impeached by the house. it is heartbreaking, but the president gave us no choice. reporter: sources tell cnn democrats are considering articles including abuse of power, bribery, obstruction of congress and obstruction of justice, even as some democrat sources say have told leaders they remain wary of expanding the scope beyond the ukraine investigation and into elements of special counsel mueller s report, pelosi refusing to get into internal deliberations. my chairman will be making recommendations as to what the articles of impeachment would reporter: but the timeline for a final vote coming more into view as the house judiciary committee announced its next impeachment hearing for monday, teeing up a possible committee consideration of articles by the end of next week and final floor votes on the articles the week of december 16th. house republicans continuing with complete unity to oppose each step of the process. today with the speaker s announcement she has weakened
dispute. thanks for being there for us, nic. in just a few hours, the man at the center of the tower project is scheduled to testify in project for congress. fel felix sadder was scheduled to testify in front of the house intelligence committee, but failed to show up. he claims he overslept. they are interested in him because he worked with michael cohen on the project. sader s involvement in the real estate project is detailed in special counsel mueller s report. former deputy white house counsel annie donaldson is refusing to answer 200 questions from the democrats. all the questions were about incidents described in the mueller report. the case is likely to be part of a looming court fight between congressional democrats and the white house over executive privilege. dramatic developments in the case against actor kevin spacey, and the possibility that the case could be dismissed. this after the young man who
president trump face-to-face with world leaders at the g-20 summit today in japan including russian president vladimir putin. this was their first sit down meeting since the release of special counsel mueller s report which detailed russia s extensive interference in the 2016 election. so a lot of people at home and abroad were surprised to hear the president make this joke. cnn s kaitlyn collins joins me live from osaka, japan. what s been the reaction so far from these comments by president trump? reporter: if you re in the president s inner circle they re not surprised by what the president said because they said repeatedly down-plays the russian interference in the election.
as we start a new week good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 872 of the trump administration, and the democrats in charge of the house have emerged with a decidedly different look. today holding their first hearing on special counsel mueller s report. this afternoon the house judiciary committee wanted to learn more about mueller s findings regarding obstruction. we have a responsibility to do this work. to follow the facts where they lead, to make recommendations to the whole house as circumstances warrant, and to craft legislation that makes certain no president, democrat or republican, can ever act in this way again. the white house has repeatedly blocked the committee s access to some key witness, including someone seen as absolutely critical and that s former white house counsel don mcgahn. he became one of the de facto mueller narrators in the end. so until such a time as they can
congress now have some of robert mueller s evidence in their hands. just as of this evening. as william barr s justice department begins to loosen its grip on some of the secret material. the attorney general was one day shy of perhaps being held in contempt. plus john dean returns to capitol hill bringing echoes and parallels of watergate to the era of trump. and new reporting tonight on what trump is telling friends and advisers about a matchup with joe biden. as the two men are both set to appear in iowa tomorrow night. the 11th hour on a monday night gets under way now. as we start a new week good evening once again from our nbc news headquarters here in new york. day 872 of the trump administration, and the democrats in charge of the house have emerged with a decidedly different look. today holding their first hearing on special counsel mueller s report.