hoyer for one minute. >> the gentleman is recognized. >> number two democrat in the house, steny hoyer. >> the gentleman will suspend. the house will come to order. gentleman's recognized. >> madam speaker, i have had the honor of serving in this house for over 38 years. i've served during six presidencies. i've been here through moments of tremendous progress and terrible tragedy. i've seen periods of rank partis partisanship and patriotic bipartisanship. i've seen our two-party system work. and i've seen it break down. nev never, in all my years of serving in this great institution that i love, and the people of my district, did i ever expect to encounter such an obvious wrongdoing by a president of the united states. nor did i expect to witness such a craven rationalization of presidential actions, which have put our national security at risk, undermine the integrity of our elections and defined the constitutional authority of the congress to conduct oversight. we've heard from republics that this impeachment really has to do with policy differences, or how we feel personally about

>> you're going to hear it from house speaker pelosi, not steny hoyer. clearly, she wants to keep the american people informed about what we perceive to be an extraordinarily serious and somber time in this country. the consideration of whether or not acts have been committed by the president of the united states which undermine our national security, put our constitution at risk and undermine the voting processes which is the essence of democracy. >> as far as you know, is the impeachment process moving forward? >> well, the impeachment process, obviously, hearings occurred yesterday so the answer to that question is an obvious, yes it is moving forward. the judiciary committee is considering facts presented to them by various different committees. the intelligence committee, the government oversight committee and other committees as well as to whether or not the facts that have been produced to date and, frankly have been really uncontested. i think there's a consensus, except from republicans who are pounding on the table, not on the facts or the law

democratic congressman steny hoyer has officially announced,isn't going on resers.re staying through december 20th when they have their final votes and one would presume an impeachment vote will be on that day. they're really trying to race towards a vote here. >> they are. they have a timeline. there is no room for error, because you have this one hearing this week, one or two next week. and then behind the scenes, of course, we know they're beginning, they're keeping close hold on this, they're beginning to craft articles of impeachment. then you have the votes in the committee and then votes on house floor. if past is prologue, each article gets its own debate, its own votes. so steny hoyer saying officially what we already knew, which is that they're going to have to stay to meet that deadline. one good point, i totally agree with david. momentum is in the eye of the beholder. democrats may think they have momentum because they feel they have a clear case. republicans feel the same way. which is what you saw and we'll talk about it in a little bit, but you saw w

house of representatives, democratic congressman steny hoyer of maryland. >> steny, it is always great, donald trump being compared to jesus, democrats compared to pontius pilate, joseph stalin and, of course, those who bombed and killed american troops at pearl harbor. tell me, is that about as -- in all of your years in congress, is that about as low as any debate has gone? >> in some respects. unfortunately we've had, as you know, joe, many low points, but this was one of the lower points. this was an extraordinarily serious day. i think, frankly, both sides articulated that this was a sad day. not everybody said it was a sad day, but i think that was the one common thread that both sides believed. it was a day, however, of responsibility. it was a day where members who had raised their hand and sworn to protect the constitution of the united states and our democracy felt they had no choice in light of the president's actions, in light of the president trying to dragoon a foreign head of government to participate in the american elections. it put our national security at risk and th

i watched steny hoyer and he's a dear friend, but he said in his speech the other day he's been here 38 years. i don't think that's what our founders designed or thought of. with the republican party we're healthy and bring new blood in. what's happening with a lot of retirements, in 2010 i was the recruitment chair. that's when republicans defeated 63 democrat incumbents. if you measure us today where we are as a party on those running for office, we have more than 100 more than then. we had more women republicans running for congress than anytime in the history of the republican party. veterans and others. so we're stronger. if you sit today i watched speaker pelosi said she had a step in her -- a jump. her -- swing in her step. her conference is going to be lighter. republicans is going to be stronger after today. if you're asking about the party and retirements, republicans are going to replace. i think the question, speaker pelosi, when she started this impeachment, she promised her own members that the public would be for it. we found that not to be the case. she promised they'

