directed to biden family members and associates through various show companies under the us constitution. congress has the power to impeach federal officials for treason, bribery, and other high crimes, and mr. the nurse, a president can be removed from office if the house approves articles of impeachment by a simple majority, and then the senate must vote by a 2 thirds majority to convict after holding a trial. so even if fighting is impeached by the republican lighthouse, it would take a movement of democrats against him in the senate to get him removed from office altogether. and how does this all compare to the prosecution of the previous us present donald trump? well, trump was impeached by the house twice, but never convicted by this on it as both large we follow along party lines. many have suggested that the cases against trump were politically motivated. and that now includes a russian president who, let's take a listen to what he had to say earlier. jim s, as for the persecution of trump, what's happening today is good because it shows the rocks and the so the american political system,

this one as an investigation continues. leads to this inquiry, rachel, as well under the us constitution, congress has the power to impeach federal officials for treason, bribery and other high crimes and misdemeanors. a president can be removed from office if the house approves articles of impeachment by a simple majority. and then the senate must vote by a 2 thirds majority to convict after holding a trial. so even if 5 and is in peach by the republican lighthouse, it would take a movement of democrats against him in the senate to get him removed from office. mm hm. and finally, rachel, how does this all compare to the prosecution of the former us present? donald trump? well as a reminder, trump was in peach twice by the house, but never convicted by the son of as votes, largely follow along party lines. now many have suggested that the case against trump was politically motivated and not now includes russian. president, putin. let's take a listen to what he had to say about it. unless, as for the persecution of trump, what's happening today is good because it shows the rottenness of the america

congress's powers. before the constitutional convention, the continental congress only has specific enumerated powers. the us constitution gives congress the flexibility to pass laws necessary and proper to carry out its enumerated powers. the scope of that clause remains hotly debated today, but as the appointment power now the senate has the treaty making power as well as the ability to appoint supreme court justices. ill, the president has no role in these crucial duties. the election of the president. wow. look at this. there's an election. but the president is chosen by the legislature. that was james madison's innovation. remember? he's the framer who is afraid of demagogues in the mob. he's seen the tension between populism and constitutionalism. he fears that a directly elected president or a president who communicates directly with the people. as he said in federalist ten would be an invitation to demagogues and tyranny. so he wants a president elected by the legislature. and that's what happens in this draft over james wilson's objection. wilson is saying no, any election by the people. and later,

associates through various show companies under the us constitution, and congress has the power to impeach federal officials for treason, bribery, and other high crimes and misdemeanors. a resident can be removed from office if the house approves articles of impeachment by a simple majority, and then the senate must vote by a 2 thirds majority to convict after holding a trial. so even if fighting is impeached by the republican lighthouse, it would take a move and a democrats against him in the senate to get him removed from office altogether. and how does this all compact through the prosecution of the previous us present donald trump? well, trump was impeached by the house twice, but never convicted by the senate as boots largely for a long party was many have suggested that the cases against trump were politically motivated. and that now includes a russian president who, let's take a listen to what he had to say earlier, jim less as for the persecution of trump. what's happening today is good because it shows the rottenness of the american political system, which can not pretend to teach

congress? what has history told us? guest: this was a bit unclear. i agree with what was said there. the constitution does not prescribe specific procedures. if you want to convict someone of she's in odessa you need two witnesses but -- trees and it does say you need two witnesses. it sets out a rule and that will be enforced by whatever legal procedures are in place. with the application of this provision to members of congress, which is what people were thinking about most of the time, it is clear how that is going to happen because the constitution also says the houses of congress shall be the judge of qualifications of their members. you can see how that works. southern representatives might present their conditionals and the house will refuse to seat them because they say we have decided to be sick and -- because you taken oath to protect the constitution and in you did an extraction. it looks much to me like any other qualification for becoming president. natural born citizens, 35 years of age, how do those get enforced? you do not need a conviction per year if you do need some type of proof.

