impeachment. we may not. there's no point in speculating whether the speaker will agree with our point. >> reporter: what they haven't been saying is it's approved in the impeachment proceedings. she had been saying that for weeks. she's dropped that message in the last several days. the house judiciary committee is considering moving forward with articles of impeachment. i'm told the speaker signed off on that language. here to put it into focus, we have kate andrews. kate, an associate director and political columnist with city a.m., from our london bureau. >> good to see you, george. it's being called an impeachment