President trump. Vincent gonzalez, a member of the committee. [video clip] the actions of the Trump Presidency reveal dishonorable facts of the president s the oath of betrayal of his office and the integrity of our elections. The houses moving forward with an official impeachment inquiry. Speaker nancy pelosi on capitol hill yesterday setting up a constitutional showdown with President Trump and starting the clock on a president ial Impeachment Vote that has only taken place two previous times in u. S. History. We are getting your reaction to it all on phone lines split by party. Democrats, it is 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents, 2027488002. You can also send us a text message. If you do, please include your name and where you are from. That number, 2027488003. Catch up with us on social media. On twitter it is cspanwj. On facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good wednesday morning, you can start calling now. If you thought yesterday was a fastpaced newsday, get
Conversation the president had ukraine. President of members of the House Intelligence Committee asked about the complaint and how it was handled by the office of dni, the Justice Department, and white house. We show the entire hearing, and you can read the whistleblower complaint at cspan. Org. [gavel bangs] chairman schiff the committee will come to order. Without objection, the chair reserves the right to reassess the hearing at any time. The president ial oath of office requires the president of the United States to do two things. Faithfully execute his or her office, and protect and defend the constitution. That oath, of course, cannot be honored if the president does not first defend the country. If our National Security is jeopardized, if our country is left undefended, the necessity to faithfully execute the office becomes moot. Where there is no country, there is no office to execute. And so, the duty to defend the nation is foundational to the president s responsibilities. Bu
Impeachment inquiry. Look. A mr. Schiff good afternoon. I now had a chance to review and detail the notes of the call between the president of the United States and the president the legal as well as opinion drafted by the an rtment of justice in effort to prevent the whistleblower complaint from and i to our committee have to say i am shocked by both. Reflected f the call conversation far more damning than i or many others had imagined. Is shocking at another level that the house would release these notes and felt help thehow this would president s case or cause, because what those notes reflect mafialike shakedown of a foreign leader. Ukrainian t a president who was desperate for. S. Support, for military support to help that country in puttins h putinsussia, a with a sia, at which people face dangerous and continuing and destabilizing action by their aggressive neighbor. And at the same time a president states who d immediately, after the ukraine forident expresses the need further
They have information, i think id take it. That comment could change the calculation for democrats on impeachment and pressure Speaker Pelosi to act. Well take all that straight to Chris Christie and announcer from abc news, its this week. Here now, chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Good morning. Happy fathers day and welcome to this week. Only a small portion of georges extensive interview with the president has aired so far and those excerpts are reverberating throughout washington. In just a moment, youll see new scenes from our allaccess abc news exclusive. George asked the president questions that Robert Mueller never had a chance to ask him. But first, to underscore the significance of what we have already heard from the president , he did not see a problem accepting help from a foreign country, an adversary, even, to win a second term. And if he received that kind of offer, he may or may not tell the fbi about it. That comment surprised some of the president s close
The indictment of the former President Donald Trump im here tonight with my msnbc colleagues, jonathan came our, host of the saturday and sunda shows. Host of simone, and katie phang, host of the Katie Phang Show in just less than 24 hours, th president will be teflon don coming to an end. Nbc news has one of the around 30 counts related t trumps alleged role in Th Hush Money payments made t Stormy Daniels he will appear in court in New York City on tuesday his campaign now says trum will give a speech a maralago that same evening trumps legal team said toda they are quote, not doin anything, and quote, at th enrollment, but will instead wait for the arraignment to be unsealed we will take the indictment we will dissect it the team will look at ever potential issue that we will b able to challenge and we wil challenge it of course a very muc anticipate emotions becaus theres no law that fits this. There is no law that fits this we are likely to get a first look at the indictment oursel