husband. i don t want to politicize his death. is something i m really grieving over. my family is still hurting. i have a brother, john s brother. my brother-in-law, in hospice, went into hospice at thanksgiving and these kinds of things, we re a family grieving and we should take a lesson from this and all respect each other, period, in the broader we need more civility in this country. some things should be off limits. let s take a deep breath. it s the holidays. many people celebrate different kinds of holidays. let s start to remember that we need to respect each other. if he thinks he s going to keep me from doing my job i m going to be right back at it when i leave here. hmm. jamie gangel, a cnn special correspondent and ana navara political commentator and republican strategist. wow. ana, first to you just on, a lot of what president trump said beyond being shameful was inaccurate, he called her i
what s the one thing quickly, danny, that where you think democrats shouldn t budge? well, i think that you know, this isn t necessarily should budge, should not budge. they ve asked for witnesses and asked for documents. i just want to make the point in response to what doug said that when the house was going through this process, senator mcconnell had not yet said that he s going to be in lock step with the president on the trial. so that did change the calculus for house democrats in terms it of their willingness to go forward. they re going to go forward. this process will take place, and when the process is over i just wanted to mention, the president will have been impeached for only the third time in american history. donald trump will have been impeached. that will never be taken away. in all likelihood acquitted. that can t change either given the nature of the senate. now part of an exclusive group, this club, certainly no president would want to join. thank you both
as expected vote to impeach president trump fell almost along party lines with all but three democrats voting yes and every single republican voting no, it is that lock step we ve seen by republican leaders through every step of this impeachment process that is raising serious concerns from my next guest in a new opinion piece. analyst brownstein rights view 0ing their role defending trump rather than pursuing a genuine assessment of underlying facts underscores how partisan imperatives eclipsed congress authority to check and balance executive branch. and ron is with me now. hey, brooke. the polysac professor, you iran viewed. what did you conclude as far as impeachment providing an effective check on the president? to understand how different
eight months ago. her husband was here a long time, but i didn t give him the b. treatment. i didn t give him the c. or the d. i could have. she calls me up, the nicest thing that s ever happened. thank you so much. john will be so drilled. he s lo thrilled. looking down he d be so thrilled. i said, don t worry about it. maybe he s looking up. i don t know. i don t know. hmm. john dingell died in february of this year at the age of 92 after 38 years of marriage and since that rally last night several republicans in michigan have condemned trump s shameful comment. congressman dingell said today when she heard trump the most recent comments it felt like a kick in the gut. it wasn t a political moment for me. just a really cheap shot at a man who i know who loved his country. i don t want to politicize my
out what role they could play on the senate floor. perhaps rebuttal to house manager s argument they re going to make. also a growing tension between white house counsel and mick mulvaney, chief of staff. that is still ongoing. aides describe that as a power struggle that is happening, and so a lot is going on as the white house counsel s office tries to build its case for the senate trial. it s going to focus on two different avenues, two different avenues of impeachment. a lot is going on behind the scenes at the white house today. the first day the president is impeached. yep. a lot behind the scenes, but in front of the camera, you mentioned freshman congressman jeff van drew meeting with the president. the democrat seemed to turn republican. watching for that to see how the president takes that in today. pamela, thank you very much. now all of this is setting up, the latest clash in the impeachment of president trump. with me now, cnn legal analyst elie honig. we before ob