you have democrats criticizing pelosi.ou don't really have congressional republicans saying mcconnell should cave. it's not happening. >> to me the biggest victims, if you will, of the impasse are the presidential candidates, aren't they? they really are. >> i think it's definitely an issue for the senators running for senate. i want to push back a little bit. donald trump wants to be exonerated, does he not? that's where her leverage may be. donald trump wants this to be over, and he wants to be vindicated or whatever word he's going to use. in that sense i think she still does have some leverage. >> the one wild card is always trump, right? and he can't handle the waiting game, and she is, i think, counting on him, you know, to get anxious about it. >> there's been this talk about mcconnell coordinating with the white house. mitch mcconnell from day one, i'm going to control this process. >> are you saying gates and meadows will not be on the senate floor? >> i would enjoy that. >> i thought john cornyn let the cat out o

pelosi: this is with real teeth. if you are familiar with the war powers act, it enables two things to go forward. one is a resolution. and there is the procedure for that, which we will be following today. .t gives congress a path becauseaking this path it doesn't require a signature from the president of the united states. this is a statement of the congress of the united states, and i will not have that statement be diminished by whether the president will sign it or not. reporter: many of the members have raised serious concerns about the timing of the strike against soleimani and its justification. you have been briefed. do you think the administration misled the american people about an imminent attack? ms. pelosi: i think that it's very unfortunate right now because i was briefed in the gang of eight and i was briefed in the, what is he call it -- the last briefing that some of the republican senators ever heard. in the public domain, it's difficult to address some of what they contended. however, i will say t

of the house pelosi. >> good afternoon. as you know on december 18th, the house of representatives upcelled its constitutional duty and voted articles of impeachment against the president of the united states. donald trump. he didn't uphold his oath of office to defend the constitution of the united states. the president takes a special oath. a little different from the congressional oath. he takes an oath that was taken by president george washington the patriarch of our country in front of whose picture we stand here. it's so sad, so tragic for our country that the actions taken the president to undermine our national security and violate his oath of office and to jeopardize the security of our election, the integrity of our elections has taken us to this place. today we will make history. when the managers walk down the hall delivering articles of impeachment against the president of the united states for abuse of power and obstruction of the house. making that history we are making progress for the american people. prog

you can see pelosi leaving the meeting just a few minutes ago. very closely held, that are saying we're not going to name these managers and the people that we anticipate will end up on that list have been particularly and in some cases i will say atypically disinterested in speaking to cameras. some of these members are people we usually have no problem buttoning down in the hallways and getting sound bites from but everyone is really keeping everything close to the vest because you had seen what has happened to folks who have gotten out of line with nancy pelosi over the course of the last week or so. they have for the most part recanted their statements very quickly. this is obviously a very coveted assignment for many of these members. it's very high profile. so i think you're going to see them announce it when she's ready but i do really think this is a pelosi shift, kind of affair generally speaking, and they're at the point where they know the lay of the land. >> kasie, thank you. let me bring in two experts, the form are chief of staff to

so far i don't see any price nancy pelosi is paying here in holding onto these. and i can see what she's been gaining so far. >> right, lawrence. like why throw pearls before swine? there's no reason to give the articles of impeachment over to mitch mcconnell so he can throw them in the circular file because she knows that's what he's going to want to do. the longer that nancy pelosi has waited, not only have we gotten additional information, but it increases the likelihood that chuck schumer and other democrats, despite some rumbling this week, will have a stronger hand in negotiating how the eventual trial occurs. and that's the most important thing here. it doesn't really matter when the articles of impeachment come over as long as the process is one that everybody can agree with. and i don't care if that happens in february. i don't care if that happens in march. even the democrats who were running for president right now have realized there's a value to being actively involved in this process even if they're campaigning. i wish the democrats had kept their m

