Trump in any resolution from the floor so the appearance of this is that theres a rush to judgment on everybodys part you hear a candidate for president on the other side saying even before they saw the transcript that came out a couple of days ago that that he should be impeached and then you hear republicans absolutely certain that hes done nothing wrong which you know maybe on the 4 corners of that document he has it so i think that its a mistake to have these hearings in closed door sessions like the are right now in the Intelligence Committee at least in less there are some National Security information there you can have hearings in open Public Session either by the Intelligence Committee judiciary somebody if theres a whistle blower you can put literally what ive done is chairman in the past you put a bag over their head to put a sheet over something that then muffle their voice so you arent disclosing them but its not a National Security issue they say these hearings should not
I think that it was not a good thing to do i wouldnt recommend doing it im not sure its impeachable of itself i dont think it rises to the same level as we had in the clinton impeachment trial of certainly not of crimes like perjury lying under oath in front of a court or grand jury or tampering with a witness or hiding things in that sense of obstructing justice it doesnt rise to the same level as watergate where you had not only the break in but the cover up and clearly abuse of a number of agencies so the question is twofold one is did the president commit a any crime or an abuse of power that would merit a article of impeachment on its own related to that and number 2 do you want to remove him from office now that latter decision is going to be made if it gets through you know a passage of the house there thats going to be made by the u. S. Senate and i think its clear that he and i think everybody generally agrees that its highly unlikely. He would be removed for this but he might
Traffic and visitors. It has been empty the last five days. E mayo heasburg said it ents is time for everyone to come home. Time to come home. People are coming in now. It is pretty cool. Reporter you get to go home to. Yes. My family gets to come home. Reporter it has been tough. Yes the empty plaza just doesnt feel right. Without the people here. Reporter the mayor said he did not think he would get that emotional. He just became overcome with emotion when he saw people returning home. That plaza will be filled in the next couple days. We are in santa rosa. This was the evacuation center. A of peleare re still here. Heading back tsor an respective homes. Santa ana winds creating havoc continuing to cause problems in southern california. We have live pictures of helicopters dumping water on a brush fire in whittier. This one looks like they have a handle on it for sure. The air assault has been going for a while. You can see the choppers as they collect the water at the nearby lake. L
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Xt ell she changed course. Whistleblower complaint filed by a cia analyst assigned to the white house was handed over to congress. It revealed blockbuster allegations about the president s efforts to urge the ukrainians to medal in the upcoming election and cited attorney general william barr and the president s attorney Rudy Giuliani as the points of contact. Also stunning, details of a possible administration 0 coverup as the whistleblower revealed white house officials locked down the call record in a classified server due to concerns over its content. But do these developments rise to the level of impeachable offenses . Most republicans say no. President trump insists he has done nothing wrong but was caught on camera talking about the white house leak that led to the whistleblower complaint. Who is the person that gave the whistleblower the atn i iot kntte used to do in s we used to handle ate little differently than we do now. The president s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani will