are about the senate majority leader mcconnell already saying this is going to come under thee white house co at least as far as he's concerned. they will be directing things. >> he said he was coordinatiyt evng he did with the white house counsel. that would not be normal behavior for a juror anall 100 senators are sworn in as jurors to preside in this case. he is going get some criticism for that. but mitch mcconnell is used to criticism and used withstanding it and he is more than glad to take the slings and arrows as long as it means he can be the leader of the republicans in the senate and therefore the leader of the es senate and the clally that president trump has. at least on capitol hill. >> tim, let me go back to you. your thoughts about the strategy of bringing up all th amendments that the republicans did that were obviously going to be shot down as maybe the presidenis going to be tried in the trial and that will be shut down by the democrats. toi don't want make a predictive tea reading here but the fact is when we look back on that, why ? those amendmen >> i think this was a qu

white house. everything i do during this, i'm co—ordinating with the white house counsel.n the president's position and our position as to how to handle this. meanwhile, another trump ally and a central figure in the impeachment probe was at the white house today. just back from ukraine, rudy giuliani says he wants to brief us officials on his trip. it seems the threat of impeachment has only emboldened the president's allies. nada tawfik, bbc news, washington. your impeachment thoughts because we will come back to this story later in the programme. —— hold onto your impeachment thoughts. let's get some of the day's other news. the us supreme court has agreed to hear president trump's appeals in three separate cases involving disclosure of his financial records. mr trump is trying to block subpoenas for bank records, tax returns and other materials demanded by various congressional committees and by a new york prosecutor. the cases are not related to the impeachment hearings. the case is due to be heard in march. the us and china have announced a thaw in their trade war, s

white house. everything i do during this, i'm co—ordinating with the white house counsel.tween the president's position and our position as to how to handle this. meanwhile, another trump ally and a central figure in the impeachment probe was at the white house today. just back from ukraine, rudy giuliani says he wants to brief us officials on his trip. it seems the threat of impeachment has only emboldened the president's allies. you can hold some of that story in your head, we will be coming back to it later. but they will not be a test. let's get some of the day's other news. the us and china have announced a thaw in their trade war, suspending new import tariffs that were due to come into force this weekend. president trump said it was a "phase one deal" that would see beijing purchasing more american agricultural products. negotiations at the united nations climate summit in madrid are continuing into saturday, without an agreement in sight. the two—week summit was meant to decide rules for the implementation of the 2015 paris climate agreement. but many key issues re

white house. everything i do during this, i'm co—ordinating with the white house counsel.nce between the president's position and our position as to how to handle this. meanwhile, another trump ally and a central figure in the impeachment probe was at the white house today. just back from ukraine, rudy giuliani says he wants to brief us officials on his trip. it seems the threat of impeachment has only emboldened the president's allies. nada tawfik, bbc news, washington. the bbc‘s chris buckler is in washington. let's talk a little bit more about this. chris, we had a partyline vote in the committee. what can we expect when impeachment comes to the full house? this is a predictable process. just as thejudicial this is a predictable process. just as the judicial committee, the democrats have the majority, the means resident truck will be impeached and that is likely to happen on wednesday of next week, although they are still finalising the day. certainly it is going to happen before christmas and it will set up this very difficult senate trial. what you will see though, ho

the white house denies the accusations. the cosident of its parent company, alphabet. they said they believed it was time to assume the role of proud parents. google's ceo sundar pichai will now run both tech firms. for the first time in its 35—year history, britain's prestigious turner prize has been awarded to all four shortlisted artists. the decision was prompted by the artists themselves, who declared themselves a collective. they said that they wanted to make a statement of solidarity and multiplicity.