to counts supervised by the united nations on stress that the iraq you constitution does not allow any entity to use the congress power tree to attack neighboring states. the security agreement set a september the 19th deadline to disarm and relocate those groups. a date that iran has insisted will not be extend. it will just for a bit of background to this because it's all the full largest ethnic group in the middle east living in territory that increased parts of iran. iraq took here and serial. they have long been trying to establish the own states. in september 2022, he has nomic corporation regard, cool, launched a series of attacks on the electorate. h 2 in a rocks called the stone region. and they've made it clear that these attacks will continue until o n t iran separatists, the terrorist surrender. meanwhile, a mixed less origin by the head of the rocky cods to president boynton, suggest that he's arch in washington to support the cods, just like it did in the 2003 invasion of a rock. for the 1st time in my tenure as prime minister, i called great concerns that this does on their voting pain against us,

us taxpayer. there's nothing in the constitution that allows for spending like this to another country. the spending clause in our constitution says that the congressd spend according to its enumerated powers. the powers given by the constitution for the general welfare. it's illegal for the us government, if they want to give $100 billion to my state of kentucky they can't do it. that would violate the general welfare clause. what you think it violates to send it to another country? our framers never imagined in their worst nightmare that we would send that much money overseas but it violates every part of the constitution and i will do everything to stop them from sending anymore. >> senator paul, besought mitch mcconnell and chuck schumer walking through the senate within zelenskyy last week. zelenskyy was in front of them they were walking and the happy. i would say o'connell has a look that happy since i don't know when. what's happening here? i'm not representing, there's mcconnell, he's beaming.the not represented the views of most republicans and an increasingly skeptical public about continuing this funding of what looks like now another f

or, if congress vote for something, trump has said, he will not necessarily use the money congress voted. that dictatorship, not the democracy our constitution i was thinking, alex, nonsense if into. too richard nixon ran against george mccarthy. that was considered to be sort of -- nixon called it the clearest choice and the century. compared to what we're facing right now, those were two peas in a pod. >> yeah, and my dad worked on that campaign. he had some friends -- and he knew nixon. they do look at peace and a pod, compared to what we're talking about today. michael, when we talk about what a speech can do, in terms of stirring the body politic into action, i think what has premature up that people will listen to president biden's speech and do something about what he's saying. that seems farfetched, given where we are. but historically, have speakers been able to move people into action, and parties specifically? >> shortly. have lincoln's speech, speeches had an effect on what followed in the early 18 60s. sharon, they did. franklin roosevelt was bright color just running for reelection and a country that didn't want another more li

article one, section eight of the constitution reads the congress shall have power to raise and support armies, but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years. this provision in the constitution is the one. lieutenant colonel thurman, earlier compared to the current british army act. but now the provisions which were being written into the constitution to balance the legislate nature and the executive were about to play a role also in the control of the national army. congress could raise an army and appropriate money for it. but who would the officers and who would command the army? english history had shown during the time of oliver cromwell that even parliament could acquire too much power over a standing peacetime army. again, general pinkney and swift resolve the issue of having a federal army, as well as ensuring that the states will maintain their militias. let us now determine how best to control command, if you will, that army regarding control. we have already placed an important constraint on the army by limiting appropriations period to two years. who will appoint the officers? who will

large pointed out that if the us signed the treaty the power to declare war would shift from congress. to the league and that would violate the us constitution. as wilson was sailing back to france lodge gave a speech in which he said that he wanted to keep america as it had been not isolated not prevent her from joining other nations for the other great purposes of the league, but i wish her to be the master of her fate. when wilson came home for good in july 1919. he went up to the senate in person to submit the treaty. something no previous president had done. he did it because you guessed it. he wanted to make a speech. it's most memorable line was a question. dare, we reject it and break the heart of the world. senate fight over the treaty lasted for eight months and in the middle of it wilson had a major stroke that permanently paralyzed his left side. he was out of the fight his we're gonna him not that one. there's another one of wilson and mrs. wilson at a desk. do you have that one? okay, well, we'll forget it. but so wilson's you know, he suffers a stroke on october 2nd 1919 and he's permanently out of the fight his supporters in