and steny hoyer is the dead center of the establishment leadership think in the house. for him to admit that it was under discussion was surprising to me. 24 hours ago, rachel, i would have said to you, oh, impossible. it just can't be done, it won't happen, and we're watching it happen. >> we're watching it happen. and it's going to happen overnight and it's going to happen tomorrow morning. it's going to happen the course of the day. there was unexpected drama today for what seemed like it should have been just a forgone conclusion. there was a lot of drama today, but it continues. >> thank you, rachel. >>> this is the most important day in the trump presidency because this is the day that donald trump officially became a marked man forever. donald trump is now a marked man in he isry. he will wear the scarlett letter "i" forever in history, the impeached donald trump. and i'll have much more to say about that and what that means for our history, for our democracy and how we got to this hugely important historic moment in a special last word at the end of this hour. w

i watched steny hoyer, and he's a dear friend of mine, but he said in his speech the other day that he's been here 38 years. i don't think that's what our founders designed or thought of. and with the republican party, we're healthy. we bring new blood in and what's happening with a lot of retirements, when you look across and in 2010 i happened to be the recruitment chair. remember in 2010 is when republicans defeated 63 democrat incumbents. if you measure us today of where we are as a party on those who are running for office, we have more than 100 more than we had then. we have more women republicans running for congress than any time in the history of the republic party -- republican party. from veterans and others. . we're stronger than speaker pelosi said, she had a step in her -- or a jump in her -- a swing in her step. that may be true because her conference is going to be a little lighter and a little smaller. and the republicans is going to be stronger -- republicans' is going to be stronger after today. if you ask me about party and retirements, prospects are going to replace

next, a look at the house for debate before the final vote, starting with majority leader steny hoyer. minute. the peaker pro tempore: gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. hoyer: this vote today, madam speaker, is a reminder was even while the house working on a serious matter regarding the president's abuses of ity for office, we are still working hard to deliver on our promises the american people to focus on economic opportunity. nd in this instance, we are working together. the usmca agreement before us is vast improvement over the first version shown to us by team.ent trump and his we

i think steny hoyer said and even i think sure said it. e sam rayburn famously sd was famously asked how the president serve under he said none. i served cause we're near co-equal branches of government even though the president is the head of state. congress has the appropriations power. congress has a taxing pow. it s it is. her obligation turn job to preserve the integrity of thatrelationship that thefounders came up with was something that i fured it was going to was gointo probably push or to th to that point and ended it. >>so it sounds like all th boxes wereticked except for the bipartisan th got to read her mind but did she just nally figured you know, hey we're never gog to get them on board they have made their position clear and their strategy, you know it became it became not and not a political issue which i think she s worried about th the mueller and became more of a constitutional issue and if if if not for this andthen when you know it and that's the kind of question she was asking yoursf because this is it's one thing to

ranking democrat steny hoyer says the two articles will be voted on separately.ratic leaders are not urging members to vote for the measures, he said, adding that each member will have to make their own decision. pakistan's former president has been sentenced to death for high treason. a special court convicted pervez musharraf of violating the constitution by unlawfully declaring emergency rule while he was in power. he has lived in self-imposed exile in dubai for the use.-- three years. he ruled pakistan until 2008. sharraf'sa'-- mu attorneys say he will appeal. boris johnson will not attend the economic forum in davos, switzerland, next month and is banning his ministers from going w

that was the house majority leader ste ny h oyer that was the house majority leader steny hoyer theree house majority leader kevin mccarthy soon. after that, we're going to have the chairman ‘s of the intelligence committee adam schiff who will wrap up the seedings and we will eventually get to the vote. i'm estimating that will be on 15—20 minutes‘ time. we'll have the house of representatives voting on articles of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power and then obstruction of congress. at the same time, president trump has arrived in michigan where he is giving a rally tonight in battle creek. we understand he will deliver a christmas message to that brilliant will spend about a third of the speech speaking about the impeachment proceedings which the white house is describing as a scan and we are expecting to hear a lot about from the president. there you have it, the split screen, capitol hill where members of congress are voting on whether to impeach donald trump, making him only the third ever american president to be impeached and on the other side, battle creek, mi

i think steny hoyer said and even i think sure said it.sly sd was famously asked how the president serve under he said none. i served cause we're near co-equal branches of government even though the president is the head of state. congress has the appropriations power. congress has a taxing pow. it s it is. her obligation turn job to preserve the integrity of thatrelationship that thefounders came up with was something that i fured it was going to was gointo probably push or to th to that point and ended it. >>so it sounds like all th boxes wereticked except for the bipartisan th got to read her mind but did she just nally figured you know, hey we're never gog to get them on board they have made their position clear and

