Now, the house is starting its ultimate undertaking. And then today out of nowhere, a letter arrives for speaker pelosi, written or at least dictated mostly by the president , and it reads that way. Six pages, a rant filled with mistakes and false claims fueled by anger. The speaker quickly dismisses it as sick. Meanwhile, as they plan for the next step, senators fight over who will speak at the president s trial. And just today, another of the president s men learned his prison sentence. All of it as the 11th hour gets under way on this tuesday night. Well, good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. Day 1,062 of the Trump Administration on this, the eve of the house vote to impeach donald trump. The house will start debate in the morning and at the end of the day will vote on two articles, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. Tonight the Associated Press and Washington Post both report the democrats have the votes. All republicans are expected to v
Now its time for the last word with lawrence odonnell. Theres going to be an additional hour of debate at the beginning of the debate about the rules. House will then vote on the articles. We know the numbers. We know what well be saying or reporting on tomorrow night at this hour. But theres something about knowing how its going to turn out that feels like its possibly diminishing the enormity of this. Theres this whats going to happen sense isnt really present. And that, i think, in today s news is part of what feeds, i think, many peoples sense of how big this news is. This is gigantic, even though we know whats going to happen. For the third time in u. S. History year going to impeach a president. Once in the 1800s, once in the 1900s and now for the first time in the 2000s. I think impeachment is both rare enough and i think alive enough wire that anything can happen at any point. I mean i know theyve agreed on the six hours of debate but none of the last hearings on impeachment ha
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TRENTON, N.J. (AP) New Jersey has a well-earned reputation as a home to backroom political dealing. But advocates hoping to break the boss-dominated culture in this Democratic stronghold say the ongoing corruption case against Sen. Bob Menendez might have opened the door to a new era in Garden State politics. Many progressives were cheered […]