well, the salem witch trials? let's remember when the president said this. >> aim a student of history. >> well, maybe he was a student of history, but he must have been a really bad one because let's listen to someone who actually does know her history. her name is kim driscoll, the mayor of salem. she says this. oi invoice, again. learn some history. going on to point thought that in salem in 1692, innocent people with no evidence against them were put to death. contrasting that with ample evidence and admissions of wrongdoing in the ukraine case. we're going to talk to mayor driscoll. that's later on in the show. the president ending his tirade of a letter with this. quote, i write this letter to you for the purpose of history and to put my thoughts on a permanent and indelible record. so he's saying he wants to go down -- this to go down on his permanent record. well, his wish is granted. and all of this coming at this momentous time in our history. it raises serious questions about the president's fitness for

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six pages saying that he has it worse than people accused in the salem witch trials. what's your response to this letter that the president has released? >> well, my response is very simple. he's saying he's not getting due process. we are yearning for him to take advantage of due process. we in the senate have invited him to allow four witnesses who are extremely close, had eyewitness accounts of what trump did that created the impeachment document. mick mulvaney and john bolton and two other officials who were heavily involved and if he wants due process he wants the right to be heard. donald trump is refusing the right to be heard, and i would ask him and frankly, mitch mcconnell and my republican colleagues what is so horrible about asking people to come testify who have eyewitness accounts of what's happening here? the president is really just covering up. he has no rebuttal. he has had no -- he has issued no exculpatory evidence of the charges against him and we're giving him the opportunity to bring people to the trial. you know, a trial without witnesses is no

he adds, for due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials. the president writes he sent the letter to put my thoughts in a permanent and indelible record. asked today, president trump insisted -- >> no, i don't take any.

president writing, quote, more due process was afforded to those accuse d in the salem with trials. also acknowledging that his letter is not likely to change the outcome of tomorrow's historic house vote but said he was sending it, quote, for the purpose of history and to put my thoughts on a permanent and indelible record. trump's letter comes as the house rules committee is hashing out the procedures for tomorrow's vote in a day-long hearing we're monitoring for you. and a showdown is shaping up in the senate as well, where republican leader mitch mcconnell today rejected democrats' call to subpoena key witnesses in a senate impeachment trial. mcconnell making this remarkable claim today. >> we do not need jurors to

more due process is afforded to those in the salem witch trials. for anyone unfamiliar with the samel witch trial, 20 people were, cuted accused of practicing witchcraft, 20 people put to death, 19 of them hanged and one of them crushed to death and he says they had it worse than him. kaitlan collins is out front tonight. what more are you learning about this letter? >> erin, a lot of people in the white house didn't know this letter was coming and we are being told by sources that was at the instruction of president trump. he wanted it to be kept pretty close in a very small group of advisers and aides and they started drafting it some time last week and they were debating which day they should publish it, and we are being told that the reason the president uponed this letter is because he wanted to be able to send this direct message to speaker pelosi ahead of that vote tomorrow. if you read through all of these six page e a lot of what you just went over or most of it is essentially a summary of what the president's objections and frustrations h

-- selfish, salem witch trials.hould the press deal with such personal political rhetoric? >> first of all, if you're just part of the press, you should cover the letter, coffer what his defense is of sending a letter like that. he is a president who people have been trying to impeach, talking about impeaching him since the day he was sworn into office. and i think that was reflected in the letter he sent to pelosi, that this has been a witch hunt and an attack on my presidency. that's the way i read the letter. you have to be a little bit objective in looking at the letter. i agree cover it, but, you know, the witches in salem, they got burned, right? that ended up a little bit worse -- howard: in 1989 i wrote a story about donald trump writing a blistering letter to hotel queen leona hemsley, calling her a disgrace to humanity. so he has been doing this for a while. look, the media argument now is, well, impeachment was inevitable. is anyone really surprised president trump is impeach end? his -- impeached? his de

