forward this evening the house poised to vote tomorrow to formally send the charges against the president, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, to the u.s. senate. the trial expected to get under way in earnest one week from today. hallie jackson has late details reporter: congress closing in tonight on the next phase of impeachment proceedings. madam speaker, is tomorrow the day reporter: tomorrow, finally tonight, the day speaker nancy pelosi and democrats lsu celebrating their will finally vote to college football championship and the send two articles of special meaning it impeachment over to holds for a father and the senate, triggering son. a trial 28 days after the impeachment of here s sam brock president trump. first pelosi will name launching for the end zone, touchdown! impeachment managers reporter: just who will prosecute the after the confetti democrats case. rained down, steven then once the house approves and the ensminger jr., the son articles reach
housing u.s. troops. small rockets, no casualties the likely suspect, iranian-backed militia groups lester richard engel tonight, thank you the impeachment trial of president trump is moving forward this evening the house poised to vote tomorrow to formally send the charges against the president, abuse of power and obstruction of congress, to the u.s. senate. the trial expected to get under way in earnest one week from today. hallie jackson has late details reporter: congress closing in tonight on the next phase of impeachment proceedings. madam speaker, is tomorrow the day reporter: tomorrow, the day speaker nancy pelosi and democrats will finally vote to send two articles of impeachment over to the senate, triggering a trial 28 days after the impeachment of president trump. first pelosi will name impeachment managers who will prosecute the democrats case. then once the house approves and the articles reach the senate, something that has only happened once in modern history
a favorite they don t want joe biden, it would appear from this target, and right now at 6:00, breaking this would help donald trump. reporter: and back down the door. on impeachment the mothers illegally squatting late tonight we learned the house will in an oakland home are evicted. also send to the senate new evidence, including phone but why they say their fight records and messages from an associate of isn t over. also, back to the basics for rudy giuliani s, the south bay police. the new course for officers to president s personal break the language barrier are attorney, the democrats say helps prove their case spanish speakers. lester hallie jackson at but first, he s being called the white house, thanks in iowa tonight, a hero. it s the final being credited for saving a democratic debate before the caucuses, car. girl being attacked in a and all eyes will be on elizabeth warren and bernie sanders, the news a 6 who will face off joining us. following her claim that
the white house. hallie, what are you hearing? reporter: lester, president trump and his defenders are seizing on ambassador sondland s acknowledgment the president himself never explicitly linked military aid to those investigations that s after the president s allies scrambled to revise their talking points since our sources say they were initially expecting sondland s testimony to more clearly back up the president. president trump, look at this, taking notes, quite literally on what he heard and prematurely trying to declare victory. i think it was fantastic. i think they have to end it now so what does the president want i want nothing okay i want nothing and let me tell you, it s a hoax. it s a disgrace. it s an embarrassment to our country not only did we win today. it s over. reporter: the president also said he doesn t know sondland well, trying to distance himself from the e.u. ambassador he hired. lester hallie jackson at the white house. thanks chuck todd is here pu
the white house. thanks meantime, nbc news has learned that the fbi wants to interview the whistle-blower who first called attention to that phone call by the president. pete williams is following this pete, what do we know about this reporter: well, according to people familiar with this, lester, the fbi has not interviewed the whistle-blower, but tried to arrange with his lawyers. law enforcement officials say some investigators at the fbi were concerned that the justice department so quickly concluded in september that president trump s phone call with the ukrainian president did not amount to a crime because there was no apparent violation of campaign finance laws these officials say some at the fbi believed a more thorough investigation should have been conducted into the circumstances of that call, and they wanted to talk to the whistle-blower for that reason. but it s apparent from the people familiar with this that the fbi s request is not for the whistle-blower himself to be