as we know from looking at nancy pelosi's past actions. there are two options for nancy pelosi. one is to go big and keep holding the articles but you have to own that narrative. i think it's bigger than the issue of whether the senate will have witnesses. it's the fatal statement of mitch mcconnell that he does not intend to be an impartial juror. if house democrats and nancy pelosi really want to bring that to light or even suggest there's additional investigating that the house wants to subpoena john bolton, you can go big and continue to withhold articles indefinitely. without doing that, i do think particularly the comment by senator feinstein has made it harder for nancy pelosi to hold onto these. but let's give her credit. what has happened in the three weeks or so she has held onto them, the nation's attention has been brought to the point to realize that mitch mcconnell said he won't be impartial. he said he doesn't want witnesses and marco rubio and lindsey graham said, no, we're not going to have witnesses. what nancy pelosi has done is recorded for history that the s

nancy pelosi and donald trump. now, pelosi is a leader in title only. yeah, she is the speaker of the house, but i think i'm right, last spring she said impeachment should only be bipartisan. the same speaker who couldn't get one republican to join her lynch mob. but that didn't stop her today from milking the conveyance of the articles of impeachment for all it was worth. >> the house of representatives impeach the president of the united states. in impeachment that will last forever. this is a very serious matter, and we take it to heart.me in a really solemn way. >> laura: impeachment. oh, that is why she was wearing peach. i couldn't figure the color out today. it was a day of choreographed moments that were supposed to indicate the seriousness, the prayerfulnessth of all of this. not political, at all, of course. it only underscored the vacuousness of pelosi and her collaborators. >> we are here today to cross a very important threshold in american history. today, we will make history. a threshold in history. as we make history that we are makingth

speaker pelosi: i said we're hopeful. eporter: [inaudible] speaker pelosi: one, two -- no, not you. brexit. with two. three. we are right now prayerful and that the senate will have the courage to hear the the president's actions, and then we will see what we do next. yes, sir. i'll give it a different try. [laughter] over, do when this is you think that president trump and be chaisenned understand that -- chastened and a erstand that he has congress watching him or be emboldened cause -- ecause the senate acquitted him? speaker pelosi: you can't be acquitted if you don't have a trial and if you don't have witnesses. senators, if it comes to a tie or if there is a question of hearing testimony or documents would leave it up to the chief justice of court.reme reason appointed -- republican appointed in a republican ajority court, i would think they would have confidence in the chief justice of the united states. title.really his and that's interesting to me they're afraid of breaking a tie justice of the united states. does the president know right from wrong? i don't think so. that'

there's not been any change in nancy pelosi's plans. but it does appear that -- not appear, she is saying soon. that is significant to me based on what she says the last couple weeks. she wants to see the imp peachment rules. at the is sniff kbt. she's not saying i want to change them. i still believe at the is unlikely. she's not going to see them before they send it over. it's just a matter of time, i would think. and based on what nancy pelosi says, that checks out. >> what's so interesting is it doesn't appear for public polling that she's paid any price by holding them. i think she's proven herself to be unpredictable and to have a high threshhold. she doesn't have any leverage to change the rules. i mean -- it really is a stand off. >> because her leverage isn't just getting mitch mcconnell to change the rules, it's to raise public awareness about what's fair and not fair, to raise public awareness about the fact the real precedent is in every senate impeachment trial in this country, only two, but still, there have been witnesses

and like virtually everything else, pelosi has passed and sent to the senate. the revised version of nafta is still waiting for action in the united states senate. so when mitch mcconnell threatened today to turn to doing the people's business if he doesn't get the articles of impeachment next week, nancy pelosi said this. >> he said if you don't send them over, i'm going to pass the mexico-u.s.-canada trade agreement. okay. >> mitch mcconnell cannot threaten nancy pelosi by saying he's going to pass the legislation that he has sent to the senate and wants him to pass. that kind of threat will give nancy pelosi the incentive to hold the articles of impeachment longer. one reason they want the articles of impeachment sent immediately is what has happened in the time that nancy pelosi has been holding on to those articles. >> in the past few weeks since we've had this, shall we say, impasse because they won't reveal the terms of engagement, many things have been accomplished that are collateral benefit to the discussion, and they relate to on december 20th new e-

