impeachment. we start with president trump overnight, signing two spending packages, totaling $1.4 trillion. averting a government shutdown. the white house says the president signed the bills aboard air force one late last night on his way to mar-a-lago for the holidays. but as the president wakes up in sunny south florida this morning, back in washington, a cloud of uncertainty remains over what happens next in the impeachment battle. here is ivanka trump in a new interview. i think he sees it for what it is, which is really just raw partisan politics. on capitol hill, the impeachment showdown intensifies. the two chambers of congress caught in a bitter standoff as lawmakers head home for the holidays. and the house speaker nancy pelosi is holding impeachment in limbo saying she has no intention of sending the articles to the senate until their process is laid out. and in the senate, deadlocked between the republican and
this is speaker pelosi less than 48 hours after she gaveled in the votes to impeach the president now inviting him, as we mentioned, to deliver the state of union address in early february. meanwhile, the president in mar-a-lago that the hour for the holiday break after signing a $1.4 trillion spending package overnight averting a government shutdown. let s go to hans nichols traveling with the president in west balm beach. i can guarantee it s warmer where you are than it is here. you ve got congress back in session not until january 7th. is there a sense that this impeachment battle is percolating? do you make any sense of that? reporter: well, the president didn t directly address it last night, and that, alex, is something different. usually the president will try to find a way, especially in front of what seems to be a friendly eyes. now last night it was an official military audience, but he didn t directly engage on the impeachment subject matter. what he did was a victory
democrats next that voted on it. it will be the end of their electoral base come next year. harris: at the end of each one of you because i m going to bring you back in just a couple of minutes. a new report has john durham setting his sights on ex-cia director john brennan and his investigation and the 2 202016 russia pro. what exactly is john durham looking for? plus, the impeachment battle will move into 2020 but it s one democratic witness is now questioning whether president trump has actually been really impeached at this point. s so every veteran can save $2000 a year.
where do you stand on this? mcconnell is saying he doesn t want a trial but the present once a speedy trial because he wants his name cleared. first off it is pretty frustrating because the democrats don t care about getting anything done. schiff did trump s job and prove nothing happen here. there is no evidence, right, the evidence is the transcript. nancy pelosi if she doesn t want to send it or break our hearts. the senate did not want this on their lap anyway. we wanted to get things done for the american public, past budgets, reduce drug prices, focus on securing the border, but this is something she created and now come i think she just realizes this is bad for their elections. so i think she scared to death to send it. if she does we will deal with it and if she doesn t we won t. ed: senator you talk about getting things done. despite this impeachment battle, the president moving forward on the usmca trade deal a big defense bill that he will sign to push forward that is im
happened to former president bill clinton back in 1999. ed, well it was the highly unusual, it would not be unprecedented. ed: christian fisher live at the white house, the anchor of fox news sunday, good afternoon, sir. how are you? ed: chris, let s start with the state of union before potential impeachment trial. which is we have done research and bill clinton of course gave the state of the union in the middle of his impeachment battl. we told us we look at the tape, he did not mention the impeachment battle. he tried to focus on the issues. it seems hard this president would avoid mentioning it. i agree. the idea that he would be under impeachment perhaps the senate trial underway by that point and that the president would simply ignore that and focus on his legislative agenda. i would be impressed if he did it. i would also be surprised if he did it. you know, he has not shown ability as bill clinton did to compartmentalize.