republicans to do what s right and to demand that this report be turned over immediately. congressman ben ray lujan, congresswoman abigail spanberger, congresswoman angie craig, thank you all for starting us off tonight. really appreciate it. thank you for having us. thank you. as we said, things went bad for the president in the house of representatives in the formal impeachment inquiry today. but they went just as badly for the president today in the republican-controlled united states senate where mitch mcconnell agreed to democratic leader chuck schumer s request for unanimous consent for a resolution, saying the whistle-blower complaint should be provided to the house and senate intelligence committees. madam president, as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s resolution 325 introduced by mr. schumer and submitted earlier today. stipulating that our
congresswoman abigail spanberger, congresswoman angie craig, thank you for being here. really appreciate it. thank you. sto as we said, things went bad for the president in the house of representatives in the formal impeachment inquiry today. but they went just as bad in the senate where mitch mcconnell agreed to democrat chuck schumer s request for a resolution, saying the whistleblower complaint should be provided to the house and senate intelligence committees. madam president, as if in legislative session, i ask unanimous consent that the senate proceed to the immediate consideration of s resolution 325 introduced by mr. schumer and submitted earlier today. stipulate laing that our
now summer is just another season in the reality show we re all trapped in together. for example, the u.s. house of representatives began its six-week summer recess at the end of last week, but just today, three more house democrats made public pronouncements that they are now in favor of an impeachment inquiry regarding donald trump. now, if you add them to those who announced their support this weekend in the wake of robert mueller s testimony last week, a number of law make and tmakers of lawmakers calling for an impeachment inquiry is now over 110 and quickly approaching half of the democratic caucus in the house. we re going to speak live with one of those three members of congress who announced their support for an impeachment inquiry today. very shortly. but starting tomorrow, all eyes in the political universe will not be on washington but on detroit where 20 democratic presidential candidates will be participating in the second primary debate over the next two nights. and part
all trapped in together. for example, the u.s. house of representatives began its six-week summer recess at the end of last week, but just today, three more house democrats made public pronouncements that they are now in favor of an impeachment inquiry regarding donald trump. now, if you add them to those who announced their support this weekend in the wake of robert mueller s testimony last week, a number of lawmakers and number of lawmakers calling for an impeachment inquiry is now over 110 and quickly approaching half of the democratic caucus in the house. we re going to speak live with one of those three members of congress who announced their support for an impeachment inquiry today, very shortly. but starting tomorrow, all eyes in the political universe will not be on washington but on detroit where 20 democratic presidential candidates will be participating in the second primary debate over the next two nights. and particularly because they will be meeting in detroit, not just a
they knew what was going to be in the report. their republican allies, you know, tried to chip away at the credibility of the investigation, and i think that they feel pretty comfortable at this point. you know, they they yes, a few more house democrats came out for an impeachment inquiry today, but it s still not even the majority of the democrats, much less a majority of the house. so, you know, this continues to be a useful political issue for the president in some ways. he has something to to pin off of. he likes that. but as a matter of real threat, i think cynthia has a good point there. it s hard to see whether the house is genuinely going to go forward after another six-week recess and push this. pretty quickly, we re into the thick of the primaries and everybody s going to say, well, let s just let the voters decide. maybe i m wrong. something will come up. maybe mcgahn s testimony if he were to give it suddenly transforms things. maybe he becomes john dean and points a