i asked steny hoyer how many members of the journalists was he spying on and they can't even ask or answer a basic question like that. we should be alarmed at how they abuse their power with this majority in congress and it's a shame because there's a lot more we should be doing and families across this country are counting on us to lower drug prices, at least as republicans we're going to stay ficus focused on fighting for those families who are counting us and working with president trump to deliver wins foramerican workers and with that i'll turn it over to our republican leader kevin mccarthy . >> good morning. back in 2016 the democrats called those who supported donald trump horrible. and now they're trying to disqualify the votes. democrats still cannot get over the fact that the president won the election and theylost . just last week at this podium , nancy pelosi went to point out they created a timeline to impeach president trump that she said started 2 and a half years ago. any who know of this timeline but once they took the majority had to decide who would become chairs of the

and now, more about next week's congressional agenda with more georgian leader steny hoyer and majority whip steve scalise -- minority whip steve scalise. they came to the house floor and spoke about surveillance on congressional members and the impeachment process. this is half an hour. remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. i would be happy to yield to the gentleman from maryland. >> i think the gentleman for yielding and i apologize for a little bit of lateness, here. on monday, the house will meet for morning our debate, 2:00 p.m. for on tuesday and wednesday, the house will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour debate and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. on thursday the house will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. members are advised that votes on thursday could occur later than usual. it is now approximately 12:30 when members could get out, i want to make it clear that on next thursday, we may go later and the usual time that members are expected to leave. we will consider several bills, madam speaker, under suspension of the rules. a complete list of sus

i saw steny hoyer, we can drop in or squeeze in a commercial break. let's do that and we'll be back after that. >> i request a recorded vote. >> recorded vote is requested. those favoring a recorded vote will rise. a sufficient number having risen the recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electric chronic device. this will be a 15-minute vote. what'd we decide on the flyers again? uh, "fifteen minutes could save you 15% or more on car insurance." i think we're gonna swap over to "over seventy-five years of savings and service." what, we're just gonna swap over? yep. pump the breaks on this, swap it over to that. pump the breaks, and, uh, swap over? that's right. instead of all this that i've already-? yeah. what are we gonna do with these? keep it at your desk, and save it for next time. geico. over 75 years of savings and service. most people think as a reliable phone company. but to businesses, we're a reliable partner. we keep companies ready for what's next. (man) we weave security into their business. (second man) virtualiz

steny hoyer puts out a note expecting a last-minute between 6:30 and 7:30 and we understand there willvotes for each article of impeachment but things got really heated in the meeting. >> was it appropriate for him to ask another country to investigate an american citizen? >> nothing wrong with the call. >> reporter: ahead of the vote donald trump put out a scathing letter to nancy pelosi calling the impeachment and illegal, partisan and attempted coup, describing the articles as disingenuous, meritless, telling her directly, quote, it is a terrible thing you are doing but you will have to live with it, not i. pelosi wrote her fellow lawmakers employ them if we do not act we will be derelict in our duty concluding in america no one is above the law. speaker pelosi looks like certainly has the 260 magic number of votes. we talked about vulnerable democrats with a tough decision, 28 of them are on board meaning things after the vote today will go to the senate for a trial early next year and already the leaders there are at each other. >> i'm not an impartial jury, this is a political pr

divided between the two sides meaning it will go deep into the evening, 6:30 or 7:30 according to steny hoyero distinct votes, one for abuse of power and one for instruction of congress. before we got to this rule it was fireworks all day. >> was it appropriate for him to ask another country to investigate an american citizen? >> nothing wrong with the call. >> reporter: ahead of yesterday's vote on that rule donald trump sent a scathing 6 page letter to nancy pelosi calling today's impeachment and illegal partisan and attempted to described in the article as completely disingenuous, meritless and basis telling her it is a terrible thing you are doing but you have to live with it, not i. nancy pelosi to fellow lawmakers, if we do not ask we will be derelict, including no one is above the law. spoiler alert, nancy pelosi needs 216 votes, pierce to be well within that margin. 31 vulnerable democrats, 21 will vote for impeachment, that means things will head to the senate trial where back and forth between majority leader and minority leader is any indication it is going to be hot. >> i'm not an