large pointed out that if the us signed the treaty the power to declare war would shift from congress. to the league and that would violate the us constitution. as wilson was sailing back to france lodge gave a speech in which he said that he wanted to keep america as it had been not isolated not prevent her from joining other nations for the other great purposes of the league, but i wish her to be the master of her fate. when wilson came home for good in july 1919. he went up to the senate in person to submit the treaty. something no previous president had done. he did it because you guessed it. he wanted to make a speech. it's most memorable line was a question. dare, we reject it and break the heart of the world. senate fight over the treaty lasted for eight months and in the middle of it wilson had a major stroke that permanently paralyzed his left side. he was out of the fight his we're gonna him not that one. there's another one of wilson and mrs. wilson at a desk. do you have that one? okay, well, we'll forget it. but so wilson's you know, he suffers a stroke on october 2nd 1919 and he's permanently out of the fight his supporters in

or if congress votes for something trump has said, you know, he will not necessarily use the money that congress has voted. that's dictatorship. that's not the democracy our constitutiongested. we've never had anything like this. you know, i was thinking, alex, 1972 richard nixon ran against george mcgovern. that was considered to be sort of a big choice. nixon called it the clearest choice in a century. compared to what we're facing right now those are two peas in a pod. >> they do look like peas in a pod compared to what we're talking about today. michael, when we talk about what a speech can do in terms of stirring the body politics into action, i think it white house very much hopes people will listen to president biden's speech and do something about what he's saying. that seems far-fetched given where we are, but historically have speeches been able to move people into action and parties specifically? >> sure they have. did lincoln's speeches have an effect on what followed in the early 1860s, sure they did. franklin roosevelt was courageous in running for re-election in a country that didn't want another war like world war i, but he said let's build up our defe

the us congress is the second oldest legislature in the world after cambodia. in the us constitutional system that places a real premium on candidates ability to raise funds and have repeat voters and do constituent services. incumbents very often win, especially when you are historically a party leader. as nancy pelosi has been. meantime, pelosi is announcement means that others in the party had hoped to run for her seat. we'll have to wait their turn now. san francisco state senator scott wiener, who had said he would run if pelosi retired, saying in a statement in part, quote, it's a good thing for san francisco and the nation that she will continue to serve our community. but all of this definitely news that will shake up the landscape for 2024. greg yeah, and pelosi faces little opposition. so far in this race. zac sos live in our newsroom tonight. zach, thank you. new at 11, a usps carrier was robbed today in san francisco's sunset district. this happened near 47th in santiago. a nest home security camera captured this video of the suspect running through the neighborhood. you ca

i both have testified that the congress of the united states has the constitutional power to adopt and enforce a code of ethical conduct for the supreme court. both of us testified that congress should do that because we both believe it apparent that the supreme court was not going to do it on its own. >> that is a hugely important issue. i just want to see if we can quickly go to a few of these folks before we have to close up today. andy purdy, do you want to ask your question? >> give me your view of the effect of recent decisions calling into legitimacy the legitimacy of the supreme court. >> as a member of the president's commission on the supreme court of the united states, i was one of the members -- there were not many of us -- who do favor both court expansion in the long run, and that can certainly be done by statute. there's is nothing sacrosanct about the number nine. court size has varied from time to time, and because there is some doubt about the legitimacy of the way some of the justices have gotten onto the court, we think, at least speaking for the justices on that commission that came to this conclusion, that it would not be court pa

use in our everyday business. of course congress can't just print new money every time it has to pay the expenses of the government. so the constitution gives congress the power to raise what it needs by levying and collecting taxes duties imposts and excises. you must have heard your father speak about the income tax. these exercises and duties are taxes levied on such things as movie admissions. gasoline luxuries such as jewelry furs silverware and other things another way congress raises money to run the government is from taxes on goods imported from other countries. these are called tariffs. congress also regulates commerce among the states goods moving across state boundaries are not taxed but such commerce is regulated by congress through the interstate commerce commission. congress and only congress has the power to declare war even though the president may call for a declaration of war. and when the united states is involved in international agreements the senate is all important, for example the signature of our secretary of state to the united nations charter. had to be approved by a two-thirds majority of the senate. a cla

