Democracy. Next, the first public hearing for the impeachment inquiry into president by the House Oversight and Accountability Committee led by kentucky representative james palmer meant for nearly six hours House Republicans at the inquiry is focused on whether biden was involved in or benefited from his familys foreign business dealings. [background noises] [background noises] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] which members are waving . [background noises] a committee on oversight and accountability will come to order. I want to welcome everyone here today. Without objection the chair may declare a racist at any time. The first order of business is to welcome the return of eight eightmember to the committee. We went to welcome from michigan to the committee congresswoman has been a member of the house. [applause] since 2019. Before that she served 15 years the Michigan House of representatives but she is a familiar face to this committee as she spent her first two t
A third principle is judicial review. Here i would just remind the committee about the supreme courts decision in trump versus mazar. The court said about this committee that in fact it has to conduct the investigation for a legitimate purpose. A Fishing Expedition is not a legitimate purpose. Moreover, the court in the trump case it is not a legitimate purpose for the house or House Committee to be conducting the function of law enforcement. I heard many references here to criminal misbehavior, to whether or not somebody should be thrown in jail. Criticisms of a prosecutor, mr. Weiss. That sounds to me like an attempt to really substitute for the properly legitimate proceedings of the house. Two other safeguards real quickly. One is that these proceedings should be based on principle, not partisanship. I fear that what were hearing today, which can be traced back to 2019, and accusations made against mr. Biden are driven bipartisan animus more than principle. A final safeguard is for
[ cheers and applause ] jimmy thats very nice. Hi, im jimmy. Im the host of the show. Thank you for watching. Thank you for coming. Thats very we are relax. Were back to work. Question were off last week. We had a whole week of lazy slothlike behavior. Guillermo, what did you do last week during the vacation . Guillermo i spent a lot of time with my family. Jimmy a lot of time with your family doing what . Guillermo taking my son to school, pick him up, take him to the park. Different places. Jimmy so nothing, really, is the answer. [ laughter ] guillermo nothing. Exactly. Jimmy me too. I spent a lot of my time thinking of who to vote for. You know, a week from tomorrow its super tuesday. 14 states including ours, california, vote. And if youre voting for a democrat you have to pick a candidate. You have to pick one. Unfortunately, most people i talk to about this still dont know which one. Do you go with the candidate who has the best chance to beat donald trump . Do you go with the o
Its a privilege to work with this extraordinary team. I thank them for their constant work and love of craft. I thank you for the privilege of your time. That wraps up the hour. Andrea mitchell picks up with more news right now. Right now on Andrea Mitchell reports, Robert Menendez and his wife appeared for their arraign money and pleaded not guilty in manhattan on federal Bribery Charges. The senators grip on his seat slips with a growing majority of his democratic colleagues calling for his resignation. Its debate night at the Reagan Library. Seven republican primary candidates try to break away from the pack. The heavy favorite, former president trump, skipping the debate but heading to an event for striking auto workers in michigan. The house and senate remain far apart on a way to avert a Government Shutdown three days from now. Breaking news overseas. Travis king, the american soldier who crossed into north korea in july, is back in u. S. Custody. Officials say happy to be back.
Most basic of legislative tasks. Because thats what he did, he turned to an Impeachment Inquiry to change and narrative. And, it has happened again, fox, sued, this time by its own shareholders. New york city controller brad lander, who is leading the lawsuit, hes gonna join me live this hour. Im ayman , lets get started. A very large portion of the Republican Party, really doesnt believe in the constitution. And before you say anything, those are not my words, those arent the words of joe biden, or nancy pelosi, or some democratic pendant. No, those are the words of a former gop standard bearer, in fact, a former president ial nominee, mitt romney. The Junior Senator from utah announced this week that he wont seek reelection, meaning the senate gop is losing its most highprofile moderate, and yes, trump critic, a move that could end up shifting the caucus even further to the extreme right. Look, my wing of the party talks about policy, and about issues that will make a difference in t