but he thinks it's helped speaker pelosi's case.take a listen. >> the speaker's decision has created space for individuals like susan collins and lisa murkowski and most recently mitt romney to publicly and expressly say individuals like john bolton should testify if the senate is going to conduct a fair trial. that alone was a tremendous objective that has been accomplished because what mitch mcconnell apparently wanted to do was move immediately to dismiss any impeachment articles that we sent over. >> dana: do you think that that is an achievement? >> what he's acknowledging is the house didn't have a fair trial. everybody that looked at it objectively said it. they broke house rules by denying the minority to call witnesses. pelosi denied that. they didn't want a fair trial in the house. they said it was because of expediency and they have to do it quickly. as soon as the path is there, pelosi holds the papers four weeks. it's not the senate's job to mop up the house. if they wanted john bolton, they could have subpoenaed john b

pelosi is a deeply religious person.m not here to discuss the nature of her religiosity, not sure i even could. has a relationship to the church, and she has that kind of compassion for individuals and certainly respect for the office of the presidency, beyond question. host: from panama city, florida, republican line. henry, hello. caller: hey, how are you doing this morning? i just wanted to speak on, i thought -- [indiscernible] the so-called witness behind doors is adam schiff. but the other witnesses, they was not witnesses, it was hearsay. they was professors. one professor said, look, there is impeachable. impeache been trying to him, especially maxine waters, from the very getting, impeach president 45, and that is the use of language, too. it is like a bunch of kids. first time he try and sit down with the democrats and go across the table, they sat down, all of them, and the media, and nothing done. the other point i want to make, there is a lot of millions of dollars to go to all these fake investigations. i t

more, she's the hometown senator for nancy pelosi. she said, the longer it goes on, the less urgent it becomes. so if it's serious and urgent, send them over. if it is not, don't send it over. chairman adam smith, speaker pelosi's own chairman on armed services, at 9:35 this morning, he said -- it is time for speaker pelosi to send the articles of impeachment to the senate. i understand what the speaker is trying to do, but at the end of the day, just like we control it in the house, mitch mcconnellcontrols it in the senate. or congressman jamie raskin, a member of the house judiciary but also the member who was , selected to represent impeachment inside the rules committee. he said -- there cannot be an indefinite delay. obviously there's a constitutional and political clock ticking at this point. we are eager to see that things move forward. but i just listened to speaker pelosi say she wasn't moving them yet. i am not sure if she is just embarrassed at the work being done, or if she lied to us about it the urgent. on a run yesterda

nancy pelosi wants the senate to do her job for her.ot only does she want to do the senate's job, now she wants them to call witnesses that adam schiff couldn't get in the house, because he was so anxious to rush impeachment through, that they wouldn't wait for the courts. you know, that is, the joke is about this impeachment. she is refusing to wait for the courts to act. then she goes to charge him with abuse of power and obstruction of congress. liz: let's show a context here. the polls seem to show american voter sees the democrats have been wanting to overturn the 2016 election within months of the president being inaugurated. it is not just that they wanted to get rid of the electoral college, they wanted to get rid of trump. demonstrates started to file nine impeachment articles or resolutions within six months of the president's inauguration. it has been the democrats main focus since even before trump took office on and on. so what i want to go to next, sir, is that i want to show the viewer, show the american people, what the

pelosi: they're afraid of the truth. the american people have seen the allegations and they're allegations we need to see more evidence that would be contained in the documentation. so this is just another avoiding of the facts and the truth on their part. they don't want to see documents, don't want to hear from eyewitnesses, don't want to -- they want to ignore anything new that comes up. , an a strong case undeniable case for the impeachment of the president. no future president would ever think that she or he could get away with what president trump as been getting away with in , public opinion will have a lot to do with this. since we passed ours and sent it over, public opinion has grown enormously for seeing witnesses, eyewitnesses, and documentation. and they'll just have to contend with the public on that reporter: thank you, madam speaker. a question on the role of facebook. in a new "new york times" buttigieg talked about mark zuckerberg and others having too much power. do you agree? ms. pelosi: the facebook

some wanted it to happen, but nancy pelosi said it is not something that she really considered. so you have this group here. people like schiff is out front as well as nadler. >> their job, and they are the prosecutors, dana, and they have to go forward and once the formal trial begins tuesday in the days that follow, they will have to go before the united states senate and the chief justice of the supreme court who is going to be presiding and they have to make the argument of why the president of the united states was impeach and now should be convicted and removed from office. >> that is right. a lot of differences between the impeachment trial and any impeachment trial and the court of law, but there are a lot of similarities and the biggest for the people who are familiar with how the court battles work and court cases work, whether it is "l.a. law" or anywhere else, you are or "law and order" you are looking at the prosecutors as you said, the house managers and they are making the case and trying to convince the jury. the jury are 100 senators. 100 senators sitting there

