here is speaker pelosi and the democratic leadership. speaker pelosi: good evening. a great day to the constitution of the united states. that the for america, president's reckless activities necessitated our having to introduce articles of impeachment. who forank our chairs, a long period of time, have been investigating and litigating. today that came to a culmination on the floor of the house, under the leadership of jerry nadler and new york and the intelligence committee under the leadership of adam schiff california, brought articles of impeachment to the floor to a conclusion, where they have passed. i thank them for their tremendous leadership. i thank chairwoman not seen waters of california -- maxine waters of california, the chair of the ways and means committee, the government oversight committee, and of course, adam schiff, the chair of the intelligence committee, for their great work over a period of time. i want to say before yielding that i could not be more inspired by the moral courage of the house democrats. we never asked one of them how they were

i don't know what pelosi will do. sure pelosi does and i'm going to be fascinated to find out. >> where do you think nancy pelosi turns her sights to next? >> you know, i think she's been really clear about immigration. i wouldn't be surprised if dream comes up again. i also think she's made very clear that voting rights is, you know, kind of the number one priority. i think they're going to do whatever they can ahead of the election tuesday make sure they're trying to do anything in the house. but what we're seeing from pelosi is she's really putting out a set of bills that are really clear democratic agenda ahead of the election. >> very important the voter registration. david, final question to you as well. where do you think she'll be turning her attentions to in 2020? >> health care. it'll be health care, immigration, taxes and education. but this impeachment issue is going to go on a bit longer because the two inflection points she will need before she can hand over the impeachment articles are either a retracti

nancy pelosi has returned to her chairand nancy pelosi has returned to her chair and the nancy pelosiand the time nancy pelosi has returned to her chair and the time is up on that. that was a speed round of voting. there are 215 votes at the moment in the yes column and we are waiting to see if that clicks up to 216. she waits to tally all the votes and i imagine some of those no votes, 216 there. some of those no votes now we re there. some of those no votes now were either miss counts or people who changed the vote of the last minute but usually it is to do with the tallying vote —— process. in a minute we will have, i imagine, nancy pelosi gambling this second round and then all of the focus will shift from the house of representatives into the senate for the impeachment process. that is in january. but tonight it will shift also to michigan where donald trump is in the middle of giving an election campaign rally, effectively, to his supporters in michigan as this process is taking place down here in washington. this is one of those extraordinary moments where we have both those th

a photo of speaker pelosi.he book opens with the story of that photo which is now thist infamous 2018 g where the speaker pushed back to presidrat trump on ca just yesterday we saw some of that personality on display again in washington where the speaker was asked by a reporter if she quote hits president trump. let's take a look at how she >> do you hate the president, speaker? >> i don't hate anybody. i resent u using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. i don't hate anyone. i was raised in a way that is a heart full of love and always pray for the president and i still pray for the president. i pray for the president all the time. so don't mess with me when it comes words like that. >> said nancy pelosi saying i pray for dothe president,t mess with me. what was your reaction and what does that tell you about, as he daughter, as somekne who s well the way she reacted to that? >> i would not mess with nancy pelosi. i learned the hard way that is not a smart thing to do. t so, nancy pelosi was raised

nancy pelosi isthe most aker powerful woman in america.n cajanuary, she speaker a second time after democrats flipped control of the house and set a record number of women to congress. in recent weeks, nancy pelosi has championed house democrats impeachment investigation of president trump and made a case to it to a skeptical public. a new book by her daughter christine, describes the political and negotiatinha skills i made speaker pelosi such a formidable leader. joining me now is author and chair of the california democratic party women's caucus christine pelosi. thank you so much for cong in. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> this book is aimed at giving young women the choice to become leaders. one chapter is entitled to claim your at at the table. you talk about what your mom arrived in washington in the late 80s that wabasically she asked to give a list of priorities to the male congressman and told to st aside. how does she react to that and what do you take from how she handled thatkind of thing? >> nancy pelosi was first elected to c

