a decided lack of self awareness on the part of matt gates. he was checked by congressman hank johnson given that gates has a record of a dui arrest. but for the most part, setting aside the few clearing exceptions, the proceeding that we have seen today has been mostly subdued and orderly given the way things can typically go. you heard the facts in evidence, they're tryingct to make the argument that the impeachment case is ironclad. republicans making the argument that the kidemocrats, the evidee that the democrats offered is thin. we have been through two amendments, there are certainly several more to go one expects, but this panel is inching slowly toward thisel vote on these two articles of impeachment. duo expe we do expect a party line vote. meanwhile as this was happening, you have steve scalise sent an e-mail to the republican offices tell oing them to vote know on e articles of k impeachment. i asked nancy pelosi a question about whether or not she was expecting to or preparing for two democratic defections. so there are those two m

well it's possible someone like matt gates he's been an ally on of antiwar folks on a number of issues but i think he he can he could be the type of congressman who would make of that type of jump to conclusion in that way i think it's not so much in this case that it's from the middle east but more that he's actually from saudi arabia which has been a longstanding source of terrorism. of terrorist actors obviously including $15.00 to $19.00 hijackers of $911.00 obviously it's a base of where one hobby is emerging to spread around on the globe so i think it's perhaps more that it was saudi in particular that makes it suspicious more than and middle east generally eric let's go down that road a little bit if you don't mind the saudi angle what might be a motive for a saudi air force member to do this i mean considering it's kind of this fine threaded needle that we have to or this fine line that we want i mix my metaphors here but. i said the arabia is an american ally but as you just mentioned it is where one hobby is stems from what we got going on. yeah well i think obviously in any

matt gates did a great job on that today also. not every -- not one fact witness except ambassador sondlan, what do you want? nothing, no quid pro quo. you followed it up, when did they make the announcement? and sondland -- explain? >> when did it happen? he said they weren't going to get a call, a meeting, the money, unless there was an announcement made by the president saying they were going to investigate biden. guess what? they got the call, the meeting, the money, and there was never ever an announcement. and the only thing ever said direct evidence was when ambassador sondland asked the president, what did the president say. i want nothing, no quid pro quo. i want this new guy, the new guy that ran on anti-corruption platform, i want to do what he said because i'm talking about the hard earned tax dollars of the american people. that's what happened. the democrats have been out to get this guy from even before the election when they launched the trump-russia investigation in the summer of 2016. >> sean: last word, do we ha

i talked to my friend congressman matt gates. he said listening to these guys today reminded me of why i hated law school. i got tired of listening to preachy liberal professors who were close minded and only spouted leftist idealogy. >> shannon: i had one who had purple hair and would cart wheel her way into class. professor turley who got heat from the left. some say he is getting this wrong. here is what he is warning about. >> if you rush this impeachment you will leave half the country behind. that's not what the framers wanted. >> shannon: he took a lot of criticism today. >> he is for making the non-controversial statement that there are consequences to doing this. impeachments become a circus and a political battle. i think they will regret this. turley is right. >> shannon: do you think this will happen before christmas or relaunch in january? if the house of representatives decides to impeach and i think they shouldn't. they should do it before christmas. i think they will do it before christmas if they decide to make t

we have the hero of the impeachment hearings, he's here live, it's matt gates.ve my take on the fbi after that shocking ig report. we have important policy news from president trump and we have a hunter biden swamp watch and wait until you see tonight's joe biden comedy segment, but first in a week that the trump eating establishment and ruling class tv endlessly, breathlessly described as. >> a historic moment. >> it was a historic day we met we bring you the truth about the democrats hatred and partisan impeachment. not so much historic but pathetic. my favorite moment when was tom mcclintock perfectly captured the mood toward the end of 14 hours of pompous sanctimonious grandstanding by democrats. >> in the last three hours, same talking points have been repeated over and over again at nausea by both sides. if i could just offer a modest suggestion, if no one has anything new to add that they resist the temptation to inflict what we've already heard over and over again. >> if you haven't got anything new to say, don't say anything. i think he spoke for all of

florida congressman and for my money, the hero of those ridiculous hearing, matt gates and president trump senior legal advisor jenna ellis. now, first, i want to set things up in their proper historical context. much has been made of president trump being just the third president in our nations history to be impeached. the president himself has said it's a horrible thing to have happen. well, it certainly that, but let's be clear, impeachment is nothing to be ashamed of when it's done by your political enemies for partisan reasons because they hate your policies success. in the end, that is what this impeachment effort is all about, the democrat, the establishment, the anti- trump cult on ruling class tv. they thought the trump presidency was unthinkable. when it happened, they were certain it would be unsuccessful and when it did succeed, they found that absolutely unbearable. that is why donald trump is being impeached. they hate him, they hate the people who support him and they really hate his success. they fear none of their candidates are strong enough to beat trump in 2020. t

