Elected, young president that we all were excited about, an anticorruption president. The president tried to coerce him into interfering in the 2020 elections. The things that i have heard today about the Vice President s child, the things ive heard about the Vice President s son when we have millions of people in this country who are suffering from addiction, i believe to protect the president at any cause is shameful. Article 2, in the nixon impeachment said this, the article principally addressed president nixons use of power including powers vested solely in the president to harm political opponents and gain improper personal political advantages. And explaining this article of impeachment the house judiciary then stated that president nixons conduct was undertaken for his personal political advantage and not in the furtherance of any Valid National policy objective. The president abused his power and to me and at least the members of this side of the deus that matters and with tha
Family knows something about the sacrifice of serving us into a my brothers served in the navy and vietnam war. My brother bob serving sue terms in vietnam. Im lucky to serve with those who have served on my own staff. Lieutenant colin my lawn who was called to service to active duty and david carr again and now as members of congress its our turn to stand up and doctor king one said the ultimate measure of man is not where he stands on moments of comfort its where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. This is a time of great challenge and some of my colleagues do not want to face the reality of a president s wrongdoing. So i asked my colleagues tonight, what are you afraid of . This country was built by those who are brave enough to stand up against king george. We are called to stand up against donald j trump. What are you afraid of . Look to our framers, look to our patriots for courage because this is about courage. The courage to honor my oath, your oath. Mister chairma
Articles of impeachment for only the fourth time in American History. Joining me now for our coverage, Andrea Mitchell in washington, jeff bennett on capitol hill and Hallie Jackson at the white house. Well hear from former u. S. Ambassador to russia and nbc news analyst michael mcflaw, president ial historian and former u. S. Attorney and nbc news legal analyst. Jeff, set the scene. This is a very different hearing to those weve seen thus far. Youre right about that, lester. Good morning. Think of this as a day of final arguments in the life of the trump impeachment inquiry. Today Committee Members and for that matter the American Public will hear from Committee Staffers for democrats and republicans of the house intelligence and how Judiciary Committee. Those attorneys will lay out all of the evidence that house investigators have compiled over the past several months. Democrats will also make the case for the legal right and responsibility as they see it for pushing ford with impeac
Offense. The counsel will outline the facts and the evidence. Did President Trump abuse his power when he pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden and the democrats . And what about his refusal to cooperate in any way with this impeachment investigation . Mary bruce is there on capitol hill, and after this marathon day of hearings, the democrats will get down to the final drafting of these impeachment articles. Reporter and todays hearing is likely their last chance to try to convince the American Public that the president abused his power and should be impeached before they introduce and vote on those charges. Now democrats have spent the weekend hunkered down here at the capitol preparing for this final push. They will turn this hearing room into a highstakes courtroom. There will be three congressional lawyers and democrats are going to systematically go through their evidence, outlining their case and why they feel the evidence rises to the level of impeachme impeachment. Democra
Rep. Nadler the house commissioning to medium the judiciary will come forward. The quorum is present. Hearingonducting this on the impeachment inquiry into president donald j. Trump, the presentations from the house pertinent select committee on intelligence in the House Judiciary Committee pursuant to House Resolution 660 and the special to sherry Committee Procedures that are described in section four a of that were season of that. I will make an Opening Statement and then i will recognize the Ranking Member for no statement. After that we will hear two sets of presentations. Openinghear 30 minute arguments from councils for the majority and minority. [gavel] rep. Nadler order in the room. Order in the room. Order in the committee room. [indiscernible] rep. Nadler committee will come to order. Obviously i shouldnt have to remind everyone present that the audience is here to observe, but not to demonstrate, not to indicate agreement or disagreement with any witness or with any member