co-author of "the hill to die on." and darleneer slle, the white houseeporter for the "associated press." the house passed two articles impeachment on a 23-17 vote along party lines. a floor vote in the house is now expected next week. jake, what does that flo vote ok like when you look ahead to next week's speaker pelosi, is she whipping her members? do we eect defections? >> we're certain no rep glicans arng vote to impeach the president. we believe a o handful democrats will vote with repuicans against impeachment. nancy pelosi says she's not whipping. this is a matter of conscious. she's aware who's voting where, what problem she has. and republicans are whipping. they're trying to keep their troops in line against these charges. and it's goinge to b very charged. it's going to be everything that the president, as everybody here can attest to, watch ver closely. at the end of the day, politics are what they are. but the president's goi to be impeached by a house of representatives. and that's a certainty. that begin a whole new phase which is the sen

the white house denies the accusations. the conders of google, larry page and sergey brin, are stepping down from their roles as chief executive and president of its parent company, alphabet. they said they believed it was time to assume the role of proud parents. google‘s ceo sundar pichai will now run both tech firms. for the first time in its 35 year history, britain's prestigious turner prize has been awarded to all four shortlisted artists. the decision was prompted by the artists themselves, who declared themselves a collective. they said that they wanted to make a statement of solidarity and multiplicity. the 12—year—old boy killed in a hit—and—run incident outside a school in essex has been named as harley watson. he was struck near debden park high school on monday afternoon. a 51—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder, as well as the attempted murder of five other people injured in the crash. our correspondent tolu adeoye reports from loughton. harley watson has been described by his family as a good, kind

. >> the average net worth of a black household is 10% of a white house holiday, for latinos, 12%.çóestion is why have am i the lone candidate of color, fewer than 5% of americans donate to political campaigns. do you know what you need to donate to political campaigns? disposable income. ( applause ) >> trevor: andrew yang makes a really great point. think about it, to make it on tonight's debate stage candidates were required to have 200,000 donors, but if a candidate has supporters who can't afard donations, the candidate can't make it to the stage, because money talks in america, so if you don't have money, you can't talk. think about it, the whole issue around political donation in america is backwards. give me your money and i'll make your life better. yo, man, if i had money, i wouldn't need you to make my life better. ( laughter ) one of the big advantages trump has is the economy is doing extremely well. for tonight's candidates, the challenge was explaining to voters why all that glitters is not gold. >> this economy is not working for most of us, for the middle class, and

us for ouw lead-off discussion on this thursday night, peter baker, chief white house correspondenty for "the new york times," co-author of "impeachment and american history ." white house reporter for the associated press and welcome all of you. peter baker, now this president takes his place alongside both a others. in history, the i word is impossible to expunge from your record.po it makes its way into the firste paragraph of your obituary, often into the first sentence. in your view, where does today put us? >> well, i think we're seeing a process play out that we knew was coming. we know basically that the democrats are more or less aligned behind the idea of impeachment. we know the republicans are more or less aligned against it. what we're expects is by the end of the year we will have a vote on the house floor. and, in fact, president trump will become the third impeached in history. now, the president feels e somewhat comfortable in that het knows at the moment, absent new information or absent some sort of dynamic political change that he will almost certainly be acquitted or in some way not acquitte

the white house denies the accusations. the conders of google, larry page and sergey brin, are stepping down from their roles as chief executive and president of its parent company, alphabet. they said they believed it was time to assume the role of proud parents. google‘s ceo sundar pichai will now run both tech firms. for the first time in its 35—year history, britain's prestigious turner prize has been awarded to all four shortlisted artists. the decision was prompted by the artists themselves, who declared themselves a collective. they said that they wanted to make a statement of solidarity and multiplicity. it is about 2:30am in the morning. now on bbc news: electioncast, with adam fleming. good evening all, welcome to tonight's election cast. now, we're looking for examples of where the snap election they have mucked up your life logistics. maybe you are planning a summit of nato leaders, and in the middle of it there was an election campaign instead. it doesn't have to be background. let us doesn't have to be background. le

the white house, i don't know that that will happen but i think there is a little bit more uncertainty about what happens once things moved to the senate —— move. mitch mcconnell has medically he will cobeing unbiased, he expects impeachment to be thrown out and the president not to be removed from office. there is also a question about chiefjustice roberts, isn't there? that's right. it's not exactly clear that senator mcconnell‘s going to have the u nfettered mcconnell‘s going to have the unfettered ability to set the rules and sort of direct the traffic in this trial. of course the constitution gives that power to the chiefjustice of the united states, which is chiefjustice roberts. it remains to be seen of course what happens when there is daylight between the two, i imagine there probably would be in the senator mcconnell sort of loosens or softens his position on this. but i think chiefjustice roberts his position on this. but i think chief justice roberts has his position on this. but i think chiefjustice roberts has a reputation for being interested primarily in the legitimacy of the institutions and following the letter of the law. my sense is that he would be interested and

