And when politics meets football. Protests take place in spain ahead of barcelonas match with real madrid. In just the past few hours, donald trump has become only the third president in American History to be impeached by the house of representatives. That sets up a trial in the senate, which has to decide whether he should be removed from office. The house is controlled by his opponents, the democrats. His own party, the republicans, dominate the senate. The strong expectation is that he will be acquitted in the senate. This is how the impeachment was formally announced. The ayes are 230, the nays are 197. Present is one. Articlei is adopted. A News Conference followed that vote. Nancy pelosi, praised her democrat colleagues at a News Conference. I could not be prouder or more inspired than by the moral courage of the house democrats. We never asked more of them or how they were going to vote. We never whipped the vote. And use all the public state m e nts vote. And use all the publi
Honor and a privilege to be with you today. Thanks a lot, thank you. Thank you. [applause] thank you. Son it is an honor to be here. The constitution does not mention Political Parties, and George Washington warned us against them in his farewell address. He said that Political Parties would form factions of men, and he said that the men in those factions would end up caring more about their faction than about their country. Georgebviously washington was correct. Situation where the political system goes on and on and on about how divided we are, and yet the political system itself is the primary divider. I think that the dividing lines are not even true. They are not even appropriate to the times in which we live, because the Main Division today is not between left and right. The Main Division today is between democracy and antidemocracy. The Main Division today is between those who believe that economic principles unfettered by any ethical or moral consideration should organize our s
Institute in washington. The to look forward to House Intelligence Committee and impeachment hearings. When you heard the news that the phase would switch to a public face, what were your thoughts about your expectations for those hearings . Guest i was surprised how quickly, the timeline is so compressed. It is going fast. It is surprising a lot of us who follow this on a daily basis, how fast this is proceeding and how quick democrats want to make their case public. Host because of the people i will interview have testified behind closed doors, what do you hope the committee hopes to draw out in public that they didnt in closeddoor hearings . Guest democrats want to hear what they heard behind closed doors. They are so willing to move on this quickly because they are confident in the case they have, confident in the testimony they have received in those depositions behind closed doors. Republicans are hopeful they can to this public opportunity show misrememberings or confusion or ch
Heritage foundation Nick Lawrence and friends of the orte discuss the Trump Administrations plan to leave the plan to leave the paris climate agreement. The u. S. T wednesday, house of representatives will do something it has not done in 21 years, hold a public hearing on the impeachment of the president of the United States. Good morning. This is washington journal. We would like to know your expectations for that hearing. What do you hope to learn next week in the two hearing set and what do you hope or anticipate the outcome may be . Democrats call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. And for independents and others, that is 2027488002. You can also text us, 2027488003. Make sure you let us know where you are texting from and your name. cspanwj is how you reach as on twitter and facebook. Com cspan. A headline this morning in roll call, open impeachment hearings to begin next week. Katherine tullymcmanus writing the house will move into the public hearing phase next week. Bill taylo
When you heard the news yesterday that the phase would switch to a public phase, what were your thoughts about your expectations for those hearings . Guest first and foremost i was surprised how quickly they are coming. This timeline is moving so fast and is surprising a lot of us who follow this on a daytoday basis. How fast this is proceeding and how fast emigrants want to make their case publicly. Host people they were interview next week have all testified behind closed doors. What do you suppose the committee hopes to draw out to public that they did not enclosed door hearings . Guest democrats want to hear what they have heard behind closed doors. They are willing to move on this quickly because they are confident in the case they have, the testimony they have received in those depositions. Republicans are hopeful that they can use the public opportunity to show confusion or armor between the corroborating witnesses about what they remember to try and get some confusion and chunk