I use herpecin l. Re, it penetrates deep to treat. It soothes, moisturizes, and creates an spf 30 barrier, to protect against flareups caused by the sun. Herpecin l. Good evening. Welcome to the next and pivotal act in a drama thats about to consume the Trump Presidency and if the Founding Fathers had it right, tap into fundamental notions of what the country is and how president s should behave. Day one of impeachment hearings in the House Judiciary Committee. Four law professors testifying to what the framers of the constitution considered impeachable offenses and whether this president meets their test. In short, did the president s demands on ukraine constitute bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors . Were there any abuses of office . This is what the law professors were asked to consider, but its hardly all thats on the table. The hearing was also a venue for republicans to make the case that there is no case. It was, as you might imagine, also an opportunity for lawmakers
You for being with me this sunday, im fredricka whitfield. We begin with mixed poll numbers for President Donald Trump and a declaration of independence from a republican member of congress. A New Washington post abc news poll says 44 of americans approve of the job of the president is doing. Thats the highest number ever for the president in that poll. But that same poll shows an overwhelming majority, 65 of americans, see President Trump as unpresident ial with just 28 of americans saying trump has acted fitting and proper since taking office. This comes as michigan congressman justin amash sits down with cnn and explains what drove him from the gop. His thoughts on the president and the prospects of impeachment. Amash is a vocal trump critic. Today he once again called for impeachment proceedings to begin against the president. He also lashed out at the gop, partisan politics and republicans who show Blind Loyalty to the president. All of those factors, amash says, led him to leave
This is cnn tonight. Im don lemon. The House Speaker nancy pelosi sure knows how to get under the president s skin, and shes doing it again tonight. If trump thought calling pelosi a vindictive person would scare her, hes wrong. She says she feels sorry for him. The speaker telling Fareed Zakaria shes holding firm in her decision not to hold an impeachment inquiry. Fareed is with us. You sat down with nancy pelosi, the House Speaker. Lets get into what she said about impeachment and then well talk. I dont think theres anything more divisive we can do than to impeach the president of the United States. You have to handle it with great care. It has to be about the truth and the facts to take you to whatever decision has to be there. It should by no means be done politically. You shouldnt impeach politically. You shouldnt not impeach politically, but we must always remember we have a responsibility for oneness because that is the strength of our country. Despite the pressure within her ca
Between President Trump and ukraines president that has sparked the whistleblowers complaint. The white house ordered kupperman not to show up and so kupperman went to court, essentially asking a judge to decide if he should listen to the order from congress or the white house on this one. The chairman of the House Intelligence Committee leading the investigation none too happy this morning. Listen. If this witness had something to say that would be helpful to the white house, they would want him to come and testify. They plainly dont. So what now . Lets get to capitol hill first and foremost. Phil mattingly is there. House democrats at least are talking about holding him in contempt of congress. What are you hearing . Just listened to chairman adam schiff talk. Republicans spoke as well. You can kind of view how democrats are proceeding through two tracks. There is the legal track. They can hold him in contempt. They can also go the Court Related to the lawsuit filed by Charles Kupper
And we begin this hour in russia where a fiery plane crash has killed 41 people on board. An aeroflot passenger jet caught fire as it made a hard Emergency Landing at an airport near moscow. Social media video shows what the scene looked like from inside the plane. We do want to warn you the footage you see here, its very difficult to watch. [ screaming ] that video from the moment the landing was also captured on camera. You can see the plane first bounced off the runway before coming back down and bursting into flames. The Russian News Agency interfacts reports a Lightning Strike caused a communications failure, forcing the plane to make the landing. Our Fred Pleitgen has been following the story and joins now with more from neighboring finland. Reporter some horrifying images coming out of moscow as video seems to show that plane, the superjet from aeroflot airlines, as it is screeching down the runway after making an extremely hard Emergency Landing in the afternoon hours of sunday