the comments about nancy pelosi's teeth.fraid of what's going on between now and the end. >> bret: i talked to a number of republicans who were cringing about the dingell stuff. he has the wind at his back politically and why? >> he should save his insult comedy team for the living and we won't have to deal with these questions. what i think nancy pelosi is afraid of and leadership among the democrats is that the president is going to be acquit in a bipartisan fashion but he'll point to that as vindication and he will get even more wind at his back. >> bret: thanks. when we come back, bringing holiday spirit to a work place. do you have concerns about mild memory loss related to aging? prevagen is the number one pharmacist-recommended memory support brand. you can find it in the vitamin aisle in stores everywhere. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. ♪ spread a little love today ♪ spread a little love my-y way ♪ ♪ spread a little something to remember ♪ philadelphia cream cheese. made with fresh milk and real cream makes

you say grandma pelosi. that was a mom look if i've ever seen one. >>> the impeachment of president trump is sure to be a topic in the debate in los angeles. we're there with a preview, next. >>> 47 minutes past the hour. boeing will halt production on the 737 max next month. that's bad news for the american economy. that plane has been grounded since two fatal accidents in five months. boeing is one of america's biggest manufacturers and its biggest exporter, the decision could weigh on gdp next year. it could knock half a percentage point off of first quarter gdp. bank of america expects 0.2% growth next quarter. the sector has contracted four months in a row. it's a recession in manufacturing in this country. the production cut is also bad news for g.e. g.e. makes the max 737 engines. >>> all eyes were on impeachment proceedings, mitch mcconnell approved judges in the senate. bringing wednesday's total to 13 votes. mcconnell and trump have changed the landscape across the u.s. with 50 circuit court judges

pelosi has made an absolute mess of impeachment stunt. many in the main stream media are starting to panic. take a look. >> i cannot figure out what the strategy nancy pelosi has. the house has the power and sole power to bring an impeachment. the senate has the sole power to apply an impeachment. i don't get leverage. >> she has been master polling dealing with these issues.im but now she's got a double, what we would call a double-edged sword. the democrats' hustle up, hustle up we have to hurry and get this done and now that they've got the impeachment done, slow down slow down, we are not sure we will send the articles. i think you can maintain that for a short period of time. i do not think that is a sustainable position over a long period of time. >> i think it is very risky. you know, as mitch mcconnell said, why withholding something i don't want to do, why is that leverage? so there's always going to be ay reality points the house voted to impeach, they will control the process. and essentially they have lost control of the proce

nancy pelosi does.eople are focussed on why the senate is covering up donald trump's crimes. >> wait a minute. just one second. aoc doesn't represent the democratic party. >> of course not. >> she is the brain trust of the democratic party. >> only on fox news. >> mark, nancy pelosi moved the articles of impeachment because of pressure from aoc. >> that's ridiculous. >> oh, no? >> the moderate democrats said the corruption from donald trump solitting a foreign power to rig our elections in his favor were too much for them to ignore. all of trump's people that testified under oath. >> not one fact based witness, mark -- >> [overlapping talking]. >> why are they covering this up? >> i have to be quiet. do me a christmas favor and be quiet. aoc is not important and nancy pelosi is the head of the party? >> aoc has tens of millions of followers on twitter and most are not fox news watchers. they see aoc as the future of the party. nancy pelosi has cotowed to her. nancy pelosi would like to think she is the

i thought nancy pelosi would be smarter than this. you are in a leadership position but again, what am i missing? she is usually tactically smarter than this. >> well, you know, she used to be in control of that caucus. now with this new socialist democratic party, aoc as you were indicating, aoc is driving the train now. it's her party. if you go back to the impeachment inquiry, she was not going to do an impeachment and when we can aoc tweeted that the real crime is the democrat majority not impeaching president trump. literally, two days later, nancy pelosi said she would impeach the president. aoc is driving this party. why so many moderates have no place left. there are no blue dogs left in the democratic party virtually here and she's run them off because they are tired of the socialist style. that's all she's got and they are controlling things right now. >> i forgot about that. >> dan: congressman bigs, nothing they told us about this impeachment was strewn no quid pro quo, first-hand witnesses told us the exact opposite. gord

