american history, the house is drawing up articles much impeachment against the president of the united states of america. house democrats note this no president has ever ordered the complete defiance of an impeachment inquiry or sought to obstruct and impede so comprehensively the ability of the house of representatives to investigate high crimes and misdemeanors. joins me are my dear friend steve kornacki, and the host of hardball, chris ma matthews. give us a history lesson. the party was split on nixon. there was a dramatic event, the release of the june 23rd tape to show that you can hear him obstructing by covering up.
power, that this is part of a pattern by the president, that he, on obstruction ordered all of his most closest deputies to defy congressional subpoenas that were lawfully issued, and that this was just a blanket obstruction, as much as the president obstructing his own impeachment when the constitution says the sole power of impeachment lies with congress. heidi, are these finalized articles? could we see them change any way? highly doubt they ll change in any way. what will happen is the managers will be picked. there s a lot of work to be done here. you with ask joel about this, i think there were 30-something managers chosen. so we know that adam schiff will be one of them. they will be building out their case, but this framework will stand. maya, help us understand the
dividedd government is better. you have a government that keeps ovchecks and balances. tucker: i think people do want that if you re going to have control of the house of representatives and not conduct and carry out your constitutional duty of oversight and holding president trump accountable, when you see example after example of him obstructing tucker: [laughs] we just had two and a half years of russian investigation. you undermine the democracy. and the mueller report shows tucker: all right, all right. i m not going to get mad about it. i do think you re going to doom whoever the candidate is to a loss if you impeach, but you obviously disagree. i remember 2010, when so many democrats shied away from defending the affordable care act because republicans criticized them on it. republicans are going to criticize over impeachment whether you do it or not, you might as well live up to what the forefathers put in the constitution for you to do in congress, have oversig
during this budget deadline. well, when you think about it, i mean, he did say that we should not be worrying, that they do not have the deportation force coming out and knocking on our door. but it is happening. it has happened in the last year since i got to ask him the question. i think that he needs to really think about what he said, because technically he made a promise. he said that i should not be worried about it, which this is not the case. and by him obstructing to bring the d.r.e.a.m. act to the floor for a vote, i think definitely he is not, you know, meeting up to he s not meeting the promises that he made. destiny, do you and your family talk about what might happen if daca expires and they do try to deport your mother? well, we try not to, but it always ends up coming up at some
they do not have the deportation force coming out and knocking on our door. but it is happening. it has happened in the last year since i got to ask him the question. i think that he needs to really think about what he said, because technically he made a promise. he said that i should not be worried about it, which this is not the case. and by him obstructing to bring the d.r.e.a.m. act to the floor for a vote, i think definitely he is not, you know, meeting up to he s not meeting the promises that he made. destiny, do you and your family talk about what might happen if daca expires and they do try to deport your mother? well, we try not to, but it always ends up coming up at some point. anjelica, is there a family plan, a plan b if something like this happens? definitely there is.