enough to impeach the president but at least two are expected to defect. we re hearing from democratic sources there could be more than two at the moment. a lot of democrats from swing districts are weighing this issue, planning to hear from their constituents over the weekend nvd announce their positions early next week and i m told from democratic leadership sources they don t plan to whip their members or twist arms to force them to vote the party line. it will be unpredictable until the final moments on how the final votes play out. we do expect the president to get impeached by the house, by next week. we do expect this historic vote in the house judiciary committee to play take place today and the after math of what is expected to be a long, bitter, content yaurious affair as the parties engage in these proceedings today. last night they had their opening statements all 41 members spoke five minutes each. it went on for more than three hours. so walk us through the procedure
articles of impeachment, but there could be defections beyond two democrats who have already expressed their opposition. we are hearing from democratic leadership sources that they expect potentially a handful more to defect, particularly ones in swing districts. those swing district democrats told me the last couple of days, they are still weighing this seriously. they ll go back home this weekend and listen to voters and hear what get feedback before ultimately determining how they come down. and nancy pelosi has indicated they can vote however they so choose. at the moment, wolf, we do expect this vote to pass today, to get approved by the house judiciary committee along party lines and then we expect that vote in the full house along party lines and that will tee up that historic trial in the senate as well for january. so a very moving, very fast-moving development here historic developments and very contentious developments we ll see here in just a matter of hours. very impor
markup sessions. these look like hearings that they are not. no witnesses. they actually write the articles of impeachment and amendments are proposed in this debate. it could happen maybe next week or perhaps before christmas. dana: today is december 4. are you telling me that it s possible or even likely that impeachment will bleed into 2020? i ve been told repeatedly by a couple senior house democratic leadership sources that they don t see what the traffic the house of representatives has to tackle how they can do by christmas. articles of impeachment against president clinton were adopted on the house floor on the saturday before christmas, december 19, 1988. members this morning in the caucus meeting were told to stay available maybe until the 22nd or 23rd. the problem here they are running into is not the usmca which i m told they will probably won t try to advance that until next year. it s not the defense authorization bill which takes a lot of time. it is trying to find t
they can see how each of these witnesses plays into the bigger sto story, the role they ve played, i don t know we ve been able to see it in a comprehensive manner and that s part of the next phase. another one of our washington experts, heidi prisbola working her sources through the news circle heading into this morning and heidi, what are you hearing from your sources and who are the republicans to watch as pelosi drives this out to the floor, that puts pressure on those who have to decide where they stand. i am in touch with a number of my house leadership sources on and off of that floor this morning, and what we are witnessing here is a democratic party that is really closing ranks around their leader and around this process, even some of the most endangered democrats are expected to vote for this, spare a few. the real question in their minds at this moment is whether they
resolution condemning president trump over the ukraine allegations, according to two leadership sources, and right now the number of democrats calling for impeachment has reached 165. let me be clear. 165 house democrats are calling for some level of action on impeachment, whether that s an inquiry or pursuing impeachment articles against the president. one of them is congressman john lewis, a man democrats describe as the conscience of their caucus. hear his impassioned plea on the house floor this afternoon. there comes a time you have to move to the spirit of history to take action to protect the integrity of our nation. i believe, i truly believe that time to begin impeachment proceedings against this president has come. to delay or to do otherwise