the two democrats are at odd, jerry nadler and nancy pelosi. pelosi has resisted calls for an impeachment inquiry for weeks, believing it would be a fruitless endeavor that ultimately she believes would benefit the president because the republicans in the senate would not convict this president. but that s not what jerry nadler believes. we re learning behind the scenes he has made multiple pitches to the house speaker to open up an impeachment inquiry. in a meeting this week with her and other chairman of key committees, he made the case, nadler did, that there should be an impeachment inquiry to essentially add the weight to their legal case in court, the cases that they are involved with on several fronts to try to get information from this administration, which has rejected their subpoenas and other requests they say that nadler said he could help that. also he is saying he could centralize all the investigations that are taking place in the house to only occur before h
farmers and ranchers, the president of the united states, the chief commander in forces, dissolve into another airing of grievances about himself. like last time, it was something house speaker nancy pelosi said that said him off. the event started with the president making what was supposed to be the headline announcement, except it want exactly true. so today i m announcing that i have directed secretary perdue to provide $16 billion in assistance to america s farmers and ranchers. it all comes from china. keeping him honest, it doesn t. the money comes from tariffs on chinese exports which american importers and consumers pay. in any case, he pretty quickly digressed. and with the farmers and ranchers still standing behind him, returned to yesterday s walkout and the woman who had obviously gotten under his skin, speaker of the house nancy pelosi. here is a collection of her remarks from throughout the event as he kept returning to the subject, trying to emphasize that
meeting. and i ll ask her what unfolded behind closed doors. also tonight, how important has rudy giuliani been in this growing scandal consuming trumps presidency? pressuring ukraine leader to get involved in a domestic political fight. and how are republicans in congress reacting to the historical announcement. he s what the house speaker said to the american public. this week the president has admitted to asking the president of the ukraine to take action which would benefit him politically. the action of the trump presidency revealed dishonorable betrayal of the oath of office. betrayal of the national security and integrity of the elections. therefore today, i m announcing the house of the representative moving forward with official impeachment inquiry. i m directing the six committees to proceed with the investigation under that umbrella. of impeachment inquiry. the president must be held accountable, no one is above the law. let s get the big picture now. with fran
we have got one major headline. a monumental one. here s the ways we ll cover it in the hour ahead. house speaker nancy pelosi announcing impeachment inquiry into president trump as he admits he pressured ukraine president to investigate joe biden. and his son. we ll look at what happens next in that process. only three other presidents have faced this. is an impeachment inquiry a risk for the democrats on the campaign trail? do voters feel strongly about it? i ll ask the first candidate to call for impeachment proceedings. nancy pelosi met with the caucus before the announcement. congresswoman dingle was in that meeting. and i ll ask her what unfolded behind closed doors. also tonight, how important has rudy giuliani been in this growing scandal consuming trumps presidency? pressuring ukraine leader to get involved in a domestic political fight. and how are republicans in congress reacting to the historical announcement. he s what the house speaker said to the american publi
discussion in context with what happened in the 2016 election. which is why we are here today. it is now undisputed by our intelligence agencies that russia invaded our democracy, not with bombs jets or tanks but with a sophisticated cyber mission to undermine the underpinnings of our very democracy. a democracy that hundreds of thousands of men and women have lost their lives on the battlefield defending both our democracy and democracies abroad. a democracy that four little girls innocence at the height of the civil rights movement lost their lives in a church in birmingham, alabama. because people were trying to hold on to that democracy, and make sure that it was extended to people in this country. so let s remember why we re here today. let s remember the words of dan coats, former director of the national intelligence agency, who served in the senate, well respected. my colleagues on both sides of the aisle, he said that in fact russia has been emboldened to do this aga