At all. Sources say ukraine is the focus today, but the Mueller Report will also be a part of the discussion. Its a historic week here in washington. It likely will end with a Committee Vote to send articles of impeachment to the full house of representatives. Lets begin on capitol hill. Senior Congressional Correspondent manu raju joining us again. Its going to be a lengthy hearing. Lengthy and contentious and significant one, too, because democrats believe this hearing is going to lay out the case, strongest case that they have, that the president engaged in impeachable conduct, a pattern of behavior by the president which he violated his oath of office in their view going to detail that through his actions as it came to his handling with ukraine. Im told that is not going to be the only thing that is discussed. Ukraine will be a central focus of todays hearing but expect discussion about how he handled issues like the Mueller Investigation and whether or not he tried to obstruct jus
Gas, rubber bullets, and possibly live me mission. Irans government has denied shooting protesters. [chancing] angry crowds chanting fight with us, we will fight back and calling irans Supreme Leader a murderer. Meanwhile, back at home, the Trump Administration continues to face tough questions about what it calls an imminent threat, which it used to justify killing around stop general. President trump has defended the killing and claimed Qasem Soleimani was planning to attack for u. S. Embassies. Secretary of state mike pompeo is apparently refusing to testify in front of the House Foreign Affairs committee tomorrow. We have fox coverage, we we begin with Benjamin Hall reporting live from them on jordan. Benjamin . Trace, over the weekend these protests spread their round to 17 different processes. The anger that continues to mount after ron acknowledged that it was behind the shooting down and the ukrainian jet that left 176 people died, most of them iranian. Thousands took to the st
Nation hangs in the balance, and that no one is above the law welcome not even the president. Jeremy, explain what this means. Yes, so this report, it is effectively laying the ground work for what is goes to be a busy week ahead for the Judiciary Committee. It gets into the historical nature of impeachment and makes the argument for why congress has the right and the duty to impeachment president. It is a update and they are going back to the reports. It doesnt say that they committed impeachable offenses. Chairman nadler said it makes clear that is where the committee is headed, nadler said the framers worth nightmare is what weir facing at this very moment, President Trump abused his power, betrayed our national security, and corrupted our elections for personal gain. Only one remedy for this conduct impeachment. Were going to hear from the Judiciary Committee on monday when they have a hearing to present the evidence against the president. Theyre preparing now for that very hearing
Met, congress does not have the authority to impeach. If they do, their impeachment would be void. Alexander hamilton said any act of congress that is inconsistent with the constitution is void. Congress can maybe get away with impeaching because there wont be judicial review but that doesnt mean they wouldnt be violating their oath of office. It would be abusing their power if they impeached President Trump on this record. Unconstitutional you say, i hear legal analyst say impeachment is whatever they the house says it is. Its a political grueling process. Did the framers give Unlimited Power to the framers. Of course not. Maxine waters said the same thing and then she said there is no law. In other words she is above the law. Congress is above the law. Congress may be able to get away with it but this confuses what they can get away with it. Any member of congress who votes to impeach President Trump without a finding that he is guilty of treason, bribery, other high crimes and misde
Attack. Speaker pelosi charged us of writing articles of impeachment. We are in the process of exploring every possible dimension. The impeachment thing is a total hoax. Good sunday morning to you. Im victor blackwell. Im amara walker in for christi paul. Top stories this morning. North korea claims its carrying out a significant test, a missile set after their ambassador accusing the u. S. Of time wasting and took denuclearization off the table. A New Discovery of the mass shooting at a naval base. The New York Times says gunman watched videos of mass shooting the night before the attack at a u. S. Naval base. They are building their case for impeachment against the president. They plan to conduct tomorrows hearing like a mock trial. Lets start with the news from the korean test. Lets start with breaking news on the Korean Peninsula. It seems we are heading down a dangerous road. It is clear the diplomacy has been a failure between President Trump and kim jongun. Things have taken a t