Situation was much like puppies in a box. Eventually, using forceps, we were successful in extracting the heads of jim jordan and devin nunes, and, as we speak, we are sending in a team of specialists to try to locate Lindsey Graham hes way up there. laughter announcer its the late show with Stephen Colbert tonight, kicking off new zealand week with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Plus stephen welcomes adam driver and musical guest the 1975, featuring jon batiste and stay human. And now, live on tape from the ed sullivan theater in new york city, its Stephen Colbert cheers and applause stephen howdy from downtown hello, friends cheers and applause fantastic hello thank you so much piano riff welcome to the late show. Im your host Stephen Colbert. cheers and applause trumps impeachment is really heating up, its gearing up, its ramping up. The gears are all hot from all the ramping theyre doing. There are live hearings tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday. The fate of our nation hangs in the
Whatsoever. They made the argument that it makes sense to try the case and then consider documents. They made no argument that the white make sense to have trial without witnesses are and why, because its indefensible. Its indefensible. No trial in america has ever been conducted like that, and so you would nothing about it. And that should be the most telling thing about councils argument. They had no defense of the mcconnell resolution because there is done. They couldnt defend on the basis of president , they couldnt defend on the base of history, based on the constitution, they couldnt defend at all. So what did they say . First they made the representation that the house is claiming there is a such thing as executive privilege. Thats nonsense. No one here has ever suggested theres no such thing as executive privilege but the interesting thing here is they have never claimed executive privilege. Not once during the house investigation did ever say that a single document was privile
Good morning, everyone. Happy new year. This is a very serious time here in america, both as it relates to president ial accountability that we continue to address, perhaps most importantly this moment of great tension and conflict in the world, in the middle east, in iraq, with u. S. Troops and americans in harms way unnecessarily in the view of many because of the provocative, potentially unlawful actions of the president of the United States. Mr. Jeffries with respect to the recent strike. At our meeting today we had a very robust discussion as it relates to the moment that we are in, the situation that we confront in the middle east. We were graced by the presence of ambassador wendy sherman, who was one of the lead negotiators of the jcpoa, the iran nuclear agreement. That the president s reckless actions have all but disintegrated making us less safe here in america and throughout the world. We also heard from deputy it relates tos as the underlying legal basis of the president s
Reports that the aid was being held, because ukraine was being coerced into doing an investigation. And congress had initiated congressional investigations into why the aid was being released. We you know, we can talk about alternative facts all day long, but the facts are really pretty clear. That the president abused his power. The precious power of his office, to coerce a country that was dependent on us. A country whose fight in russian aggression because when ukraine fights russian aggression theyre helping us fight russian aggression and he did it for personal gain and he should be held accountable. I yield back. Gentle lady yields back. Mr. Chairman i have u man news consent. Who . Arizona. Recognized. My first consent request is the record of the correspondence and subpoenas served on executive Branch Officials by chairman schiff. We have concerns because three of those served prior to the passage of the res. We will reserve the right. I have another one. Two letters sent by th