the president complained that house speaker nancy pelosi is holding up the deal.it is clear that trade wars are not easy to win. and competing headlines will be the market drivers until something is decided. >> back to the usmca, what's the hold up in that deal? >> there's a couple of things. the democrats want more labor protections. they want enforcement of labor protections. they want to be able to see that factories in mexico have the same standards that u.s. factories have. >> not likely. >> the mexican government -- look. there's a lot there up for grabs. protections for u.s. workers seem to be at issues for the democrats. >> all right. >>> ahead, a terrifying rush hour scene. a deadly police gun battle in broad daylight. details, next. >>> a frightening fatal gun battle breaks out when armed robbers hijack a u.p.s. truck during rush hour and led police on a dramatic chase. it started when two men robbed a coral gables jewelry score. one woman at the store was hurt. minutes later, the police said they took a hostage at gunpoint. and they led police on a brea

nancy pelosi doesn't take chances.rafting of the articles of impeachment or the impeachment investigation, and then the impeachment vote. glou she is in an interesting place, because mitch mcconnell is going on tv and telling anyone who will listen that i'm going to do what i did with judges, with obama not getting his appointments through, i'm going to hold through, we're not going to hold a testimony, i'm not interested in witnesses, i'm not interested in testimony, donald trump is going to be exonerated by the senate. >> this is the issue, which is mitch mcconnell does this with every fight, just to be clear, he did this on the aca, he did this on taxes, he does it on judges. he declares finality. and i think the importance of what speaker pelosi is doing is, through this next few weeks, the number one concern the american people have is a fair trial. and she is putting pressure and she is making clear to the country that mitch mcconnell, who is, let me remind, much less popular than leader pelosi, in fact essential

i'm ready to follow nancy pelosi's lead.she's come out on top. >> although she has opposed the president on so many issues. and certainly she is going up against him on impeachment, she's still getting things done, by passing various legislation the president wanted, like the usmca renegotiation and ulgters. >> but in this year of new media, you'd never know it. they all seem to blame each other for its passage, rather than celebrate the moment coming together. and house democrats would make the case that they've send over hundreds of bills as they die. and republicans controlled both chimebers as well. the senate doesn't act as fast as the house. what the house democrats under nancy pelosi's leadership has done is help in 2020. get gun violence off the streets, reunite families of immigrant whose come here, perhaps without documentation too, be the party of dreamers. frr and it will stand in contrags to the agenda donald trump saw rejected in the midterms. and that's the greatest affirmation is her leadership over that of d

speaker pelosi: let me tell you what i don't consider a fair trial. this is what i don't consider a fair trial. that leader mcconnell has stated that he is not an impartial take, that he is going to the accused from the white house from the white house and he is working in total coordination with the white house counsel office. >> let me just say that obviously, senator mcconnell has he is working with the defense of the council, that is not fair. we will have to see what else because that is certainly an indication of intention to have an unfair trial. speaker pelosi: look, it is up to the senators to make their own decisions working together. hopefully, in recognition of their witnesses that the president would help from us, the documents that the president withheld from us, and we would hope that that information would be available in a trial to go to the next step because that is another level in terms of conviction, in terms of this. but right now, the president is impeached. is it possible that you never turn the articles over? speaker pelosi: w

as nancy pelosi always says we and show yourwife.book, no you have to know your call to service, your purpose. why are you there, what are you doing, how are you there to help people? power only matters if you are using it to help other ople. a lot of people have tremendous problems in politics by the hazing, the bullying, very active in fighting sexual harassment in politics. people think that the trappings of power are such that they allow u to lordit over other people. nancy pelosi would tell you that the way to have power isn't to have the trappings of power but to constantly give it away by empowering other people and ing your power to make progress in the lives of other people. >> we will have to leave it there. much. na pelosi, thank >> my pleasure, thank you. >>> we are well into holiday season. a time year whwe gather with friends and family to enjoy good fo and goodtimes. but we are not all alike. family members come in all stripes. how do we stay connecosd with we love despite political and religious differences? here to h

