Its not even close. Thats President Trumps message to one of his core constituencies after an evangelical chris man magazine founded by the reverend billy graham published a scathing editorial about donald trump. The president called christianity today a farleft and progressive outlet. And said it was doing poorly after the publication called for him to be removed from office. The editorial says the president s actions in regard to ukraine are not only a violation of the constitution but, importantly, it is a profound it is profoundly immoral. It went on to say unsavory dealings and immoral acts by the president and those close to him have rendered this administration morally unable to lead. And that should he should be removed that he should be removed, we believe is not only a matter of partisan loyalties but loyalty to the creator of the ten commandments. Now, according to the research center, 81 of evangelical christians voted for donald trump in 2016. Earlier, i talked with the ed
Getting off on focusing on the investigation. We saw it wednesday when dozens of House Republicans delayed a closed door hearing and we saw it again last night. They created a process in the Intel Committee that is behind closed doors and doesnt provide access to the accuser. And it is an unworthy substitute for the way to do it. I think if we were doing that you would be beating b[ bleep ] out of us. Republicans by no means are being shut out of this process in any way. 47 republicans have full access. They can access them any way you want. Democrats are expected to launch hearings in had public, but republicans may be able to shift another talking point, courtesy of bill barr. This morning we learned that the justice determined they are looking into the review of the origins of the Russian Investigation now into a criminal inquiry. It is not clear what is being investigated, but we know the president has been pushing for this for a long time. This was about illegal take down that fai
Plus, new reporting on the confrontation that led the House Speaker to warn a reporter not to mess with her, and now she is hith back at the president who accused of her of having a nervous fit. And the former Vice President challenges a iowa voter to a pushup match and an iq test and did not hold back when the man brought up his son hunter. What the Biden Campaign is saying this morning. It was quite a 24 hours or so, everybody, good morning, it is friday. Yes it is friday, december 6th. Im yasmin vossoughian. Jeff bennet is in for amin this week. We begin with this historic step forward in the impeachment investigation as House Speaker nancy pelosi directs the committees conducting inquiry to bring formal charges against the president by drafting articles of impeachment. She made the announcement early yesterday morning and defended her decision in a series of events taking questions from the press at a Weekly News Conference and a town hall last night. Here are some key moments. The
Office if they win. If you feel stuck in the middle of the extremes of our politics and your tired of the noise and the nonsense you have home with me. We will give a freedom dividend to ten american families. The senator says she is for bernie, im for barack. I, who wrote the damn bill, intend to eliminate all out of pocket expenses. While bernie wrote the bill, i read the bill, i dont think that is bold, i think it is bad. You just said it two minutes ago. You said two minutes ago they would have to buy in. Are you forget iting what yo said . That is called the democratic primary election. Why are you the most qualified candidate to address this divide. Racism in america is indetermineindeendemic. When i am president of the United States we will release them. Do you think trump is responsible for what happened. He didnt pull the trigger, but he has tweeting out the ammunition. Yes, were going to take your ar15, your ak47. How will you deal with people that have overstayed their visas
And two former president s at the funeral of a man who rose to powerful heights from Humble Beginnings and in their sendoff, there is talk about the times we are in, as the 11th hour gets under way on a friday night. S under way on a friday night. Good evening, from the nbc headquarters here in new york, day 1009 of the trump administration, and as another genuinely consequential week came to an end, the democrats were handed a substantial victory by a federal judge in what now appears to be their steady march to articles of impeachment. Judge howell, the chief federal judge sitting in washington, ruled the impeachment inquiry is in fact a legal proceeding, undercutting the president s argument that the investigation is illegitimate and throwing out the white House Counsels argument along the same lines. The judge also ruled that the Justice Department must release certain grand jury materials gathered as part of the mueller investigation, to the house judiciary committee, by next wedn