it hasn t been offered. if it is. i think it probably would have been smart had the democrats done that. whether there would have been support, i would have to think about it. would you support censuring? i would consider it, but i would have to consider it at that time. congressman chabot by the way was one of the house managers who helped republicans make their case to impeach president clinton. democratic congresswoman maxine waters, good to have you with me tonight, congresswoman. so at this moment of course no signs that any republican will support impeachment. do you believe congressman chabot when he says a motion to censure the president could have gotten more support? well, ichblt thoug haven t tt it. it really doesn t mean anything. the fact of the matter is we have moved forward with impeachment, the judiciary committee has put it out and it s going to be on the floor on wednesday, and we re going to vote on it, so the discussion about censure is just meaning
white house suddenly deciding to try to stop morrison from testifying? i think they ll do everything they can to stop him. his testimony is significant, anderson. because taylor delivered this blockbuster testimony, but it s very much in conflict with sondland. and they need to call sondland back. then we re going to have a comparison between the two. to have morrison come in behind this and say taylor s got the right version here of the truth will really help to bolster the credibility and diminish the force of republican anti-arguments saying taylor, it s all secondhand, it doesn t matter, doesn t mean anything. morrison is really critical. as we ve just heard in that 15-page statement, he s a key player. i ve never heard of him, but suddenly you ve got to get this guy up there to testify because he s really critical. can the white house stop him? manu asked morrison s attorney, he said currently, yes, he s going to appear. they can fire him.
good evening. new reporting tonight on when the public will get to see public impeachment hearings on who may testify as well as the drafting of articles of impeachment against the president. there are new signs tonight his defenders still have few good answers on the actual substance of the ukraine affair, even though behind the scenes they are reportedly troubled by it. cnn s jamie gangel is citing republican sources saying senior diplomat william taylor s testimony was a game changer that s still reverberating. privately, that is. publicly for the second straight day republicans for the most part avoid the directly confronting or discussing the evidence he gave, instead objected the to the way the hearings are being conducted. anything it seems but the actual details from this career, nonpartisan civil servant and west point graduate and vietnam war vet who detailed with notes
they allegedly were breaking into. that s where we are. those folks are fred keller of pennsylvania, ron wright of texas, and carol miller of west virginia. none of them needed to storm anything. a spokesman for congressman keller telling us he was acting in solidarity with noncommittee members who were not allowed in, to show support and believes all members of congress, republican or democrat, deserve to know all the facts. congressman miller sent a statement which did not explain at all why she stormed the skiff that she was perfectly entitled to be in. joining us, two republican former congressmen, cnn political commentators, john duffy and charlie dent. congressman duffy, appreciate you being here, let s start with you. if republicans don t think the president did anything wrong
should want to know whether the story is, you know, is fully told and whether the president and the administration did anything wrong. certainly this is something you d want to hear from. certainly john bolton, obviously, the national security adviser, is somebody they would like to hear from as well. absolutely. they ve been pretty quiet about that, how they re going to deal with john bolton, and john bolton himself has been eerily quiet, it makes you wonder how close the book deal is or whether or not there s more coming out. i don t want to say that facetiously. he certainly did not leave on good terms at all with the president. but you re absolutely right. this is, though, one of those questions about private versus public. these are depositions. they re trying to build a case just like you do in a court of law. and let s just say that morrison does corroborate what bill taylor said about the core issue, about whether or not the money was withheld that sondland had this con