> of course you of course you do. you do that all the time. you say there's a presumption of constitutionality. , youake into account ultimately have the final say, but you give deference and are interested. when congress says this is what ,s and is not

congress for testimony, for documents, until congress holds -- house democrats hold a vote, officially open an impeachment inquiry. there's nothing in the constitution that says that that's required. however we do know that is what has happened in the past. the bottom line, the white house using this to essentially stonewall, to delay cooperation with congress. what will the impact be? you see the back and forth escalating just today, with adam schiff issuing those subpoenas to hear from sondland eventu eventually. we're told a letter will go out from the white house to capitol hill, making this very clear, laying out their legal case for why they want the house to hold a full vote. that letter expected to go out this weekend, andrea. >> rick stengal, you were undersecretary of state. you recall what happened when mike pompeo was pushing the benghazi hearings. here is one exchange that took place during a hearing with secretary hillary clinton. >> were you aware that our folks were meeting on the ground in benghazi, hours before the attack. >> i know nothing about this, congressman. >> i think that's deeply disturbing. i think the fact that your tea

week.r one this so in terms of the law, this is congress, the constitution. n terms of the congress, our responsibility is to fairly get to theormation according rules. and mr. schiff is running that show for us now. reporter: are you concerned president's mental stability? [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]>> the u.s. house meets for legislative work noon eastern. today they'll debate a bill directing the s.e.c. to study new sefulness of requiring business disclose urs for investors -- disclosures for investors. tomorrow, another bill requiring public companies to report on how many employees they have in overseas. and live coverage of the house live at noon here on c-span. the speaker, rom house oversight committee chair elijah cummings died early this morning. years old. the baltimore sun reports he had recently, lth issues including an acor theic valve aorta valve - replacement in 2017. one tweeted,

they have done everything they possibly can to obstruct the congress' constitutional right to oversighted the rule of law. they have done irreparable damage to the integrity and independence of the justice department, the state department and the entire intelligence community. what will this president do to protect himself? apparently anything. >> so as you know, the white house, some republicans making the point that they will not comply until there's been a vote in the full house launching an impeachment inquiry that did happen in both the nixon and clinton impeachment proceedings. is that something you're opposed to? would you support such a vote? >> look, i supported a vote in the house involving an impeachment inquiry or whatever anyone wants to call it. but i wouldn't take the republican effort as an act in good faith. they're playing games here. they're trying to make it difficult for democrats to move forward from a political point of view. they understand the circumstances. they can also read the newspapers and understand exactly what this president has done so far. if they wan

congress has said its purpose was to look into amending the nterstate compact. so that's a constitutional question and we're going to avoid it. we don't have anything close to that. remember the kinds of things that the congress said. congress could, for example, things should cs have a lot more money to investigate. >> i was only talking about your last point. >> removal of power. and congress could pass legislation involving g.s.a. >> what's your response to the judge as to why this case is not ontrolled? -- by tobin? >> tobin is distinguished easily distinguishable. >> why is that? >> for the reason i just said. >> say it again. >> ok. >> because i missed it. >> tobin, congress said the investigating committee said we want these materials because we want to decide whether to amend a interstate compact that has been improved this court said that's a difficult question. here, you don't have any statement of purpose from the oversight committee saying we are thinking about is making, adding another condition on the residency. and that is why it is clearly at this stage is clearly inapprop

then, of course there's a blatant rejection of congress's constitutional authority that got us here, e ukraine aid, the reason we're talking about all of this. trump put a hold on funds approved by a bipartisan congress, funds green-lit by state department officials. he never gave a reason for delaying those funds. of course a transcript with the phone call with the president of ukraine, during which our president asked for a favor, has given a lot of sane people an idea. okay. here's the deal. trump has gotten away with bypassing congress and ignoring our separation of powers. that's because republicans have largely let him. congress is supposed to be a check on the executive. it's supposed to have the power of the purse, and it's suppose to do require permission for the authorization of military force. on nearly every count, trump has essential said to congress, you people are irrelevant. promising elected lawmakers now he will stonewalls their investigation, he'll keep doing it as long as he knows he'll get away with it, but when will republican members of congress, elected to be a

