Of the house nancy pelosi opens that debate calling for both sides to put aside their part of the ship and to vote in the interest of the country it is tragic that the president s reckless actions make impeachment necessary he gave us no choice what we are discussing today is the established fact that the president violated the constitution is a matter of fact that the president is an ongoing threat to our National Security and the integrity of our elections the basis of our democracy hundreds of historians legal scholars and former prosecutors regardless of party had stated that the president committed impeachable offenses while trumps republican allies say the democrats have been trying to impeach the president since he was elected. We on the republican side have no problem taking our case to the majority and to the people of this country because they elected donald trump and it is a matter for the voters not this house not in this way not in the way this is being done it is trampled
A day before formal consultations which take place between a president and parliamentary blocs does it designate the next leader at well larry resigned as Prime Minister in october following weeks of nationwide protests against the countrys ruling elite demonstrations accuse the government of rampant corruption and according for a complete overhaul of the post civil war secular political system rami khouri is a senior Public Policy fellow and professor of journalism at the American University of beirut he says harry reids decision is a signal that lebanons Political Leadership is starting to listen to Public Opinion well hes done this several times before is announce his candidacy that said hes not going to be a candidate than he was working by this and so prove the candidate so with these leaders who are not part of the old only got a system that has ruled lebanon for many decades you never know what is the real significance of what they are doing one thing is clear though there is a
A blank about ukraine someone agreed saying the president cared only about big stuff the diplomat noted that there was big stuff in ukraine like a war with russia and so on then replied that the president cared only about big stuff that benefits him personally like the biden investigation that mr giuliani was pushing in that short conversation we learned everything we need to know about the 45th president of the United States he doesnt care about ukraine or the impact on our National Security caused by withholding military aid to that country fighting for its democratic life. All that matters to this president is what affects him personally an investigation into his political rival and a chance to cheat in the next election as professor gephardt testified before the Judiciary Committee 2 weeks ago if what were talking about is not impeachable then nothing is impeachable even as this body uncovered the facts of this ukraine scheme even as we opened an impeachment inquiry even as we gath
People are talking about because again you know the polls show is that we have this incredibly divided nation when it comes to impeachment where democrats support impeachment republicans dont support impeachment. Well polls change as we know from the election in 2016 and its very early at an election so when i say people take notice i think theres a long ways to go i mean it may be true that it may be a jiffy trial and maybe it may be a show trial in that sense but its also true that whether it is or not there is an election coming up and there are quite a number of Democratic Candidates who are themselves going to be talking about this quite a bit and you can be sure that theyre going to refer to not just the trial in the senate but the fact of impeachment because you cant get away from that in if the house as we expect it will votes to impeach donald trump donald trump is an impeached president whether he stays in office or not he is an impeach president and there have only been 3 br
Delhi all to indias top corporate spartans a hearing on a contentious new citizenship bill. And happy reunions for some time to burundi off to fleeing Political Violence but not everyones convinced safe. U. S. President donald trump could be just hours away from being written into history as only the 3rd u. S. President to be impeached has just gone 15 g. M. T. Thats 10 am in washington d. C. Where the u. S. House of representatives has begun a session on capitol hill to debate and then vote whether or not to send him to a senate trial well thats all but sesson because trumps opponents in the Democratic Party have a majority in that chamber of congress well ahead of the votes they will be to based on the 2 articles of impeachment which could last up to 6 hours again lashed out at the democrats describing the process as an attempted coup while in a moment well speak to our White House Correspondent can be how could but fast its castor whos on capitol hill for us where that vote will hap