and his allies have setup to destroy alexander vinldman, destroying him as a person, anything to protect trump from the truth. and this is the trump way, of course, to destroy anyone who questions him. it s a level of ruthlessness we haven t seen before. and what s truly scary is 2 out of 5 american voters who poll after poll sign-off on this indecency. and not the answer for that. and that s hardball for now. thanks for being with us. all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in. colonel, do you believe the president put national security at risk? the most damning witness to date, democrats finally release their impeachment resolution. we ll have to make a decision based on their conscience. tonight what we now know about impeachment plans as the first witness on the call between donald trump and the
make a decision based on their conscience. tonight what we now know about impeachment plans as the first witness on the call between donald trump and the ukrainian president delivers extremely disturbing testimony and republicans move into attack mode. some people might call that espionage. plus new reporting on how the president is fleecing his own campaign and donors. and as deliberate blackouts and raging wildfires continue, trying to explain the climate nightmare in california. that cannot be a new normal. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. for just the fourth time in all of american history, house of representatives will formally proceed with a formal open impeachment inquiry into the president of the united states. the house resolution to be voted on this thursday reveals the scope of the inquiry as it proceeds into a public phase. this was the statement issued by
persists. i think the president s what he s doing on the border concerns people, the way that it characterizes other people in congress concerns people. again, i don t think the president gets better as the days go on, i think his conduct gets worse. bret: to congressman on special report tonight, back with a panel. mollie, what does come next? nancy pelosi clearly giving the heisman award to impeachment so far. i agree this is a good day for nancy pelosi. i m not sure i agree they will not move forward with impeachment plans. i might think that because i remember jerry nadler saying the day after the election on the train as i sat across from him that he was going to do investigations leading towards impeachment. bret: watch what you say in the quiet car. it wasn t even the quiet car. i think the facts don t seem to say change things. donald trump did when might the election, obstruction, the idea that being angry about being falsely accused of being a traitor is impeachab
endanger our president, lay some sort of soft corner stone for future impeachment proceedings. there are members here with a singular goal in congress to impeach president trump. laying the predicate for the democrats and their crazy impeachment plans. speaking to the washington post magazine pelosi said and this is kind of fantastic, i m not for impeachment. this is news i ve been thinking about this. impeachment is so divisive to the country. that one less there s something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, i don t think we should go down that path because it divides the country. and he s just not worth it. the speaker now using stronger language about a subject she addressed at the beginning of this congress back in january. you said it would be sad and divisive for the country to pursue impeachment. your willing to rule it out? we have to wait and see what
louis burgdorf. house speaker nancy pelosi says she s inclined to steer the democratic caucus way from impeaching president trump after weeks of republicans claiming that house investigations into the trump administration are a pretext for his removal. congressman nadler decided to impeach the president the day the president won the election. get the goods on this president in an apparent effort to impeach him. a forum to tell stories and lie about the president of the united states so that they can all start their impeachment process. this is an attempt to lay some sort of soft corner stone for future impeachment proceedings. there are members here with a singular goal in congress to impeach president trump. laying the predicate for the democrats and their crazy impeachment plans. speaking to the washington post, pelosi said i m not for impeachment. this is news i ve been.