so remarks from house speaker nancy pelosi on the usmca. speaker pelosi: good morning, everyone. this is day we have all been working to and working for on the path to yes. we were in range for a while, but until we could cross a certain threshold of enforcement, workers rights, environment, and for the prescription drug issue, as you know they were three of the areas that we had put out there. i want to thank our chairman, richard neal, chair of the ways and means committee. the eight members of the task force. i will acknowledge momentarily, but thanking them for their leadership in negotiating on different segments of the legislation. also want to thank richard, the president of the afl-cio. he was persistent, dissatisfied, knowledgeable, he really got us to a place which is far distant from where we started with the proposal that was given to us. there is no question, of course, that this trade agreement is much better than nafta. but in terms of our work here, it is infinitely better than what was initially proposed by the administration. and i credit our chairman, rich neal

nancy pelosi is holding cards. the committee chairs in the senate, his colleagues, they do not want a situation where a precedent is established of the executive not turning over any documents or witnesses. 13 months from now there could be a president warren or president biden and the republican chair of these committees don't want to get stonewalled by that so they have institutional interests in seeing witnesses and documents. and then you have the vulnerable republican candidates who are up this year. and they are clearly going to want to see some witnesses because they don't to explain to their constituents, their independents that they need to win general elections. you know, why this was a fake trial, they need it to be a real trial. so i think by the time this is over, lawrence, there will be a genuine trial in the u.s. senate. >> how do you see the politics of this for republicans, especially some of those vulnerable senate republicans? >> well, first of all, i think that somebody cited the polls that show

president trump during nancy pelosi to send the articles of impeachment to the senate, after pelosi saidted to see a fair trial set up. mitch mcconnell singh democrats are entering dangerous new territory. >> this particular house of representatives has led its partisan rage at this particular president

>> miss pelosi is an extraordinary judge of talent. she takes her time when she makes appointments, especially to select committees. she keeps those decisions close to the vest. she has, in my opinion, an embarrassment of riches. di think what you've seen during this investigation and impeachment process is a number of lawmakers qualified and skilled to do this. i don't think they have to be members of those two committees. i don't think they have to be experienced veterans. i think we saw some freshmen step up. whomever she chooses i think will do a good job. i think there's a lot of talent out there with the capability to move forward. >> what if you were offered the job? >> again, speaker pelosi was very kind and appointed me to the intelligence committee. i've been honored to serve on that about five years now. if chosen, i'd be thrilled to do the job because i think it's so important. i clearly understand she has a lot of people to choose from. there's a lot of factors making those decisions so i would understand completely whatev

speaker pelosi said the u.s. is committed to climate change efforts even after president trump's decision to withdraw from the climate agreement. she was also asked about the upcoming impeachment inquiry hearing. speaker pelosi: good afternoon, everyone. on behalf of the u.s. house of representatives and the congress of the united states, i think the spanish government for its leadership in combating the climate crisis. now primejust minister president sanchez for hosting the framework convention on climate change here in spain. as prime minister president, sanchez has said we must build a global economy that is prosperous, fair, and ecological , and socially just, and we completely agree. i also want to commend the and their of chile, leadership in putting together this conference of parties. exciting for us to be here. the firstit is meeting. for me, my first one was called the earth summit in 1992 in brazil. then, certain goals clearly we have not met them. goals of thishe meeting. i was honored to represent t

