Trump. All right. You ready . We just had a vote on the floor. In march of this year Speaker Pelosi said this about impeachment. Impeachment is so divisive to the country that unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, i dont think we should go down that path, because it divides the country. Today the country just witnessed the only bipartisan vote on that floor was against. The question to the speaker are the same questions i provided in the letter about the unfair process that we had. What has changed since march . In all the hearings theres nothing compelling, nothing overwhelming. So the speaker should follow her own words on what bipartisan vote on that floor and in the sham that has been putting this country through this nightmare. Thats exactly what this vote shows today. I want to call up our whips steve scalise. Thank you, kevin. When we talk about the vote, i think its important to note when you see that not only did every single republican reject
Impeachment process. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Next. Host good morning. It is monday, november 18, 2019 week 2 gets underway tomorrow. 8 witnesses are set to testify over three days before adam schiffs house Intelligence Committee. We are spending our first hour today asking if the three open hearings that have taken place so far have changed your mind on any aspect of the impeachment of President Trump. If you find yourself changing your mind, 2027488000 is the number to call. If the open hearings have not changed your mind, 2027488001. Textan also to send us a this morning. That number, 2027488003. On social media, you can catch up with us on cspanwj at twitter and at facebook it is facebook. Com cspan. A very good monday morning. You can start calling now. Some of the latest polling on whether bang mines are changing m reutersif so spoke reutersipsos poll over the weekend. Reuters and if
Dagen joining the conversation dierdre bolton, former economic adviser to president obama, robert wolf is here. And president ial candidate steve forbes. Great to be here. Maria optimism pushing futures higher, markets up 152 point, s p up 14 and nasdaq up 44, unchartered territory as china and the United States agree to roll back tariffs as part of phase 1 trade deal, two sides to eyeing the december signing with various venues being discussed including london, perhaps President Trump and xx jinping could meet there after next months nato summit. Interesting development, the fato summit, apec summit we expected the signage which was november 17th. We also have British Election at the time, who is going to be the Prime Minister presiding at this wonderful signing, but this gets to something that weve known for a year and a half, maria, that is get the trade worries out of the way, get the trade scrimmages knocked down, you will see the market react and you will see the economy react in
Mr. Mccarthy we just had a vote on the floor. In march, Speaker Pelosi said this about impeachment. Impeachment is so divisive to the country, that unless theres something so compelling and overwhelming and bipartisan, i dont think we should go down that path because it divides the country. Today, the country just witnessed the only bipartisan vote on that floor was against. The question to the speaker are the same questions i provided in a letter about the unfair process that we had. What has changed since march . In all the hearings theres nothing compelling, nothing overwhelming. So the speaker should follow her own words and end the sham thats been putting this country through this nightmare. Thats exactly what this vote shows today. I want to call up our whip, steve scalise. Mr. Scalise thank you, kevin. When we talk about the vote, i think its important to note, when you see that not only did every single republican reject this sovietstyle impeachment process but we were even joi
Like human rights the association of Southeast Asian nations has proved time and time again that its largely a toothless body this summit isnt expected to be any different instead the main focus is likely to be trade with the host country thailand hoping to announce the finalization of the 16 nation deal the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership includes all 10 members plus 6 others including china japan and india but not the United States negotiations started 7 years ago and after several delays the members hope a deal can finally be reached particularly now and mid trade tensions around the world china is in a high stakes tariff war with the United States led by President Donald Trump who is regarded as a protectionist who prefers bilateral rather than multilateral deals we need something tangible we need something Strong Enough to that we. Still support the idea of. Trade and investment the partnership would be the Worlds Largest free trade zone and constitute a 3rd of the Glo