People to dissolve the political bonds that connected one to another, with those words are founders began our declaration of independence from an oppressive monarch for among. Ther grievances in the course of todays events it becomes necessary for us to address among other grievances the president s failure to safely execute the laws. In crafting the constitution the founders feared the return of a monarchy in america. Having just fought a war of independence they specifically feared the prospects of a king president corrupted by foreign influence. During the constitutional convention, james madison, the architect of the constitution, warned a president president of president may be bribed by greater interests to betray his trust. This was not that a king. The people are the king. They therefore created a constitutional remedy to protest against that protect against a dangerous or corrupt leader, impeachment. Unless the constitution contained in impeachment provision, one founder warned, a president might spare no effort or means whatsoever to get himself reelected. Insisted, george mason they president who procures his appointment their improper and corrupt acts might repeat his guilt and return to power. During the debate over impeachment at the constitutional convention, george mason asked to any man should any man be about justice . Should he be above it who can commit the most extensive injustice . In his great wisdom he knew that injustice committed by the president erodes the rule of law. Justice,idea of fair the bedrock of our democracy. If we allow a president to be above the law, we do so surely at the peril of our public. In america no one is above the law. Over the past few weeks through the Intelligence Committee working with the Foreign Affairs and oversight committees the American People have heard the testimony of truly patriotic career public servants, the sting wished and decorated war heroes. Somewhere the president s own appointees. The president abused his power for his own personal political benefit at the expense of our National Security and withholding near terry eight and crucial Oval Office Meetings in exchange for an announcement of an investigation into his political rival. Yesterday, the Judiciary Committee and the make people her testimony from leading american constitutional scholars who ruminated without a doubt the president s actions are a profound violation of the public trust. Actions haves seriously violated the constitution, especially when he says and acts upon the belief. Article two says i can do whatever i want. No. His wrongdoing strikes at the heart of the constitution, a separation of powers. Three coequal branches, each a check and balance on the other. Democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act because he is trying to corrupt once again the election for his own benefit. The president has engaged in abuse of power undermining our National Security and jeopardizing the integrity of our elections. His actions are in defiance of the vision of our founders and the oath of office he takes to preserve, protect and defend the constitution of the United States. Both confidence and humility, with allegiance to our america,and love for today i am asking our chairman to proceed with articles of impeachment. I commend our Committee Chairs and members for their summer approach to actions which i was the president had not made necessary. In signing the declaration of independence our finders invoked a Firm Reliance on divine providence. We will proceed in a manner worthy of our oath of office to support and defend the constitution of the United States from all enemies, foreign and domestic. So help us god. Thank you. Host House Speaker nancy pelosi addressing reporters in a scripted speech. No questions from reporters there. Yesterdays Judiciary Committee hearing indicated a profound violation of the public trust. The facts are uncontested. The president abused his power for his own personal power and benefit. We are continuing to ask for ts. R comments and your tex 202 7488003 if you want to send us a text. 202 7488000 and 202 7488001. Julian hannibal, missouri. Thank you hanging in there. Caller hello. Host good morning. [inaudible] host you are going in and out. Get closer to the phone and go over your comment. Ler President Trump [indiscernible] host im sorry. Technology is failing us this morning. We will go to nancy in crawfordsville, florida. Caller good morning. I am struck as i listen to callers and people in the media framing this as democrats versus republicans. Although it looks like that maybe in the invest and the congress, it is not that way in real life. It is people who value the u. S. Constitution and the facts versus people who live in this false bubble out there. It is very troubling to me. My father fought in world war ii. His parents came from italy but never once was his or our patriotism questioned. I am a retired newspaper reporter. I have always been able to see both sides of a situation. Im also able to see facts. We have media propaganda networks. I dont need to tell you the letters that make of their names. Swaths of thee population who were brainwashed by that. They are out there armed with fermented by this dangerous president. I am glad there are democrats in congress doing the job, but this is not democrats versus republicans. This is loyal americans. Host about 45 minutes more of your phone calls and comments. Nancy pelosi now speaking to members of the press and speaking about the impeachment process, about moving ahead with the impeachment process. We appreciate your phone calls. 202 7488001 for republicans. Democrats, 202 7488000. Independents and others, 202 7488002. We will get to your calls and comets momentarily. Back to capitol hill to hear from congressman kevin heard of oklahoma representing the tulsa area. We just heard from speaker pelosi. It sounds like things are going to move forward towards a vote on some articles of impeachment. What are your thoughts . Guest this is something the speaker has been talking about for months, she wanted the president impeached by christmas. She has moved the time i up more so after one in the Judiciary Committee. It is almost it is sad for america that we dont listen to the information we have. We have constitutional lawyers coming in from elite law schools. After 12 of the Committee Hearings and the constitutional attorneys, nobody has firsthand knowledge of anything, unlike the other two impeachments we have gone throughout our lifetime. I will go back to the district. Americans in my district want us to move forward and get on with doing americas work of creating jobs and having the opportunity still dont have a funding bill to get the government open through christmas. Host what are the concerns about getting a budget finally passed . There is a deadline coming up in a couple of weeks on december 20. Guest i also serve on the budget committee. We produced the budget earlier in the year and got into the speaker and she did not want to put it on the floor. We kept working. We have not done regular order at all. In july we pushed to get the topline numbers. We still have not got our bill done. We are working on that now. It does not look like we will have it done before christmas. We are coming up close on a Government Shutdown again. You mentionedman, the folks back home momentarily. What is your sense when you are back for the thanksgiving break of where people are on this . Guest if youre against the president before this happened, you are still against him. If you are for him, you are still for him. This is my first year in politics and you work at the middle ground and you continue to see the independents moving away from the impeachment. The understand nobody is above the law they want to get on. They dont see anything there. The president is not a politician. Never said he was going to be a politician. Because he did not use the word corrupter the conversation. But we found out going well leave this segment from this mornings washington ournal to go to the Weekly Briefing with nancy pelosi. Speaker pelosi good morning, good morning. How are you . Id you have a good thanksgiving . Roirp are we going to have reporter are we going to have a good krs . Speaker pelosi we will