>> a comic irony to nancy pelosi claiming it. you go back to 1993, she had a choice between the big corporations giving her money wanting to offshore the jobs to mexico and working men and women and lane or organizations in this country. she chose the corporations and she voted for nafta. 25 years went by, she lift evidence no finger to repeal and replace that thing. and then president trump once he got it to her desk she let it gather dust for over a year. if you look closely at the details of the agreement all nancy pelosi did was put another coat of polish on president trump's usmca ferrari. >> jon: the president tweeted about that. he said the great usmca trade deal, mexico and canada has been sitting on nancy pelosi's desk for eight months. she doesn't even know what it says. after passing by a wide margin in the house today pelosi tried to take credit for it. labor will vote for trump. trade deal is great for the usa. economically this nation has been on a roll during the trump administration. do you think that this agreeme

nancy pelosi and the democrats have been sitting on that agreement for 370 days.obs riding on that. 176,000 new jobs. no state will benefit any more than the great state of texas. this is the thing that needs to be done. liz: thank you for having us in your homes. lou dobbs is next. [♪] lou: good evening, everybody, the radical dimms are gasping in what i see as mortal pain as they behold president trump's rising levels of popularity, this achievement of more success and clear and unassailable case for reelection in 11 months. the economy under president trump is a runaway record breaker and so too are the markets. the trump economy creating 666,000 new jobs in the month of november, including 354,000 manufacturing jobs. the unemployment rate

he's accusing pelosi of moving too quickly. mcconnell tweeting, quote, this morning speaker pelosi had a rushed and partisan impeachment process. rushed even though the president of the united states says he wants it fast. so it's pelosi and trump versus mcconnell? all right. why do republicans think that speaker pelosi is doing this and moving ahead? here's house minority leader kevin mccarthy today. >> this is the day the nation is weaker because they surely cannot put their animosity or their fear of losing an election in the future in front of all of the other things that the american people want. >> animosity. a charge pelosi took on head-on today when asked. >> do you hate the president, madam speaker? >> i don't hate anybody. i don't -- i don't hate anybody, not anybody in the world. so don't -- i did not accuse you. >> you did. >> i asked a question. >> representative collins yesterday suggested that the democrats are doing it because they don't like the guy. >> let me make the point. >> think the president is a coward

susan, what do you make of this pelosi method, this pelosi strategy that's been called impeach and hold, which every day it's under way keeps the president from that acquittal he so badly wants. >> it was a little bit of surprise on wednesday night right after the impeachment vote when speaker pelosi raised the possibility that she might do this. but it does keep for democrats maybe their only big piece of leverage when it comes to the senate majority leader, to try to force him to make a deal on what the rules are going to be for the senate trial. i think that democrats in general and pelosi in particular were alarmed when mitch mcconnell said that he did not see his role as that of an imparab impartial juror but one who would see that the president was acquitted. this lent uncertainty to the process that's ahead. we know that the president wants this trial to happen, he wants to get acquitted, he thinks that's important. actually i think that speaker pelosi also would like to have this off the plate, that if he's going to get this acquittal which we think he will, probably, from the r

we await nancy pelosi any moment. to you first, mike. >> that first hearing in house judiciary was a marathon session making the case for why president trump could be impeached. there was professor jonathan turley from george washington university law school saying he didn't vote for president trump but said this impeachment should not be rushed and warned it would not cure political anger in this country. late in the day a key republican asked the witnesses how much they know about the president's actions. >> to all of the witnesses, if you have personal knowledge of a single material fact in the schiff report please raise your hand. let the record reflect no personal knowledge of a single fact. >> noah feldman from harvard urged going forward. >> if this committee and house fail to act you're sending a message to this president and future presidents that it's no longer a problem if they abuse their power. >> once it was done republicans were left asking what comes next? >> right now there is a mist coming out from t

we just heard from speaker pelosi. it sounds like things are going to move forward towards a vote on some articles of impeachment. what are your thoughts? guest: this is something the speaker has been talking about for months, she wanted the president impeached by christmas. she has moved the time i up more so after one in the judiciary committee. it is almost -- it is sad for america that we don't listen to the information we have. we have constitutional lawyers coming in from elite law schools. after 12 of the committee hearings and the constitutional attorneys, nobody has firsthand knowledge of anything, unlike the other two impeachments we have gone throughout our lifetime. i will go back to the district. americans in my district want us to move forward and get on with doing america's work of creating jobs and having the opportunity still don't have a funding bill to get the government open through christmas. host: what are the concerns about getting a budget finally passed? there is a deadline coming up in a coupl

pelosi preys for the president. very cleaver. on twitter and saw a photo of shannon bream on an amtrak train maybe 10 minutes ago. >> shannon: it was. i made it. this is crazy. they have electrical outlets can you do the hair on your train and thanks to our amazing makeup artist. i made it. i am in the share. >> laura: people were freaking out here. go shannon bream. >> shannon: thank you very much.

