A political and religious crisis. As always, we will take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter is next. Host good morning. It is monday, september 30. Welcome to washington journal. Though congress is in a two week break, House Democrats impeachment efforts move forward. Herker pelosi telling caucus in a Conference Call beterday, our tone must solemn, prayerful, and respectful of the constitution. Is the effort by democrats worthy of the constitution . Democrats, call 2027488000. Republicans, 2027488001. Independents and others, that is 2027488002. Or you can send us a text and that line is 2027488003. We are also on twitter. Tweet us at cspanwj or post your comments on facebook, facebook. Com cspan. A piece updated in the new york pelosithe headline says pushes for simple message as inquiry barrels ahead. Nancy pelosi made a private appeal on sunday to democrats not to build public support for a school fullscale impeachment inquiry on President Trump. We are ready to push forward with a politically divisive process. The polls have changed. Rastically about this our tone must be prayerful, respectful, solemn, worthy of. E constitution after several murky messaging and mr. Trumps efforts to derail that inquiry, democrats believe the new push centered on efforts to pressure the leader of ukraine to dig up dirt on political rival gives them a fresh start and a clear chance to make a case the president deserves to be removed. Adam schiff of california told cbs 60 minutes more subpoenas in the inquiry would be coming soon, as early as this week, including one for rudy giuliani, whom he deputized the followup with ukrainians. We are here on washington journal on the phone by Catherine Tully mcmanus who reports for roll call, covers congress for roll call. What idea can you give us about the timeline for the investigation . How quickly do they want to move through this . Guest at least one subpoena has already been issued. Demanding that secretary mike pompeo produce documents and witnesses that could illuminate more about the dealings with ukraine that were on the Conference Call with President Trump. What all members were saying last week and into this weekend was that expeditiously was the word used over and over again. It is my sense that lawmakers, weather they have been for impeachment months and months or only came on board the last few days, they do not want this to drag on forever even though some people are talking about the election and what it would mean for that, they see if they make concise, clear actions moving forward consistently, that is the strategy they are hoping to take. There are more subpoenas expected this week. There is even a closed hearing expected on friday, october 4 with the House Intelligence Committee and the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community committee to bring clarity for the Intelligence Committee members on what they are dealing with. Host is there any possibility of a public hearing during this two week break . Guest i am not aware of any plans for that during this break. I would say more members might want to be present for that and so that might be the only Thing Holding that back. There is no clarity on when the whistleblower will meet with lawmakers. The lawyers came forward with a Statement Last night saying there is not a timeline for that , but they are in communication with congress. Host as members know back to their home districts and town halls in other meetings with constituents, what is the main message they are taking back regarding impeachment and the democratic agenda in congress . Guest the plan for town halls in many events is an opportunity for members to address this issue that i am sure is now on many of their constituents minds about how House Speaker paint nancy pelosi sent a letter to her caucus late last week and i think she framed nicely what she would like her members to bring home with them, which she said, with our inquiry in place, we can focus on promoting our agenda. What they mean by their agenda is the Kitchen Table topics impacting the lives of their constituents. They are rolling out a bill they say would lower Prescription Drug costs for everyday americans. They would love to be talking about that and the two bills and one resolution they recently passed in the house on border issues to increase oversight and transparency of agencies operating on the border, medical screenings for children and families at the border, and a resolution disapproving of the money being routed away from military projects for border construction. Those are the types of things they will be talking about in their districts. Of course, impeachment will come up and how every member handles that will likely be different depending on the politics of their district. All members are saying this is not about the 2020 election, this is about securing our democracy, et cetera. However, everyones district has a different makeup and they have to take that into account. Some members will be going home, especially these members who most recently came up for impeachment in trump . Winning districts, they will be defending their choice to support and impeachment inquiry where trump won whereas others will be going home and saying finally, we have everyone on board, you know i have been hoping for this and pushing for this for a long time. Host catherine telling mcmanus tullymcmanus, thanks for being with us this morning. Back to theire home districts, Speaker Pelosi admonishing them that their tone should be worthy of the constitution your thoughts. 2027488000 for democrats. 