slides down through salem into san francisco, the bay area, before stretching out.wo to five additional inches, river flooding is expected. in the south, the southern jet getting a little wave across the gulf coast states. heavy rain from opinions cola to atlanta right through monday and tough travel there. and as for a white christmas, this map shows where there is snow on the ground right now. i don't see it expanding over the next five days. if you don't see it out your door now, the chances of a white christmas for you are slim. >> david? >> rob, thanks. >>> two days after the president was impeached by the house, nancy pelosi sending the president an invittation to deliver the state of the union address on february 4th. the president has accepted but he's locked in a new feud with "christianity today" for publishing a scathing new editorial calling for his removal from office. president trump tonight firing back. here's our chief white house correspondent jonathan karl. >> reporter: just days after voting to impeach president trump, speaker of the house nancy p

more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials. a white house official tells nbc news the president came up with the idea for the letter and then relied on aides to draft it while directing the process. the official adds, the counsel's office did suggest some changes. some were made, others rejected. to be clear, in part, because it contains so many errors and misstatements, it is not regarded as a serious document. john dean called it pathetic. david gergen who served four u.s. presidents said it reads like a two-bit dictator. late today, the speaker was asked about the document. >> your reaction to the president's letter? >> no reaction. it's ridiculous. >> you have no reaction? why not? >> i haven't really fully read it. we've been working. i've seen the essence of it, though, and it's really sick. >> tonight the trump campaign is also using language similar to that letter to pelosi in a fund-raising email to supporters. under the subject line "impeachment war," it reads, "by proceeding with an invalid impeachment, democrats are

in salem, massachusetts, they know what the phrase witchhunt really means.fter being accused of witchcraft. what the people they think about the way the term has been used today? they were seeing the devil's work. salem, massachusetts, where one of the most infamous and chilling witchhunts in history to place. back in 1692, 20 innocent people where executed here for being witches, at least five more died in prison. imagine having to come 12 mile jeffrey is a historian who takes people on private tours around salem. he bristles when politicians today talk of witchhunts. due process is something we have today. which is where innocent, it was all made up. but they were executed for it. donald trump is facing due process for the allegations against him. there are many americans who do agree with him when he says it is all they witchhunt. i do think there is some little motivation towards what is happening. i do agree with that. there is a lot of serious accusations and evidence that supports that. i would just say, i think that is why the impeachment is occurrin

president sent a fiery letter to house speaker nancy pelosi comparing the impeachment process to the salem witch trials but democrats believe they have enough votes to approve the articles of impeachment. >>> meanwhile overnight protesters held rallies across the country from new york and michigan to kansas and california. abc's ines de la cuetara joins us now with new details on what's ahead today. ines, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai and kenneth. that historic vote is now just hours away. the house will meet this morning at 9:00 a.m. eastern to begin debating those two articles of impeachment against president trump. a final vote is expected later this evening. capping off months of investigation and weeks of public hearings, today the u.s. house of representatives is set to impeach president trump just the third time in u.s. history that's ever happened. president trump is accused of obstructing congress and abusing the power of his office for personal gain when he pressured the leader of ukraine to investigate his political opponents. >> mr. president, do you take any r

the salem witch trials. colin kaepernick, listen, you had a president of the united states who used basically the authority, you know, and, you know, the majesty of the state to threaten the n.f.l. into keeping this guy out of earning a living he had been training for since he was a kid. what more effective and devastating act of cancellation can you come with? that don't match anything some kids in a cafeteria somewhere on a quad that don't like milo have done and yet we find ourselves focusing on that. you know what i mean? as i argue in the piece, i think that has a lot more to do with who is doing the canceling than it does with, you know, what we think about canceling. >> trevor: oh, that's interesting. >> people get canceled all the time and some people should be canceled, by the way. you know? >> trevor: but who is canceling can affect how we see the canceler. >> that's true. >> trevor: than thank youphor coming on the show. i hope nobody asks you about this book ever again. >> i don't want to hear ab

