across, you know, most television stations. right, this is a real moment in the limelight for the rules committee. what s important for us to remember and for our viewers to remember is this is going to determine the rules for the house vote. it s not determining the rules for the trial. right. and so they will be considering issues such as the length of the debate and even what kind of amendments might or might not be allowed to the articles, and there s also going to be an opportunity for republicans to basically criticize, and their first opportunity to criticize the judiciary committee s report. so it s likely going to be a fairly contentious hearing, won t be any live witnesses in terms of fact witnesses or testimony, and that may actually contribute a little bit to fatig fatigue operate of the audience. all right, david gergen, let s talk about fatigue. the trend line on public support for impeachment is not a good one for democrats. cnn s latest polling just out this morni
there s a line i thought was news worthy in the long report issued by the skmity. although president trump s actions need not rise, his conduct here was criminal. do you agree with that? i do. i think you ve 3heard the constitutional scholars expound upon the legal standards and what they explained is the abuse of power is the highest crime that can be charged, so to speak, in an impeachment. but as you just recently referenced with respect that report, the various other crimes and crimes that this president engaged in are subsued by that abuse of power article. and they are detailed at great length in the judiciary committee s report. it s lengthy but there s a very
even as i sit here tonight of how divided this country is. but i haven t announced what i m going to do, but everyone knows i ve been greatly disturbed by what the actions have been, that we did take money that had been who didn t want to do congress, which was needed for our national security, and came subject to someone s personal political demands. that s not okay. and it clearly has been an obstruction of congress in many fronts. i m going to re-read the intelligence committee report and the judiciary committee s report and then announce my formal decision. but until itches worried about our national security and protecting our democracy, hesitated on impeachment until we had clear things that endangered our national security because i am worried about how divided our country is. but this is not a political vote. i don t put my finger in the air and say what are people thinking? i have to do what i took my oath of office to do, which is to protect our country. so representative d
and it clearly has been obstruction of congress in many fronts. so i m going to re-read the intelligence committee report. i m going to read the judiciary committee s report. and then announce my formal decision. but i, until i was worried about our national security and protecting our democracy, hesitated on impeachment until we had clear things that endangered our national security because i am worried about how divided our country is. but this is not a political vote. i don t put my finger in the air and say what are people thinking? i have to do what i took my oath of office to do, which is to protect our country. so, representative dingle, you re saying you have not decided yet which way you will vote? well, i m leaning but i haven t i want to read it one more time. uh-huh. because i am worried. i i no matter where we go, what happens next week, it s going to continue to divide this country. and i tell you what. i ve had people screaming at me. you know, very few peo