york, nashville, portland, phoenix, den version and atlanta, all of them echoing the same theme t president must be removed from office. and this represents an existential threat to our country, the biggest threat to democracy certainly in my lifetime. it s crazy we re going through this right now. i can t imagine where obama would be if he had done this right now. he would be in jail. today s special coverage and impeachment vote begins at 8:00 a.m. join wolf blitzer and jake tapper at 8:00 after new day. it s tough to quit smoking cold turkey. so chantix can help you quit slow turkey. along with support, chantix is proven to help you quit. with chantix you can keep smoking at first and ease
october. for the first time in more than two decades congress is allocating money for gun research. half of the money will go to the cdc with the other half earmarked for the national institutes of health. the democratic congresswoman of new york lead it. paid family and medical leave for 2.1 million federal workers passed by the senate in a historic vote. it was passed by ivanka trump and the president said he will sign it. it provides paid leave for 12 weeks. ivanka trump said she will continue to make paid family leave for all american workers heading into the election year. the nba s top rookie sidelined? andy scholes has the bleacher report next. what?
impeached. house democratic leaders know they have the votes to pass both articles of impeachment, one, obstruction of justice, two, abuse of power. the vast majority of the caucus members, people who weren t sure which way they would go on this issue, they re voting yes. all but one or two have committed to doing just that. this is a foregone conclusion at this point. however, you re going to want to pay attention to the house floor throughout the course of this day as they debate this momentous occasion. you re going to have democrats make clear why they believe the president has conducted impeachable acts, why they believe the president withheld funds to ukraine. you re going to have republicans also unified to a person. not a single republican expected to break and vote with democrats, why they appose this and have opposed this, each step of this process every step of the way from the closed door
going to go are going to do just that. this is a foregone conclusion. however, you re going to want to pay attention to the house floor throughout this day as they debate this momentous and historic occasion. you re going to hear democrats make clear why they believe the president has conducted impeachable acts, why it s got on the this point in what democrats allege was in exchange for investigations into his political rivals, and you re going to have republicans who are also unified to a person. not a single republican expected to break and vote with democrats on those articles, why they oppose this and have opposed this every step of the way from the closed door depositions to the impeachment hearings, the house judiciary committee, the rules committee. i will tell you. this speaker nancy pelosi on tuesday night shortly before members broke for the evening sejd a letter to all of her
depositions, the impeachment hearing, the rules committee meeting that went for hours on end yesterday and today, the house floor vote. ly tell you this. speaker nancy pelosi on tuesday night shortly before members broke for the evening sending a letter to all of her democratic colleagues, asking every single member of the democratic caucus to join her on the floor when the floor opens up at 9:00 a.m. keep an eye on that as well. everyone knows the stakes and what s left to do. they have to vote. president trump also fired off this remarkable letter. it s a single-page six-page single-page tirade addressed to speaker pelosi. it attacks the people and processes lined up against him sometimes in very personal terms. he intends the letter for the purpts of history.