Spreads a little holiday chiara. Very good holiday for this one name all right. Thats not obviously all thats going on today so let us begin with the latest developments out of washington, d. C. , we are looking at the live look at the house floor. Lawmakers are closing in on a vote to impeach President Trump. Kayla tausche has the latest details. And the likely time line for you now, kayla. Brian, there is roughly two hours left of debate and remarks from Party Leadership before the house takes up a vote on two articles of impeachment against the president of the United States we just heard from the two congressman from texas moments ago. Republicans have lebron jamesly argued that President Trump is falsely accused of wrong doing by a party who doesnt like him. Democrats tried to argue that history will be on their side. A few moments ago we from justin amash who left the Republican Party earlier this year and may have president ial ambitions. He is going to be voting for impeachment
There will be additional sessions tomorrow and sunday. As you heard from the end of todays very brief session, it is chairman jerry nadler announcing at the end articles of impeachment resolution that days toittee has two file the report. By holding these pro forma sessions today, tomorrow, on sunday it gives them the opportunity to file in the house. The committee will meet on the resolution that will take place at 11 00 a. M. On tuesday ahead of the floor debate expected on wednesday. Some procedural things happening in the house in order to follow the rules by the house of representatives. Look for some brief pro forma sessions tomorrow and sunday. Then the rules Committee Meeting on tuesday. In the meantime, back to your phone calls. We also have one for independents. The president s meeting with the president of paraguay and there is a meeting with reporters in the oval office. We show you that coming up in just a couple minutes. Eric in buffalo, thank you for waiting, good mornin
expect november 8th, exactly four weeks from today as we say hello. i m bill hemmer. got your election red on. dana: exactly. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we love the mid-terms and catch you up on these latest ones. a couple changes you will want to know about. the latest forecast shows the republicans taking the house and win 231 seats. it could swell to as many as 246. bill: best case for democrats is 220 seats, about where they are right now. that would be enough for a razor thin house majority. dana: the senate is anyone s game. we have 47 races going democrat, 49 republican. that means it all comes down to the four toss-ups we ve been talking about, arizona, georgia, nevada, pennsylvania. bill: the nationwide conversation is shifting. majority of independents say they re more focused on the economy than voting rights and democracy. a trend that would favor republicans. dana: alexandria hoff has more from washington. the numbers just out. al
My name is tyra, and im the executive Vice President at new america. Welcome to new america, for those of you who are here for the first time. I am delighted that we are having a very important conversation this afternoon about punishment in the u. S. For those of you that may be unfamiliar with this particular, with the criminal Justice System, youll learn quickly that i think the criminal Justice System is criminal in some of the ways in which it applies justice. We at new america are working even though our society is changing, woo erwere working f thriving individuals, communities, and family. To have the time, stability, necessary to leave productable lives. We work for equitable, accessible and high quality education for all. We work for equal representation in politics and participation in accountable government. And we do that in part by telling stories about whats happening and whats possible. And we also do that by generating big and bold ideas to solutions that i think youll
Cspan. Lets talk about this tax bill. Members of your party are saying there need to be some fixes and revisions to the bill. What change, if any, is needed. Its good to be back. Come by anytime. Anytime you do massive legislation like this, this is the biggest revision. The last was in 86 and this is bigger than that. We know all along when you have such a massive rewrite you will have technical changes that will need to occur. We wrote our tax system on how we treat International Economics and cash flow. We knew that would need some revising. So far, not a lot that really needs to be done other than what i would call small things. No republican support for the Affordable Care act, is that the new norm . I hope not. I was surprised. Not a single democrat voted for this. In 20 days youve seen 2 million workers getting raises and bonuses producing all these reasons being announced in Electricity Companies announcing they are lowering rates as a consequence of this. In milwaukee we have