saturday morning. impeachment have tried to draw a lot to get to this morning parallels back to the tea party including the mass exodus of summer of 2009 when republicans went back to their districts, republicans in the house. heard from all these people who were very upset about first, nancy pelosi finds healthcare, came back determined to stop it. herself in the minority and how there s a similar dynamic at play in the impeachments. she is pushing back against an i think this is a the calendar is an issue here, impeachment wave that is gaining steam. t an impeachment wave that is gaining though, because they re not steam. going to be back, basically, until labor day. granted. when you hear democrats talk about what impeachment would look like if they went down that only pay for what you need. road, they talk about a liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. nixon-style impeachment which lasts like ten months, not a (groans) clinton-style impeachment which hmph. (food grunting menacin
is. nancy pelosi is fending off the impeachment wave but going further than she s gone before. take a listen. the white house is crying out for impeachment. that s why he flipped yesterday. the president s behavior in terms of his obstruction of justice, the things he s doing is clear. it s in plain sight, it cannot be denied. ignoring subpoenas, obstruction of justice, yes, these could be impeachable defenses. joining me now democratic senator don byers. representative thanks for being with us. you know speaker pelosi because you listened to more than we showed here. she went further to say that she hopes those around the president would have an intervention with him, family as well as those around the white house.
harris: before he wasn t. he s had a journey on that. isn t real. you want to believe there s all i would add to what you were this unease in our caucus. saying in terms of immigration. that s not the truth. we have respect for diversity of i don t know if this latest go opinion in our caucus. around has anything to do with why congress won t move on i say our diversity is our strength. our unity is our power and we immigration. interesting. they re not going to move on have unity in our caucus. immigration. the only way the president will harris: speaker nancy pelosi get his merit based immigration pushing back against speculation as her caucus is divided as she plan through is republicans take back the house, the senate and tries to keep her members in maintain control of the white line. how long can she fend off the house as well. even then it s dicey. didn t get done when they had impeachment wave? that. good to see you. michael is here. thank you. maria cantwell and lisa b
the impeachment process is a question of when, not if. they are going after former white house officials in their investigation. they worked closely with trump. we want to dig deeper into things they are aware of. they are going to get turned down, but hope that something finally gives. announcer: this is new day with alison camera ta and john berman. welcome to viewers in the united states and around the world. this is new day, may 22nd. 6:00 here. erica hill is here with me. is it an impeachment wave? is nancy pelosi about to get soaked? in a few hours, a critical meeting of house democrats with more and more calling for official impeachment proceedings to begin, including committee chairs. nancy pelosi is against the move. how will she convince members to slow down? we will speak to the house