manu is getting reaction on capitol hill. reporter: yeah, republicans reacting swiftly, as they have been very critical about this plea agreement before today s collapse of that agreement, saying this is in their view a sweetheart deal, something that joe biden s zonal got because he s joe biden s son, arguing it could have been much stiffer. they re essentially saying this confirms their point. there are several members who want to investigate this deal and potentially open up an impeachment inquirinquiry. a number of them said that this essentially bolsters their investigation. one member who is not on the committee, but influential on the far right told me that this deal was an effort to protect
articles to see if they can extract concessions from the senate. they want to hear from fact witnesses like mike pompeo, mick mulvaney, john bolton, folks that refused to testify in the house impeachment inquirinquiry. the jd to force mitch mcconnell s hand and hope that popular opinion, that the american people would like to hear from those witnesses in the senate. we know that he is notoriously impoo impervious. nancy pelosi and chuck schumer are expected to meet today and hash this out. between now and january we could see more political maneuvering as house democrats try to get the fairest, in their view, trial that they could possibly have in the senate.
security professionals. democrats and republicans who expressed concern with the president s wrongdoing. and said, this undermines american national security. that s a basis for the impeachment inquirinquiry. what the president has done is said, unlike the madisonian vision of democracy where there are checks and balances, separate and coequal branches of government, i alone can determine what the representatives of the people see. in connection with a legitimate investigation. at the same time, this is a president that attacks everybody, to distract. attacks everybody who won t bend the knee to donald j. trump. attack john mccain. a war hero. attack mitt romney, 2012 republican nominee.
call, click, or visit a store today. president trump comparing the experiences of people of color, facing injustice in the criminal justice system, to his impeachment inquirinquiry.
hearings. right? a public sort of airing what they re learning behind closed doors, and that s going to put, i think, republicans in a very difficult position, and in that position when everything is aired these sort of sit-ins and theatrics will certainly be less welcome, i think. what about, let me stay with you, because manu gave us a heads up that senator graham will make a big announcement next hour expected to unveil a resolution condemning how the house is handling the ever impeachment inquirinquiry. last week sent a letter to speaker pelosi echoing the same. and now senator graham apparently and mitch mcconnell co-sponsoring this legislation? what s going on? this is an event, this impeachment inquiry that the president is watching on television. right? that s what he is doing. probably most of the day, seeing how it s playing and looking to