white house counsel is there is a senior aide along with the director of communications and press secretary, whatever political advisers and so forth. when argument is the white house counsel because co-opted into a meaning theeration, white house counsel is going to be under tremendous pressure to expand and defend the expansive potential boundaries of presidential authority. like some critics say, there ought not to be white house counsel. the rock to be some distance between the lawyers and the white house. youth. a practical -- is there an answer to that? we will start with kathy, go to don. kathy: what your answer iskathy: may depend on your view of what presidential authority is. on one extreme, if you think the president's executive authorities are largely legally unconstrained but are constrained only by political constraints, meaning whatever congress can do through its oversight authorities or appropriation authorities or otherwise, that is one set of ways in which a president's actions can become tales. -- curtailed. another way is the ballot box and another way is when the courts rein it in. one view, given that, you've got the three checks on a president's exercise of hi

peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the "new york times." also importantly happens to be co-author of "impeachment: an american history." annie karni, white house reporter with the "new york times." and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at cia and the pentagon. notably former chief counsel to the house intel committee. peter, i'd like to begin with you. this puts you in old sage category, as you know. this now becomes the second impeachment you have covered. so you're going to get questions like this. you write history during your own time. you write the first draft of history on a deadline basis for a living each day. give us some history on what we have just witnessed this afternoon and this evening. >> well, brian, you and i are in that category together here. >> yeah, i know. >> listen, but it is history of course. it's only the third time any president has been impeached and faces a senate trial. and we've now seen this twice in 21 years. almost 21 years to the day after the clinton impeachment. and it is an extraordinary thing. i think that -- it was funny to be in th

ignored congressional subpoenas for documents and for testimony by the white house officials and ordered his subordinates not to coim. this itself, i suggest to you, is unprecedented. when president nixon and clinton were asked to hand over documents and allow officials to testify, ultimately both implied. because it is the law. such actions of the president can be taken as further evidence of his obstruction and abuse of power. it is, in and of itself, impeachable conduct, the subject of the second article of impeachment. these two articles before us concerned two very profound constitutional issues, about the abuse of power in our republic. first, whether it is a cce pta ble republic. first, whether it is acceptable for the president of the united states, any president, to solicit foreign interference in our elections. there is a difference as to whether his than that, and the place to try that is in the united states senate —— whether he has done that. but we believe strongly there is probable cause to conclude that. to undermine our national security, the integrity of our elections, and the integrity of our el

he was at the white house on friday and trump acknowledged calling rudy giuliani a very great crime fighter. joining me now, white house reporter rebecca ball house who cohe wall street journal" piece. we know they are in touch. he comes back. you have him telling you gets a call from the president. away do we know about what the nature of that friday meeting or debrief was? >> so the white house and giuliani have so far declined to say what was discussed at that meeting, but one thing i would note is that in that call that you mentioned where the president called giuliani the minute he lands back in the u.s. from ukraine and says what did you get, that on that call he asked giuliani to brief the attorney general, to brief congress, and to brief him at some point on what he had found. and we know that this week or this morning the findings or some of the findings that giuliani collected while he was on his trip started being broadcast on this series that he has been working on with oan and the president has been re-tweeteding a lot of that. all signs point to the fact this was discussed on friday but nobody is willing to confirm. >> this is now, if you

