colleague jeff van drew for his expected defection from the democratic party this week. yasmin. thanks to hans nichols for that report. and as was mentioned, a democratic congressman pretty outspoken about the trump impeachment is likely to leave the party. two democratic leadership sources telling nbc news that they expect new jersey congressman jeff van drew to change his registration to republican. congressman van drew flipped his republican-leaning swing district back in 2018, but an internal poll obtained by nbc news earlier this month showed he would be unlikely to be re-elected next year. the judiciary committee chair jer jerry madler weighed in on this topic just yesterday. what he is reacting to is the public polling that shows he can t get renominated. his electorate in his district is 24% to renominate him and 60% to nominate somebody else. meanwhile, six of his congressional staffers resigned
and the party infighting on capitol hill is only getting worse. nbc news correspondent hans nichols has a preview of what to expect from lawmakers this week. reporter: as the house prepares to impeach the 45th president, both parties accusing the other of perverting justice. democrats say senate republicans are violating their oath to be impartial jurors in an impeachment trier. it is a complete subversion of the constitutional scheme. reporter: senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he is working in total coordination with the white house. ween be doing our job if we weren t working hand in hand with the senate to clear the president of this charade, this sham. senators will take an oath to do impartial justice at the start of the impeachment trial. some gop senators argue impartially doesn t include politics. i have clearly made up my mind. i am not trying to hide the fact that i have disdain for the accusations in the process.
top stories. the house vote to impeach president trump is just days away, and the party infighting on capitol hill, it s only getting worse. nbc news correspondent hans nichols has a preview of what we can expect from lawmakers this week. reporter: as the house prepares to impeach the 45th president, both parties accusing the other of perverting justice. democrats say senate republicans are violating their oath to be impartial jurors in an impeachment trial. and it s a complete subversion of the constitutional scheme. reporter: mitch mcconnell said he is working in total coordination with the white house. we wouldn t be doing our job if we weren t working hand in hand with the senate to clear the president of this charade, this sham. reporter: senators will take an oath to do impartial justice at the start of the impeachment trial. some gop senators argue impartiality doesn t include politics. i m not trying to hide the fact that i have disdain for the
proceedings bringing ideological diversity to the team they may send over to the senate. house democrats are sharply critical of their colleague jeff van drew for his expected defection from the democratic party this week. our thanks to hans nichols for that report. a democratic congressman who has been outspoken against the president s meecimpeachment is likely to leave the party. two sources telling nbc news they expect new jersey congressman jeff van drew to change his registration to republican. congressman van drew flipped his republican leaning swing district in 2018, but an internal poll obtained by nbc news earlier this month showed he would be unlikely to get reelected next year. judiciary committee chair jerry nadler weighed in on the topic yesterday. what he s reacting is the public polling that shows he can t get renominated. his electorate in his district is 24% to renominate him and 60%
and that s the other problem. when you re negotiating with a set of groups like this, who can speak on their behalf? who can make the arrangement stick? exactly what are you getting in terms of future guarantees? that s a separate question from how many troops we have there at any given time. we looked have even more troops there and that would still be a problem. hans nichols with the news this hour. thank you, tom nichols. thank you both. following a historic vote from the house judiciary committee, we look ahead to a big one on wednesday. that is when the full house votes on whether to impeach an american president for only the third time in the nation s history. but first, some new developments. nbc news confirms one moderate democrat, new jersey congressman jeff van drew expected to switch parties after a personal meeting with president trump. democrats can afford to have 17