it s a quid pro quo. president trump firing back against an impeachment inquiry saying he will release the entire transcript of his phone call with ukraine s president. all you have to do is read the transcript of the call. a day of history on capitol hill. we shall watch it together. the first in a series of public hearings the committee will hold as part of the house s impeachment inquiry. russia hoax has ended and you have been cast in the low rent ukrainian sequel. you heard president trump ask ambassador sondland is he going to do the investigation? yes, sir. he was being involved in a domestic political errand and we were being involved in national security foreign policy. those two things just diverged. i said it would blow up. the president is attacking you on twitter. everywhere marie yovanovitch turned bad. it was very intimidating.
reporter: tonight, with the stain of impeachment still setting in, president trump firing back. what does it feel like to be the third president in u.s. history to be impeached? well, i don t feel like i m being impeached because it s a hoax it s a set-up. it s a horrible thing they did reporter: and bringing in one of the two democrats who voted no on both articles of impeachment. new jersey congressman jeff van drew, now switching parties to become a republican. we re really happy to have jeff on board. reporter: but now a new showdown over what happens next on wednesday night after democrats impeach the president, house speaker nancy pelosi throwing the process into limbo and uncertainty, breaking historic precedent, vowing she will not send the articles to the senate until she determines the top senate republican, mitch mcconnell, will hold a fair trial. our founders, when they wrote the constitution, they suspected that there could be a rogue president. i don t think
historic vote set for tomorrow, the full house vote, voting on two articles against president trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. and tonight, the democrats appear to have secured the votes to impeach. late today, president trump firing off a six-page letter to house speaker nancy pelosi, saying the democrats are waging a partisan impeachment crusade. the president writing he penned the letter for the purpose of history and to put my thoughts on a permanent and indelible record. speaker pelosi just calling the letter moments ago really sick. and tonight, even as the house vote grows near, the senate is already preparing for the trial that would come next in the senate. abc s mary bruce leading us off tonight from the hill. reporter: on the eve of his impeachment, president trump incensed, lashing out with fury and frustration. mr. president, you take any responsibility for the fact that you are about to be impeached? no. i don t take any. zero, to put it mildly.
president trump firing back at the democrats fast paced pitch for impeachment comes to a head at 9:00 a.m. with a press conference. ainsley: the president tweeting out a few moments ago to impeach a president whose proven through results including producesing perhaps the strongest economy in our country s history to have one of the most successful presidencies ever and most importantly whose done nothing wrong is shear political madness that s his point of view, as democrats plan to unveil at least two articles of impeachment in less than an hour hey, griff. griff: that s right the two articles of impeachment we expect for them to unveil at 9:00 is abuse of power and obstruction of congress, that will be introduced by the chairman of the committees who led the inquiry, nadler, schiff, and the like and the next step is the markup of the actual articles being written and this comes after the judiciary committee s hearing on evidence just in the chaos yesterday outrage from republicans
wish jennifer and her family happy holidays and i just pray that they give my kids my love and my best wishes. jillian: that s float tuesday dflotus dulos.he says ie is entitled to more money from his in-law s to pay off the home that he once shared with jennifer dulos. now he faces separate charges in connection with to jennifer s disappearance. she went missing in may and hasn t been seen since. that s a look at your headlines. i will send it back to you. steve: that is something. brian: that is audacity. steve: 6:15 in new york city. president trump firing back at justin trudeau in canada at the nato summit. you saw this live yesterday. well, he is two-faced. the truth is that i called him out on the fact that he is not paying 2%. steve: so if every uncountry isn t paying their fair share of 2%. is nato still worth the trouble?