do you think steny hoyer is out of touch. >> no.or 12 people that come out with this idea of censure are going to get squashed like a bug. you hear democrats talk about how well impeachment it's a political process fig leaf they hide behind for all of these absurd offenses impeachable offenses even though they are not remotely impeachable offenses. this is the other side of it being political. have you about 30 house democrats who are in districts won by donald trump and they realize that they are going to pay a political price if they go along with impeachment. and they -- and so this idea of censure is something sort of, you know, halfway there or sort of gives them some cover that they can vote for that they can, you know, condemn the president for his phone call. and not go the full way. but, of course, at the end of the day, you know, when they say voters next november, you are talking about the best economy in memory. you are talking about the lowest unemployment in 50 years. you are talking about wages rising. people are goin

more on the radical left's sham impeachment naush they continue with the theatrics they had by steny hoyer there on capitol hill we take up senate bill that puts american workers last. mike lee is very important to that as dick durbin want to give them as much publicity as possible because what they are doing stinks. we will have that and [ applause ] thank you. it's an honor to tell you that liberty mutual customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need. i love you! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ some people say that's ridiculous. age is just an illusion. how you show up for the world, that's what's real. what's your idea? i put it out there with a godaddy website. lou: well welcome back, some stories we are covering setting up for a senate trial. senator mitch mcconnell says there itself no chance president trump would ever be removed from office, chuck schumer asking for witnesses like john bolton, mick mulvaney to make the radical dimms articles of impeachment such as they are impressive, who knowss what the line is on that happening

luckily we do have the number two democrat in the house steny hoyer in just a bit. schedule is for impeachment. that comes up shortly. also getting new information about how the white house wants to handle the likely senate impeachment trial. white house lawyers met behind closed doors with republican senators and the bottom line, they want to call witnesses in the senate. we're going to talk about how that might work. this all follows a day when the house heard from legal scholars, three making the case that these are the epitome of impeachable offenses, what the president did. one

more on the radical left's sham impeachment naush they continue with the theatrics they had by steny hoyer bill that puts american workers last. mike lee is very important to that as dick durbin want to give them as much publicity as possible because what they are doing stinks. doing stinks. we will have that and ♪ do you recall, not long ago ♪ we would walk on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need is someone to lean on ♪ lou: well welcome back, some stories we are covering setting up for a senate trial. senator mitch mcconnell says there itself no chance president trump would ever be removed from office, chuck schumer asking for witnesses like john bolton, mick mulvaney to make the radical dimms articles of impeachment such as they are impressive, who knowss what the line is on that happening. and comey deflecting blame in his guilty former fbi director calling the fisa abuse he scandalized committed by his fbi call

again, i think i quoted steny hoyer earlier in this hour, but there has been nobody home in the senate for the last couple of weeks anyway, so it is kind of pointless. it would be nice if the senate could do what it is supposed to passed legislation, and address the problems facing the american people that democrats and republicans together -- again, these are 275 pieces of bipartisan legislation, including the violence against women act. i think it's perfectly appropriate within the bounds of behavior and norms between the branches and between the two houses of congress. host: we will hear next from ray and pleasant view, tennessee. republican line. caller: hello? host: you are on. caller: this whole impeachment thing, they gathered in the house and they got their way of doing everything. now it is supposed to go to the senate. they don't want to do that. my statement is this, i am 70 something years old. i've seen this country go from taking care of their own responsibilities individually to these politicians now running for office, wanting to give everybody everything they can. most

more on the radical left's sham impeachment naush they continue with the theatrics they had by steny hoyerp senate bill that puts american workers last. mike lee is very important to that as dick durbin want to give them as much publicity as possible because what they are doing stinks. we will have that and much more right after this. on the sidewalk ♪ ♪ all around the wind blows ♪ we would only hold on to let go ♪ ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we need someone to lean on ♪ blow a kiss into the sun ♪ we needed somebody to lean on ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ all we need is someone to lean on ♪ here, it all starts withello! hi!... how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! wifi up there? uhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy! glad i could help. at xfinity, we're here to make life simple. easy. awesome. so come ask, shop, discover at your local xfinity store today. and my side super soft? with the sleep number 360 smart bed you can both adjust your comfort with your sleep number setting. but can it help keep me asleep? absolute