speaker pelosi named seven managers. adam schiff, jerrold nadler, hakeem jeffries, zoe lofgren, val demings, jason crow, and sylvia garcia. the what purpose is gentleman from new york seeking recognition? t to house resolution 767, i now send to the desk a resolution appointing authorizing managers for the impeachment of donald john trump president of the united states and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report. the clerk: mr. schiff, mr. nadler, mrs. love green, misdemmings and mr. crow are appointed managers to conduct the impeachment manager against donald john trump a message be sent to the

>> shari'ah. >> what is pelosi's argument?has to make the argument that the very nature of who we are as a country is at stake here. i say, look, when the managers walked the articles over, buckle up. it's about to get real ugly. we think it's ugly now, it's about to get -- it's about to get uglier. i think at -- he'll become unhinged even more so and they'll play to our fears, our prejudices, our hatreds, everything is coming up. because they believe -- donald trump has some folks believing that we, people like me, people who are black, brown, who are other are actually trying to take the country. so buckle up because you thought nixon was bad with forgotten americans you thought nixon was roger ailes this is at a whole other level. >> jeff mason, you might be planning to be with the president, he won't be at the rally but at the world economic forum in davos with world leaders where the theme this year is a cohesive and sustainable world. hello. >> cohesive and sustainable. well, listen, the president feels like he as an arg

a leader within speaker pelosi's team. the others draw on experience from law enforcement and military affairs. you see them here. they're brand-new announced in the press conference we just concluded and they're drawn from around the nake nation like colorado and florida. and we are looking at the presentation that the americans will see today and in this coming senate trial. the people the democratic party is putting forward to argue utmost serious case for the removal of a president. we go back in our special coverage to our panel. congressman, having served in this body your thoughts? >> the speaker controlled the process all the way through today. in her open words she wanted to focus on litigators so this is a team with litigation and she focused on talented members who showed the nation their ability to prosecute during the judiciary hearings. there are members who are veterans of the clinton impeachment. lofgren and nadler. they have been there for over 20 years. there are freshmen members of congress and it's geog

it will not be when nancy pelosi nancy pelosi says. >> bret: democratic pressure leads to the move? a certain point she had to turn it over, she cannot do it -- with people like me, people like you, we were interviewing democrats and saying, wait a minute, trump was such a clear and present danger, this had happened in such a hurry, now all of a sudden you can wait for three weeks? but yes, you can see not only house democrats, but especially senate democrats, eight of them saying it is time. and else we all know in negotiations that we have had in our contract, you can push so far, and then you have to fold. she realized it is time to fold. >> bret: there are some question marques, susan collins had a question saying that she has had discussions with republican colleagues about witnesses. the conclusion is pretty much wrapped up. the fact that you could not, at least what we know now imagine any scenario where 20 republican senators are going to convict the president of the united states? >> with what we know, no. this is an area where you had some success, because you saw susan co

pelosi: they are different. the facebook business model is striggetly to make money and don't care about the impact on children or troops or where this is all coming from and they have said, even if they know it's not true, they will print it. they have been very abusive of the great opportunity that technology has given them. my thought about them is -- all they want are their tax cuts and no antitrust action against them. and move this administration in that regard because so far that's what they have received. i think what they have said very blatantly and very clearly that they tend to be accomplices for misleading the american people with money from god knows where. they didn't check on money from russia in the last election. they have been very irresponsible and again as you say, these are people we have known and worked with overtime. they do have an office in my district and i think their behavior is shameful. senator collins said that the timing of the parnas documents would not affect her. why are thes

