jim jordan on the committee. antics, she called it. reporter: antics, right. democrats will not let their antics get in the way. she had nothing comparable to say about jim jordan sheechlt really did not want to get into detail about these two republicans. and let s just remember for a moment who they are. jim jordan, once upon a time, not that long ago, used to be seen as someone on the far right fringes of the house gop. but now within the caucus at least, he s in the mainstream as the rest of the caucus has moved in his direction. he s currently the ranking member on the judiciary committee. jim banks has come to prominence more recently as a strong, fierce ally of former president trump. he is the chairman of a group called the republican study committee that works to move this caucus to the right. it has quite a few members. it s no surprise here that kevin mccarthy felt the need to stand by his members. hallie, as one of your first takeaways, pelosi made very clear that the c
major breaking news here in washington, a vote formalizing the trump impeachment investigation and setting ground rules for public, televised hearings. truly historic moment when the house pass this had resolution today by 232-196. how significant was it? hugely significant for this president, for this country. this has only happened three times in the nation s history. this, of course, is the fourth time and the president joining a not-s not-so-elite club of presidents staring down a barrel of impeachment. this will change his presidency and certainly change speaker pelosi s speakership as well. it s not a moment she necessarily wanted to get to. she was reluctant to get to this place where the country would hear these accusations against the president sheechlt knows it will pull the country into a
know, really critical of speaker pelosi. today she said she didn t want to talk about it much, but she did give us a few things. she said we, of course, respect the values of each member. specifically on this i find this striking. diversity is our strength, unity is our power. i thought that was something of a veiled response to some of the criticism that came out in a recent washington post interview of alexandria ocasio-cortez when she said that sheechlt that speak she felt that speaker pelosi was isolating and singling out freshmen women of color. speaker pelosi trying to diffuse the situation but we ve been talking about in recent weeks and months seen this rift and this feud simmering beneath the surface for months. clear to say it has boiled over completely up here on capitol hill this week. john. as one of our deputies put it yesterday, it s all rainbows and puppies. no, it s not. appreciate the live reporting from the hill. with me, kaitlin collins, carl
paula jones sues, saying that bill clinton, when he was the arkansas governor, made these advances toward her sheechlt sues for that, emotional stress and defamation. the case is pending and president clinton says no, i have presidential immunity. i can t be called into court at all. the supreme court in 1997 ruled unanimously that, no, you can be forced to testify in a case involving behavior that took place before you were the president if it s not going to take much away from your duties. and in that case, the supreme court again unanimously thought this isn t going to take much out of his duties. can he attend to this, not knowing what was lying, waiting ahead with not just paula jones but monica lewinsky. goes and testifies and lied under oath and that set in motion the impeachment process. the main point, brooke, there is this 1997 precedent out there
moments ago the first lady tweeted about tonight s state of the union and the 15 people seating with her sheechlt tweeted i will be joined by an honorable group of americans, sitting with me are heroes who have served our nation in times of need, families who have suffered at the hands of evil and citizens who have embraced the american dream. visiting holocaust museum before going to florida. had people wondering whether it was a sign of displeasure over allegations between the president and a porn star. kate bennett joins me. ladies, hello. with just what we know about tonight who is going to be with her. a variety of guests with her.