in the making. what a long, exhausting week. the judiciary committee voting today to approve articles of impeachment against the president, charging that he abused the power of his office and that he obstructed congress investigation of ukraine. the next stop, the full house, which could vote as soon as wednesday. this is huge. the president is all but certain to be impeached by christmas, which a senate trial is likely to happen in january. this is his reaction. watch this. it s a very sad thing for our country, but it seems to be very good for me politically. so if you think this president is going to suddenly start to care about, well, i don t know, the norms of government, abuse of power, what s good for the country instead of what s good for donald j. trump, here s a spoiler alert for you. he is not because as far as the president s concerned, all of this is working for him, and his party is all they re doing is enabling him.
defense. what kind of impact would that have? does that work for you? you know, again it does not work at all for me. the goal here is to convince the jury, right? john, you know, this is, in the end, the jury of the senate that you re appealing to. even in the case of those motions, am i correct in understanding that chief justice john roberts will preside but that a majority of the senate has the ability to vote on those motions? that s correct. yeah. yeah. so, you know, 51 republicans can have the trial be anything that they want it to be. all right. thank you both. i appreciate it. the judiciary committee voting to advance articles of impeachment against president trump today, but that s not stopping his personal attorney from digging for dirt on the bidens. so what s rudy giuliani been up to in ukraine? we ll talk about that.
the judiciary committee voting today to approve two articles of impeachment against president trump, abuse of power and obstruction of congress. the full house could vote as soon as wednesday with a senate trial likely in january. let s discuss. fareed zakaria is here. hi, fareed, good to see you. listen, it is all but certain president trump will be impeached by christmas. how much do you think it bothers him? reporter: oh, i think it bother him a lot, which is why he s consumed with it. you know, his entire if you think about the tweets president trump has issued in the last month probably 95% of them are about impeachment. he fights very well under pressure. he s a great counter puncher as people have pointed out. so it does allow him to rally his base. he has some political benefits
end, the jury of the senate that you re appealing to. even in the case of those motions, am i correct in understanding that chief justice john roberts will preside but that a majority of the senate has the ability to vote on those motions? that s correct. yeah. yeah. so, you know, 51 republicans can have the trial be anything that they want it to be. all right. thank you both. i appreciate it. the judiciary committee voting to advance articles of impeachment against president trump today, but that s not stopping his personal attorney from digging for dirt on the bidens. so what s rudy giuliani been up to in ukraine? we ll talk about that. (client s voice) remember that degree you got in taxation?
biden has a daughter as well. but he s worried about you know, he had two sons. he has one now, and he s dealt with his problems. and that s not the issue. the issue is not what happened with burisma. it s what you re using as a tactic here. yeah. we say we re trying to get rid of the stigma. then you weaponize the guy s frailty and illness for political effect. with opioid, heroin, and if you ever had a family member who has been addicted and you wait, are they going to come home tonight, you don t know what they re doing. and we re trying to move past this stigmatization of this. that s why people don t get help. i got to go. i hear you. i love you. happy friday. happy friday. happy weekend. i ll see you guys for skinner tomorrow. this is cnn tonight. i m don lemon. this has been a week of history in the making. what a long, exhausting week. the judiciary committee voting today to approve articles of impeachment against the president, charging that he abused the