mitch mcconnell also refused to budge and in the end pelosi blinked. she wrote a letter to her colleague saying the decision to release the articles came as fellow democrats started to voice frustration and impatience with the speaker's approach. even longtime friend california neighbor and colleague senator dianne feinstein called out pelosi for the delay. today when he learned the articles would soon be en route donald trump said this about the speaker. >> we just learned nancy pelosi is sending articles of impeachment next week to the senate. >> i think it is ridiculous, she should have sent them a long time ago. it belittles the process. nancy pelosi will go down as the least successful speaker of the house in the history of our nation. she has done nothing. >> reporter: as for the rules of engagement, 51 gop senators committed to supporting rules similar to those implemented in the 1999 impeachment trial of president clinton. republican senator susan collins says, quote, i'm hopeful we can reach an agreement on how to proceed with the trial that w

ross garber, we heard pelosi and schiff say they won. they won with time, they won by holding on to these. did they really win until mitch mcconnell makes a decision here on evidence and witnesses? >> yes, so it remains to be seen. what they didn't get was what they said they wanted, which was -- >> right. >> -- the rules ahead of time. they didn't get that. but, you know, interestingly enough and whether it was calculated and intention a.al o not, what they may have actually gotten by this delay is this drip, drip, drip of new information. you know, john bolton saying, you know what, if i'm subpoenaed to the senate, i'm happy to show up. all of this new information that's coming out from lev parnas now. so, you know, that actually has been something that they have accomplished. they didn't get what they wanted, but it turns out they have gotten something by it. >> and this focus on the documents, schiff's words, documents don't generally lie. and it is true that the documents available in the clinton impeachment far greater. there was n

back when this national began, speaker pelosi intentions and purely partisan agenda. he told her caucus she needed to strike while the iron was hot. this was always an exercise in politics.an congress traer to the warnings over the nders, and last month we saw the ustification for running the fastest, thinnest, and weakest history nt in american crumble. instead of sending the articles of impeachment to the senate for pelosi held them hostage in a failed play to gain and age that she did not would never have. concession, she got nothing. no control. no moral victories. in other words, another failed strategy. fter a month of counterproductive and farmful delays -- harmful delays, i have my friends ons for on the other side of the aisle, the democrats. what happened to impeachment being urgent? what happened to congress being clock? what happened to saying the ouse would be derelict in our duty if we did not act immediately? is these were all the assertions the past made over several months. none of t turned out them were true. they were self-serving, and discrediting.

but certainly not nancy pelosi. but that collins, the fast-talking collins where he's saying democrats are -- democrats are -- democrats are supporting and mourning the death of soleimani more than gold star parent -- what a liar. >> oh, wow. >> what a total liar. what a disgusting total liar. reminds me george washington said -- i love this quote -- guard against the postures of pretended patriotism. guard against the prepostors rf pretend patriotism. that's who collins, trump, all of these people are. >> right. >> they should be ashamed of themselves. and they should be like, in this case, marco rubio where we can have our differences, i understand why -- why marco rubio believes as does he in this case. that the president should have this power and it shouldn't be limited by congress. i understand that. but we can have these differences. let's debate over the differences. do not say your opponents who are actually defending article one powers in defending article one powers are mourning a terrorist. that's a damn

speaker pelosi named seven managers. adam schiff, jerrold nadler, hakeem jeffries, zoe lofgren, val demings, jason crow, and sylvia garcia. >> for what purpose is the gentleman from new york seeking recognition? resolution to house 767, i sent to the desk a resolution anointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of donald trump. president of the united states and ask for its immediate consideration. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report.

tell nancy pelosi what?e a trial and after i'm acquitted i will come to have the state of the union, not until then. president trump has a great saying no games. this is all game-playing by the democrats. it has to be brought to an end, okay? they forced her this week to deliver them. i think this trial, he ought to go big. he ought to demand witnesses. there is no witness on the other side bolton and mulvaney. there is nothing they say will be big deal. maria: they want to hear john bolton. john bolton, last week why did he come out to say i'll testify? >> maybe to sell books. president trump has to protect the office of the presidency about the future presidents, about executives privilege. nothing about the details will be any big deal. offset by the whistleblower, by brennan, by biden, hunter biden, ig report. this is the crime of the century. this is an attempted coup on a sitting president. a sitting president turned out to be right. you know who says he is right? kids in tehran. kids in beirut, trying