i watched steny hoyer, a dear friend of mine, he said in his speech the other day he's been here 38 yearsnk that's what our founders designed or thought of. and with the republican party we're healthy, we bring new, new blood in. >> we bring new blood in. he said we're healthy. we don't believe this should be your entire life. mckarncartccarthy's word. long true and while the house debated on trump's impeachment the gop defending trump was mostly older white men. so i want to bring in cnn political commentator s.e. cupp positive talk about this and the host of "s.e. cupp unfiltered." a pale 1950s face to defend face. tell us about this. >> well, i think in contrast to what kevin mccarthy said the gop is not healthy, it's corroding and aging. watching impeachment over the past few weeks and months, you saw a bunch of old white guys, primarily. and that might be working for trump. he certainly has been trying to reach out to the aggrieved older forgotten man, but once trump is gone, i'm not sure whom the gop will appeal to anymore. especially not using the kind of 1950s language they've, th

that schedule is up in flocks, spoke with the house majority leader steny hoyer today, said they are working it out. we don't know when that'll come up next week. probably in the middle of the week but i should point out, bret, the impeached bill clinton on the house for december 19th, 1998. republicans tonight will try to slow things down and they are already complaining about a late deadline for them to submit amendments, bret. >> bret: we talked to a lot of republicans. they seem to be holding the line as a caucus. we talked about the moderate democrats, the 31 trump district when the democrats, where are the person impeachment tonight? >> they are not going to whip this. this is a vote of conscious. this is as big a vote as a member of congress can face besides war, and we talked with the house democratic whip jim clyburn of south carolina. >> i think we are pretty united. i always say, being united does not mean being unanimous. >> we say it's about the math on capitol hill, there are 431 members right now. 216 is the magic number. democrats can lose 17 and still impeach the pre

. >> and speaking of the leadership, steny hoyer, accurately pulled out that there were more people thatan for donald trump in 2016. i think there were 65 million that went for hillary clinton. it's weird to count how many people voted for you when you finished second place in the popular vote. all day that you're trying to undo an election. there were a lot of democrats making that same case in the late '90s, trying to undo the will of what the voters had done in 1996, putting bill clinton in office. almost just flipped the arguments. promising not to be an impartial juror. let's hear what he is saying now about witnesses being called to the senate and what he said back then. >> i'm not going to support witnesses being called for by the president. i'm not going to support the witnesses being called for by senator schumer. we're going to vote on the same product the house used. >> america needs to hear about this case in some reasonable fashion. that's not too much to ask. they're going to vote and have the courage to let the american people know, not just from sound bytes and spinmeiste

there is time to do it before the end of the year according to steny hoyer.et's get it over with and into the senate so we can do a real investigation. mark said the senate should drag it out for months. says the trial will be over by christmas. this process is moving to -- too fast. regardless of what you think of this democrat play, you need to consider where you stand on our constitution and bill of rights. from roll call, there headline displayisan golf on began with statements from the chair and the ranking member, here is jerry nadler and part of his opening statement. [video clip] >> it is important to place president trump's conduct into context. the house of representatives has impeached only two presidents. a third was on his way to impeachment when he resigned. this committee voted to impeach two presidents for obstructing justice. we voted to impeach one president for objection -- obstructing an impeachment investigation. there is precedent for recommending impeachment here. never before in the history of the republic have would -- have we been fo

steny hoyer made a good speech last night on the floor. three times democrats voted not to impeach. it was only when they were forced. >> jesse: they tried four times already. >> juan: they didn't try. >> jesse: you said three. >> juan: they rejected it. they rejected it. >> jesse: approached it four times. >> juan: because he kept getting himself in trouble. trump says he doesn't feel it today. he doesn't feel like he's being impeached. that says more about his distorted sense of reality than it says about the democrats or the facts. because the reality is plenty of things trump does, i don't like, you know that, but they are not impeachable. when he talks about john dingle going to hell, i just -- i don't like it. not impeachable. >> jesse: you heard that joke before? >> juan: it's not a joke when you go after dead men. dead people. >> jesse: trump doesn't see live, dead, black, white, male, female. we're in the fourth year of this. >> juan: he doesn't see women, no, no, not trump. here's the thing. there is such a thing as abuse of power. there's such a thing as obstructing congr

steny hoyer told reporters of the judiciary committee comes forward with a recommendation is time too it by the end of the year so now is the question whether they have the votes. democrats lost two of their own during the impeachment inquiry vote. our source says the numbers are lining up the same for the vote on articles of impeachment but noted an important point. leadership says they are not going to arm twist any votes. nancy pelosi made clear they want every member to vote their conscience. as should be with anything on capitol hill but that is not always the case. shannon: we have covered enough for now. house democrats barreling toward potential christmas time impeachment vote, jonathan turley asked why the rush? >> this impeachment would rival johnson impeachment is the shortest in history. >> let's turn to leslie marshall and senior legal advisor to the from 2020 campaign, jenna ellis. i want to play something else from else intelligence chair adam schiff, this is what he said yesterday when they rolled out there report on why the president, what they have gathered so far,

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next, the "washington post" and politico report some democrats including house majority leader steny hoyer are considering a proposal to delay sending articles of impeachment over to the other chamber into the senate. the "post" writes that they see a delay as a way to force senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to "conduct a trial on more favorable terms for democrats. and if no agreement is reached, some have argued the trial could be delayed indefinitely, denying trump an expected acquittal." tonight the speaker was asked when she planned to send the articles to the senate. >> you would wait to send the articles until you understand what the senate's going to do? >> we'll make a decision as a group, as we always have, as we go along. we'll decide what that dynamic is. but we hope that the resolution of that process will be soon in the senate. >> the impeachment articles will be at some point sent to the senate? >> i'm not -- >> do you guarantee that? >> that would have been an intention, but we'll see what happens over there. >> senate majority leader mcconnell says he'll be meeting wi

luckily we do have the number two democrat in the house steny hoyer in just a bit. we will ask him what they plan to say and maybe what their schedule is for impeachment. that comes up shortly. also getting new information about how the white house wants to handle the likely senate impeachment trial. white house lawyers met behind closed doors with republican senators and the bottom line, they want to call witnesses in the senate. we're going to talk about how that might work. this all follows a day when the house heard from legal scholars, three making the case that these are the epitome of impeachable offenses, what the president did. one asking if this isn't impeachable, what is? and a fourth academic said maybe it's impeachable but democrats are rushing things. let's begin with the breaking news on capitol hill. in three hours we're going to hear something from the house speaker. >> reporter: that's right, john. as a matter of fact, we just learned about this at 5:30 this morning. the house speaker nancy pelosi's office actually announcing that, yes, it's going

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you know, don, i guess steny hoyer, who is really number two in the house, talked about this.p somewhere. i mean i got a text or something saying that he had talked about this earlier. so i think what probably they're thinking is it probably gets down to people like bolton. will bolton be called? i mean the senate says -- the senate majority says they don't want to call anybody. so it's going to be interesting to see if there's pressure that rises. does the public say get on with it, or does the public say we want more information? right now, don, what has been astounding to me, frankly i've been wrong. i thought that the public would begin to support -- well, still a lot of americans that want to see him impeached. but i didn't expect a continued partisan divide. look, part of it -- i think part of it, blame goes on the democrats, who i don't think entered this process in the right way. i think they should have tried to get some expedited judicial hearings. i also think they should have gone and voted on the impeachment inquiry from the beginning. i told you that before. that

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document it obstruction of justice is, that was even supported by her deputy, the number two person steny hoyerrom maryland. so she overruled them all. and as a result, i don't think she's protecting those 10 or 12 new members of congress from trump. he is going after r them alread. and he is crowing. he is taunting her. he is saying, nancy pelosi has thee majority in the house and she did not go forward with all these charges. and don't you know why? because they are all lies. they're all fake. that's why. i've done nothing wrong. so he is taunting her and he will do it before hundreds of thousands of people in his rallies in the coming months. a huge lost opportunity. ay: ralph nader, also wrote column saying trump should be impeached for his climate policy alone. 25,we come out of this cop this u.n. summit in madrid that has been called a monumental failure with many blaming it partially on the united states, even though the trump denying -- the climate denying president trump is pulling the u.s. out of the accord, not before they helped to water down these negotiations. done a lot has worse

steny hoyer, the number two in the caucus said that's ultimately the speaker's decision. it is her call when to transmit the articles to the senate. i can tell you that there's an expectation though that they ultimately will be delivered. jerry nadler told me, quote, in due course they'll be sent over to the senate. he said he did not think they would be held, quote, forever. also in a key sign, one freshman democratic member, elissa slotkin, told me that while it's reasonable to ask for a fair process, she said she did not want it to, quote, drag on forever. she said that would be, quote, not good if it did just that. so that's a sign that while this is a bit of a negotiation, there's going to be room that the caucus will give pelosi to do what they think is best. it probably won't be forever and pelosi probably knows just that, so that's why i think we can probably expect there to be a senate trial. it's just a matter of when that will actually happen. >> there is a natural break here of course because of the holidays coming up. thanks to all of you. >>> still to come i

