Welcome back. Lets get a check on the day ahead. President obama and german today. The crisis in ukraine and relations with russia are expected to dominate that meeting. Jury selection continues for the man accuse of killing famed navy s. E. A. L. Sniper kiss kyle and his friend. 27yearold eddie is expected to plead not guilty by reasons of insanity. Thats going to do it for way too early. Stick around. Morning joe starts right now. You know, mika,ic its time. Its ting for what . I think its time. Tell me. I think its time for your hero. What . I think its time for the moment you have posters all over your room. What are you talking about . And the named your cat after and you have the stickers on all
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Densically record shows wrong acts on that scale here. It shows a president who delayed meeting a foreign leader and provided assistance that congressed a his own advisers agrees serves our National Interests in promoting democracy and in limiting russian aggression. Saying, russia, if youre listening, you know, a president who cant have the Constitution Say russia if you are listening, but out of our elections. It shows a president who did this to strong arm a foreign leader into smearing one of the president s opponents in our ongoing election season. Thats not politics as usual. At least not in the United States or not in any mature democracy. It is, instead, a cardinal reason why the constitution contains an Impeachment Power, put simply, a president should resist foreign interference in our elections, not demand it, and not welcome it. If we are to keep faith with our constitution and with our republic, President Trump must be held to account. Thank you. Thank you, professor ger h
Hour they had to argue each motion to not just make a procedural argument but also to make an evidentiary argument as to why this information was so important in making the case against the president. Im sure theyre going to have a sophisticated opening argument. I am kind of astonished they are going to spend 24 hours. That seems like a lot of time to argue stuff that i think all of us basically know. But you heard adam schiff and that Mini Press Conference he had say we are going to go through a detailed timeline and one of their arguments has always been this didnt begin an end with the july 25 phone call. That there was a campaign, a lot of the people outside the Administration Like Rudy Giuliani and his confederates to get marie jovanovich, the u. S. Ambassador, out of ukraine. To push for dirt on the bidens. They will also have the advantage that they did have all their witnesses. They are going to make all these arguments. I suspect they are going to take some time, 24 hours, 20
Violation of law. It is passed in an Election Year and were sitting here on the day that election season begins in iowa. It is wrong. There is only one answer to that. And the answer is to reject those articles of impeachment, to have confidence in the American People, to have confidence in the result of the upcoming election, to have confidence and respect for the last lex aelection and not thro out and to leave the choice of the president to the American People and to leave to them also the accountability for the members of the house of representatives who did that. Thats what the constitution requires. Point number two, and i think that should be done on a bipartisan basis and thats what i ask you to do. Point number two, i believe the American People are tired of the endless investigations and false investigations that have been coming out of the house from the beginning, as my colleague mr. Sekulow pointed out. It is a waste of tax dollars. It is a waste of the American Peoples ti
It concluded we need nothing more than the panel of very distinguished professors and the splended presentations by both the majority counsel and the minority counsel. We asked some questions. The republicans asked them questions. We heard their answers. Were ready to vote. Were ready to try this case in the high court of impeachment. What was being said in the sounds of silence was this. We dont have time to follow the rules. We wont even allow the house judiciary minority members who have been besieging us time and again to have their day. Just one day to call their witnesses. Oh, yes, that is especially provided for in the rules. Well break those rules. Its not liberty and justice for all. The great political scientists of yester year observed the power of the president is ultimately the power to persuade. Oh, yes, the commander in chief and yes, charged with the conduct and authority to guide the nations Foreign Relations, but ultimately its the power to persuade. I suggest to you