their actions prefer an unchecked executive rather than a president constrained by the constitutional powers of the congress in article 1 of the constitution. there are those who, if allowed to do so, would move us toward a monarchy, rather than the republic that we have been given. the republic checks and balances that our constitution guarantees. this un-democratic tendency cannot, cannot be allowed to continue unchecked. and all of us as citizens must do our duty. i certainly did not come here to make this political speech. it turned out to be one. [laughter] but what i do ask of each of you is to appreciate the value of our democratic republic in this hour of peril. what i do ask of each of you, and especially our graduates, is to call upon the talents and education that you have received at this great institution, and stand up for our democracy in your own communities. what i do ask of you is president obama's challenge to all of us. i ask you to fight for the america that we want to become. for myself, i can only tell you -- promise you this. i will continue to do all that i can to live up to the last

although the constitution gives congress the power to impeach, the matter is not as simple as a vote on if the president is a national menace. ultimately, impeachment is a long, trying process that calls for political judgment of the highest order. if you think impeachment is necessary or a partisan conspiracy, "to end a presidency" is essential for anyone who wishes to understand how this immense power should be explored. "impeachment is a fearsome power . the book explains why no u.s. president has ever been removed from office by impeachment and what it might mean if one were." welcomingn me in lawrence tribe and joshua matz. [applause] >> thanks very much. thank you all for being here. i'm grateful to joshua for helping me work through these problems. he's probably my favorite student since barack obama and that is saying a lot. i want to talk a little bit autobiographical he how i came to the subject of impeachment. it will give you kind of a gloss on the book and where it comes from inside of me. i was never taught anything about impeachment in constitutional law. was not part

instead, it leaves it to congress to create those clause, mynder this all-time favorite constitutional clause, which gives congress power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution all of the powers of the national government, and a statute creating offices is the quintessential law necessary and proper for carrying into execution federal powers. constitutional convention, james madison "andsed adding the words establish all offices" to this clause. theas voted down 9-2 on ground that they clause was so obvious it included that power that they would look stupid if they said it. why state the obvious? the exclusive role of congress in creating offices is reinforced by the appointments clause, which governs how certain kinds of government employees -- those known as officers of the united states -- more on them later -- have to be appointed. the president shall nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the spring court, and all other officers of the united a

congress has the constitutional obligation to investigate and we will do all three and we will do it well. thank you, ma'am.

the constitution itself creates almost none of the positions in the federal government. it creates the congress, consisting of a house and senate. it creates the presidency, the vice presidency, a supreme court that has to have at least one member, and that is it. the constitution assumes that there are going to be all sorts of things like ambassadors, other public ministers and councils, other judges, heads of departments, but it does not create any of those positions. instead, it leaves it to congress to create those positions under this clause, my all-time favorite constitutional clause, which gives congress power to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution all of the powers of the national government, and a statute creating offices is the quintessential law necessary and proper for carrying into execution federal powers. in fact, at the constitutional convention, james madison proposed adding the words "and establish all offices" to this clause. it was voted down 9-2 on the ground that they clause was so obvious it included that power that they would loo

simply a case of the president exceeding his authority, just basic authority and overriding congress' constitutionalconduct oversight. so that was a huge loss. the other loss was the public charge issue. with the trump administration has promulgated this that says we're not going to allow immigrants to come to this country and they expand the rule from simply being something on assistance to anyone who might be in receipt of medicaid, who might receive food stamps a much broader interpretation. millions and millions of people, the most ungenerous interpretation of the immigration laws and a federal judge said, no, like absolutely not. and you have the border wall down in el paso saying that this is an excess of presidential authority to divert funds from agencies to build a wall. >> so they've been losing a lot of arguments. they've been making a lot of crazy arguments in court. and this from a "the washington post" profile stephen miller, his argument is the judges aren't making decisions based on facts, just do the reg, the regulation and try to get to the supreme court as fast as possible. do you