issue you raised in the constitutional question that congress has authority to investigate here and investigate golf comes from article 1 section 8 of the constitution, which gives us the power to lay and collect taxes and regulate and therefore investigate interstate commerce. i don't need to tell anybody in this room that golf is a $100 billion industry and mr. dunne himself has referred to the billions of dollars , $3.6 million, i believe, that the pga tour has provided the charity in my own state and the travelers championship brings $60 million to my state annually and millions of dollars to local charities and the pga tour has a major impact on our economy and way of life, our image in this country and with our image abroad. the pj tour derives tremendous benefits from tax laws established by congress because it operates as a 501c6 non-for profit entity and that provision of law has received little scrutiny and this inquiry may lead to close scrutiny of 501(c) six and a study conducted in 2013 found this benefit was worth at least $200 million to the tour between 1993 and 2013 and congress has a long history of conduct thing oversight on matters related to sp

the us congress is the second oldest legislature in the world after cambodia. in the us constitutionalm that places a real premium on candidates ability to raise funds and have repeat voters and do constituent services. incumbents very often win, especially when you are historically a party leader. as nancy pelosi has been. meantime, pelosi's announcement means that others in the party who had hoped to run for her seat will have to wait their turn. san francisco state senator scott wiener, who has said that he would run if she retired, saying in a statement, in part, it's a good thing for san francisco and the nation that she will continue to serve her community. but again, definitely shaking up the landscape for 2024. she is a prolific fundraiser and has already raised a ton of money. zach soares in studio for us tonight. zach, thank you. well, california lawmakers passed a bill that would weigh a parent's acceptance of their child's gender identity in custody cases. the measure passed the democratic led assembly today almost entirely on party lines. if signed into law, california jud

rob nesbitt joins us in studio more on what it would take to place term limits on members of congress. rob ken and vicki. the constitution is what makes it so difficult, saying nothing about aging out of politics or declining health. both are up to the politician to decide for themselves. frankly, it's time for a new generation of leaders. >> they're the ones that need to make the decisions that will shape the world. they will be living in one. senator mitt romney announced wednesday that he won't seek reelection in 2024, he referenced the fact that he would be serving into his 80's if he stayed in the u.s. senate at a time when age and health of prominent politicians is under scrutiny on both sides of the aisle from senator mitch mcconnell who froze up for a second time this year. when asked if he'll run for reelection. did you hear the question senator running for reelection in 2026? >> to senator dianne feinstein who had a three-month absence from the senate. >> after coming down with shingles, the 90 year-old returned to her duties but not without moments of confusion. just say i. >> okay. just. >> the oldest u.s. se

it is constitutional act the house has, if there is conflict between congress and the executive branch on getting information and people coming in for depositions the courts tend to decide with us a constitutional duty singular to the house of representatives. so that's the reason you do it if the facts and evidence point us there and it sure looks like where the facts and evidence take us. david: let's go back further than just the trump impeachment. let's go back to the nixon inquiry. it really hadn't begun, he resigned before it got started, but a lot of the evidence that involved nixon was obstruction of justice. inger issue than the crime was the coverup and what we are now learning what david weiss did in terms from the irs whistle-blowers and others, in terms of warning people off from drawing that link between hunter biden's business and joe biden. >> yeah. david: is that an aspect of the inquiry that needs to be taken too? will obstruction of justice if there is an inquiry be part of that investigation as well? >> we certainly have to look into this david wyss situation. david wyss ran four 1/2 year investigation where they tipped off the defense counsel when they were

