Whether or not Speaker Pelosi votes. Its tradition the speaker doesnt often votes but on a day like today i would think she would want to lead from the front. Well see. It seems like unprecedented times. Hagar, felipe, congressman, thank you so much. Well hand off to ari melber. Good morning. Im ari melber reporting live from nbc headquarters with coverage of todays events on msnbc. The breaking news coming out of capitol hill, lawmakers in the house about to take their first ever formal votes on how to proceed with the Impeachment Inquiry of president donald trump. This new resolution maps out the blueprint and rules of the road
for what democrats say is the next public phase in this impeachment probe. Now many are expecting a Party Line Vote today. Lawmakers will vote on these ground rules which includes moving the closed door depositions of all of these key witnesses into public hearings. Weve seen squabbling over this process. Were expecting in our special coverage to hear from Spe
live from washington. this is bbc news. hamas submits its response to a us led ceasefire proposal, but says israel needs to commit to completely stopping the war. us presidentjoe biden s son hunter, is found guilty on all three charges in his federal gun case. and malawi s vice president, saulos chilima was killed in a plane crash, along with nine other passengers. i m sumi somaskanda. it s great to have you with us. the white house says its evaluating an official response by hamas to the latest proposal for a truce in the gaza conflict. us presidentjoe biden submitted the proposal about 12 days ago. earliertuesday, hamas said it has a positive view of the plan, but wants several guarantees. citing israeli officials, two us media outlets are reporting that hamas has now rejected an israeli proposal for a ceasefire and hostage exchange. hamas has not confirmed the claim and said the proposal opens up a wide pathway to reach an agreement. from jerusalem, our middle east cor
hamas has not confirmed the claim and said the proposal opens up a wide pathway to reach an agreement. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more. hamas has expressed readiness to reach a deal, but it s sticking to its initial demands, and they include a guarantee that there will be a permanent ceasefire in gaza, and also the complete withdrawal of israeli forces from the territory. now, qatar and egypt, which have been mediating the talks, say they have received this response from hamas, and that they will co ordinate the next steps in these negotiations with the united states. now, the deal being discussed is a three stage plan that was announced by president biden. he described it as an israeli proposal. the first stage of this plan would see the release of hostages being held in gaza, and then pave the way for a permanent ceasefire. now, hamas wants a guarantee of a permanent ceasefire because they fear that once the hostages are out, the israe
hisoc supporters will have a chance to be rsheard, to have witnesses that they think can support their case come forward. i think theom rules could not b more important because you have to have faithse in the integrit of this process if you ultimately wanted to have the resultsto you re hoping for. that brings us back to the point senator mccaskill was making. viewers who see things sometimes say why did the hearing go that way? why was it so short? why was it so full of sound bites? i ve talked to voters who say, why do all politicians say at the end of the commercial, i m whoever, and il, approve this message, likeve it s some sort habit. there s a rule that makes you do that, and there areyo rules tha give you five, minutes back an forth.mi as you know,ba under the procedures of congress, that s rule 11. what these rules do that congress is preparing to pass any moment today would suspend that rule 11, as you said, and put in place a different rule that allows for longer and deepe
the end of november, early december, will have several articles of impeachment for the full house to consider. senator mccaskill, your view on that given something we touched on earlier, you re one of the few people in the country who has actually sat in the senate and heard from members of congress, managers of an impeachment, it was not for president trump but for a federal judge, but that process? yeah. i think the important thing to remember here is that this is not the trial. this is a preliminary step. it is going to be public hearings. and like the private meetings, the republicans are going to be in the room and they re going to be able to ask questions, big difference, though, is the rule that is in this resolution allowing the chairman and the ranking member to give 45 minutes of time. yeah. to the staff counsel. let me have you walk through this. we will put on the screen getting right into the heart of what the resolution does, and your party, the democrats, have