occurred. we have come to the time of impeachment. this is no longer about politics but upholdsing the rule of law. opening an inquiry does not advance the cause of getting the testimony. we still sl to go to court. we still have to get an order. it really is a diversion at this point for us to be talking about that. reporter: as we re watching this, when you see member who is are speaking for themselves and maybe their constituents talking about this, that s one form of information. what we re looking for signs from committee chairpersons and leadership to see if something has changed. we re not there yet. part of it is nancy pelosi has said it has to be the hard work of ineffect grinding it out over a period of time to make a formidable case that might at some point attract republican support. there s a political calculation as well as a tactical one happening on capitol hill. there does seem to be more appetite for impeachment but only at the level so far of people who are mem
move beyond this mess that the president has created, which affects everyone s jobs, health care, education investments. lawrence, we also learned tonight the president goes to great lengths to deceive the american people. the stormy daniels stuff is the least of his concern. there s good reason to believe he has not been straight about his dealings with the russians, about what he knew in the last election. and a lying spt a weak president who is ineffect you ll for the american people and that s a much larger issue that we all are going to have to grapple with. no questions, those are larger issues. but the stormy daniels issue is one of the simplest of all the you shall shoes out there for voters to comprehend. and i just want to read you quickly what rudy giuliani said to sean hannity about that.
care, education investments. lawrence, we also learned tonight the president goes to great lengths to deceive the american people. the stormy daniels stuff is the least of his concern. there s good reason to believe he has not been straight about his dealings with the russians, about what he knew in the last election. and a lying spt a weak president who is ineffect you ll for the american people and that s a much larger issue that we all are going to have to grapple with. no questions, those are larger issues. but the stormy daniels issue is one of the simplest of all the you shall shoes out there for voters to comprehend. and i just want to read you quickly what rudy giuliani said to sean hannity about that. the money to stormy daniels was funneled through the law firm and then the president repaid it. and so there is rudy giuliani saying that his client did not
all available relevant information. i just want to be precise. julian assange denies russia was the source of the hacked e-mails that wikileaks posted. how is this connection between the trump data analytics firm and julian assange fit into trump meddling and trump collusion. where wikileaks got the information that it published, the 33,000 e-mails or umbrellot e-mails, and if that was from the russian government they deny it was from the russians. it should be a topic of investigation. you see possible collusion there, is that what you are saying? i think it s part of a pattern of the trump campaign seeking derogatory information,
american elections. that s not the norm for opposition research. it s something we miss in the corrupt city, the debate among republicans and democrats, from democrats how do i muddy the white house, and republicans many will be defending the white house. there s a simple question. sit appropriate for any candidate to receive information from a foreign player whether they are british or russian with the intent to influence an american election? i think that would be a debate the committees investigating, and there could be a law that says you can t take research from a foreigner, don t care where it comes from. does it matter who funded the dossier? i think it goes to the question of the relationship with steele, whether that relationship the former british intelligence agency. yeah, i think they will want to understand that relationship and what the intent of the