speaker pelosi has one major problem. she's completely outmatched by her counterpart in the united states senate. take a look. >> speaker pelosi suggested that house democrats may be too afraid to even transmit their shoddy work product to the senate. mr. president, looks like the prosecutors are getting cold feet in front of the entire country and second-guessing whether or not they want to go to trial. they said impeachment was so urgent that it could not even wait for due process, but now they are content to sit on their hands. >> jason: clearly, the democrats' impeachment charade is not backfiring. the republican party just set a fund-raising record, hauling in over $20 million in the month of november. president trump is gaining in almost every poll, and speaker pelosi has been coined "the swamp mistress" on the cover of "the new york post" which is calling last night's impeachment vote her funeral today, president trump on offense fighting against the democrats' discussing political scampi at writing on twitter, aft

nancy pelosi clearly holds the power in house.ake us behind the scenes for this historic moment. >> you saw pelosi say tonight that on the president's accusation that she is interfering with election, subverting the american democracy. he response is it's really sick. ironically that kind of attack from the president elevates her even more inside her party and she helped navigate them through impeachment. >> reporter: these days house speaker nancy pelosi is a cult-like figure among democrats for going head to head with president trump. sun glass clad coming out of an oval office meeting after democrats won back the house where she said there. >> please don't characterize the strength that i bring to this meeting as the leader of the house democrats. >> reporter: taking an image trump tweeted as an unhinged meltdown making it her own social media profile picture. a show of strength against a president who doesn't like to be challenged. >> if you think a woman can't beat donald trump, nancy pelosi does it every day. >> reporter: wi

i'm sorry it was not a good day for , pelosi. great to see you.next, we will expose 2 specific issues wheres impeachment has democrats reversing themselves. congressman matt gaetz is here. he will explain in just a few moments. >> ♪ >> laura: the impeachment fight ♪ >> 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 russiaa 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.es >> 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. joining may now congressman matt gaetz, house judiciary committee. if she is has information that a russian invasion is imminent, don't you think she should share that information with it. if folks are worried about an invasion on the souther

liberals in 1975 would have laughed pelosi off the stage.emocracy means deciding things in elections. the left lost interest in democracy and gave up on it. when obama arrived they were beyond winning over voters with promises. going forward demographics would win elections for them. out of nowhere donald trump proved them wrong. he beat them in a presidential election. they have didn't see that coming. the shock was so profound it shattered them. they never recovered. the left turned against the country and the system that made it possible. open the border and erase the past. whatever it takes to regain power that's what they resolved. like a reform drum, the democratic party got religion. nancy pelosi started talking a lot about prayer. >> today, i am asking our chairman to receive the articles of impeachment. i commend our committee chairs with her somber approach for which the president had not made necessary. in signing the declaration of independence, our founders invoked a firm reliance on divine providence. democrats too are prayerfu

this is nancy pelosi pulling a trump style power move on donald trump.hat she's doing, every day this sits the house being in recess, every day the president has to see these headlines and has to know there is an*on his presidency whether or not he gets reelected he will get angrier and look at this carefully laid out plan mitch mcconnell has gotten the senate that will most likely acquit him and start yelling about how he wants more, too boring, too narrow and once his, quote, total exoneration and the moment he starts demanding witnesses and documents is the moment nancy pelosi has won because that is what she wants in terms of new information in the senate. >> from the whole gop predict bipartisan acquittal at trump impeachment trial. the expectation democrats and conservative states like joe mansion of west virginia and i don't alabama will join with republicans? >> that is my expectation. i will be surprised if democrats unanimously voted in favor of removable is given the demographics of the state with those two senators, menchen, jones, senator ci