but is nancy pelosi -- but as nancy pelosi cries coverup, the republican counter part says the goal is to shield the bidens. >> this benefits joe biden. this harms senator sanders many because he will be stuck in a chair. >> diss missing i dismissing . rob: we are live in washington with details. also, cardi b for congress? jillian: why she thinks me has what it takes to run for office. "fox & friends first" continues right now. ♪ have a nice day. jillian: monday morning already. goes so quick. rob: if the weekend was any indication, it should be about 85 degrees. jillian: maybe 90. we'll see. good morning, you're watching "fox & friends first" on this monday morning. i'm jillian mele. rob: i'm rob schmitt. today, more than one dozen saudi military trainees are expected to be sent back to their home country. jillian: this comes amid the pentagons' review of all international military students following the deadly shooting at the pensacola naval air base. rob: todd piro joinses us live with the dods' shocking findings. >> reporter: none of those being expelled are accused of assisting t

diane feinstein called out pelosi for the delay. and today when he learned the articles would soon be en route, president trump said this about the speaker. >> nancy pelosi announced she's sending articles of impeachment next week to the senate. what's your reaction. >> she should have sent them a long time ago. it just -- it belittles the process. nancy pelosi will go down as probably the least successful speaker of the house in the history of our nation. she's done nothing. >> as for the rules of engagement, 51 gop senators committed to supporting rules similar to those implemented for the 1999 impeachment trial for president clinton. susan collins said, quote, i am hopeful we can reach an agreement on how to proceed with the trial that will allow the opportunity for witnesses for both the house managers and the president's council if they choose to do so. and it appears senate republicans are backing off their ironclad opposition to witnesses in the upcoming trial, saying it depends on what they hear from house prosecutors and th

pelosi: they are in the senate's hands. this is the senate and they have tried to have a bipartisan approach to how they would conduct the investigation. t conduct the trial. -- conduct the trial. feeblely the majority leader has said this is just like clinton, except it isn't. it is not like clinton in that he won't do a bipartisan agreement of how to proceed. that's very important. it is not incidental to say but for the documentation and the witnesses. separate from all of that, , that ules of 1986 allowed for the presentation from the house, one person to speak. one person. is that what we should be ready for? or is there something else that they have in mind? one person to seek for the house and one person to speak for the white house. did you know that? 1986. is that the rule under which -- all we want to know what rule? it doesn't mean we have to agree to it, but we have to like the rule, we just want to know what they are. football, football, college, high school. football. we send in our team. we have to send in sp

now pelosi has all the time in the world apparently. guess as not as urgent as she said another lie. she is demanding mitch mcconnell follow her strict instructions for how the senate trial should be run. she wants him to call all the witnesses they didn't call but, yet, they intreecheimpeached him. they failed to get a subpoena. she wants to ensure a fair trial with total impartiality. big problem there is her best friend her bff in the senate chuck schumer totally agrees. but in the 1990s when a democrat was being impeached, chuck was running on exonerating clinton. 11 separate felonies ken starr identified. take a look. >> this is not a criminal trial. but this is something that the founding fathers decided to put in a body that was susceptible to the whims of politics. also, it's also not like a jury box in the sense that people will call us and lobby us. you don't have jurors call and lobby and things like that. it's quite different than a jury trial total hypocrite. get the theme here. hypotheticals, liars, zero principles, no cor

, the speaker. >> nancy pelosi, the speaker?en she first got in and i met her, i'm impressed by her. i thought she was an impressive person. i like her a lot. i was surprised she didn't do more in terms of bush and going after bush. it seemed like she was going to look to impeach bush and get him out of office personally i think would have been a wonderful thing. >> impeaching him? >> for the war. he lied. he got us into the war with lies. look at the trouble bill clinton got into with something that was totally unimportant and they tried to impeach him, which was nonsense. bush got us into this horrible war by lies, saying they had weapons of mass destruction and all sorts of things that turned out not to be true. >> jeffrey, i want your reaction. >> how can i add to that? what can i possibly say other than just watch it and see what he said? donald trump has been on every side of every issue. he used to be pro-choice and now trying to get abortion outlawed in the united states. this is who he is and how he's behaved his whole

