Wish i was. I am talking about all those things that are coming to light since the house impeached President Trump accusing him of obstructing congress. Mike pompeo said there will be an investigation into at least one of the new allegations but Senate Republicans are overwhelmingly against bringing any new information into the process. Sarah westwood is joining us on capitol hill. You spoke with congressman schiff earlier, is it going to be an allnighter for them . Reporter since then we have seen some of the seven house managers come and go, many of them carting large binder paper showing you how much materials they are dealing with it. I depends on how the other house managers are willing to work. Theyre preparing to do a lot in a short amount of time. It is set to start less than 48 hours from now. Theyll have to decide which of the seven managers presenting which key of evidence. Both abusive of power and congress articles. House democrats filing their trial briefs of 111 page doc
And there was a surprise. At least with 62 of the vote in, there so far is a surprise in terms of the result. And this young candidate, who had zero name recognition less than a year ago, less than six months ago, and still has zero name recognition in a large part of the country, has a story to tell. Maybe its a good place for him to tell it right after the state of the union. Maybe its a good place to tell if the iowa results are going to be stretched out over several days rather than released once at midnight on a monday in january or in february. So i think its obviously the Iowa Democrats screwed up and theyre going to have to answer for it. But the ultimate impact of what happens here is going to depend both on the results and the way this keeps trickling out. Hes been at 62 and its like netflix. Its been buffering for like five hours. He cant say whats actually happened. Again, i feel bad for sort of mayor pete, but i will say this. He is in a really unique position now to see i
Ago. And still in a large part of the country. Has a story to tell. Maybe its a good place to tell it after the state of union. If the iowa results will be stretched out over several days rather than released once at midnight in on a monday in february. I think its very obviously the Iowa Democrats screwed up and have to answer for it. The ultimate impact of what happens here will depend on the results and the if this keeps trickling out. Hes been on 62 . Buffering for five hours. Its like netflix. I have bad for mayor pete. Hes in a unique position to see if what he did in iowa will work in other states. Will he take it to New Hampshire and South Carolina. Apply this method next. Hes probably hes Single Digits in all other places. Where can he make the loeap basd on the momentum from iowa. We know the theory that senator sanders brings to organizing and voter turn out. Part of the stump speech. Part of the way had says had should be the nominee and attract sport. Its more of a process
Set to acquit him and the final vote happens this wednesday. First, lets begin with the team in iowa covering every single angle of this very big day there and the first state to caucus, democrats are sharpening their pitches for caucusgoers. Jeff, its a tight contest at the top, most recent polling going either way. What are you seeing on the ground there . Good morning, jim and poppy. Theres no question it is a tight race. Polling is now irrelevant. The reality is the strength of the campaigns organizations on the ground as they turn out their supporters really in the next about eight or ten hours or so and get them to this series of town meetings across irrelevant what. In libraries, schools, church basements. They will be gathering places for supporters of these candidates to come state their preference. No question, a lot is on the line for joe biden, more than any other candidate. Hes all in in iowa. Hes been investing more than any other state, and he knows so much is riding on
It concluded we need nothing more than the panel of very distinguished professors and the splended presentations by both the majority counsel and the minority counsel. We asked some questions. The republicans asked them questions. We heard their answers. Were ready to vote. Were ready to try this case in the high court of impeachment. What was being said in the sounds of silence was this. We dont have time to follow the rules. We wont even allow the house judiciary minority members who have been besieging us time and again to have their day. Just one day to call their witnesses. Oh, yes, that is especially provided for in the rules. Well break those rules. Its not liberty and justice for all. The great political scientists of yester year observed the power of the president is ultimately the power to persuade. Oh, yes, the commander in chief and yes, charged with the conduct and authority to guide the nations Foreign Relations, but ultimately its the power to persuade. I suggest to you