Lincoln said we are in the heart of the civil, war america is the last, vast hope on earth. Fdr, said on the eve of the second world war, democracy is not dying. Reagan said in the midst of the cold war, america is a shining city on a hill. What exactly will history say about us . Will we put principle over party . Will we put the constitution above corruption . Will we put democracy over demagoguery . What exactly will history say about us . I yield now to my distinguished colleague from the great state of texas, this mrs. Escobar. Thank, you mister chairman, im going to speak directly to the American People once again and im going to ask but they bypass the republican talking points that weve heard over and over and over again, especially for those americans who have been listening and watching all day, and instead go directly to the evidence yourself. Over 100 hours of testimony, testimony by some of americas greatest patriots, over 250 text messages, Mick Mulvaneys own words, mr. M
Sondland whether president zelensky was going to, quote, do the investigation. We have the president many public statements, including his october 3rd statement that ukraine and china should investigate his political rival. Even though minority counsel mr. Castor admitted there was direct evidence he said we had some direct evidence on certain things and we had direct evidence on the may 23rd meeting, and sondland given direct evidence, and quote, the second hand accounts are also extensively corroborated. For example, ambassador taylor mr. Morrison both testify during as number seven phone call with ambassador sondland, President Trump said there was no quid pro quo for that president zelensky had to go to the microphone and announce investigations. And im giving with one hand taking away with the other. Ambassador sondland testified he had no reason to dispute ambassador taylor mr. Morrisons testimony about this conversation. There is also circumstantial evidence. There was no contem
Articles of impeachment, abuse of power, and obstruction of congress. Now more from the House Judiciary Committee hearing, starting with ken box from colorado. The gentleman is recognized. I heard my colleague from rhode island say this isnt about policy differences, this is about our obligation to protect and defend our constitution. It is about courage. It is about policy differences because you said nothing on your side, when president obama sent his surrogates out to lie about benghazi. You said nothing when president Obamas Administration entered into a gun running deal with mexican cartels, and the fast and Furious Program was developed. You said nothing about democrat leaders. This is about a policy difference. It is not about courage. I do not question anyones courage on the other side of the aisle, i question your judgment. I do not question your courage. I think the American People are getting tired. I say that because i have a friend from college, jim. And jim sent me a text
Before the committee is the amendment of an issue the substantive. Mister chairman for what purpose to the gentleman strike . For purposes the gentleman seek recognition that we have had. I would like to start out by commanding the chairman for following the rules. I think that this markup has been a lot better than it couldve been and i think the chairman has been probably very even handed about that. That being said, let me say that the chairman and those on his side of the aisle are dead wrong and all of the issues, both today and last night, as well as beforehand. The constitution says that the president and other civil officials can be impeached for treason, bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors. I think it is very obvious that there was no treason or bribery alleged here, and it goes on to what has been alleged in these two articles, whether they really are high crimes and misdemeanors. I would submit the answer in both of them as an emphatic no. What is accused of being
Well get back to the impeachment hearing coverage but first a look at yourheres a livh our cameras all over the bay area. As you could see there, not raining in some spots but it has been around a lot. Meteorologist kari hall is tracking the storm for us. And kari that is all i can say. Weve been in and out of the rain so some areas are taking a break but we are seeing a heavy amount of rain still moving through parts of Contra Costa County and much of the north bay. And then as we get a closer look at storm ranger, our mobile Doppler Radar it has been picking up on some of the rain as it continues to move through. We are seeing some of the heavy waves of rain moving through spots like antioch and brentwood as well as over toward the east bay and then for the south bay as of right now we are not seeing any of those showers moving through. We could see on storm ranger where we see the yellow and red shows whe the antioch and brentwood were seeing heavy rain on storm ranger. In the south