simply a case of the president exceeding his authority, just basic authority, and overriding congress's constitutionalrity to conduct oversight. so, that was a huge loss. the other loss was the public charge issue. so, the trump administration has promulgated this regulation that says we're not going to allow immigrants to come to this country if they are likely to be a public charge. and they expand the rule from being someone on public assistance to anyone who might be in receipt of medicaid, who might receive food stamps, a much broader interpretation. >> millions and millions of people. >> millions and millions of people. the most crabbed and ungenerous interpretation of the immigration laws we've seen in a generation. and a federal judge said no. >> yeah. >> like absolutely not. then you have the border wall down in el paso. judge saying this is excess of presidential authority to divert funds to build a wall. >> so, they have been losing lite of arguments. they've been making a lot of crazy arguments in court, the department of justice, a arguments that a lot of lawyers say that's a bad argument

congress has a constitutional obligation to investigate. we will do all three, and we will do it well. thank you. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national able satellite corp. 2019] >> watch live thursday morning at 10:00 eastern on c-span3. online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. >> today, president trump hosted italy's president at the white house. here are their remarks during the meeting. president trump: thank you very much. it's a great honor to have the president of italy with us. he is a man of great distinction. he's highly respected in this country. nice to have you at the white house. thank you very much. mr. president.

we keep hearing everybody talking about the constitutional wall of congress. would you consider that leadership from both parties let them down? >> yes. interesting. seeing that they are the ones that dictates the process. do you believe that a long-term effort by the military is required in syria? >> i think that we need to stay vigilant about what's happening in syria and iraq with regards to the resurgence of isis and continue to monitor the situation. i think that the withdrawal of troops out of syria at this time is a bad idea, especially the way that it was done without any notice or any preparation. >> and it allowed for the kurdish allies to take the brunt of the conflict and it's also representing the position where we are no longer in a good position to assess what's happening with isis. we have isis militants and those in peace camps that are escaping. >> i have limited time. how many servicemen were actually removed from syria? >> i understand about a thousand. >> let's say 28 will move further back. 28, that is the number we are talking about. wou

in response congress inferred any effort it would constitute information that corroborates it. >> they say pompeo has a conflict of interest. we have more from sunlen serfaty on capitol hill. >> reporter: good morning dave and christine. congress will likely still hear from some of these key players in the whistle-blower's complaint. the president's former special envoy to ukraine, kurt volker, he is still scheduled to testify on capitol hill on thursday. aides tell cnn that's set to happen behind closed doors. volcker is no longer a state department employee after he abruptly resigned his position last week after being named in the whistle-blower's report. the whistle-blower alleging volcker had an involvement in the conversations with the ukrainian president about navigating the demands that the president had made of him, and he was one of five people that these committees up here on thehill had wanted to speak to over the course of this two-week recess. now, meantime the testimony of a former u.s. ambassador of ukraine which had been scheduled for today, that likely pushed into next

in the administration, maybe even myself as a lawyer against the members of congress individually for violating constitutionalights, violating civil rights. >> so that, is that the white house strategy now, sue congress? >> apparently. every time you hear something from rudy and you think it can't get any goofier than this he thinks up another crazy idea. i mean, he has it backwards in terms of who has the protection of the constitution in a proceeding like impeachment. it's actually the congress that has both the power to execute on that, that process, the impeachment process. and, you know, the congress right in the constitution has immunity from lawsuits and something called the speech and debate clause. i don't want to get down into the weeds with you. but there is simply no basis whatsoever for a lawsuit against congress. it is crazy and -- he is trying to run out the clock. >> it's interesting. i'm glad you laid that auto for us. as soon as i read that from guiliani a few minutes ago, i was wondering, can they even do that? you are saying, no, it is prohibited. he cannot sue congress? >> yeah. and their

virtually unprecedented struggle between branches of government congress on the one hand the executive the administration on the other now the constitution makes very clear that these bodies are equal as chairmanship pointed out however the white house is contending that somehow the executive has greater power basically daring congress to take some form of punitive action within which the the constitution it does not have it does have the right though to argue obstruction of justice or for the moment like we'll leave it there of course continue to follow events through the day with you in washington thank you. yes we're heading to europe now where the u.k. may withhold security cooperation from the european union if it leaves the e.u. without an exit deal that's according to the spectator magazine citing british government sources the report comes on the morning when prime minister boris johnson spoke by phone with german chancellor angela merkel british media are reporting that merkel told johnson a break that deal is now we quote overwhelmingly unlikely lawrence lee has more from london. it's turned into a day which everybody has read

