lawmakers have a log jam in the making. senate republicans expect to conduct a trial after the new year and before moving to pass the usmca trade deal which means one of the president's top domestic priorities will have to wait for weeks as his administration hangs in the balance. and as for the president's meeting with the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, the white house put out a read-out of the meeting a short while ago and just the last few minutes the white house said that the president did warn the russian foreign minister not to interfere in the 2020 presidential election. of course, wolf, the president's critics will say he should have done that four years ago and now it is too little, too late. wolf. >> jim acosta at the white house. joining us now eliot engel of new york, the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. thanks so much, congressman, for joining us. -- as you know this is a historic day in the united states. how did you decide on the two articles of impeachment, abuse of power and obstruction of