16minute drive there. The chp has updated our information, there is a twocar crash blocking the left lane at the toll plaza there. Injuries have been reported. Well continue to follow this for you. Thank you. All lanes are back open on highway 101 in monterey county. Heavy rainfall flooded the roads as you can see here. It made for a scary few hours. This is video of one driver getting pulled to safety. This was just one of a number of rescues. Now heres our special report. News special report. Now reporting, george stephanopoulos. Good morning. Were coming on the air right now with breaking news on impeachment. Thats the scene on capitol hill right now where House Speaker nancy pelosi expected to make a major announcement on the impeachment inquiry. Of course it comes in the wake of yesterdays hearing of the house judiciary. The first hearing alt the Judiciary Committee, where they heard from three constitutional scholars. Also republican witness Jonathan Turley from George Washington
Pirates. How hundreds of Police Departments are teaming up with the popular ring Doorbell Company to turn videos like these into a neighborhood Crime Fighting tool. Were taking you behind the scenes only on gma. And big backlash. A peloton . Pelotons stock plummeting after that viral holiday commercial that critics called sexist. Why peloton is Still Standing by their ad. We certainly appreciate you joining us on this thursday morning. G House Speaker nancy pelosi said the facts are uncontested. She said the president abused his office for his own political gain, undermining our National Security and jeopardizing our democracy and shes now directing the house of representatives to move forward with impeachment. Our democracy is what is at stake. The president leaves us no choice but to act. Reporter on capitol hill this morning, House Speaker nancy pelosi announcing an historic step. Sadly, but with confidence and humility, with allegiance to our founders and hearts full of love for am
What can we expect on a trial in the senate . Our experts weigh in and Amy Klobuchar joins us live. Plus, bloomberg launches hes taking on him. Im Mike Bloomberg and i approve this message. With the biggest ad buyin. Chris christie and donna brazil join our round table. Well break down the politics, smoke out the spin. The facts that matter this week. Announcer heres chief anchor george stephanopoulos. Good morning and welcome to this week. After two weeks, 12 witnesses more than 30 hours of testimony, the public hearings into the impeachment of President Trump appear to be over. What did we learn . The evidence established a series of facts. Did President Trump launch a campaign with ukraine into joe biden . And that trumps Key National Security players knew about it. Ambassador Gordon Sondland put it starkly. Everyone was in the loop. That included secretary pompeo, right . Many people. Secretary pompeo . Yes. Acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney . Yes. Shadow diplomacy outside normal
Shared their recollection of overhearing this call. For g this call. For the most part, i have no reason to doubt their accounts. Its true that the president speaks loudly at times, and its also true i think we primarily discussed a ap rocky. Its true that the president likes to use color of language. Anyone who has met with him for any reasonable amount of time knows this. While i cannot remember the precise details, again, the white house has not allowed me to see any readouts of that call, and the july 26th call did not strike me as significant at the time. Actually actually, i would have been more surprised if President Trump had not mentioned investigations, particularly given what we were hearing from mr. Giuliani about the president s concerns. However, i have no recollection of discussing Vice President biden or his son on that call or after the call ended. I know that members of this committee frequently framed these complicated issues in the form of a simple question. Was the
The committee has compiled something ekwif lant roughly to a police report. They are trying to examine the facts and the law and draft possible charges against the president. Reporter thats right, george. The Intelligence Committee gathered the evidence and sworn testimony in open and closed door hearings and documented records like Rudy Giulianis cell phone records, and they turned that over in that relentless 300page report in this committee, the Judiciary Committee who will debate on whether the president should be charged. Does that evidence rise to the level of an Impeachable Offense, and thats why the first step in that will be four constitutional law scholars. Three chosen by democrats and one by the republicans, to talk about that word, impeachment which is confusing to some people. What do the framers mean by it, and what does history show, especially when it comes to the president . That is what well hear from, and were likely to hear a lot of rather fierce debate. The Judici