He abused the power of his office by soliciting the interference but to benefit himself personally. But they obstructed congress in those matters it had a grave injury to the grand democracy. The founders and their wisdom gave the house the power to accuse the power to judge a now the nation turns its eye to the senate. What will the nations see. While the nations see what Alexander Hamiltons all, a body of government with enough to preserve the impartiality or see the senate dragged into the depths of partisan fervor. The nation witnessed how the leader sees his role in the chapter into demonstrating the fundamental weakness of the president s dissent. Its the legitimate because the house voted along party lines into their blind fealty to the president. It was motivated by partisan rage. This from the man who said i am not impartial, i get no attention to be impartial if us to make president obama a one term president. Leader mcconnell claimed democrats impeach the president for asser
The most pressing problems facing our generation. Host where do you guys get your funding . Guest our funding comes from individual donors, the tap action fund. That is how we do our business there. Host how do you expect the youth of america to vote in the upcoming election . Do you expect it to go up or down . Or even stay flat . Guest it is going through the roof. There is no question. This was or shadowed in the 2018 midterms where voter turnout had the highest mark in 20 years, particularly pronounced between voters 18 to 35. Youre seeing engagement from young adults now. That will shoot through the roof in 2020. Host why are more young people getting involved in voting and civil action . Guest young people have led civic and social justice actions throughout history. You are now seeing that turned vote. Need for need to people are realizing that 16 votes can be the difference in an election and the difference in terms of having people working alongside social justice movements. F
Elected, young president that we all were excited about, an anticorruption president. The president tried to coerce him into interfering in the 2020 elections. The things that i have heard today about the Vice President s child, the things ive heard about the Vice President s son when we have millions of people in this country who are suffering from addiction, i believe to protect the president at any cause is shameful. Article 2, in the nixon impeachment said this, the article principally addressed president nixons use of power including powers vested solely in the president to harm political opponents and gain improper personal political advantages. And explaining this article of impeachment the house judiciary then stated that president nixons conduct was undertaken for his personal political advantage and not in the furtherance of any Valid National policy objective. The president abused his power and to me and at least the members of this side of the deus that matters and with tha
Family knows something about the sacrifice of serving us into a my brothers served in the navy and vietnam war. My brother bob serving sue terms in vietnam. Im lucky to serve with those who have served on my own staff. Lieutenant colin my lawn who was called to service to active duty and david carr again and now as members of congress its our turn to stand up and doctor king one said the ultimate measure of man is not where he stands on moments of comfort its where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. This is a time of great challenge and some of my colleagues do not want to face the reality of a president s wrongdoing. So i asked my colleagues tonight, what are you afraid of . This country was built by those who are brave enough to stand up against king george. We are called to stand up against donald j trump. What are you afraid of . Look to our framers, look to our patriots for courage because this is about courage. The courage to honor my oath, your oath. Mister chairma
Natural resources committee. At 8 30 a. M. , we talk to virginia congressman Gerald Connolly, member of the oversight and Reform Committee and the Foreign Affairs committee. President morning trump at the center of the latest clash between congress and the white house. Tensions escalated over congressional access to the complaint, which involves an unspecified promise made to a foreign head of state. We begin the washington journal this morning getting your thoughts on the latest controversy and what it means for relations between executives and legislative branches of governments. Give us a call, we want to hear from you. Democrats, 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also text us this morning. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. That number, 2027488003. You can catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good morning to you this friday morning, you can start callin