congress? what has history told us? guest: this was a bit unclear. i agree with what was said there. the constitutions not prescribe specific procedures. if you want to convict someone of she's in odessa you need two witnesses but -- trees and it does say you need two witnesses. it sets out a rule and that will be enforced by whatever legal procedures are in place. with the application of this provision to members of congress, which is what people were thinking about most of the time, it is clear how that is going to happen because the constitution also says the houses of congress shall be the judge of qualifications of their members. you can see how that works. southern representatives might present their conditionals and the house will refuse to seat them because they say we have decided to be sick and -- because you taken oath to protect the constitution and in you did an extraction. it looks much to me like any other qualification for becoming president. natural born citizens, 35 years of age, how do those get enforced? you do not need a conviction per year if you do need some type of proof. prob

constitutional task the house has. if there is inevitable conflict between the congress and the executive branch on getting information and getting people in for depositions the courts tend to side with usng what could be a constitutional duty. that singular to the house of representatives, so that is the reason you do it, if the facts and evidence point under the circumstances there and it sure looks like where the facts and evidence are taking us. david: let's go back further than just the trump impeachment. let's about back to the nixon inquiry, it really wasn't begun, he resigned before it got to that stage but the fact is a lot of the evidence against nixon involved obstruction of justice. it wasn't necessarily the, the bigger issue than the crime is the coverup. what we're now learning what david weiss did in terms of the irs whistle-blowers in terms of others warding people off from drawing that link between hunter biden's business and joe biden -- >> yeah. david: is that an aspect of the inquiry that needs to be taken too? will obstruction of justice, if there is an inquiry be part of that investigation as well? >> we certainly have to look into this david weiss situation. david

lawmakers want the us constitution to raise gun buying aids there to 21 years old. they passed that resolution asking congress to call a constitutional convention. if that were to happen, states could pass laws for universal background checks on gun purchases and prohibit the sale of assault weapons to the public for a constitutional convention to happen. legislatures in two thirds of the states would need to vote in favor of it. today, the hayward unified school district joined other schools across the country in taking part in an event called the million fathers march. ctv's allie rasmus shows us the celebration designed to get dads more involved in their children's education. down low. have a good day. palma ceia elementary rolled out the red carpet for dads and father figures today. not for fathers day, but for an event called the million fathers march. i came to drop off my daughter and she actually the one of the teachers asked me if i wanted to come and join this event. and it was about she told me it was about the million fathers march. and i thought, of course i'm going to support my daughter in any

us these answers. aren't you, in fact, in contempt of congress when you refuse to answer? >> congressman, i have the greatest respect for congress. i also have the greatest respect for the constitution and laws of the united states. the protection of pending investigations and ongoing investigations, as i briefly discussed in another dialogue a few moments ago, goes back to the separation of powers, which gives to the executive branch the sole authority to conduct prosecutions. it is a requirement of due process. and respect for those who are under investigation, protection of their civil rights. >> well, with all due respect -- with all due respect to that, iran/contra was an ongoing investigation and that didn't stop congress from getting the answers. and you're getting in the way of our constitutional duty. you're citing the constitution. i'm going to cite it. it is our constitutional duty to do oversight. in the video, that was your answer to a question to me two years ago when i said how many agents are assets of the government were present on january 5th and january 6th and agitating in the crowd to go into the capitol and how many went into the capitol, can you answer that no

is title seven that protects all of us from discrimination that isn't in the constitution and that's not the equal protection clause. rather, that is something congress passed and signed into law and that we spend more time in the system in dealing with than we do the constitution itself. let me throw one other criticism that comes up a lot, the left, and that is that originally ssm seems to favor conservative outcomes, often. how do you respond to that? yeah, i think the only way you can say that is by cherry picking the cases and defining. i don't like the labels and liberal or left or right. as you know, john, from covering the court, 90%, maybe 95% of the decisions. for example, in court are 3 to 0, as we all know, just from looking at the last term, while a few cases are pointed to, i think i saw a statistic and you should correct me if i'm wrong where it was only 9% of the cases that were were decided 6 to 3 in the way that it's often reported it should be 6 to 3. and there were many cases decided with what i'll call or what the media calls strange bedfellows, meaning people that don't the public would not perceive ordinary lining up of. and i