pelosi seems to know this. she didn't get to be speaker because she is bad politics but but you can't acknowledge it out loud, so like the british army during their retreat, she puts a brave face on a doomed mission and fights on. he was her explanation this morning. >> we begin where our founders began were in the course of events, it becomes necessary for people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another. with those words, our founders courageously began our declaration of independence from an oppressive monarch for among other grievances refusal to follow rightfully passed laws. in the course of today's events, it becomes necessary for us to address among other grievances the president's failure to faithfully execute the law. >> tucker: it is just mesmerizing on many levels. what did it mean, exactly? it was a metaphor. trump is a slightly more orange version of king george the third. democrats of the patriots plotting to overthrow him with violence. that strikes you as alarming,

what should speaker pelosi do? do you think you as a senator sitting on the other side of congress may never receive these articles of impeachment in the house speaker? >> what i heard from speaker pelosi was that when the rules are set and they will need to be set because it is very clear that we these to have a hearing in the senate, when the rules are set, she will appoint her managers and she will send the articles. that is what i heard. anything to the contrary is not what i heard. >> she said fair trial, right. she wants not just rules, but fair rules. but it's not clear what fair rules would even look like. is it possible that the senate may never get there with what the speaker sees as fair? >> as far as i'm concerned, hallie, she should send the articles once the rules are set. we can argue until the cows come home whether the rules are fair or not. >> two quick questions -- >> and then we'll proceed. >> couple more topics before i let you go. there has been consternation i have heard from folks on the dem

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>> chris: that's a question for speaker pelosi, i hope we have her own.t does the president make of pelosi this week inviting him to deliver his state of the union address to congress, a joint session, on february 4th? does he read that is her acknowledging that her case is going nowhere? >> marc: we think are cases going nowhere, yes and i think the president looks forward to addressing the whole country. we talk about how well this country is doing. >> chris: how does he feel about the fact that she invited him this week? >> marc: i think it's the same thing in the midst of impeachment, we had 15 to 20 house democrats over at a black-tie event for a christmas party with the president. how serious are they really doing this, once again just a political exercise to placate the radical left of their base. that's what we think this is been all along. that's why this is the seventh impeachment vote, it wasn't the first. they tried seven times. they had 70 votes for impeachment even before mueller even testified on the russia collusion hoax. they've been tryi

pelosi: where the founders began in 1776. in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bonds that connected one to another, with those words are founders began our declaration of independence from an oppressive monarch for among .ther grievances in the course of today's events it becomes necessary for us to address among other grievances the president's failure to safely execute the laws. in crafting the constitution the founders feared the return of a monarchy in america. having just fought a war of independence they specifically feared the prospects of a king president corrupted by foreign influence. during the constitutional convention, james madison, the architect of the constitution, warned a president -- president -- of president may be bribed by greater interests to betray his trust. this was not that a king. the people are the king. they therefore created a constitutional remedy to protest against that protect against a dangerous or corrupt leader, impeachment. unless the

this as nancy pelosi and president trump are sparring over who gets to claim victory.he american people can claim victory. mexico, our biggest trading partner, that's a big deal. >> katie: i find it funny that nancy pelosi wants to take credit when it's been languishing. she has to prove she can do things the same time if she's impeaching the president. she's trying to take credit for it. they've change some things in the house. >> sean: she just made them walk the plank on impeachment. >> harris: only two of them walked. >> sean: she now needs to say, you can work with president trump. this is the attempt to do this. the president was the one who came up with the idea, the one who forced both mexico and canada to the table multiple times. the one who went and said, this is. he pressured the house into doing it and we went around the country selling these things. president trump deserves the credit. >> harris: i want to ask you this, why wouldn't mitch mcconnell go ahead and do what he needs to do here? look at all the gamesmanship that's being played right now. she's

