if there are certain actions that rise to the lefrl thvel th founders imagined, there is an obligation to try to fulfill that. as a democrat and as somebody who has worked in the white house, i know you have as well, worked in the administration for democrats, and wants to support democrats, i don t care if democrats lose every seat, and i m not saying i want this. i don t care if they lose every seat in congress. if they go and fight for what is right. this is not about politics, it s what is obligated to our country to lead. it is morally wrong to allow donald trump to continue to lead our country in the way he s doing, and if we don t do something, we re all responsible. we re going to keep this conversation going. i need to sneak in a quick break. most democrats do say they want an impeachment inquiry over this. republicans may send a message of their own by staying mostly silent. stay with us.
apparently, by asking ukraine to interfere in the election, to dig up dirt on joe biden or hunter biden, and this is impeachable conduct. i know that s what margaret is saying we shouldn t talk about yet, but the democrats in congress have a duty in fact, all members in congress have a duty to hold the president accountable. when you have someone interfering in our elections and engage ing in a smear campaign against our opponents time and time again and violating the law repeatedly without consequence, what on earth will it take before he is finally held accountable? you can go straight to impeachment, and i know this one wants to, too. this one? this one on my right. i know him pretty well. impeachment, guys, is still a political act. this is still a political act that will have political consequences that, by the way, may benefit democrats but may not. why not first get information and then see what to do with it. that s what you re supposed to do, to gather information
currently 137 democrats have come out in favor of starting impeachment proceedings, sources telling cnn that additional democrats skeptical of impeachment in the past are now ready to announce their support for impeachment proceedings within days. we may very well have crossed the rubicon here. reporter: a potentially significant warning shot from speaker of the house nancy pelosi, too, in this letter to house members, ratcheting up her own language saying that if the administration does not turn over the whistleblower s complaint to congress, they will be entering a grave new chapter of lawlessness, which will take us into a whole new stage of investigation. house intelligence chairman adam schiff, who has resisted calling for trump s impeachment in the past, kept in close contact with pelosi over the weekend before saying this to jake on state of the union. that may be the only remedy that is co-equal to the evil that conduct represents. reporter: despite this, some democra
leader to be revealed. it happens because a whistleblower comes out and says something accident tropical storm herminely wro extremely wrong happened in that call. the leader of the house and senate intelligence committee should be asking for it. that s the only precedence being broken. release the transcript to congress, release the call. former vice president joe biden very passionate about this. he knows i ll beat him like a drum and he s using abuse of power and every element of the presidency to try to do something to smear me. is that the right way to handle this? i think so. trump is trying to muddy the waters and he s trying to confuse people about joe biden s trip to ukraine or pressure on ukraine. that was a whole different situation. joe biden was acting as part of an international effort to stop
community whistleblower whose complaint about the president s phone call and more, the trump administration is blocking from congress a complaint that the inspector general of the intelligence community appointed by trump called credible and urgent. consider, however, how much of this is playing out in front of our eyes and ears. in may, the president s lawyer, rudy giuliani, told the new york times that he was going to ukraine to push for this investigation into the bidens to do so, in fact, to help his client, president trump. quote, i m asking them to do an investigation that they re doing already and that other people are telling them to stop, giuliani told the times. and i m going to give them reasons why they shouldn t stop it, because that information will be very, very helpful to my client and may turn out to be helpful to my government, unquote. then in june, president trump told george stephanopolous that he would accept dirt on a 2020 opponent from another country. your