of representatives to determine the scope. quote, if the full committee by majority vote determines that grounds for impeachment exists a resolution imp a peaching the individual in question and setting force specific allegations of misconduct in one or more articles of impeachment will be reported to the full house. that s how it work. according to the washington post, quote, democrats are considering articles of impeachment against president trump that include obstruction and bribery but are unlikely to pursue a treason charge. i think that s fair. to help us make sense of what comes next i m joined by laurence tribe coauthor of to end a presidency, the power of impeachment. would you like to see the congress if it votes articles to limit it to say two or three or go further? you know, i don t think it is the precise number that matters, and the whole debate about whether to go broad and narrow i think misframes the issue.
over the report he handled ended up making sure the president was not, in fact, indicted. which i think is extraordinary and a little sinister is the way you get mission creep in the president s bloviating lies. he started to say some things that are a little bit new, the idea that an insurance policy that the russia investigation was intended by democrats to be an insurance policy that s stolen from the strzok/page text. that is something that s being amplified by conservative media to justify and amplify the investigate the investigators for treason charge which now bill barr is going forward on. he said in that rant that this is going to be his greatest accomplishment. this is not behavior becoming of an american president. it s behavior we have seen from urt other autocratic leaders of other countries. this is not a man who is being constrained by couldnscience or dignity. you cite a real consequence of the president s accusation
thousand people were driven from their homes so they were un report says that these that this reaction was grossly disproportionate and they re saying it amounts to crimes against humanity ok but so many thanks for that bus and heartache there are southeast asia correspondent. ok let s turn now to some of the other stories making news around the world pope francis has refused to comment on claims made by the vatican former ambassador to the u.s. that the pope himself was involved in the cover up all the sex abuse by an american cardinal francis was asked about the claims on his way back to rome from island. the ugandan pop star turned government critic bobby wine has been freed on bail the thirty six year old filmmaker been in detention since august the fourteenth he and several of the face of treason charge for allegedly pelting president you re very civil his motorcade would start. turning to germany now where prosecutors have
take some time. there were no instructions and there were no rules to follow. what i personally wrote the first official instruction on how to dispose of a submarines nuclear reactor. is explore parts there but we re going to look. nikita is case was a landmark. he was charged again in one thousand nine hundred nine and then fully acquitted at trial. he thus became the first person in soviet or post soviet history to be found innocent of treason charge. he continued to work with the norwegian environmentalists that should come as no surprise they headquarters of russia s northern fleet is located about one hundred fifty kilometers east of the norwegian border. even closer is under way of the northern fleet s primary storage facility for spent
something is bogus in new york and it s not the cops. that s it for us tonight from washington. we are here every night at 8:00. the five is next. dana: hello, everyone. i am dana perino. with juan williams, jesse watters, greg gutfeld, and kimberly h guilfoyle. it is 9:00 in new york city and this is the five. tonight, new reaction from president trump with the firestorm surrounded around his son and russia. the president is telling reuters tonight he only learned about the controversial sitdown a couple of days ago and doesn t blame his son for having the meeting. saying many people would have. democrats want the treason charge, other people say that s nonsense.