2027488001 for republicans. And all others, 2027488002. Joe is first, indianola, indiana. Welcome. Caller how are you doing . Top of the morning to you. Host you bet. Go ahead. Caller i remember hearing a year or so ago that old Vladimir Putin said by 2020, the u. S. Would have a civil war and now i am hearing talk of civil war on the republican side. Ant joe brings up interesting point because the president used those words in a tweet yesterday. Quoting a pastor who appeared on fox news and i want to show that to you. In a series of tweets yesterday, President Trump tweeted if democrats are successful removing the democrat asked the president from office, which they will never be, it will cause a civil warlike fracture in this nation from which the country will neville never heal. I havenzinger says visited nations ravaged by civil war. President trump and i never imagined such a quote to repeated by a president. This is beyond repugnant. Phoenix,publican line, arizona. Welcome to christian. Caller thank you so much for taking my call. Here we are again, another scam by the democrats. Another scheme to rush to judgment to get the president out of office. Guiltr presumption of instead of a presumption of innocence, which our entire country is founded upon and they are not following the constitution because in our country, in this country, not only do we have a presumption of innocence, we also have a presumption of the reasonable standard. Without that standard, we are lost as a country. Here we have the president of the United States who had a conversation on july 25 and three days later, dan coats resigned as the director of National Intelligence on july 28 august, the office of the director of National Intelligence retroactively changes the form the whistleblower complaint form in august of 2019, which was just therted over the weekend by federalist . And shortly after that, the whistleblower complaint was then dan coats officially leaves the office of the director of national 15. Lligence august why is it that all the republicans in the country and the people who elected donald after rush to impeachment this whistleblower complaint form is retroactively changed right before the complaint is filed and given to adam schiff and the committees . I also want to point out, why is there such a double standard when it comes to democrats . Here we have hunter biden, who not only was widely known as hunter biden was involved with the second largest gas company in the ukraine, hunter biden was on that board of directors from 2019 2014 all the way to 2019. On yourst a quick note timeline, dan coats President Trump announced that in a tweet, late july. Dan coats stepped down mid ust right after or before coincidentally or not, the letter came out the whistleblower report was filed august 12. Alabama, we go to the independent line and this is tom. Go ahead. Thank good morning and you for taking my call. My big problem with everything going on with donald trump is look at our economy, look at the state of our country. They had 20 candidates, the democrats did in the beginning. None of them could even come close to beating trump in an election. What do they do . They figure out a way to muddy his name again. We heard russia, russia, russia, even when the reports came out he had done nothing wrong, it was still russia and then the leak in the wall street journal that we are going to go out to him because he is a racist. When the report came out, you dont hear anything about being a racist anymore. Quit announcing biden as Vice President biden, he is a common president ofd the the United States has the right he is not undermining the actions taken in our country now. He is nobody, he is running for president ial candidate and he is a private citizen. Host is the impeachment inquiry worthy of the constitution . The admonition of Speaker Pelosi. You can text us. A couple here, this one from chad. Democrats are engaged in nothing less than a coup. The integrity of the worthy of the impeachment inquiry. Here is what Speaker Pelosi had to say yesterday in her in on on 60 minutes cbs. [video clip] it wasnt any change of mine, i always said we will follow the facts, where they take us and when we see them, we will be ready and we are ready. He told you about the phone call . He told me it was perfect. He there was nothing in the call. It was in public domain, he did was wrong. Ll us it it is wrong for a president to wants another head of state to create something negative about his possible political opponent to his own advantage at the extent of our expense of our National Security and the integrity of our elections. Host back to your phone calls and comments. Caller i am just listening to what nancy pelosi had to say creating what the democrats did in 2016. And for by the democrats Hillary Clinton and then they have the nerve to think we are stupid and more ons, that we do not understand what the constitution is. They have been changing everything ever since donald trump got elected, they have been trying to bring him down. As the country gets better and better, they are bitter because they know they are not going to 2020. E to beat him in that is what they are trying to bring him down. As far as adam schiff, for years he was telling us i have the proof, i have the proof that he colluded with russia. In the end, it was all a lie. He had nothing. He sits there and tries to make up a story about donald trump and what the conversation was. They should be shameful of what they are doing. Thank you. Essex,liff is next in maryland. Also on the republican line. Go ahead. Caller i am hardened by