. >> things got heated when four republican congressman, matt gates, challenged experts about how much they know about the president's actions. >> if you have personal knowledge of a single material fact in the shift report raise your hand. let the record reflect no personal knowledge of a single fact and that continues on the tradition we saw from adam schiff. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell put out a 2020 pounder with 11 months on it because there's great uncertainty whether there will be an impeachment trial in the senate in january. >> thank you. minutes ago the president tweeting what i said in my phone call to the president of ukraine, quote, i would like you to do us a favor because our country has been through a lot and ukraine knows a lot about it, the word us i'm referring to the united states, our country. i went on to say, quote, i would like to have the attorney general of the united states call you or your people, this based on what i have seen is their big deck and it is no point at all except a big win for me, democrats should apologize to the american people, that ahead o

matt gates is here. he will explain in just a few moments. - do you have a box of video tapes, film reels, or photos, that are degrading? legacybox professionally converts them to dvds, thumb drive, or the cloud. legacybox is simple and safe, with over half a million satisfied customers. visit legacybox.com today, and get 40% off. >> ♪ >> laura: the impeachment fight is not just back firing on the democrats. it's exposing radical reversal that they made on key issues. in 2012, mitt romney, he was mocked by the left for describing russia as a geo-political foe. now they are so unhinged one of the key impeachment witnesses warned they could be amassing on our own border. >> the intelligent committee heard testimony it's not just our national interest to protect our elections and make sure the ukraine fights the russians there so we don't have to fight them here. >> laura: okay. congressman matt gates. if she is has information that a russian invasion is imminent, don't you think she should share that infor

hannity: matt gates, this is very disturbing to me, the president's lawyer, a fellow member of congressnd a reporter, and the phone company has cooperated. i have a problem with all of that. do you think there is a problem? >> i do. sean, it was just yesterday, though, that you and i were speaking about our mutual love for the people of pensacola. i just want to say that our hearts are breaking now as our service members are dealing with this tragic act of violence that occurred in my community. hannity: by the way, i saw your tweets earlier today, let me echo your comments. i love the people of pens co-la. you know how i feel. >> they laugove you, too. when i compare them with the savagy of washington, d.c. the contrast could not be more stark. schiff is one of the lowest sbegty people that i have seen in public life. if he stands behind these always allegations he should at least have the guts to show up and defend them himself but instead he's sending his lawyers and as fast as -- and staff. i think it's because adam schiff knows that as a consequence of his lies, as a result of cond

what matt gates is doing is just really a sign of the times.p shot artist and he loves to do this, and he did it, and it was expected, this sort of thing out of him and it cheapens the process and that's what they want to do. they want to make this look like a much more unfair, less than partisan undertaking and that's what he tried to accomplish with those questions. >> david, the top republican on the judiciary committee also went after professor karlan and the other witnesses by suggesting and it wasn't whatever their donations might have been, and it was also that they did not actually know what they were talking about. let me play that. >> no offense to our professors, but please, really? you could aren't have actually digested the adam schiff report from yesterday or the republican response in any real way? >> and the one who fired back was professor karlan, here she is. >> mr. collins, i would like to say to you, sir, that i read transcripts of every one of the witnesses who appeared in the live hearing because i would not speak about th

. >> look, if you've lost matt gates, you know, right? you've lost everyone.att gates, conservative republican who isn't afraid to jump into any partisan fight in the world thinks what giuliani is doing is sketchy. listen. >> it is weird that he's over there. i believe that the president urging mayor giuliani to provide that clarity to the congress -- odd having him over there at this time. >> whoa. whoa! >> seriously. matt gaetz saying that. >> he's probably talking to an audience of one there. the president is clearly aligned to him. obviously we were playing the where is rudy giuliani game last week. the fact is he's under investigation. there's a level of brazenness that fbi and justice department lawyers are looking at him. you would think he'd keep his head down at the moment but he's not. >> that's one of the reasons trump still loves rudy. two reasons. one is rudy's got stuff on trump and has hinted he might use it. secondly, trump loves the brazenness. he loves gaetz. he loves these people who will spout anything that defend him. i really think at the