congress. furthermore, noting that he is not bound to the constitution. congress has oversight, so vice president biden -- >> martha: we clearly have a different opinion. >> martha, can i say one more thing? the constitution is not, you know, the constitution isn't a difference of opinion and the constitution states that congress has this ability, this oversight ability, and the trump administration and the president are not cooperating. it's our posture that's instructing investigation. >> martha: the piece that i put up a four, which talks about the biden campaign collapsing -- [laughs] >> martha: i don't blame you. you should disagree with that this whole culture fascia over ukraine. it brings up the hunters biden back in the bloodstream and if joe biden becomes the nominee, there is no doubt on the debate stage or anywhere else, he would be asked, why was your son paid $50,000 for something he didn't have any experience doing, and would he have gotten that job or they deal with china if he wasn't named biden? would he have gotten any of those opportuni

congress has a responsibility to legislate. the need to litigate. constitutional obligation to investigate. all three, and we will do it well. thank you. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2019] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> and the house will take up that resolution, opposing the withdrawal from syria. live coverage when they're back at noon eastern. you the news ow conference with republican leadership that wrapped up just a few minutes ago.

urgency of this and the national security implications and will act accordingly and give congress its constitutional of oversight. >> when you look how central giuliani is including the reporting out there and testimony from fiona hill, how important is it for you to have access to him either through documents or a personal appearance? >> look, on one hand i think there's an extraordinary case the president committed high crimes and misdemeanors on the public record. we have the texts. we have the transcript. we have the whistle-blower's complaint. but any other additional evidence will be helpful. rudy compinbines it all, though. you're right, first of all it's shadow government and bad foreign policy. a man with little or no expertise, no security clearance working in the shadows and moving forward with national policy. what role is he playing? a personal attorney for the president operating under the state department? this leads to extraordinary mistakes, one that we're witnessing in plain view. >> again, this new reporting tonight from "the wall street journal" about federal prosecutors issuing

the second branch to keep residual forces therefore we deploy at a later date is subject to congress constitutional prerogative and more recently the powers act. i look forward to answering your questions. >> thank you. to put a finer point on that i do know for mistress testimony in senate that james jeffrey who's the special representative for the syrian engagement and the special envoy to the global coalition to defeat isis was not consulted in this decision so at this point i'd like to welcome my neighbor and colleague. we welcome her to the committee and i'd like to welcome the gentleman from kentucky and i would like to make a motion to allow both ms. presley to participate and to engage in questioning when their time arrives but without objection, so ordered i know you'll myself for five minutes for questioning. >> a number of us on this committee had been to all of the syrian refugee camps going back to the early days of conflict between assad regime and some of the rebel groups in aleppo and elsewhere in syria. we traveled to up in the north to [inaudible] up by we went to beirut where man

now, nancy pelosi continues to insist, as you heard in that clip, that congress has the constitutionale executive branch to account, and this is all part of that. meanwhile, the impeachment enquiry itself continues apace, lewis. there have been closed your sessions with former and current members of the state department this week, as part of that enquiry, which all stems, of course, from a phone call injuly all stems, of course, from a phone call in july this all stems, of course, from a phone call injuly this year between president trump and his ukrainian counterpart, in which it is alleged president trump sought to put pressure on the ukrainians to investigate joe pressure on the ukrainians to investigatejoe biden. pressure on the ukrainians to investigate joe biden. thanks, david. david willis there. spain's acting government has condemned clashes in the pro—independence protests in barcelona and other catalan cities. thousands of separatist protesters have been protesting in barcelona over the sentencing of nine separatist leaders for their role in a 2017 independence bid. damian g

despite what the white house is saying, congress does has an oversight role within the constitution.an't get hold of the documents, the evidence? well, that is a very interesting question. it can subpoena these documents, but then there is a feeling thatjust refusing to hand over the documents alone might constitute obstruction of congress which could in itself be an impeachable offence. clearly, what they are doing is continuing to try to get evidence from people who will speak behind closed doors, their testimony probably won't come out for quite some time, and to assemble this investigation, this jigsaw puzzle to try to prove that president trump violated his oath of office. they have quite a fight on their hands as far as a timetable is concerned. nancy pelosi has said she wa nts concerned. nancy pelosi has said she wants is included by christmas. thank you very much for that. stay with us on bbc news. still to come: as racism in football hits the headlines, what do fans think of how it is handled? we're at raheem sterling's old school to find out. parts of san francisco least af

