think them not enlightened enough to exercise their control with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take it from them. but to inform their discretion by education. but rather than educate, this majority has chosen today with hearsay, innuendo, and speculation. it will judge it for what it truly is. the ugly hijacking by the majority of our constitution. and the powers it so solemnly entrusts to us to engage in a blatantly-political process designed to finally achieve what they could not achieve at the ballot box. the removal of the a dually elected president. compelled by my sworn duty to uphold this constitution and for the people, i vote no on impeachment today. i yield back. gentleman from new york. madam speaker, i now yield one minute to the gentleman from california, mr. huffman. gentleman s recognized for one minute. madam speaker, as we take this solemn, necessary step of impeaching president trump, my republican colleagues have made up their minds.
pelosi, one of the reasons she s quiet here is she s trying to do the math herself. she believers ss she has the vo. she wouldn t go forward if she didn t think she had the votes to impeach the president. here s one from a very tough district back home saying, it doesn t matter. based on everything i ve heard today, i m a no vote. unless there is something again that i haven t seen, haven t heard before, that has been my position for reasons that i ve staked out. for numerous reasons, the reason i staked out, be careful what you wish for. naethat s a more conservativ moderate democrat from a tough state. he s saying, i have to listen to the people back home. that s the challenge for pelosi as she tries to work this. this is jarrett huffman. she s juggling chain saws and
is convicted, the government would ask for a higher sentence than for huffman. huffman got two weeks admitting she paid for cheating on entrance exam. loughlin and her husband alleged to have paid to buy slots on the crew team at usc for both of their daughters. the government would most likely ask for substantially higher sentence if loughlin goes to trial, but less if the case is resolved before that. dana. dana: thank you. jeopardy host alex trebek saying his fight with pancreatic cancer may force him to give up hosting the game show. the trace. alex trebek long said he would do jeopardy as long as his skills didn t diminish. he says they are beginning to, mostly because of the side effects of chemo. because of sores inside his
jon: trey, thank you. texas authorities now blame the remnants of tropical storm imelda for at least five deaths. the houston area is facing a long recovery. the storm buried some communities beneath more than 40 inches of rain. floodwaters damaged hundreds of homes, many of them just recently rebuilt after hurricane harvey. yesterday we had flooding in the house, came from the back, and then so all our floors got damaged, but then this morning well last night it wasn t in the house coming the other way, but when we went to bed and woke up this morning then we saw all this. we lost the whole first floor from harvey. two years later we don t want to go through this again. jon: casey ste gal is reporting from huffman, texas. casey? good evening from a region that s still very much in recovery mode tonight as the rain has pretty much moved out for the most part which is allowing things to start drying