. >> reporter: as police descended on a winston salem city government office building, reports of shots fired and urgent concern about a gunman on the loose. >> multiple shots fired. they're advising a potential active shooter inside the building. >> reporter: witnesses saying the shooter has two handguns. >> be advised, the shooter is still there and he is waiting for police. he's still armed. >> reporter: within moments, a violent confrontation with police. >> the shooter, identified as steven dewayne haizlip, 61 years old, a city of winston salem employee for 12 years. >> reporter: police shot and killed the suspect. an officer is wounded, shot twice. inside, word of victims. >> the victim has been shot nine times. >> reporter: terry lee cobb, 48, a co-worker of the suspect, has been shot and killed. another city employee also wounded. >> we're sending prayers out to the families, and i just hope we can all get through this together. >> reporter: police say the suspect killed a co-worker he had just argued with yesterday. it was apparently a classic case of workplace violence. >> pie

says that more due process were a afforded to the salem witch trials trials. innocent people were thrown in shallow grades, 80 rolled and farmer name giles cory was placed between rocks and crushed to death, to say that he's been treated worse than the salem witch trials is enhanced. so like so many of them dips missives on impeachment. i know a little bit about the silhouette shrubs because i'm from massachusetts. and here's a little bit more history about massachusetts. it was our forebears who were killed in the mosque boston massacres. and who fired the shot heard of a around the world. it was our commonwealth that stood up to a tyrannical king and insight insisted that rights come from the government not the whims of a monarch. in his letter the president even rights and i quote that the president will hold you accountable in the 2020 election and. quote the president doesn't get it. if this is not about his reelection. it's not about anyone's political future. our founder handed us to the fragile thing more than 200 years ago, an experiment earnest self

joining us tonight is host of the salem radio broadcast america first, former strategist to presidentrump author of the new book "the war for america's soul". good to have you with us. >> wonderful to be back, lou. lou: let's start with the issue of the night and the mystery speaker. if indeed she does not deliver these pathetic articles of impeachment to the senate, one of the country's leading constitutional scholars says there was never an impeachment. what do you make of it? >> it's remarkable, lou, that one of their own star witnesses is saying that this is the ultimate shell game of all shell games. the idea that -- do you remember we were told that nancy pelosi said this is so urgent, we have to have these impeachment hearings because of the severity of the crimes involved. they rush it through in six weeks. they gavelled a motion. they have a completely partisan voting of the two pathetic impeachment articles, and then suddenly there's no rush. suddenly she doesn't have to pick managers. she's not going to send it to the senate. what happened to the urgency? this is all the pr

i reporter: and most peop winston-salem would agree.y senior yasmeen shaltout grew up here, after her family left egypt when she was two years old. >> i'm constantly surrounded by people that are very welcoming. >> reporter: she's watched the g muslim communiw just within her lifetime. t they used to get together at a local house, an the church space was bought tod converted mosque when the that house.tarted growing out of we've added new parking space, new building for a sunday school, so that expansion is eveniewed in the physical expansion of space to accommodate more people. >> reporter: but that expansion in the tarheel state has created tension. hain 2015, a man in nearbyl hill murdered three college students-- all muslims. shaltout said it was a reminder that there is still some bigotry in her backyard. >> i do feel that sometimes my community is le a bubble, and it's been sheltered from all of these other terrible acts that we see going on so close by. >> reporter: but in this area, hate against a few is mourned by the many. aft

witch trials." [ laughter ] [ audience ohs ] that's right, trump compared impeachment to the salem witchs but hey, you know, at least they didn't compare it to the bible i mean, that would be insane i mean, even republicans aren't deranged enough to compare trump to jesus >> i want you to keep this in mind when jesus was falsely accused of treason, pontius pilate gave jesus the opportunity to face his accusers during that sham trial, pontius pilate afforded more rights to jesus than the democrats have afforded this president in this process. >> seth: jesus [ laughter and applause i mean -- i mean that literally, they actually compared him to -- [ applause ] these people are out of their minds. soon, they're going to start claiming they saw images of trump appear in their food it was a miracle, i saw trump's face in a piece of toast [ laughter ] but trump has also been complaining that democrats are abusing the impeachment process as was laid out in the constitution and in particular, trump has complained multiple times recently that impeachment is only supposed to be used sparingly and r