do we have a microphone quick. >> you are saying that 99 percent of america of the constitutional congress was christian so if you want that you pick the same frame of reference which is religion that's why it's couched in rhetoric so i am a non- originalist but the constitution can grow with society so why do you stick with the originalist and christian why can't the constitution grow with the society that has become more secular as time quick. >> it can that's a plausible approach and it is an honest one i appreciate people like justice stevens that is intellectually honest and it easily works but close to 100 percent with the exception of 2000 jews to identify as protestant or catholic catholic in the founding era. it said different thing altogether from those orthodox christians that there is no good reason to believe the official from the area on - - from the era. >> but you still have to examine that principle other than life and liberty and human dignity we have not heard christian principles from the united states of america. but what i haven't touched on that is self-defeating tha

congress. preventing congressional oversight which is constitutional power of congress is also an impeachable offense, and this is obstruction of congress. >> it's interesting you say that because you can see -- i mean sa when you listen to the congressman about oh, they're going to get the information, , the difference in both the kind of legal regime we're operatingi under since the announcement oft the formal impeachment inquiry and the locus of power where this administration was getting away with a lot of stone in walling, tying things up in litigation, that's not happening anymore. explain to me why is it not happening? >> to the extent these things ever get played out in courts, congress is under better grounds when operating under impeachment power. that being said i know nancy pelosi wants to focus on this specific incident it'll include not only this, the mueller report, the tax return, wilbur ross and this is part of a broader pattern of this administration's stone walling and that simply can't stand. >> go ahead. >> i was just going to add to that that congressman actually provided part o

the constitution congress the branch of government, that role must be respected. the matter at the heart of the inquiry consider the very integrity of her democratic collections. and must be investigated thoroughly and completely and in a nonpartisan matter. our founding fathers interference in our elections and consider it one of the greatest threats facing our republic. once again, the wisdom of the founding fathers shines through. if a foreign country and metal, inner affect the outcome of our elections, americans will quickly lose faith in a democracy if russia controls her lunch actions or china or iran. what the heck do we vote for. so the alleged offense by the president is clearly serious enough to warrant an investigation by congress. and that is exactly with the house of representatives is doing and is impeachment inquiry. you must continue unimpeded. we can do that went out two things. and must do them. we can protect the constitution and take action to help average working families at the same time we are in the senate, who can do both. protect the con

congress. it is more important than whether a democrat or republican holds the seat. this involves an oath and it involves our constitution and i think of everyone in the congress, they are probably some of the best examples of people who think this way. there is a political angle to that and there is a political angle to all of this but the speaker and the chairman and democratic leadership need to move forward thinking both about how to hold the president to account and how not to throw their own selves under the bus. e.j.: elaine, you can wear two hats and you're the only person who looks good in two hats. because you are a political person i have been involved in many campaigns and you're a public allison person who teaches public policy. do you see a conflict between these two sides of yourself in the conversation about impeachment? susan made a powerful case for quite a few articles related not just to ukraine but to other matters. yet john, channeling the moderate democrats in the house, suggests that too broad will be problematic and to add an element, i've heard the argument made that you need at least multiple a

and in terms of litigation in terms of congresses authority under the constitution and today another decision came down in their favor to emoluments. again another recognition our founders had very deep suspicion of foreigners interfering in our government and elections in emoluments was put there specifically for that purpose to protect us from any influence of foreign government. so the fact we would be here with the inquiry that we made to the president asking a foreign government to help the president and his reelection by granting or withholding military assistance voted on by congress has so many violations in it and it undermines our national security with military assistance because ukraine meeting that all roads lead to putin with the president. and then undermining the integrity of our elections and with the oath of office to preserve the constitution of the united states to the best of his ability. so in any event the ruling we won last week that three of them preventing public charge from taking effect in the national emergency declaration we had a case led by chairman cu

