Whether or not Speaker Pelosi votes. Its tradition the speaker doesnt often votes but on a day like today i would think she would want to lead from the front. Well see. It seems like unprecedented times. Hagar, felipe, congressman, thank you so much. Well hand off to ari melber. Good morning. Im ari melber reporting live from nbc headquarters with coverage of todays events on msnbc. The breaking news coming out of capitol hill, lawmakers in the house about to take their first ever formal votes on how to proceed with the Impeachment Inquiry of president donald trump. This new resolution maps out the blueprint and rules of the road
for what democrats say is the next public phase in this impeachment probe. Now many are expecting a Party Line Vote today. Lawmakers will vote on these ground rules which includes moving the closed door depositions of all of these key witnesses into public hearings. Weve seen squabbling over this process. Were expecting in our special coverage to hear from Spe
Campaign. Sent to donald trump, jr. , the president himself when he was a candidate and other members of the team weeks before the election. Another cnn exclusive report reveals how previously undisclosed emails show there were followups to the meeting that donald trump, jr. Had with the russian lawyer to get dirt on Hillary Clinton at trump tower. Our Senior Correspondent manu raju is on the hill. Lets begin with the reporting. Attempt to get wikileaks information, hacked stolen emails to the trump team. They never as far as we know responded to this outreach, right . Yeah, thats right. It was a september 4th, 2016, email that was sent to then candidate trump, his son donald trump, jr. , and others in the Trump Organization including donald trump, jr. s personal assistant. Now the time frame here is important. This came months after the dnc hack and emails started to leak from after that hack as well as a month before John Podestas own email was hacked and then released by wikileaks a
All in 2020 with democratic candidate Amy Klobuchar. The ugly precedence for americas growing migrant Detention Camp. New reporting on what looks like bribery at the trump d. C. Hotel and the big takeaways with the Elizabeth Warren town hall. What are did you learn from that exchange that made you want to end up going into politics . Thaw dont get what you dont fight for. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. New reporting confirms that House Democrats are just as divided over the question of impeachment from behind the scenes as they appear to be from the outside. Dozens of House Democrats are ready to begin an impeachment inquiry right now potentially and this is important, including the house judiciary chair, jerry nadler whose job it would be to start the proceedings. Nancy pelosi apparently does not Want Congress to take that on, preferring to leave it to the american electorate and the system to hold the president accountable. According to politico, citing multiple
To end up going into politics . Thaw dont get what you dont fight for. All in starts right now. Good evening from new york. New reporting confirms that House Democrats are just as divided over the question of impeachment from behind the scenes as they appear to be from the outside. Dozens of House Democrats are ready to begin an impeachment inquiry right now potentially and this is important, including the house judiciary chair, jerry nadler whose job it would be to start the proceedings. Nancy pelosi apparently does not Want Congress to take that on, preferring to leave it to the american electorate and the system to hold the president accountable. According to politico, citing multiple sources, she told Committee Chairs in a meeting, i dont want to see him impeached. I want to see him in prison. She appears to have been invoking the possibility of facing prosecution once he is out of office. One source confirmed that reporting to nbc news. The comments came in response to a plea from
Their presidency, think bill clinton and barack obama, able to focus exclusively. Its a political luxury donald trump cannot afford. Washington post, from straws to Wind Turbines to socially conservative issues, trump is deliberately amplifying public tensions by seizing on divisive topics to energize his base according to white house aides and advisors. Trump apparently getting cold feet on the gun reform he promised this past week and passing the buck to majority leader, Mitch Mcconnell. If mitch wants to do something, i gave it to Mitch Mcconnell. A good man, wants to do something, i feel very strongly he wants to do background checks and i do, too. Call mitch with public anxiety about gun violence and public support about legislation on the rise, democrats were prepared for some walk back on guns. Reporting this quote, in a bid to keep pressure on the white house to respond to mass shootings, Senate Minority leader, chuck schumer, is preparing to ask President Trump withdraw reques