Paul welcome. Great to see you. Thank you for having me. Paul lets take this legal question starts with the assertion of alleged crimes starts with bribery. What you think of chairmanships definition of bribery . I suppose he is right if you accept the gerald ford famous definition of an Impeachable Offense that is whatever the majority of the members of the house of representatives decide what it is. You know, thats a political judgment and ignores history in the constitution. Lets start with the constitutional language which is where we should start. A president or any public official cannot be impeached unless a determination is made by the impeaching authority which would be the house that treason, bribery of other high crimes or misdemeanor has been committed but the only one. Paul the only one defined as treason so bribery they are now using bribery all the time. But that can be untethered from what the founders understood bribery to beat which was at least common law bribery and
Paul welcome. Great to see you. Thank you for having me. Paul lets take this legal question starts with the assertion of alleged crimes starts with bribery. What you think of chairmanships definition of bribery . I suppose he is right if you accept the gerald ford famous definition of an Impeachable Offense that is whatever the majority of the members of the house of representatives decide what it is. You know, thats a political judgment and ignores history in the constitution. Lets start with the constitutional language which is where we should start. A president or any public official cannot be impeached unless a determination is made by the impeaching authority which would be the house that treason, bribery of other high crimes or misdemeanor has been committed but the only one. Paul the only one defined as treason so bribery they are now using bribery all the time. But that can be untethered from what the founders understood bribery to beat which was at least common law bribery and
Warning people to be prepared. President trump this one is smaller but more direct. We have it under control. We have fema there, we have the army corps of engineers is there. They can bring things back so fast you wouldnt believe it. Trace heavy rain, high winds. The storm surge is already starting to occur. As were seeing along the gulf coast right now. And its still out there so weve got more to go with this and weve got several high tides to continue that well deal with. So outside of levy protection. Were very concerned about how high the water will be. 7 to 11 feet. Well get significant amounts of rain and it will be a major water event no matter where it hits. Along the gulf. Sandra casey stiegel is live in new orleans for us this morning. As we mentioned some people already feeling the impacts of this as they prepare for the worst. Thats right. The storm hasnt made landfall yet. As you said people are already starting to experience it. New orleans schools are closed today, mand
Nothing that says now i understand. Without warning a Colorado Community struggles with another school shooting. 17yearold claire davis is in a coma shot by a gunman karl pierson who took his own life. Senate leaders plan to persuade republicans on tomorrows federal budget vote. The struggle is on in the United States senate. Well need eight republicans to come our way. Secretary of state john kerry denies the United States abandoned Robert Levinson who vanished. Could you get him back to america . If we can find him. Could it be possible . Everything is possible. In south africa, this morning a 30 foot statue of mandela was unveiled. Mandela and many paying tributes to him. The driver carjacked and died. The suspects are still on the run. The northeast digging out this morning more than a foot of snow falling in new york and new england. Hundreds of flights cancelled. Miamis biggest win in years. Out in front. Nobody is going to catch him. Touchdown. Pittsburgh 3020. All that matters.
Sprawled out on the street. And that was just afternoon time a week ago today. Well, today, tensions remain high amid more protests and calls for peace. Residents cleaning up today after another night of unrest. This is the latest in the dramatic week of protests. But it was the release yesterday of these images, this is the Surveillance Video. Almost allegedly showing Michael Brown engaging in a strong arm robbery shortly before the shooting. Last night, there was break away protesters who turned to looting at at least two stores last night. Members of the Community Stepped in to help prevent that from happening. Thats what youre seeing there. Young men who came out to block some of those looters and not let them in. This is an important part and an important image to give you the full picture of whats happening in ferguson. Well, in response to some of that looting, police did throw at least one can of tear gas. Then backed off for the most part. There were no arrests last night. Rev