Judiciary committee. Three of the experts testifie that the president had committed impehable offenses a in pressurinforeign power to open an investigation into a political rival. Also this week, california senator, harris announced shg is dout of the president ial race. Harris had gotten off to a strong start with an impressive performance th the first president ial debate held in june. Since then, her mpaign was marred by infighting and muddled messaging on key issues such as healthcare. W th us is l. A. Times political reporter melanie mason. She joins us via skype from los angeles. Thank you for being here, melanie. Thank you for having me. In thstudio Political Writer carl m iannci. Carla, i want to start with you. It has been a big thweek in impeachment inquiry. We know Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced yesterday s she directed the house committees to draft these articles of impeachment. Can you quickly walk us through what happens now. Now we have got come in the house judiciary co
haley has what she s wanted she s head to head with donald trump in new hampshire. can you hear that sound? that s the sound of a two-person race. we re all set to win, but one favor, no matter how big we re winning, we want to win by big margins. the more we win by, the bigger signal we sent for november. that s why you have to do it. with trump ahead by double digits, is it too little, too late? we ll have the latest from our reporters and analysts on the desantis fallout ahead of tomorrow s primary. and on the 51st anniversary of roe v. wade, more than a year after the decision is overturned, the biden/harris campaign is putting it front and center today. democratic senator amy klobucar discusses the strategy with me. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. we are just hours away from the new hampshire primary in a contest unlike any other we ve seen in the state s history. to start, republican front-runner had planned to spend these crucial fina
Newsroom starts right now. Thank you again for joining us. Our top story, were now getting a much more detailed version of a recording we brought you recently featuring u. S. President donald trump. Cnn has obtained nearly 90 minutes of audio which capture as conversation at dinner in 2018 between the president and lev parnas. Parnas is an indicted associate of Rudy Giuliani who said he was part of the ukraine pressure tactics. We played for you earlier the part where mr. Trump calls for the u. S. Ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, said this. They have everything there. Theyre just now waiting for your support a little bit to make sure because obviously if they go on their own, russia wont let them do it because theyll cut off a lot of their revenue. How long were they last in a fight with russia. Not very long. Without us, not very long. Without us. No, i dont think so. But russia, also, keeps in mind talks a big game, but theyre not ready to they dont theyre not ready to play.
Flag and their ratings have been terrific ever since. The russia thing is a hoax. Also, 2020 dreams. The democratic field just got bigger and more impressive. How far is too far left . Plus the fallout for the governor of virginia. What to make of his admission of Michael Jackson blackface. But new today, the president with pointed remarks and a wide ranging interview ahead of the super bowl. First, less than two weeks to avoid a Government Shutdown. While members of congress the president repeating his threats to declare a National Emergency to build a border wall. Would you shut down the government again . Well, were going to have to see what happens on february 15th. Youre not taking i dont take anything off the table. I dont like to take anything off the table. Its the alternative, its National Emergency. Its other things. There have been plenty of National Emergencies called and this really is an invasion of our country by human traffickers. President trump also doubled down on hi
he wants to get into a fight but what he will do is use them as a way of changing the subject matter and getting himself involved in that democratic primary. he likes being in the news cycle, he won t give it up to challengers or potential challengers to him so expect more of it. who do you think either announced or unannounced basil that would give the president the hardest time? a lot of people have talked about joe biden. i ll also throw in amy klobuc r klobuchar, midwestern democrat who i love to hear speak and she s a tremendous sort of force within the democratic party. i think any of those two plus all of the ones that actually have the v g have gotten in the race so far, they can nudge and needle the president and republicans going into this election cycle and that s what s going on interesting because with so many, how do they stake out that specific lane for themselves? very good point. anyone going to challenge the