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
Ill be dead by 60. But i was leaving there feeling and we didnt the other part, wow. Wow. Just not to throw that in your lap or anything. Im just saying, thats how i started my day today. Physical therapy, enormous breakfast, larry needs to run for president. Well, i actually skipped breakfast this morning, rachel. So we have balanced out the 9 00 to 11 00 p. M. So rachel, imagine my joy, imagine my joy when i was sitting there almost a half an hour ago watching you remind us that massachusetts senator ed brook was the first republican to stand up and say Richard Nixon had to go. I had forgotten he was the first republican. And now i remember how proud so many of us were in boston when ed brook did that. For me the ed brook is instructive at a number of levels. Number one, ed brook is an amazing figure in American History who deserve morse attention than he gets. Number two, he was an unusual senator in the sense that he was the only African American serving in the senate. He was an Af
Lot to talk about. Our friends are all here. Good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters in new york. Weve never seen a day quite like day 278 of Trump Administration. Adds one republican who has advised several past president s put it in the Washington Post tonight, this is the ice beginning to crack. Crack, you might have heard, late today east coast time was Arizona Republican jeff flake on the senate floor announcing he will not run for reelection. And in the process calling out the president , what he stands for, and whats become of his Republican Party. We must stop pretending that the degradation of our politics and the conduct of some in our executive branch are normal. They are not normal. Reckless, outrageous, and undignified behavior has become excused and countenanced as telling it like it is, when it is actually just reckless, outrageous, and undignified. And when such behavior emanates from the top of our government, it is something else. It is dangerous to a d
Trump white house wont implement russia sanctions. And new concerns over a trumpconnected company hired to fix power in puerto rico. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, it was an extraordinary day in washington. Two sitting republican senators went before the American People to denounce the president of the United States. The head of their own party as an unstable and unfit leader who endangers the country and debases our democracy. After deciding to retire at the end of this term, senator bob corker and jeff flake gave a dramatic tribute not just to the president but to their own republican colleagues. The day started with corker, who has been vocal about his concerns since announcing his retirement last month talking to just about every tv camera he could find about the man in the oval office. For young people to be watching not only here in our country, but around the world someone of this mentality, or as president of the United States is something
And the rebuke of dirt. Do you think congress should pursue every avenue to get President Trump out of office . Then democrats break out the obamacare playbook on taxes. The president said this is not a plan for the rich, blatantly untrue. New questions about why the Trump White House wont implement russia sanctions. And new concerns over a trumpconnected company hired to fix power in puerto rico. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york, im chris hayes, it was an extraordinary day in washington. Two sitting republican senators went before the American People to denounce the president of the United States. The head of their own party as an unstable and unfit leader who endangers the country and debases our democracy. After deciding to retire at the end of this term, senator bob corker and jeff flake gave a dramatic tribute not just to the president but to their own republican colleagues. The day started with corker, who has been vocal about his concerns since announcing his