. >> here's how jim mcgovern explained the impeachment inquiry rules today. >> this resolution providestions for the president than what presidents nixon and clinton received. and just like under nixon and clinton in the judish yer kmaty the president's council and submit additional testimony or evidence to consider. the president can attend all hearings or raise objections. they can question all witnesses. >> joyce, what's your reading of the rules of these public hearings? >> well, they are very fair, lawrence. this is a set of rules that gives the president and his lawyers a lot of visibility into the investigative part of these proceedings. as you pointed out earlier the house finds itself in the unusual position of not having had a potential counsel, not having had investigators to assemble an investigation. so they're having to do that themselves, and typically in these proceedings targets are subjects of an investigation and don't get to see what's going on. here the president will. i expect we'll still hear more complaints from the republicans about process, though. >> ron klain

speaker pelosi, jim mcgovern, my good friend and chairman of the china commission, congressman frank wolf, a former member who was tenacious in his fight for human rights and the rule of law and democracy for the people of china. we have always believed that every person deserves better than the brew tlity so many endure in the systematic violation of their universally recognized human rights. china's ruthless dictators do not agree and they are driven, they are obsessed, to tighten their control. today, mr. speaker, hong kong is burning. the status quo is no longer. the brutal government crackdown on democracy activists has escalated. tragically, under president xi, human rights abuse throughout china has significantly worsened including the pervasive use of torture, religious persecution, human trafficking and genocide against muslim uighurs. last month, president xi ominously warned of even more brutal violence to come in hong kong, threatening, quote, crushed bodies and shattered bones. the hong kong government itself refers bullets and ba dons -- batons over peaceful and politic

impeachment ist, a political process, but as he mentioned, the house speaker and jim mcgovern really try to frame it in historic terms. this is th -- only the fourth time in u.s. history the house has embarked on the impeachment of a resident. >> that's right. and democrats have been this pelosiweek, speaker urged to lead the caucus and player. you have been taking a reflective stance on this as a move ahead with this though, because they know this is essentially starting the clock on inch beach met -- on impeachment. the vote would not be taking this momentous vote on the house floor if i didn't think the evidence they collected so far behind closed doors will warrant a look hearings and eventually get to the point of drafting articles. so democrats know they must proceed extremely carefully here, because this is what the public is going to see as the first real part of the new face of the impeachment inquiry. >> were talking with politico's sarah ferris, joining us on capitol hill. the house is up next week, what are we looking at potentially? >> the house is out next week, but the