Significant. The first in public and the second featuring Marie Yovanovitch, someone pushed out, removed from her position by President Trump with what other officials testified a Smear Campaign they say was led by the president s outside attorney, guiliani. Democrats working on the impeachment inquiry say this will represent the first chapter and how it went rogue throughout this process. Thats one element of this. The second and most important element is whats happening behind closed doors, the closed door deposition of divideavid h sitting down for a closed door deposition. Why he matters is he was the one that was spoken about wednesday in the bombshell about the conversation between Gordon Sondland and President Trump where investigations were specifically brought up. He then asked sondland what he thought about ukraine and sondland said he cares more about the bidens than ukraine. This will be their first opportunity to speak to david homes and an important event. House Speaker N
House speaker nancy pelosi, democrats writ large and the broader inquiry into ukraine. What happens next . I think you hit on a couple of key points. First, the scramble here for a strategy at the white house. What we witnessed yesterday was really a president who had taken charge of his own communications strategy, not unusual for this president , hallie, but this is certainly an extraordinary circumstance. Will it work this time . Thats the question that a number of his outside allies have. The second piece of this is, are they going to comply with that request for more documents . Now adam schiff has said they will subpoena the documents if theyre not turned over voluntarily by tomorrow. President trump was asked about this yesterday during that press conference. He said well work with democratic lawmakers. What exactly does that mean . I think if you look at the past, if past is precedent here, the administration has essentially felt as though it has been under review. Investigatio
Were following a huge story with ramifications for this country for generations to come. President trump dont j. Trump now stands on the breach of impeachment after a partisan vote by the Judiciary Committee earlier this morning, teeing up an historic vote by the full house next week and an expected senate trial early next year. Talking with a democrat on the house Judiciary Committee, representative madeleine dean. Our correspondents are also standing by. First, lets get the latest on impeachment. Phil mattingly is joining us. The president is on track to be impeached next week by the full house. Walk us in the days ahead. Reporter the vote on two articles of impeachment setting the path forward for a full impeachment, just the third in history. You will have a rules Committee Meeting important in this sense that will dictate the rules of the road in terms of how long the debate will go and how long each sides meet and who will be the managers be in this process leading to wednesday a