nancy pelosi is holding cards. the committee chairs in the senate, his colleagues, they do not want a situation where a precedent is established of the executive not turning over any documents or witnesses. 13 months from now, there could be a president warren or president biden, and these republican chairmen of these committees don't want to get stonewalled by them. so they have certainly institutional interests in seeing witnesses and documents. then you have the vulnerable republican candidates who are up this year, and they are clearly going to want to see some witnesses because they don't want to explain to their constituents, their independents that they need to win general elections, you know, why this was a fake trial. they need it to be a real trial. so i think by the time this is over, lawrence, there will be a genuine trial in the u.s. senate. >> todd coleman, how do you see the politics of this for republicans, especially those vulnerable senate republicans? >> first of all, i think somebody cited the p

and later in the show, nancy pelosi verses donald trump. the year is ending taz began, with another face off between the two and this time over impeachment. and the speaker of the house says she is never afraid and rarely surprised. we'll discuss her impeachment strategy and look at the biggest moments from the speaker this year. >>> at the end of the show is there will be a surprise appearance by rachel. that's all i'm going to tell you. >>> for words that have gotten under his skin "he should be removed." in a rare and scathing editorial calling for his removal from office, just one day after he was the third fooz be # impeached. "that he should be removed, we believe, is loyalty 92 ten commandments. 80% of white evangelicals voted for donald trump. in 2016. to this day a similar percentage support him. so today, donald trump attacked the magazine that was founded nigh late reverend billy graham, falsely claiming quote, a far left magazine know-nothing about reading a perfect transcript of a routine phone call and would rather have a radi

he was going after nancy pelosi. the senate minority leader, chuck schumer, also attacking hillary and bill clinton. but perhaps the most appalling comments made by president trump tonight, aimed at debbie dingell of michigan, at the death of her husband, former congressman, john dingell, the longest serving congress member until his death. listen to what president trump said. >> they have this dingell. dingell, from michigan. you ever hear from michigan. debbie dingell. that's a beauty. she calls me up eight months ago. her husband was there a long time. but i didn't give him the "b" treatment. i didn't give him the "c" or the "d." i gave him the a-plus treatment. take down the flags. why are you taking them down? for excongressman dingell. oh. okay. do this. do this. do that. rotunda, everything. i don't want anything for it. i don't need anything for anything. she calls me up. it's the nicest thing that's ever happened. john would be thrilled. he's looking down. thank you so much, sir. i said, that's okay. don't w

nancy pelosi has ball control. democrats in both the house and senate think the republicans in the senate, especially mitch mcconnell, have tilted the playing field and this would be a trial that would favor the president. they might say wait a minute we don't think that's fair. were going to continue holding on. why would mitch mcconnell have any reason to talk to chuck schumer to set up a deal like they dated 1999 if he doesn't have the articles. as elder points that i think is very important. when you look at having these articles of impeachment and you don't move them over and you continued to sit in this limbo. this gives democrats the opportunity is he going to the 2020 elections and talk about how unfair they think that senate republicans are, especially mitch mcconnell who they call the grim reaper. this is a pretty interesting situation. the other thing is that in the constitution it says article one section three, that the sun as the sole power of impeachment. you can't have a senate trial if you don't ha

we just heard from speaker pelosi. it sounds like things are going to move forward towards a vote on some articles of impeachment. what are your thoughts? guest: this is something the speaker has been talking about for months, she wanted the president impeached by christmas. she has moved the time i up more so after one in the judiciary committee. it is almost -- it is sad for america that we don't listen to the information we have. we have constitutional lawyers coming in from elite law schools. after 12 of the committee hearings and the constitutional attorneys, nobody has firsthand knowledge of anything, unlike the other two impeachments we have gone throughout our lifetime. i will go back to the district. americans in my district want us to move forward and get on with doing america's work of creating jobs and having the opportunity still don't have a funding bill to get the government open through christmas. host: what are the concerns about getting a budget finally passed? there is a deadline coming up in a coupl