and instead of giving me a ticket i got secret santa'd by salem police department. >> salem's policecret donor with instructions to give the bills to whomever looked like they could use the money. so this is the only time that profiling is okay, i think, right? and also this is the only really specific case where this works this way, where the cops are handing you money instead of the other way around, because that would be bribery. they set me up, they set me up. >> you know what, i am not touching it with a 10-foot pole. >>> coming up, the candle that smells just like cheese. >>> but first, the former nfl players who have now been charged in a massive scheme to defraud their own health care plan out of millions of dollars. >>> plus the 6-week-old infant who survived being thrown from an suv during a crash. where he was found unharmed. tou about the colonial penn program. if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insurance on a fixed budget are price, price, and price. a price yo

he also claimed, "more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials." the mayor of salem, massachusetts, slammed trump's comparison, telling him to learn some history. trump reiterated it was a witchhunt during his speech tuesday. pres. trump: they know it is a hoax, it is a witchhunt. it has been going on now for almost three years and it probably started before i even won the election based on what we are finding out with the insurance policy quotes and other things. it is a disgrace. amy: that was president trump, speaking alongside guatemalan presidenent jimmy momorales dura white house visit tuesday. protesters rallied in support of trump's impeachment in cities across the united states tuesday, including boston, new orleans, chicago, philadelphia, charlotte, tucson, austin, seattle, des moines, iowa, and here in new york city. >> it is really serious. the charges, for me, are pretty terrifying. i am convinced in my concern was that there would be so much apathy because of how long the process has taken that people would not consider how important

you have the mayor of salem on earlier. that's one of the more extraordinary lines in this ranting letter where he talks about there's less due process and fair noosz him, the president of the united states than at the salem witch trials. it's hard to remind yourself he's a graduate of an ivy league university . it's ill-informed and filled with holes in fact. this doesn't do justice to the sheer wacky rantiness that the president has chosen to share with us. >> you talked about -- not even misstatements, right? fought only does it show he's completely unhinged, it's filled with multiple false statements. has anybody set off trump's line more than this impeachment. daniel? >> it's hard to know when he's in set off line because he exists in a perpetual state of lying. i think what's different is in this case he has chosen lines as his response strategy. he has been dis hawnest with about every individual component of this story. and that's been the way he's approached it, 250 flood the zone with nonsense and hope enough stic

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you have the mayor of salem on earlier. that's one of the more extraordinary lines in this ranting letter. he talks about the less due process and fairness to him than the salem witch trial. it's hard to remind yourself this is a man is a graduate of an ivy league university. it's uninformed. filled with errors of fact. and frankly reducing it to sound bites doesn't do justice to the level of sheer whacky rantness the president has chosen to share with us. >> let's talk about that. the misstatements. not only does this letter show the president is completely unhinged it also is filled with multiple false statements. is any of that -- has anything set off his lying more than this impeachment? >> it's hard to know when he's been set off lying. he exists in a state of lying. he is lying all the time. what's different about this ukraine saga and impeachment is that in this case he is chosen lying as his response strategy. he's been dishonest about just about every individual component of the story. that has been the way he's ap

friday stabbing attack on london bridge had served time in prison for terrorism but was released early salem killed 2 people and wounded 3 others prime minister boris johnson says he will review the country's criminal sentencing system. the election of 2 new left leaning social democrat leaders has cast doubt over the future of german chancellor angela merkel's government senior german conservatives today called on the s.p.d. not to abandon the grand coalition but they also ruled out renegotiating the governing agreement the winning. norbert valid to. say they want to focus on issues closer to social democratic values such as social justice and climate policy and they have indicated that they would be prepared to exit the coalition if they don't get what they want. speaking after her victory last night co-leader designit said the pair wanted to discuss the way ahead at s.p.d. conference this week due to makati stick with a grand coalition is terrible for our democracy it has to be said we can also see that both big parties lost out in the grand coalition that means that we both have an inter

the trump letter is for future historians who will know that the salem witch trials, which delivered capital punishment to 20 women and men for being witched witches allowed them to testify about what they learned in the their dreams. it was acceptable to sigh you dreamed bridged was a witch. so his letter will be used by them as yet another piece of damming evidence about the mental state of the president of the united states. the night before he was impeached by the houses of representatives. the united states senate now knows that they will begin next year with the impeachment trial of the president of the united states. today mitch mcconnell responded the senate democratic leader, chuck schumer's request yesterday to allow witnesses to testify at the senate trial, including former national security advisor, john bolton and mick mull von a. he sited the clinton impeachment precedent in which some witnesses were kuled in the impeachment trial. sen # he said the basic framework served the senate and the nation well. but then senate mcconnell reminded the senate there was no agreemen