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the white house counsel, there is a senior aide along with director of communication suppress sector and whatever legal advisors and so forth. one argument is that the white house counsel becomes co-opted into a political operation that by virtue of the way the modern presidency operates means that the white house counsel is going to be under tremendous pressure to expand and defend the expansive potential boundaries of executive authority. it has led some critics who say that ought not be a white house counsel. there ought to be some distance between the lawyers and the white house, white house should do what is on pennsylvania avenue, the department of justice ought to be what is on constitution avenue. is there an answer to that? start with kathy, go to don. >> i think what your answer is may depend on what your view of presidential authority is. so on one extreme even think the president's executive authorities are largely legally unconstrained but are constrained only by political constraints, meaning that whatever congress can do through its oversight authorities or appropriation authorities or otherwise, that's one set of ways in which a presidents actions can be curtailed

. >> majority leader mitch mcconnell says senate republicans will work in total co coordination with the white housects it'll be fair. >> we're going to have fair proceedings and then it's not going anywhere because the facts aren't there. >> but democrats accuse the republicans of pre-judging the evidence. >> i hope the senators will insist on getting the documents, on hearing from the witnesses, on making up their own mind. >> president trump has said he wants to call witnesses but trump now says -- >> i've heard mitch. i've heard lindsey. i think they are very much on agreement on some concept. i'll do whatever they want to do. it doesn't matter. >> reporter: in the meantime, republicans are hoping to pressure vulnerable democrats to defect. 31 members of the house are seeking re-election in districts trump won. two have said they'll vote no on one or both articles of impeachment. one may be switching party. david wright, abc news. >>> tonight democrats laid out their view of the trial. chuck schumer sent a letter to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell. democrats want to hear testimony from th

white house. trump loyalists drafted internal enemies lists, co-workers were purged and nsc security teams logged hundreds of external threats against hill and other officials, all fueled by a steady stream of far right smears. among those, alex jones of infowars attacking her. how can we depend on these foreign officials to do their jobs and do it objectively when they are being forced to constantly look over their shoulder at every turn? >> yeah, i think what's described there that's been happening with fiona hill is very real in her case and is a real failing of the administration to be able to protect her better. and this is going to be a real question for other experts, nonpartisan experts, who are asked to come in and to serve in this administration and perhaps in future administrations if there's a feeling that these are normally not really public figures. they are staff and they intended to operate behind the scenes and have to be able to give their advice and consultations in an atmosphere where they're safe to go home and resume, you know, personal activities. and this is a real warning

white house. trump loyalist drafted enemies lists u co-workers purged, and they logged hundreds of threats against hill and other officials fueled by a steady stream of far right smears. for months, hill arrived at work nearly every day to find venomous messages on the work phone by a caller from florida. the same woman called hill at home several times, frightening her young daughter. the whistle-blower that triggered the investigation, since outed by right wing media and several republican lawmakers, he continues to work on issues reemtilating to russid ukraine. he is driven to and from work by armed security officers. the post concludes three years into trump's presidency, list of perceived enemies continues to expand. for decades, the gop cast itself as the champion of the fbi, cia, pentagon, and other national security institutions, but over the past three years republicans have repeatedly turned on those agencies, casting unelected bureaucrats as the true villains of the impeachment scandal. joining me, democrat of illinois, serving on intelligence and oversight committees, raja krishnamoort

they've made their choice despite this president in the white house stonewalling every subpoena every request for witnesses and testimony from this co-equal co-equal branch of government they have made their choice knowing that to allow this president to obstruct congress will empower him and any other president that follows to be as corrupt as negligent or as abusive of the power of the presidency as they choose they have made their choice and i believe they will rue the day that they did when donald j. trump was sworn in on january 20th 2017 he repeated these words i do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states has he lived up to that sacred obligation has he honored his own of office has he preserved protected and defended the constitution of the united states the uncontested evidence provides the simple yet tragic answer he has not in america no one is above the law. donald j. trump sacrificed our national security in an effort to cheat in the next election and for that and his

