we're going to play some more of my interview with hakeem jeffries.rtant it was that lewandowski came forward. he said, e don i said, i don't want to be crass about it but is jerry nadler being punished and he said no. what have we learned about the way he's driving this? >> what's interesting is before the public hearings start and private hearings started nancy pelosi was looking for adam schiff to lead this because of his intelligence background and because of the nature of the wrongdoing president trump has been part of. i don't think it's necessarily surprising adam schiff is leading this. but we see the way in which he takes a thoughtful practical approach to this, trying to maintain some amount of decorum. the republicans are putting on a performance they know president trump will love. >> let's see some of that performance. we've got a montage of hits from the testimony on friday. let's take a witness. >> the democrats staged six weeks of depositions in the basement of the capitol like some kind of strange cult. >> counsel, i have indulged you

. >> harris: i want to go this from hakeem jeffries responding on twitter, to the g.o.p. impeachment witness list. he says, "house republican, #coverup caucus wants sham witnesses to testify. my two cents? get lost." and you say what? >> this is another example. hakeem jeffries is someone i had an interesting interaction with when i testified in front of congress last february. my experience with him is he does not like this president. he is not fair and impartial. he is going to vote with nancy pelosi and the democrats to impeach the president. again, if the american people are so frustrated with a partisan process that occupies both the house and soon the senate, when we should be passing the usmca trade agreement, we should be honoring our veterans and doing everything we can to support them. we have a crisis with suicides among our veterans. and small business owners and farmers need help, and all congress is focused on and this. >> harris: just to we will be giving smith's ration for hotlines for suicides among veterans, and really try to understand and give them som

but that hasn't been determined. >> all right, congressman hakeem jeffries, thank you very much. i want to bring in now one of the member of the house intelligence committee who just finished questioning one of the witnesses today, democratic congressman eric swalwell of california. i want to go through some of the witnesses. i want to start with kurt volker, a whoon who essentially had to amend some of his prior testimony. i think the first witness called for deposition in closed door testimony, had to amend that testimony because there were some inconsistencies between his recollections and what one of the witnesses sds. did you find him forthcoming today? >> yes, i did. it's hard to believe that he didn't entiry appreciate what was going on here. but even if he was i guess at worst or at best naive, he still corroborated what everyone else said, which was this shakedown scheme was being run. that biden essentially meant burisma. and chris, it's often in investigations that witnesses for a variety of reasons are not entirely forthcoming the first time they're asked to give a ve

we'll speak with hakeem jeffries and our correspondents and analysts are standing by. to capitol hill. manu raju is following all of the late breaking developments for us. this is about to enter a brand-new phase for the first time. the american people will hear directly from the key witnesses who are at center of this impeachment inquiry. >> reporter: significant development as democrats try to make the case to the american public that the president deserved to be impeached and removed from the office because in their view he abused his office by seeking ukraine to announce investigations into his political rivals including vice president joe biden. at the same time as vital military aid for that country to help combat russian aggression nearly $400 million had been withheld. they'll hear witness testimony from people who came behind closed doors, kurt state department employees who raised concerns about what they saw as a shadow campaign, a campaign led by rudy giuliani, the res's personal attorney and concerns about why the aid had not been approved and released to

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that authored legislation, as the gentleman did as well, the things -- criminal justice reform, hakeem jeffries bridged gap in the sdwied to -- divide works. something that six years to discuss and six years to be a part of and, you members of ou had the body of -- ended up being to sit this not willing down and talk to each other at the beginning of this process and at the end of the day having a major ccomplishment, bill that was passed because of bipartisanship. that gave on both sides. i appreciate the gentlelady bringing those things up. i think it's an interesting, you know, correlation between the federal bar association and the excellent work that they do. i have no problem with the work that they do. . we look at this -- i will reserve if the gentleman would like to share and respond on what we just talked about. let me reserve for a second. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from maryland is recognized. mr. raskin: thank you, mr. speaker. wished and nk the always eloquent gentleman from georgia for his comments on a number of interesting things. one is the question of bipartisansh

hakeem jeffries tweeted this. house republican cover-up caucus wants sham witnesses to testify. my two cents get lost all in caps. garrett tenney mentioned the possibility of surprises. i don't know if you anticipate some. maybe tomorrow when the president says he might release the first transcript of the first phone call with ukrainian president from april. smart idea or not, andy? >> i don't know. i think, bill, part of the democrats' theory here is that the president promised the ukrainian president a meeting at the white house, which is what came up in that initial conversation. and that is part of what the democrats allege is the quid pro quo. that the president refused to grant that meeting until the ukrainians agreed to conduct these investigations. i don't know how much that would help, but we'll see how it goes. >> bill: throw it all in the bucket and see what we get. andy mccarthy our lead-off guest for this week on this veterans day. thank you, andy. >> sandra: president trump set to kick off the veteran's day parade in new york city this morning as he becomes the fir

the other tweet from hakeem jeffries, the democratic caucus chairman, his tweet, everyday americans continueo struggle in today's economy, but the tax scam gave 83% of the benefits to the wealthiest 1%. these modern-day robber barons have no positive house agenda. that is how they read the economy. we want to know how you read the economy. are you optimistic about it? 202-748-8000 if you are. are not8001 if you optimistic about the economy. several of you already weighing in on facebook where we have a poll up asking your thoughts. this is andy saying let's not be selfish, the economy and stock market may be working for some upper-middle-class families and individuals, there are many who don't own stocks, struggling since mom's and college grads are with outrageous student debt. in the economy is fantastic, i am so thankful trump did not gave up the economy obama him. an economy based on the false premise we have impotent amount of natural resources does not give me any confidence at all. lance saying you would have to be an economic illiterate or democrat sheep to not be optimistic about th