century. does it still matter what the limits of power are? thank you congressman denny heck of washington state, david cicilliny of rhode island, and john meacham with history. coming up, much more on tonight s breaking news. speaker nancy pelosi as i said announced a formal impeachment inquiry, a proceeding heading towards an up or down vote at some point on president trump s impeachment. as the flood gates open today with three dozen house announcing just today their support for beginning the impeachment process. the very basic idea of getting foreign help to influence the american political process, that is beyond the pail. we need to step up and talk about a president becoming more and more chaotic and reckless and this really crossed a line for us. plus seven freshman democrats write in a the washington post op-ed column that the president s alleged actions are a threat to our national security. if the allegations are true they say he should be impeached. two of those dem
political opponent, former vice president joe biden. that revelation changed everything for pelosi and seems to have led the way for many democrats. as of right now 188 house democrats back impeachment. that s more than three quarters of the democratic caucus. i m joined now by congressman denny heck of washington state, u.s. congressman david sill leany of rhode island, heidi with nbc news correspondent, and john meacham of course a presidential historian and coauthor of impeachment, an american history. let me start with you congressman heck, i remember from writing about niktsen all those years he said i knew i was in trouble when i saw who was running the show up there, in that case my old boss. in this case pelosi seems she s out in front. yes, he knows he s in trouble because of the speaker s change
lactaid. it s the milk that doesn t mess with you. welcome back to our broadcast. joining me now, a democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman denny heck of washington state. congressman, we learned today that someone in the oval or what who was told about happened in the oval did their due diligence calls to the cia and nsa. now, a guy like you on your committee, were you briefed? how and when did you learn about this today? brian, i spent most of my evening on an airplane flying from the west coast out here. so i got an e-mail in flight to learn about this. i want to say this about it, if i may. if it is true, and the white house has not disavowed the revelation, if i were to have done that as a member of the intel committee, i would be
welcome back to our broadcast. joining me now, a democrat on the house intelligence committee, congressman denny heck of washington state. congressman, we learned today that someone in the oval or what was told about what happened in the oval did their due diligence calls to cia and nsa. now, a guy like you on your committee, were you briefed? how and when did you learn about this today? brian, i spent most of my evening on an airplane flying from the west coast out here. so i got an e-mail in flight to learn about this. i want to say this about it, if i may. if it is true, and the white house has not disavowed the revelation, if i were to have done that as a member of the intel committee, i would be subject to prosecution under the espionage act of 1917, and subject up to ten years in jail.
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