white house. trump loyalists drafted internal quote enemies list, co-workers were purged, and nsc security teams logged hundreds of external threats against hill and other officials all fueled by a steady stream of far-right smears. meanwhile, the post also reports the new russia adviser at the white house, the third in just six months, has no meaningful background on the subject. the only expert on ukraine has never spoken with president trump, but has been mocked by him publicly. the "washington post" also reporting the acting u.s. ambassador to ukraine, william taylor, returned to kyiv after his november 14th testimony only to watch trump's lawyer rudy giuliani arrive weeks later to resume his quest for dirt on the bidens. giuliani's, a sojourn, while filming a documentary made clear to officials that taylor and the u.s. embassy had no standing with the u.s. president. taylor has since announced that he will step down by january 2nd. >>> and south korea's news agency is reporting that the u.s. flew four surveillance planes over the korean peninsula between tuesday and early wednesday, amid growing c

he returned to the white house late wednesday night >> let's bring back neil wilson the co-ceo of ejf. there were multiple press conferences yesterday and the day before by the u.s. president. is there anything for you that stood out that would materially affect the way you are planning to put your money. >> my observation as an american and watching that video. it plays into his hands. it points out that he is tough and he's demanding that 2% whether it is realistic or not he wants to look tough we are focused on the consumer if we are going to invest in a market where do you look. for our perspective, if you are looking at the financial space, we are looking at consumer credit we would say mortgages are a particularly interesting area. after the crisis died. they created the consumer finance production bureau. one of the candidates. one of her child essentially from a regulatory perspective and created a market for qualified mortgages. that really backstops the fannie mae, freddie mack and ginnie mae, both parties agree that that footprint of having the government backstop mortgages

steve restaurant is the national co-chair of the white house -- our national council on white house history and his wife andrea are here with us tonight. one of our most important group here at white house historical association. their support it puts the winds in the sails of what we do. we're so glad to have you with us here tonight, steve. the program tonight, dr. matt costello will share with us about his brand-new book that is hot off the presses. this is the first time we're making it available. we're proud of matt. he's one of our historians here at the association. he's been with us now -- how long has it been? three years on november 1st. he makes quite a contribution to our work here at the association. prior to coming here, he had contributed to the bibly yog fi project. he was a fellow at mount vernon. he is currently doing two things that i'm particularly proud of, he's teaching a course on american university on white house history. to our knowledge, this is the first time this has ever been done anywhere. and we hope to broaden that beyond just american universities so that c

everything i do during this, i'm co—ordinate and with white house counsel.m this. i am clearly made up my mind. i'm not trying to hide the fact that i have disdain for the accusations and the process. senators are not required like jurors in a criminal trial to be so sequestered, to not talk to anyone, there no prohibition. let's bring in gary o'donoghue, washington. it feels like political theatre, but the democrats really don't think those four people that she want to speak to are actually going to show up. well, i think that's probably true that they don't think they are likely to show up, and what you might get is some republicans pushing back and saying, well, if you want those, then maybe we should have joe you want those, then maybe we should havejoe biden you want those, then maybe we should have joe biden and you want those, then maybe we should havejoe biden and his son, hunter, turning up to give evidence as well. but it's part of the ftse that's going on ahead of the decision of how this trial will be run. bear in mind, constitution is pretty sil

for more i'm joined by shannon, digital white house reporter, irvin for the government accountability project and jennifer horn co-founder of the lincoln pron lincoln project. shannon, let me start with you. we mentioned the president's twitter activity, quite a bit of it in the past. a couple of days. very aggressive here. particularly when it comes to his posture toward nancy pelosi. in terms of the white house's strategy in the stalemate between the house and the senate right now, what is the president trying to achieve here? >> he is certainly trying to make a villain out of pelosi and make her the villain in the narrative. the president is usually strongest when he has a strong adversary on the other side. having hillary clinton, a very unfavorable candidate according to all the polls on the opposite ticket really helped drive out a lot of voters for him. not so much to vote for him but a vote against clinton. when you look at the democrats right now, they didn't have anyone with the unfavorability rating. so he's trying to paint the democratic party as a whole and find the villains that he can pick out whet