you said, you said that thisai was like the salem witch trials before the break.s actually like the medieval ducking stool where if a woman went under the water and came up breathing it proves she was a witch. if the woman drowned, it proves she was innocent but she was already dead so it's no great shakes. the only evidence that trump stole the election is that he won the election. in the democrats' -- so the democrats, so the democrats, the only way that trump can prove his to be innocent on the ducking stool is to lose an election. the guys have already baked in the fact that he is going to win again and then they have already lost in paranoid fevers of him staying in power. you said something that basically they could just put up as a title card for the whole hour. you said something a couple of weeks ago. the left always accuses the right of what they are doing. when joy reid talks about not accepting the results of the 2024 election, that is her eight years on. >> tucker: really. i wonder how the f.b.i. investigation on the hacked computer is going. i have a

joining us tonight is host of the salem radio broadcast america first, former strategist to presidentr for america's soul". good to have you with us. >> wonderful to be back, lou. lou: let's start with the issue of the night and the mystery speaker. if indeed she does not deliver these pathetic articles of impeachment to the senate, one of the country's leading constitutional scholars says there was never an impeachment. what do you make of it? >> it's remarkable, lou, that one of their own star witnesses is saying that this is the ultimate shell game of all shell games. the idea that -- do you remember we were told that nancy pelosi said this is so urgent, we have to have these impeachment hearings because of the severity of the crimes involved. they rush it through in six weeks. they gavelled a motion. they have a completely partisan voting of the two pathetic impeachment articles, and then suddenly there's no rush. suddenly she doesn't have to pick managers. she's not going to send it to the senate. what happened to the urgency? this is all the proof you need that this was a politi

. >> president trump said the salem witches got more rights and more process than he got. something that people in salem said that he should read more history on it. >>. >> nobody should compare themselves with jesus. jesus was who he was and still is. it is a huge mistake when people try to compare themselves to him or what he went through to provide eternal life for anybody. it is a big mistake on the part of republicans or democrats who tries to make that. >> joe watkins, thank you. a new ruling struck down part of the affordable care act, we'll take a look at what it means for healthcare of millions of americans. seven democratic candidate contenders were head to head on the debate stage last night. we'll bring you the highlights and who stood out, next. you are watching "velshi & ruhle," live on msnbc. you are watching "velshi & ruhle," live on msnbc. and i'm still going for my best, even though i live with a higher risk of stroke due to afib not caused by a heart valve problem. so if there's a better treatment than warfarin, i'll go for that. eliquis. eliquis is prov

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and that, quote, more due process was afforded those accused in the salem witch trials.esterday, pelosi said she did not read the full letter and called the letter ridiculous and really sick. and how nbc news has learned that president trump came up with the idea last week and drafted by white house aides including steven miller. we're told that the white house counsel was not involved in the drafting but did offer words some of which were accepted. house republicans are insisting that democrats are acting out of hatred for trump and not for protection of the constitution. >> tomorrow's impeachment vote will be a stain on nancy pelosi's legacy as speaker. from the very beginning you could see this was more about settling a political score. a personal vendetta against president trump. >> in less than 24 hours, house democrats will officially push through the weakest, thinnest and fastest impeachment in american history. their entire majority, the legacy of the 116th congress will be defined by their hatred for president trump. this will be their legacy. but will not be a