the second one by matt gates is still being debated.is about striking joe biden's name from it and adding barismo instead. what struck out to you as we have been watching this? what moments have piqued your interest? >> the whole thing is fascinating in the sense that the crimes for which the impeachment is being debated are actually still unfolding and recommitted in realtime in recent days. they're still trying to bring hunter biden into this on the house floor. and giuliani is still flying to the ukraine in recent days to find other oligarchs who want some help and the same as if gordon liddy was sending people back to the watergate. right? in the '70s on nixon. it is astonishing. it is not even that there is a -- some joint understanding of what the facts are as you were saying before. they're just keep on going with the things that got them in trouble in the first place. >> that's the democrats' argument that they need to do this now. they can't wait for the courts to rule on bringing more witnesses or getting the white house to co

nancy pelosi all seem to have these democrats and matt gates shutdown that deposition.e is republicans really trying to prove that they have president trump's back. >> anyway, they'll ultimately fall to the judiciary committee to draft articles of impeachment. they're coming in the next couple of weeks against president trump. nbc news reports according to individuals involved in that process there could be three to four articles of impeachment drafted by the judiciary committee. we got that in ukraine and that whole trade, that shakedown. one on broader contempt and we know that because they won't let a witness show up and potentially one related to the mueller report and obstruction of justice. "the washington post" reports democrats have already debated the scope of charges to bring against the president and mueller related charges running for the existence of moderates wary of impeachment blow back as well as democratic leaders who sought to keep impeachment narrowly focus on allegations trump pressured ukraine to investigate his political rivals. congresswoman, my

dramatically change relations so but the fact that one of his presidential close supporters in congress matt gates is calling this terrorism could complicate things a bit for for the president. a former facebook content moderator is taking the company to court alleging that his work caused him to develop post-traumatic stress disorder he claims the psychological damage was caused by human hundreds of beilenson obscene videos every day without having proper training picking up the story for us. let's be honest we've all had one of those days at the office most of us have probably experienced stress but some jobs can make things much worse apparently being a social media moderator could be one of them my 1st day in the job i witnessed someone being beaten to death with a plank of wood. with males in it and repeatedly stabbed day 2 was the 1st time for me seen on video and it all as school as youth from the i've had to go on antidepressants because of working on the job at times i was solving my problems with alcohol to get to sleep because at least i wasn't dreaming when i slipped after having a few

dramatically change relations so but the fact that one of his presidential is close supporters in congress matt gates is calling this terrorism could complicate things a bit for for the president. it's been a tense saturday in the french capital as strikes against plans to overhaul the pension system continued for the 3rd day in a row 2. there have been massive nationwide demonstrations since thursday acting schools hospitals and public transport offices used to cast a dispersed the crowd for the most violent rallies occurring in parents where reports suggest around a 1000000 have been involved in the strike action since it began protests are also happening against rising fuel taxes with 10 major major way blocked off by trucks causing huge traffic disruptions here's what people are saying on the streets of paris. like my cause of that mccrone establishing that he's heading straight for the wall this completely unfair pension reform which will once again. humanize the most vulnerable which will still allow the ultra rich to contribute last we must not let up but you don't get that you see the state o

change relations so but the fact that one of his president trumps close supporters in congress matt gates is calling this terrorism could complicate things a bit for for the president. attends french capitol this saturday strikes against plans to overhaul the pension system continue that for a 3rd day in a row. 2 massive nationwide demonstrations since thursday affecting schools hospitals and public transport officers have been using tear gas to disperse the crowds with the most violent rallies occurring in paris where reports suggest around a 1000000 have been involved in the strike action since it began in a separate protests happening in the country this weekend over rising fuel taxes 10 major motorways have been blocked off by trucks causing huge traffic disruptions. facebook content moderate is taking the company to court alleging that he developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his work he claims that watching hundreds of violent and shocking videos every day without having received proper training has left him psychologically scarred and hawkins takes up the story bu

change relations so but the fact that one of his president trumps close supporters in congress matt gates is calling this terrorism could complicate things a bit for for the president. it's a tense french capital this saturday strikes against plans to overhaul the country's pension system continue there for a 3rd consecutive day. 2 during. the massive demonstrations have been held nationwide since thursday affecting schools hospitals on public transportation officers have been using tear gas to disperse the crowds with the most violent drugs a korean crisis group which suggests around a 1000000 people have been involved in this strike action since it began. a former facebook content or a tourist taking the tech company to court now alleging that he developed post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of his work he claims that watching hundreds of violent and shocking news every day without having received proper training left him psychologically scarred hawkins takes up the story of whirling some graphic cultus book about. let's be honest we've all had one of those days at the office mos