co-equal branch with oversight. one of the articles of impeachment is obstruction of congress. the white houseplete stonewalling of democrats in the use. now the senate majority leader says i will do the senate trial in lockstep with the president. it has become a process around litical parties versus a process aund the constitution itself and government by the people. that is distinction i am not sure will go away soon. >> one things republicn't plan for is the actions of rudy giuliani. do you think they have anything to worry about if he kee trying to push his narrative? >> i don't think republicans have anything to wmery in this mont. it seems like whatever this president does, they are going to greenlight. the american people e confuseds as to whating on. what is important to remember about rudy giuliani, he is not a government employee. he is not bound by t laws that keep government actors from acting in ways that are not good for america. he is outside of the law, which is problematic to tap him for foreign policy. the other piece to remember about rudy giulian potentially under criminal

p2 does make sense that republican senators and white house counsel are planning to basically co-authoredr the z impeachment and trial. expect senators are supposed to be jurors and process) solo democrats have been calling issue and staying that this is a problem essentially the mitch mcconnell news or 90 white house but at the same time, he does have to set up the procedures for this. he has to corny not only with the white house but also with the house and beat managers which are all going to be democratic of course. and the chief justice of the supreme court is going to be sort of overseeing this entire process and presiding over the trial. the matter how long it (though so that's the kind of brawl the senate majority leader here and he asked reaching agreement on time with senator schumer and the democrats. that will be something that will potentially difficult and something to look for in january join iris comes back after the christmas break. p2 says senator mcconnell has corny in terms of logistics meanwhile you have senator graham staying noah content and on voting and i'm just w

co-conspirators. including british socialite jill lane social dghislaine maxwell. journalist peter baker point out senate democrats kooshed night with the white house in key issues behindrebut house managers. joining me, jenna ellis, constitutional law attorney. tom daschle admits when he was democrat minority leader he was coordinating closely with the white house in the bill clinton impeachment. now democrats are apoplectic along with the complicit media. this is wrong, this is unfair for mitch mcconnell to coordinate with the white house. another example of rank hypocrisy? >> nancy pelosi doesn't want a fair trial. she is scared a fair trial would show what a complete sham this is. there is nothing whatsoever to compare this impeachment and this whole process with bill clinton in the 90s. he was actually charged with a crime. there was bipartisan support for impeachment. and the senate agreed unanimously on the rules for procedure. nancy pelosi is forgetting the constitution. the separation of powers fully we can see that the house then when they put forward an impeachment that is so rankly unconstitutional. then the senate can in its discretion and with looking at

co >> thank you very much. great to be with you. you had served in two white houseational security councils for both bush administrations.gh >> that's yes. >> you are now a senior fellow had also served asst.where you and the hoover institution is an t i'm alsoon t affiliated with. now, you have written a new it is co-written with philip zelikow, d it is called "to build a better world: choices to end the cold war and create a global commonwealth." why is now the moment to write about the end of the cold war? >> we wanted to do aouple of things in this book. first of all, it will have been 30 years next year since the unification of germany. and the way that the cold war ended is a reminder of two very important principlesg forward. the second point -given matters. so of the news of th last week or so, metimes you have to stay the course in order to achieve what you want. the united states waited 45 years, from 1945 and the end of world war , until 1990, when germany could be unified completely and totally on western terms, within nato. h we to wait. and when i look

co-witnesses we didn't hear from. i would like to see documents released from the white house. >> reporter: senate leader mitch mcconnell is opposed to that. >> of course every such demand simply confirms that house democrats have rushed forward with a case that is much too weak. >> reporter: when president clinton was impeached by the house, the articles were walked to the senate within two hours. >> i hereby deliver these articles of impeachment. >> reporter: south carolina senator lindsey graham was one of the impeachment managers. >> we cannot have a system where the house impeaches the president, tells the senate how to conduct the trial, holds the articles of impeachment over the president's head at a time of their choosing to unleash them. that's just -- that's constitutional extortion. >> reporter: do you run the risk as some republicans have said of looking like you're playing games with impeachment if you hold on to these articles for too long? >> i say what i was going to say, nancy, i was not prepared to put the managers in that bill yet because we don't know the arena that we are in. frankly, i don't care w

