giuliani. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re main the situation room as this historic week comes to a close, we re following new planning for president trump s senate impeachment trial under a cloud of uncertainty. two key white house figures visiting the capitol today and getting a run through on the senate floor. we re told house democrats also are preparing for a trial with committee staffers expected to keep working through the holiday recess. this despite a high powered stand off between mitch mcconnell and house speaker nancy pelosi over terms of the trial. i ll get reaction from congresswom congresswoman, a democrat on the committee. first, let s go to our congressional correspondent. democrats and republicans are clearly at an impasse over the
we just received another update from the national hurricane center and hurricane dorian is a category four. that the a catastrophic hurricane. the concerns about that plus once in a year high tides are raising concerns about all of the low lying areas in and around miami which are already prone to flooding. c congresswoman donna served as the president of the university of miami and joins me now. congresswom congresswoman, thank you for being with us. the fact this could make landfall during a king tide, how concerned are you to the degree that could magnify the storm s impact? very concerned. already miami beach is flooding. we ve already seen the initial effect of king tides which of course are the highest of the highest tides. so we re very concerned and we re preparing for the worst. how are you preparing?
welcome back to hardball. it s been one week since former special counsel robert mueller testified on capitol hill, and the number of house democrats now supporting impeachment or impeachment hearings against trump continues to rise. since mueller s testimony, 20 morehouse democrats have joined the list. the total number of house members, democrats, 115. 114 are democrats, that includes independent congressman justin amash. but while democratic candidates attack president trump 34 times during last night s debate, not once in all those two hours did any candidate for president mention the word impeachment. i m joined by democratic congresswoman dina titus of nevada, who announced her support for an impeachment inquiry just this week, and michelle goldberg, columnist for the new york times. congresswom congresswoman, last night nobody brought up impeachment. they re running against trump, and they never bring it up. what do you think that s about? well, i don t think they were
congresswomen speak about the united states. the president trying to paint them yet again as extremists. this is all about 2020. the president wants to raise the profile of the four very progressive democrats. he wants to paint them as extreme. and thereby paint the democratic party as extreme and potentially unelectable to many of his supporters. boris sanchez, thank you. let s dig into this with two of our cnn plit cam commentators, karen finney a spokesperson for the 2016 hillary clinton campaign and, ladies, as the president doubles down again on his antipathy for the squad we re getting new sound from congresswom congresswoman alexandria ocasio cortez. this tells you this president s policies are not about this country but ethnicity and racism. we know he has been thinking
court and we wanted to get the documents from the justice department today for fear of going to court although we are still going to hold the attorney general in contempt today with the path we are on is a path they think look, i m going to tell you, nothing as divicive in our country on my view than impeachment. joining me now, one of the lawmakers calling for impeachment is congresswoman maxine waters of california, the chair of the financial services committee. congresswom congresswoman, good to see you. thank you. nancy pelosi says not even close. i remember a couple of weeks ago, three weeks ago, i was talking about 38 members and 50 something and now 62 members. at that rate, it may be close at some point. is that should that be the basis on which nancy pelosi argues for or against impeachment inquiry. well, i think to the degree