appointed director of the fbi, responds to threats against asians in the aftermath of the search. d-against agents in the aftermath of the search. good morning to all of you, welcome to way too early , that is the show on this thursday, august 11, it is not just the time on your clock. i m alex witt for jonathan lemire. we begin with the latest legal fallout from donald trump s deposition from the ag s office and the former president pleaded the fitchth amendment, his right against self incrimination for 450 times in four hours. it is all part of the new york a. g. s probe into the trump business practices with the former president s attorney saying the only question he answered wa about his name. the attorney said trump took the fifth on questions about evaluations of items, and golf clubs, signing documents, mortgages, loans and the size of his apartment. the former president said in a statement that he did it because his family, company, and all the people in his orbit
florida property in part these are was not necessarily for appropriate. it s important to note that the search would be required for top as well as the fbi director chris wray. according to a person who s familiar with the matter, the search focus on trump s mar-a-lago cnn has learned that officials were examining where documents were stored and that some boxes were removed from that resort in mar-a-lago cnn chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is in washington senior correspondent outside of president trump s mar-a-lago estate. caitlin, let s start with you. there are two note just a different estimation that are connected to trump. and then the removal of those classified documents to mar-a-lago after he left the white house. this search that took place yesterday were told is about the latter. about those documents. what does this tell us about where that investigation is handled. it s a very dramatic escalation. you have this search president
Trump or kim jong on . Were about to find out. They were making this the centerpiece other than tax the legacy. The legacy for 2018. His Nobel Peace Prize hes accepted it. You cant predict the president but the assumption would be a traditional response would be then walk away. Anything other than that, would that surprise you in. They have no now go through the south koreans and their own you would assume we have to steal our spine here . You would assume that. Find out who wants this summit more. Exactly. All right. You better get out of here. Thanks very much. Lets turn to the politics of impeachment. Believe it or not its become a hot topic with leaders in the Republican Party. Its not for what you think. Whether youre talk about elected leaders, party leaders, even President Trumps lawyers, they are warning that nancy pelosi is readying her caucus for a coup postnovember. If she wants to obstruct everything and impeach the president , i dont think america wants to see that. Her wh
Mexicans would pay for it, to use the money to take land away from farmers and ranchers on the border of the United States. How can any conservative support this guy . Senator, the definition of conservative has changed so fast in our lifetime its unbelievable. We need a dictionary to keep up with it. Senator michael bennet, democrat from colorado. Thank you, sir. Stay safe on the trail. Thats all we have for tonight. Well be back tomorrow with more meet the press daily. Ari melber is picking it up. Good evening to you. We begin here with Breaking News rocking washington. Moment of truth. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says that is what faces the nation tonight. Right now as she stepped out and made this announcement just within the last hour. Im announcing the House Of Representatives moving forward with an official Impeachment Inquiry. Im directing our six committees to proceed with their
investigations under that umbrella of Impeachment Inquiry. The president must be held accountable. N
Mr. Richmond votes no. Mr. Jeffries votes no. Mr. Cicilliny votes no. Thank you for joining us tonight. This is Roll Call Vote under way right now. Were watching this historic impeachment proceeding under way in congress. If youve been watching today and into tonight you know that in technical terms this is what tay call a markup which means the Judiciary Committee is there to change or fine tune the articles of impeachment against President Trump before a final vote. In reality what todays proceedings have been is an opportunity for democrats to make the case for impeaching President Trump, and its been an opportunity for republicans to criticize democrats for that and to try to derail the proceedings however they can. This committee started work at 9 00 this morning. We expect that a final vote on the Impeachment Articles could come as soon as this hour, but we really dont know just when itll happen. Tonight republicans are
continuing to offer up what are basically sort of stunt amen