dramatically change relations so but the fact that one of his presidential is close supporters in congress matt gates is calling this terrorism could complicate things a bit for for the president. with a 2020 presidential election campaign spluttering to life an overwhelming majority of americans now say they are tired of the nation being so divided it's according to a new poll out more than 90 percent of respondents said it's important to reduce political division in the country well more than 80 percent said that political gridlock is a big problem with that in mind it seems that the democrats are already using some questionable tactics in their impeachment efforts against donald trump as caleb maupin reports. time is running out and impeachment tasks are coming to a dead end is time for the democrats to roll out 2020 alexion zz plan b. there is no limit on the number of times the senate can vote to convict or not a president no limit to the number of times the house can vote to impeach or not a president if the senate doesn't vote to convict trump or tries to monkey with his trial he could of cour

change relations so but the fact that one of his president trumps close supporters in congress matt gates is calling this terrorism could complicate things a bit for for the president. it's been a tense saturday in the french capital has strikes against plans to hold the pension system continued for the 3rd day in a row. i. 2 repeated massive nationwide demonstrations since thursday i can schools hospitals and public transport officers used tear gas to disperse the crowds with the most violent rallies occurring in paris where reports suggest that around a 1000000 been involved in the strike action since it began the protests have also been happening against rising fuel taxes with 10 major motorways blocked off by trucks causing huge traffic disruption. north korea's u.n. envoy signal that the country won't go ahead with washington's plan to make it denuclearize or saying extended talks with the united states are not needed and simply a trick for the americans to show the donald trump is putting in the hard miles we do not need to have lengthy talks with the us now in denuclearization is a

including matt gates who tweeted, you are ignoring his requests because you think you know better thanu need a primary in 2022. let's see if you could win one without trump. collins is not ruling out challenging lefler in 2020. >> that'll be a decision we have to make at that point. >> reporter: well, of course any change to the senate comes in the context of the bending trial of the president. the impeachment hearings we're seeing today. one, there's no indication that she would side with democrats or even cast a vote in that. but to give an idea how this is going over here in georgia, the board of the georgia young republicans voted unanimously according to the atlanta journal constitution to support the lefler pick. the spokesperson said unity sometimes means swallowing pride and ambition to do what's best for the party. clearly not a ringing endorsement. that is scheduled for 10:00 a.m. eastern. >> victor, thank you very much. >>> so would the framers of the constitution have pursued impeachment in this case? in the trump presidency. we take a look back, way back at the history of

matt gates of florida interviews senator rand paul. here some of their discussion. if i sell something i'm not caring about my desires. i have to care about what you want. everything is focused out word. if i am a socialist i really am not caring too much about popular opinion when we socialize things like healthcare. everybody's can get it. it doesn't seem like you'd had to care. so how does that drive selfishness. i think it is true. and it's an irony in a way because they would profess to be the other man. and also driven by an elite in their society and they consume and accumulate power and money and homes. to watch the rest of this interview. visit our website. and click on the afterwards tab. at the top of the page. some of the events at book book tv will be covering this week. they will reflect on the career. and we will also be at new york anniversary -- university that day. and why they think president trump should be impeached. we will be back in manhattan at the peter j sharp peter peter and on saturday at the fdr presidential library. lou paper will reco

. >> brennan: -- impeacti and joe biden, one of your colleagues matt gates of florida, who is a fellow republican said it is weird for him to see rudy giuliani out there doing this -- >> do you think giuliani needs to come in under oath? >> i think rudy giuliani if he has got evidence that is important to illuminate this should come in, should testify, i agree with that. the other aspect of this that is critically important, there are so many people are starting to look at, they are trying to focus on rudy giuliani. this impeachment is about withholding foreign aid, and rudy didn't have anything to do with that. >> brennan: well he -- >> actually none of the promises, none of the so-called interference in elections actually ever happened. adam schiff was just on here. >> brennan: rudy giuliani has said on this program and elsewhere joe biden needs to be investigated. he has propagated this idea that is at the earn of it all as you know. >>i.on thing the eekt out a saying it otgoingo pae. .>>rennan: --ri >>it.>> brenn: ht at the same time and republicans like yourself say he is not gett