he didn't just do that because pelosi was holding the articles. and "the new york times" was going to write anyway on foia information that they received over the break. so it's kind of -- it looks like democrats are looking for a justification for a strategy that privately a lot of them feel was a failure. >> rachael, your reporting overnight is really interesting because for all the people that think the white house and mitch mcconnell are in lockstep on how this is going to proceed, you have some reporting on a rift within the party about how this should go. should there be defense members of the president's team from house republicans or not? >> that's exactly right. we're hearing from -- well, both sides right now. there's this sort of interparty turf war that's going on where you have house republicans, people like jim jordan who think they can do a good job defending the president in the senate. now kevin mccarthy, the republican leader in the hour, he's been arguing to trump personally that jim jordan is good on tv. trump knows that. trump

pelosi way."that she is america's most powerful woman. good have you with us, christi christine. what do you say to the basic question which is everybody remembers when the speaker said, unless you have overwhelming evidence and a bipartisan understanding that impeachment is the way to go, it's simply too divisive for the country? why did she change from that opinion? >> donald trump conducts change that. the ukraine phone call that you heard from the whistle-blower, and the bipartisan and frankly many republican witnesses that came forward and testified as to holding up the money in violation of the law passed by congress and the obstruction of justice. so you have obstruction to me of abuse of power. >> martha: given how divisive it has become and how partisan it has remained, there is no bipartisan buy-in here. so now she's in a situation where it goes to the senate and unless there is something unforeseen, it appears that the senate is going to not move to convict the president on these impeac

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senators hope that pelosi hurries up. fight with mcconnell. >> i think we are reaching to the point where the articles of impeachment to be sent. >> mcconnell took notice of blumenthal's defection. >> a democratic friend is losing patience just like the american people are losing patience. the country knows that this absurdity should not go on. >> bret>> republican senator jon tolley taking an effort to change impeachment rules if pelosi does not change the articles soon. the idea catching on with some of his colleagues. >> if at the end of the week she is not transmitted articles, i hope we change the rules so we can start the trial without her. >> only take 51 votes to change the impeachment rules, but 67 votes to break a filibuster on such a rules change proposal. so it's unlikely that senate republicans can do much to pry the articles loose from pelosi until she is ready. >> once the senate has the articles, mcconnell says he has the votes to conduct a trial just like the ones for president clinton in 1999. mcconnell

what did pelosi accomplish here? >> what are we talking about right now, whether or not there should be witnesses, and this is what we are talking about for several week, and looking at the poll, 7 in 10 americans think that the president should let the people come forward and those who were not able to testify in the house proceedings and testify. they have important information, and we know that. and the only reason to not let them come forward is because you have something to hide, and i guarantee you that is what a lot of people think that we have all watched the crime shoppes and they all tell you that when the person does not testify in their own behalf, what are they hiding. in this instance, trump, because he has penchant for lying, it is hard for them to make a credible argument as to why not have john bolton go ahead to testify, and there are certainly things that you can hold confidences and protect the national security and that does not mean that you can't answer a simple question like, did you say, and

he showed a photo shopped photo of nancy pelosi and chuck schumer wearing traditional islamic clothing. and his press secretary stephanie grisham doubling down on his claims. >> the democrats are parroting the talking points of the iranian officials. >> reporter: and mike pompeo is standing by the decision to kill soleimani and warning the leaders in teheran to behave themselves. >> on the military side we have warned the iranians repeatedly and done so personally myself that an attack that took american lives would not be tolerated. if iran escalates, we will end it on our terms. >> reporter: and others struggling to state why soleimani was targeted with explanations that are consistent. >> i think it is totally consistent, but this is what is consistent. we killed soleimani, the number one terrorist in the world by every account, bad person killed a lot of americans and killed a lot of people. we killed him. and when the democrats try and defend him, it is a disgrace to our country. >> reporter: defense secretary mark esperwared on the claim that there was an iranian threat to attack

and nancy pelosi is challenged why it was rushed through. she said we have been working on this for 2.5 years. that gives more insight to her motivation. it was always about impeaching the president. >> sean: you pointed this out every day, fighting for the ride for the fairness that newt gingrich offered bill clinton and his attorneys when he was speaker of the house. >> it's crazy to think that nancy pelosi impeached the president for obstructing the house when she is obstructing