co-conspirators. including british socialite jill lane social dghislaine maxwell. journalist peter baker point out senate democrats kooshed night with the white house in key issues behindhe scene. democratic leadership used secret signals with the white house counsel to rebut house managers. joining me, jenna ellis, constitutional law attorney. tom daschle admits when he was democrat minority leader he was coordinating closely with the white house in the bill clinton impeachment. now democrats are apoplectic along with the complicit media. this is wrong, this is unfair for mitch mcconnell to coordinate with the white house. another example of rank hypocrisy? >> nancy pelosi doesn't want a fair trial. she is scared a fair trial would show what a complete sham this is. there is nothing whatsoever to compare this impeachment and this whole process with bill clinton in the 90s. he was actually charged with a crime. there was bipartisan support for impeachment. and the senate agreed unanimously on the rules for procedure. nancy pelosi is forgetting the constitution. the separation of powers fully we can see that the house then when they put forward an impeachment that is so

political correspondent, john dean is a cnn contributor and the white house council for president nixon and jeffrey tullis is a professor. also, the co author of legacies of losing in american politics. jeffrey, let me start with leader is in your words, in literal violation of the oath. he will have to take at the start of the senate trial, can you tell me why? >>. >> there's a new one all senators have to take, including co constitution requires, that's different from the oath they take as senators. the senate operating trial is a different institution, it recomposes itself into an institution in which the senators are no longer the senators as they used to be, but are in combination of judge and jurors, the other important thing about this, they're all equal, he's no longer majority leader, there's no president protem and so forth. we're in a situation in which they'll have to change their character. when it does, it's a different institution, and in the previous two, and we've only had two instances in which impeachment has gone to the senate for a trial, the senate has operated extremely well, extremely fairly, it's not doing it

despite this president and the white house stonewalling every subpoena, every request for witnesses, and testimony from this co-equal branch of government, they have made their choice knowing that to allow this president to obstruct congress will impower him and any other president that follows to be as corrupt, as negligent, or as abusive of the power of the presidency as they choose. they have made their choice, and i believe they will root the day that they did. when donald j. trump was sworn in on january 20th, 2017, he repeated these words. i do solemnly swear that i will faithfully execute the office of the president of the united states and will to the best of my ability preserve, protect, and defend the constitution of the united states. has he lived up to that sacred obligation? has he honored his oath of office? has he preserved, protected, and defended the constitution of the united states, the uncontested evidence provides the simple yet tragic answer, he has not. in america, no one is above the law. donald j. trump sacrificed our national security in an effort to cheat in the next election. and fo

white house, i agree with jason, should participate participate in. in the clinton case the white house presented a 30-page document making its case. chris: they also got to cross-examine ken starr, the independent coel sell. >> it was different process. there was independent counsel. chris: the argument you could interrogate adam schiff? >> you could. i think that is an awkward idea but i think his report and the names of the witnesses should be public immediately. >> adam schiff he should have to be there, answer questions why we're not hearing from the so-called witness, all of these -- >> whistleblower? because the law protects him. chris: let me bring the other half of the panel. rich, house democrats really do seem to have a tight timeline. two weeks of hearings. the end of not this week, the following week, articles of impeachment. there is the final week before christmas. vote to, impeach. here is the question i have at this point. which is a bigger political risk, for democrats? risk for democrats. to go ahead and vote to impeach or to decide to pull back and go for something lighter like censure. >> they have crossed the rubicon long ago. they have to impeach. extremely disspiritting for

have research straight out of the health department, including a study co-designed with director colfax, before he went to the white house, that demonstrated the effectiveness of a medication, the medication for reducing methamphetamine use. i realize we're over time. cut me offer if you need to. the substance-use disorder treatment numbers. >> sorry. never. >> we have seen a slight decline in the number of people treated for substance-use disorders through our standard programs in the last four years. the alcohol decline, which is not within our treatment system, it's within primary care generally. the alcohol decline i suspect might be due to an increased use of medications for alcohol use disorder. because that's been a big push throughout the medical community. it's really kind of reintroduce addiction management back into health care, which it used to be very much separated. go ahead. >> sorry. so we have our action plan broken up into immediate and then long-term. i'm just going to highlight a few of the items in the immediate. so as part of mental health reform, we recently launched findtreatment sf.org. and let u