be an overwhelming case against the president. let s go to our congressional reporter lauren fox. she s also up on capitol hill. tell us about the findings, the major findings. just remind our viewers. wolf, this was a very important report because, as you said, this was a two-month investigation. they interviewed many witnesses. they also were having many of these depositions behind closed doors. this was really the full summation of what they found. and one of the biggest takeaways is this was really going to form the basis for any articles of impeachment that they write. they broke this report into two sections. basically, documenting the president s abuse of power as well as talking about all the witnesses, all the documents in great detail that they weren t able to obtain because they believe the administration was obstructing congress. that could be another potential article of impeachment. so that really set the stage for what was coming forward. but the big new information co
the president of the united states meeting with world leaders in london as the next phase of the impeachment inquiry kicks off minutes from now back here in washington. we just saw president trump meeting with german chancellor angela merkel and struck what was a much more muted tone as compared to yesterday s comments. kaitlan collins is in london for us. it was very interesting to see the president today as opposed to yesterday. yes, it was, wolf. today when the president was taking these questions from reporters, one of them came up about rudy giuliani and that report that was surfaced yesterday that was released by the house democrats. one of the big parts of new information was about these phone calls that the president s personal attorney had with one of them, including a number from the office of management and
while the republican witness, republican witness says he s concerned by a lack of evidence. the intelligence committee would likely disagree with that argument. its 300-page report is a road map for articles of impeachment. we ll get more on that in just a moment. let s begin this hour up on capitol hill with our senior congressional correspondent manu raju just outside the room where the democrats will be meeting this morning. they re getting ready right now. so take us inside and set the scene for us. just in a matter of moments the democrats will discuss their next step. adam schiff is going to detail the report his committee issued that will serve as a backbone for articles of impeachment assuming the house goes that route. he ll answer questions from the members about some of the next steps. no staff is allowed in this room. nancy pelosi also expects to address her caucus in private. now at the same time, the public proceedings will take place in the house judiciary committee in
broader than just ukraine or is this impeachment just about ukraine? can i raise a point where i think today is important? as we think about the constitution and the framers and the fact pattern here. you know, there the a big question about misjudgment by a president versus abuse of office by a president and i think it s murky. i think it s difficult to distinguish one from another? what about the gulf of on thekin tonkin. when there is misjudgment we know his tore clip or contemporaneously. that s one of the battleground here. i wonder if we will have a real debate or sim play a partisan show? and one doesn t excluld the other? and the intelligence committee report describes not just a bad judgment but described a dramatic cre schenn do which was a month-long campaign that involved the entire
that 2% threshold the president has hammered these allies over getting. now he says he s two-faced and something else the president said is he s canceling that press conference he was going to have in just a matter of hours and that comes after these leaders we should note were apparently mocking the president for taking so many questions from reporters for speaking for such great lengths during their meetings. kaitlan collins, we ll get back to you as well. here in washington we re getting some details about what s happening behind closed doors right now as house democrats are meeting to discuss the next steps of the impeachment proceedings. manu raju is outside that meeting room right now. what are you hearing? nancy pelosi, the house speaker just walked into this room. she declined to answer reporters questions. adam schiff, the house intelligence committee chairman also arrived moments later to detail the report, outlining what the democrats believe is serious abuse of power,