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i appreciated the salem witch trials reference on page 5.nk that he got a parenthetical in of -- >> bret: this wasn't pat. >> no, no. >> could have used more exclamation points though. >> i think there were six of them. >> more is better. >> the over and understood for me was 12. it was a bit of an upset. as soon as nancy pelosi came out weeks ago and said we're moving forward with the impeachment inquiry and then the articles, she had the votes. i know there's a lot of breathlessness in the media tonight, we now believe we've done our bean counting. of course they have the votes. what's interesting in, the two sides as we saw from 20 years ago and today are switching sides. just over the last week, the house republicans were talking about fairness and process to no avail. now senate democrats are going to be harping on fairness and process. >> bret: what's not being covered is this order and statement from the fisa court which is pretty rare -- i'll just say very rare to ever hear from the fisascrew ed up. >> there has to be an overhaul of

a reminder to listen to my reports three times a day coast to coast on the salem radio network. three murdered at the naval base in florida. authorities say that a saudi military pilot training at the naval air station pensacola opened fire this morning. the gunman is dead. and the pathetic nothingness from the radical dimms when it comes to public policy. nancy pelosi says civilization as we know it is at stake in next year's election. so what is she doing now? attorneys from both parties will state their case monday at jerry nadler's judiciary committee. the white house will not participate. pope francis apparently comparing president trump to the king who tried to kill baby jesus telling jesuits in thailand. there are walls that separate children from parents. herrod comes to mind. pastor of the first baptist church in dallas. pastor, great to see you. let's start with your time with the president today. tell us a little about that. >> i have never seen the president more upbeat or positive or focused than was today. the impeachment farce isn't paralyzing the president, it's

on page 5 of the letter donald trump writes more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials. now, you can say that to trump voters, but you cannot say that to historians. the trump letter is for future historians who will know that the salem witch trials that delivered capital punishment to 20 women and men for being witches actually allowed witnesses to testify about things that they learned in their dreams. it was perfectly acceptable in a witch trial to testify that you dreamed that bridget was a witch and that was enough to get bridget executed. so donald trump's letter to future historians today will be used by them as yet another piece of damning evidence about the mental state of the president of the united states the night before he was impeached by the house of representatives. the united states senate now knows that they will begin next year with the impeachment trial of the president of it united states. today senate majority leader mitch mcconnell responded to senate democratic leader chuck schumer's request yesterday to allow witnesses to testify at

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he falsely claims more due process was afforded to those in the salem witch trials. i guess this is the point in the broadcast where i say, i try to keep it real to you, to be frank, how do you fact check something that is that hyperbolically stupid? well, briefly we can note that 20 innocent people were executed during the salem witch trials for witchcraft. so no, this process is nowhere near that right now, thank goodness. then there is the senate side. mitch mcconnell is now blasting chuck schumer. they're going public with this fight over the fact that schumer went public after mcconnell went public on fox news. so this is a back and forth. we'll get into more of it later in the show. there is a question that mitch mcconnell has answered. it relates to something democrats were already accusing him of. the idea that he wouldn't even pretend to be impartial during the upcoming trial even though he will take an over to be impartial. >> this is a political process. this is not anything judicial about it. i would anticipate we will have a largely partisan outcome in t

the very ugly word impeachment, and, quote, more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials. fact check, not true. republicans have been trying a variety of tactics throughout this entire progression towards impeachment, primarily arguing about the process and making lots of loud noises rather than engaging on the substance, basically the president's fundamentally corrupt abuse of power to interfere in an american election to benefit him. and republicans have also throughout this entire thing trying a political conga game which they project confidence this is going to be terrible politics for the democrats and a disaster waiting to happen. but the polling shows the country evenly divided on this question. more support on removal than there was by far for clinton and just below there was for richard nixon. and not only that front line democrats, those in districts that trump won have in announcement after announcement come out in favor of impeachment. that includes kendra horn of oklahoma in a district the president carried by 13 points. as we've seen in every he

whatever the guys name was in salem's lots.cy has not yet formally responded, but a fox news producer overheard her say that she thanks the letter is quote ridiculous. president trump apparently wasting, he was not done venting, wasted no time later in the day during a meeting with the president of guatemala, the president continued his rants. watch. >> the whole impeachment thing is a hoax. we look forward to getting onto the senate. we are not entitled to lawyers, we are not entitled to witnesses. we are not entitled to anything in the house. it's a total sham. this has been a total sham from the beginning. everybody knows it, i have never seen the republican party so united. kennedy: so united, same time the house rules committee still hashing out guidelines for tomorrow's vote. all day long republicans and democrats fighting like angry kittens in a sack over how they want things to play out. watch this. >> the president's continuing course of conduct constitutes a clear and present danger to democracy in america. we cannot