speaker talking about the majority leader over there, steny hoyer has well, talking but maybe we willave a delay appeared one g.o.p. senator i talked to said they thought january 6th, this could kick off. if you don't get this from the house officially, you can't begin the trial in the senate get a lot of your colleagues are running for president come out there on the campaign trail. i don't know how much they want us to drag into drag into late january, critical votes. >> i think this idea of passing articles of impeachment, and then saying oh, but we are going to wait and please set things up exactly the way we want you to, it's odd. some would call it curious. others would call it counterintuitive. i would call it crazy. and look, i don't use that word lightly here, but this is not! they just impeach the president of the united states, and now it's our turn to have a trial. we have to begin a trial starting at 12:30 p.m. the day following their delivery of articles impeachment. if they are now threatening to refuse to deliver them, what does that say about their commitment to actua

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i want to play what we heard from congressman clyburn and steny hoyer as well on this network, two very different messages from your colleagues in the house. listen. if it were me that's what i would do. >> is there any chance that articles of impeachment never go to the senate? >> well, i don't think that's the case. i hope it's not the case. >> very different perspectives there, senator. 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? >

i watched steny hoyer, and he's a dear friend of mine. he said in his speech the other day he's been here 38 years. i don't think that's what our founders designed or thought of. and with the republican party, we're healthy, we bring new blood in. what's happening with a lot of retirements when you look across, and in 2010 i happened to be the recruitment chair. in 2010 is when republicans defeated 63 democrat incumbents. if you measure us today of where we are as a party on those who are running for office, we have more than 100 more than we had then. we have more women republicans running for congress than any time in the history of the republican party, from veterans and others. so we're stronger. i watched speaker pelosi said, she had a jump in her step. swing in her step. that may be true because her conference is going to be a little lighter and smaller, and the republicans is going to be stronger after today. if you ask me about the party and ask me about retirements, republicans are going to replace. i think the question of speake

i asked steny hoyer at the colloquy last week, can you tell me how many journalists? he couldn't answer that. how many members of congress is he spying on or other citizens across this country? they can't even answer a basic question like that. at the wee should be alarmed how they abuse their power with this majority in congress. it's a shame because there is a lot more we should be doing and families across this country are counting on us like lowering drug prices. as house republicans we'll stay focused on fighting hard for those families across america who are counting on us and working with president trump to go deliver more wins for american workers and the american economy. with that i'll turn it over to our republican leader, kevin mccarthy. mr. mccart -- r. mccarthy: back in 2016, the democrats called those who supported president trump deplorbles. democrats still cannot get oferte fact that the president won the election and they lost. just last week at this podium nancy pelosi went to point out they created a timeline to impeach president trump she said sta

you saw steny hoyer there. he offered this motion to table. it looks like they have less than 14 minutes left. looks like democrats will have the vote to kill this motion and keep things moving >> before we get to the issue of impeachment, we have to approve the rules. that's still to come? >> right. they have to approve the rule and then that sets in motion, the six hours of debate eachly divided between democrats and republicans. at that point, two folks easily recognizable. jerry nadler and the then the top republican on that committee doug collins. the two of them will preside over that floor debate. you'll see speeches from adam schiff, he will tick through the evidence, the president's chief defenders, jim jordan and others who will speak for the length of that six hours. once that's cut off, they get after it and vote on the articles of impeachment. >> andrea, nancy pelosi, we'll be seeing her a couple of times later today. talk about the weight of history on one's shoulders. >> she'll open the general debate and give a closing speech a

i watched steny hoyer and he's a dear friend of mine but he said in his speech the other day that he's8 years. i don't think that's what our founders designed or thought of. with the republican party we're healthy and we bring new blood in. what's happening with a lot of retirements, when you look across and in 2010 i happened to be the recruitment chair and remember in 2010 is when republicans defeated 63 democratic incumbents. if you measure us today of where we are as a party of those who are running for office, we have more than 100 more than we had then. we have more women republicans running for congress than any time in the history of the republican party, from veterans and others. so we're stronger. if you sit today -- i watched speaker pelosi say she had a jump in her step -- swing in her step. that may be true because her conference is going to be a little lighter and a little smaller and the republicans' is going to be stronger after today. if you're asking me about the party and about retirements, republicans are going to replace. i think the question to speaker pelosi when