exactly a year away on november 30th from the one-year anniversary of the death of george h.w. bush, who also belonged to that company of men and women who believed in the system. they believed in the constitution. and they knew that at some point, however imperfect they were, however ambitious, however many things they got wrong, they believed at the end of the day that the system, the country, was the thing that had to come first and their own ambition, however much they had serviced that ambition, however much they had worked and driven through the arena with it, had to take a second spot. let s fast-forward to a week from today. second round of the hearings and a new and different committee for television voters viewers opens up. tell us what high crimes and misdemeanors may look like in 2019 because the only thing your profession has in common with,
profession has in common with say a supreme court justice or a legislature is trying to figure out what the framers might have meant then as it applies to now? very interesting. gerald ford famously remarked, was about to become vice president in that same era, ford said that a high crime and misdemeanor is defined as whatever a majority of the house of representatives decides it is at any given moment, and that s true. but it s a phrase from the english common law. it s an ancient phrase. it was one of the checks and balances on article two on executive power. very interesting that so much of the conversation in the intelligence committee hearings focused on the term bribery. that is the offering of a favor in exchange for something else. and so in the constitution, there are three things listed
at the white house to surprise many people who work there. she s a, you know, one of trump s most loyal defenders. three nights in a row she s broadcasting from the white house. i don t know if f he has more interviews with her, but she often arrived there unannounced is the truth of the matter. annie karni, katie benner, jonathan allen. coming up, the strategy for trump s legal team seems to be run out the clock. how has that worked for them thus far. a former federal prosecutor is here to talk aboutfo it with us later, we re one week out from a second round of public impeachment hearings, how will the democrats tell the story this time around as the 11th hour is just getting started on this thanksgiving eve. this thanksgiving eve. surprise!
melanie zanona is back with a preview, she is congressional reporter for politico and a returning veteran on this broadcast. melanie, give folks at minimum, a kind of viewers guide how will these hearings that we ve become used to now in the intel committee, how will it seem different in judiciary? this phase is going to look a whole lot different when it shifts to the judiciary committee. the intel hearings were focused on fact witnesses, gathering evidence, and putting it on the table. when the judiciary committee takes over, they are putting this into context. the first hearing they are going to try to define what is an impeachable defense, they are going to bring in constitutional and legal experts, and democrats know this is their last chance to move public support in support of impeachment. i think both sides are going to be coming in guns ablazing. you have members on both sides who are fierce fighters for their representative parties. you have members of the freedom
but this is where we are. we do have people who are watching, who were watching the hearings, are now moving more steadily closer and closer to impeachment. and that s just a reality of the situation. and karine, just a quick answer to this. what s the viewer s guide to the judiciary now as they take the baton from intel? i think it s safe for everyone to admit they were rather embarrassed during the corey lewandowski appearance when they were last on live television. yeah. so now we re in the judiciary hearings phase of this, committee phase of this, and now they re going to lay out the legal case, right? they re going to lay out the constitutional argument. and we re going to see history here. we ve never seen a president get impeached for national security. so that s the articles of impeachment that we re going to see. and so it is going to be probably a month-long process. and it s going to get voted out of they re going to present