some of the calls i have heard this morning. So far, 100 of the American People are against this. This is nothing but another coup. It is shameful what these communists are doing. This is the communist party, the Democrat Party is nonexistent. Crew conducting a coup against the president of the United States. As far as the constitution is concerned, these communists are trying to destroy the constitution. Trying to destroy the First Amendment, second amendment, they want to open borders and sanctuary cities, this is crazy stuff. These people are insane. Host another view from maryland in greenbelt on our democrats line. Cspan. Good morning, i am up proud africanamerican scientist and a democrat and my party is democrat and this is the United States of america. I reported to two president s in , george h. W. Bush and Ronald Reagan and i swore on the bible to protect my country from domestic and foreign enemies. This president has put on a private server to hide wrong doings of his own making. Nancy pelosi is doing the correct thing, she is trying to protect our nation, our constitution. He puts on a private server in order to hide his deals with government of this country to put some dirt on biden. Biden was a private citizen. Was theof biden, which Vice President of barack obama. This is wrong. This is a violation of our constitution. The deal that was made was passed by congress, congressional deal to save this country, which is being attacked by russia. To save this country already approved by the congressional action and this president wants to use that to put his own personal wrongdoings to find on biden. And reviewstand up the constitution like nancy pelosi is doing. Host we are basing the question on Nancy Pelosis comments in terms of the tone on their approach of the impeachment and cree. Impeachment inquiry. Cbs poll quoted in the new york times, more than half of americans and an overwhelming number of democrats say they improve of the inquiry. The survey found a partisan split with democrats calling the president s handling of ukraine illegal. Most republicans calling the actions proper or if improper, at least legal. His advisor, Stephen Miller was on Fox News Sunday and asked if he believed it was a partisan job by the whistleblower. [video clip] read the sevenpage nancy drew novel, it drips with condescension, righteous indignation, and contempt for the president. It describes an elaborate coverup that also the president discussed on sean hannity april 25. What kind of secret coverup are you discussing on the airwaves of fox news . Furthermore, the Inspector General found evidence of political bias in the individual, which is not disputed by anybody. He also felt the director of National Intelligence and Inspector General said they found his comments to be credible and a matter of urgent concern and turned it over to the justice department. They thought it was a credible complaint. And they are wrong. On whose basis . I have worked in the federal government for nearly three years. I know what the deep state looks like. I know the difference between a whistleblower and a deep state operative. This is a deep state operative pure and simple. Host your calls and comments and questions on washington journal. The usa today has the headline whistleblower agrees to testify before congress. A picture of adam schiff, the chair of the Intelligence Committee. Congress is on a two week recess, but the inquiry does not appear to be slowing down. A number of depositions scheduled with state Department Officials and a private hearing with the Inspector General, the official who received a whistleblower complaint and found a credible and urgent. Mike pompeo is being subpoenaed for documents related to the trumpukraine episode. The biggest concern was having the whistleblower appear before the commentsng made by President Trump at a private event where he suggested the whistleblower committed treason and should be punished. Ine on our independent line philadelphia. Go ahead. Caller i think you asked to comment on pelosi. Shesaid today or yesterday wanted to be somber, serious and yet when she spoke about this, she was giggling and cackling. It reminded me of a mob from the french revolution. People should refer to literature to look that up. I think this is a marxist move and age attraction a distraction from our country being invaded. I want to encourage our fellow citizens weather demo whether democrat or republican, there will not be a civil war because we will pray to god. Host our democrats line, over to new jersey. James, hello. Caller how are you doing, cspan . I am a moderate. Politics since i was three years old, eisenhower. Ays i have been studying this situation. Biden situation, the two companies in the ukraine, one was given oil and gas to as trump called them, animals and scum people. The prosecutor he was on the board of the ones giving oil and not to the russians. Crime, to help out the rest of the country and not russians it is really sick to think its a crime. Host the Washington Times is reporting on hunter biden. Transaction approved by the Obama Administration in 2015. Scrutiny of business deals by former Vice President joe bidens son hunter includes his joint venture with a Chinese Government entity to combine an Automotive Company with potential military applications. The chairman of the senate the committee, truck direct involvement of mr. Hunter biden and mr. Heinz, the stepson as of john kerry in the acquisition prevents a potential conflict of interest. Senator grassley wrote a letter to treasury secretary steven mnuchin. Is larry, welcome