lou: very quickly, the pelosi -- speaker pelosi calling for a house vote on a war powers -- war powersing resolution i think more aptly, but your thoughts about even attempting such a -- >> no, look i haven't seen it. but i'm sure it is ridiculous, one more ridiculous move by the democrats. the one resolution we should vote on this week and i hope passes is the one senator holly is offering in the senate is to get this impeachment thing over as quickly as possible. i hope that's the one they vote on in the senate and we can forget this one that pelosi is talking about here in the house. lou: congressman jordan, as always, great to see you. >> thank you. lou: thank you. we would like to hear your thoughts. follow me on twitter, instagram and like us on facebook. former state department advisor, gorka and jonathan ward are among our guests here tomorrow evening. we hope you will be with us. next, how the left wing national media has been covering the president's actions against iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism in all the world. you wouldn't know that reading the national left

not let nancy pelosi take over the senate. goal is not let the speaker of the house become the majority leader of the senate. senator mcconnell has done a great job as majority leader. i will be confirming judges this week but if we don't get the articles this weeks we need to take matters in our own hands, change the rules. deemed them delivered to the senate. so we can start the trial. invite the house to participate if they would like. if they don't come, dismiss the case, get on with governing the country. if you don't like president trump 10 months from now you will have an election you can kick him out. this is abuse of power. this is constitutional extortion is what she is doing. it is very bad for the presidency. it is very bad for the senate as an institution and it cannot stand. maria: getting on with the peoples businesses does that include usmca? will the senate vote on usmca this week? >> we're going to have a hearing which sets in motion a vote. there is a lot of things i would like to do. we got to dispose of th

[inaudible] speaker pelosi: that is why it is taking so long. [laughter] speaker pelosi: i will keep one for myself. >> the senate will receive a message from the house of representatives. >> a message from the house of representatives. mr. president, i have been directed by the house of representatives to inform the senate the house has passed h- res 798, a resolution appointing and authorizing managers for the impeachment trial of donald john trump, president of the united states. >> the

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that's the latest word from nancy pelosi.pe will this try will ultimately take, and will there be witnesses? senator john cornyn is our headliner today. he will join us live next. >> i hope they dismiss this and we get an acquittal right away. if they go to witnesses, you will have to have both sides. we're carvana, the company who invented car vending machines and buying a car 100% online. now we've created a brand new way for you to sell your car. whether it's a year old or a few years old, we want to buy your car. so go to carvana and enter your license plate, answer a few questions, and our techno-wizardry calculates your car's value and gives you a real offer in seconds. when you're ready, we'll come to you, pay you on the spot, and pick up your car. that's it. so ditch the old way of selling your car, and say hello to the new way-- at carvana. and mine super soft? yes. with the sleep number 360 smart bed, on sale now, you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. so, can it help us fall asleep faster?

nancy pelosi's circus is done. we won't see the one sided show trial that the house has been engaged in for months and months. that farce is over. here is what i hope happens. the senate will conduct a fare trial. that means we will give the house managers a chance to present their case. we will listen to what they have to say. we will do something the house didn't do. we will give president trump a full opportunity to defend his case and lay out the fax and evidence to lay out the law the facts ignored. once the president defends himself i'm confident that the result will be the president is acquitted. the reason is the articles of impeachment on their face are ridiculous. they don't satisfy the constitutional standard of high crimes and miss demeanors. we have moved out of nancy pelosi's world. she knew when the house didn't have it they couldn't put on a kangaroo court like they. have instead we will move to the senate where i hope and believe we will follow the law and acquit the president. >> the federal rules

lou: and let's mention nancy pelosi one more time.ore mystery involving the death of pedophile jeffrey epstein. the security video outside his jail cell when he first allegedly attempted to kill himself is apparently gone forever. but then it reappeared at least in the words and language of the federal authorities. then federal prosecutors admitted the video they had was from a different part of the prison after they thought they recovered that video. this continued to be one hell of a mystery. now we are told that the video has been permanently disappeared. we don't know what that precisely means. but what it does mean for sure is the federal authorities aren't giving it up to the news media. up next, president trump poised for another big trade victory. china coming to d.c. to sign you a trade deal. the phase one trade deal. gordon chang joins us after his quick break with much more. you don't use this old thing, do you? no! or how 'bout this dinosaur right here? nope! then why are you still using a laser printer? it's got expensive