Later schiff said they would get into the constitutional issues around impeachment and the reasons President Trump should be removed from office. Thats apparently what we can expect in coming days. But today was for the story of factually what actually happened. House judiciary chairman jerry nadler told the story of marie yovanovitch, the ambassador to ukraine trump fired because she was perceived as being in the way of his effort to pressure the Ukrainian Government to announce an investigation into joe biden. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia of texas detailed the role that Rudy Giuliani has played as the president s back channel to carry out this scheme. Colorado congressman jason crow, a combat veteran, explained why the military aid held up by the Trump Administration was so important to ukraine in its war with russia and how the hold on that aid violated the law. Floridas val demings focused on the white house meeting that the Trump Administration dangled for months as one of the quid
My point over and over so it sinks and with the viewers in public. The start of the proceedings has not garnered quite as much tv attention as the house inquiry and its far less of an audience than the bombshell hearings of recent memory from james comey to Brett Kavanaugh to the 22. 5 million americans who watch president clintons videotaped testimony back in 1998. But could witness testimony shake things up . New polling indicates that most americans feel that when it says with firsthand knowledge should testify. Democratic congas minh Eric Swalwell says that the only way to get a fair trial. He joins me in moments. Republican congresswoman Elise Stefanik also here, a member of President Trumps defense team and says that democrats already has their chance, we meet with congressman swalwell, good to have you here. Good evening, martha. Martha do you think its likely youll hear from witnesses in this process at this point . If senators listen to their constituents saying across the cou
Investigation into joe biden. Congresswoman Sylvia Garcia of texas detailed the role that Rudy Giuliani has played as the president s back channel to carry out this scheme. Colorado congressman jason crow, a combat veteran explained why the military aid held up by the Trump Administration was so important to ukraine in its war with russia and how the hold on that aid violated the law. Floridas val valero focused on the white house meeting that the Trump Administration dangled for months as one of the quids they might get if they coughed up the quo. Hakeem jeffries spoke of the july 25th phone call between trump and the ukrainian president , volodymyr zelensky. California congresswoman, zoe lofgren, veteran of the last two impeachments, she talked about the coverup once the ukraine scheme was discovered. The house impeachment managers presented emails and Text Messages and call records and dozens of video clips. I stopped counting at 50 different video clips showing, among other things,
Athena jones sets the stage. The most serious charges ever brought against the president. Reporter house manager jerry nadler started pointing a long list of constitutional experts and invoking the framers of the constitution. Abuse, betrayal, corruption. This is exactly the understanding that the framers incorporated into the constitution. Reporter democrats using visual aids to bolster their case that trump used the power of his office to pressure ukraine to serve his own political interests using comments from the president s own allies, notably attorney general bill barr, Alan Dershowitz and lindsey graham, one of the jurors in the trial to make the point an Impeachable Offense does not have to be a statutory crime. I think thats what they meant by high crimes, it doesnt have to be a crime. Its just when you start using your office and youre acting in a way that hurts people youve committed a high crime. Reporter hitting trump for blocking witnesses. If the president had any exculp
Constitutional republic. It puts even president nixon to shame. If the truth doesnt matter, we are lost. No constitution could protect us. Right doesnt matter anymore. President trump tried to cheat. He got caught. And then he worked hard to cover it up. Juan partisanship has been running high all weekend it looks like neither side is willing to break from their position. Yesterdays arguments by the house managers was precise, was dramatic, was emotional. I dont know about you but it became mindnumbing after a while. I look around at the republican members, a lot of what they are hearing, they dont want to hear. They dont want to hear the true facts. I got the general point you are trying to make the fourth time you told me. They are over trying their case, and i would just urge them to not do that, because eventually it gets just hard to follow. Juan tomorrow, i think people are trying to figure out exactly how the president s team begins. If i understand it they are going to have abo