matt gates say american voters lost the most. >> to change the opinion of the american people, week after week they have gone out with innuendo, hearsay, secondhand witnesses and tried to make the case this is not what it really is which is partisan attack of the president of the united states. it is the worst day for america, we are lowering standard for impeachment not just because donald trump doesn't deserve to be impeached. we lowered the standard for every president to follow. doesn't matter what they say or do they will be impeached because of my democrat colleagues tried to disenfranchise 62 million voters. >> they won by the president. they have seen the radical elements of their base will eat them alive if they do not support impeachment but they understand this toxic to our country and toxic to them politically. shannon: that toxicity reflected in key polls where those vulnerable democrats like michigan and wisconsin and the same polls also show donald trump surging to reelection overall the current democratic front runners. other headlines today, police hotline for tips about

florida congressman and for my money, the hero of those ridiculous hearing, matt gates and presidentr legal advisor jenna ellis.

we have the hero of the impeachment hearings, he's here live, it's matt gates.ter that shocking ig report. we have important policy news from president trump and we have a hunter biden swamp watch and wait until you see tonight's joe biden comedy segment, but first in a week that the trump eating establishment and ruling class tv endlessly, breathlessly described

matt gates, a florida congressman, says, you all begged for donald trump support.rectly acting in contradiction to his request. and you think attacking clothing of the president's defenders in congress is your best play. you're not good at that. if you read the top part of this, it says, inquiring minds want to know if you prefer front jorts, pleated jorts or cargo jords with room to put all of your legos, pokemon cards and jellybeans. oh, and mind your own business. we don't know you and we don't care what you think. >> the president really did push hard for kemp. that being said, he's the governor of the state and this is his decision, and i suppose trump will fall in line if he makes the decision that we heard. >>> thanks for joining us on "inside politics." come back. we'll see you at this time tomorrow. don't go away, brianna keilar starts right now. have a great afternoon. >>> i'm brianna keilar live from cnn washington's headquarters. underway right now, it's a controversial week for a presidency in peril. why the white house is refusing to participate in a

matt gates, congressman, florida. good to see you. >> thanks for having me back on "prime time," chris. >> rudy giuliani, in ukraine, meeting people. you can talk about the company he's keeping. i'm not interested in it. but he puts out a tweet that says what's on the screen. if you can't see it, i will read it. it says schiff's impeachment is a farce because there was no military aid withheld. two, the conversation about corruption in ukraine was based on compelling evidence of criminal conduct by then-v.p. biden in 2016, that has not been resolved. and until it is, will be a major obstacle to the u.s. assisting ukraine with its anti-corruption reforms. congressman, is rudy giuliani saying, if it wasn't clear already, if ukraine doesn't do what we want on corruption, which is biden, clear in his tweet, you're not getting help from the u.s.? >> i think you have to engage in anti-corruption to get anti-corruption assistance. i think it's weird that rudy giuliani is in the ukraine right now. i'm not here to defend rudy

and what you see is just this kind of counter personality, a total one where matt gates is second guessing the president's judgment. he wants people that are essentially pod raw around him. >> that's the scariest part, chris. whether he stays or goes, he's leaving us where we have to rebuild civil society. we have to rebuild the whole society of democratic society that we've-. because he's eroding all the values l the norms. it's a cult, as you said, that everybody thinks we have to go along with what he wants. he'll tell us -- >> exactly. he's going to tell the governor of georgia who he should appoint and it's illegitimate for anyone to contest or disagree with the president on that. that there's no space for anyone to have an independent view on any matter. >> no. there is only one view and that's trump's view. and to mickey's point, that's what makes this all so very dangerous. we will have to do serious rebuilding. not just the republican marty, which is somewhat irrelevant in the overall scheme of democracy because we've talken ourselves so far outside. we're not even near a stream.

republican matt gates, they babbled out about evidence. >> the president committed the highest crime against the constitution by abusing his office. cheating in an election, inviting foreign interference. for a purely personal gain. they have to say abuse of power because they don't have evidence for obstruction. they have to say abuse of power because they have no evidence for bribery or treason. kennedy: that kid got all skinny. so where does that leave us? aside from wanting us to jump into a bathtub with a hairdryer, this whole thing goes to the senate were it will likely die quick death. democrats laid one more booby-trap. in their articles of impeachment they have a clever rule. if they get a simple majority, they can somehow disqualify the president from running for a second term. so where do we go from here? that seems so odd. right now former republican california congressman and house oversight committee chairman, darrell is back. welcome back sir. >> welcome back kennedy and thanks for teeing it up. they are not charging the president for what they claimed he did for almos