congress. this is a fundamental corruption of the constitution and abuse of power, and a breach of the oath of office. thank you, and i yield now to the chairman of the caucus hakeem jeffries. >> thank you, congresswoman maloney, and i thank the distinguished chairs for their diligent work throughout this process. this is not a celebratory moment here in the capital city. this is a solemn moment, a sober moment, and it is a serious moment. none of us came to congress to impeach this president or any president. but duty now requires that we investigate the serious wrongdoing that is hiding in plain sight. this is a moment for every single member of the house of representatives to put principle over party. to put the constitution above corruption. to put democracy above dereliction of duty. this is not a moment, and this impeachment inquiry is not about democrats versus republicans. it is not about the left versus the right. it is not about progressives versus conservatives, the impeachment inquiry about right versus wrong. we have a constitutional responsibility to follow the facts and apply th

vice president the act of defiance comes after his car dissolved congress in an attempt to stop it from electing judges to the constitutional tribunal but the opposition members remained in congress even after the executive order ariana sanchez has this update. well this is a very fast moving story congress has just clear the vacancy of the presidency they have filed a motion they filed a motion. about an hour and a half ago and now they have declared the president president unfit to govern because of moral incapacity this is just the 4 hours after president of the solved congress because there was a lack of transparency in the appointment of the justices to the constitutional tribunal a very important tribunal that house that can have a say in the investigations of the carwash investigations of the other bridge scandal and also it can have a say in the future of the most important congresswoman the most important party leader. who is in jail because of the carwash investigations now the vice president mrs house has been sworn in she is said that the solution to the crisis we shouldn't have been a populist one referring to

look, don, the united states congress has constitutional responsibility under article 1 to provide oversight of the executive branch and i know that the president doesn't like that. he doesn't like being held accountable. the fact is that's our responsibility. furthermore, what occurred here was precisely in keeping not only with the law but with the past practice, which is that whistle blowers should feel free to come to the oversight committee and share their information with him. the committee staff did exactly what has been the practice and is appropriate, which was to recommend to them that they get a lawyer and file a whistle-blower complaint. you know, don, i think it's a little bit ironic when you consider, for example, the republican portion of the oversight committee website actually has a tab marked blow the whistle. this is a standard practice within the congress is to invite people who think they've seen waste, fraud, abuse or wrongdoing to come to us. it's our job. >> yeah. well, there you go. thank you, congressman. appreciate your time. travel safe. >>> president trump's lang

doesn't the congress have a right to know that under our constitution? he said, yes, the appeals court agreed. >> remembering our history. you are so good. thank you very much, tim naftali. >>> it is happening. turkey now launching an offensive america's allies in syria after abandoning the kurds, the very fighters who helped the u.s. fight isis. we are live from turkey/syria border. >>> also ahead, we mentioned top of the show, joe biden is for the very first time calling for trump's impeachment. why now? talk to a seen jnior adviser on biden's campaign. you're watching cnn. i'm brooke baldwin, we'll be right back. saturdays happen. pain happens. aleve it. aleve is proven better on pain than tylenol. when pain happens, aleve it. all day strong. woman: what gives me confidence about investment decisions? rigorous fundamental research. with portfolio managers focused on the long term. who look beyond the spreadsheets to understand companies, from breakroom to boardroom. who know the only way to get a 360 view is to go around the world to get it. can i rel

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congress? >> no, the constitution does not allow members of congress to be impeached. e are separate prosthesis for that. they could expel a member but not impeach them. as for a lawsuit, the president can try to sue them but they're exercising their constitutional authority of oversight. >> as a co-equal branch of government. >> as a co-equal branch of government that gets their authority from the white house after trump lost the presidential vote. he is also suing to raise attention to this issue. it sounds like he doesn't actually expect to win, but he uses it as a support against us. >> thank you very much. stomp in this week of "staying well," diet and exercise aren't the only things that work when you're trying to lose weight. >>> during hypnotherapy, the brain becomes highly focused and they become more receptive to ideas from the therapist. hypn dor hypnocognitive therapy users did achieve weight loss. >> if someone comes in and says, i want tom. i'm definitely seeking out gind and/or cognitive behavioral. there's very little down sides when you talk about hypno